Hossein Derakhshan (حسین درخشان)
@h0d3r.bsky.social
PhDing on listening and mass personalization @MediaLSE @MediaLab @Shorensteinctr+ Iran Evin prison (6yrs). co-wrote ‘Information Disorder’, wrote 'Web We Have to Save'.
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I'm sure you know of this already... a brilliant essay on cardboard packaging by Shannon Mattern. @shannonmattern.bsky.social
placesjournal.org/article/soci...
placesjournal.org/article/soci...
World in a Box: Cardboard Media and the Geographic Imagination
Cardboard boxes hold a world of meaning — a geography of consumption, disposal, and reuse — that spans from Amazon to the Container Corporation of America.
placesjournal.org
October 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I'm sure you know of this already... a brilliant essay on cardboard packaging by Shannon Mattern. @shannonmattern.bsky.social
placesjournal.org/article/soci...
placesjournal.org/article/soci...
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It took me four months — and required some (paid) help from a former student — but I finally migrated about 1000 gallery + museum newsletters, a couple hundred newsy newsletters, and a bunch of other stuff over to RSS. I'm really hoping this'll help manage the paralyzing deluge
September 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It took me four months — and required some (paid) help from a former student — but I finally migrated about 1000 gallery + museum newsletters, a couple hundred newsy newsletters, and a bunch of other stuff over to RSS. I'm really hoping this'll help manage the paralyzing deluge
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AI is the revenge of capitalism from capitalism.
August 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
AI is the revenge of capitalism from capitalism.
AI is the revenge of capitalism from capitalism.
August 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
AI is the revenge of capitalism from capitalism.
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The normalized and mainstreamed racism and Islamophobia after 9-11, accepted by both conservatives and many liberals, is rearing its head and leading US into war with Iran, a genocide in Gaza, and Cuomo returning to power.
Do we learn? Nope. Rinse and repeat.
Do we learn? Nope. Rinse and repeat.
June 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The normalized and mainstreamed racism and Islamophobia after 9-11, accepted by both conservatives and many liberals, is rearing its head and leading US into war with Iran, a genocide in Gaza, and Cuomo returning to power.
Do we learn? Nope. Rinse and repeat.
Do we learn? Nope. Rinse and repeat.
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new database of 200+ social media research tools (via Coalition for Independent Technology Research) airtable.com/apphRmVsFpqb...
#digitalmethods #internetstudies #opensource @digitalmethods.net
#digitalmethods #internetstudies #opensource @digitalmethods.net
Airtable | Everyone's app platform
Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.
airtable.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
new database of 200+ social media research tools (via Coalition for Independent Technology Research) airtable.com/apphRmVsFpqb...
#digitalmethods #internetstudies #opensource @digitalmethods.net
#digitalmethods #internetstudies #opensource @digitalmethods.net
With quality synthetic data, most concerns about surveillance and exploitation will evaporate.
March 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
With quality synthetic data, most concerns about surveillance and exploitation will evaporate.
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It's beyond stupid that Google maps etc. can still not suggest routes that combine public transport with bicycle, especially shared ones!
March 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's beyond stupid that Google maps etc. can still not suggest routes that combine public transport with bicycle, especially shared ones!
It's beyond stupid that Google maps etc. can still not suggest routes that combine public transport with bicycle, especially shared ones!
March 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's beyond stupid that Google maps etc. can still not suggest routes that combine public transport with bicycle, especially shared ones!
Trump's negotiation style follows three phases: flirt, punch, talk. Only Un and Starmer have figured this out yet and avoided the punch.
March 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Trump's negotiation style follows three phases: flirt, punch, talk. Only Un and Starmer have figured this out yet and avoided the punch.
When would be relieved of this ontological anxiety linked to device batteries and recharging?
February 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
When would be relieved of this ontological anxiety linked to device batteries and recharging?
X (Twitter) and all other social media are essentially personalised television, as I laid out below ten years ago. So why such a shock when Musk bought a television network and rebranded it? medium.com/matter/the-w...
The Web We Have to Save
The rich, diverse, free web that I loved — and spent years in an Iranian jail for — is dying. Why is nobody stopping it?
medium.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
X (Twitter) and all other social media are essentially personalised television, as I laid out below ten years ago. So why such a shock when Musk bought a television network and rebranded it? medium.com/matter/the-w...
