Thank you for your thoughtful review, Will! I so appreciate your attention to the book's niche-ness and how that can still illuminate broader issues in contemporary book history--which was really always my intention.

New review of Binding Media out! "in this moment of such change and tumult, this book offers a throughline that is thoughtful and, again, hopeful, about where the book has come from, where it is now, and where it may be going next." Huge thanks to @willthewordguy.bsky.social #bookhistory

Exited that my review is out in @theajp.bsky.social on @elikaortega.bsky.social’s important new book, ‘Binding Media’! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... — DM me if you’d like a PDF ! #mediastudies #mediahistory

Seahawks

Credit where it’s due: This is one hell of a hard nosed bullshit free article by the NYT. It feels like an editor slipped in the word anomalies, but other than that it’s tough & honest, & how news outlets should write about Trump & his racist administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

Did you own a beeper? I dove into the history of the telephone pager, a technology that is older than you might think. It changed the way we kept in touch and would lead to the smartphone you carry around in your pocket today. www.retroist.com/p/the-bellbo...

Bezos could cover the WaPo current annual loses each year with just a portion of the interest earned on just his liquid assets. Destroying the paper is a choice not a financial necessity.

Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙

The Justice Department released what it says is its final trove of files related to the late Jeffrey Epstein, including emails between Epstein and Elon Musk and Bill Gates. Read more: on.wsj.com/4qc3izs

Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.

This is democracy: Thousands march, scores of Minnesota businesses close in protest of ICE enforcement www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

The local sheriff was horrified by the arrest of his recruit, and said the federal government is telling a different story of what’s really happening. trib.al/gbJ2xIU In the video, the man can be heard shouting, “What’s wrong? I’m just coming from work. I don’t understand this.”

Also the call for submissions for the Electronic Literature Collection Vol 5 is still open until January 31st. Get your e-lit works in!

A federal judge has prohibited federal immigration agents in Minnesota from arresting, detaining, retaliating against or using force and chemical irritants against peaceful protesters and observers.

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

New semester underway ⁦‪@manshipschool.bsky.social‬⁩ @lsu.bsky.social and with a fun bonus class in/for ⁦‪Honors

Excited for this new article w/ my good friend and colleague Dr. Juliette De Maeyer now out in ‘Information & Culture’— it’s been in the works since 2021; In it, we examine the origins of mobile work w/ computers in journalism in the 1970s & 1980s in Canada and the US: muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

The Minnesota woman who died today was apparently a mother. Someone close to the family and who has access to a lawyer should help set up GoFundMe. IMO, the money should go directly into a trust, which should go directly to the child when they are 18 years old, not an intermediary family member.

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

If you are a Minnesotan, I need you to call or write your state lawmakers today. People are, as of today, not making payroll, declaring bankruptcy, wondering where they or their kids are going to live, losing their jobs. I know the politics are tricky, but this is the wrong approach.

Yes, Melendez knocks it out of the park!

#neworleans #frenchmenstreet #jazz #swingdancing

Congratulations to all our fall 2025 @lsu.bsky.social @manshipschool.bsky.social graduates!

grading ... done (*makes note to self to not save so much of this for the very very end of the semester*)

love this photo of Toni Frissell during c. WW2, that one of my students included in their final research paper for my media-history class @manshipschool.bsky.social