m. r. sauter
@oddletters.bsky.social
politics/technology/capitalism. prof somewhere.
enthusiastic guitar guy. book on why vc was a bad idea the whole time coming from UChicago Press
writing - https://oddletters.com/
stickers+noise - https://duopoly.bandcamp.com/merch
i curse a lot
he/they
enthusiastic guitar guy. book on why vc was a bad idea the whole time coming from UChicago Press
writing - https://oddletters.com/
stickers+noise - https://duopoly.bandcamp.com/merch
i curse a lot
he/they
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m. r. sauter
@oddletters.bsky.social
· Nov 10
apropos of nothing: ten years ago almost to the day i published a book on disruptive digital activism and ddos, and you can download the full pdf for free from my website oddletters.com/the-coming-s...
hi new people! there are a lot of you! here are some linked threads re my work that you might be interested in:
1. maybe you're interested in ddos and digital activism? i wrote a book on that, which you can download for free!
bsky.app/profile/oddl...
1. maybe you're interested in ddos and digital activism? i wrote a book on that, which you can download for free!
bsky.app/profile/oddl...
i got a lot better at guitar this year and that makes me really happy
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
i got a lot better at guitar this year and that makes me really happy
im still mad at THE GOOD PLACE for fucking this up
perennial complaint, i know: but c'mon if you're gonna spend all that time and money to make a movie and it's about academia, like spend twenty minutes talking to somebody to see if your script makes any sense. this is about sorry, baby.
December 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
im still mad at THE GOOD PLACE for fucking this up
guys i promise following me will not make your life better im like this all the time not just during the Great 3pm On A Sunday That Last For Six Days At The End Of Year
December 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
guys i promise following me will not make your life better im like this all the time not just during the Great 3pm On A Sunday That Last For Six Days At The End Of Year
i've got a bunch of Department of Labor memos on the ERISA prudence standard open on one screen and Fellini's JULIET OF SPIRITS playing on the other screen because i'm not just regular insane i'm cool insane
December 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
i've got a bunch of Department of Labor memos on the ERISA prudence standard open on one screen and Fellini's JULIET OF SPIRITS playing on the other screen because i'm not just regular insane i'm cool insane
my All Bagels All The Time Winter Interregnum Crash Diet was temporarily thrown off course when i ran out of capers, but everything is ok now because i have kimchii pickles
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
my All Bagels All The Time Winter Interregnum Crash Diet was temporarily thrown off course when i ran out of capers, but everything is ok now because i have kimchii pickles
doing a phd is so weird i cant believe i taught myself trust law and pension regulation in my mid thirties basically for spite
December 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
doing a phd is so weird i cant believe i taught myself trust law and pension regulation in my mid thirties basically for spite
good news this chapter is now 13k words long! #acadecawriteathon
ihatethischapterihatethischapterihATETHISFUCKING CHAPTER WHY IS IT TWENTY THOUSAND WORDS LONG
December 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
good news this chapter is now 13k words long! #acadecawriteathon
guys
GUYS
do you want to feel _completely insane_
please enoy this 1989 public television program called ECON AND ME which features, in part, a diverse group of children walking in a circle chanting OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPPORTUNITY COSTS
youtu.be/keit6rlKXCk
GUYS
do you want to feel _completely insane_
please enoy this 1989 public television program called ECON AND ME which features, in part, a diverse group of children walking in a circle chanting OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPPORTUNITY COSTS
youtu.be/keit6rlKXCk
Econ Video
YouTube video by Aggies20
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
guys
GUYS
do you want to feel _completely insane_
please enoy this 1989 public television program called ECON AND ME which features, in part, a diverse group of children walking in a circle chanting OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPPORTUNITY COSTS
youtu.be/keit6rlKXCk
GUYS
do you want to feel _completely insane_
please enoy this 1989 public television program called ECON AND ME which features, in part, a diverse group of children walking in a circle chanting OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPPORTUNITY COSTS
youtu.be/keit6rlKXCk
me at the modern art museum: mom, can we have dazzle camouflage
mom: we have dazzle camouflage at home
dazzle camoflage at home: ✨migraine aura✨
mom: we have dazzle camouflage at home
dazzle camoflage at home: ✨migraine aura✨
December 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
me at the modern art museum: mom, can we have dazzle camouflage
mom: we have dazzle camouflage at home
dazzle camoflage at home: ✨migraine aura✨
mom: we have dazzle camouflage at home
dazzle camoflage at home: ✨migraine aura✨
look i think vtubers are kind of visually distressing but if someone invites me on a podcast and it turns out to be video i am only going to appear as, like, a sentient animated cloud of bees or something
maybe a horse
maybe a horse
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
look i think vtubers are kind of visually distressing but if someone invites me on a podcast and it turns out to be video i am only going to appear as, like, a sentient animated cloud of bees or something
maybe a horse
maybe a horse
in 2026 im starting a noise band and getting a fiction agent there i said it
December 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
in 2026 im starting a noise band and getting a fiction agent there i said it
aaaaaaaa this is one of my most favorite books and i am SO PSYCHED that there's a new edition!!!
