I research and write about humans, technology, and economic things. "Not a real doctor" -my kid. He/they. Opinions are mine.
Toronto, Ontario
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New paper: @teeepain and I wrote a short piece for the recent #CSCW2020 workshop on Reconsidering Scale and Scaling, wherein we try to map the dimensions of "scale thinking" in Valley culture and map out resistances in mutual aid arxiv.org/abs/2010.08850
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.@astradisastra: "By definition, democracy implies collectivity; it depends on an inclusive and vibrant public sphere in which we can all listen to one another. We ignore that listening at our peril." @NewYorker
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I wrote for @logicmagazine about what we might learn from the experiment Biosphere 2 about the possibilities of technologically assisted ecological reproduction and repair, thinking with @reproutopia, Shulamith Firestone, & my editor @bentarnoff logicmag.io/nature/a-repair-…
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An absolute must read on surveillance data and mobile tracking - extremely well written and accessible, not to mention alarming. nytimes.com/interactive/2019…
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The minimum wage debate is really a sociology of science problem.
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As someone who grew up playing women's hockey and experienced homophobia and transphobia on/off the ice, I find the initiative encouraging 2/3
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History of #Capitalism Summer #Camp is back at it again in 2020! Learn the "other stuff" you always wish that you knew!
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In the race to automate or enable better access to public services, govts sometimes fail to question whether people actually need the service or how it can be improved. Learn from @biancawylie in our ongoing series on a more equitable innovation economy bit.ly/2me8SH3
This is such an insightful investigation because it shows how the whole system, from the limited technologies to the deficient training, harms trans people.
TSA body scanners have different settings for male and female. They issue an “alarm” when an unexpected body part is detected.
We heard from dozens of transgender and gender nonconforming travelers who faced humiliating searches after a false alarm. propub.li/2MyzWNe
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Canada.
Where people are more upset about the use of the word “genocide” than the actual treatment of Indigenous people.
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Number of times Doug Ford’s budget mentioned the words “alcohol” or “beer”: 46. Number of times “poverty” was mentioned: 0. Priorities.
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Reading up on the race + organizations literature for the upcoming workshop with @asociologist, and, although it seems obvious to say, how much this framework helps to understand big tech firms as fundamentally white organizations.
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Last summer, @LeapingRobot, @dcbrock, the historian of business and technology Margaret Graham, and I held a workshop, which included a bunch of smart people, on the notion of the "4th Industrial Revolution." Today we are publishing the papers from it. medium.com/whats-at-stake-in…
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This #AEFP2019 presidential address by @clconaway on the use of research in policy is so good it inspired a thread. Lessons to take away: caldercouncil.org/maximizing…
THIS: Inside the Growing World of Queer Truckers rollingstone.com/culture/cul… via @RollingStone
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And in today’s installment of why-good-schedules-are-good-for-workers-and-business, I discuss experimental evidence that shows that better schedules translate to better sleep. (1/6)
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