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It was nice to see @lancetgh.bsky.social editors wrote an editorial in the issue of the journal featuring our article.

They committed to being "mindful of these expectations in all work that we evaluate".

Restoring dignity to the marginalised as sovereign knowers: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

First page of article titled Dignity-based practice in global health research: a framework of expectations"

Please read our new @lancetgh.bsky.social paper "Dignity-based practice in global health research: a framework of expectations" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We analysed complaints on knowledge practices in global health to identify expectations that affirm the dignity of marginalised knowers.

Soft money, hard power: Mapping the material contingencies of change in global health academic structures In the proliferating conversations about decolonizing Global Health, a basic assumption has been that global South actors should be the conceptualizers, leaders, and makers of change with global North...

Seems as though many Global Health folks have moved here, so it feels like an apt time to hop onto this site and share my latest work with @plosglobalpublichealth.org A short summary thread on soft money, responsibility, and paradox below 🧵1/

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Soft money, hard power: Mapping the material contingencies of change in global health academic structures In the proliferating conversations about decolonizing Global Health, a basic assumption has been that global South actors should be the conceptualizers, leaders, and makers of change with global North...

New @plosglobalpublichealth.org essay on how "soft money funding structures can maintain the inequalities of Global Health and how it is beyond the financial interests of elite global North actors under this funding model to advocate for real structural change"

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Machine's Eye View: Postmodern Data Science and the Politics of Ground Truth - Jathan Sadowski, 2025 This paper advances the critical analysis of machine learning by placing it in direct relation with actuarial science as a way to further draw out their shared ...

I'm thrilled that this huge paper is now out — Machine's Eye View: Postmodern Data Science and the Politics of Ground Truth

I advance a critical theory of the epistemic politics of machine learning by tying it postmodernism and actuarial data science journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Photo of a white man's hand holding a book titled THE MECHANIC AND THE LUDDITE. subtitled A RUTHLESS CRITICISM of TECHNOLOGY and CAPITALISM. author JATHAN SADOWSKI. The cover is a mottled red and orange with an image of a circular toothed gear with a crossed wrench and hammer inside. The title is rockered over the top of the gear and the subtitle is rockered below the gear.

Back cover of THE MECHANIC AND THE LUDDITE book. DEMYSTIFIES HOW TWO SYSTEMS — TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITALISM — WORK TOGETHER AND EQUIPS US WITH TOOLS TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD Our society is constantly serving the needs of technology and capitalism. Neither system exists outside humans, but both are treated as above and beyond us. The Mechanic and the Luddite provides the critical tools we need to deconstruct these systems-how they work and what work they do in our lives. But It's not enough to know how the machinery of capitalism and technology operate; we also need to know whom the machines serve in order to decide whether they should be taken apart, rebuilt, or destroyed for good. With signature style, Jathan Sadowski gives readers a provocative and handy manual for understand- ing the power of technology and capitalism and, crucially, the power we must take back. "Jathan Sadowski is one of the most incisive and important thinkers on technology and capitalism today. This urgent book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the deeper political economy that shapes the digital domain and, by extension, every facet of modern life -ASTRA TAYLOR, author of The Age of Security: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart "Smart, urgent, and bluntly powerful, this book is required reading for anyone who seeks to understand how technology gets made — and whom it's made to serve. The time for a thunderous new Luddite politics is now and Sadowski's accessible manifesto delivers" -BRIAN MERCHANT, author of flood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech Sadowski's crisp and active prose generously illuminates technology's relationship to flows of money and power and the whims of those who wield them." MEREDITH WHITTAKER, Chief Advisor and Cofounder, Al Now Institute JATHAN SADOWSKI is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University. He is author of Too Smart and host of the podcast This Machine Kills

Thrilled to announce the official publication of my new book — The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism

Grab my book to go beyond the vaporous hype and get the real material analysis of technological capitalism that we all need! www.ucpress.edu/books/the-me...

A man on a white lab coat walks away from the camera, surrounded by rubble. Two Israeli tanks look ahead.

This is the lash photograph of Dr Hussam Abu Safiyeh, taken as he walks, unflinching, towards the Israeli tanks. An absolutely harrowing image.

