Rua M. Williams
@fractalecho.bsky.social
Common Cyborg | NB ND Mad Bean | Disability and Epistemology | Research Ethics and Dissensus
"You know what the biggest problem of pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong Direction. I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and
writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes." (Joanna Maciejewska [@AuthorJMac] 2024)
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writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes." (Joanna Maciejewska [@AuthorJMac] 2024)
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November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"You know what the biggest problem of pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong Direction. I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and
writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes." (Joanna Maciejewska [@AuthorJMac] 2024)
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writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes." (Joanna Maciejewska [@AuthorJMac] 2024)
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99 nights in the forest. The Ram.
October 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
99 nights in the forest. The Ram.
This book is titled “Disabling Intelligences” for many reasons. First, because so-called “AI” is built from historical commitments to the excision of disability from the classification of humanity.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
October 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This book is titled “Disabling Intelligences” for many reasons. First, because so-called “AI” is built from historical commitments to the excision of disability from the classification of humanity.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
It's got a back blurb!
October 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It's got a back blurb!
Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI is now available in physical form! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
October 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI is now available in physical form! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Re: the Windy City, 🧊, and social media surveillance
Patricia Hill Collins reminds us that "oppression cannot be reduced to one fundamental type, and that oppressions work together in producing injustice."
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Patricia Hill Collins reminds us that "oppression cannot be reduced to one fundamental type, and that oppressions work together in producing injustice."
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
October 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Re: the Windy City, 🧊, and social media surveillance
Patricia Hill Collins reminds us that "oppression cannot be reduced to one fundamental type, and that oppressions work together in producing injustice."
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Patricia Hill Collins reminds us that "oppression cannot be reduced to one fundamental type, and that oppressions work together in producing injustice."
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
I forgot that I did eventually edit the first line of the book. It was originally, "I did not want to write this book."
Disabling Intelligences eBook is available now link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Disabling Intelligences eBook is available now link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
September 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I forgot that I did eventually edit the first line of the book. It was originally, "I did not want to write this book."
Disabling Intelligences eBook is available now link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Disabling Intelligences eBook is available now link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Researcher Recruitment
Participants will be enrolled in a 6-month course (approx. 3 hours of work per month) on disability issues in research design and will be supported by a growing community of researchers interested in transformation of the field.
tinyurl.com/counterHRI
Participants will be enrolled in a 6-month course (approx. 3 hours of work per month) on disability issues in research design and will be supported by a growing community of researchers interested in transformation of the field.
tinyurl.com/counterHRI
August 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Researcher Recruitment
Participants will be enrolled in a 6-month course (approx. 3 hours of work per month) on disability issues in research design and will be supported by a growing community of researchers interested in transformation of the field.
tinyurl.com/counterHRI
Participants will be enrolled in a 6-month course (approx. 3 hours of work per month) on disability issues in research design and will be supported by a growing community of researchers interested in transformation of the field.
tinyurl.com/counterHRI
In this issue, I was able to write the first official publication about the ongoing Cyborg Imaginaries Project.
www.shiftspace.pub/writing/cybo...
www.shiftspace.pub/writing/cybo...
June 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In this issue, I was able to write the first official publication about the ongoing Cyborg Imaginaries Project.
www.shiftspace.pub/writing/cybo...
www.shiftspace.pub/writing/cybo...
I was honored to work with Cannach MacBride, Taraneh Fazeli, and Allie Lynn at United States Artists on Shift Space 5.0.
www.shiftspace.pub
www.shiftspace.pub
June 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I was honored to work with Cannach MacBride, Taraneh Fazeli, and Allie Lynn at United States Artists on Shift Space 5.0.
www.shiftspace.pub
www.shiftspace.pub
Kitty is helping!
April 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Kitty is helping!
On Thursday, January 23rd, at 12:30pm eastern, I will be hosting an online webinar for neurodivergent burnouts on hacking executive (dys)function. The content is tailored to experiences of neurodivergent people at school and at work.
tinyurl.com/efgobrrr6
tinyurl.com/efgobrrr6
January 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
On Thursday, January 23rd, at 12:30pm eastern, I will be hosting an online webinar for neurodivergent burnouts on hacking executive (dys)function. The content is tailored to experiences of neurodivergent people at school and at work.
tinyurl.com/efgobrrr6
tinyurl.com/efgobrrr6
It was hilarious.
January 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It was hilarious.
Image 3 demonstrates the proposed filter applied to a full screen blink sequence. Between-frame calculations of flash detection using South et al.’s algorithm would produce a full white mask for each frame, indicating that each frame change was dangerous and needed to be adjusted.
November 2, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Image 3 demonstrates the proposed filter applied to a full screen blink sequence. Between-frame calculations of flash detection using South et al.’s algorithm would produce a full white mask for each frame, indicating that each frame change was dangerous and needed to be adjusted.
A more robust ecology of protections centers the photosensitive user, even though they are not "the majority", providing them with multiple layers which they can control to protect themselves from exposures when other policies and community norms fail.
November 2, 2024 at 8:24 PM
A more robust ecology of protections centers the photosensitive user, even though they are not "the majority", providing them with multiple layers which they can control to protect themselves from exposures when other policies and community norms fail.
What is an Ecology of Protections?
In our paper, we illustrate how social media and information infrastructures can be imagined as an ecosystem of agents interacting through processes (policies) and behaviors (actions of users and automations).
In our paper, we illustrate how social media and information infrastructures can be imagined as an ecosystem of agents interacting through processes (policies) and behaviors (actions of users and automations).
November 2, 2024 at 8:23 PM
What is an Ecology of Protections?
In our paper, we illustrate how social media and information infrastructures can be imagined as an ecosystem of agents interacting through processes (policies) and behaviors (actions of users and automations).
In our paper, we illustrate how social media and information infrastructures can be imagined as an ecosystem of agents interacting through processes (policies) and behaviors (actions of users and automations).
ATTENTION ALL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHERS: workshop series to integrate disability theory into your research agendas and protocols. If you study technology and disability, this workshop series is for you.
Find details and registration at tinyurl.com/DTHCISeries
Find details and registration at tinyurl.com/DTHCISeries
September 14, 2024 at 7:58 PM
ATTENTION ALL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHERS: workshop series to integrate disability theory into your research agendas and protocols. If you study technology and disability, this workshop series is for you.
Find details and registration at tinyurl.com/DTHCISeries
Find details and registration at tinyurl.com/DTHCISeries
A dog and her dog (a St. Bernard and a burnese)
July 21, 2024 at 11:35 AM
A dog and her dog (a St. Bernard and a burnese)
A cat and her dog. (A gray tabby and a burnese)
July 21, 2024 at 11:33 AM
A cat and her dog. (A gray tabby and a burnese)
While 3 different organizations were busy sending me rejection emails my Graduate Students gave me this award.
April 19, 2024 at 1:55 AM
While 3 different organizations were busy sending me rejection emails my Graduate Students gave me this award.
I had to make these graphics for a graduate student who is nervous about their publication count and feels they are not doing enough work. They have over 400 hours of ethnographic data which is supporting at least 5 publications. 🫠
April 2, 2024 at 3:43 PM
I had to make these graphics for a graduate student who is nervous about their publication count and feels they are not doing enough work. They have over 400 hours of ethnographic data which is supporting at least 5 publications. 🫠
Killer Metaphors
Flowers
Must consume
Death to bloom
Oh! Pray we learn
We have never been flowers.
- RMW
#Spring #Ostara #Poetry #LetGazaLive #CeasefireNow
Flowers
Must consume
Death to bloom
Oh! Pray we learn
We have never been flowers.
- RMW
#Spring #Ostara #Poetry #LetGazaLive #CeasefireNow
March 30, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Killer Metaphors
Flowers
Must consume
Death to bloom
Oh! Pray we learn
We have never been flowers.
- RMW
#Spring #Ostara #Poetry #LetGazaLive #CeasefireNow
Flowers
Must consume
Death to bloom
Oh! Pray we learn
We have never been flowers.
- RMW
#Spring #Ostara #Poetry #LetGazaLive #CeasefireNow