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Pragmatism in PracticeThe ethics of dataIn the much-anticipated final episode of our Humanizing Data Strategy takeover series, we’re exploring the ethics of data. If you’re a data leader considering how to strike the right balance between advancing your organization’s data capabilities while maintaining ethical integrity, this episode is a must-listen. Host: Markus Buhmann, Data Strategy Principal, Thoughtworks Guests: Tiankai Feng, Head of Data Strategy & Governance, Thoughtworks Emily Gorcenski, VP of Service Lines, Thoughtworks2025-03-1244 min
It Could Happen HereThe Age of Cowards and What Happens NextThe fascists have won. Where do we go from here, and how can we turn the tide? Robert reads an essay on just that, and Emily Gorcenski debuts a poem about the moment we've just entered. https://emilygorcenski.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2025-01-2124 min
Under luppen#14: Here we go again: Antifascist i Trumps USAHvad kommer genvalget af Donald Trump til at betyde for minoriteter, progressive og antifascister i USA? Vi taler med den amerikanske forfatter og aktivist Emily Gorcenski.I afsnittet nævner Emily Gorcenski flere websites, der er værd at besøge:https://lefttoourowndevices.blog/https://emilygorcenski.com/ https://unicornriot.ninja/https://itsgoingdown.org/2024-11-1537 min
P3 DokumentärNy: Högerextremisterna i Charlottesville och den svenske infiltratörenNazister marscherar med facklor och rasistiska slagord genom Charlottesville 2017. I ledet går svenske Patrik, antirasist och infiltratör. Den helgen sker ett högerextremt attentat i den lilla staden. Nya avsnitt från P3 Dokumentär hittar du först i Sveriges Radio Play. Patrik Hermansson infiltrerar alt right-rörelsen i England och 2017 åker han tillsammans med brittiska högerextremister till Charlottesville, Virginia, i USA. Tillsammans med amerikanska högerextremister samlas de under parollen ”Unite the right”.Bakgrunden till att de samlas just där och då, är en namninsamling för att ta bort e...2024-05-021h 12
This Machine Kills302. God is the MachineWe talk about the history of AI by drawing out the often very explicit millenarianism that undergirds so much of this technology and its culture over the last 70 years. This strange brew of Eschatological Evangelism and Technological Theology has sustained a cultish faith in AI’s ability to bring about a New Age.
••• Making God | Emily Gorcenski https://emilygorcenski.com/post/making-god/
••• The Taming of Tech Criticism | Evgeny Morozov https://thebaffler.com/salvos/taming-tech-criticism
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Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ong...2023-12-071h 33It Could Happen HereAntifascist Roundtable, Part 1We are joined by Shane Burley, Emily Gorcenski, Daryle Lamont Jenkins, and Michael Novick to discuss their personal history in Antifascism, and their new anthology book ‘No Pasaran.’See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2023-10-1048 min
Live Like the World is DyingEmily on Antifascist Organizing & Hunting NazisEpisode Summary
This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Emily and Margaret talk about organizing against fascists while the Eye of Sauron is upon us. Emily breaks down the history of some far-right groups in the US as well as the history of opposition to them. She talks about how to organize against neo-Nazis, the interconnections of antifascism and transness, the perils of seeking asylum, and how to hunt Nazis and win.
Guest Info
Emily (she/her) can be found out in the world winning. Or, she can be found on...2023-06-161h 04
Misfit Stars“Get out of the whirlpool of doom.” 🌀“Get out of the whirlpool of doom.”
On this week’s episode: practical, call-to-action advice from a trans activist about how to stop being an unwitting spreader of fascist propaganda and actually make a difference; the ten stages of genocide — guess where we are in that progression here in the U.S.?; and how reclaiming our personal power invites peace in our spirits.
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Listen to Wouldn’t It Be Good!
Find Emily Gorcenski here.
Donate to the Transgender Law Center here.
🚨 Buy tickets for our Sacramento theater show A...2023-03-0848 minMisfit Stars“Get out of the whirlpool of doom.” 🌀
“Get out of the whirlpool of doom.”
On this week’s episode: practical, call-to-action advice from a trans activist about how to stop being an unwitting spreader of fascist propaganda and actually make a difference; the ten stages of genocide — guess where we are in that progression here in the U.S.?; and how reclaiming our personal power invites peace in our spirits.
LINKS:Listen to Wouldn’t It Be Good!Find Emily Gorcenski here.Donate to the Transgender Law Center here.🚨 Buy tickets for our Sacramento theater show A...2023-03-0848 min
Screaming in the CloudThe Realities of Working in Data with Emily GorcenskiEmily Gorcenski, Data & AI Service Line Lead at Thoughtworks, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss how big data is changing our lives - both for the better, and the challenges that come with it. Emily explains how data is only important if you know what to do with it and have a plan to work with it, and why it’s crucial to understand the use-by date on your data. Corey and Emily also discuss how big data problems aren’t universal problems for the rest of the data community, how to address the ethics around AI...2023-03-0736 min
Thoughtworks Technology PodcastData Mesh revisitedData Mesh is one of the most powerful and widely-discussed concepts to emerge from Thoughtworks in recent years. As the world becomes increasingly aware of the risks and challenges data can pose — from the perspective of both privacy and organizational effectiveness — it has only become more relevant. In this episode of the Technology Podcast, Zhamak Dehghani (Thoughtworks alumnus and author of O'Reilly's Data Mesh: Delivering Data Driven Value at Scale) and Emily Gorcenski join Rebecca Parsons and Birgitta Böckeler to discuss Data Mesh's place in the industry today, more than three years on from the first time...2022-12-1549 min
I Don't Speak German114: Jesse Dunstan and Peaceful Ethnic Cleansing - TRS Behind the PaywallWe've been away but now we have returned and your ears will be sorry... largely because we're back with a soft-reboot episode in which we go back to our roots, i.e. the proper nazis... specifically, the cesspit that is the TRS podcast. In this show we take you behind the paywall and present a catalogue of hideousness, focusing on TRS co-host Jesse Dunstan (AKA Sven) and his various thoughts on ethic cleansing ('peaceful', of course), how to react properly to mass shootings by genocidal racists (don't deny, celebrate), the Holocaust (guess what he thinks), and why c...2022-08-212h 01
wtjuFive years after Unite the Right, what does right-wing extremism look like in Virginia?This week, we revisit the terrible anniversary of August 11th and 12th, 2017. Five years after the Unite the Right Rally, "Charlottesville" is still a shorthand for Nazis and fascists invading a community. As we look at Virginia politics and American politics today, where are we now?
To answer that question, we talk to Larycia Hawkins, a professor in both the department of Politics and department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. Later in the show, we hear from data scientist Emily Gorcenski, UVA professor Jalane Schmidt, and Virginia Delegate Sally Hudson.2022-08-0429 min
Bold Dominion67 - Five years after Unite the Right, what does right-wing extremism look like in Virginia?Episode Notes
This week, we revisit the terrible anniversary of August 11th and 12th, 2017. Five years after the Unite the Right Rally, "Charlottesville" is still a shorthand for Nazis and fascists invading a community. As we look at Virginia politics and American politics today, where are we now?
To answer that question, we talk to Larycia Hawkins, a professor in both the department of Politics and department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. Later in the show, we hear from data scientist Emily Gorcenski, UVA professor Jalane Schmidt, and Virginia Delegate Sally Hudson.2022-08-0400 min
CybernormerKønskrigerne 3: Sørg ikke, gå på internettet!Terfs og den kønskritiske bevægelse har taget mainstream sociale medie platforme som Twitter, facebook og Youtube til sig, og bruger det effektivt til at sætte en dagsorden og skabe allancer. Men de har også deres helt egne platforme på mere obskure steder på nettet, og her får man ofte et mere dybdegående indblik i, hvad de egentlig mener, når de tror vi andre ikke læser med.I tredje afsnit af Kønskrigerne har vi besøg af Katy Montgomerie, Caelan Conrad, Emily Gorcenski og Monir Mooghen, som vil forklare hvordan den kønskritiske...2022-06-1654 min
CybernormerKønskrigerne 1: Feminister der hader transkvinderHvad sker der når feminister lægger transpersoner for had og det bliver grebet af den yderste højrefløj, kristne abortmodstandere, reaktionære kulturkrigere og sensationshungrende mainstreammedier? Det undersøger Cybernauterne i vores nye podcastserie “Kønskrigerne”Kønskrigerne handler om de transekskluderende radikalfeminister, også kaldet TERFs, og hvordan denne oprindeligt lille og snævre gren af feminismen i de seneste år har vokset sig til en bred mainstreambevægelse, der godt hjulpet af med kristne lobbyorganisationer, den yderste højrefløj, kulturpersonligheder, debattører og store medieinstitutioner, pisker en moralsk panik op, som har alvorlige konsekvenser for tr...2022-04-0650 min
Bold Dominion41 - Four years later, how has "Unite the Right" changed Virginia politics?Episode Notes
Four years later, the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville is still a moment we mark time by. It has shaped us as people. And it has shaped the social and political landscape of Charlottesville and Virginia.
