Hey National Democrats and Progressives trying to figure out how to message: Watch AOC and Mark and Jumaane and, I’m sure, Zohran’s speeches from today. It’s rare to hear such clear and inspiring messages about hope and power in politics.

This is not a hard message. Localize it. Embrace it. Win.

Everything “smart” is dumb

It's funny that everyone who has *ever* programmed, knows how important attention to detail is. Hours wasted because you made a typo, forgot to add a character, etc. The tiniest thing you literally don't notice is wrong, and your program screams at you and dies. This is a universal experience.

Learning how to pay attention to small details, how to deliberately strain yourself to notice tiny details that are off, is a skill programmers learn the painful way. And, using a chatbot deskills you in this very extremely important skill of being able to pay attention to small details.

For generations, when you learned to program you were constantly being forced to be better at paying attention to the words on the screen. Noticing you'd made a typo, noticing you'd used the wrong argument, noticing shit in general. Over time, you got better at noticing the words on the screen.

In case you need to hear it from someone who was raised Hindu: Usha is not a hostage, she is an accomplice. She is culpable. Fuck her and the fascists she colludes with. May she go down with all of them. As Zohran ably demonstrates, our communities do not aspire to whiteness & don’t seek to appease.

A good many people need to get sued for libel in the aftermath of the late ridiculousness. You can see one such fellow below.

Reviewed Parents Talking Algorithms by @profranjanadas.bsky.social for @journalcam.bsky.social must-read for all interested in datafication of family life & digital sociology I highlight the book’s methodological rigour conceptual innovations implications here: doi.org/10.1080/1748... #CityStGSCC

Kick-start your academic research in 2026 with our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of 50+ research tools compiled by researchers at our lab. socialmedialab.ca/apps/social-... #AcademicSky #ComSky #DiscourseAnalysis #LibrarySky #PhDSky #PolCom #ResearchSky #ResearchMatters

WaPo picked up on what was happening 2+ years ago!

Self-enshittification

"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."

New academic drinking game: Reading each other's publications and guessing which sections were added to appease reviewers.

"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe

Thank you for joining #CityStGSCC #MCCIConnect Our #GraphicRefuge panel shared incredible insights from co-authors Dr Dominic Davies & Prof. Candida Rifkind with thought-provoking responses from Dr Ernesto Priego & Dr Mihaela Precup. The discussion explored how comics narrate refugee experiences...

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy. Correct.

“GenerativeAI isn’t magic. It’s the product of millions of invisible creators—poets, coders, photographers, musicians—whose work has been harvested, scraped, & absorbed into AI models without consent or compensation… This is not innovation. It is expropriation.” —Otti Vogt

Give me life Aurora!

Thrilled to be part of a significant volume by stellar editors Hanan Badr & Karin Wilkins. Couldn't have done it without my generous & exceptional co-authors Keri Stephens & @larawolfers.bsky.social We're in fabulous company: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1... Grateful to all involved #CityStGSCC

"Most (air)controllers are working mandatory overtime six days a week during the shutdown w/out pay, & some are taking second jobs to pay their bills, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has said." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🚨Special Issue Alert: Platforms, Publics, and Anti-Publics (1/9) Introduction from our guest editors Zoetanya Sujon, Harry Dyer and Felipe Bonow Soares. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #academicsky #socialmediasky

this is objectively hilarious

All I want is one single reporter to ask him if he thinks people seeking asylum = means from insane asylums

Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.

My paper was turned into a comic according to their email - what????

A group of Jewish grandmas, or bubbes, have been offering advice and comfort to anxious D.C. residents. The ‘What Would Bubbe Do?’ sessions give people the chance to ask a bubbe about issues ranging from job loss to relationship struggles.

uh, that’s not “reimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.

Praying for the Jamaican people tonight. www.nbcnews.com/weather/stor...

#MCCIConnect is off with a powerful seminar by @aronczyk.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social on A Strategic Nature Hosted by @citystgeorges.bsky.social (Carolina Matos, Raluca Moise & @devinasarwatay.bsky.social) Next: Graphic Refuge 19 Nov 5 pm www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #CityStGSCC

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

How can networks help the uncertainty of being a first-gen academic? How did the pandemic impact our attitude towards community? These are just some of the questions discussed in Ep 3 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR with Leonie Smith, @claregs.bsky.social & @devinasarwatay.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/46cp3bjr

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown. Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.

I wrote about the “compact” for higher education newrepublic.com/article/2013...

❓📣 I'm teaching UG Year 1 students 'Researching Media & Communication' & it's their 1st brush with academic research What are YOUR top 3️⃣ foundational texts to absolutely include in this module to make them fall in love with research? #RecommendedRead #CityStGSCC @citystgeorges.bsky.social

Over 75% of content removal decisions by platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube were successfully reversed through appeals enabled under the EU’s Digital Services Act. www.euractiv.com/news/tiktok-...

COUNCILS DON'T NEED YOU TO PROVE YOUR IDENTITY IN ORDER TO REPORT A POTHOLE. THEY DON'T EVEN NEED YOU TO *REVEAL* YOUR IDENTITY.

We're wrapping up welcome week @citystgeorges.bsky.social & these words of kindness from my students popped up in memories. Our school newsletter runs, "Why I do what I do" & my love for research & guiding students in their dissertations is such a massive reason why! #CityStGSCC

"Study reveals how Black UK postgrad students may experience racial trauma symptoms after repeated exposure to interacting stressors… harmful cultural expectations in education, and racist behaviours in university spaces… maintained by institutional racism." #OpenAccess #Blackademics #BlackSky

I have been blessed with some amazing mentors & networks! Here's my bit paying it forward & expressing my gratitude in, "Confessions of an Early Career Researcher: A podcast by ECRs, for ECRs" by @britishacademy.bsky.social & @leverhulme.ac.uk #CityStGSCC @citystgeorges.bsky.social

Looking for some good reading about AI in education? Check out this new special issue "Theorizing the Future of Generative AI in Education" just out @lmt-journal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjem20/5...

This was such a fantastic collaboration and is most certainly by ECRs for ECRs... Absolutely loved working with Alana Gaglio Eimir Kelly Leonie Smith Clare Stainthorp & others! Thank you so much for supporting this The British Academy & The Leverhulme Trust

Check out this new podcast for ECRs - I’m proud to have been one of the guests on episode 3, where we talk about the importance of networks and mentors, and where to find them!