Silvia Lindtner
yunnia.bsky.social
Silvia Lindtner
@yunnia.bsky.social
writer ethnographer Prof Umich Author of Prototype Nation: China & the Contested Promise of Innovation she/her
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Vannevar Bush is rolling in his grave.
NSF to ONLY fund research in five areas: artificial intelligence, quantum information science, biotechnology, nuclear energy, and translational science. Can this be happening?

www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring
Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff
www.science.org
May 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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NEW: What do we know about China's new AI safety institute?

China fielded a new organization ahead of the AI Action Summit next week in Paris. It appears positioned to represent China in a setting it had been left out of.
digichina.stanford.edu/work/what-do... w/ colleague Caroline Meinhardt 1/
What do we know about China’s new AI safety institute? - DigiChina
Excluded from the international AISI network at its first meeting, China positions CNAISDA to take a seat at the table
digichina.stanford.edu
February 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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They are trying to force NSF staffers to take the DOGE deal by pushing from the top down as well.
Sabotage. Criminal sabotage.

"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."

www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
www.eenews.net
February 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Women deserve to know the TRUTH about the impact of Texas' total abortion ban.

Today, I along with Rep. Gerry Connolly, Rep. Summer Lee, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent ANOTHER letter calling on
Texas to explain why it won't release maternal mortality data from the past 2 years after Dobbs.
January 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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having finished David Golumbia’s ‘Cyberlibertarianism’, I’ve tried to collect some thoughts, a 🧵— i’ve decided to do more posting about interesting reading here
January 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Good journalism is often assumed to be dead in China. Yet, according to @fangkc.bsky.social, Chinese quality journalism remains remarkably resilient in the face of the formidable challenges it faces. It has adapted, evolved, lost some strongholds, and found new life in alternative spaces.
Quality Journalism in China Is Not Dead; It’s Just More Dispersed Than Ever
This essay maps the evolving landscape of quality journalism in China, exploring where reliable information thrives under increasing restrictions. Analysing the roles of state-owned institutional medi...
madeinchinajournal.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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David Golumbia’s posthumous ‘Cyberlibertarianism’ is such an interesting read on this relationship between the far right and a wide range of ‘digital rights/digital freedom’ groups (‘cyberlibertarians’ as he calls them) — not everyone is equally culpable but few are innocent here
January 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Scoop: Elon Musk’s lackeys have taken over the Office of Personnel Management—essentially the human resources function for the entire federal government. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management
Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov

And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

They need to hear from you.
USAspending.gov
www.usaspending.gov
January 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Donate to Wikipedia.

Do it today, and every time one of the broligarchs has a tantrum because he can’t buy it
January 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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My NIH study section that was to meet tomorrow was one of those canceled. This represents many months of work by the applicants and by the NIH staff and reviewers. Devastating is the correct word.
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Wrote a thing about the Shanghai lockdown with @danwwang for @NYMag @intelligencer Shanghai’s Soul yearns for freedom: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/locked-down-in-shanghai.html
Locked Down in Shanghai
Two residents describe a city coming apart at the seams.
nymag.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Over the moon, deeply honored, tickled pink ✨🎈 'Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation' was awarded the Joseph Levenson prize!!! @AASAsianStudies @PrincetonUPress many thanks to the committee! https://www.asianstudies.org/aas-2022-prizes/ @MichiganESC @umsi...
AAS 2022 Prizes - Association for Asian Studies
The AAS is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s...
www.asianstudies.org
November 16, 2024 at 9:04 AM
📢✨ So honored to learn that my book #prototypenation won the Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize from the @EastAsiaAnthro Incredible to see my work recognized by scholarly community I deeply cherish and hold in such high esteem. Big thanks to the committee and congrats to Lyle Fearnley
November 16, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Immensely proud of my doctoral student Cindy @kaiy1ng who just submitted her important dissertation "Afterlives of Authority" an ethnography of how the promises and machineries of data science, AI, and agile software shape environmental state sciences and governance in Indonesia!
November 16, 2024 at 9:27 AM
when cloaked in a language of positivity such as inclusion, diversity, and technological progress racist forms of violence endure, diffuse, and are normalized. from @ruha9 's amazing #CHI2021 keynote on insidious spikes, the violence of dreams of frictionless design and more
November 16, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Weina Zhao spricht mir aus dem Herzen; about transnational identity, how racism and colonialism come together in austria and china and beyond; österreichisches Schubladendenken und die Furcht vor dem "anderen": ...
November 16, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Fantastic issue! @interactionsMag has developed a much needed critical voice in computing research and design @danielarosner @alxndrt with #criphci #queeriousfutures and super sharp analysis of #covidpreneurism among other wonderful contributions
November 16, 2024 at 9:42 AM
I just donated to this campaign. Sanitation workers, primarily from the Dalit community, manually remove human waste from dry latrines, sewers, and septic tanks and face significant health risks, in addition to financial hardships and caste discrimination https://gofund.me/347addf3
Donate to Help Indian Sanitation Workers Brave the Pandem...
Over the past few weeks, India has been reeling from the ...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Join us to talk all things "China and the Digital" in German, in this fantastic interview series by Alexandra Stefanov at #chinaf="/hashtag/chinaimpulse" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#chinaimpulse #china #digitalisierung; live through March 10 - register here: <a href="http://www.china-impulse.de/china-und-die-digitalisierung" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.china-impulse.de/china-und-die-digitalisierung
November 16, 2024 at 9:59 AM
It's in the mittens. fantastic piece by @NaomiAKlein deconstructing the bernie inauguration meme and aesthetics of american governance. Thx for pointer @semimaris https://theintercept.com/2021/01/21/inauguration-bernie-sanders-mittens/
The Meaning of the Mittens: Five Possibilities
The symbolic power of Bernie’s old pair of mittens was th...
theintercept.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:08 AM