Derek
@sparbtastic.bsky.social
Assoc Prof Digital Rhetorics at ISU | Memetic Rhetorics (2023)
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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I beg you all:
Please, DO NOT give one single penny to Wikipedia!
Wikipedia was sold ages ago.
It is an anti-rights, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Palestine, racist, ableist (and a long etc) fraud and platform of misinformation.
A thread with receipts! 🧵🔥
Please share! Please tell your friends and family!
Please, DO NOT give one single penny to Wikipedia!
Wikipedia was sold ages ago.
It is an anti-rights, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Palestine, racist, ableist (and a long etc) fraud and platform of misinformation.
A thread with receipts! 🧵🔥
Please share! Please tell your friends and family!
August 8, 2024 at 4:59 PM
I beg you all:
Please, DO NOT give one single penny to Wikipedia!
Wikipedia was sold ages ago.
It is an anti-rights, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Palestine, racist, ableist (and a long etc) fraud and platform of misinformation.
A thread with receipts! 🧵🔥
Please share! Please tell your friends and family!
Please, DO NOT give one single penny to Wikipedia!
Wikipedia was sold ages ago.
It is an anti-rights, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Palestine, racist, ableist (and a long etc) fraud and platform of misinformation.
A thread with receipts! 🧵🔥
Please share! Please tell your friends and family!
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“Can an AI writer do this?”
*opens Word doc and screams*
*opens Word doc and screams*
May 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“Can an AI writer do this?”
*opens Word doc and screams*
*opens Word doc and screams*
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So…about AI’s energy use…
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
Report: Creating a 5-second AI video is like running a microwave for an hour
That's a long time in the microwave.
mashable.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
So…about AI’s energy use…
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
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You are now required to have a cellphone to citizen.
That should not be allowed.
You should not be required to have a cellphone to work.
But many employers make a cellphone a de facto requirement.
It’s anti-poor. But it’s also anti-democratic.
That should not be allowed.
You should not be required to have a cellphone to work.
But many employers make a cellphone a de facto requirement.
It’s anti-poor. But it’s also anti-democratic.
I know it wouldn’t fix all consumer hostility but a right to an analog life would be such an improvement. So much of this hostility is mediated through technology and it’s constant churn of updates and “enhancements”
An example of what I mean when I say everyday consumer interactions for basic needs are hostile.
A utility company services 8 million ppl in my state.
They changed payment platforms. Just changed.
Every customer has to create a new account, Re-enter payment info, set up billing, auto draft
A utility company services 8 million ppl in my state.
They changed payment platforms. Just changed.
Every customer has to create a new account, Re-enter payment info, set up billing, auto draft
May 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
You are now required to have a cellphone to citizen.
That should not be allowed.
You should not be required to have a cellphone to work.
But many employers make a cellphone a de facto requirement.
It’s anti-poor. But it’s also anti-democratic.
That should not be allowed.
You should not be required to have a cellphone to work.
But many employers make a cellphone a de facto requirement.
It’s anti-poor. But it’s also anti-democratic.
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my offer to america: we bring woke back
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
my offer to america: we bring woke back
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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
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Google searched “enshittification” and
April 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Google searched “enshittification” and