Rae is an A.I. Killjoy
@raewalker.bsky.social
Tired trans nurse who studies A.I. & power
AAAS Invention Ambassador
They/them, probably a 🐉
#NurseSky #STS #cat enthusiast
Views always my own as a private citizen & not my employer’s (wild that I have to state this)
AAAS Invention Ambassador
They/them, probably a 🐉
#NurseSky #STS #cat enthusiast
Views always my own as a private citizen & not my employer’s (wild that I have to state this)
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Nurses seek a seat at the table as they fight expanding clinical AI
Nurses, who make up the largest part of the health care workforce, say clinical artificial intelligence poses a threat to their jobs, and patients.
www.statnews.com
Our Digital Defense Toolkit for nurses & other care workers made it into @statnews.com!
I appreciate fellow nurses who contributed to this piece & journalist Katie Palmer making the effort to connect with us for this article.
www.statnews.com/2026/08/11/n...
I appreciate fellow nurses who contributed to this piece & journalist Katie Palmer making the effort to connect with us for this article.
www.statnews.com/2026/08/11/n...
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Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare.
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
September 26, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare.
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
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Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.
September 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.
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Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
September 26, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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Feels like a good day to revisit adrienne maree brown’s We Will Not Cancel Us
September 25, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Feels like a good day to revisit adrienne maree brown’s We Will Not Cancel Us
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This would align with what I pointed out in last months column: the money is a means to control over higher ed. It's not a genuine interest in funding "better science."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
September 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
This would align with what I pointed out in last months column: the money is a means to control over higher ed. It's not a genuine interest in funding "better science."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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One week left to pitch to us!
The submission deadline approaches for #NEGM26 in Boston.
We want your proposals for panels, workshops, and talks. Please head to bit.ly/negm26cfp by 9/28 with your materials.
All fields, backgrounds, and levels of education welcome! Veterans of #GraphicMedicine & newcomers alike are encouraged.
We want your proposals for panels, workshops, and talks. Please head to bit.ly/negm26cfp by 9/28 with your materials.
All fields, backgrounds, and levels of education welcome! Veterans of #GraphicMedicine & newcomers alike are encouraged.
NEGM 2026: Pressure Points Call for Proposals
New England Graphic Medicine Summit returns December 3, 2026, featuring community & collaboration at the intersection of healthcare & comics across Boston, Massachusetts, and beyond!
We are pleased t...
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September 21, 2026 at 3:42 PM
One week left to pitch to us!
@joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social’s Comedy Band Camp is something special. Caught his show in Hartford last night & it felt like an act of love through & through. I appreciate how he lifts up the arts, fellow performers & local young talent. I hope nothing but good things come to him. 💜
September 19, 2026 at 6:44 PM
@joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social’s Comedy Band Camp is something special. Caught his show in Hartford last night & it felt like an act of love through & through. I appreciate how he lifts up the arts, fellow performers & local young talent. I hope nothing but good things come to him. 💜
Wow. If this mechanism could work in human trials as well, it would be a game changer.
🧪 Pretreatment with psilocybin prevents chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Magic-mushroom compound blocks a severe side effect of chemotherapy in mice
Study shows that psilocybin acts on nerves to prevent the painful condition called peripheral neuropathy.
www.nature.com
September 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Wow. If this mechanism could work in human trials as well, it would be a game changer.
Looking forward to listening to this!
Had a great chat with @alexhanna.bsky.social about the rising discontentment with AI among workers, her findings from running the Luddite Lab, which gives workers interested in resisting AI resources and support, and a lot more
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-real-a...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-real-a...
The real AI jobs apocalypse
A chat with sociologist and ‘AI Con’ author Dr. Alex Hanna. Plus, the human labor that behind Waymos, NYC bans AI in schools, and why a ‘tech forward future’ is a mirage.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 8, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Looking forward to listening to this!
Saw these sweet animals in repose at the county fair - feels right for Labor Day
September 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Saw these sweet animals in repose at the county fair - feels right for Labor Day
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my latest: Massachusetts is one of the safest states for trans people—but multiple hospitals preemptively ended youth trans care over Trump admin threats to cut fed funding.
on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.
on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.
Even in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect it
Activists are calling on the state attorney general to take action against hospitals that have ended gender-affirming care programs after Trump retook office
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
my latest: Massachusetts is one of the safest states for trans people—but multiple hospitals preemptively ended youth trans care over Trump admin threats to cut fed funding.
on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.
on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.
WHAT. THE ACTUAL. F**K.
The NIH Director confirms they are giving away biomedical research money used to develop treatments and cures for infectious diseases such as influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, Ebola, and other dangerous pathogens, to the Department of Defense. Outrageous.
September 5, 2026 at 12:06 AM
WHAT. THE ACTUAL. F**K.
This is bad. This is very very bad.
“OpenAI said today that it is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system, which holds data for over 325 million patients, to let clinicians import patient data and use AI to ask questions.”
ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data | TechCrunch
OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.
techcrunch.com
September 3, 2026 at 2:12 AM
This is bad. This is very very bad.
My sunflowers are blooming, and there are so many bees! 🐝 💜🌻
August 30, 2026 at 1:31 PM
My sunflowers are blooming, and there are so many bees! 🐝 💜🌻
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happy first day of school!
teaching college does not get easier.
below are some resources for solidarity, courage, inspiration, collaboration
first: assignment ideas, syllabus language, memes and more for the pro-learning classroom
against-a-i.com
teaching college does not get easier.
below are some resources for solidarity, courage, inspiration, collaboration
first: assignment ideas, syllabus language, memes and more for the pro-learning classroom
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI -
against-a-i.com
August 24, 2026 at 12:12 PM
happy first day of school!
teaching college does not get easier.
below are some resources for solidarity, courage, inspiration, collaboration
first: assignment ideas, syllabus language, memes and more for the pro-learning classroom
against-a-i.com
teaching college does not get easier.
below are some resources for solidarity, courage, inspiration, collaboration
first: assignment ideas, syllabus language, memes and more for the pro-learning classroom
against-a-i.com
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How many times must we keep saying this?
Correlation does not imply cognition
www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...
Correlation does not imply cognition
www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
How many times must we keep saying this?
Correlation does not imply cognition
www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...
Correlation does not imply cognition
www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...
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Do NOT let Sam Altman access your medical records. 😨
August 23, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Do NOT let Sam Altman access your medical records. 😨
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🚨 NEW INQUIRY ON APPLE’S HIDDEN DATA WORKERS!
Luciana documents structural challenges and wage discrimination workers in Spain face, while reminding us that big tech companies do not hold all the cards - workers can and do resist!
Read it here: data-workers.org/luciana/
Luciana documents structural challenges and wage discrimination workers in Spain face, while reminding us that big tech companies do not hold all the cards - workers can and do resist!
Read it here: data-workers.org/luciana/
“This is Capitalism”: Apple’s Hidden Data Workers at the Shadows of the AI Boom, by Luciana
The working conditions and resistance of Apple's outsourced data workers in Spain.
data-workers.org
August 20, 2026 at 11:58 AM
🚨 NEW INQUIRY ON APPLE’S HIDDEN DATA WORKERS!
Luciana documents structural challenges and wage discrimination workers in Spain face, while reminding us that big tech companies do not hold all the cards - workers can and do resist!
Read it here: data-workers.org/luciana/
Luciana documents structural challenges and wage discrimination workers in Spain face, while reminding us that big tech companies do not hold all the cards - workers can and do resist!
