Double J
@jjsylvia.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Associate Professor of Sending Emails. I teach about posthumanism, critical data studies, creative coding, and communication law and ethics. Remaining COVID […]
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Over the past year, my lab has hosted a cohort of people from around the world who are trying to move their communities to online tools under their control. OUT TODAY: Learn about their thinking and doing in our collectively authored Open Social Network Cookbook. […]
[Original post on social.coop]
[Original post on social.coop]
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Over the past year, my lab has hosted a cohort of people from around the world who are trying to move their communities to online tools under their control. OUT TODAY: Learn about their thinking and doing in our collectively authored Open Social Network Cookbook. […]
[Original post on social.coop]
[Original post on social.coop]
New post: ALFA Class: Technologies of Truth: Russian History from Cyrillic to Cyberwar https://jjsylvia.com/alfa-class-technologies-of-truth-russian-history-from-cyrillic-to-cyberwar/
J.J. Sylvia IV: ALFA Class: Technologies of Truth: Russian History from Cyrillic to Cyberwar
Outline of my Adult Learning class on the history of Russian media, including a breakdown of the schedule and suggested movies to watch before each class.
jjsylvia.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New post: ALFA Class: Technologies of Truth: Russian History from Cyrillic to Cyberwar https://jjsylvia.com/alfa-class-technologies-of-truth-russian-history-from-cyrillic-to-cyberwar/
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Some good reasons for starting a website, from @davatron5000.
https://daverupert.com/2025/09/why-would-anybody-start-a-website/
#indieweb #personalwebsite
https://daverupert.com/2025/09/why-would-anybody-start-a-website/
#indieweb #personalwebsite
September 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Some good reasons for starting a website, from @davatron5000.
https://daverupert.com/2025/09/why-would-anybody-start-a-website/
#indieweb #personalwebsite
https://daverupert.com/2025/09/why-would-anybody-start-a-website/
#indieweb #personalwebsite
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As a lifelong user of em dashes and en dashes, I can never forgive ChatGPT for the cloud of suspicion it has hung over me...
I hesitate to use them — and it breaks my heart.
https://xkcd.com/3126/
#xkdc #chatgpt #punctuation #halfheartedfanatic
I hesitate to use them — and it breaks my heart.
https://xkcd.com/3126/
#xkdc #chatgpt #punctuation #halfheartedfanatic
Disclaimer
xkcd.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
As a lifelong user of em dashes and en dashes, I can never forgive ChatGPT for the cloud of suspicion it has hung over me...
I hesitate to use them — and it breaks my heart.
https://xkcd.com/3126/
#xkdc #chatgpt #punctuation #halfheartedfanatic
I hesitate to use them — and it breaks my heart.
https://xkcd.com/3126/
#xkdc #chatgpt #punctuation #halfheartedfanatic
The cover for my book is now live! LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation: The Rise of Epistemic Sabotage releases on December 11th!
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/livejournal-and-russian-disinformation-9781666954555/
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/livejournal-and-russian-disinformation-9781666954555/
August 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The cover for my book is now live! LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation: The Rise of Epistemic Sabotage releases on December 11th!
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/livejournal-and-russian-disinformation-9781666954555/
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/livejournal-and-russian-disinformation-9781666954555/
This is a fun read. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/books/man-died-book-list-thousands.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZU8.2Xhi.L6IpFHex5gC2&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
July 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I've just posted StoryCorps interviews that students in my Human Communication class did in 2020 and 2021. Check them out here: https://jjsylvia.com/category/blog/#storycorp-interviews
July 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I've just posted StoryCorps interviews that students in my Human Communication class did in 2020 and 2021. Check them out here: https://jjsylvia.com/category/blog/#storycorp-interviews
Seventh inning stretch! Last few days to support my kids’ Kickstarter project!
July 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Seventh inning stretch! Last few days to support my kids’ Kickstarter project!
Wired interview with BlueSky CEO. Monetization is coming. Enshittification likely won’t be far behind.
