Gavin Mueller
@gavinmueller.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam and Critical Theory Tutor at the Sandberg Instituut. American, but slightly less so every passing day.
What are your favorite updates of Adorno & Horkheimer's Culture Industry thesis for digital culture? NOT critiques, people who are more or less totally on board with A&H
January 10, 2026 at 10:38 AM
What are your favorite updates of Adorno & Horkheimer's Culture Industry thesis for digital culture? NOT critiques, people who are more or less totally on board with A&H
They’re doing an American adaptation of the Dutch benefits scandal
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
www.startribune.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:54 AM
They’re doing an American adaptation of the Dutch benefits scandal
I was unprepared for how depoliticizing it feels to be a foreigner
January 7, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I was unprepared for how depoliticizing it feels to be a foreigner
Reposted by Gavin Mueller
"Alas, nothing happened."
- Simulacra and Simulation
- Simulacra and Simulation
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
"Alas, nothing happened."
- Simulacra and Simulation
- Simulacra and Simulation
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Breaking Things at Work: The Luddites Are Right About Why You Hate Your Job by
@gavinmueller.bsky.social. People ask me a lot what they should read when they are new to the left. This is top of that list. (Well worth it if you are not new too.)
@gavinmueller.bsky.social. People ask me a lot what they should read when they are new to the left. This is top of that list. (Well worth it if you are not new too.)
January 1, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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throwing away leftovers is a victimless crime
January 1, 2026 at 1:26 PM
throwing away leftovers is a victimless crime
tijd voor oliebollen
December 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
tijd voor oliebollen
theres a Tabasco-brand sriracha sauce and it’s pretty good
December 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
theres a Tabasco-brand sriracha sauce and it’s pretty good
Algorithms deploy massive amounts of personal data to control your media environment and manipulate your behavior… except in my case, I’m too smart for it to work on me
December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Algorithms deploy massive amounts of personal data to control your media environment and manipulate your behavior… except in my case, I’m too smart for it to work on me
Maastricht hiring a TT in political philosophy www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3574...
Assistant Professor in Political Philosophy
Welcome to Maastricht University! At Maastricht University, philosophy plays a vital role in understanding a world marked by political tensions, technological upheaval, and societal transformations. H...
www.academictransfer.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Maastricht hiring a TT in political philosophy www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3574...
You wake up and find yourself in America… but it’s Massachusetts and there are no Taco Bell’s #MonkeysPawFingerCurls
December 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
You wake up and find yourself in America… but it’s Massachusetts and there are no Taco Bell’s #MonkeysPawFingerCurls
Back in the US… so the battle is over and everyone just uses their phone constantly while driving now, huh
December 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Back in the US… so the battle is over and everyone just uses their phone constantly while driving now, huh
Sneering hipster post-Keynesian is worse than sneering hipster Marxist because at least the latter doesnt purport to know how to manage the economy
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sneering hipster post-Keynesian is worse than sneering hipster Marxist because at least the latter doesnt purport to know how to manage the economy
Once again pondering if the right grant could allow me to pivot to impresario of a cult disco re-edit label
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Once again pondering if the right grant could allow me to pivot to impresario of a cult disco re-edit label
What was the best thing that NLR published this year?
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
What was the best thing that NLR published this year?
Reposted by Gavin Mueller
Join leadership and experts from @aaup.org AI team and Mijente for an online press conference on the urgent concerns about Palantir Technologies' involvement with the Department of Education. fedscoop.com/palantir-edu...
TOMORROW Wednesday, December 17, 4PM ET
Register here: bit.ly/4p3iCh7
TOMORROW Wednesday, December 17, 4PM ET
Register here: bit.ly/4p3iCh7
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: AAUP Press Conference: Why is the ED Contracting with Palantir?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are convening a press conference on the urgent concerns about Palantir Technologies' involvement in the ...
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Join leadership and experts from @aaup.org AI team and Mijente for an online press conference on the urgent concerns about Palantir Technologies' involvement with the Department of Education. fedscoop.com/palantir-edu...
TOMORROW Wednesday, December 17, 4PM ET
Register here: bit.ly/4p3iCh7
TOMORROW Wednesday, December 17, 4PM ET
Register here: bit.ly/4p3iCh7
Reposted by Gavin Mueller
Happy to finally launch Disjunctions with an article from the editorial team! Stay tuned for our first issue, which we will start publishing in the new year.
Disjunctions Magazine
Disjunctions is a magazine dedicated to analysis and critique of contemporary developments in science and technology.
disjunctionsmag.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Happy to finally launch Disjunctions with an article from the editorial team! Stay tuned for our first issue, which we will start publishing in the new year.
don't care
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
don't care
did a podcast back in october on marxism and AI marxisthumanistinitiative.org/episode-145-...
Episode 145: Artificial Intelligence and Marx’s View of Automation (interview with Gavin Mueller) - Marxist-Humanist Initiative
Episode 145: Artificial Intelligence and Marx’s View of Automation (interview with Gavin Mueller Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly speak with guest Gavin Mueller, an assistant professor of N...
marxisthumanistinitiative.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
did a podcast back in october on marxism and AI marxisthumanistinitiative.org/episode-145-...
"I feel that writing has become a combination of copywriting work to sell stuff and a form of international espionage." Beautiful piece www.thedial.world/articles/new...
Are You Enjoying Our Linguine? — The Dial
How American tourists took over everything.
www.thedial.world
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"I feel that writing has become a combination of copywriting work to sell stuff and a form of international espionage." Beautiful piece www.thedial.world/articles/new...
is there a better term than "prosthetic nostalgia" for nostalgia for something not directly experienced, or nostalgia for another's nostalgia? i see this term has only been used a handful of times, but the concept seems... prevalent
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
is there a better term than "prosthetic nostalgia" for nostalgia for something not directly experienced, or nostalgia for another's nostalgia? i see this term has only been used a handful of times, but the concept seems... prevalent
this essay is astonishingly brilliant newleftreview.org/issues/ii155...
Nan Z. Da, Literary Criticism in the Age of AI, NLR 155, September–October 2025
Critical analyses of AI usually adopt a stance of defensive humanism. Instead, Nan Da interrogates its mode of reasoning. How do LLMs make the step from data to inference—and what does it mean when th...
newleftreview.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
this essay is astonishingly brilliant newleftreview.org/issues/ii155...
My department is hiring a lecturer (4-year term) in Critical Data & AI studies. Collegial and well resourced department, great early career position werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Lecturer in Cultural Data & AI (D4)
<p>Would you like to teach cutting-edge theories, computational methods, and questions in Critical Data & AI? Then we have the perfect challenge for you!</p>
werkenbij.uva.nl
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My department is hiring a lecturer (4-year term) in Critical Data & AI studies. Collegial and well resourced department, great early career position werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
a classic amsterdam evening of a holiday borrel followed by a punk show in a squat... i wore a santa hat for both
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
a classic amsterdam evening of a holiday borrel followed by a punk show in a squat... i wore a santa hat for both
Today I am on strike to protest government cuts to higher education 👍
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Today I am on strike to protest government cuts to higher education 👍