Jeanine Thweatt
@jjthweatt.bsky.social
Advisor & part-time professor of philosophy/religion; theologian-at-large, recovering PK, birth doula (CD DONA), cyborg/goddess downward-spiral dancing in the “free state of Florida.” Author of Cyborg Selves: A Theological Anthropology of the Posthuman.
Pinned
Diagnosis: the more willing one is to assume “AI” can replace human interaction/relation/creation, the more interpersonally stunted & dysfunctional one is, generally speaking
Two: Christy by Catherine Marshall and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by RAH.
Yah, that explains a LOT
Yah, that explains a LOT
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
Someone thought "Jane Eyre is a wholesome classic about a young woman, I bet 11-year-old Bethany would like it."
Someone thought "Jane Eyre is a wholesome classic about a young woman, I bet 11-year-old Bethany would like it."
December 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Two: Christy by Catherine Marshall and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by RAH.
Yah, that explains a LOT
Yah, that explains a LOT
No.
The Post calls the podcast an "AI-powered tool" that turns its articles into an audio news digest. n.pr/4rUXc8z
Is The Washington Post's new AI podcast a hallmark of the future?
The Post calls the podcast an "AI-powered tool" that turns its articles into an audio news digest.
n.pr
December 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
No.
Left early at 9:00, still going strong, 3+ hours
December 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Left early at 9:00, still going strong, 3+ hours
So I could be at the swankiest party our campus hosts all year but I’m in Year 10000 of this high school concert and have yet to catch even a glimpse of my own kid
December 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
So I could be at the swankiest party our campus hosts all year but I’m in Year 10000 of this high school concert and have yet to catch even a glimpse of my own kid
My people! Do not do this y’all!
TENNESSEAN: “Elon Musk's Boring Co. makes formal Music City Loop approval request… NASHVILLE At-large Council member Delishia Porterfield indicated that she would file a resolution to oppose the project…” www.tennessean.com/story/money/...
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
My people! Do not do this y’all!
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Happy birthday to Judy! Back in 2005, the first work I taught in the philosophy of technology was hers. A lovely person too.
OTD in 1950, Judy Wajcman was born. A pioneering sociologist and feminist theorist, Wajcman reshaped the philosophy and sociology of technology by showing how technological systems are deeply entwined with gender, power, and social organization.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Happy birthday to Judy! Back in 2005, the first work I taught in the philosophy of technology was hers. A lovely person too.
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When I’m accused of “technopessimism“ I counter that I’m not “pessimistic about technology“; I am opposed to the economic, political, and social project of upward wealth transfer that “AI” is being leveraged to bring about. If that phrasing is useful to others, then go ahead and use it.
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
When I’m accused of “technopessimism“ I counter that I’m not “pessimistic about technology“; I am opposed to the economic, political, and social project of upward wealth transfer that “AI” is being leveraged to bring about. If that phrasing is useful to others, then go ahead and use it.
Give my last final exam tomorrow and have already pivoted to updating my Women in Philosophy syllabus for spring. SO EXCITED TO BE TEACHING THIS AGAIN!
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Give my last final exam tomorrow and have already pivoted to updating my Women in Philosophy syllabus for spring. SO EXCITED TO BE TEACHING THIS AGAIN!
Kitty takes possession of the not yet finished afghan
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Kitty takes possession of the not yet finished afghan
The idea that the replicator is actually mechanical Turk chefs is the most depressing thought I’ve had today, and it’s bedtime, so it’s today’s depressing winner
Have you SEEN how often O'Brien has to fix those things?
Did the food replicator on the Enterprise really work or was it secretly a bunch of ensigns inside the bulkhead doing their best with a teapot and a little range?
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The idea that the replicator is actually mechanical Turk chefs is the most depressing thought I’ve had today, and it’s bedtime, so it’s today’s depressing winner
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This was such a lovely and refreshing conversation. Ecstatic to see how The AI Con is serving as an organizing tool in conversations around labor, education, health care, and social services.
with @emilymbender.bsky.social
with @emilymbender.bsky.social
"We can and must resist narratives of inevitability through collective labor action and strategic refusal." (The AI Con, p.164)
So thankful to have an opportunity to be in conversation with @alexhanna.bsky.social this evening with @ali-alkhatib.com's book club!
So thankful to have an opportunity to be in conversation with @alexhanna.bsky.social this evening with @ali-alkhatib.com's book club!
