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seyeabimbola.bsky.social
It was nice to see @lancetgh.bsky.social editors wrote an editorial in the issue of the journal featuring our article.

They committed to being "mindful of these expectations in all work that we evaluate".

Restoring dignity to the marginalised as sovereign knowers: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
August 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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seyeabimbola.bsky.social
Please read our new @lancetgh.bsky.social paper "Dignity-based practice in global health research: a framework of expectations" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We analysed complaints on knowledge practices in global health to identify expectations that affirm the dignity of marginalised knowers.
First page of article titled Dignity-based practice in global health research: a framework of expectations"
August 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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dwkrugman.bsky.social
Seems as though many Global Health folks have moved here, so it feels like an apt time to hop onto this site and share my latest work with @plosglobalpublichealth.org A short summary thread on soft money, responsibility, and paradox below 🧵1/

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Soft money, hard power: Mapping the material contingencies of change in global health academic structures
In the proliferating conversations about decolonizing Global Health, a basic assumption has been that global South actors should be the conceptualizers, leaders, and makers of change with global North...
journals.plos.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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madhupai.bsky.social
New @plosglobalpublichealth.org essay on how "soft money funding structures can maintain the inequalities of Global Health and how it is beyond the financial interests of elite global North actors under this funding model to advocate for real structural change"

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Soft money, hard power: Mapping the material contingencies of change in global health academic structures
In the proliferating conversations about decolonizing Global Health, a basic assumption has been that global South actors should be the conceptualizers, leaders, and makers of change with global North...
journals.plos.org
May 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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jathansadowski.com
I'm thrilled that this huge paper is now out — Machine's Eye View: Postmodern Data Science and the Politics of Ground Truth

I advance a critical theory of the epistemic politics of machine learning by tying it postmodernism and actuarial data science journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Machine's Eye View: Postmodern Data Science and the Politics of Ground Truth - Jathan Sadowski, 2025
This paper advances the critical analysis of machine learning by placing it in direct relation with actuarial science as a way to further draw out their shared ...
journals.sagepub.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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jathansadowski.com
Thrilled to announce the official publication of my new book — The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism

Grab my book to go beyond the vaporous hype and get the real material analysis of technological capitalism that we all need! www.ucpress.edu/books/the-me...
Photo of a white man's hand holding a book titled THE MECHANIC AND THE LUDDITE. subtitled A RUTHLESS CRITICISM of TECHNOLOGY and CAPITALISM. author JATHAN SADOWSKI. The cover is a mottled red and orange with an image of a circular toothed gear with a crossed wrench and hammer inside. The title is rockered over the top of the gear and the subtitle is rockered below the gear. Back cover of THE MECHANIC AND THE LUDDITE book. DEMYSTIFIES HOW TWO SYSTEMS — TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITALISM — WORK TOGETHER AND EQUIPS US WITH TOOLS TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD Our society is constantly serving the needs of technology and capitalism. Neither system exists outside humans, but both are treated as above and beyond us. The Mechanic and the Luddite provides the critical tools we need to deconstruct these systems-how they work and what work they do in our lives. But It's not enough to know how the machinery of capitalism and technology operate; we also need to know whom the machines serve in order to decide whether they should be taken apart, rebuilt, or destroyed for good. With signature style, Jathan Sadowski gives readers a provocative and handy manual for understand- ing the power of technology and capitalism and, crucially, the power we must take back. "Jathan Sadowski is one of the most incisive and important thinkers on technology and capitalism today. This urgent book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the deeper political economy that shapes the digital domain and, by extension, every facet of modern life -ASTRA TAYLOR, author of The Age of Security: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart "Smart, urgent, and bluntly powerful, this book is required reading for anyone who seeks to understand how technology gets made — and whom it's made to serve. The time for a thunderous new Luddite politics is now and Sadowski's accessible manifesto delivers" -BRIAN MERCHANT, author of flood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech Sadowski's crisp and active prose generously illuminates technology's relationship to flows of money and power and the whims of those who wield them." MEREDITH WHITTAKER, Chief Advisor and Cofounder, Al Now Institute JATHAN SADOWSKI is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University. He is author of Too Smart and host of the podcast This Machine Kills
January 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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libyaliberty.bsky.social
This is the lash photograph of Dr Hussam Abu Safiyeh, taken as he walks, unflinching, towards the Israeli tanks. An absolutely harrowing image.
A man on a white lab coat walks away from the camera, surrounded by rubble. Two Israeli tanks look ahead.
December 28, 2024 at 8:40 PM
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jasonhickel.bsky.social
"The Global South’s workforce provides a staggering 90% of the labor to power the world economy, yet gets only 21% of global income."

www.science.org/content/arti...
Rich countries drain ‘shocking’ amount of labor from the Global South
Workers in the Global South—from farm workers to scientists—power the world economy but face a yawning wage gap
www.science.org
December 23, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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seyeabimbola.bsky.social
I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out!

You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...

The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
November 18, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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sandeepbak.bsky.social
Dr B R Ambedkar (1956), Frantz Fanon (1961), Babri Masjid (1992), Refaat Alareer (2023).
Imprints of 6th December on our minds.
December 6, 2024 at 6:55 AM
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jathansadowski.com
Author copies for my new book have arrived! It not only looks amazing, It's also certified to be all killer, no filler. The book releases in early January—and I'll be launching the book in San Francisco on January 30th, more details soon—please pre-order your copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
November 20, 2024 at 1:51 AM
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heavyredaction.bsky.social
I fundamentally disagree w/ the idea that science is “apolitical.” Any critical thinker can see that what we call “science” is inherently invested with power, that the history of science is highly political, and that its benefits & risks are not distributed equally. It is important to be honest here
deepseadawn.bsky.social Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · Nov 16
In the wake of the U.S. election, Natl Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt has authored a spot-on editorial in Science, stressing the apolitical nature of science and how it remains vital to informing a lot of public policy. Best read all week!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#scipol 🧪
Photo of National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt
November 16, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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abeba.bsky.social
sincere apologies for the slow response, i was contemplating my career choice the relevance of your email in the grand scheme of things
July 25, 2024 at 10:13 AM
bayinganaa.bsky.social
loved this!!! “Søren Mau’s Mute Compulsion gives a name to that troubling silence that keeps our jaws clenched as we move through the halls of our extortionate universities, clasping to find an apartment that won’t cost us half of our monthly salary, go to work every day even though we despise it..”
Abstract Models, Concrete Frictions – Spectre Journal
Samuel Fisher probes the limits of Søren Mau's recent book Mute Compulsion.
spectrejournal.com
July 24, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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deathpanel.bsky.social
In our latest, we discuss the destruction of Gaza’s water infrastructure as a tool of genocide, why humanitarian aid frameworks are insufficient to capture the gravity of the water crisis in Palestine, and one small but impactful thing we can do about it:

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Water for Gaza (05/20/24) | The Death Panel
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May 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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statsepi.bsky.social
Statisticians: You really shouldn't collect all those data without some understanding how what makes them useful and how you might analyze them.

Rich idiots and their "AI" lackeys: DATA IS THE NEW OIL - COLLECT SO MUCH OF IT THE EARTH BURNS
April 20, 2024 at 8:46 AM
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faisalhamadah.bsky.social
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

New phd with me
PhD Candidate in the Cultures of Palestine Solidarity in Europe
PhD Candidate in the Cultures of Palestine Solidarity in Europe
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
April 12, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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pwr2dppl.bsky.social
Oh (derogatory)
How Eugenics Shaped Statistics
Exposing the damned lies of three science pioneers.
nautil.us
April 12, 2024 at 2:01 AM
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deathpanel.bsky.social
In our latest, we take issue with a recent paper claiming pregnancy-related deaths are overcounted in the US, and discuss what the paper’s downplaying of perinatal mortality statistics tells us about how the construction of data is used as a political tool

