Devina Sarwatay
@devinasarwatay.bsky.social
I study young people and digital cultures
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It's syllabus season & I'm shamelessly plugging some of my work for your consideration.
If you teach:
Communication
Media studies
Digital sociology
Media anthropology
Youth digital cultures
so courses at the intersection of media, technology & society, include in readings...
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If you teach:
Communication
Media studies
Digital sociology
Media anthropology
Youth digital cultures
so courses at the intersection of media, technology & society, include in readings...
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Amid calls to restrict/ban young people's social media use, ‘The Kids Are Online,’ by Ysabel Gerrard is a necessary, empirically grounded intervention
I got the chance to review this book for The British Journal of Sociology & was grateful to see my work cited in it as...(1/2)
I got the chance to review this book for The British Journal of Sociology & was grateful to see my work cited in it as...(1/2)
January 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Amid calls to restrict/ban young people's social media use, ‘The Kids Are Online,’ by Ysabel Gerrard is a necessary, empirically grounded intervention
I got the chance to review this book for The British Journal of Sociology & was grateful to see my work cited in it as...(1/2)
I got the chance to review this book for The British Journal of Sociology & was grateful to see my work cited in it as...(1/2)
👂🏻on Kidfluencers in India on IERLab Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/30Op...
Article: doi.org/10.1177/2056...
Part of the special issue on Child Influencers in the Asia Pacific curated & edited by Prof. Crystal Abidin for Social Media + Society
@citystgeorges.bsky.social
#CityStGSCC
Article: doi.org/10.1177/2056...
Part of the special issue on Child Influencers in the Asia Pacific curated & edited by Prof. Crystal Abidin for Social Media + Society
@citystgeorges.bsky.social
#CityStGSCC
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
👂🏻on Kidfluencers in India on IERLab Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/30Op...
Article: doi.org/10.1177/2056...
Part of the special issue on Child Influencers in the Asia Pacific curated & edited by Prof. Crystal Abidin for Social Media + Society
@citystgeorges.bsky.social
#CityStGSCC
Article: doi.org/10.1177/2056...
Part of the special issue on Child Influencers in the Asia Pacific curated & edited by Prof. Crystal Abidin for Social Media + Society
@citystgeorges.bsky.social
#CityStGSCC
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The AI industry touts misleading information that their data centers are creating large numbers of jobs. Check out @foodandwater.bsky.social's new research debunking these claims, with analysis showing just how few people these extractive facilities employ.
shorturl.at/6pRJp
shorturl.at/6pRJp
New Research Debunks Data Center Industry Job Claims
Investment Needed to Create One Data Center Job is 100 Times Greater Than Average
shorturl.at
January 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The AI industry touts misleading information that their data centers are creating large numbers of jobs. Check out @foodandwater.bsky.social's new research debunking these claims, with analysis showing just how few people these extractive facilities employ.
shorturl.at/6pRJp
shorturl.at/6pRJp
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Unions are essential to saving American democracy. They are the only effective countervailing power to oligarchy.
Sadly, we are going in the wrong direction.
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
Sadly, we are going in the wrong direction.
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn’t bust the union, so they shut down the paper | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
Post-Gazette to Shut Down 240-Year-Old Paper After SCOTUS Slaps Down Company’s Bid to Evade Court Order.
newsguild.org
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Unions are essential to saving American democracy. They are the only effective countervailing power to oligarchy.
Sadly, we are going in the wrong direction.
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
Sadly, we are going in the wrong direction.
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
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I recommend submitting a complaint.
January 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I recommend submitting a complaint.
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One bit of this polling that I found amusing is that UK voters were slightly more likely to say their country was divided (89%) compared to the US (84%)
January 6, 2026 at 7:41 AM
One bit of this polling that I found amusing is that UK voters were slightly more likely to say their country was divided (89%) compared to the US (84%)
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Here’s a bit of a breakdown
January 6, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Here’s a bit of a breakdown
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‘The poll found that voters largely blamed political leaders and the failings of public services for their financial predicament rather than external factors such as inflation triggered by higher energy prices and increased government debt resulting from higher spending during the Covid-19 pandemic’
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
‘The poll found that voters largely blamed political leaders and the failings of public services for their financial predicament rather than external factors such as inflation triggered by higher energy prices and increased government debt resulting from higher spending during the Covid-19 pandemic’
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73% of voters across 27 Western countries think life will be harder for the next generation
www.thetimes.com/article/8b42...
www.thetimes.com/article/8b42...
It’s not just Britain — western voters united in despair over future
Large majorities believe governments are failing, democracy is weakening and life will be harder for the next generation, according to a poll
www.thetimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:08 AM
73% of voters across 27 Western countries think life will be harder for the next generation
www.thetimes.com/article/8b42...
www.thetimes.com/article/8b42...
