Lori Emerson
@loriemerson.net
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Lori Emerson
@loriemerson.net
· Jul 11
Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook
Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook At long last, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook is officially available for pre-order. If you live in the U.S., you can order directly …
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SOME NEWS! the folks at Anthology Editions / Mexican Summer decided to print another 1500 copies of #othernetworks (out in Oct.) because it sold out so quickly! THANK YOU to all of you for ordering a copy & helping to make this reprint possible 😍 1/2 loriemerson.net/books/other-...
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The present corporatized, monolithic, surveilled state of the internet is just one possibility out of many, and there is radical promise in uncovering alternatives: pirate radio to barbed wire telegraph, synthesizers transmitted over the telephone to encoded messages bounced off the surface of the 🌙
December 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The present corporatized, monolithic, surveilled state of the internet is just one possibility out of many, and there is radical promise in uncovering alternatives: pirate radio to barbed wire telegraph, synthesizers transmitted over the telephone to encoded messages bounced off the surface of the 🌙
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Talking to somebody yesterday about a Cdn oral history archive that disappeared - turns out LLMs were scraping it so much it crashed their servers so it’s offline. Vile vulture technology.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Talking to somebody yesterday about a Cdn oral history archive that disappeared - turns out LLMs were scraping it so much it crashed their servers so it’s offline. Vile vulture technology.
capitalism tries out its own version of "well at least my mom thinks I'm hot" with "Wells Fargo values your insights!" you hear that people? I have insights! my bank told me so.
December 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
capitalism tries out its own version of "well at least my mom thinks I'm hot" with "Wells Fargo values your insights!" you hear that people? I have insights! my bank told me so.
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Re upping this request for leads for images of genAI books or synthetic books in the wild. Not texts, images of books.
Thank you!
#bookhistory
Thank you!
#bookhistory
I accidentally hid a post I was interested in If you see pictures of genAI books in the wild, please send them my way?
December 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Re upping this request for leads for images of genAI books or synthetic books in the wild. Not texts, images of books.
Thank you!
#bookhistory
Thank you!
#bookhistory
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On the one hand, AI will destroy what we have left of nature. On the other hand, it will also destroy what we have left of culture.
December 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
On the one hand, AI will destroy what we have left of nature. On the other hand, it will also destroy what we have left of culture.
why yes I did purchase a mini turntable so I can play this 3” vinyl of Corey Hart and yes I’m regretting I didn’t get two for DJing
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
why yes I did purchase a mini turntable so I can play this 3” vinyl of Corey Hart and yes I’m regretting I didn’t get two for DJing
today’s daily affirmation: I am grateful that youngest pussycat makes fine distinctions between the critters he would murder (for example, squirrels move and birds) and the critters he would not murder (for example, me). Such a sweet and refined pussycat!
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
today’s daily affirmation: I am grateful that youngest pussycat makes fine distinctions between the critters he would murder (for example, squirrels move and birds) and the critters he would not murder (for example, me). Such a sweet and refined pussycat!
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It's yet another plot by the AI cartel.
They are going to create a telepathic and ultra high speed communication network.
The plan is to have a Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass in each datacenter, worldwide!
cc @loriemerson.net
They are going to create a telepathic and ultra high speed communication network.
The plan is to have a Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass in each datacenter, worldwide!
cc @loriemerson.net
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It's yet another plot by the AI cartel.
They are going to create a telepathic and ultra high speed communication network.
The plan is to have a Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass in each datacenter, worldwide!
cc @loriemerson.net
They are going to create a telepathic and ultra high speed communication network.
The plan is to have a Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass in each datacenter, worldwide!
cc @loriemerson.net
I mean, obviously the best thing you’ll watch all day—
Stay till the end.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I mean, obviously the best thing you’ll watch all day—
hey I finally got accepted to SCMS! If only I knew what I did that made a difference...anyways, looking forward to seeing you pals in Chicago in March #scms2026
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
hey I finally got accepted to SCMS! If only I knew what I did that made a difference...anyways, looking forward to seeing you pals in Chicago in March #scms2026
We are gathered here today to witness the joining of these twelve beautiful typewriterssswheeee! Let the joyful clackety clacking begin! New ribbons for everyone!
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
We are gathered here today to witness the joining of these twelve beautiful typewriterssswheeee! Let the joyful clackety clacking begin! New ribbons for everyone!
like they used to say on ye olde social media networks that no longer exist, reposting for the Monday crowd #othernetworks
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
like they used to say on ye olde social media networks that no longer exist, reposting for the Monday crowd #othernetworks
If you’re wondering why I’m taking so long to respond to your emails it’s because I only do Slow Email now. Please join me. Type, Scan, Send, Repeat. #othernetworks
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If you’re wondering why I’m taking so long to respond to your emails it’s because I only do Slow Email now. Please join me. Type, Scan, Send, Repeat. #othernetworks
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
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Tired: Spotify playlists
Wired: local college radio freeform music hour
Wired: local college radio freeform music hour
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Tired: Spotify playlists
Wired: local college radio freeform music hour
Wired: local college radio freeform music hour
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So I say this as a proud academic labor union member who believes deeply in the importance of tenure to the academic mission:
FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
So I say this as a proud academic labor union member who believes deeply in the importance of tenure to the academic mission:
FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
trust me, guys, "Papers & Paychecks" is not nearly as fun as it sounds... (Dungeons and Dragons, 1979)
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
trust me, guys, "Papers & Paychecks" is not nearly as fun as it sounds... (Dungeons and Dragons, 1979)
not bad for a first version of the cover for what will (eventually) be the #othernetworks #zine
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
not bad for a first version of the cover for what will (eventually) be the #othernetworks #zine
mechanically reproduced documentation of students, friends, colleagues gathering in the @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social to learn how to build their own mini FM transmitters 😍 #othernetworks #radiofutures
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
mechanically reproduced documentation of students, friends, colleagues gathering in the @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social to learn how to build their own mini FM transmitters 😍 #othernetworks #radiofutures
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
#othernetworks zine coming soon (not son) and get ready for alllllll the typos
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
#othernetworks zine coming soon (not son) and get ready for alllllll the typos
rest in peace, Grandad aka "G-dad" aka John Dumbeck who passed this afternoon at the age of 103 after a life of making his own wine, running a radio station, being a war-time pilot, being a barber, being on the run from the law (at least twice), playing in over a dozen jazz bands and on and on 💚
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
rest in peace, Grandad aka "G-dad" aka John Dumbeck who passed this afternoon at the age of 103 after a life of making his own wine, running a radio station, being a war-time pilot, being a barber, being on the run from the law (at least twice), playing in over a dozen jazz bands and on and on 💚
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(Following @loriemerson.net I built a unit into the library school intro seminar that proposes libraries as a way of building the electronic/digital world we need outside of oligarchic control… but that we will need to know HOW to built it ourselves… literally.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
(Following @loriemerson.net I built a unit into the library school intro seminar that proposes libraries as a way of building the electronic/digital world we need outside of oligarchic control… but that we will need to know HOW to built it ourselves… literally.)
best review I've read in ages: "I bought the typewriter to write a book. Copilot kept changing what I wrote without permission. After turning it off and it turning itself back on a few times along with word wanting to save everything to the 'cloud' I went old school." #othernetworks
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
best review I've read in ages: "I bought the typewriter to write a book. Copilot kept changing what I wrote without permission. After turning it off and it turning itself back on a few times along with word wanting to save everything to the 'cloud' I went old school." #othernetworks