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A different HASTS community member every week. Spring 2017 has concluded—more to come! History | Anthropology | Science, Technology & Society at MIT.

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

Steal this! @HASTS_MIT is an experiment in interdisciplinary collaboration. There should be more :) Inspired by @sweden #publicscholarship

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

Thanks again to @shrapnelofme to organizing this account for HASTS, and huge congrats on a successful defense of your PhD this week!

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

That's it for hosting HASTS this week! Back to regular updates from @candiscallison It's been fun to think with #MIT and HASTS again.

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

For the STS in HASTS - some great follows for #ScholarSunday @rameshmedia @safiyanoble @alondra @ruha9 @raulpacheco

[Jonathan Zittrain @zittrain]

Companies should be up front about how they use our data, including examples, vs. depending on leaks and reverse engineering to gain clues. https://t.co/XcvSkFo2rd

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HASTS' own @shrapnelofme - #MIT student sues CIA for information about its #socialmedia jokes https://t.co/a4DcGBh1k7 via @BostonGlobe

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A gorgeous Sunday read: Marcus Aurelius on Mortality and the Key to Living Fully – Brain Pickings https://t.co/qlIbLSfBIH

[The New York Times @nytimes]

“I think the internet is broken,” said Evan Williams, a Twitter founder. And things are only getting worse. https://t.co/NN7YhadLYF

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

Something for the A in HASTS https://t.co/fjbBVdLpy5

[BerghahnAnthropology @BerghahnAnthro]

Mesmerizing maps show the flow of refugees over the last 15 years https://t.co/BvICbyINm7 via @SAI

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

This week in Cdn media, there has been an epic confrontation about appropriation + colonialism. Here's an explainer https://t.co/vwuNozJXUa

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

In Prof @HRitvo's history seminar, MIT students explore animal intelligence, ethical issues—and their own opinions. https://t.co/jp4v1YwC9f

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

Tom Ozden-Schilling! https://t.co/QfChH08pGL

[Ellan Spero @ellanfei]

@HASTS_MIT one of ours! https://t.co/xT6IBWy6Sx

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

The real-life consequences of biased algorithms: @undarkmag on the racial problem of facial recognition tech https://t.co/b9bPuNihAQ

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

This has been quite the week... and now, this. https://t.co/Q2oDmHyMqH

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Trump’s budget would cut EPA’s Office of Science and Technology nearly in half and slash cleanups https://t.co/F53jM0xhTr

[Scientific American @sciam]

Debate rages between biologists and chemists over whether life began on land or under the sea https://t.co/tmpXtBvC0V

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

Translating from Canadian: CBC Spark = great public broadcaster radio show on all things tech. @HeidiTworek = great media & tech scholar https://t.co/qFwyspLVOJ

[UBC History @UBC_History]

Check out @HeidiTworek on CBC Spark discussing the idea of a digital Geneva Convention for cyber-warfare. @UBC_Arts
https://t.co/TPKIKdEwv4

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

MIT and HASTS grads represent. Nice work, Anne and Yanni. https://t.co/sJgC17UWgp

[The Society for Social Studies of Science @4sWeb]

New in @eSTSjournal: The Enduring Allure of Numbers in the Wake of the 2016 US Election @yloukissas Anne Pollock https://t.co/MCZeujQtor

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

If you happen to be in Vancouver next week, I'll be on "The Big Thaw" panel at @vanaqua https://t.co/D3xEyLXNQp #UBC @WallInstitute

[SchomburgCenter @SchomburgCenter]

Our new exhibition opens today! #PowerinPrint: Posters of the Black Power Movement. https://t.co/k4PvVlHnVB #BlackPower50

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

Just looked at the panel. So awesome that @KimTallBear will be our panel discussant, and look fwd to meeting @2anotherworld https://t.co/rK9BgWLyJe

[HASTS / brb @HASTS_MIT]

Looking forward to presenting with my #UBC colleague, @marylynnyoung Friday afternoon. Pretty good time slot. Can't wait to be back in BOS! https://t.co/RIkKwCdzmL