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+1 This model was inspired by the AFST in the US, which has similarly been critiqued for poor validity; bias against Black, poor, and disabled communities; and lack of worker-facing transparency. See, e.g.: dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.114… dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.114… aclu.org/the-devil-is-i…

New qualitative study (open access) on trans suicide prevention with a focus on community perspectives and protective factors: bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org/article/3/1-2/… It was great to work with an interdisciplinary research team from University of Utah Health on this project.

everyone’s horrified of letting trans people compete in sports but if a doll was in that locker room showing him how to tuck france would’ve had another medal!

This is big news for Native Americans. With Walz as the Democratic pick for VP, it means Peggy Flanagan would presumably become the next Governor of Minnesota. There has never been a Native female governor of a state. Flanagan is Anishinaabe from the White Earth Nation.

Strange day for Minnesotans who know Walz for filling Minneapolis with military convoys & teargas for months after George Floyd & Daunte Wright were killed

I will say tho, I literally just moved away from Minnesota for the first time in my life and all this Minnesota talk is making me very homesick

Life update: I started a new job as a TT professor in computer science at Vassar College. I start teaching next week. I'm really excited :)

Sade will release “Young Lion” on Nov. 22 as part of the “Transa” benefit album by non-profit Red Hot, supporting transgender awareness and featuring trans and non-binary artists. The song is dedicated to Sade’s son, Izaak, who is a transgender man. ❤️

Excited to launch UMN's Human-Centered Computing Seminar this Fall with an awesome list of internal & external speakers joining us weekly on Fridays! Starting us off are these wonderful senior faculty, sharing the history of HCC in our dept. Full list: cse.umn.edu/cs/2024-human-…

oh heck yeah. i just got switched to aetna and lost a bunch of gac coverage 💢 really hoping this forces them to cover basic transition care 🙃

📢 The popular drag artist Themme Fatale has announced their retirement due to Long COVID: “That’s all folks: Live, laugh, look out for each other during a mass disabling event.”

For anyone on the SLAC job market, Vassar computer science is hiring a TT professor: employment.vassar.edu/postings/4080 Applications start to be reviewed this Sunday, October 13th, 2024 If anyone's interested, feel free to reach out to me!

In this Perspective the authors propose an implementation of a consent-forward paradigm in the design of digital mental health tools to protect users from unexpected harm Sachin Pendse Logan Stapleton Neha Kumar Munmun De Choudhury, PhD Stevie Chancellor is elsewhere (see pinned) nature.com/articles/s4422…

So excited for work led by Sachin Pendse about a consent-forward paradigm for mental health in Nature Mental Health! We clarify WHY consent thru the whole process of developing digital mental is crucial + HOW we might start to do this pragmatically.

Many, many people woke up this morning feeling like the next 4 years are impossible or even unlivable. A day to share some crisis support resources. 🧵

New - and ever more crucial report - on carceral AI, a growing class of algorithmic and data-driven practices designed to police, incarcerate, surveil, and control people. Recommendations, report, and beautiful artwork too! carceral-ai.com Spearheaded by Dasha Pruss

🚨 The Carceral AI report is out! 🚫 Read the recommendations of global activists and academics to resist technologies designed to police, incarcerate, surveil, and control human beings.

Incredibly proud of all the organizers who've worked countless hours over the last 4 years to get to this point! 😍😍 I'm grateful to have been a small part in this enormous effort to improve the lives of thousands of grad workers for years to come :-)