Jamie Cohen
@jamesncohen.com
Be furious and be patient.
Asst Prof Media Studies CUNY QC. Head of Education at Digital Void. Phd in memes and digital culture.
Critical Internet Literacies out now!
Asst Prof Media Studies CUNY QC. Head of Education at Digital Void. Phd in memes and digital culture.
Critical Internet Literacies out now!
Kirkification should be a warning for any of the influencers who think of themselves too iconic to meme.
Wrote about it on New Media Homework
Wrote about it on New Media Homework
The Memeing of a Media Martyr
What "Kirkification" means for the legacy of Charlie Kirk
newmediahomework.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Kirkification should be a warning for any of the influencers who think of themselves too iconic to meme.
Wrote about it on New Media Homework
Wrote about it on New Media Homework
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We are being ruled by absolute losers
November 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
We are being ruled by absolute losers
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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Ah fuck we got the Philip K Dick future 😞
July 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Ah fuck we got the Philip K Dick future 😞
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xAI has disabled Grok, deleted a slew of its antisemitic and neo-Nazi posts, posted a statement, and are evidently rolling back the prompt that made it identify as "MechaHitler," but this new low for Elon Musk's chatbot will live in internet infamy:
Elon Musk's Grok Chatbot Goes Full Nazi, Calls Itself 'MechaHitler'
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot has unleashed a slew of antisemitic commentary and praised Hitler after apparent change allowed to be 'politically incorrect'
www.rollingstone.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
xAI has disabled Grok, deleted a slew of its antisemitic and neo-Nazi posts, posted a statement, and are evidently rolling back the prompt that made it identify as "MechaHitler," but this new low for Elon Musk's chatbot will live in internet infamy:
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we're living through one of the greatest technological revolutions in the history of mankind and it's not AI
Solar + storage is now $104 per MWh in Las Vegas or similar regions for nearly 100% clean firm power. There is no way new nuclear can compete with this. Even new gas plants will struggle and that is assuming access to cheap gas over the life-cycle of the plant, which is kind of a crazy gamble TBH.
Batteries are so cheap now, solar power doesn’t sleep
Batteries are now cheap enough to make 24/7 solar power affordable, unlocking round-the-clock clean energy in the world’s sunniest cities.
electrek.co
June 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
we're living through one of the greatest technological revolutions in the history of mankind and it's not AI
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I’m still not over the fact that there was an extremely popular award-winning movie over a decade ago about the perils of falling in love with a chatbot and a company decided to make the chatbot in the image of the movie’s chatbot and now quite a few people have decided to date it
June 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I’m still not over the fact that there was an extremely popular award-winning movie over a decade ago about the perils of falling in love with a chatbot and a company decided to make the chatbot in the image of the movie’s chatbot and now quite a few people have decided to date it
These two revel in video game style militarism and remote death. Comically evil.
WSJ: Look at this cute bro reunion 😍🥹
WSJ: Look at this cute bro reunion 😍🥹
May 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
These two revel in video game style militarism and remote death. Comically evil.
WSJ: Look at this cute bro reunion 😍🥹
WSJ: Look at this cute bro reunion 😍🥹
We’re at a point where the dems are so useless that Wall Street had to step in and help out
May 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We’re at a point where the dems are so useless that Wall Street had to step in and help out
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In the latest episode of QAA, we interview @milesklee.bsky.social about his chilling article on ChatGPT encouraging religious psychosis in its users, and I explore how the Christians who claim AI is demonic are wrong, but not *wrong* wrong on.soundcloud.com/UmtjAVCbA3xk...
God, the Devil, and AI feat. Miles Klee (E323)
People use generative artificial intelligence to troubleshoot technical problems, churn out anime-inspired images based on their personal photos, and drive university professors who teach undergrad co
on.soundcloud.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
In the latest episode of QAA, we interview @milesklee.bsky.social about his chilling article on ChatGPT encouraging religious psychosis in its users, and I explore how the Christians who claim AI is demonic are wrong, but not *wrong* wrong on.soundcloud.com/UmtjAVCbA3xk...
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🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
May 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The years long panic about this is about a couple people getting their feelings hurt in circumstances that likely didn’t even occur. It simply doesn’t matter. They’re throwing academics and students out of the country with masked thugs by force. Get some priorities.
April 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The years long panic about this is about a couple people getting their feelings hurt in circumstances that likely didn’t even occur. It simply doesn’t matter. They’re throwing academics and students out of the country with masked thugs by force. Get some priorities.
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Reminder, don’t take advice from lottery winners
April 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Reminder, don’t take advice from lottery winners
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A public school district is considering whether to ban my book on tech billionaires, Survival of the Richest, for violating Trump's order on ridding DEI from schools. (I do not argue for giving tech bros equity/inclusion, so I'm not sure what the fuss would be about...)
patch.com/illinois/lag...
patch.com/illinois/lag...
Books On Race, Poor Before Lyons Township High Board
The list comes as Trump tries to ax DEI from schools. His administration threatens to stop the flow of money to violators.
patch.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A public school district is considering whether to ban my book on tech billionaires, Survival of the Richest, for violating Trump's order on ridding DEI from schools. (I do not argue for giving tech bros equity/inclusion, so I'm not sure what the fuss would be about...)
patch.com/illinois/lag...
patch.com/illinois/lag...
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This stock market crash thing is so confusing. On one hand you have every economist and bank in the free world freaking out. On the other, there are some blue check accounts on Twitter with ancient statues as their profile pics doing 20 part threads on why down is the new up. 🤷🏻♀️
April 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This stock market crash thing is so confusing. On one hand you have every economist and bank in the free world freaking out. On the other, there are some blue check accounts on Twitter with ancient statues as their profile pics doing 20 part threads on why down is the new up. 🤷🏻♀️
I feel like I should be getting royalties that are backdated to the 17th century. That would put my earnings at nearly 3 figures. I want my back pay
April 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I feel like I should be getting royalties that are backdated to the 17th century. That would put my earnings at nearly 3 figures. I want my back pay
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
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The future history of now will include something along the lines of "social media put billions of people worldwide in the same room together for the first time in history and it drove them absolutely insane"
April 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The future history of now will include something along the lines of "social media put billions of people worldwide in the same room together for the first time in history and it drove them absolutely insane"
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“Yeah, but I'm saying that TruCoat. You don't get it, you get oxidation problems. It'll cost you a heck of a lot more than $500.”
March 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Yeah, but I'm saying that TruCoat. You don't get it, you get oxidation problems. It'll cost you a heck of a lot more than $500.”
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I wrote about the White House X account — which is steeped in the sociopathic posting style of far-right extremists — and seems to get more sinister and cruel with its posts each week of the administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account
Welcome to the 4chan administration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I wrote about the White House X account — which is steeped in the sociopathic posting style of far-right extremists — and seems to get more sinister and cruel with its posts each week of the administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
March 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
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Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade
March 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade
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Another reason I think conservatives are leaning into such dramatic artificial-looking appearances via tanning, surgery, filler, etc is because it creates an engaging visual aesthetic for social media video content. It’s the same culture of influencers and reality TV. Attention over substance
March 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Another reason I think conservatives are leaning into such dramatic artificial-looking appearances via tanning, surgery, filler, etc is because it creates an engaging visual aesthetic for social media video content. It’s the same culture of influencers and reality TV. Attention over substance
Easily some of the most important books to understand our era
March 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Easily some of the most important books to understand our era