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ohalpern.bsky.social
Professor@TU Dresden, historian of science and STS scholar critically engaging AI, cybernetics,infrastructure, environment, and design. https://againstcatastrophe.net https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/slk/germanistik/digitalcultures
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I am excited to be running for the SD 31 seat. I have been a dedicated civil and economic rights advocate my entire career. I have helped pass significant civil rights legislation at the Capitol. Colorado has a vital role to play as a beacon of hope, progress, and justice in the next four years.

Planetary Design: Reclaiming Futures Exhibition is now Live!!!! A three part publication and art exhibition engaging the future of the planet. againstcatastrophe.net Part of the Against Catastrophe Research Group, directed by Orit Halpern and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation

Deeply concerning letter by Ted Cruz claiming foreign I fluency on AI policy in USA and seeking censorship of engagement with European policy makers and against academics or critics of AI www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

We are looking for new colleagues @geogdurham.bsky.social & any questions just ask. Just think, next year you too could be at the Xmas party bake-off 🙌

New book out! Of interest to anyone working on logistics, infrastructure, and politics in media studies. With articles by myself and a range of amazing people! Edited by Marc Steinberg and Joshua Neves! networkcultures.org/blog/publica...

For everyone who thinks the democrats just need to change their stance on transgender rights… this excellent article demonstrates precisely how this is part of a broader republican strategy and what is at stake www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...

Some useful if sad advice: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Experimental event in Vienna starting tomorrow for those in twin and interested in media, imaginaires, and new practices… so necessary in our present: ail.angewandte.at/program/medi...

"To be as clear as I can be, the second Trump administration with Elon Musk embedded within it represents the most direct and sustained threat to the First Amendment and the freedom of the press any of us will ever experience."

Sharing my recent interview with Clarín magazine. It was a privelage to get to discuss neo-liberalism, AI, reactionary politics and education with informed journalists at this moment in politics both in Argentina and around the world… www-clarin-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.clar...

Published in Science Breakthrough Radar a report supported by the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Accelerator on Ecoaugmentation authored by myself and colleagues.We examine the possible futures and ethics of Ecoaugmentation radar.gesda.global/the-philosop...