Francesca Lameiro
@lameiro.bsky.social
phd student @ university of michigan school of information
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Are you a UM worker/student and want to hear better takes than the dude below on AI from university of Michigan faculty, students, staff?
then join the mass meeting on 10/28 at 7 to stop the UM-Los Alamos data center and its support of nuclear weapons!
bit.ly/UMichNoAIMeeting
then join the mass meeting on 10/28 at 7 to stop the UM-Los Alamos data center and its support of nuclear weapons!
bit.ly/UMichNoAIMeeting
There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
October 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Are you a UM worker/student and want to hear better takes than the dude below on AI from university of Michigan faculty, students, staff?
then join the mass meeting on 10/28 at 7 to stop the UM-Los Alamos data center and its support of nuclear weapons!
bit.ly/UMichNoAIMeeting
then join the mass meeting on 10/28 at 7 to stop the UM-Los Alamos data center and its support of nuclear weapons!
bit.ly/UMichNoAIMeeting
my employer (u of michigan) sponsors around 400-500 H1B visas a year. these last for an initial period of three years & can then be renewed for three more. there are likely thousands of H1B workers at UM who are now effectively banned from travel, as they're certain to be fired if they leave the US
Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
September 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
my employer (u of michigan) sponsors around 400-500 H1B visas a year. these last for an initial period of three years & can then be renewed for three more. there are likely thousands of H1B workers at UM who are now effectively banned from travel, as they're certain to be fired if they leave the US
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Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
September 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
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it's less "AI drives people to kill themselves" and more that "tech companies do it, and are indifferent about it". and, bleakly, some journalists seem determined to convince you that the focal point of this story is a high point of engineering rather than a low point of humanity
August 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
it's less "AI drives people to kill themselves" and more that "tech companies do it, and are indifferent about it". and, bleakly, some journalists seem determined to convince you that the focal point of this story is a high point of engineering rather than a low point of humanity
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The School of Information at Michigan is looking for its next John Derby Evans Professor in Information. It's open at the Assistant and Associate levels, and its a broad search: anyone working at the intersection of tech and society can apply. Please share!
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
John Derby Evans Professorship in Information (Assistant or Associate Professor) | umsi
The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position focusing on technology and society.
www.si.umich.edu
September 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The School of Information at Michigan is looking for its next John Derby Evans Professor in Information. It's open at the Assistant and Associate levels, and its a broad search: anyone working at the intersection of tech and society can apply. Please share!
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
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If you're eligible, please consider participating in my PhD advisee @lameiro.bsky.social's interview study with online sex workers about non-consensual intimate deepfakes. Quick screening survey: bit.ly/deepfakesint...
Please also help spread the word by sharing with potential participants!
Please also help spread the word by sharing with potential participants!
September 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you're eligible, please consider participating in my PhD advisee @lameiro.bsky.social's interview study with online sex workers about non-consensual intimate deepfakes. Quick screening survey: bit.ly/deepfakesint...
Please also help spread the word by sharing with potential participants!
Please also help spread the word by sharing with potential participants!
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This was in the @annarborobserver.bsky.social Personally, I find that last sentence both ridiculous and chilling. Let @umich.edu #MichiganMedicine know your thoughts on their proposed partnership with the military. @aflcio.org @leounionumich.bsky.social @usu-umich.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This was in the @annarborobserver.bsky.social Personally, I find that last sentence both ridiculous and chilling. Let @umich.edu #MichiganMedicine know your thoughts on their proposed partnership with the military. @aflcio.org @leounionumich.bsky.social @usu-umich.bsky.social
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New analysis from @davidthewid.bsky.social and me revealing that Big Cloud invests 100x more often and spends hundreds of billions more $$ than other Big Tech on startup investments
Why? These investments allow Big Cloud to lock in the entire tech ecosystem -- more in David's thread and our report!
Why? These investments allow Big Cloud to lock in the entire tech ecosystem -- more in David's thread and our report!
📣🚨NEW: ☁️ Big Cloud—Google, Microsoft & Amazon—control two thirds of the cloud compute market. They’re getting rich off the AI gold rush.
In new work with @nathanckim.bsky.social, we show how Big Cloud is expanding their empire by scrutinizing their *investments*… 🧵
📄PDF: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
In new work with @nathanckim.bsky.social, we show how Big Cloud is expanding their empire by scrutinizing their *investments*… 🧵
📄PDF: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
August 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New analysis from @davidthewid.bsky.social and me revealing that Big Cloud invests 100x more often and spends hundreds of billions more $$ than other Big Tech on startup investments
Why? These investments allow Big Cloud to lock in the entire tech ecosystem -- more in David's thread and our report!
Why? These investments allow Big Cloud to lock in the entire tech ecosystem -- more in David's thread and our report!
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Does your work explore mis/disinformation, scams, hate speech, or other forms of harmful information online?
We are convening a CSCW workshop to bring together a global community focused on information disorder. We welcome 2-6 page submissions, due August 1.
cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app
We are convening a CSCW workshop to bring together a global community focused on information disorder. We welcome 2-6 page submissions, due August 1.
cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app
June 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Does your work explore mis/disinformation, scams, hate speech, or other forms of harmful information online?
We are convening a CSCW workshop to bring together a global community focused on information disorder. We welcome 2-6 page submissions, due August 1.
cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app
We are convening a CSCW workshop to bring together a global community focused on information disorder. We welcome 2-6 page submissions, due August 1.
cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app
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it’s been such an honor to work on this project and i am so proud of this team! my friendship ended with the NSF, trans technologies are my only friend
Our team (a collaboration across four universities) was researching and creating a trans-centered augmented reality face filter app. But in today’s anti-trans, anti-science political climate, the NSF abruptly cut our funding before we could finish it.
(early prototype by @katbamkapow.bsky.social)
(early prototype by @katbamkapow.bsky.social)
April 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
it’s been such an honor to work on this project and i am so proud of this team! my friendship ended with the NSF, trans technologies are my only friend
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There's a zoom option!
Register here: tinyurl.com/TJL25
Register here: tinyurl.com/TJL25
March 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There's a zoom option!
Register here: tinyurl.com/TJL25
Register here: tinyurl.com/TJL25
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TODAY at 3pm! Ann Arbor book launch event with Kishonna Gray and @hibby.bsky.social.
www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/e...
www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/e...
March 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
TODAY at 3pm! Ann Arbor book launch event with Kishonna Gray and @hibby.bsky.social.
www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/e...
www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/e...