Charlton McIlwain
@cmcilwain.bsky.social
Higher Ed Leader. BBQ junkie. Author. NYU Professor. CR+DS. Board Pres.@ Data & Society. Race+Tech.
Great 2b back in Tulsa this week continuing our amazing collab btw NYU-Tulsa, Tulsa Film Collective, Tulsa Office of Film, Music, Arts, & Culture, & the Creative Equity Initiative for an eve of insight, skill-building, and connection for Tulsa film community. RSVP at: docs.google.com/forms/u/3/d/...
March 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Great 2b back in Tulsa this week continuing our amazing collab btw NYU-Tulsa, Tulsa Film Collective, Tulsa Office of Film, Music, Arts, & Culture, & the Creative Equity Initiative for an eve of insight, skill-building, and connection for Tulsa film community. RSVP at: docs.google.com/forms/u/3/d/...
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Just a heads-up that our X account — where we haven't posted since November of last year — appears to have been hacked, this after two of our posts were falsely flagged as a "policy violation." Good times over there! Please note that here and LinkedIn are the only platforms we're active on.
February 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just a heads-up that our X account — where we haven't posted since November of last year — appears to have been hacked, this after two of our posts were falsely flagged as a "policy violation." Good times over there! Please note that here and LinkedIn are the only platforms we're active on.
Thank you!
📣Need another great read for #BlackHistoryMonth? We've got you covered! Check out @codirenee.bsky.social's review of "Black Software" by @cmcilwain.bsky.social!
🔗https://constell8cr.com/book-reviews/black-software/
#TeamRhetoric #RhetComp #AcademicSky #WritingStudies
🔗https://constell8cr.com/book-reviews/black-software/
#TeamRhetoric #RhetComp #AcademicSky #WritingStudies
February 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Thank you!
These cuts & cap on indirects use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, painting all universities with a broad brush when they differ in terms of endowments, the real uses and necessity of indirects to do the actual research, and impact this move will have.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
These cuts & cap on indirects use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, painting all universities with a broad brush when they differ in terms of endowments, the real uses and necessity of indirects to do the actual research, and impact this move will have.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, Legacy of Black BBQ (AKA, BBQ), Day 2. BBQ has always been about bringing people together, for the sake of building community, also for other things-like activism. Here's an event by the West Philadelphia Committee to Free Angela Davis, May 13, 1972. #blackhistorymonth2025 #bbq
February 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, Legacy of Black BBQ (AKA, BBQ), Day 2. BBQ has always been about bringing people together, for the sake of building community, also for other things-like activism. Here's an event by the West Philadelphia Committee to Free Angela Davis, May 13, 1972. #blackhistorymonth2025 #bbq
Much respect to whoever can guess what I’m cookin’ up?
January 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Much respect to whoever can guess what I’m cookin’ up?
1/4. thanks to @jennydeluxe.bsky.social for the shoutout in her insightful piece about @bsky.app. Its premise about the natural and inevitable ebb and flow of platforms and the community shifts that follow them remind me of the transition from pre-Web communities. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/m...
Another New Twitter? Good Luck With That.
Users are now flocking to Bluesky. But every social media platform becomes a wasteland in the end.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:55 PM
1/4. thanks to @jennydeluxe.bsky.social for the shoutout in her insightful piece about @bsky.app. Its premise about the natural and inevitable ebb and flow of platforms and the community shifts that follow them remind me of the transition from pre-Web communities. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/m...
As the husband of a career civil servant, I am grateful for those who believe in, and have committed their lives to the mission of government, despite who happens to occupy the White House.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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November 27, 2024 at 5:19 PM
As the husband of a career civil servant, I am grateful for those who believe in, and have committed their lives to the mission of government, despite who happens to occupy the White House.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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We’re among the organizations urging an immediate halt to the Department of Homeland Security's use of non-compliant AI systems, which could be used to facilitate civil rights violations, mass detentions, and deportations under the incoming administration. abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...
Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump's promised crackdown on immigration
President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them...
abcnews.go.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:23 PM
We’re among the organizations urging an immediate halt to the Department of Homeland Security's use of non-compliant AI systems, which could be used to facilitate civil rights violations, mass detentions, and deportations under the incoming administration. abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...
Yes, may it be so! “The smart, actually cool, genuinely interested people will once again have their moment, getting the resources and clearance to design and (re)build a tech ecosystem that is actually innovative and built for benefit.”
I wrote a little end of year manifestation for you'all. MAY IT EVER BE THUS!
www.wired.com/story/the-be...
www.wired.com/story/the-be...
The Beginning of the End of Big Tech
From politicians to VC firms, everyone is falling out of love with the massive, money-oriented, global technology titans. In their place, we have the chance to build something open and trustworthy.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Yes, may it be so! “The smart, actually cool, genuinely interested people will once again have their moment, getting the resources and clearance to design and (re)build a tech ecosystem that is actually innovative and built for benefit.”
This CNN interview with Clear CEO ask all the WRONG questions about current and developing biometric “identity verification”/surveillance tech… Surely we should be conncerned with more than just the airport lines getting longer, yes? @CNN Clear p.1
November 24, 2024 at 6:39 PM
This CNN interview with Clear CEO ask all the WRONG questions about current and developing biometric “identity verification”/surveillance tech… Surely we should be conncerned with more than just the airport lines getting longer, yes? @CNN Clear p.1
In my book, Black Software, I sat something like “Can our technological tools ever outrun white supremacy?” The Q remains rhetorical. Schmidt says AI will shape Identity, but history show he has it backwards.
www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt...
www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt...
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says AI will 'shape' identity and that 'normal people' are not ready for it
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in the future AI could be a child's best friend, shaping their identity and worldview.
www.businessinsider.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:03 PM
In my book, Black Software, I sat something like “Can our technological tools ever outrun white supremacy?” The Q remains rhetorical. Schmidt says AI will shape Identity, but history show he has it backwards.
www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt...
www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt...
First time smoking beef back ribs. They held up pretty well after 3.5 hours of smoke, another 1.5 wrapped… great bark, tender, but of course not a lot of meat on these bones!
November 21, 2024 at 1:47 AM
First time smoking beef back ribs. They held up pretty well after 3.5 hours of smoke, another 1.5 wrapped… great bark, tender, but of course not a lot of meat on these bones!
Tonight’s quotable quote from the manchild… “I go to school and come home and have to do homework… you come home from work and don’t do fuckin’ nuthin’”ME: Yup!
November 21, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Tonight’s quotable quote from the manchild… “I go to school and come home and have to do homework… you come home from work and don’t do fuckin’ nuthin’”ME: Yup!
For the old folks out there or people who know - is it just me or was there a time in the 80s/90s when we didnt really recycle but were taught when we did sort recycling, egg crates went in with the plastics and not the paper??? Trying to explain to my wife why I STILL reflexively do this. any help?
November 20, 2024 at 3:12 AM
For the old folks out there or people who know - is it just me or was there a time in the 80s/90s when we didnt really recycle but were taught when we did sort recycling, egg crates went in with the plastics and not the paper??? Trying to explain to my wife why I STILL reflexively do this. any help?
election coming back to bite me in the butt again. My last Instacart order was dor materials to make signs for the PA polling place I observed on election day. Nice 60 degree day today. Planned to smoke three racks of St. Louis Ribs and some dino beef ribs. But my order went to that PA polling spot!
November 17, 2024 at 4:04 PM
election coming back to bite me in the butt again. My last Instacart order was dor materials to make signs for the PA polling place I observed on election day. Nice 60 degree day today. Planned to smoke three racks of St. Louis Ribs and some dino beef ribs. But my order went to that PA polling spot!
The Mike Tyson butt shot - could have gone the rest of my days without that one.
November 16, 2024 at 3:53 AM
The Mike Tyson butt shot - could have gone the rest of my days without that one.
Tonight’s choice. Brisket continues to be the favorite for this Texas BBQ fanatic.
November 16, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Tonight’s choice. Brisket continues to be the favorite for this Texas BBQ fanatic.
BBQ has a long, storied history intimately entertwined with American (race) politics - depending on time and circumstance, an expression of both pain and joy. Gonna spend my time here for the next little while….
November 14, 2024 at 12:58 AM
BBQ has a long, storied history intimately entertwined with American (race) politics - depending on time and circumstance, an expression of both pain and joy. Gonna spend my time here for the next little while….
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Where Do We Go From Here?
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor for a post-election assessment and conversation
Thursday, November 21st at 7:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor for a post-election assessment and conversation
Thursday, November 21st at 7:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
November 13, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Where Do We Go From Here?
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor for a post-election assessment and conversation
Thursday, November 21st at 7:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor for a post-election assessment and conversation
Thursday, November 21st at 7:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
You can find me at bluesky. Haven’t done much there but I’ve at least set up shop. https://bsky.app/profile/cmcilwain.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM
You can find me at bluesky. Haven’t done much there but I’ve at least set up shop. https://bsky.app/profile/cmcilwain.bsky.social
That’s all for me folks. I’m out.
November 22, 2024 at 9:55 AM
That’s all for me folks. I’m out.
What should we do about online harms like climate #misinfo and #childexploitation?
Looking forward to moderating the #IPIE's #UNGA program!
Join @selcankaynak @BruhnJensen @SRakotomalala @joaobrant and I tomorrow:
CUNY Elebash Hall 9/24,...
Looking forward to moderating the #IPIE's #UNGA program!
Join @selcankaynak @BruhnJensen @SRakotomalala @joaobrant and I tomorrow:
CUNY Elebash Hall 9/24,...
November 22, 2024 at 9:55 AM
What should we do about online harms like climate #misinfo and #childexploitation?
Looking forward to moderating the #IPIE's #UNGA program!
Join @selcankaynak @BruhnJensen @SRakotomalala @joaobrant and I tomorrow:
CUNY Elebash Hall 9/24,...
Looking forward to moderating the #IPIE's #UNGA program!
Join @selcankaynak @BruhnJensen @SRakotomalala @joaobrant and I tomorrow:
CUNY Elebash Hall 9/24,...
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! May your day be filled with smoky and fiery skirt steak!
November 22, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! May your day be filled with smoky and fiery skirt steak!