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So tickled for ebr to publish Rob Wittig's interview with me and ChattieG about Hallucinate This! Read this spoiler-free chat, unless you don't want to spoil your doom scrolling.
#ArtificialIntelligence #chatgpt #netprov

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Hallucinate This! Authors Mark Marino and Chatty G (ChatGPT) talk with Rob Wittig | ebr
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January 23, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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We're featuring the new book on Intellivision by Braxton Soderman and Tom Boellstorff this week in the Critical Code Studies Working Group! Looking at code from the game system for smarties. #critcode

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Book: Intellivision by Tom Boellstorff and Braxton Soderman
Tom Boellstorff and Braxton Soderman's Intellivision:
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January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Submit to the 5th Electronic Literature Collection by January 31. It's the premier collection of digital literature.

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Call for Submissions: Electronic Literature Collection Volume 5 (ELC5) – Electronic Literature Organization
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January 20, 2026 at 3:44 PM
markcmarino.bsky.social
Week 2 of the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group begins with some provocarion from David Berry on AI and vibe coding.

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#critcode #vibecoding #ArtificialIntelligence
Week 2: AI, Vibe Coding and Critical Code Studies
Vibed using CapCut Vibed using Veo 3 "I'm ready to help you plan, study, bring ideas to life and more..." (Gemini 2026)
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January 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Week 1 of the Critical Code Studies Working Group also features a discussion of Forty-Four Esolangs by Daniel Temkin including code critiques of several of his brilliant esoteric programming languages!

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#critcode #ccswg26 @dtemkin.bsky.social
Book: Forty-Four Esolangs by Daniel Temkin
Daniel Temkin's Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code is our featured book discussion for this week.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
markcmarino.bsky.social
Don't miss Roll for Tricksters featuring Brennan Lee Mulligan, an all Native party, and a game created by Maddox K Pennington!!

Free Wednesday night at USC! Grab your tickets!

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#dungeonsanddragons
#liveplay
Roll for Tricksters: A Powwow Heist
A liveplay event GM'd by Brennan Lee Mulligan with an all-star cast of Native D&D players.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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next in this issue is @ranjodhdhaliwal.com, on our role as generative AI's involuntary beta testers.
Always Already Betas
The user subject and the GPT grindset
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January 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
markcmarino.bsky.social
Jeremy Douglass and I launch the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group with a question that hits at the core of CCS. Thanks to co-organizer Lyr COLIN

This week also spotlights 44 Esolangs by Daniel Temkin and a discussion of Oberon led by Moritz Mähr

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Week 1: Where is the Critical in Critical Code Studies?
For Discussion: Where is the critical in critical code studies? What do you feel is the most productive marriage of critical and technical inquiry?
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January 12, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Syllabus time. Computational Humanities from Debates in DH series is OA! Co-eds with @dmimno.bsky.social Jessica Marie Johnson. Articles from @dbamman.bsky.social @kmcdono.bsky.social @roopikarisam.bsky.social @bschmidt.bsky.social @barbaramcgilli.bsky.social @quinnanya.me @tharsen.bsky.social 👇🏼
Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
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January 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
markcmarino.bsky.social
Announcing: Composing with AI, a new open access online anthology on teaching writing with and in the age of AI. Congrats to Nupoor Ranade and Doug Eyman editors. Happy to have my chapter included with the excellent content they collected and shepherded.

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Composing with AI
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January 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
markcmarino.bsky.social
We're extending the deadline to Feb 1. CFP: Retro AI: Archaeologies of Artificial Intelligence at USC July 31-Aug 1, 2026, in-person symposium looking at the history of AI, ethics, innovation, and more.

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#artificialintelligence #critcode #criticalAI
Retro AI: CFP
Retro AI: Archeologies of Artificial Intelligence In-Person at USC: July 31, August 1 Extended Deadline: Feb 1 The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has long been obsessively focussed on the nex...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Last day to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6.

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#critcode
CCSWG26 CFP
Call for Participation: CCSWG ‘26 9th biennial Critical Code Studies Working Group Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2026 To apply: Fill out this form Apply by January 7, 2025 20 years after the publication of the ma...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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2 more days: deadline Jan 7 to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6. Don't miss out!

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#critcode
CCSWG26 CFP
Call for Participation: CCSWG ‘26 9th biennial Critical Code Studies Working Group Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2026 To apply: Fill out this form Apply by January 7, 2025 20 years after the publication of the ma...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
markcmarino.bsky.social
Reminder: Extended deadline Jan 7 to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6.

bit.ly/ccswg26

#critcode
CCSWG26 CFP
Call for Participation: CCSWG ‘26 9th biennial Critical Code Studies Working Group Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2026 To apply: Fill out this form Apply by January 7, 2025 20 years after the publication of the ma...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
markcmarino.bsky.social
Come study the culture of and through code! Extended deadline Jan 7 to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6.

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January 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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A Christmas Song✈️ a stubborn lifestyle blogger wishes never to have been born, gives up on life in the big city, gives holiday cookies to mail order nurse who laughs at her when they run a jobtraining workshop for laidoff elves
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January 1, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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A12 Days of Train 💕 a jaded bike messenger loses mind, moves to quaint suburb, finds Hallmark-hot old flame who negs him until they discover the sponsor of their natural-trees-only story is a top seller of fake trees
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January 1, 2026 at 6:52 PM
markcmarino.bsky.social
Extended deadline Jan 7 to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6.

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#critcode
CCSWG26 CFP
Call for Participation: CCSWG ‘26 9th biennial Critical Code Studies Working Group Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2026 To apply: Fill out this form Apply by January 7, 2025 20 years after the publication of the ma...
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December 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
markcmarino.bsky.social
Just submitted a collection of readings and recipes by awesome critics and creators. The Joy of Electronic Literature (or JOEL) is in the oven! Edited by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Stuart Moulthrop, and me! Cheers to them and all the contributors!
December 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Cfp: ELO26 fully online, July 15-18! The submission portal is open now till January 30!

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ELO26 unsupervised, save the date July 15-18, online, University of Central Florida, Cfp availavle now, submit thru Jan 30: neon squiggly writing on black background
December 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
markcmarino.bsky.social
If you have written or published an article or book using critical code studies in the last year, let me know.

#critcode
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
markcmarino.bsky.social
Extended deadline Jan 7 to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6.

bit.ly/ccswg26
CCSWG26 CFP
Call for Participation: CCSWG ‘26 9th biennial Critical Code Studies Working Group Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2026 To apply: Fill out this form Apply by January 7, 2025 20 years after the publication of the ma...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Please share ICE Watch site vecinos.is with your communities from Electronic Disturbance Theater and Friends.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I’m a strong skeptic when it comes to data. I try to stay away from purchasing goods that connect to the internet.
Amazon is selling your Ring data to Flock which is deeply involved in surveillance of immigrants, women seeking abortions. Flock shares this data with 🚔

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Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
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December 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
markcmarino.bsky.social
And rounding out the books with Tracy Fullerton and Matthew Farber's Well-Read Game!
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM