Hard to think of today as Independence Day under the current regime. As if we haven’t already seen terrible human rights violations, the deaths resulting from Medicaid cuts will be devastating. But… I’m more fearful for folks trapped in the Florida concentration camp when hurricanes roll in… 😢

I hope you’ll be participating in the economic blackout tomorrow, boycotting major retailers and only shopping small, local businesses if you need any emergency supplies, preferably with cash.

CONSIDER “LEVEL UP” OPTIONS
* Cancel Amazon Prime
* Don’t Google anything
* Use Duck Player for YouTube

Had some frustrating experiences at work this week, but I’m feeling really good about being at UF in this capacity. I’ve managed to, in a fairly short amount of time, connect with and help a lot of undergrads expand their horizons (and I hope some pubs come out of it!).

The idea that fairness and centrism in reporting are the same thing is a disease I don’t think these people are ever going to recover from.

A bipartisan special parliamentary inquiry in Australia today said big tech is “pillaging culture, data and creativity” to train AI, and must license and pay for training data.

This is how all governments should respond to this technology.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

With all the new #gamestudies folks that moved over it's a good time for me to post that submissions are open for the PCA/ACA conference in New Orleans in April. Why, yes, I am one of the Area Chairs. Deadline November 30.

Submission for abstracts information here: pcaaca.org/page/submiss...

First post? I hear self-promotion is important…

I’m a Univ of FL sociologist, with interests in culture, globalization, science and technology, and gender and sexuality. Previous work on queer game studies; now exploring Japanese game industry.

Thread of my pubs to follow~