David Arditi
@davidarditi.bsky.social
Sociology Professor. Author Digital Feudalism, Getting Signed, Streaming Culture and more. Editor Fast Capitalism
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David Arditi
@davidarditi.bsky.social
· Oct 6
New Book
For those without library access, the Handbook for Critical Music Industry Studies here is a page with gift links to all chapters
centerfortheory.uta.edu/2024/10/02/c...
For those without library access, the Handbook for Critical Music Industry Studies here is a page with gift links to all chapters
centerfortheory.uta.edu/2024/10/02/c...
The book I'm writing starts a section with a @bootsriley.bsky.social quote from "We are the ones"
"We're taught from the cradle, the Bill Gates fable
Which leads to high speeds in Buick LeSabres"
This book is going to be 🔥🔥🔥
"We're taught from the cradle, the Bill Gates fable
Which leads to high speeds in Buick LeSabres"
This book is going to be 🔥🔥🔥
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The book I'm writing starts a section with a @bootsriley.bsky.social quote from "We are the ones"
"We're taught from the cradle, the Bill Gates fable
Which leads to high speeds in Buick LeSabres"
This book is going to be 🔥🔥🔥
"We're taught from the cradle, the Bill Gates fable
Which leads to high speeds in Buick LeSabres"
This book is going to be 🔥🔥🔥
Cooper loves walks but hates putting on his harness. This is how he hid this morning
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Cooper loves walks but hates putting on his harness. This is how he hid this morning
RocketMoney . . . A useless subscription to keep track of your . . . Useless subscriptions . . .
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
RocketMoney . . . A useless subscription to keep track of your . . . Useless subscriptions . . .
I'm working from home, they're hard at work too
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm working from home, they're hard at work too
Economy is booming!
And by that I mean a bomb blew it up and the crater is forming
www.dallasnews.com/business/air...
And by that I mean a bomb blew it up and the crater is forming
www.dallasnews.com/business/air...
American Airlines laying off some management employees
Fort Worth-based American Airlines is laying off a “small” number of its management and support employees to “right-size for the work we do today,” a company...
www.dallasnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Economy is booming!
And by that I mean a bomb blew it up and the crater is forming
www.dallasnews.com/business/air...
And by that I mean a bomb blew it up and the crater is forming
www.dallasnews.com/business/air...
At DSW buying shoes this weekend, a dude came up to me like a drug dealer:
"I don't work here or anything, but you should really checkout Skechers, they will change your life"
"I don't work here or anything, but you should really checkout Skechers, they will change your life"
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media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
At DSW buying shoes this weekend, a dude came up to me like a drug dealer:
"I don't work here or anything, but you should really checkout Skechers, they will change your life"
"I don't work here or anything, but you should really checkout Skechers, they will change your life"
Reading a book that just said Thomas Jefferson was influenced by John Stuart Mill
Mill didn't start writing until after Jefferson was dead!
Mill didn't start writing until after Jefferson was dead!
October 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Reading a book that just said Thomas Jefferson was influenced by John Stuart Mill
Mill didn't start writing until after Jefferson was dead!
Mill didn't start writing until after Jefferson was dead!
Book Announcement:
I just published an OER textbook for Introduction to Popular Culture classes (or any other class that addresses popular culture) called "Keepin' Up with Popular Culture"
It is free, open-access. Please let me know what you think!
uta.pressbooks.pub/keepinupwith...
I just published an OER textbook for Introduction to Popular Culture classes (or any other class that addresses popular culture) called "Keepin' Up with Popular Culture"
It is free, open-access. Please let me know what you think!
uta.pressbooks.pub/keepinupwith...
Keepin' Up with Popular Culture – Simple Book Publishing
Keepin’ it real by keepin’ up with popular culture!
uta.pressbooks.pub
October 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Book Announcement:
I just published an OER textbook for Introduction to Popular Culture classes (or any other class that addresses popular culture) called "Keepin' Up with Popular Culture"
It is free, open-access. Please let me know what you think!
uta.pressbooks.pub/keepinupwith...
I just published an OER textbook for Introduction to Popular Culture classes (or any other class that addresses popular culture) called "Keepin' Up with Popular Culture"
It is free, open-access. Please let me know what you think!
uta.pressbooks.pub/keepinupwith...
"What we set out to do was nothing less than to explain why humanity instead of entering a truly human state, is sinking into a new kind of barbarism"
- Horkheimer and Adorno 1947
- Horkheimer and Adorno 1947
September 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"What we set out to do was nothing less than to explain why humanity instead of entering a truly human state, is sinking into a new kind of barbarism"
- Horkheimer and Adorno 1947
- Horkheimer and Adorno 1947
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Bought a 1918 cylinder Edison Phonograph and records for $140!
July 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Bought a 1918 cylinder Edison Phonograph and records for $140!
Why didn't I know about Archive.today until last week? Get the Archive Page extension and be done with paywalls!
Archive.today
September 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Why didn't I know about Archive.today until last week? Get the Archive Page extension and be done with paywalls!
Book files submitted!!!
🤞it is on schedule to publish in February 2026
anthempress.com/books/music-...
🤞it is on schedule to publish in February 2026
anthempress.com/books/music-...
Music Technology Panic Narratives Beyond Piracy | Anthem Press
From Taping to Napster to TikTok
anthempress.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Book files submitted!!!
🤞it is on schedule to publish in February 2026
anthempress.com/books/music-...
🤞it is on schedule to publish in February 2026
anthempress.com/books/music-...
Anthropic settled and they've said if they have to pay every author, it would effectively kill Generative AI!!!
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Anthropic settled and they've said if they have to pay every author, it would effectively kill Generative AI!!!
Bought a 1918 cylinder Edison Phonograph and records for $140!
July 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Bought a 1918 cylinder Edison Phonograph and records for $140!