Jeffrey Yost

@justcode.bsky.social

Writer I Speaker I Professor I Historian I Ctr. Dir. I Director, CBI for Computing Info. & Culture; Prof. HST/STS, U of MN Co-Edit JHUP Computing & Culture bk srs. Research-Social Study of AI, Privacy/Sec., Labor, Race, Gender & Inequality. JUST CODE

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Minneapolis is a wonderful city & so glad to see the amazing Cedar Cultural Center (a legendary arts and world music venue in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood, less than a mile from my office at CBI, UMN) with this message!!! As we did earlier, we are good in MN & say no to paramilitary occupation!

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After President Trump urged people to "fight back" against Somali immigrants in Minn., mosque leaders and neighbors are taking steps to protect their communities. They're renewing patrols that started during Operation Metro Surge and reminding worshipers about emergency exits and safety procedures.

mprnews.orgMosques step up safety after Trump's comments targeting Somali MinnesotansClergy and some elected officials around the state are calling for additional security at mosques after President Donald Trump called on non-Somali Minnesotans to “fight back” against the Somali commu...
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The paper & symposia submission deadline (15 November 2026) is approaching for the International Congress of Logic, Methodology & Philosophy of Science & Technology. The 2027 edition will be at Kobe University in Japan (23-28 Aug 2027). The theme is Dialogues Across Borders.
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The conventional wisdom in home building was that constructing units that are both energy efficient and powered by renewable energy substantially increases the cost. But two new affordable housing developments in Northfield and Faribault show otherwise.

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Come to my book launch in London on October 26!

It won’t just be me! @foxglovelegal.bsky.social, @macrodosepod.bsky.social, @sarahljaffe.bsky.social, and more will be there too. A fantastic night of data centre resistance.

Tickets going fast. You won’t want to miss it!

eventbrite.co.ukThe AI Data Centres Fight: organisers social, book launch, panel & podcastWho pays for the AI boom? Join campaigners, lawyers, activists and journalists for an evening on all things Big Tech data centres
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Thrilled to have in my hands the next book in Con Diaz and my Johns Hopkins U. Press Computing and Culture series. @bpfaffenberger.bsky.social book is a brilliant history of voting machines, & political, tech, & cultural contexts. A must read in general, & especially as Midterm Elections are near.

Cover of Machining the Vote. the new book by Bryan Pfaffenberger. Picture of a mechanical voting machine.
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I was quoted in this piece, so I thought I'd share the bits that weren't included: What I see here is language models doing what language models do: reading and writing. Wikis are prime targets for agents, which are foremost writing machines.

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Yes! It is not an AI alignment problem, but a human and corporate failure of organization, oversight, and accountability. Meanwhile, there IS a major Big Tech misalignment with broad social and environmental interests.

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