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Nora N. Khan
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I'm a writer, that's it
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“Machine intelligence doesn’t transcend human fragility but echoes and amplifies it.”

@prometheanwatch.bsky.social reviews Lawrence Lek’s NOX High-Rise at @hammer.ucla.edu, up until 11/16, in LARA no. 2.

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October 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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teddydief.com
“So you say you're under a curse? So what? So's the whole damn world.“
September 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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harikunzru.bsky.social
The idea of interacting with surveillance tech wearing bros who are doing ‘vibe thinking’ is where I found the pitchfork leaping into my hand techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/h...
Harvard dropouts to launch 'always on' AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation | TechCrunch
After developing a facial recognition app for Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microp...
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August 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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shannonmattern.bsky.social
…I’m also struck that they — in their brilliance, creativity, competence, and ethical commitment — represent what the academy *could be*, but it’s burning them all out, exhausting their goodwill. Their obligations are now to each other, rather than to the industry for which they’ve sacrificed.
August 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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edzitron.com
Want to fight back? Be less useful. Click less things, lower time on apps, do not give them feedback, regularly delete your data, read every privacy policy. These companies make billions off of idle scrolling - so never scroll idly again.
www.wheresyoured.at/what-were-fighting-for/
Another thing you can do is be less useful. If you use Instagram, use it in a way that generates less engagement. Click through a few stories then drop off the app, don't use the feed, avoid clicking or staying on any ads, and (as Geoffrey. Fowler of the Washington Post recommends) reset your feed regularly. Delete the data that these companies have on you regularly. and any time a company asks you for feedback that isn't about a customer service rep, skip it or close your browser, as that data is only useful to them. In general, engage with apps less — both in the amount of time you spend on them and the amount you interact with their features — and obsessively read every_privacy policy. These companies make billions off of idle, muscle-memory-based use of their software, so get used to their tricks, and work against them. And if you really don't use a service, stop using it. I will not, however, judge you for staying. I'm still on Instagram because it's where a lot of my friends are and I like seeing what they're up to. Again, I'm not against these products in principle. I just hate what they've become. More importantly, I want you to find solidarity with others against the Rot Economy. Every single person you meet is a victim, every single person you meet faces similar problems to you, and every single person you know is likely angry at email spam, the collapse of social networks and Google, or the abominable state of modern business software.
February 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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tomboypepsilove.bsky.social
Hey bro I don't wanna sound like I don't trust you but I can't help but notice that you're acting as a friend and guide to our party yet you aren't in the box art
August 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
prometheanwatch.bsky.social
Obsessed with the Liam Neeson-Pamela Anderson romance and her make-under revolution but can't help but think of Dawn Campbell's turn in I Heart Huckabees. youtu.be/cu64xOaDe7Y?...
There's Glass Between Us
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August 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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kateschapira.bsky.social
Mike Davis, City of Quartz
Nora Khan, Seeing. Naming. Knowing
Jackie Wang, Carceral Capitalism
Ruha Benjamin’s body of work
Thea Riofrancos, Resource Radicals
Anne Elizabeth Moore, Cambodian Grrrl and New Girl Law
Casey Johnston, “The DIY Dumbphone Method” (for funsies)
May 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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kateschapira.bsky.social
People liked it when I shared these last time so here are the reading recs I make for each writing student at semester's end (my classes are capped at 20 & can run with as few as 8 so it's not unwise for me to commit to this). These are for students in True Stories, a narrative nonfiction course:
May 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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mxveronyca.bsky.social
“Simulating Control” by: Nora Khan
July 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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eryk.bsky.social
Late to this, but I finally got my copy of Holo 3, “Mirror Stage: Between Computability and its Opposite,” edited and (much of it) written by Nora Khan & Peli Grietzer and it’s brilliant. Many of you will dig it. www.holo.mg/shop/holo-3/
HOLO 3: Mirror Stage
Nora N. Khan assembles a cast of luminaries to consider the far-reaching implications of AI and computational culture. –$40
www.holo.mg
November 9, 2023 at 3:48 AM
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ceej.online
the only “grey lady” I respect is the spirit who sobs in the corner of my bedroom from 2-3am each night
July 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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thisone0verhere.bsky.social
I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them
December 8, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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swilua.bsky.social
do you ever randomly think of someone and say “our arc is not yet finished!!l” or are you a normal person and not a writer, asking for myself
January 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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pidgezero.one
creative writing is way harder than coding what the hell
January 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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mckenziewark.bsky.social
A lot of us have backgrounds like this I’d guess.
January 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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joannazylinska.bsky.social
Interesting book by this Mexican anthropologist, going against both physicalism and panpsychism to read consciousness as situated between the mind and the world, the neural and the symbolic.
February 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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mckenziewark.bsky.social
I think ppl should be paid a living wage to do doctoral level research in the humanities purely for its own sake, to produce knowledge and understanding of the human.
February 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
February 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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rnrkd.bsky.social
everyone mocks me for using WordPerfect but I'll have the last laugh in 2029 when it's the only software without a ruinous A.I. assistant
February 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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ellaguro.bsky.social
there are more people than i expected to whom everything is apparently just "vibes" and they're sort of just coasting along as a part of a bunch of different moments without ever encountering any principles along the way.
February 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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whataretheauds.bsky.social
normalize letting me read aloud from that weird old book in the attic of your ancestral house
January 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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drharmony.net
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
The Importance of Critical Thinking Skills
From medical myths to media bias, misinformation is everywhere. Strengthen your ability to think critically and make informed decisions in a chaotic world.
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March 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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shannonmattern.bsky.social
I wanted to see what Sarah Sharma's been up to, and I discovered that she's soon publishing a book titled Insufferable Tools, which sounds amazing. I love her 🥰
Bio – Sarah Sharma
Sarah Sharma is Professor of Media Theory at the ICCIT/Faculty of Information and Director of the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology at the University of Toronto. Her rese...
sarahsharma.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM