Dr. Aure Schrock
@aschrock.bsky.social
Academic Editor & Writing Coach at https://www.indeliblevoice.com ・🤖 Communication and/or technology researcher・📚 Author of "Politics Recoded" and other things・🍲 Foodie・🌲 Nature boi・🎗️ Cancer caregiver・They/he・All links https://bio.site/aure
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I have voted
for the deal
that was on
the Senate floor
and which
is probably
caving
to fascism
Forgive me
the flight delays were
so annoying
and so old
for the deal
that was on
the Senate floor
and which
is probably
caving
to fascism
Forgive me
the flight delays were
so annoying
and so old
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I have voted
for the deal
that was on
the Senate floor
and which
is probably
caving
to fascism
Forgive me
the flight delays were
so annoying
and so old
for the deal
that was on
the Senate floor
and which
is probably
caving
to fascism
Forgive me
the flight delays were
so annoying
and so old
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I just sent in the proofs and index to the 2nd ed. of The Media Studies Toolkit, coming soon.
Added index entries for 2e include: Beyoncé, Carpenter, S., The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spielberg, S., Swift, T., Wednesday, X (social media).
Added index entries for 2e include: Beyoncé, Carpenter, S., The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spielberg, S., Swift, T., Wednesday, X (social media).
New Toolkit edition coming in February 2026
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I just sent in the proofs and index to the 2nd ed. of The Media Studies Toolkit, coming soon.
Added index entries for 2e include: Beyoncé, Carpenter, S., The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spielberg, S., Swift, T., Wednesday, X (social media).
Added index entries for 2e include: Beyoncé, Carpenter, S., The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spielberg, S., Swift, T., Wednesday, X (social media).
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UCPD has charged four UC Berkeley undergrads with *felony vandalism* because they attempted to hang a cardboard bug on Sather Gate.
4 UC Berkeley students arrested on felony vandalism charges for anti-TPUSA art installation
UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism, according to information from campus administrators.
www.dailycal.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
UCPD has charged four UC Berkeley undergrads with *felony vandalism* because they attempted to hang a cardboard bug on Sather Gate.
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Yep. University of California reports that as of 2022, 48% of undergrads experienced food insecurity. regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/mar2...
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Yep. University of California reports that as of 2022, 48% of undergrads experienced food insecurity. regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/mar2...
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to my games ppl: devs, journos, students, teachers, investors, and not-for-profit weirdos:
The annual GDC State of the Industry survey just dropped. I consulted on this year's survey and promise the experience will feel both better targeted AND shorter.
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
The annual GDC State of the Industry survey just dropped. I consulted on this year's survey and promise the experience will feel both better targeted AND shorter.
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
2026 State of the Game Industry
The gaming industry's most comprehensive annual survey is back, and we're casting a wider net than ever before. Whether you're a developer, executive, investor, marketer, educator, or any other profes...
gdconf.typeform.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
to my games ppl: devs, journos, students, teachers, investors, and not-for-profit weirdos:
The annual GDC State of the Industry survey just dropped. I consulted on this year's survey and promise the experience will feel both better targeted AND shorter.
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
The annual GDC State of the Industry survey just dropped. I consulted on this year's survey and promise the experience will feel both better targeted AND shorter.
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
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one time I pointed out that elon musk followed no women on twitter and he immediately followed caity weaver
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
one time I pointed out that elon musk followed no women on twitter and he immediately followed caity weaver
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You shouldn't have to be rich to have dedicated healthcare teams who actually pay attention to, communicate with, and all around give a genuine fuck about you
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
You shouldn't have to be rich to have dedicated healthcare teams who actually pay attention to, communicate with, and all around give a genuine fuck about you
"Special Report: AI-Induced Psychosis: A New Frontier in Mental Health"
AI chatbots lack an ethical code and a sense of what will work for you. They also work by probability, not accuracy.
Relying on them can be very bad news.
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
AI chatbots lack an ethical code and a sense of what will work for you. They also work by probability, not accuracy.
Relying on them can be very bad news.
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
Special Report: AI-Induced Psychosis: A New Frontier in Mental Health | Psychiatric News
PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.
psychiatryonline.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Special Report: AI-Induced Psychosis: A New Frontier in Mental Health"
AI chatbots lack an ethical code and a sense of what will work for you. They also work by probability, not accuracy.
Relying on them can be very bad news.
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
AI chatbots lack an ethical code and a sense of what will work for you. They also work by probability, not accuracy.
Relying on them can be very bad news.
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
Over the weekend, we started making hoshigaki—persimmons traditionally hung and air-dried in Japan.
Over a month or so, they will turn into a kind of sweet persimmon raisin.
Over a month or so, they will turn into a kind of sweet persimmon raisin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Over the weekend, we started making hoshigaki—persimmons traditionally hung and air-dried in Japan.
Over a month or so, they will turn into a kind of sweet persimmon raisin.