Read it here: data-workers.org/luciana/
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Reporters—covering midterm election issues in your community? Our new guides can help you step back from political back-and-forth & show voters what evidence-based research can tell us about the biggest issues at stake in the midterm elections. Learn more: bit.ly/4pAwXDH
Evidence-based election coverage: A toolkit for journalists - SciLine
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August 20, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Reporters—covering midterm election issues in your community? Our new guides can help you step back from political back-and-forth & show voters what evidence-based research can tell us about the biggest issues at stake in the midterm elections. Learn more: bit.ly/4pAwXDH
Our Digital Defense Toolkit for nurses & other care workers made it into @statnews.com!
I appreciate fellow nurses who contributed to this piece & journalist Katie Palmer making the effort to connect with us for this article.
www.statnews.com/2026/08/11/n...
I appreciate fellow nurses who contributed to this piece & journalist Katie Palmer making the effort to connect with us for this article.
www.statnews.com/2026/08/11/n...
Nurses seek a seat at the table as they fight expanding clinical AI
Nurses, who make up the largest part of the health care workforce, say clinical artificial intelligence poses a threat to their jobs, and patients.
www.statnews.com
August 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Our Digital Defense Toolkit for nurses & other care workers made it into @statnews.com!
I appreciate fellow nurses who contributed to this piece & journalist Katie Palmer making the effort to connect with us for this article.
www.statnews.com/2026/08/11/n...
I appreciate fellow nurses who contributed to this piece & journalist Katie Palmer making the effort to connect with us for this article.
www.statnews.com/2026/08/11/n...
In other words, what we’ve been saying. But glad to see science like this getting published!
Well this is startling.
Researchers looked at how AI may raise productivity in the energy sector. Across the board, productivity increases for fossil fuels cause a net increase in GHGs.
The only way AI causes net GHGs to fall is if renewables productivity goes up 4-5x more than fossil fuels.
Researchers looked at how AI may raise productivity in the energy sector. Across the board, productivity increases for fossil fuels cause a net increase in GHGs.
The only way AI causes net GHGs to fall is if renewables productivity goes up 4-5x more than fossil fuels.
AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model
www.nature.com
August 11, 2026 at 1:22 PM
In other words, what we’ve been saying. But glad to see science like this getting published!
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The ruling in New Mexico v. Meta is a landmark, argues Nathaniel Lubin, an expert witness in the case: for the first time, a social media platform was found to have caused a "public nuisance." The finding, he writes, establishes that platforms may be held responsible for their products' effects.
Why New Mexico v. Meta Matters
Nathaniel Lubin served as an expert witness in State of New Mexico v. Meta Inc.
www.techpolicy.press
August 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The ruling in New Mexico v. Meta is a landmark, argues Nathaniel Lubin, an expert witness in the case: for the first time, a social media platform was found to have caused a "public nuisance." The finding, he writes, establishes that platforms may be held responsible for their products' effects.
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The lead researcher “compares Palantir to the mailman, whose job is to deliver mail to every single person — regardless of their values or what they’ve been involved in.”
UNC researchers are using Palantir to build a massive collection of health data
The data collected so far “includes more than 535,000 whole genome sequences.”
www.newsobserver.com
August 10, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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I just want everyone writing about A.I. innovation & ‘revolution’ - citing industry press releases & computer science while *completely ignoring whole fields* that came before like the humanities, STS, critical labor studies, history, nursing & the care sciences - my chickens are judging you. HARD.
August 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I just want everyone writing about A.I. innovation & ‘revolution’ - citing industry press releases & computer science while *completely ignoring whole fields* that came before like the humanities, STS, critical labor studies, history, nursing & the care sciences - my chickens are judging you. HARD.
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‘In July alone, more than 150 towns and counties passed temporary or permanent bans on data centers, many adopted in emergency meetings. That brings the nationwide total to more than 500.’ www.theinformation.com/articles/dat...
August 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
‘In July alone, more than 150 towns and counties passed temporary or permanent bans on data centers, many adopted in emergency meetings. That brings the nationwide total to more than 500.’ www.theinformation.com/articles/dat...