Rae Walker
@raewalker.bsky.social
Tired trans nurse who studies A.I. & power
AAAS Invention Ambassador
They/them, probably a 🐉
#NurseSky #STS no longer a FAAN
Views always my own as a private citizen & not my employer’s (wild that I have to state this)
AAAS Invention Ambassador
They/them, probably a 🐉
#NurseSky #STS no longer a FAAN
Views always my own as a private citizen & not my employer’s (wild that I have to state this)
If the current administration’s answer to “What will happen when ACA subsidies expire?” is “Don’t sweat it - [surveillant, heavily government-subsidized, billionaire-controlled] A.I. can effectively do the same thing for ‘free’!” I will completely lose my sh*t.
MARIA: “What will you do when the ACA subsidies expire (and health insurance premiums skyrocket)?”
DR. OZ: “I don’t want to show our cards.” 🤔
DR. OZ: “I don’t want to show our cards.” 🤔
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If the current administration’s answer to “What will happen when ACA subsidies expire?” is “Don’t sweat it - [surveillant, heavily government-subsidized, billionaire-controlled] A.I. can effectively do the same thing for ‘free’!” I will completely lose my sh*t.
Cause nothing brings my wife & I a sense of security like a stacked Supreme Court that effectively operates like a child shaking a Magic 8 ball, except instead of telling fortunes at a party it’s deciding whether to reverse est’d legal precedent & human rights
Today: “My reply is no”
Tomorrow: ???
Today: “My reply is no”
Tomorrow: ???
Breaking news: The Supreme Court has declined to consider a challenge to its landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
The challenge came from a county clerk who stopped issuing marriage licenses shortly after the ruling.
The challenge came from a county clerk who stopped issuing marriage licenses shortly after the ruling.
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to landmark gay marriage ruling
The announcement indicates there is not an appetite among the high court’s conservative majority to revisit one of the court’s most significant decisions in recent years.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Cause nothing brings my wife & I a sense of security like a stacked Supreme Court that effectively operates like a child shaking a Magic 8 ball, except instead of telling fortunes at a party it’s deciding whether to reverse est’d legal precedent & human rights
Today: “My reply is no”
Tomorrow: ???
Today: “My reply is no”
Tomorrow: ???
In the “richest country in the world”, agreeing that everyone (babies, pregnant people, youth, adults, older folks, etc) should have access to food, shelter, clean water, public education, health care, dental care & a living wage should be the *moderate* position.
Like - the basement-level bar.
Like - the basement-level bar.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In the “richest country in the world”, agreeing that everyone (babies, pregnant people, youth, adults, older folks, etc) should have access to food, shelter, clean water, public education, health care, dental care & a living wage should be the *moderate* position.
Like - the basement-level bar.
Like - the basement-level bar.
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“In reality, because targeting is so easy, we have seen governments use surveillance malware to spy on a broad range of people, including relatively minor political opponents, activists, and journalists…”
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware | TechCrunch
Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficul...
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“In reality, because targeting is so easy, we have seen governments use surveillance malware to spy on a broad range of people, including relatively minor political opponents, activists, and journalists…”
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“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
So this is, uhhhhh, quite the take.
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So this is, uhhhhh, quite the take.
Should a man who has managed to extract & hoard more wealth than *anyone else on the planet* be compensated for these behaviors (in any amount)?
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/b...
Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Musk | CNN Business
Tesla shareholders approved a pay package on Thursday that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Should a man who has managed to extract & hoard more wealth than *anyone else on the planet* be compensated for these behaviors (in any amount)?
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/b...
This thread is quite the ride…
A hearing is underway re: the American Association of University Professors et al v. Trump et al, Motion For Preliminary Injunction.
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This thread is quite the ride…
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Remember, folks. We took one for the team. "affect recognition" is so bad it's beyond the realm of wrong and you might give yourself an ulcer having to debate it. SO WE MDE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE TO! Here's that link to our piece once again.
hyperallergic.com/604897/how-s...
hyperallergic.com/604897/how-s...
How Scientists Use and Abuse Portraiture
Many scientific studies assume that the features of painted faces are the facts of the flesh-and-blood countenances to which they refer. This assumption is not only false; it is preposterous.
hyperallergic.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Remember, folks. We took one for the team. "affect recognition" is so bad it's beyond the realm of wrong and you might give yourself an ulcer having to debate it. SO WE MDE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE TO! Here's that link to our piece once again.
hyperallergic.com/604897/how-s...
hyperallergic.com/604897/how-s...
Truly a remarkable photo.
I hope the person who collapsed got the care they needed.
(Unlike so many who are currently being violently and unnecessarily denied their health, liberty or access to basic resources).
I hope the person who collapsed got the care they needed.
(Unlike so many who are currently being violently and unnecessarily denied their health, liberty or access to basic resources).
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Truly a remarkable photo.
I hope the person who collapsed got the care they needed.
(Unlike so many who are currently being violently and unnecessarily denied their health, liberty or access to basic resources).
I hope the person who collapsed got the care they needed.
(Unlike so many who are currently being violently and unnecessarily denied their health, liberty or access to basic resources).
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
One wonders how many of these anonymous armed men in balaclavas & full battle rattle, busting into daycares and schools in broad daylight to kidnap & terrorize women and children, also have histories of domestic violence & SA, and/or
prior restraining orders against them.
prior restraining orders against them.
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
One wonders how many of these anonymous armed men in balaclavas & full battle rattle, busting into daycares and schools in broad daylight to kidnap & terrorize women and children, also have histories of domestic violence & SA, and/or
prior restraining orders against them.
prior restraining orders against them.
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans:
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
How Big Tech uses NDAs to hide AI data center details from Americans
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans:
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
You know it’s already *really* bad when even a media outlet that has uncritically & relentlessly cheered on the current A.I.stravaganza starts noticing that maybe aLL tHiS sHInY iNnoVaTiOn comes at a cost… 🙃
The rapid proliferation of services powered by artificial intelligence, ranging from the genuinely useful to the frivolous to the unnecessary, has a common element: the need for vast amounts of electricity and water for the data centers that make them possible.
The Unsustainable Strain Of AI’s Insatiable Power Needs
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how electric cars could get much cheaper and Rivian’s RJ Scaringe on China’s EV price advantage
www.forbes.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
You know it’s already *really* bad when even a media outlet that has uncritically & relentlessly cheered on the current A.I.stravaganza starts noticing that maybe aLL tHiS sHInY iNnoVaTiOn comes at a cost… 🙃
Holy sh*t!!!!!!?!?!???!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Holy sh*t!!!!!!?!?!???!!!
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I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
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As a lawyer and democracy expert I cannot overstate how rock-solid the presidential term limit is. Thread.
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
As a lawyer and democracy expert I cannot overstate how rock-solid the presidential term limit is. Thread.
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Turn off Gemini in Google!
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
How to turn off Gemini in your Gmail, Docs, Photos, and more - it's easy to opt out
It's a little hidden, but there is a way to remove Gemini from your favorite Google services.
www.zdnet.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Turn off Gemini in Google!
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
For so many reasons, I positively HATE this timeline.
The faculty at UCLA, itself currently under austerity measures due to a nebulous and unresolved budget crisis, have just received a message that "ChatGPU Edu" is now available to faculty and staff "for purchase at a specially negotiated price."
Do I work at a university?
Do I work at a university?
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
For so many reasons, I positively HATE this timeline.
A.I.-washing & invisible labor case #794572303564
So the $20,000 humanoid robot housekeeper actually just webcams your house to a random person in a call center with an Xbox controller www.wsj.com/tech/persona... @joannastern.bsky.social
I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human.
1X’s Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?
www.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A.I.-washing & invisible labor case #794572303564
This enrages me & I see it ALL the time…
Humanities and social sciences are being systematically gutted while STEM disciplines rediscover their half a century-old research insights and pass them off as their own
October 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This enrages me & I see it ALL the time…
I love breakfast 💜👻
October 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I love breakfast 💜👻
It’s spooky season! 🎃
Tell me a SUPERNATURAL TALE OF HORROR, WOE & HUMAN FOLLY with a single (real) presentation title*. I’ll start:
“Using Machine Learning to Predict Childhood BMI from the First 1,000 Days of Life”*
<insert screaming> 👻
*actually this is a keynote from a public health ctr
Tell me a SUPERNATURAL TALE OF HORROR, WOE & HUMAN FOLLY with a single (real) presentation title*. I’ll start:
“Using Machine Learning to Predict Childhood BMI from the First 1,000 Days of Life”*
<insert screaming> 👻
*actually this is a keynote from a public health ctr
October 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It’s spooky season! 🎃
Tell me a SUPERNATURAL TALE OF HORROR, WOE & HUMAN FOLLY with a single (real) presentation title*. I’ll start:
“Using Machine Learning to Predict Childhood BMI from the First 1,000 Days of Life”*
<insert screaming> 👻
*actually this is a keynote from a public health ctr
Tell me a SUPERNATURAL TALE OF HORROR, WOE & HUMAN FOLLY with a single (real) presentation title*. I’ll start:
“Using Machine Learning to Predict Childhood BMI from the First 1,000 Days of Life”*
<insert screaming> 👻
*actually this is a keynote from a public health ctr