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📢📢 Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy is organizing a flagship conference on tech policy. Hear from movers and shakers in government, academia, industry, and civil society. citp.princeton.edu/event/tech-pol… The conference is for everyone interested in ensuring that

I wrote a little something about my writing intentions for 2025. for me its all rooted in an exploration of vulnerability and authenticity. drawing on multiple identities I carry, not just my go-to writing identity as a professor. substack.com/@sepehrvakil/n…

Did you talk to your kids about MLK day? About the Trump inauguration? open.substack.com/pub/sepehrvaki…

Are you going to tell him to apologize for saying "Normalize Indian hate" before this rehire? Just asking for the sake of both of our kids.

In a world where academics + stand-up comics rarely share the stage, the new podcast "A Professor and a Comedian Walk Into a Bar," co-hosted by Sepehr Vakil, is doing something unique: mixing scholarly insights with humor. Story by alumnus Dan Perlman: spr.ly/6187IKCbD.

1/I am thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of my co-authored book, Revolutionary Engineers, written in collaboration with Drs. Sepehr Vakil and Mina Khanlarzadeh. Published by MIT Press, the book is available for pre-order, and will be officially released on May 27.

I am hearing of hard working Americans who voted for Trump and now are being fired from their jobs with the Parks Service, with Veterans affairs, with USAID, with NIH etc. If you are a Trump voter who is being fired or has a family member being fired, please share your story.

Might be more helpful to look to the 2018 playbook rather than the 2023 one at this point — things like pressuring companies to do better with their safety policies, mobilizing tech workers against dangerous applications, organizing city ordinances on facial recognition, etc.

Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention actionnetwork.org/letters/demand…

From Yann LeCun on greencard/visa revocations and deportations of scientists.

Over 100 researchers are issuing a statement today that reiterates the scientific consensus that AI can exacerbate bias and discrimination. The last three U.S. Administrations — including the first Trump Administration — and 192 other nations have recognized this basic fact.

I wouldn’t say that Will and I are battling but I do disagree. Because there are big differences between Signal and WhatsApp. Signal is the gold standard in private comms. We’re open source, nonprofit, and we develop and apply e2ee and privacy preserving tech across our system

Fun night at the Comedy Store; Ruha Benjamin challenges Trevor Noah's AI optimism; Bill Burr was a jerk on NPR open.substack.com/pub/sepehrvaki…

Judge Susan Crawford's victory is a victory for working people in Wisconsin. She will take her seat on the bench and continue to uphold the rights and protect the freedoms of all people in her state. Last night, I joined the Wisconsin Democrats team to thank them for their hard work in

New book announcement! Revolutionary Engineers: Learning, Politics, and Activism at Aryamehr University Co-written with Mahdi Ganjavi; مهدی گنجوی and Mina Khanlarzadeh. open.substack.com/pub/sepehrvaki…

The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. hrvd.me/ResearchFundin…

Founder of the most successful tech startup accelerator on Earth advising founders to start their companies outside the USA. Those now in Washington don’t fully comprehend the damage they’re causing. We need a hard pivot back to pro-science, pro-tech, pro-skilled immigration.

One week later, and the wounds are very, very fresh. Our NSF grant, which focused on educational justice for Black families in Evanston, was illegally canceled. Read more about it here sepehrvakil.substack.com/p/our-nsf-gran…

I value Jemele Hill for always bringing nuance, honesty, and sharp analysis

Meta is upset after I won the Pulitzer Prize yesterday. It has suspended my Facebook account for the second time in a week.