Jonathan Hsy 許維成
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(he/他/伊) Literature & language & theory & disability & donuts & ampersands. Cripqueer. Antiracist Medievalisms: From "Yellow Peril" to Black Lives Matter (2021)
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/83922
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We’re heartbroken by the passing of Alice Wong–disability rights advocate & founder of the Disability Visibility Project. Honor her legacy by reading her work, uplifting disabled creators, and continuing to fight for disability justice.
Rest in power, Alice 💛
Artwork: Jennifer White-Johnson
Rest in power, Alice 💛
Artwork: Jennifer White-Johnson
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We’re heartbroken by the passing of Alice Wong–disability rights advocate & founder of the Disability Visibility Project. Honor her legacy by reading her work, uplifting disabled creators, and continuing to fight for disability justice.
Rest in power, Alice 💛
Artwork: Jennifer White-Johnson
Rest in power, Alice 💛
Artwork: Jennifer White-Johnson
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@thrasherxy.bsky.social remembers writer, advocate, and friend Alice Wong: “Alice helped decolonize disability communities of their (often) white-centered nature and acted as a bridge between so many interdependent related struggles.”
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@thrasherxy.bsky.social remembers writer, advocate, and friend Alice Wong: “Alice helped decolonize disability communities of their (often) white-centered nature and acted as a bridge between so many interdependent related struggles.”
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It is right to eulogize Alice Wong, but horrible to see so many articles and posts don't mention her advocacy for Long COVID patients and urgent campaign to push our society and govt to take action to prevent COVID infection. This one at least speaks of the former.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It is right to eulogize Alice Wong, but horrible to see so many articles and posts don't mention her advocacy for Long COVID patients and urgent campaign to push our society and govt to take action to prevent COVID infection. This one at least speaks of the former.
I’m gutted that Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social is no longer with us. She built critical infrastructure for disability community & culture, online & in person. There’s a long road ahead as we fight eugenics and fascism but I hope we can channel her clarity, humor, resolve. Rest in Power, Alice ❤🔥
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I’m gutted that Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social is no longer with us. She built critical infrastructure for disability community & culture, online & in person. There’s a long road ahead as we fight eugenics and fascism but I hope we can channel her clarity, humor, resolve. Rest in Power, Alice ❤🔥
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People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.
August 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.
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When everyone can hear it, it is no longer a dog whistle
August 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
When everyone can hear it, it is no longer a dog whistle
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Let's not use "hallucinate" or "lie" when we talk about ChatGPT. It can't make decisions, it doesn't have a conscious thought, it's not having a conversation with you.
It's regurgitating false information based on stolen content without context or nuance.
It's regurgitating false information based on stolen content without context or nuance.
August 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Let's not use "hallucinate" or "lie" when we talk about ChatGPT. It can't make decisions, it doesn't have a conscious thought, it's not having a conversation with you.
It's regurgitating false information based on stolen content without context or nuance.
It's regurgitating false information based on stolen content without context or nuance.
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I really needed this today.
Ayanna Thompson sent me a link to this jaw-dropping thing they built with a Mellon grant at @acmrs.bsky.social
You can get lost in it.
A spectacular reminder that digital resources don't have to be about surveillance, coercion, & disciplining the labor force.
Ayanna Thompson sent me a link to this jaw-dropping thing they built with a Mellon grant at @acmrs.bsky.social
You can get lost in it.
A spectacular reminder that digital resources don't have to be about surveillance, coercion, & disciplining the labor force.
Throughlines — Race in the premodern classroom
Created by field-leading scholars, Throughlines’ pedagogical approaches offer accessible and critical ways to incorporate discussions of race in the premodern studies classroom.
www.throughlines.org
August 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I really needed this today.
Ayanna Thompson sent me a link to this jaw-dropping thing they built with a Mellon grant at @acmrs.bsky.social
You can get lost in it.
A spectacular reminder that digital resources don't have to be about surveillance, coercion, & disciplining the labor force.
Ayanna Thompson sent me a link to this jaw-dropping thing they built with a Mellon grant at @acmrs.bsky.social
You can get lost in it.
A spectacular reminder that digital resources don't have to be about surveillance, coercion, & disciplining the labor force.
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Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
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The other day I asked three different AI to do a straightforward multiplication problem, and they all got it wrong.
I assure you, @historians.org, AI cannot accurately summarize a history text, no matter how simple. And, as you know, most histories aren’t simple!!
RECONSIDER THIS.
I assure you, @historians.org, AI cannot accurately summarize a history text, no matter how simple. And, as you know, most histories aren’t simple!!
RECONSIDER THIS.
August 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The other day I asked three different AI to do a straightforward multiplication problem, and they all got it wrong.
I assure you, @historians.org, AI cannot accurately summarize a history text, no matter how simple. And, as you know, most histories aren’t simple!!
RECONSIDER THIS.
I assure you, @historians.org, AI cannot accurately summarize a history text, no matter how simple. And, as you know, most histories aren’t simple!!
RECONSIDER THIS.
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This is a must-read.
We are losing the last of the generation who understand just how evil actual fascism is, how hard it is to rid the world of authoritarian governments once they’re established, and how hard it is to build a successful alternative. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/what-we-lo...
What We Lost When We Lost the Greatest Generation
It's no coincidence that democracy is backsliding in the US exactly eighty years after the end of World War II.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is a must-read.
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I think we’re on the cusp of mass attempts to automate teaching, and I also think it is going to be a massive wasteful failure in ways that will make the “learning loss” of the pandemic look like a speed bump next to a mountain.
