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What’s Up with 4-3-5?
https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2026/10/13/whats-up-with-4-3-5.html
Published: October 13, 2026 13:01
A few weeks ago, I launched my new book – Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census. To my sheer delight, many friends have stepped up to host events and join me on stage and I’m now touring the…
Today’s the Day!
https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2026/09/24/todays-the-day.html
Published: September 24, 2026 15:03
Ten years ago, I started asking questions about the census. Little did I know that I entered a Hotel California-esque vortex. Each question led to another question as I started to discover just how infrastructural the census is. Want to understand American…
Today’s Census News is a Big Deal
https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2026/09/10/todays-census-news-is-a-big-deal.html
Published: September 10, 2026 15:23
When with Congress and the public recognize how important the census is? tl;dr: “American democracy depends on the census. Trump is undermining it” is my new op-ed at the Guardian. Check it out! For census geeks, this summer has been one eeeek after…
1 month until new book!
https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2026/08/24/1-month-until-new-book.html
Published: August 24, 2026 18:51
In one month, my new book will be in folks’ hands. “Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census” tells the story of what it takes to produce democracy’s data – and how hard it was to do this in 2020…
New Paper Alert (plus a fun talk involving youth + AI)
Published: June 26, 2026 18:44
The Project of AI is a world-building endeavor, wherein those who fund and develop AI systems both operate through and seek to sustain networks of power and wealth. Janet Vertesi, Alex Taylor, Ben Shestakofsky, and I teamed up to try to disentangle the…
Where Has Social Media Gone?
https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2026/04/28/where-has-social-media-gone.html
Published: April 28, 2026 12:48
tl;dr: Read “Social Media Is Now Parasocial Media” The lovely folks at the Social Media + Society journal asked me to contribute to their anniversary issue by reflecting on the trajectory of social media. Ooof. Snark exuded from my pores as I tried to…
Pre-Order “Data Are Made, Not Found”!
https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2026/03/23/pre-order-data-are-made-not-found.html
Published: March 23, 2026 13:54
There’s something uniquely demoralizing about editing and editing and editing a book manuscript. The words all start to blur together and you start thinking that every sentence is crap, no one will ever want to read this, why bother completing the book. I…
Fake Data, Upcoming Book, and the Political Economy of AI
Published: February 20, 2026 17:26
The world is on fire – and I’ve often been at a loss for how to constructively contribute to public discourse. For decades, I have shared knowledge gained through fieldwork to offer a different perspective on complex sociotechnical matters. Too often these…
Five Attitudes Towards Climate Change (and the impact on our society)
Published: April 10, 2025 18:06
For years, I thought that there were two “sides” to the discussion around climate change. There were the people who believed in the science and the people who thought it was all a farce. Often, they could segregated into Democrats and Republicans. Of…
Become a Firefighter for Democracy
https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2025/02/07/become-a-firefighter-for-democracy.html
Published: February 7, 2025 19:00
Wildfires are terrifying. They are especially gobsmackingly horrible when you add in hurricane-style winds. I will never forget the day of the Marshall Fire when my daughter stepped out of the car and literally blew down the street, forcing us to race…
What Game Are We Playing?
https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2025/02/03/what-game-are-we-playing.html
Published: February 3, 2025 18:42
Many of us are aghast at the unprecedented dismantlement of the US administrative state. Mass terminations. Website erasure. Removal of watchdogs. Unchecked access to the treasury. All around me, people are trying to connect what’s happening to historical…