July 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Wired interview with BlueSky CEO. Monetization is coming. Enshittification likely won’t be far behind.
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Really good commentary and information from Rebecca Solnit on Trump bombing Iran. Highly recommended. https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/were-at-war-and-were-not-because-only-congress-can-declare-war-some-notes-tonight/
June 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Really good commentary and information from Rebecca Solnit on Trump bombing Iran. Highly recommended. https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/were-at-war-and-were-not-because-only-congress-can-declare-war-some-notes-tonight/
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My kids spent two years making a game they love and now have launched it on Kickstarter. I k ow the world is crazy right now, but if you’re able to support their project, it would bring a lot of joy to two kiddos. #softball #boardgames #kickstarter […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
June 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My kids spent two years making a game they love and now have launched it on Kickstarter. I k ow the world is crazy right now, but if you’re able to support their project, it would bring a lot of joy to two kiddos. #softball #boardgames #kickstarter […]
My kids spent two years making a game they love and now have launched it on Kickstarter. I k ow the world is crazy right now, but if you’re able to support their project, it would bring a lot of joy to two kiddos. #softball #boardgames #kickstarter […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
June 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My kids spent two years making a game they love and now have launched it on Kickstarter. I k ow the world is crazy right now, but if you’re able to support their project, it would bring a lot of joy to two kiddos. #softball #boardgames #kickstarter […]
My friend and high school classmate, Jess Ruliffson, was a Pulitzer finalist in illustrated reporting for her series in the Boston Globe. It's fantastic work, and you should check it out now: https://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2024/09/sisters-hospice-icu-comic/
True stories from an ICU: Was it right to keep her alive?
An ICU nurse explores the impact of end-of-life care in an illustrated opinion piece.
apps.bostonglobe.com
May 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My friend and high school classmate, Jess Ruliffson, was a Pulitzer finalist in illustrated reporting for her series in the Boston Globe. It's fantastic work, and you should check it out now: https://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2024/09/sisters-hospice-icu-comic/
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You know why we Germans are so pedantic about data protection? Someone around 90 years ago went through all records available, selected people with certain criteria, with the help of IBM, and then killed them all.
We don't want to be on any list.
And now the US Gov and Musk is trying to get […]
We don't want to be on any list.
And now the US Gov and Musk is trying to get […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
February 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
You know why we Germans are so pedantic about data protection? Someone around 90 years ago went through all records available, selected people with certain criteria, with the help of IBM, and then killed them all.
We don't want to be on any list.
And now the US Gov and Musk is trying to get […]
We don't want to be on any list.
And now the US Gov and Musk is trying to get […]
i’m excited to be teaching an independent study on #deleuze and #cinema. We are watching some films as we work through his books and lectures.
https://boxd.it/8SweC3
https://boxd.it/8SweC3
A ★★★★ diary entry for Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
letterboxd.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
i’m excited to be teaching an independent study on #deleuze and #cinema. We are watching some films as we work through his books and lectures.
https://boxd.it/8SweC3
https://boxd.it/8SweC3
I got to teach discourse analysis using Kendrick Lamar’s #superbowl halftime show, which was fun. I’m teaching about the necropolitics of AI tomorrow, and have to cover what Musk is doing with the government, which will not be so fun.
February 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I got to teach discourse analysis using Kendrick Lamar’s #superbowl halftime show, which was fun. I’m teaching about the necropolitics of AI tomorrow, and have to cover what Musk is doing with the government, which will not be so fun.
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Latest FOSS Academic: Introducing the Network of Alternative Social Media Researchers!
https://fossacademic.tech/2025/02/01/asmNet.html
This is a new hub for academic researchers who study alternative social media.
Pretty apropos for Global Switch Day!
#fossacademic #alternativesocialmedia […]
https://fossacademic.tech/2025/02/01/asmNet.html
This is a new hub for academic researchers who study alternative social media.
Pretty apropos for Global Switch Day!
