Marisa Elena Duarte
@mwhitehorse.bsky.social
Indigenous studies, information studies, justice studies, professor at School of Social Transformation, yoem hamut, xicanx. "En el país de los ciegos el tuerto es rey."
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Join the conversation TODAY at 3PM PT | 6PM ET to break down the data center proposals coming to the Southwest and strategies for resisting them, led by local grassroots organizers.
bit.ly/TheSWResists
bit.ly/TheSWResists
December 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Join the conversation TODAY at 3PM PT | 6PM ET to break down the data center proposals coming to the Southwest and strategies for resisting them, led by local grassroots organizers.
bit.ly/TheSWResists
bit.ly/TheSWResists
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Me before becoming a CS professor: "with tightly scoped and heavily regulated use-cases, it's worth developing an extremely limited form of AI"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Me before becoming a CS professor: "with tightly scoped and heavily regulated use-cases, it's worth developing an extremely limited form of AI"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
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A heads-up state and federal agencies are actively monitoring online activity tied to criticism and protest of the immigration crackdown in New Orleans. That includes social media comments, posts, group chats, and other digital spaces.
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A heads-up state and federal agencies are actively monitoring online activity tied to criticism and protest of the immigration crackdown in New Orleans. That includes social media comments, posts, group chats, and other digital spaces.
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So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
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We are living at a time when university leadership amplifies anti-intellectual tropes and technologies
These are very troubling times
These are very troubling times
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We are living at a time when university leadership amplifies anti-intellectual tropes and technologies
These are very troubling times
These are very troubling times
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A new AAUP Report on faculty senates is out! 📝
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
In Defense of an Independent and Representative Faculty Voice: The Case of Faculty Senates
This report, prepared by a subcommittee of the AAUP’s Committee on College and University Governance, reexamines the necessity of strong faculty senates through the lens of the Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities and other AAUP statements and in light of escalating political interference against shared governance.
www.aaup.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A new AAUP Report on faculty senates is out! 📝
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
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📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
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So just a heads up being supportive of trans folks wins you elections.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
So just a heads up being supportive of trans folks wins you elections.
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Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
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This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
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The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office.
https://to.pbs.org/3X2xpNi
https://to.pbs.org/3X2xpNi
Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to fire head of U.S. Copyright Office
The case is the latest that relates to Trump’s authority to install his own people at the head of federal agencies.
www.pbs.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office.
https://to.pbs.org/3X2xpNi
https://to.pbs.org/3X2xpNi
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"The annihilation of education is a central pillar of Israel’s genocide, targeting not just Palestinian educators and educational infrastructure, culture, and knowledge systems, but the very core of Palestinian life." 👇https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03626784.2025.2558520
Scholasticide and resilience: The Gaza Genocide and the struggle for Palestinian higher education
In this article, we examine the concept of scholasticide, its historical evolution, and its contemporary relevance with specific reference to Palestine. Focusing on Israel’s attempt to annihilate h...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"The annihilation of education is a central pillar of Israel’s genocide, targeting not just Palestinian educators and educational infrastructure, culture, and knowledge systems, but the very core of Palestinian life." 👇https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03626784.2025.2558520
Okay, thank you for this, as the president of my university recently compared AI to the printing press, and as an information scientist I am saying, "no, sir, that is neither helpful nor accurate."
really nice piece on this btw from @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer
The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself. It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...
sonjadrimmer.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Okay, thank you for this, as the president of my university recently compared AI to the printing press, and as an information scientist I am saying, "no, sir, that is neither helpful nor accurate."
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Here’s the true cost of Donald Trump’s “unconditional donation” of a $400 M luxury aircraft gifted to him by Qatar.
cc: @altspaceforce.altgov.info
cc: @altspaceforce.altgov.info
Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho
October 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Here’s the true cost of Donald Trump’s “unconditional donation” of a $400 M luxury aircraft gifted to him by Qatar.
cc: @altspaceforce.altgov.info
cc: @altspaceforce.altgov.info
www.anti-imperialists.com/blog/unity-o...
New essay by Profesor A. Aviña, Unity or Submission: The Great Yankee Risk, on the targeting of boats in Venezuela: "The Mexico-Palestine border is everywhere, including in the Caribbean."
New essay by Profesor A. Aviña, Unity or Submission: The Great Yankee Risk, on the targeting of boats in Venezuela: "The Mexico-Palestine border is everywhere, including in the Caribbean."
Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective
www.anti-imperialists.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
www.anti-imperialists.com/blog/unity-o...
New essay by Profesor A. Aviña, Unity or Submission: The Great Yankee Risk, on the targeting of boats in Venezuela: "The Mexico-Palestine border is everywhere, including in the Caribbean."
New essay by Profesor A. Aviña, Unity or Submission: The Great Yankee Risk, on the targeting of boats in Venezuela: "The Mexico-Palestine border is everywhere, including in the Caribbean."
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Join us on Thursday, OCTOBER 16th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET over Zoom for a conversation about How to Survive Techno-Hellscapes 🔥💻🌐
This panel will feature four phenomenal disability culture workers, activists, writers, and scholars in conversation with DISCO's own @remiyergeau.bsky.social
This panel will feature four phenomenal disability culture workers, activists, writers, and scholars in conversation with DISCO's own @remiyergeau.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Join us on Thursday, OCTOBER 16th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET over Zoom for a conversation about How to Survive Techno-Hellscapes 🔥💻🌐
This panel will feature four phenomenal disability culture workers, activists, writers, and scholars in conversation with DISCO's own @remiyergeau.bsky.social
This panel will feature four phenomenal disability culture workers, activists, writers, and scholars in conversation with DISCO's own @remiyergeau.bsky.social
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Ah yes, carving through the wilderness so someone can make an AI video of Darth Vader doing a TikTok dance. interc.pt/478DpZU
October 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Ah yes, carving through the wilderness so someone can make an AI video of Darth Vader doing a TikTok dance. interc.pt/478DpZU
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A sheriff told the media that his team searched a license plate reader database because they were worried about a woman's safety. Records show it was an abortion investigation. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a
New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and
www.eff.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A sheriff told the media that his team searched a license plate reader database because they were worried about a woman's safety. Records show it was an abortion investigation. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Critical tech colleagues, see Stand.Earth @stand.earth report on Microsoft AI's pollution footprint stand.earth/resources/gl...
Global Ramifications, Local Impact – Microsoft’s AI Pollution Footprint - Stand.earth
By using the best available data on Microsoft’s AI expenditures and growth trajectory, as well as by examining the company’s energy providers and current investments in energy procurement, this report...
stand.earth
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Critical tech colleagues, see Stand.Earth @stand.earth report on Microsoft AI's pollution footprint stand.earth/resources/gl...