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James Hodges
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· Oct 9
🌊 New article out now in Social Studies of Science
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Big congrats to Amelia, who was a wonderful mentor to me during my postdoc at UT Austin
Readers! Hit me up if you want to review this for Information & Culture
Readers! Hit me up if you want to review this for Information & Culture
Happy publishing day to my friend and colleague Amelia Acker!
It’s a pleasure to read her scholarship, knowing how much time and dedication she’s put into crafting it.
MITP30 for 30% off today at PenguinRandomHouse.com
It’s a pleasure to read her scholarship, knowing how much time and dedication she’s put into crafting it.
MITP30 for 30% off today at PenguinRandomHouse.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Big congrats to Amelia, who was a wonderful mentor to me during my postdoc at UT Austin
Readers! Hit me up if you want to review this for Information & Culture
Readers! Hit me up if you want to review this for Information & Culture
New blog post! Not going to link it. Just wanted to let you know that it exists
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New blog post! Not going to link it. Just wanted to let you know that it exists
I love seeing people go hysterical over our new mayor from 5,000 miles away. Just another 4 years of this, I’m sure it will be great 👍🏻
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I love seeing people go hysterical over our new mayor from 5,000 miles away. Just another 4 years of this, I’m sure it will be great 👍🏻
Reposted by James Hodges
Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
My alma mater is in the news! But not for good reasons.
Seems like bad wiring in a decrepit frat house got someone ELECTROCUTED while tied to a metal chair for hazing. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/25/r...
Seems like bad wiring in a decrepit frat house got someone ELECTROCUTED while tied to a metal chair for hazing. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/25/r...
Rutgers frat shuttered after hazing incident involving electric wires, water
The Rutgers chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi has been permanently shut down after a hazing incident critically injured a 19-year-old student earlier this month.
www.nydailynews.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My alma mater is in the news! But not for good reasons.
Seems like bad wiring in a decrepit frat house got someone ELECTROCUTED while tied to a metal chair for hazing. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/25/r...
Seems like bad wiring in a decrepit frat house got someone ELECTROCUTED while tied to a metal chair for hazing. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/25/r...
Most people don't know this, but Eddington is actually a prequel to Wall-E
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Most people don't know this, but Eddington is actually a prequel to Wall-E
Reposted by James Hodges
When you get booted from the IRC channel but ride back in on a netsplit and kickban the ops
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When you get booted from the IRC channel but ride back in on a netsplit and kickban the ops
Reposted by James Hodges
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Scene report from Malmo following "reconstruction of one of the most iconic spots in skateboarding history, imported, piece by piece, from Philadelphia"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
The Ultimate Pilgrimage for the Middle-Aged Skateboarder
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Scene report from Malmo following "reconstruction of one of the most iconic spots in skateboarding history, imported, piece by piece, from Philadelphia"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
FUN FACT: Bladee's hit song "Missing Person," from the "Eversince" album, is actually about about Thomas Pynchon
October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
FUN FACT: Bladee's hit song "Missing Person," from the "Eversince" album, is actually about about Thomas Pynchon
Reposted by James Hodges
🌊 New article out now in Social Studies of Science
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🌊 New article out now in Social Studies of Science
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
*management voice*
Remember the labor market after Covid? Workers suddenly had more bargaining power. AI fixes that
Remember the labor market after Covid? Workers suddenly had more bargaining power. AI fixes that
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
*management voice*
Remember the labor market after Covid? Workers suddenly had more bargaining power. AI fixes that
Remember the labor market after Covid? Workers suddenly had more bargaining power. AI fixes that
🌊 New article out now in Social Studies of Science
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🌊 New article out now in Social Studies of Science
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
I heard that in Park Slope your dog needs to be at least 40% poodle or it will get repossessed
October 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I heard that in Park Slope your dog needs to be at least 40% poodle or it will get repossessed
"television is reality, and reality is less than television"
October 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"television is reality, and reality is less than television"
Reposted by James Hodges
As @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social president of @californialabor.bsky.social says, now that #AB288 is law, "California workers will no longer be forced to rely on a failing federal agency when they join together to unionize." This is a LANDMARK WIN!
