Danya Glabau
@allergyphd.bsky.social
STS and Medical Anthropology, cyborgs, care, feminist theories of tech, faculty NYU Tandon, BISR faculty, she/her
CYBORG: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547550/cyborg/
Food Allergy Advocacy: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517910563/food-allergy-advoca
CYBORG: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547550/cyborg/
Food Allergy Advocacy: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517910563/food-allergy-advoca
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Danya Glabau
@allergyphd.bsky.social
· Feb 21
No we are talking about deskilling and firing people, the AI industry default setting
*taps the sign*
PALATE CLEANSE
I've been super slow on this grey alpaca sweater after starting it FIVE times to get it right, but the body is finally close to complete!
I've been super slow on this grey alpaca sweater after starting it FIVE times to get it right, but the body is finally close to complete!
January 4, 2026 at 1:40 AM
PALATE CLEANSE
I've been super slow on this grey alpaca sweater after starting it FIVE times to get it right, but the body is finally close to complete!
I've been super slow on this grey alpaca sweater after starting it FIVE times to get it right, but the body is finally close to complete!
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All Shock No Therapy: the Political Economy of Post-Soviet Russia | Winter-Spring Courses 2026 | BISR Online | buff.ly/zSadQA4
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
All Shock No Therapy: the Political Economy of Post-Soviet Russia | Winter-Spring Courses 2026 | BISR Online | buff.ly/zSadQA4
I remember listening to the news on the way to orchestra practice in the car with my dad in March 2003 on the day we invaded Iraq and so I'm losing my everloving mind today
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I remember listening to the news on the way to orchestra practice in the car with my dad in March 2003 on the day we invaded Iraq and so I'm losing my everloving mind today
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The Great Escape: Billionaires, Bunkers, and End-Times Fascism | Winter-Spring Courses 2026 | BISR NYC | buff.ly/ZVGo5A1
January 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
The Great Escape: Billionaires, Bunkers, and End-Times Fascism | Winter-Spring Courses 2026 | BISR NYC | buff.ly/ZVGo5A1
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Pour one out for the Latin American historians. May the gods of patience be with you as you do your public-facing work right now.
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Pour one out for the Latin American historians. May the gods of patience be with you as you do your public-facing work right now.
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As I and others have written, algorithmic wage discrimination combined with the myth of “independent contracting” allows platform companies to use “desperation scores” to determine how little to pay drivers.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:01 AM
As I and others have written, algorithmic wage discrimination combined with the myth of “independent contracting” allows platform companies to use “desperation scores” to determine how little to pay drivers.
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
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Also, when reporters start talking about the chatbots this way, it is imperative to remind them they are basically asking a toaster for comment. They should be a lot more embarrassed about this than they currently are.
“Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.
“Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Also, when reporters start talking about the chatbots this way, it is imperative to remind them they are basically asking a toaster for comment. They should be a lot more embarrassed about this than they currently are.
“Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.
“Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.
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It’s also time to start wondering if some of these reporters are a little cooked by the bots themselves. Reporters aren’t inured to chatbot psychosis. In fact, some of them may have drank too much of the kool aid from sources selling them stuff. We’re in a new world of stupid. Adjust your credulity.
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 AM
It’s also time to start wondering if some of these reporters are a little cooked by the bots themselves. Reporters aren’t inured to chatbot psychosis. In fact, some of them may have drank too much of the kool aid from sources selling them stuff. We’re in a new world of stupid. Adjust your credulity.
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You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
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January 2, 2026 at 4:53 AM
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Music to my ears
Mamdani: "The cost of childcare will no longer discourage young adults from starting a family, because we will deliver universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few"
January 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Music to my ears
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I feel like focusing on NYC as a concept as a defense of multicultural representative democracy is giving me such potent "the 90s are still alive" hits that are making my fucking Global Information Village-ass Millennial brain go fucking RABID with optimism
This is not a hard message.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
January 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I feel like focusing on NYC as a concept as a defense of multicultural representative democracy is giving me such potent "the 90s are still alive" hits that are making my fucking Global Information Village-ass Millennial brain go fucking RABID with optimism
Ms Four: "yeah yeah, Zohran's the mayor, I hear what you're talking about. More more busses and trains. 🙄"
January 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Ms Four: "yeah yeah, Zohran's the mayor, I hear what you're talking about. More more busses and trains. 🙄"
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We love the trans-it authority 🥰
Nice touch - the trans announcer from the subway (“Stand clear of the platform edge”) is doing the announcing
January 1, 2026 at 7:23 PM
We love the trans-it authority 🥰
Have reached the going to the indoor kid's gym stage of break
January 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Have reached the going to the indoor kid's gym stage of break
Tfw you're in the Totally Tots area of the children's museum and suddenly you hear a chorus singing: s i x s e v e n six seven SIX SEVEN
Was spared the children's museum today as it was unexpectedly closed, but tomorrow...
January 1, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Tfw you're in the Totally Tots area of the children's museum and suddenly you hear a chorus singing: s i x s e v e n six seven SIX SEVEN
Every time WNYC reports on Mamdani, the hosts are all so obviously *delighted*
December 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Every time WNYC reports on Mamdani, the hosts are all so obviously *delighted*
Midway through the second week of kid vacation with Ms Four, and we just had an afternoon snack of *checks notes*... hot cocoa and salt and vinegar chips!
December 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Midway through the second week of kid vacation with Ms Four, and we just had an afternoon snack of *checks notes*... hot cocoa and salt and vinegar chips!
I made great progress with getting hard pants out of my life in 2025, but in 2026, with the help of this delightful machine, it will be official and irrevocable
December 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I made great progress with getting hard pants out of my life in 2025, but in 2026, with the help of this delightful machine, it will be official and irrevocable
Was spared the children's museum today as it was unexpectedly closed, but tomorrow...
December 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Was spared the children's museum today as it was unexpectedly closed, but tomorrow...
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You really do
As the year comes to an end, may I interest you in my favorite book of 2025? It's @adapalmer.bsky.social's Inventing the Renaissance: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
You think you don't need a 700+ page romp through mostly Renaissance Italy, but you do.
You think you don't need a 700+ page romp through mostly Renaissance Italy, but you do.
Inventing the Renaissance
A New Yorker Best Book of 2025An irreverent new take on the Renaissance, which reveals it as anything but Europe’s golden age.From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (...
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December 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
You really do
I'm going into 2026 with collection of new hobbies and a research leave coming up in the fall, never felt better
December 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I'm going into 2026 with collection of new hobbies and a research leave coming up in the fall, never felt better
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New @ursulakleguin.com print from @skeuomorphpress.org arrived
December 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
New @ursulakleguin.com print from @skeuomorphpress.org arrived
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Beauty and the Beast, but make it even more of a nightmare
Also, this just in -> the latest bizarre AI fever dream is AI-controlled trivets, staplers, and coffee cups on wheels. So we'll be chased around by inanimate wheeled objects clamoring for our attention.
![Real news story headline: "Robot Coffee Cups? Self-Driving Trivets? AI Researchers Made It Happen. [sub-title] Scientists found a way to animate everyday objects and predict your next move, so your stapler is always nearby when you need it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wstpte2vzb4ra2iqtnw2d2ef/bafkreibbhk46utcdzm3qb2u2muehbhrndu6x47k5a4v64ef44xdpbgh42u@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Beauty and the Beast, but make it even more of a nightmare
He gets his audience
EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.
EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Will Be Sworn In At Abandoned Original City Hall Subway Station
The mayor-elect will kick off a new era by throwing things back to an older one.
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December 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
He gets his audience