Ray Aldred
@rayaldred.bsky.social
Ph.D. candidate in philosophy who thinks about neuroethics, First Peoples’ philosophy, love, sexuality, and disability || working in Data Science || Cybersecurity Enthusiast || Métis and Nehiyaw
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Ray Aldred
@rayaldred.bsky.social
· Jan 4
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6), Unapologetically Online, Jan. 28-30, 2026: Final Program and Registration!
BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY and Ethically Speaking at The Center for Ethics at the University of Central Florida (UCF) ENTHUSIASTICALLY INVITE YOU TO: Philosophy, Disability, and S…
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Excited to be giving my first philosophical presentation in a while. The title of my talk is "Confessions of an Indigenous AI Frankenstein" for Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 on Jan. 28-30, 2026. It is online, and registration is free.
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Hmmm...what is the most used word in my woke data set?
February 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Hmmm...what is the most used word in my woke data set?
Based on my dataset of 1,569 unique users, virtually nobody (0.32%) identifies as "woke" in their Twitter bio. Unlike "conservative," "liberal," "Christian," etc., almost nobody claims "woke" as their identity. It's primarily used by opponents as a pejorative label. It is NOT a religion.
February 4, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Based on my dataset of 1,569 unique users, virtually nobody (0.32%) identifies as "woke" in their Twitter bio. Unlike "conservative," "liberal," "Christian," etc., almost nobody claims "woke" as their identity. It's primarily used by opponents as a pejorative label. It is NOT a religion.
I just added the tweets about "woke" or "wokeness" dataset to my GitHub. It's after Donald Trump won, with some interesting results. If any #datascience people want to comb through it and analyze it, go for it. I will post my analysis at the end of this month or the next.
github.com/Ray-Aldred/W...
github.com/Ray-Aldred/W...
GitHub - Ray-Aldred/Woke-Tweets: Some data I scraped of Twitter/X on the terms "woke" or "wokeness" after Donald Trumps election
Some data I scraped of Twitter/X on the terms "woke" or "wokeness" after Donald Trumps election - GitHub - Ray-Aldred/Woke-Tweets: Some data I scraped of Twitter/X on the terms...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I just added the tweets about "woke" or "wokeness" dataset to my GitHub. It's after Donald Trump won, with some interesting results. If any #datascience people want to comb through it and analyze it, go for it. I will post my analysis at the end of this month or the next.
github.com/Ray-Aldred/W...
github.com/Ray-Aldred/W...
I bought a Meta Quest a year ago, excited to explore virtual reality. But I quickly discovered that VR technology is often built on narrow assumptions about what bodies can and should do. I couldn't even play chess in it, since moving a piece required extending and reaching my arm too far.
January 31, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I bought a Meta Quest a year ago, excited to explore virtual reality. But I quickly discovered that VR technology is often built on narrow assumptions about what bodies can and should do. I couldn't even play chess in it, since moving a piece required extending and reaching my arm too far.
There were some awesome talks at my conference symposium today! Thank you so much @michciurria.bsky.social, @shengokai.blacksky.app, @wolvendamien.bsky.social and @fintanmallory.com . It was an honour.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6) will comprise presentations by disabled philosophers and their nondisabled allies whose cutting-edge research challenges members of the phil...
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January 30, 2026 at 12:51 AM
There were some awesome talks at my conference symposium today! Thank you so much @michciurria.bsky.social, @shengokai.blacksky.app, @wolvendamien.bsky.social and @fintanmallory.com . It was an honour.
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Philosophy, Disability, & Social Change 6 starts tomorrow morning, & you can still register for free. On Thursday from 2pm-4pm, I'm part of the symposium "Virtual Power: AI, Ableism, Racism, and Fascism," w/ @rayaldred.bsky.social @michciurria.bsky.social @shengokai.blacksky.app & @fintanmallory.com
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6) will comprise presentations by disabled philosophers and their nondisabled allies whose cutting-edge research challenges members of the phil...
ucf.zoom.us
January 28, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Philosophy, Disability, & Social Change 6 starts tomorrow morning, & you can still register for free. On Thursday from 2pm-4pm, I'm part of the symposium "Virtual Power: AI, Ableism, Racism, and Fascism," w/ @rayaldred.bsky.social @michciurria.bsky.social @shengokai.blacksky.app & @fintanmallory.com
I just wrote a thing on my blog:
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io/robert-f-ken...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Autism Fictions
I just read Hannah Arendt's essays "Truth and Politics" and "Lying in Politics" for a Continental philosophy reading group I recently joined. In "Lying in Politics", what troubled Arendt was not simpl...
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
January 10, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I just wrote a thing on my blog:
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io/robert-f-ken...
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io/robert-f-ken...
Excited to be giving my first philosophical presentation in a while. The title of my talk is "Confessions of an Indigenous AI Frankenstein" for Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 on Jan. 28-30, 2026. It is online, and registration is free.
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/12/18/p...
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/12/18/p...
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6), Unapologetically Online, Jan. 28-30, 2026: Final Program and Registration!
BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY and Ethically Speaking at The Center for Ethics at the University of Central Florida (UCF) ENTHUSIASTICALLY INVITE YOU TO: Philosophy, Disability, and S…
biopoliticalphilosophy.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Excited to be giving my first philosophical presentation in a while. The title of my talk is "Confessions of an Indigenous AI Frankenstein" for Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 on Jan. 28-30, 2026. It is online, and registration is free.
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/12/18/p...
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/12/18/p...
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
I have started my new blog here, and a new post about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Autism is coming soon. I also have a page on it that offers discounts on encrypted email accounts, and why it is good to do so, if, per chance, your are interested in de-googling your life.
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
Thinking Otherwise
Philosophy, data, and little digital rebellions.
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
October 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I have started my new blog here, and a new post about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Autism is coming soon. I also have a page on it that offers discounts on encrypted email accounts, and why it is good to do so, if, per chance, your are interested in de-googling your life.
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
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Discord said late on Friday that hackers stole users' government-issued IDs (passports and driver's licenses) from one of its customer support databases.
I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.
I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.
Discord says users' government IDs used for age checks stolen by hackers
Thanks to age verification laws, expect more data breaches of users' government-issued passports and driver's licenses.
this.weekinsecurity.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Discord said late on Friday that hackers stole users' government-issued IDs (passports and driver's licenses) from one of its customer support databases.
I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.
I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.
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i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
www.independent.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
Telegram's infrastructure is maintained by Global Network Management (GNM), a company owned by Russian national Vladimir Vedeneev, whose other companies have a documented history of working with Russia's FSB security service and defense sector.
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle
The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.
www.occrp.org
October 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Telegram's infrastructure is maintained by Global Network Management (GNM), a company owned by Russian national Vladimir Vedeneev, whose other companies have a documented history of working with Russia's FSB security service and defense sector.
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.
Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence
President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.
bit.ly
September 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.
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Holy shit RFK Jr just used the idea that we should "believe all women" to defend the idea that vaccines might have caused their kids' autism, I am INCANDESCENT with rage
September 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Holy shit RFK Jr just used the idea that we should "believe all women" to defend the idea that vaccines might have caused their kids' autism, I am INCANDESCENT with rage
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A brainworm bear roadkill eater, an insurrectionist psychopath and a TV snake-oil sommelier announce, without a shred of empirical evidence, that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A brainworm bear roadkill eater, an insurrectionist psychopath and a TV snake-oil sommelier announce, without a shred of empirical evidence, that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism.
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Oh, they're totally going to blame the mothers for the existence of autistic people. It's eugenics wrapped in misogyny.
Trump: "If you can't tough it out, if you can't do it, that's what you're gonna have to do. You'll take a Tylenol, but it'll be very sparingly ... I think you shouldn't take it."
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Oh, they're totally going to blame the mothers for the existence of autistic people. It's eugenics wrapped in misogyny.
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“The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of ‘corrosive ideology.’”
Trump officials order removal of photograph of enslaved man’s scars
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
wapo.st
September 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of ‘corrosive ideology.’”
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"We’re witnessing the real-time destruction of the internet as we know it." — @ericgoldman.bsky.social
The Internet Wants to Check Your I.D.
New safety rules require users to verify their identities before gaining access to sites. This spells the end of the relative anonymity that we’ve come to expect online.
www.newyorker.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"We’re witnessing the real-time destruction of the internet as we know it." — @ericgoldman.bsky.social
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Next paper in our special issue on 'Understanding oneself through others' is out! Zoey Lavallee, Anke Snoek and Frøydis Gammelsæter on addiction and affective recovery niches: #philsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Addiction and emotions: From distress-regulation loops to affective recovery niches
This paper argues that the emotional dynamics that structure a person’s relationship to drug use and their environment over time are central to understanding how agency is both operative and constr...
www.tandfonline.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Next paper in our special issue on 'Understanding oneself through others' is out! Zoey Lavallee, Anke Snoek and Frøydis Gammelsæter on addiction and affective recovery niches: #philsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Ron Deibert is absolutely the voice that the infosec industry needs to be listening to right now. We are in a moment where fascism is consolidating power and most of the infosec industry is either playing along or is busy bragging about how much AI they've shoved into their products.
August 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ron Deibert is absolutely the voice that the infosec industry needs to be listening to right now. We are in a moment where fascism is consolidating power and most of the infosec industry is either playing along or is busy bragging about how much AI they've shoved into their products.
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If they make them so that the prescription gets automatically updated as my eyes decline, I'd consider it, but you know there would be a fucking monthly subscription for that shit.
Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future
Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future | TechCrunch
Mark Zuckerberg really believes AI glasses will be the ideal way to blend the physical and digital worlds together.
techcrunch.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
If they make them so that the prescription gets automatically updated as my eyes decline, I'd consider it, but you know there would be a fucking monthly subscription for that shit.
I recently sat down with Biopolitical Philosophy for a wide-ranging interview that explored AI and disability, D.E.I. discourse, theology, Indigenous perspectives on care, and other contemporary issues.
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/07/16/d...
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/07/16/d...
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Raymond Aldred
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-fourth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled p…
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July 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I recently sat down with Biopolitical Philosophy for a wide-ranging interview that explored AI and disability, D.E.I. discourse, theology, Indigenous perspectives on care, and other contemporary issues.
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/07/16/d...
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/07/16/d...