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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · Oct 9
🌊 New article out now in Social Studies of Science

🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?

🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches

Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 7h
Imagine a dog chewing gum

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 1d
Crying is a major part of the beginning ski experience

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 3d
Today, as I turned the key in my 2007 Honda Accord, I thought: “This machine never asks me to use two-factor authentication. Or to install a software update 🥹”

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 4d
Happy “the gym is going be way too crowded until mid-February” season, everybody 🌲☃️🎁

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 9d
2026 plan is to do everything exactly the same

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 9d
My big 2025 plans were: 30 surf sessions, 6 days snowboarding, and no broken bones. I am pleased to report I was successful on every count 🫡

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POTUS Speedrun Record Holder @theradiostar.bsky.social · 11d
you're telling me the massive speculative bubble that's only making five already-rich guys even richer, and in a *best case scenario* results in massive job losses for most of the country... isn't popular? that can't be right, let's get the consultants in here and figure this out

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 12d
Meat Puppets deserve more credit as the jam band for punk rockers who hate jam bands
jaywbabcock.bsky.social Jay Babcock @jaywbabcock.bsky.social · 17d
"A [28-minute] mashup of the free improv sections from 'Up On the Sun,' as performed live on tour, May 2022"

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Up On The Sun 2022 MegaMix, by Meat Puppets
track by Meat Puppets
meatpuppets.bandcamp.com

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 12d
But that was in the Covid economy, when labor had more power. Now we’re in an era of what I have been calling the “fuck you” management style. I’ll be watching closely. The value of human labor has never been this contested in my lifetime.

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 12d
After decades of marginal status, ski patrol unions doubled in size from 2021-2025, during the tight labor market caused by Covid.

There were a handful of strikes in recent seasons, largely successful at securing workers’ demands.

5280.com/why-are-ski-...
Why Are Ski Patrol Unions Everywhere Right Now?
The ski patrol strike in Park City brought more attention to organizing efforts at Colorado mountains. History helps us explain why.
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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 12d
Telluride ski patrollers are striking for a $24/hr wage.

Seems like a pretty reasonable ask to me, considering these are highly skilled workers preventing deadly avalanches at a resort that charges many guests $200+ per day. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
Slopes Are Empty as a Labor Dispute Shuts Down a Colorado Ski Town
www.nytimes.com

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 17d
One of the most slept-on Earth records imo

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Jay Babcock @jaywbabcock.bsky.social · 17d
"A [28-minute] mashup of the free improv sections from 'Up On the Sun,' as performed live on tour, May 2022"

meatpuppets.bandcamp.com/track/up-on-...
Up On The Sun 2022 MegaMix, by Meat Puppets
track by Meat Puppets
meatpuppets.bandcamp.com

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Travis Wagner (they/them) @drtlwagner.bsky.social · 20d
New article out by me and @ashleyblewer.com titled “Each character you create requires a full 15 blocks!” Preserving Video Game Memory Cards in the Age of Cloud Storage." In it, we examine the sociotechnical challenges of preserving video game memory cards.

Read it here:

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“Each character you create requires a full 15 blocks!” preserving video game memory cards in the age of cloud storage
The act of saving in video games has shifted from a material, active practice to a passive, near imperceptible occurrence. However, until systems like the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 were releas...
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Travis Wagner (they/them) @drtlwagner.bsky.social · 25d
Really excited to be both presenting as part of this series and to be helping @ryancordell.org conceptualize the series as well! More from me hopefully in the coming months on this intersection between queerness, archives, and format obsolescence!
ryancordell.org Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 25d
Our inaugural speaker will be @drtlwagner.bsky.social on "The Persistence of Obsolescence in Queer Information & Media Technologies," showing how "obsolescence can serve as a generative tool to think about the past, present, & future of queer archives" skeuomorph.ischool.illinois.edu/our-research...

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 25d
As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels.

Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 28d
Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · 28d
I try to do one millennial nostalgia gig a year. Just bought tickets for Bright Eyes in June 😂

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 29d
Federal workers refused to stay silent and WON.

The Protect America’s Workforce Act is moving forward because workers organized, built a working majority, and forced Congress to act.

WORKER POWER MADE THIS HAPPEN. 🎉

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · Dec 10
aaaaaand grades are posted. that's a wrap!

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · Dec 10
Thank you

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · Dec 9
La-Le-Lu-Le-Lo reveal coming soon

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · Dec 8
Today is my last teaching day of Fall 2025 semester 👍

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · Dec 5
Never forget how stupid this was
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Dec 5
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · Dec 5
Q: Why are reviewer comments taking so long on my article manuscript?

A: They were sent to an email address from the institution I left in 2020 😭

Just a little PSA in case anyone else also needs to do a little check-up on their old neglected inboxes

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Dec 5
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · Dec 3
In a new Points piece, Hannah Lipstein & @tamigraph.bsky.social examine VA’s Data Center Alley, and explain why their research examines not only individual sites but “how the politics, economics, & cultural factors of a place" inform effective organizing strategies. datasociety.net/points/situa...

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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · Nov 30
This Tuesday, December 2, you can buy my book about books about computing...

Treat yourself...😀

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255348...

🗃️ #HistSci

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John R. Davis @jrdarchivist.bsky.social · Nov 28
My book on the history of fanzines created by Washington, D.C.'s punk community was just published last month via @georgetownup.bsky.social. It's called "Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, D.C." and more info is available here: press.georgetown.edu/Book/Keep-Yo...

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James A. Hodges @jameshodges.net · Nov 24
University leadership: “We love innovation!! 😇☺️🥳”

The innovation in question:

theintercept.com/2025/11/21/f...
How Universities Used Counterterror Intelligence-Sharing Hubs to Surveil Pro-Palestine Students
Internal university communications reveal how a network established for post-9/11 intelligence sharing was turned on students protesting genocide.
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