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Data Can't Speak (03/25/24) | The Death Panel
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March 25, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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insurgentthought.bsky.social
As many of you know, I was suspended last week for my Pro-Palestinian social media posts. @alanalentin created this GoFundMe to cover legal costs. All unused funds will then be donated to Gaza. Please share widely!
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Help Fund Prof Jairo Fúnez-Flores's Legal Defence, organized by Alana Lentin
My name is Alana Lentin. I am a Jewish woman and a Professor. I am … Alana Lentin needs your support for Help Fund Prof Jairo Fúnez-Flores's Legal Defence
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March 15, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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davelevitan.bsky.social
What if I told you it wasn't the aid delivery that was deadly
February 29, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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reallandsend.bsky.social
This was recorded and released way before what happened this weekend, but if we had recorded it after, I would have added here that if you really have a clear understanding of what the state is, it becomes obvious why protest involving self harm can be so powerful.
www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/...
screenshot of transcript of death panel podcast interview with Dean Spade called Collapse, full transcript at https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/dean-spade-collapse quote starts at the 38 minute mark and is too long for the alt text, so the link to the transcript is in the first tweet of the thread, and below is the beginning and ending line of each screenshot quote so that you can find the text on the page. opening line: "Beatrice Adler-Bolton 38:29 Right. And I think one of the things that's important to just say is like, the point is for like a proliferation of things to be ..." ending line: " ... even talking about working within or against, right? " 1 of 4 screenshot of transcript of death panel podcast interview with Dean Spade called Collapse, full transcript at https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/dean-spade-collapse quote starts at the 38 minute mark and is too long for the alt text, so the link to the transcript is in the first tweet of the thread, and below is the beginning and ending line of each screenshot quote so that you can find the text on the page. opening line: "And I think a really helpful read on this comes from political science, actually, from Phil's field. And there's an article, a ...." ending line: "...separate objects is the distinctive technique of the modern political order." 2 of 4 Image description screenshot of transcript of death panel podcast interview with Dean Spade called Collapse, full transcript at https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/dean-spade-collapse quote starts at the 38 minute mark and is too long for the alt text, so the link to the transcript is in the first tweet of the thread, and below is the beginning and ending line of each screenshot quote so that you can find the text on the page. opening line: "And you know, what's really -- what he's saying is like what's really crucial in modern society, right, is that even though ..." ending line: " ... that's why Mitchell basically says, you know, perhaps the state is actually best explained as a structural effect. He says, ... " 3 of 4 screenshot of transcript of death panel podcast interview with Dean Spade called Collapse, full transcript at https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/dean-spade-collapse quote starts at the 38 minute mark and is too long for the alt text, so the link to the transcript is in the first tweet of the thread, and below is the beginning and ending line of each screenshot quote so that you can find the text on the page. opening line: "The state should be addressed as an effect of detailed processes of spatial organization, temporal arrangement, ..." ending line: "And part of that is enforced through this kind of separation of there being something separate between the state and society, which ultimately is part of the state's power." 4 of 4
February 27, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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theferocity.bsky.social
Who Said It Was Simple BY AUDRE LORDE There are so many roots to the tree of anger that sometimes the branches shatter before they bear. Sitting in Nedicks the women rally before they march discussing the problematic girls they hire to make them free. An almost white counterman passes a waiting brother to serve them first and the ladies neither notice nor reject the slighter pleasures of their slavery. But I who am bound by my mirror as well as my bed see causes in colour as well as sex and sit here wondering which me will survive all these liberations.
February 1, 2024 at 5:16 AM
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faisalhamadah.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...

Monstrosity upon monstrosity
Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe
Exclusive: First months of conflict produced more planet-warming gases than 20 climate-vulnerable nations do in a year, study shows
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2024 at 2:35 PM