The new preface to this great and depressing scholarly book gets into the explosion of sports betting and “prediction markets” since 2012’s 1st edition, plus well-meaning games-for-change types trying to harness dark patterns for good. Everyone within 30 feet of gamedev should read it.
December 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
aaaaaaaa this is one of my most favorite books and i am SO PSYCHED that there's a new edition!!!
is anyone else getting a string of random likes on posts from a year ago
December 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
is anyone else getting a string of random likes on posts from a year ago
the criterion stream subtitles got festive
December 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
the criterion stream subtitles got festive
OK EVERYONE GO TO BED OR SANTA WONT COME
December 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
OK EVERYONE GO TO BED OR SANTA WONT COME
in college (the first time around) i needed a username that had no connection to any of my other accounts ✨ for reasons✨ and i came up with this one and i liked it so much i just kept it and that was T W E N T Y Y E A R S A G O
EXPLAIN UR USERNAME 🎤
WEATHER IS HAPPENING
WEATHER IS HAPPENING
Explain your username 🎤
I can’t without revealing my legal name
I can’t without revealing my legal name
December 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
in college (the first time around) i needed a username that had no connection to any of my other accounts ✨ for reasons✨ and i came up with this one and i liked it so much i just kept it and that was T W E N T Y Y E A R S A G O
i feel like mr beast is the malevolent nathan fielder
December 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
i feel like mr beast is the malevolent nathan fielder
ok what's everyone's paper cut count so far mine's four
December 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
ok what's everyone's paper cut count so far mine's four
god i fucking hope so
December 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
god i fucking hope so
literally writing a paper about how to research things that dont want you to research them. especially with tech firms, they often just wont talk to researchers! that's fine! you dont need them to!!
I want to teach a j-school class entirely on how to deal with hostile subjects and 75% of it will be about how to write an excellent write around.
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
literally writing a paper about how to research things that dont want you to research them. especially with tech firms, they often just wont talk to researchers! that's fine! you dont need them to!!
IMPORTANT UPDATE I LEFT THE HOUSE
on the one hand i have no meetings today but on the other hand i should probably leave my house as its been, uh, several days since i did that.
December 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
IMPORTANT UPDATE I LEFT THE HOUSE
today's intrusive thought/paper title: Christ, What An Asshole: Notes Towards A Theory Of Rude Technology
December 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
today's intrusive thought/paper title: Christ, What An Asshole: Notes Towards A Theory Of Rude Technology
i need an e-ink tablet that just shows the @upnextcriterion.bsky.social feed of film posters and titles
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
i need an e-ink tablet that just shows the @upnextcriterion.bsky.social feed of film posters and titles
on the one hand i have no meetings today but on the other hand i should probably leave my house as its been, uh, several days since i did that.
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
on the one hand i have no meetings today but on the other hand i should probably leave my house as its been, uh, several days since i did that.
old ladies routinely ask me for directions in cities i dont live in even though i am usually wearing at least one article of clothing with a swearword on it
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
old ladies routinely ask me for directions in cities i dont live in even though i am usually wearing at least one article of clothing with a swearword on it