I always imagined @mactra.bsky.social with Barry Gibb's style long hair and beard. Video podcasts ruin everything!
February 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I always imagined @mactra.bsky.social with Barry Gibb's style long hair and beard. Video podcasts ruin everything!
Is there still a tool to import all your follows from Twitter to here?
February 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Is there still a tool to import all your follows from Twitter to here?
AI is not a technology, it's an extract of humanity.
February 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
AI is not a technology, it's an extract of humanity.
United Kingdom of America.
December 16, 2024 at 12:10 AM
United Kingdom of America.
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Check out the latest episode of MEnbar, where I talk to the awesome June Park about the politics of AI Chips in the Gulf states.
YouTube: lnkd.in/dp33W6Zn
Spotify: lnkd.in/dr9PV3hQ
Apple Podcast: lnkd.in/d3qJahNR
SoundCloud: lnkd.in/dJaJiw5Q
#menasky
YouTube: lnkd.in/dp33W6Zn
Spotify: lnkd.in/dr9PV3hQ
Apple Podcast: lnkd.in/d3qJahNR
SoundCloud: lnkd.in/dJaJiw5Q
#menasky
November 21, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Check out the latest episode of MEnbar, where I talk to the awesome June Park about the politics of AI Chips in the Gulf states.
YouTube: lnkd.in/dp33W6Zn
Spotify: lnkd.in/dr9PV3hQ
Apple Podcast: lnkd.in/d3qJahNR
SoundCloud: lnkd.in/dJaJiw5Q
#menasky
YouTube: lnkd.in/dp33W6Zn
Spotify: lnkd.in/dr9PV3hQ
Apple Podcast: lnkd.in/d3qJahNR
SoundCloud: lnkd.in/dJaJiw5Q
#menasky
Is twitter down?
August 12, 2023 at 10:36 AM
Is twitter down?
Did you see what I wrote for Wired on the consequences of mass personalised consumption?
What My Solitary Confinement in Iran Revealed About the Dangers of Personalized Consumption
Online platforms and near-future technologies will exacerbate our physical and cognitive isolation from one another, somewhat similar to how our bodies and minds are controlled in prison.
www.wired.com
August 3, 2023 at 9:26 AM
Did you see what I wrote for Wired on the consequences of mass personalised consumption?
سلمان فارسی vs. سلمان دودی
July 30, 2023 at 6:51 PM
سلمان فارسی vs. سلمان دودی
به ابوالفضل نصف مافیای مصباح و جلیلی همجنسگرای توی کمد هستن.
July 20, 2023 at 4:41 PM
به ابوالفضل نصف مافیای مصباح و جلیلی همجنسگرای توی کمد هستن.
فونت اینجا توی آیفون چرا اینجوریه؟ همیشه یه ذره از سر حرف دوم میاد توی حرف اول!
July 3, 2023 at 12:55 PM
فونت اینجا توی آیفون چرا اینجوریه؟ همیشه یه ذره از سر حرف دوم میاد توی حرف اول!
آخه یه نفر چند بار توی عمرش میتونه به یه پلتفورم تازه کوچ کنه و از صفر سرمله اجتماعی جمع کنه!
July 2, 2023 at 12:30 PM
آخه یه نفر چند بار توی عمرش میتونه به یه پلتفورم تازه کوچ کنه و از صفر سرمله اجتماعی جمع کنه!
از همهتون زودتر گفته بودم که اگه توییتر دست اون دلقک فاشیست بیفته نابود میشه. حیف اون همه عمری که سرش گذاشتیم...
July 1, 2023 at 9:34 PM
از همهتون زودتر گفته بودم که اگه توییتر دست اون دلقک فاشیست بیفته نابود میشه. حیف اون همه عمری که سرش گذاشتیم...
پادکست هفته پیش نیویورک تایمز کلی از بلواسکای تعریف کرد. و گفت که احتمالا بتونه جای توییتر رو بگیره و هنوز چون کوچیکه خیلی مفرح و متمدنه. راست میگه؟
June 11, 2023 at 12:14 AM
پادکست هفته پیش نیویورک تایمز کلی از بلواسکای تعریف کرد. و گفت که احتمالا بتونه جای توییتر رو بگیره و هنوز چون کوچیکه خیلی مفرح و متمدنه. راست میگه؟