Reposted by David Bering-Porterjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/05/2026once again, it is great that the president is a klan-level racist 18778231368
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026So excited that the book is coming out in November from @uminnpress.bsky.social! 2255
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026For a really great example of why this is important, there's the inter with Marc Andreessen going around where he brags about not thinking and having no introspection: youtube.com/shorts/b6Zw5...youtube.comMarc Andreessen on Why He Has No IntrospectionYouTube video by David Senra 030
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Liberal arts degrees have long paid the worst salaries—but Microsoft’s chief scientist says in the age of AI, they will be ‘really important’ for Gen Z | Fortune share.google/0qkr5LVqE1xy...share.googleLiberal arts degrees have long paid the worst salaries—but Microsoft chief scientist says in the age of AI, they will be ‘really important’ for Gen Z | FortuneMove over computer science, Microsoft exec says liberal-arts degrees now teach the skills Gen Z needs to land jobs in the AI era. 243
Reposted by David Bering-Portershauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/01/2026me every single day 10679912047
Reposted by David Bering-PorterAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy 299261368797
Reposted by David Bering-PorterBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Trump has launched a war of “fury,” to “raze” and “annihilate,” that has already killed dozens of Iranian girls, reportedly cost the lives of U.S. servicemembers, and will kill many more of both. He is acting without authorization by Congress and flouting international law. 10589142
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Just over 3 weeks in and this semester is already getting weird. 001
Reposted by David Bering-PorterChef Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 04/02/2026"Abolish the Police and then what?" while infantile and often asked in bad faith, is at least, on some levels, a real question "Ablish ICE and then what?" Is not a real question. Clearly if ICE didn't exist tomorrow society would just objectively be more peaceful and would not in any way fall apart 392419506
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I'm not familiar with it, but I'll check it out! Thanks! 000
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Yes! Do you like Seminar XI for that or are there a few secondary texts that find particularly useful? 110
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Can anyone recommend some good writing on the idea of recursion? Something in sound or image would be ideal, but math and computation is also more than welcome - I'm casting a wide net and looking to see what I find! 655
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 11/01/2026The linked Tik Tok pretty well sums up the current fascism. 041
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 29/12/2025A brilliant analysis of the state of higher education in the U.S. The crisis of the humanities has always been the tip of the spear of authoritarian governmentality taking aim at civil society and the entire apparatus of education www.chronicle.com/article/the-...chronicle.comThe ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology. 091
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 28/12/2025A timely reminder about the importance of higher education from an institution being dismantled by neoliberalism. Full article here: jacobin.com/2025/12/new-... 062
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 11/12/2025gothamist.com/news/the-new...gothamist.comThe New School faces identity crisis amid planned layoffs, reorganizationThe storied leftist university faces a $48 million deficit. 031
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Teaching Baudrillard's "The Precession of Simulacra" today, now that we're reaching the end of my Paranoid Aesthetics class. Every time I teach this text, I am always amazed at how prescient it is. 030
Reposted by David Bering-PorterLyn Goeringer @lyngoeringer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025 It's about cruelty. It's only about cruelty and an enforcement of extreme poverty. 021
Reposted by David Bering-PorterAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/11/2025People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination. 292022715
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Starving the population rarely goes well for authoritarian regimes. Also, I would love to hear from the many so-called Christians in the Republican party about what their beliefs say about feeding the hungry. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...nytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps 240
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 07/11/2025A really harrowing visualization of just how rich Elon Musk is. Perhaps we should rethink the existence of billionaires? engaging-data.com/how-rich-is-...engaging-data.comHow Rich is Elon Musk? - Visualization of Extreme Wealth - Engaging DataThis visualization shows how rich Elon Musk is by comparing his extreme wealth to other large quantities of money and showing them on the same scale. 0110
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Interesting. It would be fascinating to see MTG and others move away from the extreme Right, and showing them to be political opportunists and their Right-wing discourse as something rooted in bad-faith arguments. 010
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I can't even begin to say how pleased I am to have been a part of electing Zohran Mamdani as mayor of NYC! 1110
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 05/11/2025So proud of my fellow New Yorkers! Mamdani wins! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...nytimes.comLive Updates: Mamdani Wins N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race After Highest Turnout in Decades 031
Reposted by David Bering-PorterSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/10/2025I can’t stress this enough. They want to do inside the US the kind of extrajudicial murders they’ve been doing internationally. This has always been about normalizing the ability of Trump to smite his personal enemies without suffering legal consequences. Trump’s testing for compliance & resistance. 24833330
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 29/10/2025media.tenor.coma white cat is screaming with its mouth open and the words screaming intensifies are visible in the background .ALT: a white cat is screaming with its mouth open and the words screaming intensifies are visible in the background . 030
Reposted by David Bering-PorterMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Remember when Paul Krugman’s columns were soooo wonky. “It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugmanopen.substack.comThe Hunger Games Begin40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps 201220473
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 08/10/2025I do! I couldn't fit it into my syllabus this semester, but it's great work! 010
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Teaching the first episode of The X-Files in class tomorrow as we consider the role of government and sovereign authority in the construction of conspiracy. We've been talking a lot about UFOs in class, and it will be interesting to hear their perspective on such an iconic TV show. 2140
Reposted by David Bering-PorterMike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen... 125154245226
Reposted by David Bering-PorterZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 03/10/2025On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote. zohranfornyc.com/register 229186184699
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Why is everything terrible? www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/e...cnn.comTrump announces 100% tariff on foreign-made movies | CNN BusinessPresident Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday he will be imposing a 100% tariff “on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States.” 041
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Excited to see this small piece I wrote on horror, possession, and opera come out in Calibano, the magazine of the Rome Opera! www.operaroma.it/en/calibano/...operaroma.itIn the Grip of the Past: Haunting, Possession, and Repetition in the Culture Industry | 011
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 21/09/2025"From the dawn of civilization onwards, crowds have always undergone the influence of illusions ... The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them." -- Gustave Le Bon, _The Crowd_. 061
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 08/08/2025A nice refutation of Sam Altman's asinine comment that GPT-5 has "PhD level intelligence:" www.reddit.com/r/Artificial...reddit.comFrom the ArtificialInteligence community on RedditExplore this post and more from the ArtificialInteligence community 020
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 08/08/2025What are your favorite podcasts, YouTube channels, or other mass media platforms that engage in critical theory, cultural studies, media studies, etc.? 100
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Wow, this post about NFTs really ages like raw milk. 040
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Proofreading has some real highs and lows. Sometimes you are reminded why your argument is actually pretty good and the next moment you see that you've misspelled "the" for the 15th time. 120
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 04/08/2025A perfect, concise reading of Trump's idiotic press briefing. No notes. 010
David Bering-Porter @atg-dbp.bsky.social · 02/08/2025A more complete report on the DOGE fiasco. I say we, the people, sue to get our money back. 092