September 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
As @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social president of @californialabor.bsky.social says, now that #AB288 is law, "California workers will no longer be forced to rely on a failing federal agency when they join together to unionize." This is a LANDMARK WIN!
i'm still boycotting disney. it's got nothing to do with jinmmy kimmel i just dont like them
September 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
i'm still boycotting disney. it's got nothing to do with jinmmy kimmel i just dont like them
This is why it pays to have a union. You want someone with infrastructure to fight on your behalf.
BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
💥 💥 💥
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
www.courtlistener.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is why it pays to have a union. You want someone with infrastructure to fight on your behalf.
Adding AOC to my "Politician Action Sport Ranking Index"
Current standings:
1. Tulsi surfing (sorry but she seems pretty good)
2. John Kerry snowboarding (also pretty good but an easier sport)
3. Obama body surfing
4. AOC surfing
Embarrassment tier: JD Vance skiing & Beto O'Rourke skateboarding
Current standings:
1. Tulsi surfing (sorry but she seems pretty good)
2. John Kerry snowboarding (also pretty good but an easier sport)
3. Obama body surfing
4. AOC surfing
Embarrassment tier: JD Vance skiing & Beto O'Rourke skateboarding
I have been taking surfing lessons. Still in the beginner kook trenches, but celebrating my last time on a foam board 😎
Graduating to a hard top next session.
It’s fun to learn new things! Even if you look like a goober at the beginning. 🏄🏽♀️
Graduating to a hard top next session.
It’s fun to learn new things! Even if you look like a goober at the beginning. 🏄🏽♀️
September 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Adding AOC to my "Politician Action Sport Ranking Index"
Current standings:
1. Tulsi surfing (sorry but she seems pretty good)
2. John Kerry snowboarding (also pretty good but an easier sport)
3. Obama body surfing
4. AOC surfing
Embarrassment tier: JD Vance skiing & Beto O'Rourke skateboarding
Current standings:
1. Tulsi surfing (sorry but she seems pretty good)
2. John Kerry snowboarding (also pretty good but an easier sport)
3. Obama body surfing
4. AOC surfing
Embarrassment tier: JD Vance skiing & Beto O'Rourke skateboarding
“Return to office” is mostly about commercial real estate, right?
If that’s the case, I’m calling it now: once values get high enough, the ownership class will sell their buildings, go back to remote, and pat themselves on the back for being business geniuses
If that’s the case, I’m calling it now: once values get high enough, the ownership class will sell their buildings, go back to remote, and pat themselves on the back for being business geniuses
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“Return to office” is mostly about commercial real estate, right?
If that’s the case, I’m calling it now: once values get high enough, the ownership class will sell their buildings, go back to remote, and pat themselves on the back for being business geniuses
If that’s the case, I’m calling it now: once values get high enough, the ownership class will sell their buildings, go back to remote, and pat themselves on the back for being business geniuses
Reposted by James Hodges
New edition of the Routledge Companion to Mobile Media is out, skillfully edited by @micronarrative.bsky.social & Gerard Goggin. A lot of uni libraries have the individual chapters available to download, super useful for mixing and matching @ syllabus time.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media
This second edition of the groundbreaking Routledge Companion to Mobile Media brings together newly commissioned essays and cutting-edge research alongside updated essays from the original volume to c...
www.routledge.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New edition of the Routledge Companion to Mobile Media is out, skillfully edited by @micronarrative.bsky.social & Gerard Goggin. A lot of uni libraries have the individual chapters available to download, super useful for mixing and matching @ syllabus time.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
I keep thinking about how to describe our current predicament and coming up with “low-intensity omni-directional civil war”
September 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I keep thinking about how to describe our current predicament and coming up with “low-intensity omni-directional civil war”
Cars should have a second more gentle horn
September 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cars should have a second more gentle horn
“it’s not progressive or conservative…we should have college for all, and people who work on our campuses should be able to work with dignity, with long-term contracts… the research infrastructure of this country is critical to the future of this country”
www.chronicle.com/article/is-t...
www.chronicle.com/article/is-t...
Is the AAUP Too Partisan? Its President Doesn’t Think So.
Todd Wolfson has taken heat for some of the organization’s political stances during his tenure. Here’s what he makes of the criticism.
www.chronicle.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“it’s not progressive or conservative…we should have college for all, and people who work on our campuses should be able to work with dignity, with long-term contracts… the research infrastructure of this country is critical to the future of this country”
www.chronicle.com/article/is-t...
www.chronicle.com/article/is-t...
Everyone I know keeps talking about creatine
September 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Everyone I know keeps talking about creatine