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We’re putting the “k” back in Publick
December 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We’re putting the “k” back in Publick
Apart from the bad arithmetic and general dislike of Spotify (insert plug for community radio, e.g., WPRB) I think I’m ok with this.
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Apart from the bad arithmetic and general dislike of Spotify (insert plug for community radio, e.g., WPRB) I think I’m ok with this.
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If you were a tech company employee who moderated content overseas — say, trying to prevent a repeat of the Myanmar genocide! or maybe policing CSAM! Or hate speech illegal in your country! — you are a “censor” under the definitions of the Republicans in power.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you were a tech company employee who moderated content overseas — say, trying to prevent a repeat of the Myanmar genocide! or maybe policing CSAM! Or hate speech illegal in your country! — you are a “censor” under the definitions of the Republicans in power.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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The Magnificent Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/xtDtKg
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Magnificent Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/xtDtKg
Sometimes this wordlebot is petty af
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Sometimes this wordlebot is petty af
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PhD students in NYC can take my course on the political economy of gender for free through the consortium. I had some marvelous consortium students last spring & would welcome more next semester. I just need to sign a form so get in touch by email if you’re interested in joining.
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
PhD students in NYC can take my course on the political economy of gender for free through the consortium. I had some marvelous consortium students last spring & would welcome more next semester. I just need to sign a form so get in touch by email if you’re interested in joining.
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social science papers’ statements of theoretical commitments often read like “in this house …” signs.
November 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
social science papers’ statements of theoretical commitments often read like “in this house …” signs.
Everywhere you see the question of so-called AGI, replace it with the question of the extent to which we can/should automate the human economy. Forget sentient machines. We should be worrying about automatisms.
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Everywhere you see the question of so-called AGI, replace it with the question of the extent to which we can/should automate the human economy. Forget sentient machines. We should be worrying about automatisms.
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Perseverance Parachute Uplook Camera A - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qMq1hb
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Perseverance Parachute Uplook Camera A - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qMq1hb
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
… cunning linguist something something …
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
… cunning linguist something something …
Prompting as anamnesis? But if the user is the Socratic figure …
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Prompting as anamnesis? But if the user is the Socratic figure …
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Adjuncts, indie scholars, publishers, journal eds: please spread the word about this and help me do recon! It's so hard w/ social media being so fragmented to learn about all the great lit studies articles and books pub'd this year by contingent/indie folx. I know there's lots! Deadline: end of Nov.
It’s that time of year friends! Thanks to @erinbartram.bsky.social and our friends at @contingent-mag.bsky.social, Laura and I are putting together a list of 2025 articles & books by contingent & indie lit critters. DM, reply, email me @ suny press. And spread the word!!
We are at it again! Myself & the wonderful @rcolesworthy.bsky.social😍
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Adjuncts, indie scholars, publishers, journal eds: please spread the word about this and help me do recon! It's so hard w/ social media being so fragmented to learn about all the great lit studies articles and books pub'd this year by contingent/indie folx. I know there's lots! Deadline: end of Nov.
so now github is down, too? i guess I'll pick up a book ...
November 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
so now github is down, too? i guess I'll pick up a book ...
at some point in the last 10 years, professional JavaScript programming was completely taken over by a paradigm that fundamentally hates JavaScript.
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
at some point in the last 10 years, professional JavaScript programming was completely taken over by a paradigm that fundamentally hates JavaScript.
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no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
we cannot, must not, free the buses. just imagine the chaos and carnage on the streets.
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
we cannot, must not, free the buses. just imagine the chaos and carnage on the streets.
Frederic Kaplan (quoted by Stiegler) on the economic dimension of autocorrect:
November 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Frederic Kaplan (quoted by Stiegler) on the economic dimension of autocorrect:
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Stuart Hall: Hegemony, Culture, and Politics (In-Person) | Fall Courses | BISR Chicago | buff.ly/5ebURE3
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Stuart Hall: Hegemony, Culture, and Politics (In-Person) | Fall Courses | BISR Chicago | buff.ly/5ebURE3
So this is one of the “major events” chronicled on the White House website page devoted to Trump’s proposed ballroom addition
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
So this is one of the “major events” chronicled on the White House website page devoted to Trump’s proposed ballroom addition
🍿 Popper - Kuhn 🍿
When I was in my first year of grad school studying political science (a silly decision but we don't have to talk about that right now), the faculty insisted that all of us in the incoming class decide by the end of the first semester where we landed on the Popper vs. Kuhn philosophical debate
October 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
🍿 Popper - Kuhn 🍿