Anand

calmerfuture.bsky.social

19 October 2026 16:52

listening to this right now, so rich and relevant

Alias Messier

amampersand.bsky.social

19 October 2026 16:51

This is serious fun and a serious counter imaginary— just in time to perhaps become a required text for my class, where some students are currently researching Barcelona’s @decidim.org (thanks to @ruha9.bsky.social).

Gil Durán

gilduran.com

16 October 2026 22:22

Meanwhile on Threads, someone is warming up a bot brigade attack on my book. So far it’s low-follower fake accounts repeating the same AI-generated scripts, expressing mild disappointment in my (highly-reviewed NYT-bestselling) book. Pretty low budget attack (mildly disappointed bots) so far. 🍿

Timnit Gebru

timnitgebru.blacksky.app

16 October 2026 22:20

like things I included that I KNEW could be fodder for the white supremacists to attack me, things that some people close to me asked whether I wanted to include in my book given how much ammunition people look for, etc, which I decided to include after reading The Disordered Cosmos.

Timnit Gebru

timnitgebru.blacksky.app

16 October 2026 22:20

It doesn't all happen consciously but there are some decisions I can trace directly to her book. For example, there are some details that don't seem significant, some ways of being vulnerable that are important for Black girls to see,