Reposted by Aaron ShapiroPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4hStudents from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g... 33497662772 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroCUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Graduate Center is proud to welcome the inaugural class in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies (BRES), our first new Ph.D. program in more than 25 years www.gc.cuny.edu/news/graduat... @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social 09325 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroJosh Scannell @frannyrecounts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026With the book’s release, I want to give a brief overview and outline a few of the key arguments. I’d include links to contemporary events but there are too many connections. The worst part of writing about race, computation, and police power is that it is always timely. 23924 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“Hype is eating the future, and leaving us the bones.” Sun-ha Hong of UNC-Chapel Hill says the Silicon Valley hype machine systematically “borrows credibility from the future to purchase legitimacy in the present.” The cost, he argues, is a planetary-scale drain on our alternatives.techpolicy.pressTech Hype is Cannibalizing the FutureEvery day, we are told that we live in the future—but hype is eating the future and leaving us the bones," writes Sun-ha Hong. 11956354 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroScott Richmond @scottrichmond.me · 06/10/2026Published today! "The Critique of Instrumental Reason Circa 1976: Seymour Papert, Joseph Weizenbaum, Artificial Intelligence, and the Frankfurt School": quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/image... Finally, my first scholarly work on Papert is in the world!quod.lib.umich.edu 1145 0
Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026had >100 texts from dozens of websites sending me log in codes when I wasn’t trying to log in, eg, to Condé Nast or carfax. Then, someone got hold of my credit card info and spent >$1200 on Oura rings. How much of my life will have been spent on hold filing fraud reports or reporting fraud texts? 000 0
Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The yellowjackets are writing opinion pieces for the times now 001 0
Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ok what about automatic crash notifications 000 0
Reposted by Aaron Shapirodanah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 28/08/2026PhD candidates/new grads: Postdoc opportunity with me focused on political economy and tech. See details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502academicjobsonline.orgCornell University, Department of Communication Job #AJO32502, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US 16562 0
Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Tallarico’s hoagie spread, the superior Italian chili crisp. I need a Philly-to-NC smuggler. 000 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026faculty! Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas faculty! please answer this anonymous AAUP survey docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.com2026 AAUP Faculty in the South SurveyThe Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as... 15672 0
Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 24/07/2026GM reported $800M from subscriptions and digital services, with a 70% margin. @mcforelle.bsky.social and I got the angles covered on the impacts of subscriptionization estsjournal.org/index.php/es... (finance.yahoo.com/news/gm-quie... )estsjournal.org View of Driving into a Paywall: The Subscriptionization of Consumer Vehicles | Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 021 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroMichael Ekstrand @md.ekstrandom.net · 21/07/2026“Algorithmic Realism” by @benzevgreen.bsky.social and @salome.bsky.social is on my short list of papers most foundational to my research. Super excited that Ben has turned it into a book, and it's available for pre-order! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205570...mitpress.mit.eduAlgorithmic RealismThe field of data science faces a moral crisis. Despite the desires of data scientists to develop algorithms for good, algorithms regularly produce injustice... 4249 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroHourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Perseverance - WATSON selfie - Sol 1119 - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2pKmx3e 015223 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroDavid Harvey @davidharvey.org · 08/07/2026New article in @jacobinmag.bsky.social 03112 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroKate Kaye @katekaye.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Bianca [hi!] - This idea is similar to a main thread in my podcast about 'trust measurement' (coming soon). The ways we as humans trust are shifting as people are increasingly subjected to the same computational measures of trustworthiness that AI agents [agentic 'coworkers'] are. AITrustControl.comaitrustcontrol.comTrust Control 241 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroBrian Callaci @briancallaci.bsky.social · 05/06/2026With University of Utah and the New School heterodox economics PhD programs under attack, the task is clear: Mayor Mamdani must create a PhD program at John Jay College, City University of New York 0274 0
Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 30/06/2026People say the choice is btw social democracy w real welfare and air conditioning. I’ve just come from UK and they have neither so jokes on you 000 0
Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Fans in the UK don’t have swivel tech yet 010 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 24/06/2026"...annihilating attention is a political project w/ clear benefits for the 💰 class: if we cannot attend the world, neither can we intercede in it. We become passive recipients of their worldbuilding, disenfranchised from our own responsibility to make sense of—and [to] remake—the 🌏 around us."aworkinglibrary.comUmyazuReading is the art of attention. 14215 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroData & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 22/06/2026We're hiring a post-doctoral research fellow! Apply by July 15. 0811 0
Reposted by Aaron Shapiroalice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I am hiring a qualitative postdoc to start this fall for the @datasociety.bsky.social project AI-Enabled Scams as a Systemic Security Challenge. Fully remote but must be US-based. Interested in youth, scams, hustle/financial/consumer culture? More here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyr...job-boards.greenhouse.ioPost-Doctoral Fellow, AI-Enabled Scams as a Systemic Security ChallengeRemote 13640 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroLuke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Alright all, it's that time: if you've ever taught my work, would you be so kind as to DM me with details? I (and my tenure file) appreciate it! 32015 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroShannon McGregor, PhD @shannimcg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026My UNC colleague @toriekstrand.bsky.social has a powerful op-ed today in the N&O on the insidious nature of so-called "institutional neutrality" - and how in practice it means anything but. www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...newsobserver.comProfessor: Here’s an alternative to UNC’s charade of ‘institutional neutrality’ | OpinionThe author is a professor at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. 23221 0
