Adryana H.
@awyrm.bsky.social
PhD student at GWU, security, privacy, and #a11y | fake philosopher | she/her
a-wyrm.github.io
a-wyrm.github.io
Reposted by Adryana H.
🌟 If you’re applying to CMU SCS PhD programs, and come from a background that would bring additional dimensions to the CMU community, our PhD students are here to help!
Apply to the Graduate Applicant Support Program by Oct 13 to receive feedback on your application materials:
Apply to the Graduate Applicant Support Program by Oct 13 to receive feedback on your application materials:
September 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌟 If you’re applying to CMU SCS PhD programs, and come from a background that would bring additional dimensions to the CMU community, our PhD students are here to help!
Apply to the Graduate Applicant Support Program by Oct 13 to receive feedback on your application materials:
Apply to the Graduate Applicant Support Program by Oct 13 to receive feedback on your application materials:
I read Rua's new book in one go because I literally couldn't put it down. I can't recommend this enough.
Why are the negative consequences of so-called AI so consistently directed at disabled and racialized people? Disabling Intelligences details the ongoing effects of the eugenicist mindset on our corporate ventures and our interpersonal relationships. link.springer.com/book/9783032...
Disabling Intelligences
This book discusses the influences of eugenics on the AI industry and the impacts of AI opportunism on disabled people.
link.springer.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I read Rua's new book in one go because I literally couldn't put it down. I can't recommend this enough.
Borsook's work was a central theme in my undergrad philosophy capstone. So glad to see her work being championed 💙
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Borsook's work was a central theme in my undergrad philosophy capstone. So glad to see her work being championed 💙
Reposted by Adryana H.
Steve Silberman's groundbreaking book NeuroTribes, which fully debunked any story of an "autism epidemic," is 10 years old this summer. The answer has been out there for a decade. He'd be LIVID about this.
RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."
April 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Steve Silberman's groundbreaking book NeuroTribes, which fully debunked any story of an "autism epidemic," is 10 years old this summer. The answer has been out there for a decade. He'd be LIVID about this.
Reposted by Adryana H.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all you wonderful lovely people! 🏳️⚧️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
April 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all you wonderful lovely people! 🏳️⚧️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
Reposted by Adryana H.
they are openly advocating for the use of physiognomy in recruitment
make it stop
make it stop
February 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
they are openly advocating for the use of physiognomy in recruitment
make it stop
make it stop
My first clay creations, of course it has to be Finn and Jake.
February 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My first clay creations, of course it has to be Finn and Jake.
Reposted by Adryana H.
the worst possible thing you can do is hand your unlocked phone to a cop (or even your locked phone tbh)
“Residents will be able to present their driver’s license and State ID using their iPhone or Apple Watch by opening the ‘Apple Wallet’ application on their device.”
Illinois residents may soon be able to own digital driver's licenses and state IDs
Illinois residents may soon be able to present state identification by opening an app on their smartphone or smartwatch. Here's what you need to know.
www.sj-r.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
the worst possible thing you can do is hand your unlocked phone to a cop (or even your locked phone tbh)
Reposted by Adryana H.
“While Apple claimed that Siri only activated its listening mode after detecting its wake word—‘Hey Siri’—The Guardian reported that the assistant mistakenly turned itself on and began recording conversations in response to similar words and even the sound of zippers.”
Apple Agrees to $95 Million Settlement in Siri Eavesdropping Lawsuit
The company's virtual assistant allegedly recorded plaintiffs who hadn't said
gizmodo.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“While Apple claimed that Siri only activated its listening mode after detecting its wake word—‘Hey Siri’—The Guardian reported that the assistant mistakenly turned itself on and began recording conversations in response to similar words and even the sound of zippers.”
Reposted by Adryana H.
I'm working on a starter pack... its focus is Information Warfare, Covert Ops and Propaganda... trying to fill gaps on existing lists of 'disinfo' experts and bring in a wider sweep of experts on covert ops & information warfare, broadly defined. go.bsky.app/7NTCqKZ
December 27, 2024 at 12:26 AM
I'm working on a starter pack... its focus is Information Warfare, Covert Ops and Propaganda... trying to fill gaps on existing lists of 'disinfo' experts and bring in a wider sweep of experts on covert ops & information warfare, broadly defined. go.bsky.app/7NTCqKZ
I read over 60 books this year in an effort to get back into it. These are my six favorites!
December 23, 2024 at 10:46 PM
I read over 60 books this year in an effort to get back into it. These are my six favorites!
Reposted by Adryana H.
something odd about being a researcher who doesn’t fit neatly into a single well-defined discipline: most established single-discipline experts tend to initially see your work as an ill-formed or incomplete version of whatever their discipline normally does
When you're really innovating *and* you don't fit the White Male Scientist Default, the paradoxical thing you have to do is learn to cultivate a massive protective wall around you and stop taking the feedback of all the 'experts' who think they understand everything that could be your future.
December 23, 2024 at 1:27 AM
something odd about being a researcher who doesn’t fit neatly into a single well-defined discipline: most established single-discipline experts tend to initially see your work as an ill-formed or incomplete version of whatever their discipline normally does
Reposted by Adryana H.
I created a starter pack for researchers who work at the nexus of HCI & cybersecurity / privacy here.
Please do let me know if you would like to be added to the list!I'm sure I've missed many folks.
go.bsky.app/RGsu5jn
Please do let me know if you would like to be added to the list!I'm sure I've missed many folks.
go.bsky.app/RGsu5jn
November 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM
I created a starter pack for researchers who work at the nexus of HCI & cybersecurity / privacy here.
Please do let me know if you would like to be added to the list!I'm sure I've missed many folks.
go.bsky.app/RGsu5jn
Please do let me know if you would like to be added to the list!I'm sure I've missed many folks.
go.bsky.app/RGsu5jn
Reposted by Adryana H.
"92 million low-income people in the U.S. states—everyone whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line—have some basic aspect of their lives decided by AI"
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report
November 23, 2024 at 11:37 AM
"92 million low-income people in the U.S. states—everyone whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line—have some basic aspect of their lives decided by AI"
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report