Vicki Mayer
@vicki1971.bsky.social
Professor of Communication, Media, Work
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Zephyr Teachout:
[Crypto] uses about 2.3 percent of all U.S. electricity…more than the total electricity used for all residential lighting in America. One Bitcoin transaction…generate[s] greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to driving a mid-sized car 1,000 mi.
[Crypto] uses about 2.3 percent of all U.S. electricity…more than the total electricity used for all residential lighting in America. One Bitcoin transaction…generate[s] greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to driving a mid-sized car 1,000 mi.
July 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Zephyr Teachout:
[Crypto] uses about 2.3 percent of all U.S. electricity…more than the total electricity used for all residential lighting in America. One Bitcoin transaction…generate[s] greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to driving a mid-sized car 1,000 mi.
[Crypto] uses about 2.3 percent of all U.S. electricity…more than the total electricity used for all residential lighting in America. One Bitcoin transaction…generate[s] greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to driving a mid-sized car 1,000 mi.
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This is why treating schools like job centers where employers can externalize the cost of training will always be a disservice to the public and the economy's long-term health.
its a cycle that happens a lot. Industry gets hot. everyone is told to go into it. by the time most of them graduate its been "hot"long enough for the labor pool to severely outstrip openings
April 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is why treating schools like job centers where employers can externalize the cost of training will always be a disservice to the public and the economy's long-term health.
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james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
No place like home
Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Shock People
Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Shock People
OVERLAND PARK, KS–Stung by flagging album sales and Eminem’s supplanting him as Middle America’s worst nightmare, shock rocker Marilyn Manson has embarked on a door-to-door tour of suburbia in a despe...
theonion.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
No place like home
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15 May. CAMRI Seminar with Vicki Mayer (@vicki1971.bsky.social)
On Experience Work: a Phenomenology of Entrepreneurs, Influencers, Creators.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/phenomenal...
On Experience Work: a Phenomenology of Entrepreneurs, Influencers, Creators.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/phenomenal...
Phenomenal work and selves
CAMRI Research Seminar with Vicki Mayer (Tulane University)
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
15 May. CAMRI Seminar with Vicki Mayer (@vicki1971.bsky.social)
On Experience Work: a Phenomenology of Entrepreneurs, Influencers, Creators.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/phenomenal...
On Experience Work: a Phenomenology of Entrepreneurs, Influencers, Creators.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/phenomenal...
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The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble.🔭
Image Copyright: Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble;
Processing: William Ostling
Hubble Space Telescope
Image Copyright: Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble;
Processing: William Ostling
Hubble Space Telescope
January 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble.🔭
Image Copyright: Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble;
Processing: William Ostling
Hubble Space Telescope
Image Copyright: Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble;
Processing: William Ostling
Hubble Space Telescope
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Earth Science and #climate in the news: #NOLA is Ground Zero for the losing battle against #hurricane #flooding, sea level rise & land #subsidence. Best that can be done: slow the damage Mother Nature does, but she always wins in the end. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/o...
Opinion | New Orleans’ Striking Advantage in the Age of Climate Change
Unlike the other major cities that appear on lists of unsafe places, New Orleans has a striking competitive advantage.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Earth Science and #climate in the news: #NOLA is Ground Zero for the losing battle against #hurricane #flooding, sea level rise & land #subsidence. Best that can be done: slow the damage Mother Nature does, but she always wins in the end. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/o...
Super queer
NEWSWEEK: #Vance Depicts Himself as #Wife for #Thanksgiving...
CREEPY: Vice President-elect #JDVance shared a Thanksgiving #Meme in which he is apparently depicted as #DonaldTrump's "wife."...
www.newsweek.com/1993354
CREEPY: Vice President-elect #JDVance shared a Thanksgiving #Meme in which he is apparently depicted as #DonaldTrump's "wife."...
www.newsweek.com/1993354
November 30, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Super queer
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NEWSWEEK: #Vance Depicts Himself as #Wife for #Thanksgiving...
CREEPY: Vice President-elect #JDVance shared a Thanksgiving #Meme in which he is apparently depicted as #DonaldTrump's "wife."...
www.newsweek.com/1993354
CREEPY: Vice President-elect #JDVance shared a Thanksgiving #Meme in which he is apparently depicted as #DonaldTrump's "wife."...
www.newsweek.com/1993354
November 30, 2024 at 6:45 AM
NEWSWEEK: #Vance Depicts Himself as #Wife for #Thanksgiving...
CREEPY: Vice President-elect #JDVance shared a Thanksgiving #Meme in which he is apparently depicted as #DonaldTrump's "wife."...
www.newsweek.com/1993354
CREEPY: Vice President-elect #JDVance shared a Thanksgiving #Meme in which he is apparently depicted as #DonaldTrump's "wife."...
www.newsweek.com/1993354
Serious question: is there any animal besides humans that would knowingly destroy their own environment/habitat?
November 24, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Serious question: is there any animal besides humans that would knowingly destroy their own environment/habitat?
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As promised, the Popular Culture and Media Studies starter pack! If you work in this realm and would like to be added, just let me know. :) I wanted us all to be able to find each other here.
go.bsky.app/JtBHuwU
go.bsky.app/JtBHuwU
November 7, 2024 at 1:09 PM
As promised, the Popular Culture and Media Studies starter pack! If you work in this realm and would like to be added, just let me know. :) I wanted us all to be able to find each other here.
go.bsky.app/JtBHuwU
go.bsky.app/JtBHuwU