Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 17h“I wanted to get the tears out of the way, so I can act sensibly”; “the power of grief to derange the mind has in fact been exhaustively noted.” Quoting Joan Didion in my soft-resignation email is crazy, but yet here we are. 010
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Just heard my friend telling me something scandalous that my mind literally had to dissociate while thinking of this meme 000
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"If our happiness depends on turning away from violence, our happiness is violence." - Sara Ahmed. 000
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026love how beautiful this looks on print! thankful for the editors, & most importantly always thankful for Jayson — the friendship, the shared space, for nerding out over soil & plants together 🫂🤗 here’s to more Southeast Asia x Latin America collaboration 🥂 131
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Microdosing quitting academia by procrastinating my R&Rs. 010
Reposted by PepitorinoJournal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026JHI Blog editors Zac Endter and Jonas Knatz introduce their forum on "The Conceptual History of Technology." Contributions will be published weekly through December. @zacendter.bsky.social @jonasknatz.bsky.socialweb.sas.upenn.eduThe Engineering of Ideas: Introducing the Forum on the Conceptual History of TechnologyThe editors of the forum on "The Conceptual History of Technology" introduce its goals and contributions.... 0198
Reposted by Pepitorinojayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I’m excited to finally see this collaboration with @postcolsandwich.bsky.social in print in this Plant Humanities volume! We researched and wrote our dissertations together, and we’re sharing space with writers I admire like Sumana Roy, Judith Carney, Romita Ray, Gary Paul Nahban, and Yota Batsaki. 062
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026When your most respected & admired agrarian scholar not only share your birthday, but also some life challenges & milestones 🥺 100
Reposted by PepitorinoLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 01/09/2026‘Part of the pleasure of the books is that they present us with a less ethereal version of Woolf than we usually encounter. More granite, less rainbow.’ @djbduncan.bsky.social on the books that Virginia Woolf made at the Hogarth Press. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukDennis Duncan · At Charleston: Hogarth Press‘Our press you know, is to give birth to every monster in the vicinity,’ Virginia Woolf told Clive Bell. Hogarth’s... 052
Reposted by Pepitorinojohnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One more great thing about Dolly. She was a paid-up union member — American Federation of Musicians, Local 257, Nashville. And she had been for 58 years. www.afm.org/2026/08/afm-...afm.orgAFM Statement on the Passing of Dolly PartonToday, the entire community of professional musicians mourns the loss of an irreplaceable icon and a generous heart: Dolly Parton. While the world knows her as a global superstar and philanthropist… 2667351776
Reposted by PepitorinoLibrary of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️ 194335187160
Reposted by PepitorinoGabriel S. Jacobs @gsjphd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026let's be real: plagiarism scandals in academia happen all the time (not because academics plagiarize a lot, but just because of how many millions of faculty there are around the world) and it is never general-public news unless the culprit is a member of a minority. 171435216
Reposted by PepitorinoPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026when arday was hired, cambridge had five black professors. does that sound like an institution in thrall to DEI? does that sound like an institution that's handing out jobs to black academics? 51541132
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Stop pretending that this sector had some well-established, rigorous standards to maintain, man. It just doesn't. 100
Reposted by PepitorinoM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Jason Arday is dead. The UK media won’t learn a thing from this. Because they’re racist bastards. He has two children. 1012023568
Reposted by Pepitorinowb. @willbdoubtful.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Worth noting this was all started by a racist 110436
Reposted by PepitorinoNadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026No, that is not the alternative The alternative was treating like a normal news story, and not a trial by media - one that was so clearly turbocharged by Arday’s ethnic and social background and the growing resentment in the establishment in the UK of having more black people in high places 583011499
Reposted by PepitorinoKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet. 17455962065
Reposted by PepitorinoSridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The average human spends nearly 4% of their lifetime being Indonesian. 271973250
Reposted by PepitorinoThe BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 09/06/2026As Ryszard Kapuściński observed in 1982: “the concept of oil expresses perfectly the eternal human dream of wealth achieved through lucky accident, through a kiss of fortune and not by sweat, anguish, hard work. In this sense oil is a fairy tale, and like every fairy tale, a bit of a lie”.break-down.orgThe Price of OilAs the Nigerian government pushes to restart oil production in Ogoniland, decades of pollution, dispossession and broken promises cast a long shadow over the future. 0107
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Kate Wagner <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt15...youtube.comMcMansion Hell, Fandoms, Retinol and Modern Opera | Middlebrow PodcastYouTube video by Middlebrow Podcast 000
Reposted by PepitorinoOkka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Come join my Online Masterclass for @arvonfoundation.bsky.social on Writing with Grief, Fri, JULY 31, 10AM-12 BST. How to write abt grief and means of repair—capturing & honouring what has passed, &what remains—across genres, in a safe, supportive environment.🤍 www.arvon.org/writing-cour... 067
Reposted by PepitorinoMónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social · 21/05/2026The Islamic Center of San Diego has a fundraiser for the families of the three heroes who died protecting the children inside. May their courage and sacrifice be remembered. goodbricks.org/campaign/ics...goodbricks.orgICSD Victim & Family Support FundDonate to support the victims of shooting at ICSD. 06958
Reposted by PepitorinoCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026What a day for AI resistance resources! 1) The AI Resist List from @karenhao.bsky.social and colleagues at DAIR at airesistlist.org 2) The Luddite Lab from @alexhanna.bsky.social and colleagues at DAIR at labor.dair-institute.org 2208110
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 20/05/2026"Compulsory Seminar: How to evaluate students' feedback with [insert GenAI]" Maybe in this meeting, I'll ask if and when GenAI would replace university administrators. 100
Reposted by PepitorinoStephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 20/05/2026We can all try to switch browsers to maintain something like standard searching, but does anyone know of an alternative to Google Scholar? It’s been getting worse for ages 🤷♀️ 4136
