Reposted by Daniel MartinTK @archivedspork.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A crazy thing about all this is UMN saw what cuts like this did to the UW system and benefitted from being the upper midwest public university that was still well funded 22110
Reposted by Daniel MartinDaniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Please share! AFT Local 3535, fighting for UW-Milwaukee and UW-Parkside workers… AFT Local 3535 Website: tauwp.wi.aft.org Insta: www.instagram.com/aftlocal3535 Our survey for UW-Milwaukee and UW-Parkside workers: actionnetwork.org/surveys/tauw... @aaup.org @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.socialinstagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 169
Reposted by Daniel MartinDaniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 20/08/2026If you are a worker at UW-Milwaukee or UW-Parkside, or you know someone who is, this is a link to a short survey on working conditions on our campuses. Let Local 3535 know how you're feeling! @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org actionnetwork.org/surveys/tauw...actionnetwork.orgTAUWP Local 3535 SurveyPlease take this short 5-minute survey to share your thoughts about your working conditions, your questions about our union, and your priorities for collective actions we can take together. We appreci... 024
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is what UW System workers have been suffering through for more than a decade. 0274
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Excellent social event for our union local last night. First time we've ever put on something like this. Signed up new members, made connections, met members of other locals, even had an AFSCME spouse of a new recruit clapping and fist raising. Higher educators are building something in SEWI! 020
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I've been looking at a lot of errata lately. There is so much variation in how they are presented, laid out, how the type appears and has aged through the years, scans, etc. Lots of born-digital variety too. I've been making prints but have also done a site: thedanmartin.github.io/erratum-rand... 000
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I already have projects on the front burner, I shouldn't be researching new opportunities I already have projects on the front burner, I shouldn't be researching new opportunities I already have projects on the front burner, I shouldn't be researching new opportunities I already h… ooo look at this! 020
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Excellent thread that should inspire others to get out and start talking to colleagues. It's been amazing to learn about what others are reading, studying, and making through having organizing conversations. 062
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Please share! AFT Local 3535, fighting for UW-Milwaukee and UW-Parkside workers… AFT Local 3535 Website: tauwp.wi.aft.org Insta: www.instagram.com/aftlocal3535 Our survey for UW-Milwaukee and UW-Parkside workers: actionnetwork.org/surveys/tauw... @aaup.org @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.socialinstagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 169
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Excellent afternoon at Kenosha LaborFest today. Music, fun for kiddos, fire department chili cook-off, and celebration of the power of solidarity. ✊ 011
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Live cam from the fish pond at the Minnesota State Fair. www.dnr.state.mn.us/statefair/we...dnr.state.mn.usLive FishCam from the Minnesota State FairMinnesota DNR FishCam. 000
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 27/08/2026@matthewboedy.bsky.social can you boost our @afthighered.bsky.social survey of workers at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Parkside campuses? actionnetwork.org/surveys/tauw... 001
Reposted by Daniel MartinPieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...forms.gleOpen letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent UniversityWe, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th... 421493642
Reposted by Daniel MartinRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I don’t really understand the point of this, but the part at the end where they run to a wall and fall over and guys haul them off on stretchers felt like some sort of metaphor. 3643859
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 20/08/2026If you are a worker at UW-Milwaukee or UW-Parkside, or you know someone who is, this is a link to a short survey on working conditions on our campuses. Let Local 3535 know how you're feeling! @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org actionnetwork.org/surveys/tauw...actionnetwork.orgTAUWP Local 3535 SurveyPlease take this short 5-minute survey to share your thoughts about your working conditions, your questions about our union, and your priorities for collective actions we can take together. We appreci... 024
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Really looking forward to seeing the seed art at the fair once again this year, there are always captivating designs from activists along with all the other interpretations of life in Minnesota. 040
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Smoky Simmons Island Beach in da Kenosh this morning. It's much better out now, but damn, this was gross. 000
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Dipping back into the quasi-corporate world to do some freelancing… eye-opening to see how things have changed since I last worked full time in industry. 000
Reposted by Daniel MartinDaniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I gave a period of my intro digital arts studio to an AI discussion. Gave them a vaguely anti-AI article + a vaguely pro-AI article. Everyone read, discussed in groups, and reported back. Consensus was hugely anti- except most agreed they liked Grammarly. Maybe not surprising for a studio course. 31124
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Reading Psuedo-Dionysus for graphic design purposes is not something I would have predicted but I'm glad to be here all the same. 030
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 05/03/2026f you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation. 020
