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Nick Kempinski

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Louis Maddox @permutans.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Inspired by Havelock AI's Orality Analyzer (havelock.ai/orality): a prompt to reduce 'orality' gist.github.com/lmmx/0f516ff... Shifts prose from oral to literate register, from additive/formulaic toward subordinate/precise. Reworks stock phrases, 'coordination chains', redundancy, & direct address
The text of this post, scoring 11% for orality as measured by BERT models on Havelock AI’s web appA deliberately high orality rewritten version of the text of this post, reading like spoken language and conjoined with many “and”s
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 26/11/2025
Nano Banana, I like your images they are pretty, but your ability to work with specific dimensions needs a lot of work.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 23/11/2025
I was just tinkering with my theories of Orality & Aliteracy with NotebookLM and this is the podcast episode it made 🤯. whoisnick.com/ai-summarizi...
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AI summarizing Technology and Orality in a Podcast - Who is Nick?
Take Ong, Postman, McLuhan - smash them together in NotebookLM and then click Audio Overview. Have a listen and enjoy.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 01/11/2025
It’s #Movember #Movember2025 again. I do it for their work on mental health. I struggle; those I love struggle. Please donate, movember.com/m/ethernick Instead of shock and awe, I shave a bit off every day. It’s fun for me. Follow along with daily posts on the fediverse pixelfed.social/ethernick
Black and white photo of a somber man with a beard. On his upper lip is the white movember moustache logo.
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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 28/10/2025
We’ve entered a second age of orality. The written word’s influence is fading, replaced by short-form video slop. But if smartphones are to blame, so are the elites: as Noah McCormack argues, the history of literacy is the history of class.
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We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack
Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 05/09/2025
You only get nervous about things that are important. whoisnick.com/orality-and-... #Orality #Aliterate #Postliterate
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Orality and the Sacral - Who is Nick?
This weeks continuation of our oral culture discovery: "Orality, community and the sacral". You only get nervous about things that are important.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 05/09/2025
"Verbomotor Lifestyle". Is it why no one wants to talk on the phone anymore? Is this the first twist for aliteracy and why we're still good with subtitles? whoisnick.com/my-verbomoto... #orality #aliterate #postliterate
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My Verbomotor Kinda Life - Who is Nick?
"Verbomotor Lifestyle". Is it why no one wants to talk on the phone anymore? Is this the first twist for aliteracy and why we're still good with subtitles?
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 05/09/2025
On a new host. I'm pretty sure I copied over the DNS _atproto entry fine? If not, when would I find out I broke things? On login, or when hitting "post"?
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Ghost @ghost.org · 04/08/2025
Ghost 6.0 is here — meet our biggest upgrade yet 🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web 🔎 Understand what works with native analytics ➕ Powerful new creator tools 📈 $100M earned for indie publishers ghost.org/6/
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Ghost 6.0 - Grow faster.
Connect to the world's largest open publishing network, understand your audience with native analytics, and build a sustainable publishing business.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 30/07/2025
75% of the way there. Just a few more of Ong's Psychodynamics of Orality. If I can match all of them... what then? whoisnick.com/generative-m...
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Generative Memorization - Who is Nick?
My exploration of Ong's 'Orality and Literacy'. Now "Oral Memorization" or is it "Generative Memorization"? From oral through literate to today, has memorization gone full circle?
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NPR @npr.org · 28/07/2025
Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together. Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 24/07/2025
The things we could do with the publishing business model. Spoiler, it's time. whoisnick.com/information-...
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Information Economy: Now with Time - Who is Nick?
Today I saw that the Georgia Straight launched an insiders club. It reminded me, why aren't we seeing more traditional publication business models? It's not just the fire-hose or the vault. I've got i...
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
On this day in 1911, Marshall McLuhan was born in Edmonton. He became a leading philosopher whose work is a cornerstone of media theory. He coined the expression "the medium is the message". He also predicted the World Wide Web three decades before it was invented.
This black-and-white studio portrait depicts a young man in his late 20s or early 30s, with neatly combed dark wavy hair that curls slightly at the sides and forehead, a thin mustache, and a serious, contemplative expression as he gazes directly at the camera. He is dressed formally in a dark woolen suit jacket, white collared shirt, and dark tie, against a plain gradient background that fades from light to dark, typical of early 20th-century formal photography.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 17/07/2025
Keeping up with Ong and #Orality. whoisnick.com/it-all-looks...
