Aymar (AJ)
@ajescoffery.blacksky.app
professor @ Northwestern
affiliate @ Harvard Berkman Klein
jury @ Peabody Awards
co-founder @weareotv
BOOKS:
Reparative Media, MIT Press Fall 2025
Media Reparations, coming soon on Polity
The Cookout, out now ⬇️
http://linktr.ee/ajescoffery
affiliate @ Harvard Berkman Klein
jury @ Peabody Awards
co-founder @weareotv
BOOKS:
Reparative Media, MIT Press Fall 2025
Media Reparations, coming soon on Polity
The Cookout, out now ⬇️
http://linktr.ee/ajescoffery
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Aymar (AJ)
@ajescoffery.blacksky.app
· Nov 25
Encourage everyone to head of to the YouTube channel for Data 4 Black Lives to catch the livestreams of all the talks!
Here's mine: "Reparative AI, Powered by Ancestral Intelligences," in which I present a framework/method for challenging AI.
www.youtube.com/live/VnMc1yv...
Here's mine: "Reparative AI, Powered by Ancestral Intelligences," in which I present a framework/method for challenging AI.
www.youtube.com/live/VnMc1yv...
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why not opt-in? just ask permission first
if this is truly a positive feature then surely copyright holders will be happy to participate and have their work included if asked
just ask permission first
if this is truly a positive feature then surely copyright holders will be happy to participate and have their work included if asked
just ask permission first
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
why not opt-in? just ask permission first
if this is truly a positive feature then surely copyright holders will be happy to participate and have their work included if asked
just ask permission first
if this is truly a positive feature then surely copyright holders will be happy to participate and have their work included if asked
just ask permission first
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Blacksky the feed will always be Black only.
Blacksky-only posts on blacksky.community will be Black only.
you can think of Blacksky Algorithms the company as Reddit for AT Protocol. We will make other “subreddits”
Community been here for 2 years and company for 1 year. Im the founder of both.
Blacksky-only posts on blacksky.community will be Black only.
you can think of Blacksky Algorithms the company as Reddit for AT Protocol. We will make other “subreddits”
Community been here for 2 years and company for 1 year. Im the founder of both.
Ok so maybe I’m not understanding something? In my mind the goal is to have an app/site for Black ppl only…but now I’m hearing there is a push for white ppl to join but just with another handle? I don’t get how that’s for Black ppl only…Is it all based on just the handle?
Blacksky will always be a community for only individuals that identify as Black.
September 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Blacksky the feed will always be Black only.
Blacksky-only posts on blacksky.community will be Black only.
you can think of Blacksky Algorithms the company as Reddit for AT Protocol. We will make other “subreddits”
Community been here for 2 years and company for 1 year. Im the founder of both.
Blacksky-only posts on blacksky.community will be Black only.
you can think of Blacksky Algorithms the company as Reddit for AT Protocol. We will make other “subreddits”
Community been here for 2 years and company for 1 year. Im the founder of both.
As a former Washington Post reporter I’m ashamed of this news. There is nothing false or inflammatory in anything Karen Attiah wrote.
Canceling my subscription. I’m appalled by our democratic organizations’ inability to protect free speech for all in the face of rising fascism.
Canceling my subscription. I’m appalled by our democratic organizations’ inability to protect free speech for all in the face of rising fascism.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
As a former Washington Post reporter I’m ashamed of this news. There is nothing false or inflammatory in anything Karen Attiah wrote.
Canceling my subscription. I’m appalled by our democratic organizations’ inability to protect free speech for all in the face of rising fascism.
Canceling my subscription. I’m appalled by our democratic organizations’ inability to protect free speech for all in the face of rising fascism.
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A friend snapped this pic and sent it to me yesterday. It's from yesterday's large march in Chicago. Thank to the protester for bringing me along :)
September 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A friend snapped this pic and sent it to me yesterday. It's from yesterday's large march in Chicago. Thank to the protester for bringing me along :)
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Speaking of which, the latest entry in MIT's Distribution Matters series (which I co-edit with Ramon Lobato) is "Reparative Media" by the ever-amazing @ajescoffery.bsky.social. It now has a gorgeous cover and a pre-order page (hint). So proud to have had the opportunity to work with Aymar. #commsky
Reparative Media
Can producing stories and developing platforms to support people who have been harmed by multiple, intersecting systems heal those systems? In Reparative Med...
mitpress.mit.edu
August 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Speaking of which, the latest entry in MIT's Distribution Matters series (which I co-edit with Ramon Lobato) is "Reparative Media" by the ever-amazing @ajescoffery.bsky.social. It now has a gorgeous cover and a pre-order page (hint). So proud to have had the opportunity to work with Aymar. #commsky
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Remember how I keep saying you have no business on Substack? You have no business on Substack.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-e...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-e...
