Dr. Christine H. Tran
@thechristinet.bsky.social
✨CEO of peer-reviewed vibes (they/she)
✨Asst Prof @ Alberta University of the Arts
✨Researcher of work, play, livestreaming & creator economy
✨PhD U of Toronto iSchool; formerly LTA Prof @ UTM Game Studies
✨ https://thechristinet.wordpress.com
✨Asst Prof @ Alberta University of the Arts
✨Researcher of work, play, livestreaming & creator economy
✨PhD U of Toronto iSchool; formerly LTA Prof @ UTM Game Studies
✨ https://thechristinet.wordpress.com
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What's up, fellow docs? Today, I defended my PhD on Twitch livestreaming & the platform of playing-at-home!
Waves of thanks to all who got me over the finish line: my valiant committee, my pals & anyone who let me watch them play a game 🎮 (1/2)
Waves of thanks to all who got me over the finish line: my valiant committee, my pals & anyone who let me watch them play a game 🎮 (1/2)
me all week @ Federal Budget coverage if the welfare of working class Canadians weren't on the line:
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
me all week @ Federal Budget coverage if the welfare of working class Canadians weren't on the line:
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New art video just dropped! The 7 Trillion Dollar Seance 🔮 This is meant to be performed live, recited in front of the video at conferences, museums, public events. It got a standing ovation at Tech Together in NYC. Your phone works but best on your largest screen.
vimeo.com/1116289621
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vimeo.com/1116289621
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The 7 Trillion Dollar Seance
Şerife Wong The 7 Trillion Dollar Seance 2025 Original score by Jeromey Cooks (rikuwru) This video is part of Icarus Salon. It is intended to be viewed in…
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November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New art video just dropped! The 7 Trillion Dollar Seance 🔮 This is meant to be performed live, recited in front of the video at conferences, museums, public events. It got a standing ovation at Tech Together in NYC. Your phone works but best on your largest screen.
vimeo.com/1116289621
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vimeo.com/1116289621
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As of today, I can finally be Vietnamese in Crusader Kings!? Thanks, Zorhan Mamdani! 🫡
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
As of today, I can finally be Vietnamese in Crusader Kings!? Thanks, Zorhan Mamdani! 🫡
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We do need digital sovereignty in this country BUT it needs to be regulated. "Innovation" is total horseshit here because it just means "back tech corporations" and that means don't regulate.
And we need to start understanding that "AI" is such a large umbrella you might as well say "digital tech"
And we need to start understanding that "AI" is such a large umbrella you might as well say "digital tech"
It's actually insane that the feds are promising to put more than double the amount of money they're putting into childcare, into AI.
Why not just set it on fire and dance around it hoping to sway the gods to our favour?
Why not just set it on fire and dance around it hoping to sway the gods to our favour?
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
We do need digital sovereignty in this country BUT it needs to be regulated. "Innovation" is total horseshit here because it just means "back tech corporations" and that means don't regulate.
And we need to start understanding that "AI" is such a large umbrella you might as well say "digital tech"
And we need to start understanding that "AI" is such a large umbrella you might as well say "digital tech"
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The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
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Capitalism is now illegal
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Capitalism is now illegal
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Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
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Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.
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every science news article is like "chinese researchers invent cure for hurting your back getting out of bed" and every science policy news article is like "uncomfortable bed lobby successfully lobbies trump admin with $500 bribe"
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
every science news article is like "chinese researchers invent cure for hurting your back getting out of bed" and every science policy news article is like "uncomfortable bed lobby successfully lobbies trump admin with $500 bribe"
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Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Christine, the enigmatic object that makes nerds evil, is also a pretty OK #StephenKing movie & cheap #Halloween costume 🚘 ⚔️ 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Christine, the enigmatic object that makes nerds evil, is also a pretty OK #StephenKing movie & cheap #Halloween costume 🚘 ⚔️ 🎃
if the notwithstanding clause has no haters, i am dead
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
if the notwithstanding clause has no haters, i am dead
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My opinion of union leadership is unpublishable if the AFL doesn’t start the ball rolling towards a general strike this week.
Anything less is effectively agreeing to the voluntary dissolution of organized labour in Alberta.
Anything less is effectively agreeing to the voluntary dissolution of organized labour in Alberta.
October 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
My opinion of union leadership is unpublishable if the AFL doesn’t start the ball rolling towards a general strike this week.
Anything less is effectively agreeing to the voluntary dissolution of organized labour in Alberta.
