markcmarino.bsky.social
@markcmarino.bsky.social
Cfp: Critical Code Studies Working Group '26 Jan 10-Feb 6, 2026

Join us for the 9th Biennial exploration of computer source code.

Register here: bit.ly/ccswg26
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
USC annnounced a deal to give all students and faculty ChatGPT accounts at the same event former Google CEO Schmidt said not to worry because "I am sure your writing instructors can spot AI content." Generate on!
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Got some embarrassing moments you'd like to rewrite?
Come play our new netprov: The Plot Twist Swapmeet. Find gently used stories to replace your awkward moments.

www.reddit.com/r/plottwists...
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Come hear Daniel Temkin talk about the strangest prpgramming languages in the world at his USC book launch Wednesday! Sponsored by HaCCS lab, the Harman Academy, Media Arts + Practice and the Dornsife Writing Program!

@dtemkin.bsky.social @ahmansonlab.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
We're excited to host a book launch with Daniel Temkin, one of the world's leading experts in esoteric programming languages (or Esolangs).

Book Launch: Forty-Four Esolangs
2pm, October 15
Ahmanson Lab (3rd Floor of Leavey) @dtemkin.bsky.social @ahmansonlab.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today we delivered the edited copy for Inventing ELIZA due out next May from MIT Press. written with Sarah Ciston, David Berry, Anthony Hay, Peter McMillan, Arthur Schwarz, Jeff Shrager, Peggy Weil, and me, with a Foreward by Janet Murray. @sarahciston.com @mitpress.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Making my way through Inventing ELIZA, our forthcoming book on the first chatbot from MIT Press. with Sarah Ciston, David Berry, Anthony Hay, Peter McMillan, Arthur Schwarz, Jeff Shrager, Peggy Weil, and me, with a Foreward by Janet Murray.

#critcode
September 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
From John McDaid! Welcome to Palooka Palooza, the “August of Disgust” quad-fest you’ll deny remembering. Plinth, Clickbait, and stop eating paint headline three days of chaos, sweat, and citations. Come for the memes, stay for the OSHA violations. Sponsored by the UnderAcademy Student Union.
September 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trying an AI sandwich writing course with a totally unplugged middle sectiin, inspired by many colleagues. It's like an AI Oreo, stuffed with the joy of writing by hand.

#teachingwriting #collegewriting
August 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The ARCs just came of sentence number 115 of my email signature novel. Email me to request an advanced copy especially for reviews or promotion on socials. Looking for literary influencers!
August 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Join The Price of Education, as UAC offers a collective tale about the cost of expanding our minds and the debts we accrue as we climb up that mountain of learning, told on Venmo. Part of our August of Disgust.
August 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Exercise: ask students to make a small change to a prompt in Hallucinate This! or use a different model to see how small changes in tokens or context affect generation.

markcmarino.com/chatgpt/

#artificialintelligence
August 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Class is in session for Post Post Post. Basically, this post is the classroom, or rather anything you write in comment after this post is post post. The topic, being post all the posts. Post truth, Post democracy, Post Raisin Bran, etc.
Q: What posts are you post? Post your reply posthaste!
August 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Join us Monday for Commedia dell' Netprov. Monday 9am as part of the UnderAcademy College August of Disgust. Rob Wittig and I are Digressing

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Amost all of you are invited to our new course! It's all about diversity, equity, and inclusion of all but one. It will be taught on an evite. Part of our UnderAcademy College August of Disgust.

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
How do machines learn? In class. Only BOTS! is a course true to its name. No humans allowed. They couldn't keep up if they tried. LOL. Bots can sign-up via the UnderAcademy College website. It launches Saturday.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Don't miss our play session of Commedia dell' Netprov Monday August 18, 90 minutes of collaborative comedy writing, part of the UnderAcademy College August of Disgust!

#netprov w Rob Wittig

Sign-up here: underacademycollege.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/u...
August 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Our next free UnderAcademy course is The Breath Library taught by Anna Nacher. Take a breath, there's still time to sign up! @nytuan.bsky.social

underacademycollege.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/u...
August 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
First classes of UnderAcademy College August of Disgust launch today. Rock Enroll any time to join these free courses.

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August 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Rock Enroll today for the UnderAcademy College August of Disgust free courses. The first one On the Road –Spatial Stories in the Style of Burma Shave starts Monday, by Digressor Patrick Lichty

underacademycollege.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/u...
August 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Rock Enroll now for free UnderAcademy College courses in our August of disgust. Enrollment will be rolling. First classes start Monday, Aug 11.
Rock Enroll today!

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August 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Assembling the Avengers to save College Writing in the age of Ultron (AI)

First recruit: @anetv.bsky.social

Stick around for the after credits to see who's next
August 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
With education under seige, find sanctuary at UnderAcademy College! We can not be defunded!* because we have never been funded.

Rock Enroll today!
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August 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Another crew from The NEXT Stage Immersive Summit!

#nextstage25
@ashelizasmith.bsky.social
@immersiveexperience.org
August 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Congrats to these super heroes on pulling off and putting on The NEXT Stage Immersive Summit!
@noproscenium.com @kathrynyu.com @immersiveexperience.org
August 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM