Joshua Earle, Ph.D.
@cyborgapologist.bsky.social
Ass Prof of STS @ UVA
Communications Director for Society for Philosophy and Technology
Phil Tech, Disability Studies, Med Hums, Bioethics, Hist of Eugenics, Transhumanism
I teach engineers what the stuff they build does to people.
Communications Director for Society for Philosophy and Technology
Phil Tech, Disability Studies, Med Hums, Bioethics, Hist of Eugenics, Transhumanism
I teach engineers what the stuff they build does to people.
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Technology and Disability, Ashley Shew, Damien P. Williams, and Joshua Earle
The three of us have taught classes about Technology and Disability through a philosophical lens, though this class has not been taught exclusively through philosophy departments. We’re excited to sha...
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Heyo! New piece by me, @ashleyshoo.bsky.social and @wolvendamien.bsky.social on our syllabi and teaching philosophies around our class Technology and Disability is out!
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May the sealing of honmoon have reached wherever 47 and his crew were during this performance
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
May the sealing of honmoon have reached wherever 47 and his crew were during this performance
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
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Evangelicals have a long history of falling in line when presented with charlatans and manipulative, vainglorious narcissists masquerading as saviors.
Why evangelicals couldn't care less about Trump's Epstein scandal
They have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.
www.motherjones.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Evangelicals have a long history of falling in line when presented with charlatans and manipulative, vainglorious narcissists masquerading as saviors.
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Phone/internet. Storage fees. Bills. Medicated cat food. Rent assist.
That’s:
20 ppl giving $100
40 ppl giving $50
80 ppl giving $25
DEADLINE 11/15
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#TransCrowdFund #DisabilityCrowdFund #HelpSky #BlackSky 💸💕🏳️⚧️
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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And whilst I'm here! If you're thinking of buying SYSTEMS ULTRA as a festive gift (neon cover also doubles as SAD lamp), I'd be happy to mail you a set of bookmarks and holographic stickers to go along with it - please get in touch [1/4]
Systems Ultra! 'A delight to read' says MIT Tech Review. Despite aiming for a work that wasn't bound to the present moment (no AI / algorithms), the parts on payment platforms, automotive technology, adult entertainment, supply chains, have proved horribly timely www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
And whilst I'm here! If you're thinking of buying SYSTEMS ULTRA as a festive gift (neon cover also doubles as SAD lamp), I'd be happy to mail you a set of bookmarks and holographic stickers to go along with it - please get in touch [1/4]
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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This is 100% how I did mine. Nonbinary people are completely excluded in ai gender assignation. Trans people are excluded. The entire system is fucked and transphobic and has been all along here is some art about it.
This has been a quick summary of my thesis.
This has been a quick summary of my thesis.
my number one piece of advice to people wanting to do a PhD is to pick a topic that makes you so. fucking. angry. truly incredible the level of motivation that unbridled rage can provide
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is 100% how I did mine. Nonbinary people are completely excluded in ai gender assignation. Trans people are excluded. The entire system is fucked and transphobic and has been all along here is some art about it.
This has been a quick summary of my thesis.
This has been a quick summary of my thesis.
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URGENT request: I’m raising $925 for Dec. rent. Having a disability that varies in severity makes some months harder than others, and I’m still financially behind.
If someone could help me with $5 to kick off funding, that would mean a lot! 💜
If someone could help me with $5 to kick off funding, that would mean a lot! 💜
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
URGENT request: I’m raising $925 for Dec. rent. Having a disability that varies in severity makes some months harder than others, and I’m still financially behind.
If someone could help me with $5 to kick off funding, that would mean a lot! 💜
If someone could help me with $5 to kick off funding, that would mean a lot! 💜
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Queen!
I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Queen!
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This image is increasingly central to my philosophy of technology
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This image is increasingly central to my philosophy of technology
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November 29, 2024 at 2:44 AM
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Okay, so. I speak semi-fluent Klingon* and I had to pause to make sure I heard this verse correctly: "banjo ‘ej bat’leth jIHIvchu’" or "Banjo and bat’leth strike as one"
This band will see the gates of sto'vo'kor.
This band will see the gates of sto'vo'kor.
@shengokai.blacksky.app Has anyone sent you this yet?
Klingon Doomgrass
youtu.be/cSwHobtSijA?...
youtu.be/cSwHobtSijA?...
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Okay, so. I speak semi-fluent Klingon* and I had to pause to make sure I heard this verse correctly: "banjo ‘ej bat’leth jIHIvchu’" or "Banjo and bat’leth strike as one"
This band will see the gates of sto'vo'kor.
This band will see the gates of sto'vo'kor.
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Why We Fear AI is my favorite AI critique now, and these two paragraphs sum up so much so well, many thanks to @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer 🙏🏻
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Why We Fear AI is my favorite AI critique now, and these two paragraphs sum up so much so well, many thanks to @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer 🙏🏻
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#EnvHist opportunity in Vienna!
📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#EnvHist opportunity in Vienna!
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This is potentially a gigantic problem for ISS operations
Russia's only pad for crew launches suffers major damage:
russianspaceweb.com/baikonur_r7_...
russianspaceweb.com/baikonur_r7_...
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is potentially a gigantic problem for ISS operations
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To put this in context, I was offered a teaching track job in 2023 that had a salary of $55,000.
It's impossible to overstate how horrendous this feels to most academics in the US, esp those working at state unis. Higher ed is busy slashing humanities programs allegedly b/c of a lack of popularity (tho they tend to make $$) while paying football coaches US$53 million not to work there
LSU terminates Brian Kelly without cause, clearing way for full buyout
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
To put this in context, I was offered a teaching track job in 2023 that had a salary of $55,000.
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Our Black Friday sale will be on everything.
EVERYTHING.
New books, old books. anthologies, GNs.
50% off, ACROSS THE BOARD.
Get that holiday shopping done in one, support artists and weird media!
EVERYTHING.
New books, old books. anthologies, GNs.
50% off, ACROSS THE BOARD.
Get that holiday shopping done in one, support artists and weird media!
👀still got your eye on a title you haven't picked up yet?
We know every $ counts, and Iron Circus Comics has a One-Day Sale, 50% off for 24 hours, just around the corner!
Don't wait til the day of to take a peek, now's the time to check out our library in advance! 🔎
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We know every $ counts, and Iron Circus Comics has a One-Day Sale, 50% off for 24 hours, just around the corner!
Don't wait til the day of to take a peek, now's the time to check out our library in advance! 🔎
store.ironcircus.com ⚙️
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Our Black Friday sale will be on everything.
EVERYTHING.
New books, old books. anthologies, GNs.
50% off, ACROSS THE BOARD.
Get that holiday shopping done in one, support artists and weird media!
EVERYTHING.
New books, old books. anthologies, GNs.
50% off, ACROSS THE BOARD.
Get that holiday shopping done in one, support artists and weird media!
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Pleased to find myself in the era where millennials have become old enough that lame mass media stuff like football game halftime shows now shamelessly pander to our nostalgia
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Pleased to find myself in the era where millennials have become old enough that lame mass media stuff like football game halftime shows now shamelessly pander to our nostalgia
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This halftime show ruled
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This halftime show ruled
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Also reminds me of @fractalecho.bsky.social & @lizjackson.bsky.social "How Disabled People Get Exploited to Build the Technology of War" article too
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Also reminds me of @fractalecho.bsky.social & @lizjackson.bsky.social "How Disabled People Get Exploited to Build the Technology of War" article too
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This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
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Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy Thanksgiving