Dir of Research, Data & Society. Academic. Studies tech & society, far-right disinfo. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mtzpbgnqbc2jThe amount of damage to academic freedom that has been done in the last five years is virtually unfathomable.27 Aug 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzpbgnqbc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mtzozrwcsc2jTHIS. Thanks @masnick.com for being one of the few outlets to fully cover child safety BS [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzozrwcsc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mtwglrg4xs2vI went to Dollywood for my bachelorette party in 2013. Both kids were enrolled in her library program. My heart goes out to everyone today. A true icon25 Aug 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwglrg4xs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mrs7lpn2ls2uI do not need a $135 gay disco ghost https://www.michaels.com/product/disco-ghost-decor-by-ashland-10812639 ... right?29 Jul 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs7lpn2ls2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mrs6xg2wds2wClick through for the details: eBay employees (incl. execs) sent them "a bloody pig mask, pornography, a package of fly larvae and live spiders, and live cockroaches...They also listed Craiglist ads for a swinger party, a threesome, and an estate sale, all pointing to the Steiner’s home address." [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs6xg2wds2whttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mqwb5qoyak2nIt’s infuriating when chatbots talk like a person with a history when they are not! in another case Claude talked rapturously about “the most stylish women I have ever met” bitch you’re a prediction algorithm not a street style photographer. (“Look” in the screenshot is supposed to be “lol,” obvs)18 Jul 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwb5qoyak2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mqtlymrtkk2kThe right loves AI slop. Why? I investigate in @thebulwark.com today: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-slop-doctrine-why-right-wing-embraces-ai-generated-imagery-slopaganda17 Jul 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtlymrtkk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mqrnnbigx22iAnother job at D&S!!! Are you a participatory researcher? Are you interested in civic participation? Do you have connections to K-12, labor, faith communities, advocacy groups? If so, please apply. Deadline 7/30!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrnnbigx22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mqrncdbdyk2iThank you Odyssey press tour for giving me so many eye-popping Zendaya, Lupita, and Anne Hathaway lewks this week. Nice break from climate death orange skies and creeping intestinal parasites.16 Jul 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrncdbdyk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mqpkyyv7e22gyayyyy aoir27 is going to be in Italy. I've never been!!!!15 Jul 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpkyyv7e22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mqos5dhyzk2aSoundtrack of summer: Madonna - Confessions II, Olivia Rodrigo's amazing new album, Slayyyter - Wor$t Girl in America. (I also LOVE Charli's Wink Wink and am excited for the full length!) Almost makes up for not getting Act III this year15 Jul 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqos5dhyzk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mqory7yslk2aEnormous congrats to @thecoalition.bsky.social @knightcolumbia.org @protectdemocracy.org for prevailing in their lawsuit against the Trump administration's immigration policy that targeted fact-checkers & disinformation researchers. More like this please. https://knightcolumbia.org/content/federal-court-suspends-trump-immigration-policy-targeting-technology-researchers15 Jul 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqory7yslk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mp734k5duc2kI just wrote a bunch of Amazon reviews for stuff I bought for my Disney trip and realized I haven't updated my Amazon bio since 2000. Here it is, in all its glory. Hoo boy.26 Jun 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp734k5duc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3movgfmkv222bI am hiring a qualitative postdoc to start this fall for the @datasociety.bsky.social project AI-Enabled Scams as a Systemic Security Challenge. Fully remote but must be US-based. Interested in youth, scams, hustle/financial/consumer culture? More here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyresearchinstitute/jobs/859806400222 Jun 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3movgfmkv222bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mnsxijvqyk2tWow Avery Wilson has a beautiful voice09 Jun 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsxijvqyk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mndvgykky22rOn this site in the last week or so someone linked to a truly amazing rant about facebook being a billboard with minimum viable product and i cannot find it anywhere and want to quote it in a talk, help a lady out03 Jun 2026 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mndvgykky22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mmr6t32lvs2mShocked, I'm shocked (not shocked, we've been beating the drum on this for more than two years) [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 May 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmr6t32lvs2m