Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D.
@drs.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Teaching; Art, Justice, and Digital Media & Core Faculty in Creative Technologies @ UCSC | Research in Voice Recognition, Assistive Technologies, Emergency Infrastructures | Co-founder of 5️⃣ & 9️⃣
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Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D.
@drs.bsky.social
· Nov 24
I’m researching emergency infrastructures in 8 US cities (NY, Miami, SF, LA, Chicago, Detroit, NOLA, and ATL). If you or someone you know has any suggestions on connecting with dispatchers, supervisors, organizers, and technologists working on crisis management, please feel free to connect me. 🙏🏽
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with our recs (but don’t tell Adam Piron that we are just confirming his). This week we explore the Criterion Collection’s Native Narratives!
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with our recs (but don’t tell Adam Piron that we are just confirming his). This week we explore the Criterion Collection’s Native Narratives!
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New sticker featuring a quote from Nam June Paik, the father of video art!
Thank you to @rose-alibi.bsky.social!!
Thank you to @rose-alibi.bsky.social!!
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
New sticker featuring a quote from Nam June Paik, the father of video art!
Thank you to @rose-alibi.bsky.social!!
Thank you to @rose-alibi.bsky.social!!
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friends. I'm not sure there's time in my class next semester BUT: if you were to teach a piece/book by Vílem Flusser in a media theories grad class, which text would you teach? (@shanedenson.bsky.social I'm sure you have a great suggestion but no obligation)
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
friends. I'm not sure there's time in my class next semester BUT: if you were to teach a piece/book by Vílem Flusser in a media theories grad class, which text would you teach? (@shanedenson.bsky.social I'm sure you have a great suggestion but no obligation)
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trans rights are human rights 💾🏳️⚧️✊ #floppydiskart #transgender
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
trans rights are human rights 💾🏳️⚧️✊ #floppydiskart #transgender
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Schumer responded on the Senate floor today:“For this administration to go all the way to the Supreme Court just to get out of having to pay SNAP benefits for hungry kids is pathological levels of vindictiveness. This crisis is in the administration’s hands. It’s all them, not anyone else.” C-SPAN
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Schumer responded on the Senate floor today:“For this administration to go all the way to the Supreme Court just to get out of having to pay SNAP benefits for hungry kids is pathological levels of vindictiveness. This crisis is in the administration’s hands. It’s all them, not anyone else.” C-SPAN
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My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
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Student surveillance companies cash in on the ai grift by promising schools and parents their tech will keep students safe from the harms of ai.
Chatbots Are Sparking a New Era of Student Surveillance
As US educators embrace AI in the classroom, firms are selling software to flag mentions of self-harm, raising concerns over privacy and control.
www.bloomberg.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Student surveillance companies cash in on the ai grift by promising schools and parents their tech will keep students safe from the harms of ai.
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wow the times published a mostly-positive review of my show with @tega.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/a...
Art Gallery Shows to See in November
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
wow the times published a mostly-positive review of my show with @tega.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/a...
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placesjournal.org/article/extr...
fantastic article by @shannonmattern.bsky.social part love letter to libraries and all they represent, and part dream of the future libraries are building.
fantastic article by @shannonmattern.bsky.social part love letter to libraries and all they represent, and part dream of the future libraries are building.
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
fantastic article by @shannonmattern.bsky.social part love letter to libraries and all they represent, and part dream of the future libraries are building.
fantastic article by @shannonmattern.bsky.social part love letter to libraries and all they represent, and part dream of the future libraries are building.
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In an interview with a Palestinian asylum-seeker he told me he turned off his phone & wrapped it to avoid cyber surveillance tech, which was developed by Israel & tested on him & which has just been bought by ICE to use on Americans.
"None of us are free until all are free" is not a slogan.
"None of us are free until all are free" is not a slogan.
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
In an interview with a Palestinian asylum-seeker he told me he turned off his phone & wrapped it to avoid cyber surveillance tech, which was developed by Israel & tested on him & which has just been bought by ICE to use on Americans.
"None of us are free until all are free" is not a slogan.
"None of us are free until all are free" is not a slogan.
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We are launching the 2025 edition of the ZINE COOP Virtual Party in December, and we are looking for zine friends who want to exhibit their zines and participate. Whether you are a first-time zine maker or a veteran artist collective, all are welcome to apply! 🥰
Apply: airtable.com/appxoXiTT0nn...
Apply: airtable.com/appxoXiTT0nn...
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We are launching the 2025 edition of the ZINE COOP Virtual Party in December, and we are looking for zine friends who want to exhibit their zines and participate. Whether you are a first-time zine maker or a veteran artist collective, all are welcome to apply! 🥰
Apply: airtable.com/appxoXiTT0nn...
Apply: airtable.com/appxoXiTT0nn...
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Seance and Technology Studies is for real, read the intro published by @asapjournal.bsky.social as part of "Algorithms and the Occult, or Chatbots are the New Psychic Friends Network" edited by @tamigraph.bsky.social @briana-v.bsky.social @jeffreymoro.com 🔮
asapjournal.com/node/seance-...
asapjournal.com/node/seance-...
Séance and Technology Studies - ASAP/Review
My friends who visit San Francisco always comment on how different our advertising is. Step off the plane at SFO and you’re immediately surrounded by billboards promising AI solutions. They say it fee...
asapjournal.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Seance and Technology Studies is for real, read the intro published by @asapjournal.bsky.social as part of "Algorithms and the Occult, or Chatbots are the New Psychic Friends Network" edited by @tamigraph.bsky.social @briana-v.bsky.social @jeffreymoro.com 🔮
asapjournal.com/node/seance-...
asapjournal.com/node/seance-...
