Ethan Plaut
@ethanplaut.bsky.social
Research: Disconnection, tech refusal & beautiful, broken media. Sometime coder & dusty journo. Now Aotearoa NZ, always Chicago, formerly Stanford, SF, Phnom Penh, Fukui. Silence when I can. Music when I can't. Tangata Tiriti, Jew, he/him.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Solid haul from annual Bookarama sale!!
October 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Solid haul from annual Bookarama sale!!
seasons really seasoning oucherrrre in auckland today
September 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
seasons really seasoning oucherrrre in auckland today
tf is this conman’s glorified gofundme for his environment-destroying scam cruise doing on the jumbotron screen in my bougie gym
September 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
tf is this conman’s glorified gofundme for his environment-destroying scam cruise doing on the jumbotron screen in my bougie gym
pedantically sad the copy editors also let slip two misspellings of “carillonist”
August 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
pedantically sad the copy editors also let slip two misspellings of “carillonist”
calamitous self-own 🧪
August 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
calamitous self-own 🧪
flashback to using pushbutton airhorns and canned applause in 2020 when I was most gripped by the madness of covid lockdown online lecturing
![Comic by @tomgauld.bsky.social
[drawing of a remote control with many buttons]
UPGRADE YOUR PRESENTATIONS WITH THE MEGA-REMOTE-5000
PREVIOUS SLIDE -
LIGHTS ON/ OFF
NEXT SLIDE
POIGNANT
- MUSIC
LASER POINTER -
DRUM ROLL -
-
DISCO BALL-EMERGENCY
FUNNY GIF
STIFF DRINK
EJECT -
AUDIENCE MEMBER
LAUGHTER
• DISTRESS FLARE
SOUND MORE AUTHORITATIVE
— SIMULATE NAKED AUDIENCE
OPEN ESCAPE HATCH
DINNER RESERVATION FOR AFTER
TOM GAULD](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iiaclrkg2ynzmgml4gjycp35/bafkreifudmsxsot5ycoibfepozker2dk6bj5ns4ziayb2jeomewph7gsne@jpeg)
August 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
flashback to using pushbutton airhorns and canned applause in 2020 when I was most gripped by the madness of covid lockdown online lecturing
Betteridge’s Law, Podcast Edition (redux)
August 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Betteridge’s Law, Podcast Edition (redux)
Great audience for the UoA 3-minute thesis finals!!
August 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Great audience for the UoA 3-minute thesis finals!!
Betteridge’s Law, Podcast Edition (lolsob)
August 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Betteridge’s Law, Podcast Edition (lolsob)
sort of elegant mate in 2 from a speed game
July 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
sort of elegant mate in 2 from a speed game
Return by END of THIRD TERM 1965 (13th November) or IN ONE DAY IF RECALLED
July 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Return by END of THIRD TERM 1965 (13th November) or IN ONE DAY IF RECALLED
memes really do come true
July 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
memes really do come true
"University Bookshop Limited (In Liquidation) is in liquidation from 2 July 2025 and will be trading during the start of Semester Two..."
"...ubiq was established in April 1966...From a small shop on the University of Auckland campus, we’ve grown into New Zealand’s leading academic store..."
"...ubiq was established in April 1966...From a small shop on the University of Auckland campus, we’ve grown into New Zealand’s leading academic store..."
July 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"University Bookshop Limited (In Liquidation) is in liquidation from 2 July 2025 and will be trading during the start of Semester Two..."
"...ubiq was established in April 1966...From a small shop on the University of Auckland campus, we’ve grown into New Zealand’s leading academic store..."
"...ubiq was established in April 1966...From a small shop on the University of Auckland campus, we’ve grown into New Zealand’s leading academic store..."
double-shot, chaser
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
double-shot, chaser
said haul had some bops
June 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
said haul had some bops
“HI-FInformation”
from a thrift store vinyl haul
the stuff of retro-cybernetic dreams!
from a thrift store vinyl haul
the stuff of retro-cybernetic dreams!
June 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“HI-FInformation”
from a thrift store vinyl haul
the stuff of retro-cybernetic dreams!
from a thrift store vinyl haul
the stuff of retro-cybernetic dreams!
happy norteamericano fathers day
maybe the kids gon be aiiight
maybe the kids gon be aiiight
June 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
happy norteamericano fathers day
maybe the kids gon be aiiight
maybe the kids gon be aiiight