In light of today’s conversation on academic accommodations, I’m going to revive a thread lost to time when I deleted my Twitter profile.

It’s about a bunch of academic accommodations that instructors can offer in lieu of an extension on an assignment. 🧵

When everything is urgent, nothing is urgent. The news cycle makes the National Guard in Chicago mere noise. More here:

saraofmagdeline.substack.com/p/desensitiz...

The root of so many divides is miscommunication, or not understanding the underlying message in others' intent. Apologies are especially fraught: some use them to connect, others see them as admissions of guilt. More here: saraofmagdeline.substack.com/p/apologies-...

Policy can set rules, but culture defines what people actually do. In IEEE Security and Privacy, I argue that shifting norms is essential to managing AI risks like non-consensual deepfakes.

ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111...

Making new friends is hard, and seeing old friends with fresh eyes can be even harder.

A reflection on friendship, vulnerability, and radically practicing connection:

saraofmagdeline.substack.com/p/how-to-see...

Dreaming isn't doing nothing. It's generative and refreshing, and help us with our ideas and processing. But we're often afraid of our thoughts because we end up ruminating, which leads us to decay.
So how do we tap into our dreams joyfully without getting "stuck?"

[FAccT-related link round-up]: It was great to present on measuring Attentional Agency with Zachary Wojtowicz at FAccT. Here's our paper on ACM DL: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

On Thurs Aditya Karan will present on collective action dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... at 10:57 (New Stage A)

Unconditional love is the giver, not the receiver. That makes it a constant, active choice and practice.

I'm glad my laundry is automated, but there are other chores I enjoy for intrinsically. Sometimes, it gets hard to tell the difference.

They say your contribution should "fill a gap" but is it ok if it mostly just widens existing ones

We presented our first project (still ongoing) examining contested values in urban surveillance and violence prevention. First presentation with my advisor!
#ICA2025

I've been thinking about how in my PhD and in my previous research, I sometimes struggle to finish projects or papers once I've scratched the itch of answering a question. Wrote up some thoughts on an accomplishment-curiosity motivating dichotomy.

Important dynamic to think about in these times (and other moments of crisis):
Savior swarming.

medium.com/datasociety-...

Really like this @politico.com article about the post-disinfo era…. www.politico.eu/article/nobo...

Writing isn't what you do after you have an idea. It's how you develop an inkling into an insight.

Turning thoughts into words sharpens reasoning. What's fuzzy in your head is clear on the page.

"I'm not a writer" shouldn't stop you from writing. Writing is a tool for thinking.