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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Archive of @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Stuart Hall is now live. Includes looking at his impact on the history of communication theory, culminating in the architecture of contemporary AI models www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Archive link: stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...

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Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online

Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In @thestar.com I write about agitslop seeping into Toronto’s election & politics. AstroTurf campaigns to AI-driven apps, we need a Blade Runner to help us understand what’s real & what’s fake, but it may inspire a renaissance of showing up in public space for protest or just conversation.

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Shawn Micallef: AI slop is turning Toronto politics into a sci-fi dystopia, but it’s not too late to change course

The line between real and fake is blurring and it should be a cautionary tale for voters and candidates

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Get a load of this sick event poster for our talks! See you at the "Measuring and Crafting the Body" session this Friday!

A purple background spread of Hot Girl Eugenics at 4S panel titles with the times and yellow faces and bodies like paper dolls imposed in.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Heading back to Toronto soon for 4S! Come see me do at least 2 things (maybe more!): 1. Co-chair a Reactionary Technopolitics of Games open panel series (at 8 AM!!!) with Alex ross; 2. Co-present on GenAI teleologies of "Hot Girl" eugenics with Cate Alexander!

refusing & resisting reactionary technopolitics of games poster.

Cover slide for "Hot Girls Coming to a Time Near You" ft. a IG faced ancient Egyptian woman applying modern eyeliner.

Cursed "prehistoric" beauty images next to RQs about slop economics.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Choosing to unfollow a stranger on social media is the closest your average non-owning class person gets to participating in tangible political action. There must be another way!!!

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We must dare to imagine praxis and restorative justice beyond the (Un)Subscribe button.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The “iced coffee” at a job interview discourse is anti-Vietnamese racism & you all know why!

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Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Anti-tipping folks never just hit 0% on the tablet & walk away! They need you to nominate them for a Noble Prize in Economics each time they stand up to Big Barista. They’re rehearsing their acceptance speech with every coffee!

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Martin Luther nailing 95 AI-generated menus onto the Wittenberg church door.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I look forward to kickstarting your show's descent from talking head political dialogue to children's clown variety hour.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Very cool! Absolutely get in touch about this 😀

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

About to teach Raymond Williams's "Television" alongside one of the most important post-no fault divorce artworks of our time:

PowerPoint screenshot of Pyro from the Simpsons on a date with Luanne van Houten, next to posters from American Gladiator.

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Elliott Fuller @liminalpassenger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Very excited to talk with my Alma Ma(s)ter about my favourite topic: Bronze Age harbours! 🌊 🏺. If you’re in the Niagara area please stop by! Thank you to the Niagara Peninsula Society of the Archaeological Institute of America for inviting me!

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

AI menus are kinda the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences” for the bottom rung of the parasitic owner class (“small” businesses). Like if the Catholic Church were BFA students.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Martin Luther nailing 95 AI-generated menus onto the Wittenberg church door.

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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Cognitohazards” are the funniest idea. Tech people are so disdainful and ignorant of anything creative that they thought of the idea of a scary story and went “fuck! What if this destroys the world!!!l”

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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Listen to what Carney's government is saying. They have to crush workers' rights because it's what makes investors happy. Unions and workers with rights are 'bad for business'

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 17/09/2026

New research from Proton finds 87% of top Canadian companies depend on US tech companies. For governments, it’s even worse: 100% of federal, provincial, and territorial governments rely on US companies for email. As Canada turns away from the US, major institutions need to cut that reliance.

100% of Canadian governments and 87% of major Canadian companies depend on US companies for email services.

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Neoliberalism Shock Doctrine playbook: An external threat (Trump's threat to annex Canada) Causes a hero to be elected (Carney) Who institutes 1) privatization of public goods (airports etc) 2) corporate tax cuts (Mega-Deduction) and 3) removal of regulations (gutting climate policy)

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Why do they keep returning to this as it’s been cast in even a SINGLE movie? Not even an IMBD page!

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Now THIS kind of sparse, unwalkable, single-use suburbanism would make you a loadscreen lobbyist’s number one boy in any North American city!

The atrocity of unfinished, loadscreen separated lots of Sims 4 at launch.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

See, this could be denser! But it’s very manageable with the Sunset Valley carpool, bus, bike and witch broom system! From the mountains to the beach in minutes!

Overhead view of The Sims 3 Sunset Valley.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This kind of city planning + no communal transit is what neoliberals want for all of us:

The super sparsely designed Sims 1 neighbourhood.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Everything’s been off since The Sims stopped using carpools and school buses 👀

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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My research is quoted in Dwell mag 🏡🎙️! Ft. bites from me on why video podcasts now look like Y2K bedrooms & man caves"... & what your fave podcast's background might say about the new codes of authenticity, intimacy, and creator economy "professionalization" at home. www.dwell.com/article/favo...

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Your Favorite Podcast Wants to Make You Feel at Home

As more money flows into the medium, professionally designed sets that mimic domestic backdrops have become the go-to ingredient for keeping things candid.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/09/2026

We know how to teach books in the age of AI: small classes, close reading, research-engaged learning (which is how you ’let students see you struggle’). The issue is nobody will hire and pay the requisite # of faculty to offer this.

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Quinn Daedal @quinnanya.me · 05/09/2026

DIY web archiving is way more doable than you think. Trust me, we taught elementary schoolers and retirees as part of SUCHO. Then we made a zine about it! Making time for web archiving things that matter should be like shoreline litter pickup or community garden weeding events.

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DIY Web Archiving | Zine Bakery

Zine Bakery Bakeshop #2, by Quinn Daedel, Tessa Walsh, Anna Kijas, Ilya Kreymer, and Amanda Wyatt Visconti

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Gassing up the women's watching cultures week of this course 🚗:

A screenshot of Marge and Ruth on the lam in between posters for Barbie and Thelma and Louise. All the images have women and cars.

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Hunter Felt @hunterfelt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I am serious about this. After the violent, epic tragedy of "The Iliad," people wanted a sequel featuring the clever trickster character and Homer decided, "sure, but let's also make it a love story and make it weirdly poignant."

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dwell.com

Your Favorite Podcast Wants to Make You Feel at Home

As more money flows into the medium, professionally designed sets that mimic domestic backdrops have become the go-to ingredient for keeping things candid.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Critic content!? In the year of 2026!?

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Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Scene from 'The Critic'. Jay Sherman has his arm around someone while a building burns as he Says "and nothing of value was lost"

It was decades before I realised the episode of The Simpsons he was in was a crossover from his own show btw.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It’s the first week(s) back to university because my newsfeed is all melancholy mirror selfies & medium-ugly buildings.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

right down to when the therapist just giving up, telling Dee to do the dishes, and Dee just smashes plates from the garbage bag onto the floor and shouts at her as the credits roll.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Facetious takeaway from today's book writing session: all politics now is the It's Always Sunny episode where the Gang barges angrily into group therapy to resolve who is gonna do the dishes.

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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The new iPhone should be hot to the touch. It should be physically painful to use

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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

ChatGPT is a technology of austerity.

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

retroactive Oscar-worthy performance, zero hyperbole!

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Finally, a syllabus you can beat into being more funny! 📺 drive.google.com/file/d/1YXOT...

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A lead-in to the seminal post-No Fault Divorce era epic of our times in the following week!

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yeah, it situates outside viewers into the floating "canon" going forth. But also watching this alongside "Last Exit to Springfield" is designed to get students thinking about labour + the family as an "ideology "that is both representational AND habituating force in their TV watching 🤷‍♀️

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