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The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
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oh my god he's such a fucking loser
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 4:06 AM
oh my god he's such a fucking loser
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Our major media orgs--even during the best of times when they're merely profit-driven outlets and not ideological mouthpieces and playthings of right-wing oligarchs--primarily serve the role of status quo managers. They rationalize & normalize elite actions & interests. They rarely defend democracy.
absolutely bizarre to see a violent, rogue american regime, which is threatening military attacks on a bunch of major trading partners and close allies, and openly fantasizing about hitler-style wars of territorial conquest, covered in the tone of horse-race political commentary
January 4, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Our major media orgs--even during the best of times when they're merely profit-driven outlets and not ideological mouthpieces and playthings of right-wing oligarchs--primarily serve the role of status quo managers. They rationalize & normalize elite actions & interests. They rarely defend democracy.
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Equally applies to Europe
Our major media orgs--even during the best of times when they're merely profit-driven outlets and not ideological mouthpieces and playthings of right-wing oligarchs--primarily serve the role of status quo managers. They rationalize & normalize elite actions & interests. They rarely defend democracy.
absolutely bizarre to see a violent, rogue american regime, which is threatening military attacks on a bunch of major trading partners and close allies, and openly fantasizing about hitler-style wars of territorial conquest, covered in the tone of horse-race political commentary
January 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Equally applies to Europe
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There's your Nobel Peace Prize winner, btw. Hats off to everyone involved. Great job.
January 3, 2026 at 10:03 AM
There's your Nobel Peace Prize winner, btw. Hats off to everyone involved. Great job.
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The president of Venezuela must be held legally accountable for his crimes, which the Supreme Court forbids to happen for the president of the US, who recently pardoned the president of Honduras for similar crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
The president of Venezuela must be held legally accountable for his crimes, which the Supreme Court forbids to happen for the president of the US, who recently pardoned the president of Honduras for similar crimes.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Barbra Streisand
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Barbra Streisand
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Hey National Democrats and Progressives trying to figure out how to message:
Watch AOC and Mark and Jumaane and, I’m sure, Zohran’s speeches from today. It’s rare to hear such clear and inspiring messages about hope and power in politics.
Watch AOC and Mark and Jumaane and, I’m sure, Zohran’s speeches from today. It’s rare to hear such clear and inspiring messages about hope and power in politics.
January 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Hey National Democrats and Progressives trying to figure out how to message:
Watch AOC and Mark and Jumaane and, I’m sure, Zohran’s speeches from today. It’s rare to hear such clear and inspiring messages about hope and power in politics.
Watch AOC and Mark and Jumaane and, I’m sure, Zohran’s speeches from today. It’s rare to hear such clear and inspiring messages about hope and power in politics.
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This is not a hard message.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
January 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This is not a hard message.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
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Everything “smart” is dumb
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Everything “smart” is dumb
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It's funny that everyone who has *ever* programmed, knows how important attention to detail is. Hours wasted because you made a typo, forgot to add a character, etc.
The tiniest thing you literally don't notice is wrong, and your program screams at you and dies.
This is a universal experience.
The tiniest thing you literally don't notice is wrong, and your program screams at you and dies.
This is a universal experience.
December 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It's funny that everyone who has *ever* programmed, knows how important attention to detail is. Hours wasted because you made a typo, forgot to add a character, etc.
The tiniest thing you literally don't notice is wrong, and your program screams at you and dies.
This is a universal experience.
The tiniest thing you literally don't notice is wrong, and your program screams at you and dies.
This is a universal experience.
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Learning how to pay attention to small details, how to deliberately strain yourself to notice tiny details that are off, is a skill programmers learn the painful way.
And, using a chatbot deskills you in this very extremely important skill of being able to pay attention to small details.
And, using a chatbot deskills you in this very extremely important skill of being able to pay attention to small details.
December 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Learning how to pay attention to small details, how to deliberately strain yourself to notice tiny details that are off, is a skill programmers learn the painful way.
And, using a chatbot deskills you in this very extremely important skill of being able to pay attention to small details.
And, using a chatbot deskills you in this very extremely important skill of being able to pay attention to small details.
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For generations, when you learned to program you were constantly being forced to be better at paying attention to the words on the screen. Noticing you'd made a typo, noticing you'd used the wrong argument, noticing shit in general.
Over time, you got better at noticing the words on the screen.
Over time, you got better at noticing the words on the screen.
December 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
For generations, when you learned to program you were constantly being forced to be better at paying attention to the words on the screen. Noticing you'd made a typo, noticing you'd used the wrong argument, noticing shit in general.
Over time, you got better at noticing the words on the screen.
Over time, you got better at noticing the words on the screen.