August 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
It's important to note here that we're not just talking about faculty & university staff. 100s of U.S. colleges are in towns or small cities where they form the major industry & lifeblood of the community. Loss of students -> loss of rent $, restaurant $, bars, bookstores, gaming stores...
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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It's important to note here that we're not just talking about faculty & university staff. 100s of U.S. colleges are in towns or small cities where they form the major industry & lifeblood of the community. Loss of students -> loss of rent $, restaurant $, bars, bookstores, gaming stores...
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It's important to note here that we're not just talking about faculty & university staff. 100s of U.S. colleges are in towns or small cities where they form the major industry & lifeblood of the community. Loss of students -> loss of rent $, restaurant $, bars, bookstores, gaming stores...
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The 2025 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are a professor in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas it's for you. Ends 8/29 at 5pm Eastern forms.gle/v7T3BH2w9LXs...
2025 AAUP Faculty in the South Survey
The Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The 2025 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are a professor in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas it's for you. Ends 8/29 at 5pm Eastern forms.gle/v7T3BH2w9LXs...
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This interview is so clear & quietly devastating. Public media as we understand it is over.
This is not about the end of NPR & PBS. They might be able to find ways to continue to make programs. Instead of content, this is about the capacity to broadcast at all - antennae, transmitters, licenses. 🧵
This is not about the end of NPR & PBS. They might be able to find ways to continue to make programs. Instead of content, this is about the capacity to broadcast at all - antennae, transmitters, licenses. 🧵
Column: The Corporation for Public Broadcast is ‘winding down.’ What does that mean for public radio and TV?
I talk with media studies professor and public media expert Josh Shepperd for an explainer. In short, it's dire
Gift 🔗
I talk with media studies professor and public media expert Josh Shepperd for an explainer. In short, it's dire
Gift 🔗
Column: The Corporation for Public Broadcast is ‘winding down.’ What does that mean for public radio and TV?
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced it is “wind-down” operations. What does this mean for public radio and TV?
www.chicagotribune.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This interview is so clear & quietly devastating. Public media as we understand it is over.
This is not about the end of NPR & PBS. They might be able to find ways to continue to make programs. Instead of content, this is about the capacity to broadcast at all - antennae, transmitters, licenses. 🧵
This is not about the end of NPR & PBS. They might be able to find ways to continue to make programs. Instead of content, this is about the capacity to broadcast at all - antennae, transmitters, licenses. 🧵
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
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For @slate.com, I wrote about one dimension of the totalizing Trump/Miller immigration crackdown that's not getting enough notice, which is that they're moving to make indefinite detention — with no release dates and few options to get out — a norm
How Trump Made One of the Most Controversial Post-9/11 Policies the New Normal
Thousands of other people are going to get put into detention of indeterminate length with far less recourse, which could stretch years.
slate.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
For @slate.com, I wrote about one dimension of the totalizing Trump/Miller immigration crackdown that's not getting enough notice, which is that they're moving to make indefinite detention — with no release dates and few options to get out — a norm
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The @aaup.org report on AI is so hugely important. Among other key takeaways is the fact that most AI programs have been introduced by administrative fiat and by circumventing meaningful faculty, student, & staff consultation.
shorturl.at/InI5Q
shorturl.at/InI5Q
July 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The @aaup.org report on AI is so hugely important. Among other key takeaways is the fact that most AI programs have been introduced by administrative fiat and by circumventing meaningful faculty, student, & staff consultation.
shorturl.at/InI5Q
shorturl.at/InI5Q
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We are six months into the second Trump administration and the scale and severity of its assault on our nation's science and democracy has been unrelenting.
Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience
Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience
Science and Democracy Under Siege
Documenting Six Months of the Trump Administration’s Destructive Actions
www.ucs.org
July 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We are six months into the second Trump administration and the scale and severity of its assault on our nation's science and democracy has been unrelenting.
Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience
Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience
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FEMA is preparing to send $608 million to states to construct immigrant detention centers as part of the Trump administration’s push to expand capacity to hold migrants.
FEMA to send states $608 million to build migrant detention centers
FEMA is starting a “detention support grant program” to cover the cost of states building temporary facilities, according to an agency announcement.
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July 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
FEMA is preparing to send $608 million to states to construct immigrant detention centers as part of the Trump administration’s push to expand capacity to hold migrants.
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Public broadcasting is about more than content. It's about an ethos. That there need to be spaces in society that are not soaked in the logic of consumerism and profit. Where people are treated as citizens, valued for humanity and their ideas rather than disposable income. It's simple, but powerful.
July 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Public broadcasting is about more than content. It's about an ethos. That there need to be spaces in society that are not soaked in the logic of consumerism and profit. Where people are treated as citizens, valued for humanity and their ideas rather than disposable income. It's simple, but powerful.
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AI overviews are destroying search, destroying websites, and are easy to game. Really bleak stuff here: www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
www.404media.co
July 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
AI overviews are destroying search, destroying websites, and are easy to game. Really bleak stuff here: www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
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"Every time I leave the tent to cover an event, conduct an interview, or document a fact, I don't know if I'll come back alive." www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
AFP journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation, warns journalists' association
'We have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded, prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can recall seeing colleague die of hunger,' says French news agency's journalists' association - Ana...
www.aa.com.tr
July 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Every time I leave the tent to cover an event, conduct an interview, or document a fact, I don't know if I'll come back alive." www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...