Joshua Earle, Ph.D.
@cyborgapologist.bsky.social
Ass Prof of STS @ UVA
Communications Director for Society for Philosophy and Technology
Phil Tech, Disability Studies, Med Hums, Bioethics, Hist of Eugenics, Transhumanism
I teach engineers what the stuff they build does to people.
Communications Director for Society for Philosophy and Technology
Phil Tech, Disability Studies, Med Hums, Bioethics, Hist of Eugenics, Transhumanism
I teach engineers what the stuff they build does to people.
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New piece! Seven years in the making, but Cyborg Maintenance will finally be out in the March edition of Disability Studies Quarterly.
In it I talk about many of the things that go into maintaining a bodymind which relies on technology.
Pre-print here: cyborgapologist.com/pre-print-pu...
In it I talk about many of the things that go into maintaining a bodymind which relies on technology.
Pre-print here: cyborgapologist.com/pre-print-pu...
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this is my entire reply to the guy who was like "the left isn't happy with AI"
NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.
futurism.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
this is my entire reply to the guy who was like "the left isn't happy with AI"
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I’ve been saying this to people, and they look at me like I’m bananas. But it’s clearly coming. It’s not only is this about control, but also they have to force us to use all the data center capacity they are building.
February 18, 2026 at 2:15 AM
I’ve been saying this to people, and they look at me like I’m bananas. But it’s clearly coming. It’s not only is this about control, but also they have to force us to use all the data center capacity they are building.
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As students, we have a responsibility to advocate for workers on our campuses, and school administrations consistently fight our efforts to do so.
February 18, 2026 at 1:35 AM
As students, we have a responsibility to advocate for workers on our campuses, and school administrations consistently fight our efforts to do so.
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Universities have a responsibility to provide for their workers, and university administrators used their power to suppress collective bargaining.
Furious at my school and the roll they played in getting workers cut out of the House bill.
Furious at my school and the roll they played in getting workers cut out of the House bill.
February 18, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Universities have a responsibility to provide for their workers, and university administrators used their power to suppress collective bargaining.
Furious at my school and the roll they played in getting workers cut out of the House bill.
Furious at my school and the roll they played in getting workers cut out of the House bill.
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We encourage you to attend this important event. Workers rights are an essential part of a livable Charlottesville area.
Hey #Charlottesville #cville folx. This weekend, Sat Feb 21 from 2-3:30 (with social time afterwards) UCW is hosting a town hall about collective bargaining and keeping UVA honest. Flyer below with an RSVP QR code with more information. Let your folx (esp other unionized folx) know! Tags incoming.
February 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
We encourage you to attend this important event. Workers rights are an essential part of a livable Charlottesville area.
Hey #Charlottesville #cville folx. This weekend, Sat Feb 21 from 2-3:30 (with social time afterwards) UCW is hosting a town hall about collective bargaining and keeping UVA honest. Flyer below with an RSVP QR code with more information. Let your folx (esp other unionized folx) know! Tags incoming.
February 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Hey #Charlottesville #cville folx. This weekend, Sat Feb 21 from 2-3:30 (with social time afterwards) UCW is hosting a town hall about collective bargaining and keeping UVA honest. Flyer below with an RSVP QR code with more information. Let your folx (esp other unionized folx) know! Tags incoming.
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
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Looks like F.D Signifier's Tyler Perry video has been taken down already.
Tyler Perry REALLY doesn't want you to see it. Wonder why.
...
Anyway, it's up on Nebula right now. And you can get a free trial to the site.
nebula.tv
Tyler Perry REALLY doesn't want you to see it. Wonder why.
...
Anyway, it's up on Nebula right now. And you can get a free trial to the site.
nebula.tv
February 17, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Looks like F.D Signifier's Tyler Perry video has been taken down already.
Tyler Perry REALLY doesn't want you to see it. Wonder why.
...
Anyway, it's up on Nebula right now. And you can get a free trial to the site.
nebula.tv
Tyler Perry REALLY doesn't want you to see it. Wonder why.
...
Anyway, it's up on Nebula right now. And you can get a free trial to the site.
nebula.tv
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“Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good and natural thing.”
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 17, 2026 at 4:12 PM
“Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good and natural thing.”
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It's almost as if the entire point of a warrant is to prevent the government from just rounding up whomever it wants
Rep. Buddy Carter: "Some of the demands that the Democrats have put forth, we're not gonna be able to obtain that. We can't have a warrant every time."
February 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
It's almost as if the entire point of a warrant is to prevent the government from just rounding up whomever it wants
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Now with ALT text!
'Cos everyone deserves access to the cool memes
A napkin doodle from famous "Fox Trot" cartoonist Bill Amend, commenting on current events
'Cos everyone deserves access to the cool memes
A napkin doodle from famous "Fox Trot" cartoonist Bill Amend, commenting on current events
February 17, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Now with ALT text!
'Cos everyone deserves access to the cool memes
A napkin doodle from famous "Fox Trot" cartoonist Bill Amend, commenting on current events
'Cos everyone deserves access to the cool memes
A napkin doodle from famous "Fox Trot" cartoonist Bill Amend, commenting on current events
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LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Gov. Abigail Spanberger has announced she will sign legislation to raise Virginia's minimum wage to $15/hour.
February 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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A Star Trek show with with men wearing dress, an atypical Klingon in Starfleet, a person with a disability visible and atypical women in positions they typically haven’t had in Trek before?!?!? How dare they?!? How woke!
The Next Generation is wildly woke.
The Next Generation is wildly woke.
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 AM
A Star Trek show with with men wearing dress, an atypical Klingon in Starfleet, a person with a disability visible and atypical women in positions they typically haven’t had in Trek before?!?!? How dare they?!? How woke!
The Next Generation is wildly woke.
The Next Generation is wildly woke.
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I was initially not the biggest fan of Spanberger but it turns out she has the heart of a world class hater and that is 100% the kind of energy we need right now
This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
February 17, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I was initially not the biggest fan of Spanberger but it turns out she has the heart of a world class hater and that is 100% the kind of energy we need right now
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First they came for the historians but no one said anything because only STEM matters 🤷🏻♀️
The Trump administration wants to control the US by rewriting the country’s past.
This President’s Day, check out @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social cover story for our latest print issue of Mother Jones:
This President’s Day, check out @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social cover story for our latest print issue of Mother Jones:
Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
www.motherjones.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:17 AM
First they came for the historians but no one said anything because only STEM matters 🤷🏻♀️
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with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
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in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
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Reminder that I have a starter pack of cat accounts run by real people who post original content with meaningful ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN
February 14, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Reminder that I have a starter pack of cat accounts run by real people who post original content with meaningful ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN
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Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
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Kīlauea is doing the thing again!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
[V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Kīlauea is doing the thing again!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
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"There is NOT a remote option for this position. A small travel stipend of two gold doubloons will be provided. However, interns must organize their own transportation to and from the subterranean lair."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dra...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dra...
Dragon Hoarding Enormous Pile of Treasure Seeks Unpaid Intern
Dragon seeks smart, motivated intern to help manage a sprawling cavern of various golden treasures. This is the perfect opportunity for a go-getter...
www.mcsweeneys.net
February 16, 2026 at 2:27 AM
"There is NOT a remote option for this position. A small travel stipend of two gold doubloons will be provided. However, interns must organize their own transportation to and from the subterranean lair."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dra...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dra...
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.