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Ashley Shew — Free Link!
@ashleyshoo.bsky.social
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#PhilTech #STS #DisabilityStudies #Cyborg #Bioethics #DisCoTec. Disabled person. Philosopher of technology. Strong opinions and typos my urn. Reskeets are not endorsements.
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I turned around to find my short-legged, old dog barking from on top of our table yesterday.
Cute long shortie dog on top of a messy table
September 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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This whiteboard with Independence missing from Happy Independence Day is sending me.

I’m not sure if this office is trying a political commentary or just wishing me a happy day.
A whiteboard with a cartoon Statue of Liberty, an American flag, and the words happy and day with a big gap in between where independence would have gone
August 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Wild that a “modern and contemporary” museum has no elevator access + stairs to even enter the ground floor.

Image on the floor after a full flight of stairs after the first set of stairs to get in. From Robbie Williams.
A black and white sketch-style painting called Off to A Nervous Breakdown by Robbie Williams has a figure in a hall in his underwear and the words in a bubble “just off to a nervous breakdown, does anyone want anything?”
July 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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#SPT2025 Lifetime Achivement Awards for Li Bocong and Bernadette Bensuade-Vincent.
Bright stage at TU Eindhoven with slide of Li Bocong and a speaker at the podium
June 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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It’s rad.
Slide behind Shannon Vallor quotes: “playing with your kid or making a work of art is intelligent human behavior, but if you view either one as a process of finding the most efficient solution to a problem or generating predictable tokens, you’re doing it wrong.”
June 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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#SPT2025 keynote by Shannon Vallor, author of the AI Mirror and a former SPT president.

*Buddy the Elf voice* I KNOW HER!!!!!
Fancy stage with slide that says De-coding Our Humanity begin a podium with Shannon Vallor
June 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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At #SPT2025 early panel today, chose postphenomenolgy panel with exciting presentations from Richard Lewis on AI Literacy and writing, Shigeru Kobayashi with a cool proposal about temporal multistability w ref to disability studies, and Andrew Zelny on phronesis and AI.
Big auditorium with person at the front with slide of crowd
June 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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If anyone knows this dog named Nova - now Dame Nova - who was knighted at the WV Ren Faire this weekend, please share this pic with her person. She was definitely in character at the Faire.
A man in a king costume holds a sword above the head of a black dog in a pink vest who is sitting very still, while a dude in a Hawaiian shirt takes her photograph.
June 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Against Technoableism now has a Korean translation, and it’s beautiful. Love the cover art chosen.
Book with purple background and yellow Korean characters with green and white abstract disability symbols
May 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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I am wearing my fall risk earrings so maybe they thought it was overkill, but I was expecting a matching bracelet.
Side of masked white woman’s head with earring shaped like a floor slippery caution sign read Caution: Slippery when wet
May 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Everyone is busy bewaring people about autism for April, but it's also limb loss awareness month, so please be sure to prune your bushes and trees to prevent injury and destruction to property.
Picture of yellow sign with black lettering Warning Limbs May Fall with image of a stick figure under a tree where a branch is about to fall on him
April 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Accidental watch party for @deque.com axe-con. We’re listening to Seneca Foster talk about usability vs compliance.
Pic of a cat and computer on a human in plaid’s lap next to a reddish dog who isn’t all in the frame
February 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Hai from my squad!
A loafed up gray and white cat on a gray rug and a strawberry blond dog on a wood floor
February 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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I got my copy a few days ago! Congrats!!!
A copy of Black Apocalypse by Travis Nyong’o
February 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Gave myself a panic for a moment trying to remember if I thanked him in Against Technoableism. I did! @lollardfish.bsky.social
Paragraphs from the acknowledgements of my book that thank a list of people, including David Perry.
February 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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I just want to have spoopy names and silly memes.

While also having trans kids and immigrants safe. And not have my data stolen by some 22 year old musk rat without a security clearance. And while being able to trust the CDC and NIH. With competent bureaucrats at the helm.
Classic doge meme riffing on DOGE with misspelled words and wow: wow, musk ratz, no sekurity cleerances, a coo, much illegal, violatin teh rool o law, so projuck 2025, wow, cheeto cheato
February 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Mr. Sugarpaws.
Gray and white cat relaxing on a lap with tv and lights in the background
January 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Excited to read this! @jathansadowski.com’s new book.
Holding book with red cover with black lettering written around a gear that reads The Mechanic and the Luddite: a ruthless criticism of technology and capitalism, Jathan Sadowski
January 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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We started the puzzle Wednesday afternoon and finished it today. This beauty is from Blacksburg Books:
Cats and kibble in outer space puzzle
November 29, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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I don’t have anything nearly so festive, but I treasure this potato that took its natural course on my counter. I used it as a centerpiece for Halloween.
Shrunken potato with a lot of roots growing out of it, on a white plate on a skeleton placemat Shrunken potato with purple roots on a white plate from the side
November 28, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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Out there on LinkedIn doing my best philosophy of technology work:
Question from LinkedIn: Your team is struggling with learning new AI technologies. How can you address their frustration? Answer from Ashley Shew: You can get rid of AI technologies that have been ill-considered. By getting off the AI hype train, you can maintain regular workflows and address your team's frustrations. Explain you were caught up in the bubble and understand that the bubble is just that -- full of air, slippery, and exciting for babies and children.
November 23, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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Beautiful location for @gwmt.bsky.social 2024. Learning about science & activism, and also getting a workout for my translation app.
Half a classroom scene with high up windows overlooking a foggy forest
September 26, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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Joe-ever, like fo'ever
or
Jover, like rhymes with over?

I feel like this trending word is very confusing.
Screenshot from Twitter treading: Joever with 9370 posts.
July 18, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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Oh, and an image to share! Don't miss Anita Cameron @anitacameron.bsky.social on June 27 at 7pm EDT! Registration: bit.ly/3Rs5pk8
Even flier reads An Evening with Anita Cameron and DisCoTec Center Launch Moderated by Damien P. Williams. June 27, 7pm. Registration link: https://bit.ly/3Rs5pk8 Anita Cameron is a disability justice legen who has been involved in social change activism and community organizing for 42 years. Anita will read from her memoir-in-progress, entitled Troublemaker, and then take audience questions. Image of Anita in her wheelchair looking into the camera with head turned to the side
June 19, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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PCP wants a follow up visit, and so I had to make an appointment, online system asked my reason:
Screenshot reads Appointment Details, Reason: Continued life in this meaty flesh prison
March 27, 2024 at 2:24 AM