Adrienne Shaw
@adrishaw.bsky.social
Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive (@lgbtagamearchive.bsky.social), professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
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“We should train novices based on the practices of disciplinary experts who have achieved AI fluency in their discipline. Unfortunately, there aren’t any such experts yet.” www.chronicle.com/article/stop...
Opinion | Stop Pretending You Know How to Teach AI
Colleges are racing to make students ‘fluent.’ One problem: No one knows what that means.
www.chronicle.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“We should train novices based on the practices of disciplinary experts who have achieved AI fluency in their discipline. Unfortunately, there aren’t any such experts yet.” www.chronicle.com/article/stop...
Seeking help for a student: They would like to secure a press pass for The Wicked Premiere red carpet as a university television station reporter or student content creator. Any advice on how they should go about this?
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Seeking help for a student: They would like to secure a press pass for The Wicked Premiere red carpet as a university television station reporter or student content creator. Any advice on how they should go about this?
Every time, @annaleen@wandering.shop's books are exactly what I need. Automatic Noodle is a perfect stormy Sunday read.
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Every time, @annaleen@wandering.shop's books are exactly what I need. Automatic Noodle is a perfect stormy Sunday read.
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Local Chicago news is covering a lot of what is happening. I am not seeing this reported in any detail in national outlets (I assume it might get there eventually) but the harm is being done right now. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/t...
Tear gas deployed by federal agent in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood
Reports emerged of multiple immigration raids on Friday on Chicago's Northwest Side, including one in which tear gas was deployed by an agent.
www.nbcchicago.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Local Chicago news is covering a lot of what is happening. I am not seeing this reported in any detail in national outlets (I assume it might get there eventually) but the harm is being done right now. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/t...
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Even the landlords want their cut from livestreaming. Good example of how streaming relies on a background of domestic labor and social reproduction that is ripe for extracting data and money
An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:
September 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Even the landlords want their cut from livestreaming. Good example of how streaming relies on a background of domestic labor and social reproduction that is ripe for extracting data and money
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Another reminder that breaking news is news in flux — guide for following breaking news below
September 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Another reminder that breaking news is news in flux — guide for following breaking news below
Happy Gritty's birthday to all who celebrate: www.instagram.com/reel/DO-_RHK...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Happy Gritty's birthday to all who celebrate: www.instagram.com/reel/DO-_RHK...
I had four online meetings today: two zoom, one Teams, one Google Meet. I feel like I need to Skype someone (I know it shutdown, thank you) and maybe have a BlueJeans meeting to unlock some sort of achievement.
September 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I had four online meetings today: two zoom, one Teams, one Google Meet. I feel like I need to Skype someone (I know it shutdown, thank you) and maybe have a BlueJeans meeting to unlock some sort of achievement.
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Have just devoured Jill Lepore's If Then – an amazing book and so well suited to the current moment. So many easter eggs for media/comm folks and an era of the academy now truly unimaginable. So envious of the bookcraft! Thanks @adrishaw.bsky.social for recommending wwnorton.com/books/978163...
If Then
From the best-selling author of <em>These Truths</em>, an “exhilarating” (<em>New York Times Book Review</em>) account of the Cold War origins of our data-mad era., If Then, How the Simulm...
wwnorton.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Have just devoured Jill Lepore's If Then – an amazing book and so well suited to the current moment. So many easter eggs for media/comm folks and an era of the academy now truly unimaginable. So envious of the bookcraft! Thanks @adrishaw.bsky.social for recommending wwnorton.com/books/978163...
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Thanks for joining us on Bluesky! Stay tuned for resources, event information, and more! 🦉📚
Photo by Betsy Manning
Photo by Betsy Manning
August 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Thanks for joining us on Bluesky! Stay tuned for resources, event information, and more! 🦉📚
Photo by Betsy Manning
Photo by Betsy Manning
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I wrote an explainer for the impact of payment processor censorship on the LGBTQIA+ community.
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
Thousands of games have been censored from major platforms, with LGBTQIA+ creators caught in the crossfire
Payment processing companies have ceded to pressure from an ‘anti-porn’ group, causing Steam and itch.io to ban tens of thousands of games almost overnight.
theconversation.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I wrote an explainer for the impact of payment processor censorship on the LGBTQIA+ community.
