Right wing academic trolls are showing up in our events. Today during a panel of indigenous scholars talking about their research a Zoom participant asked whether they had to sign Conflict of Interest (COI) statements before researching their communities to prevent "biased results." Was speechless.

Join us one week from today in celebrating the publication of Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal! We'll be hosting a panel and AI workshop with seven out of fourteen brilliant co-authors on February 14th from 1:30-4:30 PM (EST). For more info and link to register: myumi.ch/W5m4R

📣 JOB POSTING REMINDER 📣 Department of Media, Culture, and Communication is hiring for an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies! Application review begins Dec 10!! Learn more here: steinhardt.nyu.edu/asst-profess...

Audiobooks have made me exclusively read/listen to fiction with unhinged first-person narrators

Today’s Featured Poem: “Michigan” by @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social, from Consider the Rooster, published by Nightboat Books. Read here: poems.com/poem/michigan/

Discovered an ambient study track on YT that’s just a 4-hour loop of an Asian mom washing dishes in the background and interrupting you randomly with cut fruit.