Reposted by litherlandÉireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Let a million imagined universities bloom 0115
Reposted by litherlandÉireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Who will organize an "another university is possible" conference with me? 15112
Reposted by litherlandvortex_egg @vortexegg.com · 28/09/2026It's a deeply authoritarian model of information access that doesn't trust, and flatly disallows, individuals from searching, discovering, encountering, and accessing information resources based on their own intentions and actions. 25411
Reposted by litherlandJacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the only way forward is to invest in *more* use of open protocols - so website yes, RSS yes, and federated distribution channels yes. Investing in closed platforms and hoping for an occasional bite of the apple hasn't worked for the last 15 years and it will work even less over the next. 173
litherland @lither.land · 26/09/2026It seems like one of the hallmarks of the fundamentally conservative mind is the fetishization of punishment and the belief that people have to “deserve” things (like food, clean air, housing, healthcare) that should be basic human rights. 161
Reposted by litherlandJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Electricity is 23% of global final energy but delivers 37% of useful energy and powers 46% of the global economy. We don't need to replace every fossil joule. We need to replace the services. A much smaller task. Great to see the @iea.org’s new Electrification report finally measure this. 5371158
Reposted by litherlandLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In what world is it the purview of the President/Executive branch “to force conservative cultural changes on academia‘? And why end the paragraph without noting that there is no legal justification whatsoever for Trump and his minions to “force cultural change” on institutions of higher education. 7692165
Reposted by litherlandamityf @amityf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026168 pages, man. And I don't think this is a _new_ analysis or shocking to anyone. But god.amnestyusa.org“We Had Whistles, They Had Guns”: Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enforcement Operations and the Case to Abolish ICETo comply with international human rights law, Amnesty International urges the U.S. government to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 28521
Reposted by litherlandAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 22/09/2026These were attempts by the federal government to impose docility on the people. But Minnesotans overcame their fear and stood up. 1509
Reposted by litherlandboogypaper.bsky.social @boogypaper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Place’s place Full gallery on commercialtype.com/news Photography by Marjorie Ray @commercialtype.bsky.social 033
litherland @lither.land · 22/09/2026People don’t like to think that the call is coming from inside the house. Ask me how I know! I get it; it’s a very uncomfortable and creepy feeling. But you gotta face it and deal with it! Not blame the person who in all good faith is trying to warn you 🤦♀️ 010
litherland @lither.land · 22/09/2026“What can I say, drawing helps to dismiss early assumptions and gain insight.” letterror.com/articles/klo...letterror.comLettering for the Kloosterkerk at LettError.comTypography for the pavement. 011
Reposted by litherlandDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/09/2026If one of the "rewards" of affluence is that you get to opt out of the services everyone else uses -- roads & transit, aviation system, schools, healthcare, etc. -- then those services are inevitably starved of resources & decline. We have to force affluent people to be invested in them. 1433857
Reposted by litherlandDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/09/2026Agree with this & I'd broaden it: as income inequality increases, the affluent class increasingly strains to free itself of public services. Those services suffer & the flywheel accelerates. Only way to stop is to say, for certain things, no: you have to use the same shit as us. 1744180
Reposted by litherlandErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I have bad news for the speculators. We've run out of future, so we need to start living in the present. 611520
Reposted by litherlandKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually 11997001916
Reposted by litherlandPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026When you hear a fantastical story about AI, you should ask yourself, "How does this serve the political project of AI?" Because, as others have pointed out, that's what AI really amounts to: a political project. 41277306
Reposted by litherlandTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability. 91318413
litherland @lither.land · 19/09/2026“A major theme I saw throughout these years, and see to this day, is how mysterious and inaccessible computers are made out to be. I don't like this. I don't like it because it strips people of confidence, power, and agency.” lesscomputer.ca/authors-note...lesscomputer.caauthor's note and welcomeI didn’t mean to know about computers. I didn’t study them in school, though I enjoyed using the clackety-clack keys in grade nine keyboarding class. “Keyboa... 142
Reposted by litherlandJason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 11026681406
litherland @lither.land · 18/09/2026The ruling class does not want us to be able to plan. After all, then we might plan a revolution. Burn it the @#$%&! down 🔥 000
litherland @lither.land · 18/09/2026My monthly maintenance, which had already increased by 25 percent over the past three years, just shot up by $200 in August to offset rising fuel costs because of the war of choice against Iran. The increase is supposed to be temporary, but 🤔 100
Reposted by litherlandKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A real problem with concerns about oil prices spiking even more than they already have is that people cannot do anymore to mitigate increased costs. There's already been mass layoffs, SNAP cuts, plus higher energy and food prices. The unnecessary US-Canada trade war. People are exhausted. 19987220
litherland @lither.land · 17/09/2026On my way to the Costco in East Harlem to get my Novavax jab 💉 🦠 💪 160
Reposted by litherlandDana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I think the celebrity jokes about sheeran are just escapism for me. Because israeli forces raided a kindergarten 2 weeks ago, and a building damaged by israeli bombs collapsed on top of families yesterday, and everything is heartbreaking. 131377
Reposted by litherlandShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Every day, I'm like: why are we all doing unpaid advertising and free training for commercial entities run by idiotic, ego-maniacal assholes? 216325
Reposted by litherlandShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I *hate* this "digital divide" framing for AI; even libraries marshal it to justify their "AI literacy classes," ensuring all have "access" for self-actualization and economic opportunity. Maybe instead some folks are sufficiently literate, and they're instead choosing *principled refusal*. 9690165
Reposted by litherlandNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Broke: The billionaire class is using culture war issues to divide the 99% Woke: The multi-millionaire class is blaming everything on billionaires to distract from their own role in reinforcing inequality 1044473
Reposted by litherlandKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 15/09/2026This is partly an LLM problem and partly an organizational problem. The LLM makes life much, much easier for everyone who wants to just pretend, and much, much harder for everyone who doesn’t. 5435106
litherland @lither.land · 15/09/2026Adding to my towering TBR stack robindembroff.com/real-men-on-...robindembroff.comReal Men on Top by Robin Dembroff | Philosophy of MasculinityIn the Real Men on Top book, Yale's Robin Dembroff explores the philosophy of masculinity and how patriarchy harms men. Discover the new release. 010
Reposted by litherlandbianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 14/09/2026it’s work to push back on non-consensual social norms. but it’s doable, every day. 152
Reposted by litherlandWill Wilkinson @wlknsn.xyz · 01/08/2026Even in a memo, work email, or dry report there is an implied narrator that isn’t really the writer, but a persona or mode of self-presentation of the flesh-and-blood writer. AI prose is not written at all. There is no act of writing. There is no writer.anyone.noAnyoneAnyone utvikler digitale produkter motivert og inspirert av god design og brukeropplevelse. 310010
litherland @lither.land · 14/09/2026universal healthcare now universal healthcare now universal healthcare now universal healthcare now universal healthcare now 010
litherland @lither.land · 12/09/2026“Through it all we both maintained a sense that—whatever the horrors of capitalism—there was something keenly human and joyful about putting words and type on the internet.” Beautiful. aworkinglibrary.com/writing/in-t...aworkinglibrary.comIn the worldIn memory of Nevan Scott, 1985–2026 031
litherland @lither.land · 12/09/2026“The amount of time it takes now to go from companies claiming an AI breakthrough to Bernie Sanders proposing a bill is *really* short, and that’s not a good thing.” www.wired.com/story/one-of...wired.comOne of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. 111
Reposted by litherlandsoleil ho @soleilho.com · 11/09/2026I rarely talk about how I was 6 blocks away from the WTC on 9/11. & it's less bc of the trauma and more the sheer shame of how the US turned that trauma into grist for more killing. here, I talk about how the attacks became a formative moment in my political life www.coyotemedia.org/september-11...coyotemedia.orgI Watched the Planes Fly Past My Classroom Window. Then Came 25 Years of GrievanceFor Soleil Ho, September 11 was their political origin story. 3504115
Reposted by litherlandAnne Kosseff-Jones @annekosseffjones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I love this question. I think community (radically inclusive community!) is my answer. There's so much joy to be found in struggling with neighbors for one another's thriving. Ruth Wilson Gilmore's reminder that "where life is precious, life is precious" becomes more true for me every day. 1217
Reposted by litherlandOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 10/09/2026> Research is a slow process. Deep discovery and understanding take time. This may seem suboptimal, but in the long-run this will lead to more meaningful results. Keep doing what you believe in, keep on the good work, and cling on to your masts! randominsurrection.wordpress.com/2026/09/10/h... 1236
Reposted by litherlandColin Dickey @colindickey.com · 10/09/2026When I get arrested and charged with blowing up data centers I will read this Baudelaire piece in its entirety as my sole defense and a jury of my peers will acquit me of all charges 0231
Reposted by litherlandisaac @sevier.io · 10/09/2026Except now I don't think of this in terms of queer identity only but in terms of left politics too. It is now that instead of shrinking and hiding we must keep going. We must come out and continue to say there is a different future for everyone and that we are committed to making it possible. 1103
litherland @lither.land · 09/09/2026This can happen in all sorts of settings. It’s awful. Hits very close to home 😔 120
Reposted by litherlandDouglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026this Tiebreaker point in the first set of Alcaraz vs. Shelton is some of the craziest display of athleticism and touch so far #USOpen 321742
litherland @lither.land · 09/09/2026When tennis is so good that it makes you tear up #shelton #alcaraz #usopen 000