#fossacademic #alternativesocialmedia […]
Original post on aoir.social
aoir.social
February 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Latest FOSS Academic: Introducing the Network of Alternative Social Media Researchers!
https://fossacademic.tech/2025/02/01/asmNet.html
This is a new hub for academic researchers who study alternative social media.
Pretty apropos for Global Switch Day!
#fossacademic #alternativesocialmedia […]
https://fossacademic.tech/2025/02/01/asmNet.html
This is a new hub for academic researchers who study alternative social media.
Pretty apropos for Global Switch Day!
#fossacademic #alternativesocialmedia […]
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I enjoyed this documentary on the history of the Linotype: https://youtu.be/VDM-EbDCiQg?si=gohal0mS_ggVUg1a
February 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I enjoyed this documentary on the history of the Linotype: https://youtu.be/VDM-EbDCiQg?si=gohal0mS_ggVUg1a
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She asked for kindness & mercy & the entire right experienced it as a grave insult. They're not faking it either -- the idea that they should be empathetic, care about other, lesser people, really does upset them, at a gut level.
January 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
She asked for kindness & mercy & the entire right experienced it as a grave insult. They're not faking it either -- the idea that they should be empathetic, care about other, lesser people, really does upset them, at a gut level.
A short blog post on a new Public Domain Media Server I've set up in my office on campus: https://www.jjsylvia.com/public-domain-media-on-raspberrypi-popup-server/
#publicdomain @academicchatter #academia
#publicdomain @academicchatter #academia
Public Domain Media on RaspberryPi Popup Server
So why create a popup with the media? Much of the material is posted to YouTube, which makes it easy to view but not easy to download and incorporate into creative projects. The Internet Archive ma…
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January 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A short blog post on a new Public Domain Media Server I've set up in my office on campus: https://www.jjsylvia.com/public-domain-media-on-raspberrypi-popup-server/
#publicdomain @academicchatter #academia
#publicdomain @academicchatter #academia
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"Decentralized social network Mastodon has announced plans to transfer its ownership to a new nonprofit entity. Ownership of Mastodon will move away from the control of CEO Eugen Rochko."
"Rochko, who founded Mastodon in 2016, will take on a new role with a focus on product strategy while […]
"Rochko, who founded Mastodon in 2016, will take on a new role with a focus on product strategy while […]
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fedihum.org
January 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Decentralized social network Mastodon has announced plans to transfer its ownership to a new nonprofit entity. Ownership of Mastodon will move away from the control of CEO Eugen Rochko."
"Rochko, who founded Mastodon in 2016, will take on a new role with a focus on product strategy while […]
"Rochko, who founded Mastodon in 2016, will take on a new role with a focus on product strategy while […]
This was a good read on the effects of Netflix. Thinking of assigning it for Data & Society class.
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/essays/casual-viewing/
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/essays/casual-viewing/
www.nplusonemag.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:48 PM
This was a good read on the effects of Netflix. Thinking of assigning it for Data & Society class.
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/essays/casual-viewing/
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/essays/casual-viewing/
My special issue on #posthumanism and #media studies is now published. Check it out here: https://journals.tplondon.com/jp/issue/view/227.
My article in the issue is "From Microfascism to Joyful Affects: A Posthuman Approach to Social Media Redesign," https://doi.org/10.33182/joph.v4i3.3291
My article in the issue is "From Microfascism to Joyful Affects: A Posthuman Approach to Social Media Redesign," https://doi.org/10.33182/joph.v4i3.3291
Vol. 4 No. 3 (2024)
| Journal of Posthumanism
journals.tplondon.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:13 PM
My special issue on #posthumanism and #media studies is now published. Check it out here: https://journals.tplondon.com/jp/issue/view/227.
My article in the issue is "From Microfascism to Joyful Affects: A Posthuman Approach to Social Media Redesign," https://doi.org/10.33182/joph.v4i3.3291
My article in the issue is "From Microfascism to Joyful Affects: A Posthuman Approach to Social Media Redesign," https://doi.org/10.33182/joph.v4i3.3291