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Catherine D'Ignazio is an American professor, artist, and software developer who focuses on feminism and data literacy. She is the… more

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Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

“An urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation."

"Fall of Freedom" protests on the weekend of Nov. 21. Organizers include visual artist Dread Scott and playwright Lynn Nottage.
Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’
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by Catherine D’Ignazio

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Graphic by Ben Nathan of UPenn History
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by Catherine D’Ignazio

kanarinka.bsky.social
Solidarity and collective action is always the answer.
Join or Die image with pieces of the snake labeled with the nine universities that received the bogus Trump "Compact for Academic Excellence"
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by Nancy Kanwisher — Reposted by Catherine D’Ignazio, Dorothy Bishop, Joshua S. Weitz , and 6 more

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter Regarding Compact
MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...
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laurenfklein.bsky.social
So proud to see my friend @kanarinka.bsky.social quoted in The Boston Globe about how this egregious new college "compact" goes against everyone and every thing that higher education stands for: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/04/b...
Trump makes MIT an offer, one many on campus hope the school can refuse - The Boston Globe
President Trump issued terms to MIT and other schools; many on campus urge them to push back.
www.bostonglobe.com
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albertocairo.com
BIG NEWS! We've updated the website of the Open Visualization Academy, where you can see all its contributors: openvisualizationacademy.org

This is the announcement in our newsletter: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/we-re-back...

#dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVis 📊

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rahulbot.bsky.social
DataBasic.io is 10 years old! Our self-service activities and tools for data literacy helped launch me down the road to my "Community Data" book, and was one of my first projects with @kanarinka.bsky.social. Happy to report the site is working again, and the two of us still collaborate.
DataBasic.io
WordCounter analyzes your text and tells you the most common words and phrases.
DataBasic.io
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Reposted by Catherine D’Ignazio, Suresh Venkatasubramanian

louisbarclay.bsky.social
Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai

Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
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kanarinka.bsky.social
Love this line "but could raise costs of training LLMS", i.e. "If you don’t allow AI corporations to steal from you they might have to charge you more money for selling your work back to you"
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ladelentes.bsky.social
¿Qué rol podría jugar la inteligencia artificial en la lucha contra la violencia de género? RIAF me invitó a compartir nuevo proyecto de #DatosContraFeminicidio y DISCO Lab, que explora la cobertura periodística de casos de feminicidio y el desarrollo de IA. ¡Sumate!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Feminicidios, narrativas mediáticas e inteligencia artificial. Evento virtual, 10 de setiembre 2025, 12 PM (hora Buenos Aires).
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prospectmagazine.co.uk
We used to think technology was inherently liberatory. Now it’s empowering corporations and conmen, writes @ethanz.bsky.social.
Tech bros used to be progressive. What happened?
We used to think technology was inherently liberatory. Now it’s empowering corporations and conmen
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
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rahulbot.bsky.social
Make no mistake, academia in the US is under siege. Go read @kanarinka.bsky.social's excellent essay on how "US universities can survive under state terrorism". Don't let the attacks isolate you. Keep building networks of resistance and resilience. academeblog.org/2025/08/05/h...
How US Universities Can Survive State Terrorism
BY CATHERINE D’IGNAZIO As a professor at MIT, I find myself navigating strange waters these days. Last semester, I advised the thesis of a student who left the country because she did not fee…
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by Catherine D’Ignazio — Reposted by Sally Haslanger

kanarinka.bsky.social
📣 In this short essay, I describe how actions of the current administration constitute ➡️ state terrorism ⬅️ and outline how US universities (and professors and students and staff) can survive state terrorism, as people before us have survived.

academeblog.org/2025/08/05/h...
How US Universities Can Survive State Terrorism
BY CATHERINE D’IGNAZIO As a professor at MIT, I find myself navigating strange waters these days. Last semester, I advised the thesis of a student who left the country because she did not fee…
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academemagazine.bsky.social
New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/08/05/h...
How US Universities Can Survive State Terrorism
BY CATHERINE D’IGNAZIO As a professor at MIT, I find myself navigating strange waters these days. Last semester, I advised the thesis of a student who left the country because she did not fee…
academeblog.org
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by Oliver L. Haimson — Reposted by Catherine D’Ignazio, Oliver L. Haimson

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Trans Technologies is available now! My book examines how technology creates new possibilities for transgender people, and how trans experiences, in turn, create new possibilities for technology.

"An absolute must-read for anyone that cares about technology and trans liberation." - Alex Hanna
Trans Technologies book cover
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The deadline to propose a session/workshop/panel/paper for the Computation + Journalism symposium cplusj2025.com is Sep. 7 cplusj2025.com/submissions/ If accepted, registration will be waived and we can offer a stipend to help with travel expenses. To submit: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
A screenshot of the conference website. It shows a person interacting with a data visualization
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Congratulations to @kanarinka.bsky.social from @mit.edu who has been awarded the Emilie Jäger Prize for her research in the field of #DataFeminism. On May 14, she will give a talk entitled "Digital In/Justice and Data Feminism" 👉 digital-in-justice.unibe.ch/index_eng.html
Catherine D'Ignazio Emilie Jäger Lecture
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infoplusconf.bsky.social
Call for presentations is live! Information+ 2025 is looking for bold proposals that push the conversation forward in info design and data viz.

Dates:
5/23/25: Deadline to submit abstract
5/31-6/6/25: Submission period for full proposals

More at: informationplusconference.com/2025/submiss...
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Reposted by Catherine D’Ignazio, Oliver L. Haimson

alexmonea.bsky.social
Just finished @haimson.bsky.social's new book Trans Technologies over the weekend and really enjoyed it. If you want an insightful and comprehensive ethnographic account of trans tech - its creators, its creation, its affordances and constraints, and ideas for a better future, it's a must read.
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by Catherine D’Ignazio

kanarinka.bsky.social
Join us to celebrate five years of #DataAgainstFeminicide
& launch the Swahili version of our tools, co-designed w/ Femicide Count – Kenya

🗓️ Aug 14, 2025
🕚 11AM EDT | 12PM ARG/BRA | 6PM EAT
🌍 In English w/ live interpretation to Spanish, Portuguese, & Swahili
Register: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Reposted by Catherine D’Ignazio, Meredith Broussard

prospectmagazine.co.uk
The AI debate is following a problematic pattern of technological inevitability. Because it is technically possible, we jump to the conclusion it is inevitable—and desirable, writes @ethanz.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
An AI-enabled world isn’t inevitable
How much change are we willing to accept in return for an AI future?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
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ladelentes.bsky.social
Este año celebramos cinco años del proyecto #DatosContraFeminicidio y marcamos este hito reflexionando sobre los resultados y aprendizajes e inaugurando la versión swahili de las herramientas. ¡Acompañanos!

🗓️14 de agosto, 2025
🕕11AM EDT | 12PM ARG/BRA | 3PM BST | 6PM EAT
mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us to reflect on 5 years of the Data Against Feminicide project and to launch our AI tools in Swahili with Femicide Count - Kenya. Sumate para reflexionar sobre los 5 años del proyecto Datos Contra Feminicidio y para lanzar nuestras herramientas de IA en swahili con Femicide Count - Kenya Junte-se para refletir sobre os 5 anos do projeto Dados Contra Feminicídio e para lançar nossas ferramentas de IA em swahili com Femicide Count Kenya Jiunge nasi kutafakari juu ya miaka 5 ya mradi wa Data Against Feminicide na kuzindua zana zetu za kijasusi bandia kwa Kiswahili na Femicide Count - Kenya
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Read our new blog on why Shadowbans are dangerous 👇🏽

medium.com/@iwrising/iw...
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For the past couple months we’ve been experiencing restrictions on instagram.

Feel free to share any of these graphics on IG and tag our account! This may help relieve the shadowban

Dawa’eh | Thank You
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Reposted by Catherine D’Ignazio, Meredith Broussard

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On December 11-12 we're hosting the Computation +Journalism Symposium 2025 in Miami cplusj2025.com

You can submit a workshop, a talk, a panel, or a short paper (a small stipend to help with travel expenses can be available): cplusj2025.com/submissions/

#dataJournalism #dataVisualization #dataViz 📊
Computation + Journalism logo, with information about the dates and the location
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Reposted by Catherine D’Ignazio, Nina Jankowicz

sobieraj.bsky.social
Delighted to facilitate this conversation about the way intersectional inequality, technology, and politics intersect with @moyazb.bsky.social and @ninajankowicz.com for @signsjournal.org. Critically important for all of us.
Online Abuse and US Politics, a Conversation with Moya Bailey and Nina Jankowicz
signsjournal.org
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by Catherine D’Ignazio

kanarinka.bsky.social
Join 31 Nobel Laureates & 400+ academics condemning modern fascism and advocating for democracy, academic freedom, and human rights. The letter marks the 100th anniversary of the 1925 Letter of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals, published in Italy after Mussolini had seized power. stopreturnfascism.org
Red and black and white circles. Text says "Spoil the party" in reference to end fascism.
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Amazing to see our project, #DataAgainstFeminicide, receive an Honorary Mention for the European Commission's 2025 S+T+ARTS Prize, recognizing innovation in tech + society + arts @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social @kanarinka.bsky.social: starts-prize.aec.at/en/data-agai...
Data Against Feminicide: AI tools, transnational community, and data activism
Data Against Feminicide is a feminist participatory action research and technology design project. We collaborate with data activists, artists, nonprofits, communities, governments, and journalists wh...
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alexip718.com
Ahead of Trump's inauguration, I spoke to @davidenrich.bsky.social about how nonprofit news outlets are bracing for legal harassment by far-right bad actors.

We persisted anyway, and the first part of our three-year investigation is now available at @thexylom.com. Give this important story a read:
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