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bfosbrook

@bfosbrook

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I research and write about humans, technology, and economic things. "Not a real doctor" -my kid. He/they. Opinions are mine.

Toronto, Ontario
Joined April 2007
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RT @alexhanna: New paper: @teeepain and I wrote a short piece for the recent #CSCW2020 workshop on Reconsidering Scale and Scaling, wherein….
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RT @econhardship: .@astradisastra: "By definition, democracy implies collectivity; it depends on an inclusive and vibrant public sphere in….
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As citizens of a democracy, we need to hear one another. Why can’t we?
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RT @alybatt: I wrote for @logicmagazine about what we might learn from the experiment Biosphere 2 about the possibilities of technologicall….
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The story of Biosphere 2 and the prospects for planetary repair.
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RT @vector_ctrl: An absolute must read on surveillance data and mobile tracking - extremely well written and accessible, not to mention ala….
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6 years
RT @epopppp: The minimum wage debate is really a sociology of science problem.
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6 years
And, if 30,000 hockey coaches across Ontario can be required to sit through training about transphobia and intersectionality, then organizations have no excuse 3/3
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As someone who grew up playing women's hockey and experienced homophobia and transphobia on/off the ice, I find the initiative encouraging 2/3
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6 years
Before being allowed to step on the ice to help my son's team, I am required by the Ontario Hockey Federation to take "Understanding Discrimination Based Upon Gender Identity and Expression" 1/3
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6 years
RT @louishyman: History of #Capitalism Summer #Camp is back at it again in 2020! Learn the "other stuff" you always wish that you knew!. @….
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6 years
RT @BrookfieldIIE: In the race to automate or enable better access to public services, govts sometimes fail to question whether people actu….
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6 years
This is such an insightful investigation because it shows how the whole system, from the limited technologies to the deficient training, harms trans people.
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6 years
TSA body scanners have different settings for male and female. They issue an “alarm” when an unexpected body part is detected. We heard from dozens of transgender and gender nonconforming travelers who faced humiliating searches after a false alarm.
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RT @BannockHammock: Canada. Where people are more upset about the use of the word “genocide” than the actual treatment of Indigenous peop….
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RT @joe_cressy: Number of times Doug Ford’s budget mentioned the words “alcohol” or “beer”: 46. Number of times “poverty” was mentioned: 0.….
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RT @alexhanna: Reading up on the race + organizations literature for the upcoming workshop with @asociologist, and, although it seems obvio….
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6 years
post-docs and academic researchers, please help: how would you explain your job in one sentence to a toddler? . toddler: mommy is a doctor. and, daddy is a doctor. partner, a medical doctor: yes, mommy is a doctor. she helps sick people. daddy is. ummm. something different.
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RT @STS_News: Last summer, @LeapingRobot, @dcbrock, the historian of business and technology Margaret Graham, and I held a workshop, which….
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A collection of papers from a workshop on the 4th Industrial Revolution
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RT @epopppp: This #AEFP2019 presidential address by @clconaway on the use of research in policy is so good it inspired a thread. Lessons to….
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6 years
THIS: Inside the Growing World of Queer Truckers via @RollingStone.
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