Nicoloff
@nicoloff.bsky.social
For our purposes here: info lit librarian, poet of disgust, resist psychic death
between cops consulting chatbots and the presence of Rob Schneider, this has become a rich text
Demolition Man ATM Scene
YouTube video by The Last Millennials 1994-1999
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
between cops consulting chatbots and the presence of Rob Schneider, this has become a rich text
I had a half-second where I thought the trending Duffy might be the Welsh soul singer as opposed to Real World Boston over here
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I had a half-second where I thought the trending Duffy might be the Welsh soul singer as opposed to Real World Boston over here
It's funny to me how often I'm thinking about reading of one kind or another
a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a park . the woman is wearing a green dress .
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a park . the woman is wearing a green dress .
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's funny to me how often I'm thinking about reading of one kind or another
contradicting myself right now, clearly, but not posting makes me feel noble, superior, and powerful
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
contradicting myself right now, clearly, but not posting makes me feel noble, superior, and powerful
do what @onthemedia.bsky.social says, please and thank you; information pollution has real effects
![Breaking News Consumer's Handbook
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
-"We are getting reports"...could mean anything
-"We are seeking confirmation"...means they don't have it.
-"[News outlet] has learned"...means it has a scoop or is going out on a limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.
On the Media](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n33syn6l5dmtamjyv2jytk7g/bafkreiejq7b3p56yil6u52w6hsblhti7ggdv3w4c24bz54cif2ehmgqzv4@jpeg)
September 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
do what @onthemedia.bsky.social says, please and thank you; information pollution has real effects
Stuart Hall in the 80s, sounding familiar
July 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Stuart Hall in the 80s, sounding familiar
I'm going to turn this into an archive of era-defining terms, starting with:
"the bleach community"
"the bleach community"
July 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I'm going to turn this into an archive of era-defining terms, starting with:
"the bleach community"
"the bleach community"
The challenge, I guess, is to be just deluded enough to be able to keep going without retreating into full individualistic denial of horror
July 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The challenge, I guess, is to be just deluded enough to be able to keep going without retreating into full individualistic denial of horror
AI worship feels a little too on the nose vis-a-vis reification
June 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
AI worship feels a little too on the nose vis-a-vis reification
Reposted by Nicoloff
"Men with good or bad intentions enter into structures they have not revolutionized—and are tamed by them. They take over the structures of exploitation and power: they internalize the beliefs, the justifications, the rationalizations, the motivations of power and privilege..."
www.bostonreview.net/articles/whe...
Recently found speech by Stuart Hall that could have been written today…
Recently found speech by Stuart Hall that could have been written today…
When We Are All Enemies of the State - Boston Review
A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.
www.bostonreview.net
June 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"Men with good or bad intentions enter into structures they have not revolutionized—and are tamed by them. They take over the structures of exploitation and power: they internalize the beliefs, the justifications, the rationalizations, the motivations of power and privilege..."
Reposted by Nicoloff
crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants
June 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants
Reposted by Nicoloff
i probably would be more sympathetic than the average bsky user to the idea that there's a time and place for totally unrestricted intellectual inquiry, to let ideas go wherever inferences might take us. but anyone who thinks that that time and place is the front page of the newspaper is delusional
June 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
i probably would be more sympathetic than the average bsky user to the idea that there's a time and place for totally unrestricted intellectual inquiry, to let ideas go wherever inferences might take us. but anyone who thinks that that time and place is the front page of the newspaper is delusional
reveal the random phrase that runs through your head regularly
June 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
reveal the random phrase that runs through your head regularly
while plenty of them clearly do not believe me, I enjoy telling students that using ChatGPT in research is a mistake
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
while plenty of them clearly do not believe me, I enjoy telling students that using ChatGPT in research is a mistake
Chronological feeds privilege posting volume, so rather than screaming loudly to get attention, you have just keep screaming at a moderate volume for a long time
May 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Chronological feeds privilege posting volume, so rather than screaming loudly to get attention, you have just keep screaming at a moderate volume for a long time
Put differently, if concept creep and debasement is inevitable, I wonder what "rebasement" practices would look like?
May 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Put differently, if concept creep and debasement is inevitable, I wonder what "rebasement" practices would look like?
Latour has that article "Why Has Critique Run Out of Steam?" and I think in an era of "do your own research," we can now firmly ask "Why Has 'Critical Thinking' Run Out of Steam?"
May 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Latour has that article "Why Has Critique Run Out of Steam?" and I think in an era of "do your own research," we can now firmly ask "Why Has 'Critical Thinking' Run Out of Steam?"
microblogging that should've been macroblogging
May 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
microblogging that should've been macroblogging
this led me to think about public history and the importance of the radical archive, but before that I had to pick my face up off the floor
please make sure you keep watching past 4:18 too
please make sure you keep watching past 4:18 too
Sylvester | You Make Me Feel | Live 1978
YouTube video by Black Music Archive LIVE!
www.youtube.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this led me to think about public history and the importance of the radical archive, but before that I had to pick my face up off the floor
please make sure you keep watching past 4:18 too
please make sure you keep watching past 4:18 too
pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will -- it still lands
April 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will -- it still lands
make sure you spell "fascist" correctly
March 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
make sure you spell "fascist" correctly