Rua M. Williams
@fractalecho.bsky.social
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Rua M. Williams
@fractalecho.bsky.social
· Oct 11
This book is titled “Disabling Intelligences” for many reasons. First, because so-called “AI” is built from historical commitments to the excision of disability from the classification of humanity.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
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Forced to choose between risking my job that pays my bills and risking my access to health care that I die without
Fucking love this timeline
Fucking love this timeline
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Forced to choose between risking my job that pays my bills and risking my access to health care that I die without
Fucking love this timeline
Fucking love this timeline
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I only a few pages into reading this wonderful book by @fractalecho.bsky.social and I've already thought of half a dozen people to whom I should gift a copy for Christmas.
#AI #AIEthics #HackingAI
#AI #AIEthics #HackingAI
Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI
Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI - Kindle edition by Williams, Rua M.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I only a few pages into reading this wonderful book by @fractalecho.bsky.social and I've already thought of half a dozen people to whom I should gift a copy for Christmas.
#AI #AIEthics #HackingAI
#AI #AIEthics #HackingAI
I got to listen to students talk about their experiences reading my book today and it was like... They are getting it. They are learning things from it. They get it and they're not just trying to please me, it makes sense to them. I make sense.
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I got to listen to students talk about their experiences reading my book today and it was like... They are getting it. They are learning things from it. They get it and they're not just trying to please me, it makes sense to them. I make sense.
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I'm ridiculously chuffed to be in a pile with some of my favorite movement writers.
All 3 of these books arrived to me in the past 24 hours 😍📚🥰
1. Disabling Intelligences by @fractalecho.bsky.social (via publisher)
2. Ancestors by @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social (via Cellar Bird Books)
3. Read This When Things Fall Apart by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social (via Pilsen Community Books)
1. Disabling Intelligences by @fractalecho.bsky.social (via publisher)
2. Ancestors by @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social (via Cellar Bird Books)
3. Read This When Things Fall Apart by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social (via Pilsen Community Books)
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm ridiculously chuffed to be in a pile with some of my favorite movement writers.
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Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
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Furthermore public transit teaches you how to live with temporary minor annoyances and cars teach you that you're god's most special baby and your moment-to-moment comfort is the only important thing in the world
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Furthermore public transit teaches you how to live with temporary minor annoyances and cars teach you that you're god's most special baby and your moment-to-moment comfort is the only important thing in the world
Super proud to have some of my favorite work cited in this paper.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
“As Someone Who is Disabled, I am so thankful for Sex Work”: Alternative Approaches to Access Among Disabled Sex-Workers | Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers a...
dl.acm.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Super proud to have some of my favorite work cited in this paper.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
I think I've made this post before but I'll do it again.
AI is underpants gnome shit.
Like South Park Underpants Gnomes shit.
1. Steal underpants
2. ????
3. Profit
I wish I had another cultural reference for this but I don't.
AI is underpants gnome shit.
Like South Park Underpants Gnomes shit.
1. Steal underpants
2. ????
3. Profit
I wish I had another cultural reference for this but I don't.
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I think I've made this post before but I'll do it again.
AI is underpants gnome shit.
Like South Park Underpants Gnomes shit.
1. Steal underpants
2. ????
3. Profit
I wish I had another cultural reference for this but I don't.
AI is underpants gnome shit.
Like South Park Underpants Gnomes shit.
1. Steal underpants
2. ????
3. Profit
I wish I had another cultural reference for this but I don't.
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Louisiana has refused to reconsider the convictions of 1,000+ mostly Black men sentenced by split juries, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2020 that such convictions are unconstitutional and based on an inherently racist law.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
What One Man’s 45-Year-Old Case Tells Us About the “Jim Crow Juries” Haunting Louisiana
Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in 1980s Louisiana, when nonunanimous juries were still legal, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life — even though the...
www.propublica.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Louisiana has refused to reconsider the convictions of 1,000+ mostly Black men sentenced by split juries, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2020 that such convictions are unconstitutional and based on an inherently racist law.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
For the first time ever I have the time and the urgency of illness to look for a sunflower lanyard but there's no one at the info desk to give me one. I don't want to fight with gate agents about how they should just let me on the plane bc if I have to stand in line I'm gonna pass out or throw up.
October 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
For the first time ever I have the time and the urgency of illness to look for a sunflower lanyard but there's no one at the info desk to give me one. I don't want to fight with gate agents about how they should just let me on the plane bc if I have to stand in line I'm gonna pass out or throw up.
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#NowAvailable Disabling Intelligences discusses the influences of eugenics on the #AI industry and the impacts of AI opportunism on disabled people, encompassing the history of AI and disability from popular culture to real-life case-studies.
@hss.springernature.com @fractalecho.bsky.social
@hss.springernature.com @fractalecho.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#NowAvailable Disabling Intelligences discusses the influences of eugenics on the #AI industry and the impacts of AI opportunism on disabled people, encompassing the history of AI and disability from popular culture to real-life case-studies.
@hss.springernature.com @fractalecho.bsky.social
@hss.springernature.com @fractalecho.bsky.social
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It's funny, the no kings protests could be the best chace to normalize the idea of nationwide strikes in the US, if the organizers are serious. They do maybe 2 more on weekends to really lock them into people's practice, then say, "hey, let's show them we really mean business & do it on a Wednesday"
October 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's funny, the no kings protests could be the best chace to normalize the idea of nationwide strikes in the US, if the organizers are serious. They do maybe 2 more on weekends to really lock them into people's practice, then say, "hey, let's show them we really mean business & do it on a Wednesday"
I wish academic administrators a very "don't make essential operational processes dependent upon a single proprietary infrastructure goliath"
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I wish academic administrators a very "don't make essential operational processes dependent upon a single proprietary infrastructure goliath"
99 nights in the forest. The Ram.
October 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
99 nights in the forest. The Ram.
Translation: don't feed the trolls. Engagement is food. Block the trolls. Even if they're the feds. Starve the trolls.
I say possibly bot-run due to message similarity. Either way, remember:
For trolls, the return on investment for stirring up troll shit is infinite: Any reaction is a win.
And when the trolls are literally the govt, then that reaction can then be weaponized via full reach of the federal apparatus.
For trolls, the return on investment for stirring up troll shit is infinite: Any reaction is a win.
And when the trolls are literally the govt, then that reaction can then be weaponized via full reach of the federal apparatus.
October 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Translation: don't feed the trolls. Engagement is food. Block the trolls. Even if they're the feds. Starve the trolls.
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The Trump admin has come to bluesky. These new accounts for gov agencies are not run by anyone we know in the agencies and have all started off with Hatch Act violations.
In true bsky fashion, I'll be blocking the lot of them rather than giving them any engagement.
In true bsky fashion, I'll be blocking the lot of them rather than giving them any engagement.
October 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Trump admin has come to bluesky. These new accounts for gov agencies are not run by anyone we know in the agencies and have all started off with Hatch Act violations.
In true bsky fashion, I'll be blocking the lot of them rather than giving them any engagement.
In true bsky fashion, I'll be blocking the lot of them rather than giving them any engagement.
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By my count: Of the 15 Departments of the US Government, 13 launched new BlueSky accounts tonight (all but Justice and HUD), and all 13 have posted explicitly partisan political posts blaming Democrats and/or Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown.
October 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
By my count: Of the 15 Departments of the US Government, 13 launched new BlueSky accounts tonight (all but Justice and HUD), and all 13 have posted explicitly partisan political posts blaming Democrats and/or Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown.
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Utilitarianism is evil, actually.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Utilitarianism is evil, actually.
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Sign up for our 10/22 webinar with Dr. Rua Mae Williams, titled "AI 101 for AAC Users:" lnk.to/ai101. Rua will be joined by Board members Jordyn Zimmerman & Godfrey Nazareth to discuss potential impacts of #AI for people who need and use #AAC.
@fractalecho.bsky.social @jordynbzim.bsky.social
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![[Image: Black graphic titled, AI 101 for AAC Users: Rua Mae Williams, Godfrey Nazareth, & Jordyn Zimmerman in Conversation. The graphic displays headshots of the three discussants, the CommunicationFIRST logo, and a webinar date of 1:30 - 3:00 PM ET October 22, 2025. A description reads: Dr. Williams (“Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We Are Wrong About Al”) will lead a discussion on the potential impacts of artificial intelligence for our community.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rttsf4zrtbea47kiv56ec4vb/bafkreicvaptacw2jx4n2i7nlnp6y6ncovpaabldjqiqjprpqizyo423oiy@jpeg)
October 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sign up for our 10/22 webinar with Dr. Rua Mae Williams, titled "AI 101 for AAC Users:" lnk.to/ai101. Rua will be joined by Board members Jordyn Zimmerman & Godfrey Nazareth to discuss potential impacts of #AI for people who need and use #AAC.
@fractalecho.bsky.social @jordynbzim.bsky.social
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Friendly reminder that Columbus day was the result of a coordinated PR campaign by an Irish and Italian American coalition in the 1920s who wanted to assimilate into whiteness by popularizing Italian Columbus as an American hero and by proxy normalize Catholicism (and the Irish) in the US as well.
October 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Friendly reminder that Columbus day was the result of a coordinated PR campaign by an Irish and Italian American coalition in the 1920s who wanted to assimilate into whiteness by popularizing Italian Columbus as an American hero and by proxy normalize Catholicism (and the Irish) in the US as well.
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Also, I cannot stress this enough. The world that makes it feel necessary to use an LLM to trick those in power into engaging with us respectfully is the same world that puts profits over people and is THE VERY SAME WORLD that wants us dead. It's all connected. This is very "the masters tools."
October 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Also, I cannot stress this enough. The world that makes it feel necessary to use an LLM to trick those in power into engaging with us respectfully is the same world that puts profits over people and is THE VERY SAME WORLD that wants us dead. It's all connected. This is very "the masters tools."
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Even so, it could never know the precise intent of the person who shared the image, and so any auto generated description will always have dubious ability to convey full contextual meaning.
October 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Even so, it could never know the precise intent of the person who shared the image, and so any auto generated description will always have dubious ability to convey full contextual meaning.
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One of the nastiest things from these nasty pieces of work has been the lie that kidlit creatives, teachers & librarians are somehow grooming kids.
Statistically, a parent, guardian, or other relative is more likely to be the perpetrator: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/n...
Statistically, a parent, guardian, or other relative is more likely to be the perpetrator: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/n...
National Statistics on Child Abuse - National Children's Alliance
A look at the scope of the problem of child abuse, including how it impacts kids, where and how it happens, and how CACs help.
www.nationalchildrensalliance.org
October 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
One of the nastiest things from these nasty pieces of work has been the lie that kidlit creatives, teachers & librarians are somehow grooming kids.
Statistically, a parent, guardian, or other relative is more likely to be the perpetrator: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/n...
Statistically, a parent, guardian, or other relative is more likely to be the perpetrator: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/n...
This book is titled “Disabling Intelligences” for many reasons. First, because so-called “AI” is built from historical commitments to the excision of disability from the classification of humanity.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
October 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This book is titled “Disabling Intelligences” for many reasons. First, because so-called “AI” is built from historical commitments to the excision of disability from the classification of humanity.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…