Over a month or so, they will turn into a kind of sweet persimmon raisin.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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I cannot emphasize enough that if you feel sad, donating money makes you feel better. Local food bank, diaper bank, mutual aid, a favorite charity, cancer research, or a local news site like @thecity.nyc; there are so many options. Money is the most efficient donation. Or sign up to volunteer.
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that if you feel sad, donating money makes you feel better. Local food bank, diaper bank, mutual aid, a favorite charity, cancer research, or a local news site like @thecity.nyc; there are so many options. Money is the most efficient donation. Or sign up to volunteer.
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For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
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“She said he talked a lot about the 1980s pop star Paula Abdul and that he said he wanted programming that could ‘be like Paula Abdul.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Kennedy Center Crackup
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“She said he talked a lot about the 1980s pop star Paula Abdul and that he said he wanted programming that could ‘be like Paula Abdul.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
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It'd been almost a year since I updated my "Breaking Into Civic Tech" guide (www.chriskuang.com/civictech/) because I couldn't bring myself to remove the likes of 18F and the legacy U.S. Digital Service for the longest time.
Breaking Into Civic Tech
When I first learned about civic tech back in 2017, it was an entirely different field. Few resources existed for those hoping to learn more and/or break in.
www.chriskuang.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It'd been almost a year since I updated my "Breaking Into Civic Tech" guide (www.chriskuang.com/civictech/) because I couldn't bring myself to remove the likes of 18F and the legacy U.S. Digital Service for the longest time.
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New book from @ucpress.bsky.social:
An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights by Scot Danforth
www.ucpress.edu/books/an-ind...
An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights by Scot Danforth
www.ucpress.edu/books/an-ind...
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New book from @ucpress.bsky.social:
An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights by Scot Danforth
www.ucpress.edu/books/an-ind...
An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights by Scot Danforth
www.ucpress.edu/books/an-ind...
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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Not gonna tag, but this is an example of where the Will Stancil theory that propaganda drove everything breaks down.
Propaganda is powerful and it can do a lot, but there's something like the rules of thermodynamics in communication. You can't make something from nothing or nothing from something.
Propaganda is powerful and it can do a lot, but there's something like the rules of thermodynamics in communication. You can't make something from nothing or nothing from something.
just thinking about billionaires panicking because all their money couldn't stop mamdani and that warms my heart
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not gonna tag, but this is an example of where the Will Stancil theory that propaganda drove everything breaks down.
Propaganda is powerful and it can do a lot, but there's something like the rules of thermodynamics in communication. You can't make something from nothing or nothing from something.
Propaganda is powerful and it can do a lot, but there's something like the rules of thermodynamics in communication. You can't make something from nothing or nothing from something.
Making hoshigaki is my current de-stressing activity
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Making hoshigaki is my current de-stressing activity
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We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January:
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Medical Research Funding: Timeline — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January:
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
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Today at Flaming Hydra, I interviewed film and media historian @alicelovejoy.bsky.social on her deeply-researched new book uncovering the role played by Kodak—the household brand that popularized the snapshot—and other film manufacturers in industrial warfare.
Kodak, for the Wartimes of Your Life
Kodak, the company that popularized the “snapshot” and made photography accessible to the world, produced much more than the friendly, once-ubiquitous film rolls sold worldwide in their small, vivid y...
flaminghydra.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Today at Flaming Hydra, I interviewed film and media historian @alicelovejoy.bsky.social on her deeply-researched new book uncovering the role played by Kodak—the household brand that popularized the snapshot—and other film manufacturers in industrial warfare.
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If you want to send your resume to the Mamdani team, their portal is now open.
#civictech #PiTech #govtech
www.transition2025.com/apply
#civictech #PiTech #govtech
www.transition2025.com/apply
A New Era for NYC
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is ready to work to make New York safe and affordable for all of its residents.
www.transition2025.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If you want to send your resume to the Mamdani team, their portal is now open.
#civictech #PiTech #govtech
www.transition2025.com/apply
#civictech #PiTech #govtech
www.transition2025.com/apply
Next in the AI sludge chronicles, LegalZoom somehow ate our will and POA documentation that I paid $159 for. Just disappeared.
Tech support was of course an utterly useless AI chat.
Tech support was of course an utterly useless AI chat.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Next in the AI sludge chronicles, LegalZoom somehow ate our will and POA documentation that I paid $159 for. Just disappeared.
Tech support was of course an utterly useless AI chat.
Tech support was of course an utterly useless AI chat.
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so it turns out that fascism is unpopular
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
so it turns out that fascism is unpopular
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Cuomo Announces Plan To Govern New York City As Independent https://theonion.com/cuomo-announces-plan-to-govern-new-york-city-as-independent/
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Cuomo Announces Plan To Govern New York City As Independent https://theonion.com/cuomo-announces-plan-to-govern-new-york-city-as-independent/