Today on Bold Dominion, we're looking at how the Unite the Right rally changed Virginia politics -- from the removal of Confederate statues to the future of our democracy. Featuring data scientist Emily Gorcenski, UVA professor Jalane Schmidt, and Virginia Delegate Sally Hudson.2021-08-1227 min
Stationary & SassyEpisode 21: Stationary & Sassy Presents: Emily Gorcenski!We are so thrilled to introduce a very special guest: our friend Emily Gorcenski, a genius of data science, activism and, you might not have known this, but also CARS! She came on to chat with us about cars & street racing, the culture around car movies when The Fast and The Furious came out in 2001, and to tell us about some fascinating FF-inspired German b-movies. (She even managed to find a Corona to drink in Berlin while she chatted with us, which I'm told is quite a feat!)2021-08-0630 min
There Are No Girls on the InternetDISINFORMED: Meet the activist using data science to fights NazisActivist Emily Gorcenski uses her data science background to track and combat Nazis and white supremacists. She explains why the dangerous work of resistance has often fallen to women.Follow Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenskiFirst Vigil: https://first-vigil.com/Question? Comments? Just wanna say jambo / hola / hello? hello@tangoti.com( If you’re reading this far, why not take a moment to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts? It actually will help us grow. ) Learn mo...2021-03-0344 minThere Are No Girls on the InternetDISINFORMED: Republicans are leaning into transphobiaNext week, we’ll hear from Emily Gorcenski, an activist who uses her data science background to fight Nazis (seriously!)This work isn’t easy and Emily faces transphobic attacks on her identity as a trans woman.This, unfortunately, isn’t an isolated thing.Just this week, Rand Paul and insurrection enthusiast Marjorie Taylor Green both attacked trans people to score ideological points.In this preview of our conversation, Emily explains how this is used as a deliberate strategy to cause harm to trans folks....2021-02-2710 min
Bold Dominion20 - This election, how much do Trump and right-wing militias threaten democracy?With gun sales up, violence in the streets, and an overwhelming majority of the nation thinking that we're heading down the wrong track, it's no secret that America is in a troubled place right now.That isn't helped by the actions of President Trump, who, in the last few weeks, has suggested that he wouldn't accept the results of the upcoming election if he lost, encouraged supporters to watch polling places, and refused to denounce white supremacists on live television.Combine that with a recent FBI report that called far-right militias an "immediate extremist threat,” an...2020-10-0834 min
Greater Than Code186: The Universe Makes it Happen with Emily GorcenskiEmily has been on GTC before! Check out her previous episode: 037: Failure Mode
01:08 - Emily’s Superpower: Hunting Nazis and Data Science
Emily’s Motivation to Do This Work – Fighting Back
What is the question behind the question?
Data Science + SCIENCE
14:55 - Being Willing to Be Wrong / Failure and Learning
Methods for Determining You’re Going to be Tracking Wrong Things
Simpson’s Paradox
Means Are a Lie
Detecting Nonlinearities
34:49 - Cybernetics
093: BOOK CLUB! Cybernetic Revolutionaries with Eden Medina
38:43 - The COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis and The Need For Systematic Restructuring
The Proble...2020-06-101h 05
Greater Than Code186: The Universe Makes it Happen with Emily GorcenskiEmily has been on GTC before! Check out her previous episode: 037: Failure Mode
01:08 - Emily’s Superpower: Hunting Nazis and Data Science
Emily’s Motivation to Do This Work – Fighting Back
What is the question behind the question?
Data Science + SCIENCE
14:55 - Being Willing to Be Wrong / Failure and Learning
Methods for Determining You’re Going to be Tracking Wrong Things
Simpson’s Paradox
Means Are a Lie
Detecting Nonlinearities
34:49 - Cybernetics
093: BOOK CLUB! Cybernetic Revolutionaries with Eden Medina
38:43 - The COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis and The Need For Systematic Restructuring
The Proble...2020-06-101h 05
Hanselminutes with Scott HanselmanBringing Medical products to market safely with Emily GorcenskiEmily Gorcenski is an American data scientist who has run trials for medical device software. We are living in an interesting time and facing a medical device shortage. Emily talks to Scott about how medical device regulation works as well the barriers and challenges. What kinds of medical devices exist and how are they categorized? How can we as technologists help in the current crisis?THERAC-25 reportFDA Medical Device databasesFDA Guidance on 3D printed medical devicesElon Musk on VentilatorsDyson on VentilatorsFDA Guidance document for N95 respirators designed for general public useChinese masks recalledFDA guidance on biohackingUSDS call for...2020-04-0929 min
Yeah Nah Pasaran!Emily Gorcenski on Making Nazis CryWe spoke to Emily Gorcenski about First Vigil, How Hate Sleeps, Charlottesville and making Nazis cry.2020-02-2000 minI Don't Speak GermanEpisode 43: Cantwell News Special (with Emily Gorcenski)This week we at Chez IDSG are honoured to be joined by special guest Emily Gorcenski, who joins Daniel to talk about the one-man motherlode of nasty and stupid that is Christopher 'Crying Nazi' Cantwell. Buckle up, my darlings. (Sorry about the late arrival of this episode, but editing it involved some special challenges. It was worth it though.) Content Warning. Links / Notes: Cantwell's SPLC page. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/christopher-cantwell Our very own double Cantwell episode, Part 1 and Part 2 Emily Gorcenski on Twitter: ht...2020-02-071h 30
