Joshua Earle, Ph.D.
@cyborgapologist.bsky.social
Ass Prof of STS @ UVA
Communications Director for Society for Philosophy and Technology
Phil Tech, Disability Studies, Med Hums, Bioethics, Hist of Eugenics, Transhumanism
I teach engineers what the stuff they build does to people.
Communications Director for Society for Philosophy and Technology
Phil Tech, Disability Studies, Med Hums, Bioethics, Hist of Eugenics, Transhumanism
I teach engineers what the stuff they build does to people.
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Technology and Disability, Ashley Shew, Damien P. Williams, and Joshua Earle
The three of us have taught classes about Technology and Disability through a philosophical lens, though this class has not been taught exclusively through philosophy departments. We’re excited to sha...
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Heyo! New piece by me, @ashleyshoo.bsky.social and @wolvendamien.bsky.social on our syllabi and teaching philosophies around our class Technology and Disability is out!
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I need somewhere in/near Plano where I can buy a tray like this before noon on Wednesday. Ace restaurant supply doesn't have anything on its website, Williams-Sonoma told me they only carry something like this during the summer. (??!) Help! Can any Dallas folk help me out here?
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I need somewhere in/near Plano where I can buy a tray like this before noon on Wednesday. Ace restaurant supply doesn't have anything on its website, Williams-Sonoma told me they only carry something like this during the summer. (??!) Help! Can any Dallas folk help me out here?
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I know everyone is twelve now but this is getting ridiculous
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I know everyone is twelve now but this is getting ridiculous
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My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
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My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Also, no one seems to talk about all the MeToo accusations leveled at Ratner anymore.
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Also, no one seems to talk about all the MeToo accusations leveled at Ratner anymore.
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I got a Twitter DM from the publisher of a book by Jeffrey Haas (Fred Hampton's lawyer) that I'd recommended in a thread that went viral, thanking me for the unexpected spike in sales. I'm sure we're talking dozens, not hundreds, but they were like doing highkey internet sleuthing to figure it out!
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I got a Twitter DM from the publisher of a book by Jeffrey Haas (Fred Hampton's lawyer) that I'd recommended in a thread that went viral, thanking me for the unexpected spike in sales. I'm sure we're talking dozens, not hundreds, but they were like doing highkey internet sleuthing to figure it out!
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I think I missed this when it was first posted, but it's absolutely worth reading! I think there are two lenses that help me make sense of the Puppies mess when it comes to discussions of prose that I don't see in here, though. I absolutely agree that the politics of realism plays into it, but (1/7)
The hottest of hot takes: A blog post that compares a conservative backlash against abstract art in the 1920s to a more recent conservative backlash against literary speculative fiction.
Come at me bro, if you take umbrage at technological determinism.
Post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/08/hot-...
Come at me bro, if you take umbrage at technological determinism.
Post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/08/hot-...
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I think I missed this when it was first posted, but it's absolutely worth reading! I think there are two lenses that help me make sense of the Puppies mess when it comes to discussions of prose that I don't see in here, though. I absolutely agree that the politics of realism plays into it, but (1/7)
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The Unsinkable Ship of Fools is a great ride (bonus points for a cute bat boy) and if you didn't manage to back it before, this'll be as good a time as any to grab it.
👀still got your eye on a title you haven't picked up yet?
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Don't wait til the day of to take a peek, now's the time to check out our library in advance! 🔎
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We know every $ counts, and Iron Circus Comics has a One-Day Sale, 50% off for 24 hours, just around the corner!
Don't wait til the day of to take a peek, now's the time to check out our library in advance! 🔎
store.ironcircus.com ⚙️
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The Unsinkable Ship of Fools is a great ride (bonus points for a cute bat boy) and if you didn't manage to back it before, this'll be as good a time as any to grab it.
Somewhere, an indigenous scientist side-eyes this entire framing.
A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first documented use of tools by a wolf. https://cnn.it/48jB0Mn
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Somewhere, an indigenous scientist side-eyes this entire framing.
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I mean, that's just tech in a general sense
Bluesky owes much of it's existence to swingers & furries
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I mean, that's just tech in a general sense
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We are over $45,000. 👊
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November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you were on the bubble about throwing them some money, now’s a good time to tip in favor, since they have a matching donor
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STRONG AGREE
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
STRONG AGREE
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This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)
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In the new TMK, we chat with @beccamonteleone.bsky.social about her new book—the Double Bind of Disability—on the politics of disability, technology, and the production of knowledge/power over people's bodies. Becca lays out how to think (critically) about disability. soundcloud.com/thismachinek...
433. How to Think About Disability (ft. Becca Monteleone)
We chat with Becca Monteleone — author of The Double Bind of Disability: How Medical Technology Shapes Bodily Authority — about the critical intersection of disability and technology. Among many thing
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November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In the new TMK, we chat with @beccamonteleone.bsky.social about her new book—the Double Bind of Disability—on the politics of disability, technology, and the production of knowledge/power over people's bodies. Becca lays out how to think (critically) about disability. soundcloud.com/thismachinek...
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A couple of my local libraries have restroom posters with the locations of certain topics. Librarians and libraries are fantastic and necessary.
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A couple of my local libraries have restroom posters with the locations of certain topics. Librarians and libraries are fantastic and necessary.
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Gotta say, if the genre of article that goes “I talked to the machine that’s poisoning Black communities, and here’s what it said” went extinct tonight, we’d all be better off.
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Gotta say, if the genre of article that goes “I talked to the machine that’s poisoning Black communities, and here’s what it said” went extinct tonight, we’d all be better off.
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Non fiction authors usually supplement their book income with public speaking, consulting, have full time jobs or they're in academia.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Non fiction authors usually supplement their book income with public speaking, consulting, have full time jobs or they're in academia.
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Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
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Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share!
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2026 Conference
Call for Papers: Science and Technology in the Anthropocene April 2 – 3, 2026 A conference about human experience in a world with non-biological intelligent systems and the environmental prob…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share!
uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
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You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
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hard agree
essentially, a thing can only be conscious if it can drink beer with you in a bar. It’s a pretty simple test.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
hard agree
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@hypervisible.blacksky.app We've got the rule, now! Finally! Put it in the book! 😆
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
@hypervisible.blacksky.app We've got the rule, now! Finally! Put it in the book! 😆
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what stage of capitalism is this
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
what stage of capitalism is this
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W.B. Yeats: ‘‘Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind.’’
Me: **stomping on the ground** "Let me in you xenophobic bastards!"
Me: **stomping on the ground** "Let me in you xenophobic bastards!"
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
W.B. Yeats: ‘‘Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind.’’
Me: **stomping on the ground** "Let me in you xenophobic bastards!"
Me: **stomping on the ground** "Let me in you xenophobic bastards!"