Kate Maddalena
@katemadd.bsky.social
Rhet of Sci&Tech + STS + media theory
University of Toronto Mississauga
University of Toronto Mississauga
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Kate Maddalena
@katemadd.bsky.social
· Jan 21
DONATE TO WIKIPEDIA. DONATE TO WIKIPEDIA. DONATE TO WIKIPEDIA. DONATE TO WIKIPEDIA. DONATE TO WIKIPEDIA.
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We’re hiring!
Calling for applications for one full-time continuing teaching faculty appointment at the rank of Lecturer. Apply by April 30th to start in July 2025.
More details: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
Calling for applications for one full-time continuing teaching faculty appointment at the rank of Lecturer. Apply by April 30th to start in July 2025.
More details: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
March 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We’re hiring!
Calling for applications for one full-time continuing teaching faculty appointment at the rank of Lecturer. Apply by April 30th to start in July 2025.
More details: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
Calling for applications for one full-time continuing teaching faculty appointment at the rank of Lecturer. Apply by April 30th to start in July 2025.
More details: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
Reposted by Kate Maddalena
the good folks at @haymarketbooks.org are releasing a paperback version of Reconsidering Reparations, April 1st, with a beautiful new cover courtesy of Steve Leard. some dismal parts of the latter chapters have aged unfortunately well - but look forward to discussions about it in today's context
March 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
the good folks at @haymarketbooks.org are releasing a paperback version of Reconsidering Reparations, April 1st, with a beautiful new cover courtesy of Steve Leard. some dismal parts of the latter chapters have aged unfortunately well - but look forward to discussions about it in today's context
Reposted by Kate Maddalena
I'll be presenting a theory pill at the Space Out! symposium this Thursday! Stop by if you want to hear me ramble on about street furniture and public space in Toronto. 🛰️🇨🇦📚
"Space Out! Interstellar Media" is this week! Join us on March 5-6 for this research symposium on the media, culture, and life in the cosmos. www.utm.utoronto.ca/iccit/upcomi...
Space Out! Interstellar Media | Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology
www.utm.utoronto.ca
March 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I'll be presenting a theory pill at the Space Out! symposium this Thursday! Stop by if you want to hear me ramble on about street furniture and public space in Toronto. 🛰️🇨🇦📚
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
I'm ashamed of the US right now.
(Often, even always, but acutely today.)
(Often, even always, but acutely today.)
February 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm ashamed of the US right now.
(Often, even always, but acutely today.)
(Often, even always, but acutely today.)
Come Space Out! with us at UTM next week!
Join us March 5–6, 2025 for "Space Out! Interstellar Media," a research symposium on the media, culture, and life in the cosmos. www.utm.utoronto.ca/iccit/upcomi...
February 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Come Space Out! with us at UTM next week!
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If you are taking inspiration from movements *please study them.* 20th Century Civil rights organizers were very hard core about security. You should be too.
Here's some very basic guidance -- I don't know who made this site, but it checks out --
infosecforactivists.org
Here's some very basic guidance -- I don't know who made this site, but it checks out --
infosecforactivists.org
Infosec 101 for Activists
Website: https://infosecforactivists.org/
Introduction America has a strong tradition of activism, dating back to slave revolts and indigenous uprisings even before the founding of the United States. ...
infosecforactivists.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If you are taking inspiration from movements *please study them.* 20th Century Civil rights organizers were very hard core about security. You should be too.
Here's some very basic guidance -- I don't know who made this site, but it checks out --
infosecforactivists.org
Here's some very basic guidance -- I don't know who made this site, but it checks out --
infosecforactivists.org
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@eff.org also has a great resource on surveillance self-defense that is better to engage BEFORE you start any activities/relationships that could be criminalized:
ssd.eff.org
ssd.eff.org
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and y...
ssd.eff.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
@eff.org also has a great resource on surveillance self-defense that is better to engage BEFORE you start any activities/relationships that could be criminalized:
ssd.eff.org
ssd.eff.org
Excellent data journalism:
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Opinion | The Problem With FIRE’s Data
Their influential rankings are based on faulty information.
www.chronicle.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Excellent data journalism:
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
badass PhD spot:
University of Basel, media studies department, offers a 100% PhD position on the status of prompts and prompting in AI models. I will be one of the co-supervisors.
scholarshipdb.net/scholarships...
scholarshipdb.net/scholarships...