Posting Through ItThe Arrest of Chris Cantwell (1/27/20) ft/ Daniel Harper & Emily GorcenskiJared talks to "I Don't Speak German" co-host Daniel Harper and First Vigil creator Emily Gorcenski about the arrest of neo-Nazi Christopher Cantwell and the very, very bad year white supremacists have been having so far. SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/the-arrest-of-chris-cantwell-1-27-20-ft-daniel-harper-emily-gorcenski/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...2020-01-2848 min
#causeasceneEmily Gorcenski“We need to be able to talk about violence against the trans community because there is an immense amount of violence against the trans people, even white trans people. We need to be able to talk about that while also not co-opting the very specific type of violence that happens against Black trans women.” Emily […]2019-06-261h 27I Don't Speak GermanI Don't Speak German, Episode 3: Unite the Right, Charlottesville 2017In this episode, which runs a bit longer than the first two, and which goes to some very dark places, Daniel tells Jack all about the infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, 2017. The episode features discussions of violence, and we try to signpost when we're getting into the painful details. But warnings definitely apply from the start. We're discussing virulent racism and bigotry. (Also, we're on iTunes and YouTube now.) Of necessity, we're only glancing at this incredibly big and complex subject, so we're going to be coming back to many of th...2019-01-231h 54
Legacy Code RocksTechnology Activism with Emily GorcenskiEmily Gorcenski is an expert on aerospace software based in Charlottesville, Virginia. When we first reached out to her, we wanted to discuss estimating and budgeting for government projects. Then, tragedy struck. In this episode, we dive into a deep discussion about the intersection of technology, activism and identity politics in the context of Emily's on-the-ground account of the tragic violence that happened in her hometown. 2017-10-1458 min
Greater Than Code041: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mind Manipulation with Casey Watts!caseywatts.com/mindmanipulation
A Neurobiologist’s Guide to Mind Manipulation [slides]
00:16 – Welcome to “CBT: Chunky Bacon Tacos and Psychological Safety” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:18 – Empathy Development
03:25 – Training for Customer Support
Greater Than Code Episode 037: Failure Mode with Emily Gorcenski
A Neurobiologist’s Guide to Mind Manipulation by Casey Watts @ EmberConf 2017
06:53 – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Coraline Ada Ehmke: Emotions as State Machines (from the GTC blog!)
10:48 – Acknowledging Emotion; Rationality
14:23 – Inner vs Outer Brain
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Thinking, Fast and...2017-08-0253 minGreater Than Code041: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mind Manipulation with Casey Watts!caseywatts.com/mindmanipulation
A Neurobiologist’s Guide to Mind Manipulation [slides]
00:16 – Welcome to “CBT: Chunky Bacon Tacos and Psychological Safety” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:18 – Empathy Development
03:25 – Training for Customer Support
Greater Than Code Episode 037: Failure Mode with Emily Gorcenski
A Neurobiologist’s Guide to Mind Manipulation by Casey Watts @ EmberConf 2017
06:53 – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Coraline Ada Ehmke: Emotions as State Machines (from the GTC blog!)
10:48 – Acknowledging Emotion; Rationality
14:23 – Inner vs Outer Brain
via GIPHY
Thinking, Fast and S...2017-08-0253 min
Greater Than CodeEpisode 037: Failure Mode with Emily Gorcenski00:16 – Welcome to “Diamonds Are For Gender” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
00:56 – Origin Story, Superpowers, and Data Science
04:20 – Diversity and Career Paths in Data Science
10:51 – Ethical Debates Within the Data Science Field
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Therac-25
FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis)
17:21 – Software Development and Engineering; Failure Modes in Software
21:44 – Failure Modes in Democracy; Voting Machine Software
33:37 – Working for a Government Contractor
36:21 – Data Patterns and Tampering
39:00 – Open Data and Open Science
45:59 – Fals...2017-06-2154 minGreater Than CodeEpisode 037: Failure Mode with Emily Gorcenski00:16 – Welcome to “Diamonds Are For Gender” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
00:56 – Origin Story, Superpowers, and Data Science
04:20 – Diversity and Career Paths in Data Science
10:51 – Ethical Debates Within the Data Science Field
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Therac-25
FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis)
17:21 – Software Development and Engineering; Failure Modes in Software
21:44 – Failure Modes in Democracy; Voting Machine Software
33:37 – Working for a Government Contractor
36:21 – Data Patterns and Tampering
39:00 – Open Data and Open Science
45:59 – Falsi...2017-06-2154 min