me watching dredd (2012) the first time: this is awesome me watching dredd (2012) the second time: this is awesome me watching dredd (2012) the third time: this is awesome
Samuel Reiji Mayworm
@mayworms.info
🏳️⚧️he/him | PhD student @ the University of Michigan School of Information | online communities + trans tech | librarian sometimes | mayworms.info
SSRC’s Just Tech calls for applications from researchers working at the intersection of technology and society for the 2027 Just Tech Fellowship, providing up to $60,000 to support research and creative practice. Applications due June 28. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4u3YKxh
Thank you to everyone who has reached out so far! :D Will be in touch soon; in the meantime, still encouraging folks who are interested in an interview to apply 🏳️⚧️
Samuel Reiji Mayworm@mayworms.info · 3mo agoHi all! For our current study, I am interviewing TBIPOC social media users about their online trans community support & care experiences. Participants will be compensated $50 for a 1-hour Zoom interview! Interested? Please fill out our eligibility form - thank you! forms.gle/qbTF1uQ6QSxb...
Hi all! For our current study, I am interviewing TBIPOC social media users about their online trans community support & care experiences. Participants will be compensated $50 for a 1-hour Zoom interview! Interested? Please fill out our eligibility form - thank you! forms.gle/qbTF1uQ6QSxb...
The 76ers and Pistons became the 14th and 15th teams to come back from being down 3-1 in a playoff series in NBA history. This is also the first time with multiple 3-1 comebacks in a single playoff round.
We have to name and accept that many across the US political spectrum are most comfortable with politicians who aren't Black. Some on our side have declared they don't think representation matters. That's why they aren't blinking today. Their silence is always telling. And it is seen and noted.
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New town every hour@townsusa.bsky.social · 4mo agoFremont, Michigan Pop: 4,494 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont,_Michigan Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=179161036 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=179161037 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=135791647
The controversial weed killer Roundup is now being deployed in private and public forests at record rates. We go inside the secret plan that helped make it possible.
We are bombarding America’s forests with Roundup
Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.
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This morning is the BIPOC Sovereignty and Care session at #CHI2026! My PhD advisee Denny Starks will be presenting two papers, both co-authored by @hibbythach.com, Aloe DeGuia, and Tawanna Dillahunt: links to the two papers: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Safety With Community: Technologies of Care, Connection, Collective Safety, and Mutual Aid for Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (TBIPOC) | Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on H...
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Go Denny Starks AGAIN! They just presented our paper (with Aloe Deguia, Tawanna Dillahunt, and @haimson.bsky.social), Navigating Safety and Technology: The Everyday Safety Labor of Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the United States at #CHI2026 in Barcelona.
Go Denny Starks! They just presented our paper (with Aloe Deguia, Tawanna Dillahunt, and @haimson.bsky.social), Safety With Community: Technologies of Care, Connection, Collective Safety, and Mutual Aid for Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (TBIPOC) at #CHI2026 in Barcelona.
HOUSTON (AP) — Artemis II’s astronauts return to Earth, ending a record-breaking trip around the moon with a splashdown in the Pacific.
Study from @haimson.bsky.social et al. found transgender, nonbinary and disabled people are more negative to AI. doi.org/10.1145/3715... Perhaps because of AI's tendency to want fixed categories, Haimson says in this new article about it: www.advocate.com/technology/c...
Looking forward to #CHI2026 coming up soon in Barcelona! Extremely proud of my PhD advisees Denny Starks and Senami Kojah whose first-authored papers were accepted 🤩 Here are our group's four papers this year:
Both the Wall Street Journal and The Information confirming that OpenAI is killing Sora - both the app and *access to its video-generating model for developers*. This is a huge move that suggests things are a bit desperate www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open... www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...
Two weeks from today! @umichdigital.bsky.social Interested in exploring the throughline between the 19th century's anti-immigration & eugenics movements and today's sprawling systems of surveillance & algorithmic discrimination? Join the conversation at 3:00 PM [ET] on Tuesday, March 24th
UM Digital Studies Institute@umichdigital.bsky.social · 5mo agoSave the date! What do big tech, eugenics & your data trail have in common? Find out at our DSI Lecture Series, “Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future” with Anita Chan. 🗓 Mar. 24, 3:00 PM 📍1010 Weiser Hall + Zoom 🔗https://myumi.ch/n1zqb
What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.
Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 5mo agoThis story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
Ho-lee Shit. This is phenomenally good news. Department of Education rolls back— for now— its attempts to destroy Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility initiatives. Keep an eye on them, of course, and watch for the hidden knife, always, but for now: Fantastic news.
ACLU@aclu.org · 6mo agoBREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
“When people are questioning their gender, digital ways to explore different appearances can be extremely important. Games often provide highly customizable avatars, which can help people in exploring how they might want to look.” article by @faefyx.bsky.social www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/how-...
How video games help trans people find gender euphoria - LGBTQ Nation
Video games are giving trans people a safe space to explore gender identity.
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ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills. To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.
My research featured in @advocate.com “People who don’t fit into these standard boxes in terms of gender or race are going to be skeptical of a technology that’s forcing everything into boxes.” w/ @mayworms.info, @shoreingber.bsky.social, @naz-andalibi.bsky.social www.advocate.com/technology/c...
Can queer and trans folks trust AI?
Artificial intelligence’s need to categorize the world may be the root of distrust among LGBTQ+ people.
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What Would A Better YouTube Look Like? An extended thought exercise about how to improve the platform, from multiple algorithms and video versioning to democratic platform control and municipal server capacity. Watch, comment, share with your friends, and try to imagine what feels impossible.
What Would A Better YouTube Look Like?
YouTube video by let's talk about stuff w/ sarah zedig
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omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse
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Draw a horse, watch it run!
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