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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New piece! Seven years in the making, but Cyborg Maintenance will finally be out in the March edition of Disability Studies Quarterly.
In it I talk about many of the things that go into maintaining a bodymind which relies on technology.
Pre-print here: cyborgapologist.com/pre-print-pu...
In it I talk about many of the things that go into maintaining a bodymind which relies on technology.
Pre-print here: cyborgapologist.com/pre-print-pu...
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👋🏾 Skyline! This fundraiser is 3 yrs and 4 mos old, but it's down to the last 6% and $4157.
3 wks ago I stepped back from attending births all over the greater Chicagoland area because rideshare algos were eating me alive. Last week my apartment flooded 🙃
I appreciate every bit. ALL of it helps.
3 wks ago I stepped back from attending births all over the greater Chicagoland area because rideshare algos were eating me alive. Last week my apartment flooded 🙃
I appreciate every bit. ALL of it helps.
👋🏿 I'm Winifred. In 2025 I:
*Survived a MN winter w/o consistent heat/hot water
*Sold an "erotic houseplant horror" story
*Had surgery
*Did births in 3 diff states w/ 4 diff midwifery practices from off grid shacks to urban mansions to tiny apts
I'm exhausted but I'm only 9% away from fully funded.
*Survived a MN winter w/o consistent heat/hot water
*Sold an "erotic houseplant horror" story
*Had surgery
*Did births in 3 diff states w/ 4 diff midwifery practices from off grid shacks to urban mansions to tiny apts
I'm exhausted but I'm only 9% away from fully funded.
Donate to Help Make Winifred a Midwife, organized by Aurelius Raines
My desire to leave Norway is perhaps Twitter's best kept secret but the cat is out of the… Aurelius Raines needs your support for Help Make Winifred a Midwife
www.gofundme.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM
👋🏾 Skyline! This fundraiser is 3 yrs and 4 mos old, but it's down to the last 6% and $4157.
3 wks ago I stepped back from attending births all over the greater Chicagoland area because rideshare algos were eating me alive. Last week my apartment flooded 🙃
I appreciate every bit. ALL of it helps.
3 wks ago I stepped back from attending births all over the greater Chicagoland area because rideshare algos were eating me alive. Last week my apartment flooded 🙃
I appreciate every bit. ALL of it helps.
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“How much would you charge a stranger to kill your child?”
As a comms person, I was like, subject line of the year, hot damn
As a struggling human, I was like [infinite scream]
As a comms person, I was like, subject line of the year, hot damn
As a struggling human, I was like [infinite scream]
My latest piece, considering whether ex-post litigation can take the place of vaccine requirements starts by asking, what I think ought to be the key question all reasonable humans ask of this proposal:
How much would you charge a stranger to kill your child?
www.patreon.com/posts/150258...
How much would you charge a stranger to kill your child?
www.patreon.com/posts/150258...
February 11, 2026 at 3:36 AM
“How much would you charge a stranger to kill your child?”
As a comms person, I was like, subject line of the year, hot damn
As a struggling human, I was like [infinite scream]
As a comms person, I was like, subject line of the year, hot damn
As a struggling human, I was like [infinite scream]
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I can’t stress this enough, but DOWNLOAD YOUR BANDCAMP PURCHASES! Have seen two labels today who have had their accounts mysteriously vanish into the aether. Even without that worst case scenario, sometimes albums get edited or vanish without explanation.
February 11, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I can’t stress this enough, but DOWNLOAD YOUR BANDCAMP PURCHASES! Have seen two labels today who have had their accounts mysteriously vanish into the aether. Even without that worst case scenario, sometimes albums get edited or vanish without explanation.
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would you like to see a poem burn the house down
"I forced the shape of English onto resisting tongues and then dared to call it 'broken.'"
I’m Still Your America
Hey, patriot. It’s been a week. As ICE spreads terror through the streets, and Teacup Eichmann presided over the murder of yet another innocent civ...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
would you like to see a poem burn the house down
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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AHHHHHHHHHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
TN Congressman calls for investigation into Bad Bunny Super Bowl performance, citing 'widespread twerking'
Congressman Andy Ogles described the performance as "pure smut" and wants an investigation. Millions of viewers worldwide tuned in to the 13-minute set on Sunday.
www.wbir.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:34 PM
AHHHHHHHHHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Just *one* more module of trainings should cinch this, folks. Just _one_ more.
Hours after Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot a Chicago woman 5 times, his boss, Cmdr. Greg Bovino, emailed him about extending his mandatory retirement.
"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino praised agent after shooting Marimar Martinez in Chicago, evidence shows
A trove of evidence was released Tuesday in the controversial shooting of Marimar Martinez by a Border Patrol agent at the height of Operation Midway Blitz last October, including a body-worn camer…
www.chicagotribune.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Just *one* more module of trainings should cinch this, folks. Just _one_ more.
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I love this. I’ve been yelling to burn your Ring cameras but yeah get that money back
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I love this. I’ve been yelling to burn your Ring cameras but yeah get that money back
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it’s funny that a handful of republican senators are belatedly realizing that all of these guys they voted to confirm really *are* lazy dumbshits, they weren’t play acting
KENNEDY: The Census Bureau is under your jurisdiction & responsible for defining what it means to be poor, is that right?