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It all looks the same - Who is Nick?
Have you noticed nothing seems that new anymore? "Conservative or traditionalist" - The next topic in my exploration of Ong's, Orality and literacy.
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Cassie Evans @cassiecodes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
This industry gives me a headache sometimes.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 05/07/2025
The past 500 years has proven you can be #Literate and not be the smart. You can be #Aliterate and smart. The more we bucket intelligence with literacy, the more we throw fuel on the fire for some to weaponize. #Orality
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 05/07/2025
While I’m not a comms prof, I have been mulling on this for a bit, from a bigger perspective. No answers. whoisnick.com/we-are-deep-...
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We are deep in “it” - Who is Nick?
Back to the exploration of Ong's characteristics of an Oral Culture. Focusing on "Empathetic and Participatory Rather than Objectively Distanced
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 29/06/2025
Um… ya. But I fear the intellectual superiority of it all. What will this opinion do to enrage the aliterate? www.vox.com/politics/414...
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Is the decline of reading poisoning our politics?
Your brain isn’t what it used to be.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 28/06/2025
Weeknotes, Weeknotes, makin notey note note 🎶🎵 Weeknotes! 👐👐 whoisnick.com/weeknotes-20...
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Weeknotes 2025-06-27 - Who is Nick?
What have I been up to since last I weeknoted? Trying to flex the brain. A bit on Orality, a bit on ActivityPub.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 14/06/2025
Ha… so not a subtle dig on relationship. Gotcha.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 14/06/2025
Sing-le ?? 🤨
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 12/06/2025
2 days; 2 posts exploring Ong #orality #aliterate - whoisnick.com/we-are-deep-... - whoisnick.com/aggregative-...
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We are deep in “it” - Who is Nick?
Back to the exploration of Ong's characteristics of an Oral Culture. Focusing on "Empathetic and Participatory Rather than Objectively Distanced
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 04/06/2025
I’ve been mulling much more about #Governance lately. whoisnick.com/governance-a...
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Governance and Orality - Who is Nick?
I've been digging into a thought for the past week starring out into the void wondering what to do next. With Decentralized/Federated Social Media, I'm seeing a lot of discussions on how do we want to...
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 21/04/2025
Design is funny sometimes. velvetshark.com/ai-company-l...
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Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?
A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence t...
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 05/04/2025
How did you do that archive post?
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Richard MacManus @ricmac.org · 19/03/2025
Alice Mary Hilton is as significant as Marshall McLuhan in the history of cyberculture theory. In fact, she invented the word! Also, her 1960s focus on the practical impacts of computer automation on society is more important than ever in 2025, with the rise of AI. cybercultural.com/p/cybercultu...
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Cyberculture 1960s-1990s and the Legacy of Alice Mary Hilton
The word 'cyberculture' was coined by Alice Mary Hilton in 1963 and by the mid-90s was in common use. But Hilton never got her due, especially compared to her contemporary Marshall McLuhan.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 12/03/2025
Super excited for an actual filing cabinet in the house. The big metal ones. Clunk, filed! 🗄️ More excited than I should be???? It's similar to the day I was actually excited about buying a new vacuum.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 03/03/2025
I've been going through Ong's Psychodynamics of Orality and comparing to today. Not done, but slowly crossing them off the list and my own little #ADHD way. whoisnick.com/ongs-oral-cu...
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Ong’s Oral Culture Recap - Who is Nick?
Where was I? I've forgotten where I was in reflecting on Ong's Psychodynamics of Orality with our current culture. So this recap is partly for me as it is you. Sounded Word as Power and Action You Kno...
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 31/01/2025
I was going to tweak my "Into the Postliterate" feed to remove refs to McLuhan because, at the time, it seemed like most people who use his name felt off the mark to me. But since the Jan 20, I'm glad I kept it. bsky.app/profile/whoi...
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 30/01/2025
Not all weeknotes are sunshine and rainbows. whoisnick.com/weeknotes-20...
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Weeknotes 2025-01-24 - Who is Nick?
Noticed I missed last week did you? It's been that kinda few weeks where one gets sucked into the suck of the web. I'm Canadian, I have a lot of hope, but man... that hope is being tested for sure. I ...
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 02/01/2025
Flippin' taxes - www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...
