iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Play in a Digital Age is just 2 days away: 8/25 at 8-9:00pm EST/ 6-7pm PST! We hope you will add your voice to the conversation! #literacies

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Thanks for listening, Nick. 👋

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A little thread on AI and #HigherEd 1. "All in" may not be the most prudent approach when it comes to ai, especially if the players involved aren't sure of what that actually means via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/m... #highered

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A University System Went All In on A.I. Now It’s Tearing Itself Apart.

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Appreciated this conversation between Mishal Husain and @meredithmeredith.bsky.social about privacy as vital for democracy and free society. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC4S...

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AI Wants Your Life: Tech Boss Meredith Whittaker Says No | The Mishal Husain Show

YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 19/05/2026

Did I mishear and think it was “drinking in the kitchen?” Yes. Was I hoping sandwiches were involved? Also yes. On this Pop & Play Srikala and @wargojon.bsky.social get salty, paddle the highball right out of my hand, and teach the not so ancient art of Pickleball. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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Is Pickleball all about Dinking in the Kitchen?

Podcast Episode · Pop and Play · May 19 · 34m

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

“Ryan Atwood explains crypto to the masses” was not on my bingo card. #theoc www.rottentomatoes.com/m/everyone_i...

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries libraries #nationallibraryweek

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) | Richelieu : Musée et Salle ovale

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Appreciated this episode featuring @add-hawk.bsky.social in conversation with Pop and Play co-hosts @haenyyoon.bsky.social & @snowdaylearninglab.org A fave bit: profs who (unironically) assign Foucault & then set up heavily surveilled test environments 😆 #goplay podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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Can Rules in Games Help Us Find Deeper Freedom?

Podcast Episode · Pop and Play · April 14 · 44m

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Humane research innovation that leverages emerging tech to pose new Qs & address familiar Qs in new ways. That’s the premise of the Early Researcher Innovation Network (ERIN) we launched last fall at @tcdigitalfuture.bsky.social Learn more: www.tc.columbia.edu/digitalfutur... #highered #community

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Getting to Know DFI's Early Research Innovation Network (ERIN)

In this interview, learn more from Dr. OreOluwa Badaki, Co-Director of this new program that supports early career scholars in multimodal research at the Digital Futures Institute—Teachers College, Co...

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Here’s a link to one of the poems she read on the podcast: “Literary Theory” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Literary Theory

A poem by Ada Limón

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

From Limón's interview in the latest episode of the NYT Book Review podcast, with Gilbert Cruz -- on the power of poetry. (plus some excellent book recs before the interview) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

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23 Books We Are Looking Forward to This Spring

Podcast Episode · The Book Review · April 3 · 48m

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

"Art is supposed to pierce us." -- Ada Limón

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The report, by the way, was part of a treasure trove of archival documents from the The People's Institute that are preserved in the #NYPL archives. The report, and esp these images, served to galvanize public support to stem the tide of censorship. Would they work today? #fundlibraries #HR7661

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

To illustrate the absurdity of movie censorship, cartoonists make the ridiculous comparison to censoring reading materials -- in other words, "who in their right mind would censor texts?!" #HR7661

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Censorship of motion pictures was enough of a concern in the early 1900s that The People's Institute issued a report, The Menace of Motion Picture Censorship, containing pointed political cartoons that serve as a rallying cry against censorship and aims to appeal to readers' sense of logic. #HR7661

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Rooster may keep me watching simply because of the title song sung by Michael Stipe. ... And sure, I'm also a sucker for tv that attempts to capture the academic experience. ... *attempts* ...

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a man in a white shirt is dancing in a dark room

Alt: michael stipe dancing

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Well played, Mother Nature. Well played.

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I recently picked up this book, an illustrated treatment of Mary Oliver's poem, "Goldfinches" -- the layered visuals are stunning, begging multiple revisits. A picture book, ages: all. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/749127...

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Goldfinches by Mary Oliver: 9780593692417 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet gorgeously illustrates the work of Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Mary Oliver for the first time in picture book form. Have you heard them singing in the wind, above...

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Take 30 minutes and enjoy the latest pop-off episode of Pop & Play in which co-hosts @snowdaylearninglab.org and @haenyyoon.bsky.social ponder the *totally uncontroversial* question: What counts as reading? #readingwars #literacy #whatisreading #reading #dopeoplestillusehashtags #shrug

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

This was an excellent plenary talk by @alondra.bsky.social in which she artfully reframes what can often seem like a binary abyss of bad and worse choices regarding ai: www.youtube.com/live/IZFurJB... (First ~ 30 mins) #iaseai26

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IASEAI'26 - (Room I)

YouTube video by UNESCO

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

As always, thorough and thoughtful reporting from @jillbarshay.bsky.social "The damage is cumulative and will unfold over years. ... the deeper loss belongs to the children and teachers who will never benefit from the knowledge that would have been generated."

"The damage is cumulative and will unfold over years. Longitudinal studies were cut off midstream, multiyear research programs collapsed, and promising lines of inquiry vanished before they could mature. Careers were derailed, but the deeper loss belongs to the children and teachers who will never benefit from the knowledge that would have been generated."

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A refreshing critique of Haidt's oft-cited tome that refers to an entire generation of youth as the anxious recipients of unregulated access to smartphones. "We’re not “anxious” just because of TikTok. Sometimes, the world is just objectively overwhelming — phones or not."

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 18/11/2025

Learning requires friction. Good learning environments reduce unproductive friction. They also provide support so learners can work through productive friction. Using AI to remove all friction removes the learner from what is to be learned. Doing difficult things is entirely the point!

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

"I saw Tracy Chapman open for Sting" i will be forever envious of this. #popplaypod

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

and if forced to choose something from this century... robyn's 'dancing on my own' is a sure bet. you can't not bop to it. just try resisting its infectious beat and deeply human lyrics. #popplaypod

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

nirvana's unplugged album is a winner every time i listen to it. zenyatta mondata will never disappoint. i could listen to tracy chapman read the phone book, but i'll settle for a repeat listen of her titular album. #popplaypod

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

the leo/clare R&J soundtrack was excellent. garbage - perfection. #popplaypod

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

different speeds, tones, moods for reading, writing, cooking, doodling, being, and generally putting up with it all. #popplaypod

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

there's a version of mmmbop 25 years later that's slowed down slightly and that downshift makes the lyrics seem poignant somehow, in a way that eluded many of us when it was just a 'bop' #popplaypod

first stanza lyrics from mmmbop by hanson

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

i like this nod to the materiality that provides access into different registers of play and the unfettered nature of experimentation that less about a preset goal & more about the temporal urgency to play now. even -- especially -- when there may be forces pulling in other directions. #popplaypod

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

not quite teen, and was into music before this, but i remember madonna's 'true blue' vinyl 45 being quite a get. we all crowded around my jack and jill (was that a thing?) record player, removed my large lp of the 6 million dollar man, & watched the little blue disc go round 'n round #popplaypod

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

is that like when the audience starts singing auld lang syne during the nye concert at the nyphil? (dont judge me for my limited cult outings) #popplaypod

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Will you be replying exclusively with references to people named toby? #popplaypod

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

(to be clear, i mean the magician, not a waxed dickensian figure) #popplaypod

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Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I went to the one in London many moons ago and was freaked out by a flying david copperfield -- as in, his wax figure was suspended in air wearing a slightly menacing expression. (shudder)

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