LUTNICK: I don't know
K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?
L: I don't know
K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
LUTNICK: I don't know
K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?
L: I don't know
K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
February 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
it’s funny that a handful of republican senators are belatedly realizing that all of these guys they voted to confirm really *are* lazy dumbshits, they weren’t play acting
So... a) "nannies" Plural?, and b) he made sure to SPECIFY THAT HE DIDN'T LEAVE ANY OF HIS KIDS BEHIND!?
Jesus fuck.
Jesus fuck.
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 6:38 PM
So... a) "nannies" Plural?, and b) he made sure to SPECIFY THAT HE DIDN'T LEAVE ANY OF HIS KIDS BEHIND!?
Jesus fuck.
Jesus fuck.
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For all my Covid safe SoCal folks! I just had the BEST appointment at the USC voice clinic at Beverly Hills with Dr. John’s and his team. They all wore N95s upon request and thanked ME for asking! They also prepared ahead for my mcas and shared knowledge about EDS. Fantastic team
February 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
For all my Covid safe SoCal folks! I just had the BEST appointment at the USC voice clinic at Beverly Hills with Dr. John’s and his team. They all wore N95s upon request and thanked ME for asking! They also prepared ahead for my mcas and shared knowledge about EDS. Fantastic team
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So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
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We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
New tech, same shit.
Check out: Marx Capital Vol 1 CH 15 Machinery and Modern Industry, Langdon Winner - Do Artifacts Have Politics?, and Ruth Schwartz Cowen - More Work for Mother.
Check out: Marx Capital Vol 1 CH 15 Machinery and Modern Industry, Langdon Winner - Do Artifacts Have Politics?, and Ruth Schwartz Cowen - More Work for Mother.
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
New tech, same shit.
Check out: Marx Capital Vol 1 CH 15 Machinery and Modern Industry, Langdon Winner - Do Artifacts Have Politics?, and Ruth Schwartz Cowen - More Work for Mother.
Check out: Marx Capital Vol 1 CH 15 Machinery and Modern Industry, Langdon Winner - Do Artifacts Have Politics?, and Ruth Schwartz Cowen - More Work for Mother.
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I feel this in my bones as a professor
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I feel this in my bones as a professor
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Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
And here's today's NYT headline on an article about reform proposals that enjoy supermajority support but that are disliked by Mike Johnson. The article provides no polling about the proposals.
MORE: www.findinggravity.net/the-new-york...
MORE: www.findinggravity.net/the-new-york...
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
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this is the same democrat who said ICE should be "held to the same standards as local police departments" while pretending local cops aren't getting military equipment from 1033 and training from dave "killology" grossman
abolish ICE. you cannot reform this shit. they didn't sign up for "training".
abolish ICE. you cannot reform this shit. they didn't sign up for "training".
I won’t support additional funding for ICE unless we put guardrails in place to make sure ICE is better trained and actually focused on making our communities safer.
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
this is the same democrat who said ICE should be "held to the same standards as local police departments" while pretending local cops aren't getting military equipment from 1033 and training from dave "killology" grossman
abolish ICE. you cannot reform this shit. they didn't sign up for "training".
abolish ICE. you cannot reform this shit. they didn't sign up for "training".
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really fucked up the way so many people had their brains broken by covid so badly that they are somehow mortally offended by other people wearing masks
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 AM
really fucked up the way so many people had their brains broken by covid so badly that they are somehow mortally offended by other people wearing masks
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The media should be PRAISING these athletes who know and understand the importance of public health. These articles should be about how they are setting an example for EVERYONE. And how we should all take their lead.
Instead their positioning is: “look at these fucking weirdos”
Instead their positioning is: “look at these fucking weirdos”
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
The media should be PRAISING these athletes who know and understand the importance of public health. These articles should be about how they are setting an example for EVERYONE. And how we should all take their lead.
Instead their positioning is: “look at these fucking weirdos”
Instead their positioning is: “look at these fucking weirdos”
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We already have a submission that's only a couple of hundred dollars more than the lowest submission we got in the AY19-20 spreadsheet.
Well, let's give it a shot again and see what we get.
Adjunct pay/working conditions AY25-26
This form is part of a project to crowd-source pay and working conditions for people who teach and research in colleges and universities during AY2025-2026. This form is for people paid by the course ...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
We already have a submission that's only a couple of hundred dollars more than the lowest submission we got in the AY19-20 spreadsheet.
February 10, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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at one point during the campaign jd vance was indignantly talking about haitian asylees in ohio and said "illegal aliens don't become legal just because the government says so" and i've been mad about it ever since, and this is the key to what he actually meant
The way to understand this, I think, is that everybody knows that when Trump or Vance says "illegals" he's not talking about legal status, but about social desirability, and so people think that that distinction goes both ways.
These people are just crazy. Trump gets up and says "MASS DEPORTATIONS MASS DEPORTATIONS MASS DEPORTATIONS" and they're like "he probably means a path to legal status for deserving immigrants"
February 10, 2026 at 4:41 AM
at one point during the campaign jd vance was indignantly talking about haitian asylees in ohio and said "illegal aliens don't become legal just because the government says so" and i've been mad about it ever since, and this is the key to what he actually meant
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February 10, 2026 at 4:55 AM