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 18/05/2026😮💨 phys.org/news/2026-05...phys.orgTropical rivers emerge as biggest oxygen-loss hotspots in a warming worldAccording to a study published in Science Advances on May 15, global rivers are undergoing widespread and sustained deoxygenation driven by climate warming, among which tropical rivers are the most vu... 000
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 05/05/2026long day work & tough gym session, and coming home to someone texting “You’re in my mind today” with Black Sabbath’s song attached. The chokehold of some UChicago men on me requires a study. 010
Reposted by PepitorinoEl Brento @andbrent.bsky.social · 03/05/2026"We are going to have to make war their problem." Insightful, timely piece from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social. It's up to us to force those in political and financial power to realize we are actually all in this together. www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...bostonreview.netA Year of Magical ThinkingElite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people. 07725
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 28/04/202615 people died in a train crash on the Jakarta-Bekasi route yesterday. All victims are women because the crushed car is a women-only carriage. www.reuters.com/video/watch/...reuters.comIndonesia train crash toll hits 15 with all survivors extractedThe death toll from a train collision near the Indonesian capital has risen to 15 with another 88 injured, a minister said Tuesday (April 28). Syakir Jasnee reports. 100
Reposted by PepitorinoSnowden St. @snowden.st · 15/04/2026i'm only using the term "hell" lightly here, but still seriously: I don't think there are many better examples of "living hell" than "being in a place where you can't trust anyone". it's also the flip side of committing totally to low-trust behavior, and never doing the vulnerable pro-trust stuff. 2727
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Sexually abusive messages from a group chat of male students of Universitas Indonesia's Faculty of Law were leaked. Hundreds of students attended the public trial & (not the victims) screamed at the perpetrators: "We don't need your apology." Centering victims' voices remains difficult for some. 100
Reposted by PepitorinoQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 03/04/2026Whenever you feel you're not tech-literate enough remember that Frederic Jameson used a mouse with two hands. 24711
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Catching up with the latest Love is Blind, and there's an assistant professor who successfully got the girl of his dreams there. I'm so ready to see you folks of my age bracket and profession on Too Hot to Handle next. 110
Reposted by PepitorinoLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 29/03/2026In that night of bliss and joy seen by none, in secret and quiet, with no clear vision I stepped forth with neither guide nor light save that which burned within my heart ‘Dark Night’, a poem by John of the Cross, translated by Martha Sprackland. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukMartha Sprackland · Poem: ‘Dark Night’ 1104
Reposted by PepitorinoBenjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026"EV sales are surging in India, Mexico and Brazil, where they now make up a higher share of the market than in Japan, according to data from Ember, a thinktank. All are buoyed up by cheap Chinese cars." www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.com‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevanceIran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say 152
Reposted by PepitorinoDr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/03/2026You need to read this. newlinesmag.com/argument/the...newlinesmag.comThe Academic Justification for Male SupremacyFrom Noam Chomsky to Larry Summers, elite intellectuals shared more than they want to admit with Jeffrey Epstein 922567
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Lecturers from the Metropole are allowed to teach in their “offshore” campuses with Metropole $$$ because of #excellence but we can’t do the other way around because the execs leadership think these abroad campuses & their Brown talents put the ranking down. Got it. 😇 000
Reposted by PepitorinoJustine Chambers @drjchambers.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Super happy to share this new article where I explore the difficulties faced by displaced women on the Myanmar-Thai border and caring for borrowed lands along the Salween River serves as an act of re-existence that emplaces them against entangled forms of crisis www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comCultivating re-existence: women’s care work and political placemaking on the Myanmar-Thai river borderAcross the world, conflict and capitalist dispossession inflict brutal violence on agricultural and resource-dependent populations. Drawing on ethnographic research among Indigenous Pgha k’nayaw co... 0134
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Indonesia is (at least discursively) aiming to do the same... but particularly with palm oil (B50, in which the production is absolutely still subpar + will annoy the oil & gas & biodiesel importer oligarchs + really unpopular among smallholders [40% of Indonesia's palm oil production]) 110
Reposted by PepitorinoJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...404media.co'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting BackKenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back. 3563183016
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 02/03/2026disheartening to see a business-focused (like MBA on steroids with a sprinkle of social science & liberal arts) university in a mall masquerading as a state has a more intriguing curriculum for sustainability (Inequality & Sustainability!) before a campus with a history of student radicalism 010
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 28/02/2026First lecture. Eight hours. Fasting. Telling folks how cool & awesome Clyde Woods’ “Development Arrested” is. Blanking during break until a student asked me, “Mmm… are you doodling palm oil?” 010
Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 27/02/2026😍😍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Xx...youtube.comBuddy Guy: Tiny Desk ConcertYouTube video by NPR Music 000
Reposted by PepitorinoKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/02/2026I cannot overstate what a massive, glaring and bright red sign of wrongdoing it is whenever a company starts doing offsetting. Whether it's for carbon, biodiversity or water, nothing marks the presence of a massive, pulsating guilty conscience blob as clearly as offsetting does. 411539
Reposted by PepitorinoFrank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 22/02/2026“Generative AI breaks long-standing correlations that society uses to infer things like effort, sincerity, authenticity, and credibility. Once these signals erode, we don’t automatically get something better.” jessicahullman.substack.com/p/zeynep-tuf...jessicahullman.substack.comZeynep Tufekci on having the wrong nightmares about generative AII was writing a blog post where I was going to reference Zeynep Tufekci’s 2025 NeurIPS keynote, and realized there isn’t a solid synopsis online. 04813