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Nancy Baym
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30+ years of digital media research. Wrote a few books. Dog, lake, and mountain lover, embroiderer, taker of nature snapshots, campervan enthusiast, sweet on music. She/her.

Nancy Baym is an American scholar and senior principal research manager at Microsoft Research, formerly a professor of communication studies at the University of Kansas. She was a member of the founding board and former president of the Association of Internet Researchers, and serves on the board of several academic journals covering new media and communication. She has published research and provided media commentary on the topics of social communication, new media, and fandom. .. more

Communication & Media Studies 34%
Sociology 16%

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Since the world is asking, and sometimes supposing otherwise:

The victims of America — Black, red, yellow, brown, and everyone else with a marked identity — who still live in the USA know precisely what it is, and know it in a way that few people elsewhere in the world ever will

Always a shock to wake to a high crime and misdemeanor.

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Congress please do your job.

Impeach.

Remove.

Convict.
The president of Venezuela must be held legally accountable for his crimes, which the Supreme Court forbids to happen for the president of the US, who recently pardoned the president of Honduras for similar crimes.

Signed up for a blacksmithing class because why not. Maybe banging hot metal with heavy tools is just the thing for 2026.

Happy charitable giving day. I did mine last week. Feels inadequate but good.

A thing that makes me happy:

Our son’s chef friend who, as his gift, cooked a spectacular dinner for my son’s wedding, just opened his own restaurant (Victoria BC). We got to go opening night. Now 3 weeks later it’s always full and has 5⭐️ reviews calling it the best Thai restaurant on the island.

so much ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

At this point I’ll try most anything! Especially if it helps convince her that we aren’t giving her antibiotics in an effort to poison her.

Have now entered the cooking chicken and rice with pumpkin era of getting this old dog to eat.

Tried a complicated new recipe for dinner last night and now my beloved sister in law says I have to make it every Christmas. Guess that’s a win.

Lines I did not expect at Christmas dinner: “Pickleball is a great way to market audiology.”

Have yourself a merry sunrise

Yeah this has been bothering me too. Glam shots every day. Gross gross gross.

meow

Came to our door just after midnight but didn’t ring the bell.

I am told that announcing you make donations encourages others to do the same. So at the risk of virtue signaling, I will signal virtue by announcing I spent much of the day making sure I donated every penny my employer will match for 2025.

We are looking for advanced PhD student interns! Spend 12 weeks scratching a research itch in our Cambridge Massachusetts lab. Closes January 17.

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PhD and Postdoc positions drop! The Research Council of Norway funded MishMash Centre for AI & Creativity has announced 18 doctoral and 6 postdoc positions in arts and/or science. I’m a member of the Scientific Advisory Board and so pleased to see this happening.

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18 PhD and 6 Postdoc positions at MishMash/Norway
The first round of MishMash doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships are now announced.
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Just when you thought you were done with new weather words comes… grapuel.

Because why settle for snow, hail, or wintry mix.

Where do they come up with this stuff? Is there a dusty box of weather words in the attic they pull out when they get bored?
Few late December showers coming over the Divide this morning from Boulder northward in response to some jet energy. Mostly light sprinkles but light grapuel possible also #cowx

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Few late December showers coming over the Divide this morning from Boulder northward in response to some jet energy. Mostly light sprinkles but light grapuel possible also #cowx

The wind broke time.

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We had a (powerless) wind reprieve yesterday anyway. And then power turned on long enough for us to recharge our backup systems and reheat the house. Winds supposed to end tonight.

Learning new acronyms like PSPS* and PDS**

*Public Safety Power Shutoff
**Particularly Dangerous Situation

OMFG
PTSD
WTF

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First 100+ MPH gust at NCAR Mesa in SW Boulder occurred at 11AM #COwx #Boulderwx

This is not particularly pleasant.
The National Weather Service has issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning for parts of Boulder and Jefferson Counties. This is a very rare designation, and a first-ever for Colorado. https://tinyurl.com/3x475czz 

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The National Weather Service has issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning for parts of Boulder and Jefferson Counties. This is a very rare designation, and a first-ever for Colorado. https://tinyurl.com/3x475czz