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Jeffrey Yost
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Dir. CBI for Computing Info & Culture Prof. History Sci-Tech-Med/STS, Univ. of MN Co-edit Computing & Culture bk series JHU Pr. Research: Social Study of HCI, AI, Privacy, Security, Labor, Orgs., Race, Gender, Inequality blockchainandsociety.com
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Latest Interfaces article! (Sept '24) UPenn History & Sociology of Sci ABD Sam Franz's insightful article on the UMich Computer Center in the 80s & debate on students playing computer games--useful to their education or a drain on computing resources? #histscicse.umn.edu/cbi/interfaces

UMich  Computer Center in the early 1980s two black and white photos of students at workstations using personal computers.
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GHOST BRUSH 👻

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To those asking, yes, this is real. To the monsters saying “I don’t see any refrigerator trucks so it’s not that bad,not in a surge, hurrrr” the CDC’s own wastewater monitoring disagrees. The effects of this disease are mitigated by the vaccine, not erased. It is a very fucking dangerous disease.

Screenshot of the CDC’s current Instagram page showing the post on the grid
Covid wastewater data from the CDC. Nationally the wastewater viral activity level for COVID-19 is currently very high.
CDC webpage showing a graph going back to 2022 showing this surge is one of the highest wastewater peaks and much higher than last summer. It is about the same level as last winter.
Poster named Ian Monroe skeeting that he “doesn’t see any refrigerator trucks lined up outside of hospitals.” immediately following his post is one quoting a cnn story that says the US is experiencing its largest summer Covid wave in at least two years.
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.@sdutOpinion on research that surveillance doesn't help LGBTQ+ communities or reduce violence "The potential collusion between LGBTQ+ businesses and local law enforcement is concerning for a community already overpoliced and underprotected" www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/07/31/o...

Opinion: San Diego is increasing surveillance without supporting evidence
Opinion: San Diego is increasing surveillance without supporting evidence

San Diego is on a dangerous path towards a surveillance state, marked by an alarming proliferation of surveillance technologies. In Hillcrest, the city’s LGBTQ+ district, the installation of tools …

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Mainstream media stop normalizing this deranged criminal & election!!!

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Vance referred to Trump as Hitler before the two misogynists joined. Many warnings from Europe w/ the autocrat felon's latest unfiltered statement of fascism & ENDING DEMOCRACY! Voting is a RIGHT & a POSITIVE obligation. Vote for Harris so it remains so!!! Preserving #democracy is no hyperbole!

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Neat to see DIGITIZING DIAGNOSIS--published exactly one year ago today--on the shelf at MIT Press Bookstore! I hope you'll consider grabbing a copy, or ordering one online: www.amazon.com/Digitizing-D...

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Congrats to CBI Sr. Res. Fellow Bill Aspray on his new (June '24) historiography ed. volume on computing & information. It has chapters from M. Jones, V. Schafer G. Bowker, G. Downey, J. Cortada, T. Haigh & a dozen more talented scholars. #histsciz.umn.edu/billaspray

Cover of Bill Aspray's book Writing Computer and Information History. Light blue with maroon and navy blue lettering and navy blue spine.
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Baseball ⚾ fans: historian Adrian Burgos Jr. is in #AHAPerspectives today talking about the Negro Leagues and the incorporation of their stats into the MLB record books. 🗃️

Josh Gibson Topples Ty Cobb? – AHA
Josh Gibson Topples Ty Cobb? – AHA

Adding Negro Leagues statistics to the major league record books was a long time coming and reflects wider recognition of the Negro Leagues and the evolution of research in baseball history.

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Jeffrey Yost
@justcodeculture.bsky.social
Dir. CBI for Computing Info & Culture Prof. History Sci-Tech-Med/STS, Univ. of MN Co-edit Computing & Culture bk series JHU Pr. Research: Social Study of HCI, AI, Privacy, Security, Labor, Orgs., Race, Gender, Inequality blockchainandsociety.com
179 followers118 following54 posts