Presented my paper "Rewriting the Social Contract: Algorithmic Authority, Epistemic Exclusion, and the Legitimacy of AI Systems" at #EIRI2026 (UTAD, Portugal).
With algorithms, we often don't even know we are being seen.
#STS #Sociology #AIGovernance

Stacking the Shelves (726) #STS #StackingTheShelves #TBRshelf #TBR #newbooks #booksky

This is more of an "interesting" bunch of covers than it is pretty. I've also managed to almost miss "creepy" entirely because I'm saving those up…

https://www.readingreality.net/2026/10/stacking-the-shelves-726/

🧠 Machines wear down under repeated stress. Neurons can repair themselves!

#HFSP-supported research reveals how neurons restore their internal structure after mechanical damage, helping them remain functional throughout our lives. 🧪

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STS President Emilio Zamparelli says the future of retail betting lies in combining technology and personalised services with human interaction and stronger connections to local communities.

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#SiGMANEWS #iGAMINGNEWS #STS

🧪 Considering an HFSP Research Grant?

Join our webinar on the 2028 call for application guidance and a live Q&A!

📅 17 Nov | Two sessions:
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#HFSP #FrontierScience #sts

Looking forward to welcoming Midori Ogasawara for our first S&T in Asia talk this fall! 🍂

COLONIAL SURVEILLANCE: TECHNOLOGIES OF IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL IN JAPAN'S EMPIRE

Oct 13, 10:30–11:45 am ET, over Zoom

Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #histtech 🧪

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...and #STS #ShipToShip #Transshipment in progress ...

On the #LakeOntario controversy @vassb.bsky.social called out how we’ve bought tech narrative: “We call it a “map” — it’s a surveillance technology to sell us ads” & argued the country has the chance to use this moment to imagine a decolonial future. #digitalcolonialism #sts

It's rather wonderful to be back at Harvard (as a visiting scholar this term) where I spent so much time 15-20 years ago. We both have aged and are wiser (and look more upmarket), but the intellectual excitement and inspiration remains the same.

#philsci #hps #sts #metascience #histscie #philsky

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言説のパフォーマティビティと意味の所有権デジタル物質性親族幻想解釈権の境界線 #言語行為論 #STS #言説倫理 #十06 #1964本田由紀のメリトクラシー_令和日本史ざっくり解説 ino.to/dTQ4vAv　ift.tt/BHSeUxd ift.tt/Iu84q0A , ift.tt/qVhDl0y

#4S2026 begins today. I am psyched to be in this program with so many interesting & amazing thinkers. #STS @datasociety.bsky.social @cunygcdi.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

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uk.bookshop.org/p/books/darw... #books #booksky #histsci #sts #Darwin #histsex #queerhistory

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New #OpenAccess book by Postdoctoral Scholar Franziska M. Fröhlich: "Green Eating and Ecological Risk in #China: How the Authoritarian State Shapes Consumer Responsibility" 🌱

🔗 tinyurl.com/3rm79k29

#STS #FoodPolitics

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