Substack’s extremist ecosystem is flourishing
The app's recent swastika push alert was just the tip of the iceberg.
www.thehandbasket.co
August 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Remember how I keep saying you have no business on Substack? You have no business on Substack.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-e...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-e...
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We deserve our own.
Blacksky only posts is end of week
Custom GIFs is on the list
Other two are unlikely to happen until there’s a few million in the bank account. Could change.
Tell a friend to tell a friend.
Custom GIFs is on the list
Other two are unlikely to happen until there’s a few million in the bank account. Could change.
Tell a friend to tell a friend.
Where are custom gifs?
Media in DMs?
Videos longer than 3 minutes?
Who is designing that?
Media in DMs?
Videos longer than 3 minutes?
Who is designing that?
August 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We deserve our own.
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I understand the allure of wanting to be a "carry guns and wear leather jackets" Black Panther but there's a case to be made that the most dangerous ones were the "feed kids breakfast and teach them about settler colonialism" Black Panthers
I hope we Americans can let go of our desire to be the individual Chosen One who leads the rebellion and punches every Nazi. Organizing is hard, it takes experience and resources and time. Stop fantasizing about being a superhero. Start joining existing groups and be part of collective action.
November 9, 2024 at 12:19 PM
I understand the allure of wanting to be a "carry guns and wear leather jackets" Black Panther but there's a case to be made that the most dangerous ones were the "feed kids breakfast and teach them about settler colonialism" Black Panthers
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As part of this month's forum on Media & Fascism, @ajescoffery.bsky.social explores how experimental, community-based media practices can help us revitalize and reconstruct democracy. Check it out!
doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...
doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...
Media reconstruction and reparative media
Abstract. Drawing from the work of scholar-activist W.E.B. Du Bois and insights from co-creating a community-based media platform, this article demonstrate
doi.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
As part of this month's forum on Media & Fascism, @ajescoffery.bsky.social explores how experimental, community-based media practices can help us revitalize and reconstruct democracy. Check it out!
doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...
doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...
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I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
June 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
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Love this. We are going to watch the shit out of Ironheart, fam. Giving this the chance it missed due to COVID, production schedule backflips, leading man bullshit, moneymaking nonsense...
ew.com/ironheart-sh...
ew.com/ironheart-sh...
'Drag Race' icon Shea Couleé reveals secret 'Ironheart' character who brings drag to MCU
'RuPaul's Drag Race' icon Shea Couleé reveals details about her secret 'Ironheart' character with a mysterious past: A 'fierce hacker' bringing drag looks to the MCU.
ew.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Love this. We are going to watch the shit out of Ironheart, fam. Giving this the chance it missed due to COVID, production schedule backflips, leading man bullshit, moneymaking nonsense...
ew.com/ironheart-sh...
ew.com/ironheart-sh...
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It was an honor to be hooded by my chair @ajescoffery.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
It was an honor to be hooded by my chair @ajescoffery.bsky.social
My book has a cover!
Reparative Media argues we can reimagine how we make media, how we connect through technology, and how we generate knowledge to heal our culture.
Reparative Media argues we can reimagine how we make media, how we connect through technology, and how we generate knowledge to heal our culture.
June 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My book has a cover!
Reparative Media argues we can reimagine how we make media, how we connect through technology, and how we generate knowledge to heal our culture.
Reparative Media argues we can reimagine how we make media, how we connect through technology, and how we generate knowledge to heal our culture.
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Check out my latest, with @paulachak.bsky.social, in @ccc-journal.bsky.social!
It introduces a forum we co-edited on "Media and Fascism," with a star-studded lineup! See the 🧵 below:
doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...
It introduces a forum we co-edited on "Media and Fascism," with a star-studded lineup! See the 🧵 below:
doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...
June 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Check out my latest, with @paulachak.bsky.social, in @ccc-journal.bsky.social!
It introduces a forum we co-edited on "Media and Fascism," with a star-studded lineup! See the 🧵 below:
doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...
It introduces a forum we co-edited on "Media and Fascism," with a star-studded lineup! See the 🧵 below:
doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...
This was so fun to write! Using Du Bois and reconstruction to talk about how media could help us survive authoritarianism.
June 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This was so fun to write! Using Du Bois and reconstruction to talk about how media could help us survive authoritarianism.
Today a (short) book I’m writing with Khadijah White about how media has perpetuated harm in society was effectively denied a contract from a publisher because of fear of the US anti-DEI climate, despite an editor who’s been consistently passionate about the project.
May 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today a (short) book I’m writing with Khadijah White about how media has perpetuated harm in society was effectively denied a contract from a publisher because of fear of the US anti-DEI climate, despite an editor who’s been consistently passionate about the project.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
The only stablecoin should have been issued by the Fed, and 47 should have never been able to issue a grift coin or stablecoin, but Dems completely missed the chance to regulate crypto under Biden…out of sheer ignorance and seeming allegiance to the banks.
ICYMI from last night: expect a cave from Democrats on a bill that weakly regulates stablecoins & would allow Big Tech firms to create their own private currency.
Senate Dems had backed off when Trump launched a stablecoin, but gave up leverage for an anti-Trump amendment that's designed to fail.
Senate Dems had backed off when Trump launched a stablecoin, but gave up leverage for an anti-Trump amendment that's designed to fail.
Democrats Cave, Prepare to Rubber-Stamp Trump Crypto Corruption
Pro-crypto senators are poised to pass a stablecoin bill, while failing to crack down on the Trump organization issuing one to collect payments from foreign governments.
prospect.org
May 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The only stablecoin should have been issued by the Fed, and 47 should have never been able to issue a grift coin or stablecoin, but Dems completely missed the chance to regulate crypto under Biden…out of sheer ignorance and seeming allegiance to the banks.
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“The more frequently people use ChatGPT, the lonelier, and the more dependent on it, they become.”
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
My Brain Finally Broke
Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.
www.newyorker.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“The more frequently people use ChatGPT, the lonelier, and the more dependent on it, they become.”
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Did a presentation at Harvard Business School today. Shout out @ajescoffery.bsky.social for making that possible.
April 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Did a presentation at Harvard Business School today. Shout out @ajescoffery.bsky.social for making that possible.
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Dive into this simple but profound truth: the gender binary, frozen to sex, was violently imposed nearly everywhere by colonialism.
Read:
Read:
March 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Dive into this simple but profound truth: the gender binary, frozen to sex, was violently imposed nearly everywhere by colonialism.
Read:
Read:
Loving Nana Mgbechikwere’s expose on what OpenAI does with custom GPTs: unpaid digital labor!
I Built a Custom GPT, Then Read the Fine Print: Why OpenAI's Terms Should Concern Creators
With AI agents running in quickly with the tech wave, customization is a huge selling point. OpenAI's customGPTs are quite appealing to me.
www.linkedin.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Loving Nana Mgbechikwere’s expose on what OpenAI does with custom GPTs: unpaid digital labor!
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Had the honor of a great, wide-ranging conversation with @ajescoffery.bsky.social! We talked about designing online social spaces, the magic of early 2000s Internet forums, and how social media can be a tool for collective action.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Designing Social Media for Black People with BlackSky's Rudy Fraser / Social Media & Tech Solidarity
YouTube video by Reparative Media
youtu.be
March 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Had the honor of a great, wide-ranging conversation with @ajescoffery.bsky.social! We talked about designing online social spaces, the magic of early 2000s Internet forums, and how social media can be a tool for collective action.
Check it out!
Check it out!
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There's a lot going on, but we should not let this slip under the radar—Google and OpenAI are cynically seizing on the Trump admin's hawkish, US-first AI policy instincts to make a play at gutting artists' copyright protections once and for all.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/openai-and...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/openai-and...
OpenAI and Google's dark new campaign to dismantle artists' protections
OpenAI and Google have cozied up to Trump's imperialist approach to AI for a shot at tearing down artists' copyright protections.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
There's a lot going on, but we should not let this slip under the radar—Google and OpenAI are cynically seizing on the Trump admin's hawkish, US-first AI policy instincts to make a play at gutting artists' copyright protections once and for all.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/openai-and...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/openai-and...