Sewing circles & sections: Judith Shklar’s early Harvard wars of gossip, fairness, & drift as she found a way:
READING: Judith Shklar as Proto-Feminist in the 1950s
<https://braddelong.substack.com/p/reading-judith-shklar-as-proto-feminist>
2026-02-03 Tu
##judith-shklar-as-proto-feminist-in-the-1950s
#judith-shklar
#reading
#academic
#feminism
#patriarchy
#departmental-wives
#gossip-economy
#american-liberalism
#gatekeeping
#fairness-and-merit
Now the fact that I'm not existing in hoarding conditions and that I'm not paying for rent with survival sex is "speaking for other disabled people."
Man, I feel so advocated for I could swallow all my sleeping pills right now and make you AI haters very happy.
Do any of you actually care about people? Or is it really just ideology. It's obvious it's just ideology.
I would never treat someone going through what I'm going through the way you all have. It's never been in me to care so much for rules that I'm willing to let people suffer and die.
Like some of you are.
#DisabilityJustice #Ableism #SurvivalSex #HoardingRecovery #IdeologyVsEmpathy #Gatekeeping #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #AIAccessibility #Survival #LateralViolence #CognitiveLiberty
Please reply telling me how much you enjoy talking over disabled people, and I will gratefully block you.
I have to deal with enough shit from neurotypicals and society while battling homelessness. Go run your toxic purity tests elsewhere. AI is currently saving my life. You are—as you come at me trying to make me feel bad for not giving up—actively working to end it.
Your rage reminds me that the world is cruel and wants me dead. And I refuse to die, no matter how much you try to make me want to kill myself.
Seriously, if this is you, the kindest thing you can do for me is fuck off and let actual humans who care about other humans and not only about virtue signaling have a say.
#AI #Accessibility #DisabilityJustice #Ableism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Survival #Homelessness #MentalHealth #DigitalEquity #CognitiveLiberty #Gatekeeping #ToxicPurity #BlockList
Trauma fairies are the people who love to get you talking about your experiences and then gatekeep whether or not you get to be supported.
Anche se l'argomento videogiochi magari non vi interessa, vi consiglio di dare una occhiata alla risposta dell'autore alla discussione originata da un suo articolo sul Post, per cui é stato "maltrattato" sulla via del "su internet si fa così":
https://open.substack.com/pub/bariliesplosivi/p/se-vogliamo-che-i-videogiochi-siano?r=2r99bd
Perché a me piace vedere gente come lui, che da una parte si mette in discussione, dall'altra evidenzia come internet sia troppo spesso catalizzatore di cattive abitudini.
Is it just me or is there more #gatekeeping on Mastodon lately?
Folks. Be inclusive. Welcome reasonable, real people with views, political leanings that are not your own.
If you can't get into your wardrobe; It means the borders to Narnia have been closed
Better renew your visa, Children of Man ☝️
Frisch erschienen: Eine Special Section des "Global Media Journal - German Edition" (Vol. 15, No. 2) zum Thema #ContentModeration. Christoph Böhm und ich haben vier feine Beiträge kuratiert und dazu eine Einleitung geschrieben.
Die ganze Ausgabe gibt es per Open Access hier: https://www.globalmediajournal.de/index.php/gmj
#ContentModeration #gatekeeping #SocialMedia #digital #PublicSphere #FreedomOfExpression #censorship
X just limited image features to X Premium and Premium+ users.
Before: Anyone could prompt images with zero friction.
Now: Access is locked behind an eight dollar paywall.
The platform claims safety.
But, what about those living in poverty who cannot afford to pay?
I've been rejected again. Should I get a PhD?
https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/09/rejection-letter/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
People tend to look at peer-reviewed journals as a sign of credibility. I've not written about the nonsense of peer review, but these are unadulterated gatekeeping mechanisms antithetical to knowledge dissemination.
#philosophy #protocol #rejection #notice #credentials #journals #credibility #gatekeeping #peerreview #bollox #zenodo #philpapers #writing #letters #blog
We are witnessing the death of the self-made expert. By making high-quality output effortless, AI has turned credentials into the only remaining proxy for effort. We’ve locked the gates against the brilliantly self-taught while the 'credentialed mediocre' get a monopoly on trust.
🐢💸 Oh, the audacity! #AWS sneaks in a price hike while everyone's busy enjoying their weekend waffles. Meanwhile, The Register's site is busy #gatekeeping its own content with robot paranoia. 🤖🙈
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/aws_price_increase/ #PriceHike #WeekendWaffles #TheRegister #RobotParanoia #HackerNews #ngated
What in the fresh hell is this bullshit.
#Google #Nest #enshittification #Gatekeeping #RightToRepair #HomeAssistant #SmartHome
Ignoring the stacked chairs & invisible barriers will cost you time & opportunities – some are ahead of the curve, and you risk being left behind. ⏳💰 #gatekeeping #nepotism https://scrollbots.com
TIL: nächstes mal, wenn ich ein einsteiger:innen freundliches Tutorial zu Tech Themen suche, hänge ich meinen CV an zum Nachweiss, dass ich auch weiss was ich tue.
Wäre ich wirklich ein Noob, würde ich mich über Hilfsangebote freuen statt zu lesen, dass ich die Finger davon lassen soll. So kommen wir nie über #gatekeeping hinweg. Wir haben alle mal klein angefangen.
The Am vs Have ontology is not just an academic exercise.
It has repercussions in peer-reviewed articles. We're taught that peer review is a gold standard, but it's orthodox gatekeeping over quality control. Referees have a narrow window into their own methods, so they reject those with counter or even hybrid perspectives.
#philosophy #journals #peerreview #quality #gatekeeping #access #academic #standards #orthodox #control #perspective #blog #podcast
Marcus Olang' on gatekeeping humanity
'The question of what makes writing "human" has become dangerously narrow, policed by algorithms that carry the implicit biases of their creators...Where does that leave the writer from Lagos, from Mumbai, from Kingston, from right here in Nairobi, who was taught that precision was the highest form of respect for both the language and the reader?'
#ai #humanity #colonialism #gatekeeping #writing
https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt
Danke für diesen Thread. Der ist mega wertvoll – gerade weil er aus langjähriger Praxis spricht und nicht aus der Beobachterperspektive. Der Punkt mit dem #Gatekeeping trifft etwas, das ich in meinem Thread bestenfalls angerissen habe:
