Danya Glabau

The immediate effect of demystifying something elitist by laughing at it a little and pointing out that this particular embodied leisure time activity is, in fact, fairly accessible to them was a great mood lifter on its own, too

I explained to my undergrad students today that opera is campy as hell and that student Met tickets start around $30 and I hope I inspired a few to try it before they graduate 🤞

One of the best ways I used my limited funds as a childless grad student!

Yes, I appreciate reviewer feedback on articles that I've written/have under review, but they tend to be VERY limiting re: scope and method

only 500 words in the phrase "new gender: computer" appears, I'm cooking folks

uuugghhhhhh wrote 1000 words between meetings when I have 2 conference talks and another paper to write

I'm so much better at writing books than articles but I'm at the ONE institution that doesn't reward it.

October 10, 2025 4 min read Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.

Writing down book #3 opening hook before my next meeting, and before I forget it!!!

W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America | Fall Courses | BISR Online buff.ly/21qv0TO

Chaos, Confusion, and Conspiracies: Inside a Facebook Group for RFK Jr.’s Autism ‘Cure’ A Facebook group set up to share information about leucovorin has been spammed by affiliate links and supplement companies trying to shame parents of autistic kids.

UPDATE:

After WIRED reported on the spike in people joining the 'Leucovorin for Autism' group on Facebook, Meta deleted the group.

A source confirmed to me that the decision was taken to delete the group for "promoting prescription drugs"

www.wired.com/story/chaos-...

SSHM 2026: In/Out Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Co…

The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM
sshm.org/sshm-2026/

AI could make it harder to establish blame for medical failings, experts say Report raises concerns about liability issues and lack of testing as development of AI health tools booms

In a development absolutely everyone saw coming….

That sounds delightful!!

I'm still trying to grade and my brain has now moved on to screaming at me about "cyborg democratics in the engineering school"

I had totally forgotten about this flavor of ANT until teaching it earlier this semester and it feels very of the moment

The other scholarly thing I'm hung up on today is John Law's version of actor-network theory, specifically his concern for how the circulation of technologies helps to create the new CONTEXTS in which those artifacts go on to operate

Thanks!

Are there any (good) biographies of Alan Turing out there? That I could listen to on audiobook, preferably?

For better or worse, I think I have an opening hook for the next book

K-Pop Demon Hunters is very good, and it's also an original film. It is very important that no one makes a sequel!!!

I've also lived in New York long enough that those pictures just look like the randos on the street who you hope you don't have to stand behind on line at the coffee shop because they're definitely getting the matcha latte with 17 added flavors

I, now an associate professor, am strategizing this week's outfits around sweatshirts and sneakers. My department is a slogan t-shirt and fluorescent soled combat boots zone

K-Pop Demon Hunters -> My Neighbor Totoro -> Ponyo

Not a bad rainy Sunday

Has anyone written about the relationship between pre-prints science publications and IG/TikTok science influencers? 👀

more work for mother, the twenty-first century edition

William Morris: Art, Socialism, and Utopia | Fall Courses | BISR Online | buff.ly/4hd00KC

I am convinced Class Dojo is mainly a scam

I don't think the authors I've been reading are Online, but you should be able to turn up a bunch of good stuff with that phrase on Google Scholar! And didn't mean to sound like a scold at all. I hope you find something interesting!

Google Scholar Homepage with an AI assistant

I weep.

A bunch of sociologists and comm scholars write about the "digital shift," I also talk about it re: apps in a paper in the works!