Rich countries drain ‘shocking’ amount of labor from the Global South Workers in the Global South—from farm workers to scientists—power the world economy but face a yawning wage gap

"The Global South’s workforce provides a staggering 90% of the labor to power the world economy, yet gets only 21% of global income."

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I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out!

You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...

The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...

Dr B R Ambedkar (1956), Frantz Fanon (1961), Babri Masjid (1992), Refaat Alareer (2023).
Imprints of 6th December on our minds.

Author copies for my new book have arrived! It not only looks amazing, It's also certified to be all killer, no filler. The book releases in early January—and I'll be launching the book in San Francisco on January 30th, more details soon—please pre-order your copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

I fundamentally disagree w/ the idea that science is “apolitical.” Any critical thinker can see that what we call “science” is inherently invested with power, that the history of science is highly political, and that its benefits & risks are not distributed equally. It is important to be honest here

sincere apologies for the slow response, i was contemplating my career choice the relevance of your email in the grand scheme of things

Abstract Models, Concrete Frictions – Spectre Journal Samuel Fisher probes the limits of Søren Mau's recent book Mute Compulsion.

loved this!!! “Søren Mau’s Mute Compulsion gives a name to that troubling silence that keeps our jaws clenched as we move through the halls of our extortionate universities, clasping to find an apartment that won’t cost us half of our monthly salary, go to work every day even though we despise it..”

Water for Gaza (05/20/24) | The Death Panel Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon

In our latest, we discuss the destruction of Gaza’s water infrastructure as a tool of genocide, why humanitarian aid frameworks are insufficient to capture the gravity of the water crisis in Palestine, and one small but impactful thing we can do about it:

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Statisticians: You really shouldn't collect all those data without some understanding how what makes them useful and how you might analyze them.

Rich idiots and their "AI" lackeys: DATA IS THE NEW OIL - COLLECT SO MUCH OF IT THE EARTH BURNS

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New phd with me

How Eugenics Shaped Statistics Exposing the damned lies of three science pioneers.

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Data Can't Speak (03/25/24) | The Death Panel Patreon is empowering a new generation of creators. Support and engage with artists and creators as they live out their passions!

In our latest, we take issue with a recent paper claiming pregnancy-related deaths are overcounted in the US, and discuss what the paper’s downplaying of perinatal mortality statistics tells us about how the construction of data is used as a political tool

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Help Fund Prof Jairo Fúnez-Flores's Legal Defence, organized by Alana Lentin My name is Alana Lentin. I am a Jewish woman and a Professor. I am … Alana Lentin needs your support for Help Fund Prof Jairo Fúnez-Flores's Legal Defence

As many of you know, I was suspended last week for my Pro-Palestinian social media posts. @alanalentin created this GoFundMe to cover legal costs. All unused funds will then be donated to Gaza. Please share widely!
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What if I told you it wasn't the aid delivery that was deadly

This was recorded and released way before what happened this weekend, but if we had recorded it after, I would have added here that if you really have a clear understanding of what the state is, it becomes obvious why protest involving self harm can be so powerful.
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Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe Exclusive: First months of conflict produced more planet-warming gases than 20 climate-vulnerable nations do in a year, study shows

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Monstrosity upon monstrosity

Book cover for the book Empire of Normality with art featuring an outline of a human head with colorful birds in it

First book of the year: Empire of Normality by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social Been looking forward to reading this for a whiiiile :)

Here's to everyone we lost in 2023, including Refaat Alareer, Klee, and everyone who dreamed we could do better. May we build the world they deserved.

Happy New Year, friends.

Empire of Normality w/ Robert Chapman (12/18/23) | The Death Panel Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon

In our latest, we speak with Robert Chapman about their new book Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, and trace the close relationship between statistics and eugenics through five influential thinkers

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Six Films for Palestine: Solidarity Screening + Fu (Online) Please donate generously! All films available to view online till November 22nd.

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6 incredible Palestinian films available to stream at your leisure to remind us (as if we needed it) in this horror that Palestinians aren't just resilient, aren't just victims, but are brilliant.

Abolish Managed Care (Unlocked) Today's episode was originally a patron exclusive. To support the show and get more episodes like this, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Bea and Jules discuss “managed care,” a se...

Now unlocked: we discuss “managed care,” a seemingly innocuous term for a guiding principle under US health capitalism that structures and incentivizes medical rationing and austerity

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