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The collection is awesome, algorithms are a lot like an occult practice. Hexing white supremacists, casting spells, tarot, astrology and more featuring @emmaquilty.bsky.social @aketchum22.bsky.social @xrw.bsky.social @drs.bsky.social @thechristinet.bsky.social @jessrauchberg.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The collection is awesome, algorithms are a lot like an occult practice. Hexing white supremacists, casting spells, tarot, astrology and more featuring @emmaquilty.bsky.social @aketchum22.bsky.social @xrw.bsky.social @drs.bsky.social @thechristinet.bsky.social @jessrauchberg.bsky.social
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AI is a lack of consent machine
And this is just gross. This is disturbingly and utterly gross
And the number of people who are basically facilitating digital sexual coercion is disgusting
And this is just gross. This is disturbingly and utterly gross
And the number of people who are basically facilitating digital sexual coercion is disgusting
“At a meeting in April, xAI staff lawyer Lily Lim told employees that they would need to submit their biometric data to train the AI companion to be more human-like in its interactions with customers, according to a recording of the meeting review by the Journal.”
xAI used employee biometric data to train Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend
Project Skippy?
www.theverge.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
AI is a lack of consent machine
And this is just gross. This is disturbingly and utterly gross
And the number of people who are basically facilitating digital sexual coercion is disgusting
And this is just gross. This is disturbingly and utterly gross
And the number of people who are basically facilitating digital sexual coercion is disgusting
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Historic victory for Democratic Socialism and, frankly, the good of the country.
Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York City in historic win
Democratic nominee beats Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa, becoming city’s first Muslim mayor
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Historic victory for Democratic Socialism and, frankly, the good of the country.
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California passes proposition 50, which will mean multiple anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congress people will likely lose their seat.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
California passes proposition 50, which will mean multiple anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congress people will likely lose their seat.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
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“I'm not saying these are glasses for creeps, but I can't help but feel like one while wearing them.”
Reader, they are for creeps.
Reader, they are for creeps.
I Can't Help Feeling Like a Creep Wearing Meta's New Gen 2 Glasses
Meta's new display-less smart glasses are quite good, but the vibes are off.
www.wired.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“I'm not saying these are glasses for creeps, but I can't help but feel like one while wearing them.”
Reader, they are for creeps.
Reader, they are for creeps.
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If only every single critical "AI" researcher had warned about the likelihood of this danger for machine learning-based systems for the past decade or so and if only an acronym like "GIGO" had existed for decades Prior.
Oh If Only 😐
"Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’"
Oh If Only 😐
"Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’"
Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’
Large language models fed low-quality data skip steps in their reasoning process.
go.nature.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If only every single critical "AI" researcher had warned about the likelihood of this danger for machine learning-based systems for the past decade or so and if only an acronym like "GIGO" had existed for decades Prior.
Oh If Only 😐
"Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’"
Oh If Only 😐
"Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’"
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With #Sinners back in theaters today, thought I'd reshare the article I wrote about the Choctaw Vampire Hunters and why that moment didn't NEED to be centered more even tho we would all love to see more of their story.
redpopnews.com/sinners-give...
#redpopnews
redpopnews.com/sinners-give...
#redpopnews
Sinners Gives Us Vampires, Music, and a Moment of Indigenous Power We Can’t Ignore
Set in 1932 Mississippi, Sinners is a haunting, atmospheric tale rooted in the music, spirituality, kinship, and resilience of Black Southern communities. But Coogler threads a deeper, more violent cu...
redpopnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
With #Sinners back in theaters today, thought I'd reshare the article I wrote about the Choctaw Vampire Hunters and why that moment didn't NEED to be centered more even tho we would all love to see more of their story.
redpopnews.com/sinners-give...
#redpopnews
redpopnews.com/sinners-give...
#redpopnews
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Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
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“The Coalition for Action in Higher Education and AAUP Local 6741 are delighted to announce: ‘Mapping Anti-Palestinian Discrimination, Harassment, and Misinformation in U.S. Higher Education.’ This series of five webinars takes place from October to December.”
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“The Coalition for Action in Higher Education and AAUP Local 6741 are delighted to announce: ‘Mapping Anti-Palestinian Discrimination, Harassment, and Misinformation in U.S. Higher Education.’ This series of five webinars takes place from October to December.”
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For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 AM
For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
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So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
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We have a new timeline up today on our Food Safety page, documenting how individual events continue to chip away at the personnel, regulations, and oversight mechanisms that make up our food safety systems:
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
Food Safety: Timeline — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We have a new timeline up today on our Food Safety page, documenting how individual events continue to chip away at the personnel, regulations, and oversight mechanisms that make up our food safety systems:
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
Grateful to have this book in my hands! I will definitely be incorporating it into lesson planning. So wonderful to get to read @blackamazon.bsky.social @akilahhughes.com @latoyap.bsky.social @yeq.bsky.social, AX Mina, Eric Loyer, and more! So many folks I admire in this anthology. 👏🏽
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Grateful to have this book in my hands! I will definitely be incorporating it into lesson planning. So wonderful to get to read @blackamazon.bsky.social @akilahhughes.com @latoyap.bsky.social @yeq.bsky.social, AX Mina, Eric Loyer, and more! So many folks I admire in this anthology. 👏🏽