Shumaila Bhatti

🚨 “They want no one stopping them from making as much profit as they can.” — Paul Osadebe, a federal attorney and union steward, speaking out.

Musk & Trump are gutting public services so corporations can pollute, scam, & exploit without accountability. Workers are fighting back.

We launched a podcast! May the reviews of the reviews commence. 🫶🏻

So as long as you study white male collectives critially, it's fine? Hmmmm

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Grieving a living person is harder than a dead person. Maybe because we still share the same time and space. #Notes #OnGrief

"Trust isn't rebuilt through systems. It's built through individuals."

Someone's comment on rebuilding trust in systems thar continue to fail people in delivering justice. I disagree because after individuals are part of the systems... wdyt?

Scientists fear Trump will erase public research, here’s what they are doing | CNN The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative is working to preserve scientific data and research on public government websites amid fears that topics like climate change and green energy will be r...

Grateful to @archive.org for downloading climate & environmental data as we re-enter an era of censorship & climate denial: www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/s...

5. Bluesky's team consists of about 20 full-time employees. That's a million users here per employee now 🤯

Also, we're hiring!

bsky.social/about/join

total users mean nothing if people aren’t coming back or really engaging

Action Intent Links | Bluesky Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:

docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

If you're working on home lesson plans for your kids -- or just need a distraction from doomscrolling -- here are links to all the content from our #MOOC on epidemics:
On Coursera: coursera.org/learn/epidem...
On Youtube: www.youtube.com/@centerforin...

Starter pack for those working on misinfo, disinfo, information integrity, digital authoritarianism, propaganda etc. Definitely a work in progress, reply if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/V4Po9wB

Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!

go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q

#REPORTHATE

A dear friend of mine - a queer & Black business owner in our community - just got hate mail on their business account.

Report all hate. Don’t be silent. Listen without judgment. Leaders: send “no hate tolerated” messages to your orgs.

Southern Poverty Law Center: www.splcenter.org/reporthate

Summer internships for PhD students.

Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.

I would support pay what you can. Considering some countries still might not have an epayment setup in place to make it easy and it could be a potential barrier for their participation.

Empowered Citizenship: Leveraging Technology for Transparency and Justice Empowered Citizenship: Leveraging Technology for Transparency and Justice by Chad M. Topaz Nov. 7, 2024 In a world where technology shapes every corner of our lives, tools for transparency, research,...

Calling all #professors #teachers #educators: After a devastating election, it's more important than ever to make a difference. I created these resources to help students use tech for transparency & justice. Please use, share & empower your students.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Help me fight censorship.

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#FreePalestine

Time to find your new friends who will keep you critically informed about different aspects of the tech industry.

Add the critical tech starter pack to your following deck!