Rua M. Williams
@fractalecho.bsky.social
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Rua M. Williams
@fractalecho.bsky.social
· Oct 11
This book is titled “Disabling Intelligences” for many reasons. First, because so-called “AI” is built from historical commitments to the excision of disability from the classification of humanity.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
The panopticon, The Disability Diversion, and a Disability Dongle all in one.
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The panopticon, The Disability Diversion, and a Disability Dongle all in one.
Sitting in a department meeting about our mandatory system for reporting everything we do, because a word doc CV is somehow not good enough. Discussed when the system claims data that isn't yours. The speaker "It's supposed to learn. I haven't SEEN it learn. But it's supposed to." I have died.
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Sitting in a department meeting about our mandatory system for reporting everything we do, because a word doc CV is somehow not good enough. Discussed when the system claims data that isn't yours. The speaker "It's supposed to learn. I haven't SEEN it learn. But it's supposed to." I have died.
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Read Christina Cogdell, read @cyborgapologist.bsky.social, read @fractalecho.bsky.social, read @shirachess.bsky.social, read the history of "AI" and the internet and on and on and on. It's… it's all right there.
bsky.app/profile/wolv...
bsky.app/profile/wolv...
To learn more about people like Yarvin & Thiel & their eugenicist/techno-fascist history & how it's woven throughout a LOT of American technological, political, & scientific history, read here:
Josh Earle's diss: hdl.handle.net/10919/107009
"TESCREAL": scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
Ch. 3 here:
Josh Earle's diss: hdl.handle.net/10919/107009
"TESCREAL": scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
Ch. 3 here:
Belief, Values, Bias, and Agency: Development of and Entanglement with "Artificial Intelligence"
DP Williams, 2022 - Cited by 5
scholar.google.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Read Christina Cogdell, read @cyborgapologist.bsky.social, read @fractalecho.bsky.social, read @shirachess.bsky.social, read the history of "AI" and the internet and on and on and on. It's… it's all right there.
bsky.app/profile/wolv...
bsky.app/profile/wolv...
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"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Because folks don't actually want to discuss AI, they want blind submission to the ideological structures that motivate the contemporary use cases and deployments of AI. They don't want to hear the concerns except to dismiss them out of hand.
Because folks don't actually want to discuss AI, they want blind submission to the ideological structures that motivate the contemporary use cases and deployments of AI. They don't want to hear the concerns except to dismiss them out of hand.
February 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Because folks don't actually want to discuss AI, they want blind submission to the ideological structures that motivate the contemporary use cases and deployments of AI. They don't want to hear the concerns except to dismiss them out of hand.
Because folks don't actually want to discuss AI, they want blind submission to the ideological structures that motivate the contemporary use cases and deployments of AI. They don't want to hear the concerns except to dismiss them out of hand.
Being on linked in is so crazy because I'll see something and assume it's parody but it will be a totally serious post simping for military AI.
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Being on linked in is so crazy because I'll see something and assume it's parody but it will be a totally serious post simping for military AI.
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In our latest, @ayeshaasiddiqi.bsky.social joins us to discuss “anti-aging” trends and longevity influencers as symptoms of imperial decline and the role the wellness industry has played in producing this moment of heightened fascism
www.patreon.com/posts/150271...
www.patreon.com/posts/150271...
Late Empire Life Extension w/ Ayesha Siddiqi (02/09/26) | The Death Panel
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February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
In our latest, @ayeshaasiddiqi.bsky.social joins us to discuss “anti-aging” trends and longevity influencers as symptoms of imperial decline and the role the wellness industry has played in producing this moment of heightened fascism
www.patreon.com/posts/150271...
www.patreon.com/posts/150271...
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GIVE THE SUICIDE BOT ADVERTISING CAPABILITY WHAT COULD GO WRONG
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
GIVE THE SUICIDE BOT ADVERTISING CAPABILITY WHAT COULD GO WRONG
You know that making yourself a little picrew and reading a horoscope is just as if not more fulfilling and less evil than asking chat fucking GPT to "draw" you right?
February 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
You know that making yourself a little picrew and reading a horoscope is just as if not more fulfilling and less evil than asking chat fucking GPT to "draw" you right?
Hello Disability Internet. I know we know that the professions (like medical, veterinary, dentistry, other clinicians) are extremely ableist. Like they cannot figure out how to accommodate disabled students. Does anyone do this well? For Veterinary students?
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Hello Disability Internet. I know we know that the professions (like medical, veterinary, dentistry, other clinicians) are extremely ableist. Like they cannot figure out how to accommodate disabled students. Does anyone do this well? For Veterinary students?
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"intelligence has to be embodied, so of course that means the more Normal your body the more intellegence you have"
this is a real... the speaker is revealing more about themselves that they realize, huh?
this is a real... the speaker is revealing more about themselves that they realize, huh?
February 6, 2026 at 2:22 PM
"intelligence has to be embodied, so of course that means the more Normal your body the more intellegence you have"
this is a real... the speaker is revealing more about themselves that they realize, huh?
this is a real... the speaker is revealing more about themselves that they realize, huh?
