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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 17h

I'm extremely excited about this symposium, which brings together people from across the university to share knowledge about disability inclusion. This is a new initiative, in its second year, by the College of Arts and Sciences' Office for Access & Community Engagement (ACE).

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 17h

I will be speaking next week at CU Boulder's Access, Innovation & Disability Symposium on @data-and-design.org's work co-designing accessible data visualization tools with blind and low-vision people.

Free and open to the public

www.colorado.edu/artsandscien...

Access, Innovation & Disability Symposium

www.colorado.edu

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Frank Elavsky ⌁ @frank.computer · 7d

This short paper by @jonathanzong.com has been brought up in more discussions in my day to day than any other piece. I love it immensely and it's something that anybody who is doing work with people (disabled, marginalized, or not) should at least read and consider.

Frank Elavsky ⌁ @frank.computer · Aug 23

One of the best short papers I've read in a long time, by @jonathanzong.com:
"Using real names of disabled participant-contributors to practice citational justice in accessibility"

This piece is stupendous because it is *practical* and not just a methods section in an otherwise larger project.

Using Real Names of Disabled Participant-Contributors to Practice Citational Justice in Accessibility

In accessibility research involving human subjects, researchers conventionally anonymize their research participants to protect privacy. However, a lack of intentionality about who to publicly acknowl...

arxiv.org

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 12d

be my colleague!

information science at CU Boulder is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in environmental justice.

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Assistant Professor in Environmental Justice and Information/Technology

jobs.colorado.edu

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 19d

really enjoyed this from kai ye: open.substack.com/pub/richtext...

who is she?

a mysterious woman on the phone, a secret of human nature, and what it means to fall in love with ChatGPT

open.substack.com

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 26d

I'm a speaker this year for @inclusivedesign24.bsky.social, a free 24-hour online livestream event on inclusive design and accessibility.

Check out the program here and catch my talk on September 25 at 4pm US Mountain Time (22:00 UTC)

inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

inclusivedesign24.org

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 27d

last night i got to attend @loriemerson.net's amazing book launch lecture-performance event at boulder public library. here's my recap. so excited to read my new copy of the book!

data-and-design.org/blog/2025/09...

Another Internet is Possible: Lori Emerson on “Other Networks”

How have people resourcefully used technology to create their own communication networks, and how can learning about this history help us reimagine the future of the internet?

data-and-design.org

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 28d

rip haru urara. i'll keep trying my best

jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 28d

yay congratulations!!

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 28d

A whole issue of Dilettante Army on ekphrasis — from the method's origins; to image description / alt text + accessibility, to AI-based pattern recognition; to practices of describing films and maps and photobooks; to extremists' paranoid forensic *over*-analysis of memes + videos

Ekphrasis

Fall 2025

dilettantearmy.com

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · Sep 4

Interested in accessibility, visualization, or data ethics? I'm looking for Ph.D. students to join @data-and-design.org at CU Boulder Info Sci in Fall 2026.

data-and-design.org/recruiting/phd

Recruiting Ph.D. Students for Fall 2026

We are an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Colorado Boulder that uses design to understand and reimagine socio-technical systems.

data-and-design.org

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Dave Parisi @daveparisi.bsky.social · Sep 2

Haptics stuff: historically, haptics development & coding has gotten kind of black boxed, so people don't understand what's going on underneath the hood. This piece from Razer on haptics implementation in Marvel Rivals attempts to undo that a bit.
www.wyvrn.com/blog/2025/07...

Immersion Redefined: The Tech Behind Marvel Rivals’ Sensory Revolution - WYVRN

We often hear about immersion in video games—it's one of the few forms of art where this term is used so frequently, and for good reason: video games have a tool that other art forms lack—interaction....

www.wyvrn.com

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Frank Elavsky ⌁ @frank.computer · Aug 23

One of the best short papers I've read in a long time, by @jonathanzong.com:
"Using real names of disabled participant-contributors to practice citational justice in accessibility"

This piece is stupendous because it is *practical* and not just a methods section in an otherwise larger project.

Using Real Names of Disabled Participant-Contributors to Practice Citational Justice in Accessibility

In accessibility research involving human subjects, researchers conventionally anonymize their research participants to protect privacy. However, a lack of intentionality about who to publicly acknowl...

arxiv.org

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · Aug 21

the thing about using a university email to log into things is sometimes you leave the university but still need to log into those things

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · Aug 18

time to rawdog my mental health until i have a mon mothma-style crashout set to the niamos chandrilan club mix

All CU medical plans offer one preventative mental health care visit at no cost each plan year. Find out more about the mental health resources offered by CU Health Plans.

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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · Jul 23

I hesitate to post this but since I’m not running for anything or trying to get you to subscribe to a Substack I’ll use this as a chance to say

1) If this president does something illegal to you, don’t go along with it.

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Bulgilhan Press @bulgilhanpress.com · Jul 7

Our Kickstarter campaign for Slice of Life by Qu is now officially in it's final week! We've creeping up to 70% funded and know we'll get there! Thank you so much for the support thus far!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bul...

Slices of Life: A Comic Montage by Qu

Bulgilhan Press presents the complete English-language release of Qu's wonderful collection of sublime comics about life!

www.kickstarter.com

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · Jul 7

Wrote about how CITY The Animation came to be: a lasting friendship between author and studio, Keiichi Arawi's direct involvement, and director Taiichi Ishidate's strong belief that creators mustn't only make new things, but specifically do so in new ways blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/07/07/c...

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · Jul 1

there is some really savvy data storytelling happening in this video

Anil Dash @anildash.com · Jul 1

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Jun 27

Honestly, I have listened to this several times and it's great. It was the lead track to the Queen of Katwe official movie soundtrack, which Zohran Mamdani curated and produced as the film's co-music supervisor: www.teenvogue.com/story/queen-...

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · Jun 16

thanks for sharing nikhil! i also wrote something for this and similarly had trouble placing (and was sad to discover the katy times no longer has an op-ed section). but i might follow your lead and post soon.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Jun 12

“If it is a “political” act to do certain kinds of intellectual work..it is considered even more so to break the boundaries of Academia & to..work alongside the masses in their struggle.”

www.bostonreview.net/articles/whe...

When We Are All Enemies of the State - Boston Review

A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.

www.bostonreview.net

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Ariel Chu / 朱詠慈 @ariel-chu.com · May 31

So honored to have been able to translate "Circular Universe" by @chitawei.bsky.social ! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

You can find this piece and many other incredible stories of trans and queer futurity in AMPLITUDES, ed. @leemandelo.bsky.social and published by @erewhonbooks.bsky.social!

bookshop.org/p/books/ampl...

Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity

Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity

bookshop.org

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Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social · May 20

hi folks! I'm teaching tech ethics this summer, and part of the course is having students read news articles about ongoing tech issues.

can anyone recommend publications that cover tech issues in a non-US context (either issues in countries beyond the US and/or do not center the US)?

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · May 17

This is easily one of the best magazine features I have ever read. It is funny, educational, comprehensive and detailed about multiple technical topics while staying accessible to a general reader. I wish I could nominate it for a National Magazine Award. It is well worth your time.

Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · May 14

I love this so much this scene has also driven me crazy for my whole life slate.com/culture/2025...

It’s One of the Weirdest Mistakes in Movie History. I Spent Months Investigating How It All Went Wrong.

The story behind cinema’s most mysterious bird.

slate.com

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