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
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Just dropped Media 2025, a mini book/limited newsletter publishing experiment hosted on my relaunched site. Media 2025 offers 11 posts (nearly 20,000 words) with state-of-the-moment thinking (behind a one-time charge paywall). I welcome conversation about its ideas! www.amandalotz.com/media-2025-2/
Media 2025 Explainer
Announcing Media 2025 – an experiment in digital-era publishing that is a cross-between a limited newsletter and a short book. It's 11 posts (10 paywalled – nearly 20,000 words) that provide state-of-...
www.amandalotz.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Just dropped Media 2025, a mini book/limited newsletter publishing experiment hosted on my relaunched site. Media 2025 offers 11 posts (nearly 20,000 words) with state-of-the-moment thinking (behind a one-time charge paywall). I welcome conversation about its ideas! www.amandalotz.com/media-2025-2/
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QGCon occupies a different space than a lot of conferences and that makes its continued existence pretty important, if you have some money to spare.
August 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
QGCon occupies a different space than a lot of conferences and that makes its continued existence pretty important, if you have some money to spare.
Best blog/essay/think (i.e. short, not necessarily academic) pieces on interactive storytelling (any genre/format)? More looking for big picture writing, not reviews of individual projects.
July 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Best blog/essay/think (i.e. short, not necessarily academic) pieces on interactive storytelling (any genre/format)? More looking for big picture writing, not reviews of individual projects.
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Hey everybody! I'll see you tomorrow and Saturday at Comic-con! Come say hi! Ask me for an Automatic Noodle sticker!
If you're at San Diego Comic-con next, week, come say hi! I'll be on a couple of panels, and signing books too!
July 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hey everybody! I'll see you tomorrow and Saturday at Comic-con! Come say hi! Ask me for an Automatic Noodle sticker!
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This is funny and the whole mascot reenactment thing isn’t even as good as the guy after holding the sign that says, “this *IS* my wife”
July 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is funny and the whole mascot reenactment thing isn’t even as good as the guy after holding the sign that says, “this *IS* my wife”
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I need a new game. Requirements: PS5 or Steam deck compatible. Good/interesting narrative or approach to storytelling. Main story is under 20 hours (preferably shorter over longer).
June 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I need a new game. Requirements: PS5 or Steam deck compatible. Good/interesting narrative or approach to storytelling. Main story is under 20 hours (preferably shorter over longer).
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🎮🔥 Call for Games! 🔥🎮
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
July 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🎮🔥 Call for Games! 🔥🎮
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
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Californians are debating secession again. The state actually has a long history of attempting to secede, and it's really not pretty. I'm so excited to share my first (but definitely not last) article for @flaminghydra.com!
TODAY: @annaleen.bsky.social on the weird little dream of California secession. "The reinvigoration of CalExit, ironically, comes alongside calls for California to somehow save the Union." flaminghydra.com/issue-360/#t...
Quitting the Union / Shutting out the world
Will California secede? asks Annalee Newitz; tour the inner worlds of Trevor Alixopulos
flaminghydra.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Californians are debating secession again. The state actually has a long history of attempting to secede, and it's really not pretty. I'm so excited to share my first (but definitely not last) article for @flaminghydra.com!
Latest book in the @nyupress.bsky.social Critical Cultural Communication series I co-edit with Jonathan Gray, previously with @aswinp.bsky.social and now with @steelecat717.bsky.social !
July 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Latest book in the @nyupress.bsky.social Critical Cultural Communication series I co-edit with Jonathan Gray, previously with @aswinp.bsky.social and now with @steelecat717.bsky.social !
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The #GaymingAwards25 Community Impact Award sponsored by @fireshinegames.bsky.social goes to the amazing Stream for a Cause! 👏 Their work is making a real difference. Congrats @streamforacause.bsky.social! Watch their win on @WOWPresentsPlus.bsky.social! #Community #GamingForCharity
July 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The #GaymingAwards25 Community Impact Award sponsored by @fireshinegames.bsky.social goes to the amazing Stream for a Cause! 👏 Their work is making a real difference. Congrats @streamforacause.bsky.social! Watch their win on @WOWPresentsPlus.bsky.social! #Community #GamingForCharity
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We're incredibly excited to give a final welcome to the LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of 2025, proudly sponsored by @Elgato.com! 🎮
Congratulations to... @mynxie666.bsky.social 🌟
#GaymingAwards25 #Sponsored #LGBTQ #Elgato
Congratulations to... @mynxie666.bsky.social 🌟
#GaymingAwards25 #Sponsored #LGBTQ #Elgato
July 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
We're incredibly excited to give a final welcome to the LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of 2025, proudly sponsored by @Elgato.com! 🎮
Congratulations to... @mynxie666.bsky.social 🌟
#GaymingAwards25 #Sponsored #LGBTQ #Elgato
Congratulations to... @mynxie666.bsky.social 🌟
#GaymingAwards25 #Sponsored #LGBTQ #Elgato