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This was such a lovely and refreshing conversation. Ecstatic to see how The AI Con is serving as an organizing tool in conversations around labor, education, health care, and social services.
with @emilymbender.bsky.social
with @emilymbender.bsky.social
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this really isn’t an exaggeration
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
this really isn’t an exaggeration
Yeah. There it goes, kids. We used to do this thing called “research” but no one can really do that anymore so we all just live in a fog of unknowing that enables the blatant manipulation of beliefs and perceptions by our fascist overlords
so it begins
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Yeah. There it goes, kids. We used to do this thing called “research” but no one can really do that anymore so we all just live in a fog of unknowing that enables the blatant manipulation of beliefs and perceptions by our fascist overlords
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Y'all, tmrw is a BIG DAY for civil rights and tech. @markey.senate.gov, @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social, @jayapal.house.gov, @pressley.house.gov, & @repsummerlee.bsky.social are introducing the AI Civil Rights Act: the new gold standard AI bill endorsed by 85+ civil society orgs. Pull up a chair.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Y'all, tmrw is a BIG DAY for civil rights and tech. @markey.senate.gov, @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social, @jayapal.house.gov, @pressley.house.gov, & @repsummerlee.bsky.social are introducing the AI Civil Rights Act: the new gold standard AI bill endorsed by 85+ civil society orgs. Pull up a chair.
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Okay, I’m done.
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Okay, I’m done.
Welp. Aced that quiz. I continue to think that this isn’t that hard if one is paying proper attention, but “paying proper attention” is the hard thing
There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help.
AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it
There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Welp. Aced that quiz. I continue to think that this isn’t that hard if one is paying proper attention, but “paying proper attention” is the hard thing
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Many, many unpaid labour-hours will be required for the ICLR authors and organizers to sort this mess out, and the conference will be worse for it. A perfect case study on why AI productivity gains are largely a mirage.
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Many, many unpaid labour-hours will be required for the ICLR authors and organizers to sort this mess out, and the conference will be worse for it. A perfect case study on why AI productivity gains are largely a mirage.
Gonna have a tough day being a grownup tomorrow
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Gonna have a tough day being a grownup tomorrow
seriously y’all could’ve just dropped this class back in September, and you’re gonna force me to ChatGPT WF you last minute? Seriously? You could have just NOT TURNED THIS IN AT ALL and been better off! what is WRONG WITH YOUR INTERNAL SELF-INTEREST CALCULATOR? DID YOU CHATGPT THAT TOO?
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
seriously y’all could’ve just dropped this class back in September, and you’re gonna force me to ChatGPT WF you last minute? Seriously? You could have just NOT TURNED THIS IN AT ALL and been better off! what is WRONG WITH YOUR INTERNAL SELF-INTEREST CALCULATOR? DID YOU CHATGPT THAT TOO?
What a beautiful meditation on the necessity of trust the last episode of the first season of Doctor Who is (The Sensorites)! Aliens in footie-jammies costumes notwithstanding! Somebody cared about that one a great deal!
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
What a beautiful meditation on the necessity of trust the last episode of the first season of Doctor Who is (The Sensorites)! Aliens in footie-jammies costumes notwithstanding! Somebody cared about that one a great deal!
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“Orwellian shit going on in Tennessee — Republican voters are being threatened to vote, Democratic voters are being told to vote a day late.”
👋🏽 We are here. These mailers are real.
And secretary of voter suppression Tre Hargett seems unconcerned🤔
👋🏽 We are here. These mailers are real.
And secretary of voter suppression Tre Hargett seems unconcerned🤔
November 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“Orwellian shit going on in Tennessee — Republican voters are being threatened to vote, Democratic voters are being told to vote a day late.”
👋🏽 We are here. These mailers are real.
And secretary of voter suppression Tre Hargett seems unconcerned🤔
👋🏽 We are here. These mailers are real.
And secretary of voter suppression Tre Hargett seems unconcerned🤔
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What makes something data? Some thoughts on that question, and how answers to it help us understand AI hype:
medium.com/@emilymenonb...
medium.com/@emilymenonb...
What makes something data?
This is a question I posted on BlueSky on Friday 11/21/25, inspired by a talk I recently attended about evaluation of “AI” systems. I think…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
What makes something data? Some thoughts on that question, and how answers to it help us understand AI hype:
medium.com/@emilymenonb...
medium.com/@emilymenonb...
Once again: Jemisin’s short story “Emergency Skin” is blistering in its nuclear-blast fury and 100% accurate in its aim
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Once again: Jemisin’s short story “Emergency Skin” is blistering in its nuclear-blast fury and 100% accurate in its aim
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4pm today UK time
Resisting GenAI and Big Tech in Higher Education - Tuesday 25th Nov, free registration, great panel, big focus on climate justice. Register here: lmula.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
4pm today UK time
This is why I want the time to write a book on birth and the posthuman. The wild dialectical swings here re technology and embodiment are life and death.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is why I want the time to write a book on birth and the posthuman. The wild dialectical swings here re technology and embodiment are life and death.