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Pynchon Pals - a podcast about finally reading Thomas Pynchon @pynchonpals.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Pynchon Pals is now available on YouTube! We're in the process of uploading our back episodes, but all of our discussions of V. are up now. (Note that this does NOT mean we're becoming a video podcast -- you don't need to watch us frantically flipping through pages) youtu.be/F4ufgp8gfk0

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Pynchon Pals Episode 01 (V. Chs. 1-2)

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Excited to share that my NSF CAREER proposal was awarded! We will be exploring how to leverage “generative friction” to design AI tools that foster reflection in creative practice, using techniques like critique, reframing, effortful processes, and glitch. #creativitysupport #AIcreativity #NSFCAREER

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Our AI literacy museum exhibits are looking good at the Museum Lab in Pittsburgh this weekend!

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Almost 4 years in my research lab finally has a sign! We are official! www.creativeinterfaces.northwestern.edu

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

New paper from @mollydb.bsky.social at #MOCO26: through in-depth interviews with five disabled dancers, we explore common themes of tensions and joy across experiences of physically integrated dance and discuss the implications for movement and computing. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Weight-sharing trust and wooden floors: Identifying moderating factors in physically integrated dance | Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Movement and Computing

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Just noticed this today. Why would I want people to listen to an unverified AI generated podcast (mis)representing my work? Why spend the time to write a paper if ACM encourages people to listen to an AI generated podcast instead? Is there any way to even contest the content if there is an error??

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Also today at #CHI2026- I'll be in P1 Rm 1-122 at 11:15 to support Achi Mishra as she presents a collaborative autoethnography exploring how writers can engage in proactive AI ethics through speculative fiction. Check out the paper here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Speculative Fiction for Interdisciplinary, Proactive, and Publicly Engaged AI Ethics | Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Still looking for a session to attend this morning at #CHI2026? I'll be presenting our paper (on behalf of Hasti Darabipourshiraz) on designing a platform to support youth-led auditing of bias in LLMs around 10AM in the auditorium. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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BiasViz: A Project-Based, Narrative-Centered Learning Tool for Engaging Middle School Students in Critical Thinking about AI Biases | Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computi...

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I'm mostly just happy to be back in Barcelona and enjoying sangria con palomitas, ostras, pan con tomate, tapas, gazpacho, and more but hey I am also co-organizing a workshop on data literacy @chi.acm.org tomorrow (join us at 2:14 Monday in P1-113!) #CHI2026 data-literacy-workshop.github.io/CHI26/

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We are excited to share our work today at #TEI2026 on designing museum exhibits to foster AI literacy using embodiment and creativity to engage learners. Also a live demo of 2 of the exhibits tonight! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Designing and Evaluating Museum Exhibit Prototypes to Foster Middle Schoolers’ AI Literacy through Creativity and Embodiment | Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on Tangible, Embedd...

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Our lab had two papers conditionally accepted to #chi2026 on enabling youth to document biases in LLMs (led by Hasti Darabipourshiraz) and engaging writers in proactive AI ethics via speculative fiction (led by Achi Mishra). Can't wait to return to Barcelona (where I studied abroad!) in April.

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.

Screenshot of a paper entry:
Fictional Failures and Real-World Lessons: Ethical Speculation Through Design Fiction on Emotional Support Conversational AI
Authors: Faye Kollig, Jessica Pater, Fayika Farhat Nova, Casey Fiesler
(There are tabs with "abstract" and "summary" and "summary" is selected.)

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Excited to be co-organizing the #CHI2026 Workshop on Data Literacy for the 21st Century: Perspectives from Visualization, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Education. Submissions are due Feb 10, 2026 (AoE). More info: data-literacy-workshop.github.io/CHI26/

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Data Literacy for the 21st Century: Perspectives from Visualization, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Education

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Pynchon Pals - a podcast about finally reading Thomas Pynchon @pynchonpals.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

In which an elderly puggle, quick change artist, does an impersonation of an alligator 🎃💀🐊 Happy Halloween!

An elderly puggle in an alligator costume.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 30/10/2025

If you want to implement an AI tutor, you need to study it’s performance in naturalistic settings with the kinds of context windows that student learners will provide. You can’t begin with a well formulated question about a single topic. Students don’t know how to formulate questions well at first.

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Still unpacking Thomas Pynchon’s V in my free time 😄 new episode out featuring exciting discussion of the NYC sewer system, alligator hunting, a rat church, and more.

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Exercising my literary analysis muscles on a new podcast! To start, we are reading & discussing Thomas Pynchon’s V. a few chapters at a time.

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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

📢 #CSCW is experimenting with a new format: rolling submissions 🎉 Submit your work when it’s ready! ✔️ PACM publication + CSCW presentation ✔️ Healthier work-life balance ✔️ Faster reviews and more opportunities for revisions More info: medium.com/acm-cscw/csc... #HCI

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CSCW Rolling Submissions

CSCW is experimenting with a new format: rolling submissions. You will be able to submit work to CSCW whenever it is ready (no deadlines)…

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 17/09/2025

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose??? This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

With the CHI deadline fast approaching, I'm resharing our lab's resource on making figures for HCI papers: docs.google.com/presentation... New content suggestions always appreciated. Don't be shy to promote your own work!

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Makeability Lab - How to Figures

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Patrick Fiorilli @patfio.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

New post about Red Rooms and We're All Going to the World's Fair. Two movies about the abyss of the Internet and, oddly enough, the balding weirdo on the other side of the screen. www.patf.io/into-the-scr...

Left, Juliette Gariépy as Kelly-Anne in Red Rooms. Right, Anna Cobb as Casey in We're All Going to the World's Fair.

Left, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos as Ludovic Chevalier. Right, Michael J. Rogers as JLB.

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Patrick Fiorilli @patfio.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

New newsletter up today about my recent one-page outlaw country RPG, THE HIGHWAYMEN, and the 16 year old World of Warcraft machinima music video that ultimately inspired it.

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Introducing, The Highwaymen

Did you know that metrics show that Tuesdays and Thursdays are the optimal days to release a newsletter? What a fool I was to publish the first one on a Saturday! At least we're all on the same page n...

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Patrick Fiorilli @patfio.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Inspired by the absolute banger and winner of the 1985 Grammy for Best Country Song that is "Highwayman" by The Highwaymen, I finally put together an idea I've been kicking around for years as my submission for the One-Page RPG Jam! Give it a look, or better, a play with some friends.

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The Highwaymen by Patrick Fiorilli

An Outlaw country Role-Playing Game for a Dealer, a deck of 52 cards, and 1-4 Players by Patrick Fiorilli.

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Patrick Fiorilli @patfio.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I started a newsletter! It's called "Critical Theorycraft," and I'll be writing broadly about games, literature, and media every two weeks or so. The first post is up today, and it's about how cool it was to play Nintendo 64 in a hotel room. Toss me your email and you shall be rewarded with posts!

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Playing (With) Video Games

According to a famous anecdote about the origins of Super Mario 64—that is, about the origins of 3D platforming—before designing any levels, enemies, or objectives, the game's designers began with mov...

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

What if–instead of the current paradigm of individual prompting–GenAI afforded communal creative processes? Join us in speculating alt AI futures at #DIS2025, where Lauren Lin is presenting our paper "Beyond the Prompt: Community-Oriented Futures for Creative GenAI." dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....

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Beyond the Prompt: Community-Oriented Futures for Creative GenAI | Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Two new papers out this week from our research on AI use in college essay writing. We find that 1) students are using AI for ideation and revision when writing essays and 2) AI tends to generate struggle narratives for marginalized gender identities. This may impact how adolescents view themselves.

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Come chat with me by a poster at #CHI2025! During the Wednesday AM break I will be with @shallotly.bsky.social discussing journalists' practices surrounding AI (tinyurl.com/y6jmd85k) and during the PM break I will be with Maalvika Bhat talking hands-on AI literacy activities (tinyurl.com/yc2bnenh)

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Excited to be at #CHI2025 in Yokohama! Stop by our late-breaking work posters - led by amazing students Maalvika Bhat, Hasti Darabi Pourshiraz, and Charlotte Li @shallotly.bsky.social - on Wednesday to chat (more info in thread)

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Aaron Shaw @aaronshaw.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

A starter pack of faculty in my department (about 1/4 of us seem to be here so far). go.bsky.app/Bd13T6w

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

pinned post for new followers - our recent ACM DIS paper on designing interpretable interfaces that facilitate playful learning-by-doing about AI dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Duri Long @duri-long.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

👋🏻 trying to transition to a new platform in light of recent events. Follow for musings and research updates related to creativity, learning, and human-centered AI.

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