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BC home flipping tax
BC home flipping tax, the Residential Property (Short-term Holding) Profit Tax, income from the sale of properties in British Columbia owned less than 2 years, exemptions
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 25/12/2024
Ya… they weren’t gonna believe any of this. Not our house Not our tree How much money did AI video companies make in the past couple days?
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 21/12/2024
Weeknotes time: Make a mess, clean a mess. whoisnick.com/weeknotes-20...
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Weeknotes 2024-12-20 - Who is Nick?
Make a mess clean a mess I tell my kids this all the time. This week I made the mess. Long story short, with Power Pages and Power Platform I was given the choice of “blue door” and “blue door” and I ...
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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I'm launching a new career as a demotivational speaker (thanks to everyone who got in touch this morning - it's nice to hear it strikes a chord) www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive December
I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
AI is not dangerous because it will become a superintelligence or learn how to do our jobs better than us. It's dangerous because the people behind it are willing to do anything to push the narrative of its inevitability. GPT-4 didn't kill Suchir Balaji - OpenAI did.
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OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment
A former OpenAI researcher who raised concerns about the company is dead at 26.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 11/12/2024
Playing with @graze.social ( awesome BTW ) on an academic curiosity feed around orality, postliterate, etc... and I just found out about ONG. www.dictionary.com/e/acronyms/o... I think Walter Ong would be kinda flattered. ... I also removed it from the feed algo. Not what I was going for.
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What Does ONG Stand For?
"ONG" an abbreviation for “on God" is used to express honesty, strong belief, or strong emotions. Learn all about it here, ONG.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 10/12/2024
Think about them more like Maslow’s Pyramid. A pyramid of decentralization. They aren't exclusive; aren't versions. Web 3 was in play in the early days, Web 4 & 5 are happening right now.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 10/12/2024
Web 1 - Media (publishing) Web 2 - Community (aka read/write) Web 3 - Economies Web 4 - Governance Web 5 - Citizenship
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 10/12/2024
Seeing the word "governance" a lot lately. Let me share my way of looking at the web "versions" 🧵
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 07/12/2024
I’ve never seen so much glitter and faux fur on the #SkyTrain before. Is there some sort of bling festival going on? #TaylorSwift #ErasTour #VancouverBC #YVR
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 07/12/2024
Weeknotes time. whoisnick.com/weeknotes-20...
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Weeknotes 2024-12-06 - Who is Nick?
So long and that's for all the follicles. That's a wrap to Movember! Plus, have you read GitLab's Handbook? Holy Schmoly it's good!
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 03/12/2024
Sooo many internal comms and org behavior goodies!
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 03/12/2024
How am I only starting to read through this now!? handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/
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The Handbook
Learn more about GitLab and what makes us tick.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 02/12/2024
While “Brain Rot” was oxford’s word of the year, I’m exploring “Agonistic” whoisnick.com/yo-mamma-is-...
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Yo mamma is so… - Who is Nick?
... agonistically toned! "No, you're agonistically toned!" In, Ong's, Orality & Literacy, I have to admit for me, "Agonistically toned" was one of the lesser argued characteristics. Perhaps it's becau...
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 30/11/2024
#weeknotes - checking lists kinda week. whoisnick.com/weeknotes-20...
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Weeknotes 2024-11-29 - Who is Nick?
Movember is coming to an end. Thank you to everyone whose donated. Let's see.... this week 🤔... this week 🤔... I used my todo list Get new phone. I'm feel like the only person who won't go big, sticki...
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 30/11/2024
Last day of #movember. Thanks to everyone who’s donated. Still time for those who haven’t. ca.movember.com/mospace/637272
First day on movember. Man with full beard.Last day of Movember. Man with a super small mustache. After shaving his beard everyday of the month.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 28/11/2024
Yum yum. What letter do you think is the tastiest? Ask kirby. mgx.me/kirby-vs-thi...
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kirby vs. this blog post
Kirby has floated onto my blog post. Inhaling everything.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 27/11/2024
Not much time left before it goes. 3 Days left of #movember to donate. ca.movember.com/mospace/637272
Highlights of a man’s face as he shaves shaving a little bit of his beard off everyday over the month. Wondering, what have I just done?
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 27/11/2024
I’ve been noticing iOS getting a little sloppy. But this folder transition… tsk tsk.
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Nick Kempinski @whoisnick.com · 26/11/2024
iOS 18 new passwords app - Man, do I have a lot of crap stored in there over the eons!
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