February 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
badass PhD spot:
And they say there's no need for TechComm in STS...
The AP Stylebook is an obligatory passage point for Trump to mainstream his renaming policies.
The White House says it will bar the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One indefinitely due to the news outlet's use of Gulf of Mexico
February 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
And they say there's no need for TechComm in STS...
Holy shit, tho.
I would never, ever, ever want this to happen to me?
and at the same time I am kinda jealous of this guy
I would never, ever, ever want this to happen to me?
and at the same time I am kinda jealous of this guy
A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in Chile apnews.com/article/chil...
February 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Holy shit, tho.
I would never, ever, ever want this to happen to me?
and at the same time I am kinda jealous of this guy
I would never, ever, ever want this to happen to me?
and at the same time I am kinda jealous of this guy
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The Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy (ICDE) at @thenewschool.bsky.social is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Fellowship Program. Apply by Feb 28, 2025: platform.coop/blog/open-ca... cc: @nssrnews.bsky.social @netzpolitik.bsky.social
Open Call for Applications: The 2025-2026 ICDE Fellowship Program | Platform Cooperativism Consortium
The Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy (ICDE) at The New School invites applications for the 2025-2026 Fellowship Program, a leading opportunity for scholars researching cooperatives…
platform.coop
February 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy (ICDE) at @thenewschool.bsky.social is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Fellowship Program. Apply by Feb 28, 2025: platform.coop/blog/open-ca... cc: @nssrnews.bsky.social @netzpolitik.bsky.social
OMG Robert Garcia 😆💙
February 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
OMG Robert Garcia 😆💙
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Come join us at UTM for some cosmic critique!
Join us March 5–6, 2025 for "Space Out! Interstellar Media," a research symposium on the media, culture, and life in the cosmos. www.utm.utoronto.ca/iccit/upcomi...
February 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Come join us at UTM for some cosmic critique!
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If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.
February 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.
Wikipedia is getting ready to extend anonymity features to protect editors/authors in the US (as it does other editors/authors in similar totalitarian regimes).
February 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Wikipedia is getting ready to extend anonymity features to protect editors/authors in the US (as it does other editors/authors in similar totalitarian regimes).
Reposted by Kate Maddalena
New book dropping in May with University of Alabama press
December 17, 2024 at 4:14 PM
New book dropping in May with University of Alabama press
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My book is now out in the wild! I wish the timing of its release could have been different--things feel so dire right now--but, honestly, what I've written is more relevant than ever. I'd be honored if you'd snag a copy and/or request one for your library 🙂
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081732221...
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081732221...
February 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My book is now out in the wild! I wish the timing of its release could have been different--things feel so dire right now--but, honestly, what I've written is more relevant than ever. I'd be honored if you'd snag a copy and/or request one for your library 🙂
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081732221...
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081732221...
My book is now out in the wild! I wish the timing of its release could have been different--things feel so dire right now--but, honestly, what I've written is more relevant than ever. I'd be honored if you'd snag a copy and/or request one for your library 🙂
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081732221...
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081732221...
February 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Come join us at UTM for some cosmic critique!
Join us March 5–6, 2025 for "Space Out! Interstellar Media," a research symposium on the media, culture, and life in the cosmos. www.utm.utoronto.ca/iccit/upcomi...
February 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Come join us at UTM for some cosmic critique!
I wonder if the ads he bought are funny. I wonder if they have the Clydesdales in them.
"Big strong beery horses don't need help. They help themselves." [galloping sounds]
"Big strong beery horses don't need help. They help themselves." [galloping sounds]
February 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I wonder if the ads he bought are funny. I wonder if they have the Clydesdales in them.
"Big strong beery horses don't need help. They help themselves." [galloping sounds]
"Big strong beery horses don't need help. They help themselves." [galloping sounds]