Ya know I want to say it’s disability pride month and then make a cute remark about web accessibility. But instead I need to say it’s disability pride month, every elected official voting to take away healthcare needs to be removed from office. Web accessibility is a drop in an ocean of needs.

This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*

While the university has ended the group's special status designation, with the support of the student body, student guides are doubling down on their commitment to share their campus’ history.

SCOOP: FEMA employees tell WIRED that a rapid erosion of tools, external partnerships, and practices—as well as the looming threat of staffing cuts—is bad news for the country as it heads into the summer, and the official start of hurricane season.

I’m on my third flight delay for #scms25, but at least I’m sleeping at home and not waking up at 3:30am now?

They can't actually dismantle the ADA. Of course, like all everything else, they're doing it without going through Congress. Just mumbling and pointing to Trump's EO. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Fascinating example of appropriating access tools to construct misinformation.

The world is on fire, so who you gonna call? www.withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/call... A reminder that many of our emergency resources are actually hyperlocal in their funding and operation, meaning that they may not work seamlessly but they are available for our attention and direct activism.

Republicans are going to harm kids who will be future American adults. We can build people up, which helps us all, or tear people down, which hurts us all. Republicans are tearing people down. "Attacks on disabled Americans and the policies we rely on lie at the core of so much of MAGA culture."

"How is it possible that so many people in power seem to have such stunted imaginations, so little curiosity for how to build this world to include more of us? I find this particularly repugnant when imagination and curiosity are some of the most defining traits of the very groups at risk."

Applications are due on March 7! Learn more at this link: labsforliberation.org/2025/01/22/a...

It is *very* important to understand that Jews were never the only target of the 1930s Nazis and they are not the only targets of today’s Nazis. A Nazi salute is not only antisemitic. It is also racist, ableist, and queerphobic.

The US Access Board--who creates and maintains access standards for buildings, telecom, transit, web, etc--has a legally-mandated annual meeting. Was supposed to be next week. Now "postponed" with no reason given and no reschedule date. www.access-board.gov/about/meetin...

Proud to announce I've joined the newly formed editorial collective of Communication, Culture & Critique. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and call on our colleagues to stand against Israeli apartheid and the effects of genocide in Gaza. doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...

We're wrapping up the week by spotlighting some fresh releases from NYUP! Leading the lineup is "Projecting Desire: Media Architectures and Moviegoing in Urban India" by @tupur.bsky.social, highlighting how multiplex cinemas have reshaped the dynamics of theater space and culture in New Delhi.

Syllabus time! I'm updating a grad-level Histories of Media Technologies course, and would like 2-3 new readings on game history (ideally, showcasing a diversity of eras, nations, platforms, and/or identities). What's new? What's good?

"Ableism isn’t just about disability. It’s connected to other forms of structural oppression and has always been," James Salanga says. "If newsrooms want to cover that seriously, they must begin analyzing ableism seriously — across journalism’s culture, history, and frames."

I'm at @theverge.com today talking about digital decay, link rot, watching my work slowly being erased from the internet, and how it makes me feel like I am fading away.

I've felt like getting really into zines lately, here's another good excuse to do so!

"Around three out of every four PDF versions of scholarly papers are largely inaccessible to low-vision and blind readers, a study has found." "academic journals rarely provide information about accessibility for scientists with visual impairment" #accessibility #disability #science

We made a zine! Artist Katie Drackert created a printable mini-magazine of our first year’s highlights! We wanted to bring The Sick Times offline and into coffee shops, art fairs, community centers, mask bloc distributions, and anywhere else our readers want to share our work. bit.ly/3AVNltG

This issue’s Spotlight introduces the Disability Caucus—origins, leadership, and goals for the future of @scmstudies.bsky.social

Two years into the AI boom, it's imperative we understand the true power of "AGI"—as a narrative tool useful for winning investment, talent and headlines. My report for AI Now details how OpenAI used the story of a rising AI that will replace humans to replace the need for an actual business model.

OK, here it is! My zine, Stop Surveilling Your Kids: A Privacy Manifesto is done and scanned and ready to share! drive.google.com/file/d/1sEJV...

Essay about the distribution of expanded cinemas using rental archival records from the Film-Makers’ Cooperative?! Count me in! Look forward to reading Josh Guilford’s “Projection Instructions + the Distribution of Expanded Cinema” in new issue of jcmsjournal.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1353/cj.2...

Really excited about this great resource—available open access!—in the latest @jcmsjournal.bsky.social

"Institutions of higher education see productivity as a sign of success and wellness, but that pressure to be productive is actively making students unwell... I’m beginning to realize that being a good student isn’t worth sacrificing my own wellness." -student op-ed on dear elia and mental health ❤️

Please spread the word, and do send us an abstract if you are reflecting on solidarity, worldmaking, media and communication infrastructures, and figures like Bruce Lee, Kwame Nkrumah, and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Hello new followers and old! My disabled-led, disability-majority transcription and closed caption company @aat-transcribes.bsky.social is running a sale: Get 10% off all edited and quality controlled services booked by 2 Dec. Email us today for a quote & to book #EthicalAlternativeToAI

Thinking about the state of computing research and related fields at SCMS? The Media, Science & Technology SIG is now 10 years old--and I'll be talking about its past, present and future with Andrew Lison, @kylestine.bsky.social, @hzeavin.bsky.social, and @llamasjr.bsky.social in Chicago. #SCMS25

I am recruiting a post-doc to work with me at UVA on a project about youth (18-25) financial cultures, literacies, and well-being in the digital environment. Please share widely! Deadline is rolling. virginia.phenompro.com/us/en/job/R0...

Just created a starter pack for feminist media studies folks! Let me know if you’d like to be added and feel free to share. 🌟 go.bsky.app/D4mY2um

NEW: John Deere is costing American farmers $4.2 billion a year by restricting them from fixing their own tractors. Apple, Amazon and major automakers use the same strategies on everything you own. It's bad for you, but excellent for corporate profits. m.youtube.com/watch?v=jaOS...

NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found. www.propublica.org/article/segr...

I'm going to talk just to Virginians here for a hot second, but this is far from the last time you'll hear me say this, & it's never too early to talk about it: The Va Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General & the entire Va. House of Delegates are all on the ballot in November 2025.

I’m gathering a list of #OpenAccess or #freelyaccessible #Film, #Television, #ScreenStudies, #audiovisualmediastudies Publications, Editors and Advocates People at Bluesky. Please let me know if you’d like me to add you. go.bsky.app/NBipNnW

I published my book 4 years ago at the end of the Trump administration ended. I keep thinking about this warning I included.

Rumors and conspiracy theories are interfering with the Helene recovery efforts in western North Carolina. We got the receipts @bloomberg.com. We also looked at what it alls means for disaster response going forward. (Here's a hint: Not good.) Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Emergency response not only often offers too little in terms of resources for disabled people, it also routinely fails to communicate the specific info that disabled folks need in advance through alerts and warnings.

JCMS is on Bluesky! We're expanding our social media presence to bring more info and updates to the media studies community. Stay tuned 📻📺📽️💻🎮

Black cat energy is all about total dominion.

Inclusion of disabled people in education is one of the great triumphs, even if it’s partial and contested form, of modern education. And a certain kind of academic despises this advance.

The “conservative group” in question is called, by their own choice, and I couldn’t make this up, the “Legal Insurrection Foundation”

Ha, no worries. So what you want is to identify what is important about the image, what you’re trying to convey. Write that first, then any aesthetic modifiers, then wider context. I’ll do a simple example with this picture of my dog.