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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.

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Joshua Earle, but spookier @cyborgapologist.bsky.social · Jun 23

Heyo! New piece by me, @ashleyshoo.bsky.social and @wolvendamien.bsky.social on our syllabi and teaching philosophies around our class Technology and Disability is out!

blog.apaonline.org/2025/06/18/t...

Technology and Disability, Ashley Shew, Damien P. Williams, and Joshua Earle

The three of us have taught classes about Technology and Disability through a philosophical lens, though this class has not been taught exclusively through philosophy departments. We’re excited to sha...

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 18h

Owing to other things we need from a colleague beyond the AOS, it really needs to be a philosophy PhD.

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Fishtopher and Friends @fishtopher.bsky.social · 8h

big burger head

Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat, getting chin rubs by the cameraperson. His eyes are closed, and his face is relaxed as he enjoys being pet. His left canine tooth points out from behind his cheeks.

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 19h

this would be extra fun because other parties would attack you, and then you'd just be like, "ok, so why don't you want to be held accountable? why don't you want person x/entity y to be held accountable?"

barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 1d

I would vote for an Accountability party with a focus on making the government accountable to the people, restoring regulation, breaking up monopolies, and punishing those who have blatantly broken the law. including and especially these AI fuckers.

Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 1d

One of my pet theories is that along with the complete lack of accountability for people in positions of power blatantly lying, one of the biggest reasons for *all this* is the refusal of the US government to shut down large businesses for blatant violations of laws and policies.

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 19h

Incredible

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 20h

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 19h

this, this right here, is why the internet internets

Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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AGTMADCAT 🇺🇳 @agtmadcat.bsky.social · 23h

Love when @hankgreen.bsky.social makes a video screaming what I have screaming in my head. It's good to not feel so alone.

Give me a single reason why Sora2 should exist.

YouTube video by Hank Green

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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, @mlive.com, for doing a story about the new exhibit on @umich.edu medical history that my colleagues and I put together! www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
#histmed

Artifacts tell 175-year story of the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor

In a new exhibit, there are old unsterilized knives, wooden canes engraved with graduates’ names, a 1950s-era insulin travel kit and a nurse training manikin named “Mrs. Chase.”

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Maja Öberg @majaoeberg.bsky.social · 2d

I do find it hilarious how they immediately backtracked after this and deleted the comment

a member of bluesky saying "Yeh" in response to the above post, with a journalist responding asking to get their exact quote over the thread in which the bluesky member responds with "what" and the journalist then rephrasing the question only for the bluesky member to delete the entire thread

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 20h

Tell someone who can spare it to fund this pleas it would make my October and let me freelance and finish research on moderation while I consider PHD apps

Pwease I’m cute and I’m right about everything

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Apr 10

Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20h

EDDIE: A wild goose chase?

FREDDIE: No. Geese was who I got.

FREDDIE: I got Geese.

EDDIE: Goose?

FREDDIE: No, Geese.

EDDIE: More than one?

FREDDIE: It’s just the one. Geese

EDDIE: I’m saying. Geese is more than Goose.

Freddie and Eddie, the Nation’s Leading Temu Abbott and Costello, in “Dat Bird!”

“Goose is a jam band. Geese is indie rock. They both have new albums. They’re also both on tour. Confused? We can help.” — New York Times - - -FRED...

buff.ly

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 20h

doing this again, in case it helps
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vF2...

Pink Pony Club (Chappell Roan Cover)

YouTube video by Rick Astley

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 20h

My department is hiring! Tenure-track assistant professor in philosophy (AOS: philosophy of technology) jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/55...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology

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Joshua Earle, but spookier @cyborgapologist.bsky.social · 20h

How hard and fast do y'all keep to the "Philosophy PhD" requirement?

Asking for the STS phil tech regiment.

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 20h

JOB

Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 20h

My department is hiring! Tenure-track assistant professor in philosophy (AOS: philosophy of technology) jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/55...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology

jobs.sjsu.edu

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 20h

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1d

This is Calvin at @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social. He doesn't eat hay but he has lots of other animals friends who do and he'd love for you to chip in to help feed them for the winter! donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

Photo of an adorable shorthaired white and ginger tabby looking sweetly at the camera.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

Never, ever Newsom. Fuck that guy.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Meme image showing the guy from: Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just
Made A Great Point

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

A great way to turn the temp down here as @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com and @aaron.bsky.team want would be to stop communicating site policies and practices with individual users or on their timelines and hire a comms person who is a professional communicator to do all the front facing interaction.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, I'm sorry: WHAT tf is happening? Is Bsky Trust & Safety actually saying that they don't provide input on the 3rd party "AI" that is the 1st tier of all image & video moderation on this website? Am I actually reading that right? Because that seems like a completely bananas way to run a railroad