iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🚨 ALERT 🚨: All of Stuart Hall's notebooks have been digitized and are freely available to browse and read??? stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...

Stuart Hall notebook: NOTES ON THE REPRODUCTION OF IDEOLOGIES AND THE MEDIA (Orange notebook, "Summit Students Pad")

Stuart Hall notebook page with headline: "Problems for a Marxist Theory of the Media" and a series of bulletpoints. Lined notebook paper with black handwriting.

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 16h

Yelling about AI literacy instead of actually holding tech/media companies to account is so exhausting and repeats a tired refrain. First it was media literacy. Then it was social media literacy. Now it's AI literacy. It's not a literacy crisis when the technologies are working as designed.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A thread of excellent birds I have met, and their backstories, in 20 photographs.

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 06/10/2026

If you think about the data that is constructed about a person by observing their public behavior as a kind of "affordance" or "handle" for doing things on or to that person (including compiling further information about them), the technicized use of public data is inherently nonconsensual.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles grocery shopping in L.A. in 1970.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

so incredibly massively fucking tired of this

Three National guard soldiers walking through a metro station

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/10/2026

it is interesting that I can't find any mainstream media coverage of Altman's sister Annie going viral on social media over the weekend for uploading footage of the first hour of her deposition in her lawsuit against him (one of two) in which she is alleging years of CSA

theguardian.com

Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026

The far right power grab is global and entirely organized, moneyed & interconnected. No matter where it happens, every pillar of free society that falls has been and will continue to be everyone’s problem. It’s a domino effect.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 04/10/2026

man I would like one fucking electorate - one! - to remember that fascism is bad for more than five minutes at a time

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 05/10/2026

Either Americans, yes you Americans, regulate corporate social media out of existence or the possibility of any kind of democracy existing anywhere will constantly be under threat and the only viable non-fascist governance will be the Chinese model.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As I’ve asked many times now, what constituencies does a university president represent? Because too often, the answer seems to not include anyone who works or studies at the university, and that seems like a problem.

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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

new wolfenstein looks like shit

its pete hegseth splaying his arms christlike at a podium with all sorts of americana bunting thats got a distinct fash aesthetic

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/10/2026

Higher ed leaders are worried about the "decline of public trust"; what are they doing about the fact that faculty, students, and staff at their own institutions do not trust them to lead effectively, defend academic freedom, and meet the challenges of the moment?

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/10/2026

Higher ed leaders are doing "decline of public trust" discourse in order to avoid talking about all the things they've done to undermine their institutions, including exploiting contingent faculty labor, attacking student protest, and underfunding the humanities

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i think it may be conscious

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hawaiian seabirds excitedly sing and dance when they reunite with their mate.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026

Checking in on how things are going over at the Chronicle Against Higher Education:

Screenshot of Chronicle of Higher Education website showing featured articles: "Anthropology Has a Truth Problem"; "The Social Sciences Have a Politics Problem"; "Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?"; "Colleges Should Take Linda McMahon's Call to Action Seriously."

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404 Media @404media.co · 01/10/2026

NEW: Public records obtained by 404 Media show administrators taking meetings with parents and alumni when they take issue with student reporting. This comes as student journalists at The Cornell Daily Sun earned recognition for breaking the “Cornell Seven” story.

404media.co

How Schools and Universities Try to Censor Student Journalists

As the Cornell 7 case highlights the importance of student journalism, public records reveal how schools try to censor on-campus news outlets.

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So much of women's lives are consumed by making themselves smaller to avoid the violence perpetrated by men.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Free fallin' into this day like this fetus did in 1582.

a detail of a fetus in a womb from a 1582 German book titled: Hebãmenbuechlin (VD16 R 2846).

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For those of us who live here, it's also loud AF and disruptive on so many levels. #freedc

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The invisible labor (often performed by women and marginalized folks) that keeps organizations afloat remains hidden and uncompensated. But those musing about AI's "transformation" of work have probably always benefited from this kind of labor in all parts of their life and don't see it as work.

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things

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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pretty much summarizes how elite students are treated except when their activities offend wealthy donors to a university

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The year was 1778 in Europe, and strong Marge Simpson vibes were in the air.

a woman with a haircut like Marge Simpson

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

you guys broke watergate

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When you're having to defend the continuation of a major based on a P&L statement, you know higher ed is cooked. #academicsky

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

Y'all it's getting increasingly hard not to cry and smoke in front of my students.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 22/09/2026

I remember the exact moment, early in my transition, working in Copenhagen, when I realized I was being perceived as a woman by my male coworkers. I realized it because they were interrupting and talking over me in meetings.

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 21/09/2026

when mom says we're out of toaster strudels and I have to eat a pop tart instead

ed sheeran the large baby man crying on stage at a concert people paid money to see

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy Demi Adejuyigbe Day to all who celebrate!

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paolo @paolopalma.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Working on a new taxonomy for research methods

Punt square with rows depicting data collection (fun, not fun) and columns depicting data analysis (fun, not fun)

Qual interviews are listed as fun to collect and not fun to analyze while surveys are listed as fun to analyze but not fun to collect

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You can pry y'all from my cold, dead hands. It is a fantastic gender neutral collective noun, and I will die on this hill.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

there is a whole hour until dinner time, sir

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026

“New students enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin can no longer major in studies focusing on Africans and the African diaspora, Mexican Americans and Latinos, or women and gender.” Puts a lot of “regain trust” rhetoric into proper relief.

texastribune.org

The University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty.

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Federal agents and the National Guard – assisted by a U.S. Park Police helicopter – flooded into Park View this morning, scaring parents of kids at Bruce-Monroe Elementary School. Federal officials say it's to help fight crime; critics say it's overkill: www.washingtonsun.com/metro/dc-fed...

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Neighbors Upset Over Federal Agents’ Presence at D.C. School

Agents and National Guard troops handed out fliers outside a Northwest elementary school, as a helicopter hovered overhead.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Doctors say that the measles outbreak in Pennsylvania is likely due to low rates of vaccination. A guy who snorts cocaine off toilet seats and drives around with dead bear cubs in his van says it’s caused by chemtrails. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oh hey Taylor, tell us again how you can't be addicted to tech because tech is for connection!

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Grateful to the folks on the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions who put all this together. Resources include a zine, procurement playbook, bargaining tracker, AI/tech divestment guide, state policy tracker, FOIA guide, explainer for ditching Palantir, & AI/tech audit guide

aaup.org

Toolkit for Activism on AI

The AAUP ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions developed the following toolkit resources to fight against the top-down adoption of technology by colleges and universitie...

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

10/10 would boop and gladly lose a finger in the process.

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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It brings me to tears to see people fighting for our civilization amidst *gestures at everything*

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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 17/09/2026

speaking as a science journalist who is also a trained physicist, this is the FUCKING WORST POSSIBLE THING. This is the opposite of trustworthy. You can't trust a damn thing an "AI agent" tells you. An article needs to be unchanged between queries, or any change needs to be documented clearly.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 16/09/2026

More than any higher ed development in recent memory, institutional subsidies for AI at R1 universities prove that austerity is a choice. It is not “too expensive” to invest in a humanities research infrastructure; rather, it is a choice that R1 universities make not to & subsidize AI instead.

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