Dr Amy Gaeta
@amygaeta.bsky.social
Research Associate at Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at Cambridge. Thinking about drones, militarization, surveillance, AI ethics, gender, disability, & what it means to be human today
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this is a very important part of her legacy, her support for Palestine. one of the things i will always remember is that one of Dr. Refaat Alareer’s last liked posts on Twitter before it turned into x and removed like history is a photo of Alice.
The official obits are rolling in. I hear the NYT mentions nothing about Alice Palestine support ofc. When she won her MacArthur, Alice got death threats from Zionists. They ruined her joy on a HUGE accomplishment. She told me the MacArthur ppl took down her personal statement & when she complained
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
this is a very important part of her legacy, her support for Palestine. one of the things i will always remember is that one of Dr. Refaat Alareer’s last liked posts on Twitter before it turned into x and removed like history is a photo of Alice.
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Thank you Alice for being my friend and comrade. You have been a beacon, a badass crip auntie who modelled incredible boundaries and offered the world such incisive wisdom and grace. We are all better for having known Alice.
#ConnectingGaza
#ConnectingGaza
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Thank you Alice for being my friend and comrade. You have been a beacon, a badass crip auntie who modelled incredible boundaries and offered the world such incisive wisdom and grace. We are all better for having known Alice.
#ConnectingGaza
#ConnectingGaza
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I’m heartsick to hear that the incomparable Alice Wong has passed. Her loss will be felt keenly, by many, and for a long time. She is a force, a generous leader and storyteller, and an oracle for disabled futures. Much love to Alice and to all our crip kin and comrades. ❤️🩹
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I’m heartsick to hear that the incomparable Alice Wong has passed. Her loss will be felt keenly, by many, and for a long time. She is a force, a generous leader and storyteller, and an oracle for disabled futures. Much love to Alice and to all our crip kin and comrades. ❤️🩹
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
What an absolute loss. Alice was the best of us. An unbelievably kind person. Every conversation I had with her was lined with the most beautiful contradictions thanks to her: hope and rage, spite and deep compassion, and all the other dualities that made her and her work so beautiful and important.
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What an absolute loss. Alice was the best of us. An unbelievably kind person. Every conversation I had with her was lined with the most beautiful contradictions thanks to her: hope and rage, spite and deep compassion, and all the other dualities that made her and her work so beautiful and important.
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This is a VERY interesting read, now that I've had time to sit down with it, and it has me thinking about the interactions of learning abilities, especially dyslexia, with how we teach reading.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is a VERY interesting read, now that I've had time to sit down with it, and it has me thinking about the interactions of learning abilities, especially dyslexia, with how we teach reading.
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The @nplusonemag.com book match quiz is funny--I even cackled--and then the book recommendations included 3 favorites. A good time for a good cause: secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-fo...
secure.givelively.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The @nplusonemag.com book match quiz is funny--I even cackled--and then the book recommendations included 3 favorites. A good time for a good cause: secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-fo...
Going to Warsaw for a few days. Open to any suggestions for cool queer friendly spots to buy local art (trying to fill my walls) and good vegan food
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Going to Warsaw for a few days. Open to any suggestions for cool queer friendly spots to buy local art (trying to fill my walls) and good vegan food
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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Saw another article about municipal bonds making the rounds earlier this week. Technical but crucial topic. thebaffler.com/latest/payin...
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Saw another article about municipal bonds making the rounds earlier this week. Technical but crucial topic. thebaffler.com/latest/payin...
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At least 20 people have died in ICE custody in 2025, making this year the deadliest in decades. With increases to ICE’s funding, workforce, and detention space, the system riddled with abuse and neglect will undoubtedly be more life-threatening in 2026.
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
It's the deadliest year for people in ICE custody in decades; next year could be worse
There have been at least 20 deaths in ICE custody in 2025, the deadliest year since 2004. As the agency is ramping up hiring and increasing detentions, concerns remain about how to stop the trend.
www.npr.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
At least 20 people have died in ICE custody in 2025, making this year the deadliest in decades. With increases to ICE’s funding, workforce, and detention space, the system riddled with abuse and neglect will undoubtedly be more life-threatening in 2026.
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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So uh.
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
bookshop.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
So uh.
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
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"A ten-billion-dollar contract with Palantir Technologies—one of the largest in the Department of Defense’s history—was framed as a move toward “efficiency.”
It consolidated seventy-five procurement agreements into a single contract."
It consolidated seventy-five procurement agreements into a single contract."
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"A ten-billion-dollar contract with Palantir Technologies—one of the largest in the Department of Defense’s history—was framed as a move toward “efficiency.”
It consolidated seventy-five procurement agreements into a single contract."
It consolidated seventy-five procurement agreements into a single contract."
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Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
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Let me be very clear. It is not enough that RFK Jr. was forced to admit today that no causal relationship between Tylenol and autism has been shown.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Let me be very clear. It is not enough that RFK Jr. was forced to admit today that no causal relationship between Tylenol and autism has been shown.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
Any American justifying the government withholding FOOD support from 40+ million people needs to admin what they are supporting is the state’s willingness to starve, disable, let die, and deprive its people for simply needing to eat. There is never a time for soft language about state violence
October 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Any American justifying the government withholding FOOD support from 40+ million people needs to admin what they are supporting is the state’s willingness to starve, disable, let die, and deprive its people for simply needing to eat. There is never a time for soft language about state violence
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
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New digital piece available in the latest issue of "The Lit Platform"! "Flight Diaries" is the latest iteration of my ongoing work in finding ways of visualising and poetically narrating my experiences as a glider pilot theliteraryplatform.com/stories/flig...
#art #poetry #digital #flight #data #dh
#art #poetry #digital #flight #data #dh
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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We're celebrating a year of @theflytrapmedia.com with a daily paywall drop on some classic Flytrap articles! Up today: Buying things, how does it work? Are we buying too many things? Are we buying the wrong things? Someone help, our family is dying.
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We're celebrating a year of @theflytrapmedia.com with a daily paywall drop on some classic Flytrap articles! Up today: Buying things, how does it work? Are we buying too many things? Are we buying the wrong things? Someone help, our family is dying.
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This family did not get their SNAP in October and won't be getting it again in November unless something changes. Can y'all help with to help with food? They say their big needs are stuffer tunafish and beef stew and soup.
#MutualAid
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
#MutualAid
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This family did not get their SNAP in October and won't be getting it again in November unless something changes. Can y'all help with to help with food? They say their big needs are stuffer tunafish and beef stew and soup.
#MutualAid
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
#MutualAid
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Anyone else on here getting an excessive amount of right wing content on their “discover” page? I never experienced this on BlueSky until a few days ago.
October 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Anyone else on here getting an excessive amount of right wing content on their “discover” page? I never experienced this on BlueSky until a few days ago.
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Terrifying. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety and fluoride have been introduced in statehouses across the US so far this year. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
October 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Terrifying. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety and fluoride have been introduced in statehouses across the US so far this year. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
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Folks, I need to ask for some help this month.
My US testosterone scrip has run out & I can't wait the 7+ years it takes to get seen by the UK NHS to renew it. I've been working w private practitioners to fast track getting hormones & this has been an extra £500 this month
Any help is appreciated
My US testosterone scrip has run out & I can't wait the 7+ years it takes to get seen by the UK NHS to renew it. I've been working w private practitioners to fast track getting hormones & this has been an extra £500 this month
Any help is appreciated
October 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Folks, I need to ask for some help this month.
My US testosterone scrip has run out & I can't wait the 7+ years it takes to get seen by the UK NHS to renew it. I've been working w private practitioners to fast track getting hormones & this has been an extra £500 this month
Any help is appreciated
My US testosterone scrip has run out & I can't wait the 7+ years it takes to get seen by the UK NHS to renew it. I've been working w private practitioners to fast track getting hormones & this has been an extra £500 this month
Any help is appreciated