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This is also my take on OpenClaw and Moltbook and that "AGI" piece in Nature. Plus that people are *once again* misunderstanding what statistically correlative stochastic text and operations generation systems do At All let alone when placed into context and extended conversation with each other.
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Every single industry head & CEO in this country has an "I Want To Believe" poster in their office only instead of a UFO it's those stock pictures of face made out of [an arrangement of nonsense binary code + something that looks like circuit diagrams] & also Fox Mulder would give them all a wedgie
“In essence, Lotus is building an AI doctor that functions like a real medical practice, equipped with a license to operate in all 50 states, malpractice insurance, HIPAA-compliant systems, and full access to patient records.”
February 4, 2026 at 1:44 AM
This is also my take on OpenClaw and Moltbook and that "AGI" piece in Nature. Plus that people are *once again* misunderstanding what statistically correlative stochastic text and operations generation systems do At All let alone when placed into context and extended conversation with each other.
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My favorite GIF of all time captures the joy
February 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
My favorite GIF of all time captures the joy
"Whether you are an AI optimist, skeptic, or pessimist, none of us can afford to be fatalists. When we resign ourselves to the inevitability of oppressive systems, we give in to a desperate world." - Disabling Intelligences, Ch. 5, RMW
February 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
"Whether you are an AI optimist, skeptic, or pessimist, none of us can afford to be fatalists. When we resign ourselves to the inevitability of oppressive systems, we give in to a desperate world." - Disabling Intelligences, Ch. 5, RMW
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I have a student using @fractalecho.bsky.social 's Disabled Robots and Jillian Weise to argue that chatbots are Tryborgs *from the other direction* and I couldn't be more excited to see where this goes.
February 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I have a student using @fractalecho.bsky.social 's Disabled Robots and Jillian Weise to argue that chatbots are Tryborgs *from the other direction* and I couldn't be more excited to see where this goes.
There's a giraffe joke in my book and idk if anyone found it
January 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM
There's a giraffe joke in my book and idk if anyone found it
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If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 AM
If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
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15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 AM
15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
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Imagine this is the time and we are the generation that derails the fascist agenda before it annihilates us all. Imagine yourself a part of the critical mass of communities that could and does take power back from these death mongering institutions.
January 25, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Imagine this is the time and we are the generation that derails the fascist agenda before it annihilates us all. Imagine yourself a part of the critical mass of communities that could and does take power back from these death mongering institutions.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
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Just finished @fractalecho.bsky.social ‘s Disabling Intelligences, and wow I will be thinking about the closing sentence for quite a while. Definitely recommend if you are in any kind of relationship to “AI”.
January 25, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Just finished @fractalecho.bsky.social ‘s Disabling Intelligences, and wow I will be thinking about the closing sentence for quite a while. Definitely recommend if you are in any kind of relationship to “AI”.
CHI26 workshop “Crip HCI: Cyborg Perspectives on Disability Justice” invites self-identified fellow cyborgs to consider what the field of HCI might gain from a deeper engagement with cyborg perspectives on disability justice, “crip HCI”, and better AT. Submissions due Feb 12.
t1dsign.org/chi-2026
t1dsign.org/chi-2026
T1Dsign
T1Dsign website
t1dsign.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:42 PM
CHI26 workshop “Crip HCI: Cyborg Perspectives on Disability Justice” invites self-identified fellow cyborgs to consider what the field of HCI might gain from a deeper engagement with cyborg perspectives on disability justice, “crip HCI”, and better AT. Submissions due Feb 12.
t1dsign.org/chi-2026
t1dsign.org/chi-2026
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Reading this, I was shocked not only by the level of dependency on display here, but also by the lack of shame in that level of dependency.
Students pay a fortune to learn from us. The least they should expect is that we created teaching materials ourselves.
Students pay a fortune to learn from us. The least they should expect is that we created teaching materials ourselves.
January 23, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Reading this, I was shocked not only by the level of dependency on display here, but also by the lack of shame in that level of dependency.
Students pay a fortune to learn from us. The least they should expect is that we created teaching materials ourselves.
Students pay a fortune to learn from us. The least they should expect is that we created teaching materials ourselves.
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They tell students papers sound like AI — even when they're the students' own writing — so the company can scare them and sell them a product.
This goes beyond the general problem that even good AI detectors aren't perfect and shouldn't be the sole reason to accuse someone of writing with AI.
This goes beyond the general problem that even good AI detectors aren't perfect and shouldn't be the sole reason to accuse someone of writing with AI.
January 21, 2026 at 9:13 PM
They tell students papers sound like AI — even when they're the students' own writing — so the company can scare them and sell them a product.
This goes beyond the general problem that even good AI detectors aren't perfect and shouldn't be the sole reason to accuse someone of writing with AI.
This goes beyond the general problem that even good AI detectors aren't perfect and shouldn't be the sole reason to accuse someone of writing with AI.
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Yesterday, I interviewed a tech guy who told me something too important for me to wait until the podcast comes out for you to hear it:
Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing. 1/2
Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing. 1/2
January 21, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Yesterday, I interviewed a tech guy who told me something too important for me to wait until the podcast comes out for you to hear it:
Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing. 1/2
Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing. 1/2