Anything less is effectively agreeing to the voluntary dissolution of organized labour in Alberta.
from what I understand of Canadain politics, being the Leader of the opposition party is like being endowed a Canada Research Chair but instead of any knowledge mobilization you do a lot of podcasts
October 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
from what I understand of Canadain politics, being the Leader of the opposition party is like being endowed a Canada Research Chair but instead of any knowledge mobilization you do a lot of podcasts
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Just in time for Halloween, our @asapjournal.bsky.social cluster on Algorithms and the Occult is out! 👻
Featuring @emmaquilty.bsky.social, @aketchum22.bsky.social, @xrw.bsky.social, @drs.bsky.social, @serife.bsky.social, @thechristinet.bsky.social, @jessrauchberg.bsky.social, and more!
Featuring @emmaquilty.bsky.social, @aketchum22.bsky.social, @xrw.bsky.social, @drs.bsky.social, @serife.bsky.social, @thechristinet.bsky.social, @jessrauchberg.bsky.social, and more!
Algorithms and the Occult - ASAP/Review
asapjournal.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just in time for Halloween, our @asapjournal.bsky.social cluster on Algorithms and the Occult is out! 👻
Featuring @emmaquilty.bsky.social, @aketchum22.bsky.social, @xrw.bsky.social, @drs.bsky.social, @serife.bsky.social, @thechristinet.bsky.social, @jessrauchberg.bsky.social, and more!
Featuring @emmaquilty.bsky.social, @aketchum22.bsky.social, @xrw.bsky.social, @drs.bsky.social, @serife.bsky.social, @thechristinet.bsky.social, @jessrauchberg.bsky.social, and more!
It's live! Take a sip of ChatGPT(ea) with Jess and I in this algorithmically divine new publication 🍵 ... just in time for spoopy season!
for @asapjournal.bsky.social, @thechristinet.bsky.social and I think through algorithmic conspirituality, genAI, and hopecore as a response to platform polarization!
asapjournal.com/node/hope-co...
asapjournal.com/node/hope-co...
Hope, Cope & Scroll: Sifting Down the Tea Leaves of Algorithmic Recommendation - ASAP/Review
The Vibes Are Off . . . In the weeks following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, something was brewing on TikTok. 🤳 The short-form content creation and e-commerce platform is notorious for its for ...
asapjournal.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It's live! Take a sip of ChatGPT(ea) with Jess and I in this algorithmically divine new publication 🍵 ... just in time for spoopy season!
Reposted by Dr. Christine H. Tran
enhance your Halloween season reading with this rich, textured, and magickal collection of essays on algorithms and the occult, edited by yours truly with @tamigraph.bsky.social and @briana-v.bsky.social !
Our newest cluster is out!
*Algorithms and the Occult
Ed
Tamara Kneese, Jeffrey Moro, Briana Vecchione
Feat
E Quilty
C Tran
J Rauchberg
D Benqué
L Olympe Haute
A Ketchum
A Rocha
S Reinis
K Girginova
K Cassidy
X R Wang
D R Santos
AX Mina
A Segade
S Wong
asapjournal.com/cluster/algo...
*Algorithms and the Occult
Ed
Tamara Kneese, Jeffrey Moro, Briana Vecchione
Feat
E Quilty
C Tran
J Rauchberg
D Benqué
L Olympe Haute
A Ketchum
A Rocha
S Reinis
K Girginova
K Cassidy
X R Wang
D R Santos
AX Mina
A Segade
S Wong
asapjournal.com/cluster/algo...
Algorithms and the Occult - ASAP/Review
asapjournal.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
enhance your Halloween season reading with this rich, textured, and magickal collection of essays on algorithms and the occult, edited by yours truly with @tamigraph.bsky.social and @briana-v.bsky.social !
When I see suicidal ideation en masse from my male mutuals, I know a Sports thing is happening.
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
When I see suicidal ideation en masse from my male mutuals, I know a Sports thing is happening.
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I have so much grading to do, and Canvas is down because of the AWS outage.
Object lesson #1940273 that maybe forcing us all to use crappy LMS tools that are beholden to tech infrastructures controlled by Bezos et al wasn't the best idea. #acasky
Object lesson #1940273 that maybe forcing us all to use crappy LMS tools that are beholden to tech infrastructures controlled by Bezos et al wasn't the best idea. #acasky
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I have so much grading to do, and Canvas is down because of the AWS outage.
Object lesson #1940273 that maybe forcing us all to use crappy LMS tools that are beholden to tech infrastructures controlled by Bezos et al wasn't the best idea. #acasky
Object lesson #1940273 that maybe forcing us all to use crappy LMS tools that are beholden to tech infrastructures controlled by Bezos et al wasn't the best idea. #acasky
French millenium of humiliation
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
French millenium of humiliation
if your parents were both academics, you should get a stigmatizing surname like in ASOIAF. Jon Book, Ramsay Nerd, Gendry Cites, etc.
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
if your parents were both academics, you should get a stigmatizing surname like in ASOIAF. Jon Book, Ramsay Nerd, Gendry Cites, etc.