JEMc
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JEMc
@jasminemcnealy.com
· Nov 18
An introduction…
Hello - I’m a US-based scholar, avocate, and critical public interest technologist…erstwhile journalist/design editor
I study emerging media/tech (including AI) with an emphasis on privacy, surveillance, and data governance…
One of the “& Society” people
Also: icedlabs.org
Hello - I’m a US-based scholar, avocate, and critical public interest technologist…erstwhile journalist/design editor
I study emerging media/tech (including AI) with an emphasis on privacy, surveillance, and data governance…
One of the “& Society” people
Also: icedlabs.org
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Absolutely infuriating that the “AI”’s default threshold for awarding you the biography of a convicted sex offender is if you happen to share a surname
December 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Absolutely infuriating that the “AI”’s default threshold for awarding you the biography of a convicted sex offender is if you happen to share a surname
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My last story of the year: an update on the woman who fell in love with ChatGPT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...
December 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My last story of the year: an update on the woman who fell in love with ChatGPT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...
Old Mark Anthony stuck in my head
December 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Old Mark Anthony stuck in my head
A different kind of facial recognition: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Man Who Grabbed Ariana Grande on Red Carpet Removed From Lady Gaga Concert
The stage crasher who rushed and grabbed Ariana Grande at a 'Wicked' red-carpet premiere was removed from Lady Gaga's Brisbane concert by security.
www.rollingstone.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A different kind of facial recognition: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
December 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Attack the Block
What’s your favourite movie that YOU KNOW is fantastic, and you couldn’t care less if movie snobs would say it “isn’t real cinema?”
December 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Attack the Block
A critical geography of the Lost Cause…
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A critical geography of the Lost Cause…
Are these the same cattle ranchers who sued Oprah back in the day?
Trump attacks the cattle ranchers and basically says he knows what’s best for them and that they should be grateful for him
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Are these the same cattle ranchers who sued Oprah back in the day?
Hello canary…
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hello canary…
Who doesn’t love a good scam story - a mix of geopolitics, statecraft, crypto and public relations by @tfa.ng asteriskmag.com/issues/11/sc...
Scam Cities—Asterisk
Criminal networks throughout Southeast Asia are demonstrating the dangers of making “the ultimate exit.”
asteriskmag.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Who doesn’t love a good scam story - a mix of geopolitics, statecraft, crypto and public relations by @tfa.ng asteriskmag.com/issues/11/sc...
Thanks to @techpolicypress.bsky.social for publishing our essay on the need for governance of GenAI use in health campaigns aimed at African audiences. It speaks to the larger issue of the necessity of good governance of technology general, but especially AI.
AI’s potential in health is real, write Yewande O. Addie and Jasmine E. McNealy. But by implementing stronger governance now, African countries can ensure AI serves communities rather than displacing the cultural knowledge that sustains trust in health systems.
Lessons from Nigeria and Kenya on Digital Colonialism in AI Health Messaging | TechPolicy.Press
The question isn't whether Africa will be included in AI governance, but whether it will set the standards, write Yewande O. Addie and Jasmine E. McNealy.
www.techpolicy.press
October 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Thanks to @techpolicypress.bsky.social for publishing our essay on the need for governance of GenAI use in health campaigns aimed at African audiences. It speaks to the larger issue of the necessity of good governance of technology general, but especially AI.
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AI’s potential in health is real, write Yewande O. Addie and Jasmine E. McNealy. But by implementing stronger governance now, African countries can ensure AI serves communities rather than displacing the cultural knowledge that sustains trust in health systems.
Lessons from Nigeria and Kenya on Digital Colonialism in AI Health Messaging | TechPolicy.Press
The question isn't whether Africa will be included in AI governance, but whether it will set the standards, write Yewande O. Addie and Jasmine E. McNealy.
www.techpolicy.press
October 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
AI’s potential in health is real, write Yewande O. Addie and Jasmine E. McNealy. But by implementing stronger governance now, African countries can ensure AI serves communities rather than displacing the cultural knowledge that sustains trust in health systems.
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One of the greatest living Americans.
September 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
One of the greatest living Americans.
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It is, far and away, the most challenging thing I’ve encountered since entering the academy. And that is saying a lot. I might be working on this but I keep putting it aside because I’m not medicated enough to describe how demoralizing it all is.
We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing.
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September 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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If the Supreme Court were right that the President has an essentially unlimited power to disregard Congressional legislation and appropriations, ours would not be a constitution deserving of respect.
Fortunately, the Court is wrong, and it is the Court that deserves no respect.
Fortunately, the Court is wrong, and it is the Court that deserves no respect.
September 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If the Supreme Court were right that the President has an essentially unlimited power to disregard Congressional legislation and appropriations, ours would not be a constitution deserving of respect.
Fortunately, the Court is wrong, and it is the Court that deserves no respect.
Fortunately, the Court is wrong, and it is the Court that deserves no respect.
Looking forward to this Tuesday in NYC.
Sept 23: Don't miss the next event in our series w NYPL! D&S’s @tamigraph.bsky.social will talk to Jasmine McNealy & Sanjana Paul about the environmental toll of AI and what we can do about it. In-person spots are going fast, so reserve yours or join the livestream! www.showclix.com/event/unders...
September 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Looking forward to this Tuesday in NYC.
Will she have her Alan Keys, circa 1996, moment?
September 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Will she have her Alan Keys, circa 1996, moment?
Language folks - is there a “Destinos” for every language?
September 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Language folks - is there a “Destinos” for every language?
Carved bullet casings? Everyone watches too many movies…
September 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Carved bullet casings? Everyone watches too many movies…
There is something nefarious about this business model
found out what former Wondery COO Jeanine Wright is up to: flooding the internet with unlistenable AI podcasts
Her company has put out around 156,000 AI podcast episodes in two years and has averaged about 64 listens per podcast total in that time (less than one download a week)
Her company has put out around 156,000 AI podcast episodes in two years and has averaged about 64 listens per podcast total in that time (less than one download a week)
September 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
There is something nefarious about this business model
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Because as Jesus said, “sometimes you gotta smack a bitch.” 1 Pimps 22:12
Or something. Anyway, that’s what Hegseth told him.
Or something. Anyway, that’s what Hegseth told him.
Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"
September 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Because as Jesus said, “sometimes you gotta smack a bitch.” 1 Pimps 22:12
Or something. Anyway, that’s what Hegseth told him.
Or something. Anyway, that’s what Hegseth told him.
Really shouldn’t have missed 4S this year.
September 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Really shouldn’t have missed 4S this year.