Nathaniel Rivers
@sophist.monster
Professor of English Saint Louis University | Rhetoric, Media, Environment | After the Post.Human | he/him | Banner image by Will Rivers
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You wouldn’t download a trillion dollar corporation
Thinking about the children whose families were subject to police raids because they had pirated the wrong songs
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
May 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
You wouldn’t download a trillion dollar corporation
The (pedagogical) question of how does one ethically engage AI (in the classroom) is sort of like asking how does one ethically engage child labor or burning styrofoam (in the classroom).
May 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The (pedagogical) question of how does one ethically engage AI (in the classroom) is sort of like asking how does one ethically engage child labor or burning styrofoam (in the classroom).
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Absolutely surreal to have lived through the Napster days and watched as the titans of industry moved hell and high water to lock down any possible chance that someone's song might get swapped online without giving the studios a cut and now those same people are just like "well we gotta steal music"
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Absolutely surreal to have lived through the Napster days and watched as the titans of industry moved hell and high water to lock down any possible chance that someone's song might get swapped online without giving the studios a cut and now those same people are just like "well we gotta steal music"
I’m now just using these for dealing with people.
April 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’m now just using these for dealing with people.
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January 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This book is just aristocrats complaining about horny poor people and their loud music.
April 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This book is just aristocrats complaining about horny poor people and their loud music.
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My Monday hot take for genAI in education: Nobody needs to embrace any tool or technology. Tools don't need hugs.
March 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My Monday hot take for genAI in education: Nobody needs to embrace any tool or technology. Tools don't need hugs.
Plato was the last person Plato let make art.
March 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Plato was the last person Plato let make art.
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There are certain types of tech critics who avoid any mention of racism, sexism, colonialism, genocide & eugenics. If they do it is to attack those of us who expose these threads.
Watch out for those discussing "polarization" rather than "white supremacy"
Or "racial tensions" rather than racism 🙄
Watch out for those discussing "polarization" rather than "white supremacy"
Or "racial tensions" rather than racism 🙄
March 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There are certain types of tech critics who avoid any mention of racism, sexism, colonialism, genocide & eugenics. If they do it is to attack those of us who expose these threads.
Watch out for those discussing "polarization" rather than "white supremacy"
Or "racial tensions" rather than racism 🙄
Watch out for those discussing "polarization" rather than "white supremacy"
Or "racial tensions" rather than racism 🙄
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I wrote about Gaggle in Privacy Is Power. It's sad that it's still in business, surveilling some 6 million students. #Surveillance doesn't solve social problems. It teaches children that rights are worthless. And it is a security risk in itself
#AIEthics
abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...
#AIEthics
abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...
Schools use AI to monitor kids, but investigation finds risks
Schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology to monitor students on school-issued devices like laptops and tablets
abcnews.go.com
March 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I wrote about Gaggle in Privacy Is Power. It's sad that it's still in business, surveilling some 6 million students. #Surveillance doesn't solve social problems. It teaches children that rights are worthless. And it is a security risk in itself
#AIEthics
abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...
#AIEthics
abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...
I devote myself wholly to the cult of the Muses.
March 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I devote myself wholly to the cult of the Muses.
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In a way the Post Office *is* the United States. It is what guarantees that anyone can be in touch with anyone.
February 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
In a way the Post Office *is* the United States. It is what guarantees that anyone can be in touch with anyone.
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"For what are bodies? Where do they end and where do they begin? And why must they be constant? Why must they be strong?"
February 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
"For what are bodies? Where do they end and where do they begin? And why must they be constant? Why must they be strong?"
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a president who can create and destroy federal budgets is just a monarch
February 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
a president who can create and destroy federal budgets is just a monarch
How else do you kick off a class discussion of Authority (@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social)but by putting a 100 tiny white rabbits all over the room?
February 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
How else do you kick off a class discussion of Authority (@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social)but by putting a 100 tiny white rabbits all over the room?
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Suddenly the Democrats don’t know how to send the cops after a bunch of 19 year olds
February 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Suddenly the Democrats don’t know how to send the cops after a bunch of 19 year olds
Oblique course prep for Authority by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Oblique course prep for Authority by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
*Blushing*
I always love @sophistmonster.bsky.social's approach to the Southern Reach and wish I could be a fly on the wall for the class.
January 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
*Blushing*
my students composed asemic reading responses to
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Annihilation. On to Authority. 1/3
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Annihilation. On to Authority. 1/3
January 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
my students composed asemic reading responses to
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Annihilation. On to Authority. 1/3
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Annihilation. On to Authority. 1/3
zines are an enabling form
July 7, 2023 at 2:59 PM
zines are an enabling form
a really cool zine from @pauljholden.bsky.social!
July 3, 2023 at 2:39 PM
a really cool zine from @pauljholden.bsky.social!