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 20/02/2026My exhibition Metadata Recomposed is at the University of South Dakota through early May. www.usd.edu/the-south-da...usd.eduUniversity Libraries Presents ‘Metadata Recomposed’ Exhibition Through May 8The University Libraries at the University of South Dakota presents “Metadata Recomposed,” a solo exhibition of recent works by Daniel Martin. The exhibition opened Jan. 26 and will be on display thro... 010
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Photos of the installation of my exhibit Metadata Recomposed, at the I.D. Weeks Library at the University of South Dakota through May. 020
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Three thousand-somethingth to quote this and I'm just gonna say the Americans. 020
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 02/01/2026I am currently assembling materials for my first ever solo exhibition, opening at the end of this month at the University of South Dakota Library. It will be a mix of new and old work, all publishing-related. More information will be forthcoming but for now, here's a peek: 210
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Apologies if my reports from northern Wisconsin are getting old, @jeffsharlet.bsky.social but today, passing through Vilas County, I saw a sign that read "Trump 2024 - No Wars." The irony is overwhelming. 010
Reposted by Daniel MartinAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 25/11/2025This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is 281235509
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Always kinda blows my mind that Kwik Trip, of all evil oil and gas companies, has this genius UX design element on their pumps, a mute button for the screen blaring ads. Wisconsin can be proud of this, at the very least. 010
Reposted by Daniel MartinTone Madison @tonemadison.bsky.social · 18/11/2025"We are asking the UW Board of Regents to stand up for students' right to learn and the faculty's right to teach, both of which are intertwined with democracy itself," writes Neil Kraus, AFT-Wisconsin VP of Higher Education.tonemadison.comThe shady tactics shaping policy in the UW SystemUnwritten "political deals," perpetual audit threats, and fear are being used to reduce educational opportunities outside of UW–Madison and UW–Milwaukee. 0112
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Too cloudy in da Kenosh to see northern lights. :( 010
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 10/10/2025The things one sees when walking one's dog along Lake Michigan. I wouldn't be enthusiastic about being out in open water in this thing, even if it wasn't currently swamped on the beach. It would probably also make a good album cover for some sad bastard inde folk band… 092
Reposted by Daniel MartinPunk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 19/09/202544 years ago - Dead Kennedys ⚡ Klaus Flouride, East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra and D.H.Peligro, September 1981, Photo by Peter Noble #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory 426332
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Question for graphic, interaction, web & app #design professionals/instructors. Do you think it's relevant to teach undergrads #HTML, #CSS, and #JavaScript in today's world of #Figma and other popular prototyping tools? Not sure what kind of response I'll get, but I am genuinely curious. 000
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 06/09/2025isthmus.com/news/news/hu...isthmus.comHumanities, social sciences among most-cut UW programsEighty-two academic programs within the Universities of Wisconsin have been suspended or eliminated in the last three years. University officials say shifting student interest is to blame. 000
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 23/08/2025I had the fawaffle at the MN State Fair. It was good, lots of potential, but I think demand kinda outstripped quality on the production side of things. 010
Reposted by Daniel MartinAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 15/08/2025teachers! excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone. take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE against-a-i.comagainst-a-i.comAGAINST AI 36727415
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Took a ride through rural northern WI today and had flashbacks galore from @jeffsharlet.bsky.social's Wisconsin Death Trip redux from a few years ago. Essential reading: www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/11...vanityfair.com“Fuck Biden,” “Don’t Tread on Me,” and a Wisconsin Death Trip for Our TimesThe author knocks on the doors bearing the darkest symbols, behind which lie guns, ammo, antisemitism, antiabortion dogma—and a belief in the coming civil war. 060
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Product Design Studio, it was such a great overview and chance to practice how ideas for products, services, and really any creative endeavor are developed and refined. Excellent balance of theory and practice. 041
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 28/07/2025www.wuwm.com/education/20...wuwm.comState law will require UW faculty to teach 8 classes a year. What it means for studentsUniversity of Wisconsin professors need to teach four classes a semester. What does that mean for students, who may be facing tuition hikes? 000
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I tell people this kind of shape-as-letter thing rarely works well. Jeer? Gun-ee-gun? Lazy stuff. 000
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 05/07/2025I've got a piece of work in the ISCC Color Shifts exhibition, you can check out the online portion here: iscc.org/CI25-Color-E...iscc.orgColor Exhibition 000
Reposted by Daniel MartinMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 16/06/2025I think LLMs are appealing to a certain set of people who think they're entitled to be good at something without wanting to actually put in any work mostly, it seems people who think the disciplines of the Humanites aren't "real" and so just any rube can do it. Chris Arnade, basically 13645138
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Rode into the city and back today on the Metra and no one checked my ticket either way. 010
Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Just checked some old reliable links that I use to supplement my instruction on information architecture in web design. The dot gov ones, more broadly addressing accessibility and designing for disability accommodations, are all gone. Thanks for making the internet even worse, nu-techbro overlords! 010