Reposted by Aaron Shapirogillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 15/06/2026reposting this which enthuses not only about Sarah Sharma's book but also the work of Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social. @dukepress.bsky.social @goodrobotpod.bsky.social @robkitchin.bsky.social @ahjackman.bsky.social @melhogan.bsky.social @alinau27.bsky.social 02210 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroIan @brocktoon.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Because I also like a record of Engagement, me at Flaming Hydra: on the joys of watching people discover how weird we are in the USA and the necessary mirror it places up to us when they do. Also, weird is a good thing in this instance. flaminghydra.com/welcome-to-t...flaminghydra.comWelcome to the U.S.A.My habitual morning dose of TikTok brainrot is one-third news, and two-thirds memes, short comedy, and bewildering weird stuff. Until roughly three days ago, when it became nearly wall to wall coverag... 23614 0
Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 06/06/2026one of those days when your body demands vegetables… lunch was roasted whole head of sprouting cauliflower. dinner is grilled zooks and squash 000 0
Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 02/06/2026If I ever go to montana I'm skipping billings and going straight to accounts receivable 000 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 01/06/2026There is something in here for everyone: Marxists, logistics obsessives, obsolete-software enthusiasts, and those are all the kinds of people I know about. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...yalebooks.yale.eduSeeing Like a Supply ChainA history of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, and how the ambiguity built into that technology helps companies and ... 2231491 0
Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 01/06/2026researching and writing about the HBO signal scrambling controversies of the 1980s and discovering that i'm radically and rabidly anti-IP. LFG copyleft 010 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroLouise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Congratulations @paullangley.bsky.social & @andrewleyshon.bsky.social on the publication of #FinTechCapital @fintechcapital.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social It’s a huge achievement & a timely intervention 23011 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroJohn Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 22/05/2026“There is not a single mention of Gaza in the DNC’s 192-page autopsy report (on the 2024 presidential race). As someone who campaigned in MI and WI, let me tell you that one of the reasons we lost was our blank check to Israel and Netanyahu while they committed genocide in Gaza.” — US Rep. Ro Khannathenation.comNo Mention of Gaza in the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy? Seriously?Too many Democrats still refuse to acknowledge how gravely the party was harmed by a failure to actively oppose genocide. 46500149 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 10/05/2026The real solution to helping historians do research is actually pretty simple: give archives more money. Money for conservation, preservation, storage (physical an digital), climate controlled facilities, and staff (paid at a living wage). You don't need LLMs, you need money. 4453115 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroAzadeh Akbari @azadehakbari.bsky.social · 07/05/2026🧵My paper on "Uneven Datafication" just came out! It draws on literature on coloniality, uneven development and dependency. Uneven datafication operates through three interrelated dynamics: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 63915 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroIan @brocktoon.bsky.social · 02/04/2026New post about people I know who grifted and gabbed despite professing decent politics and how we all bear at least a little responsibility for this nightmare. stuckness.ghost.io/down-on-the-...stuckness.ghost.ioDown on the FarmSomeone I was friends with 30 years ago has started a farm commune. From the outside, it also looks a little like a cult. The farm in question consists of one (1) shack, one and a half (1.5) gazebos,... 13010 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroLisa Nakamura @lnakamura.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Here's the link to the free pdf of my new book The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet. Access is so important and I'm grateful that the press is platforming it as one file that is easy to download. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...upress.umn.eduThe Inattention EconomyRevealing the unheralded contributions of women of color to the foundation and development of the digital economyThe Inattention Economy challenges the wides... 2168100 0
Reposted by Aaron Shapiroyaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 27/03/2026lots of trans ppl being kept in the closet rn due to the perception of an increasingly transphobic public and like I cannot overstate the degree to which 90+% of people Simply Do Not Have A Strong Opinion On Trans People And That Hasn't Changed Despite Years Of Transphobic Media Capture 6603142 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroDolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 24/03/2026We are looking for a 3-year postdoc to work on a self-defined research project in environmental history that places electronic or digital technologies at the center of its historical inquiry. More details in the announcement linked to below. #envhist 02116 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroAaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 05/02/2026new jawn from me out today in economy & society on the "subscription economy," part of my larger project on *the paywall society* www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.net(PDF) Subscription's entanglementsPDF | On Feb 5, 2026, Aaron Shapiro published Subscription's entanglements | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate 32810 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroThe Mask of the Red Jeph @ass.golf · 20/03/2026hey if "the economy" is completely decoupled from the welfare of the people, WHAT IS THE FUCKING POINT OF THE ECONOMY 154232945 0
Reposted by Aaron Shapiroevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 18/03/2026If you leave the infrastructure of surveillance in place, people in power will inevitably find an excuse to resume using it. You have to take that shit down. 171298398 0
Reposted by Aaron ShapiroAndrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Book launch day! “Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self Surveillance” is out. Bluesky friends, I would be so grateful if you would buy a copy. And if you can’t afford it, could you at least share this announcement. Thank you. #BookSky politics-prose.com/search?q=You... 28946477 0