Wisconsin, to Elon.

I’ve been teaching First Amendment law to journalism students for nearly 15 years. Khalili’s detention is the most egregious violation of I’ve seen in that time. Anyone who cares about free speech and the First Amendment should be *deeply* concerned.

Breaking News: Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, was charged with overseeing a vast scheme to overturn the 2022 election he lost.

Public compute — state provision of computing resources — could be a powerful tool for reshaping the AI sector. In our report, Jai Vipra and I offer an overview of existing approaches, and recommendations for avoiding industry capture, reducing environmental harms, and delivering public value 1/5

The children’s section in Brazil just hits different.

Forgive the naïveté, but does your university pay external reviewers of doctoral dissertations? Doesn’t matter how much. Just curious

👋 Hey, journalists, how's your digital security looking for 2025? Track your progress with our checklist.

Some Popeye, TinTin, Hitchcock, Hemingway, Faulkner, Christie, and more will enter the public domain in 2025 www.theverge.com/2025/1/1/243...

2025 could see a wave of mergers and acquisitions in media industries: “There is no shortage of smaller companies for these media mammoths to scoop up.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/b...

Judge in my former home of Reno, NV denies Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to consolidate control of family trust (incl News Corp, Fox News, NY post, etc) for son Lachlan. All four of his children set for equal control. Real life Succession stuff here, folks www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...

UDC 2025: The Future We Want: Resistance and Resolve June 19 - 22, 2025 | Call for Papers is LIVE: www.democraticcomm.org

IAMCR is now on Bluesky and letting you all know that we are receiving proposals for our 2025 conference in Singapore. See the conference website at singapore2025.iamcr.org and submit your abstract before 7 February.

Friendly reminder to invite your friends to use Signal for messaging. 😁 (Excerpt from NYT story on the Salt Typhoon hack)

The Department of Media Studies at CU Boulder is hiring! We’re seeking an open-rank scholar with a critical, interdisciplinary approach to media, culture, and the environment. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Updated list of global media+comm scholars. Lmk if you want to be added or removed. go.bsky.app/Avb3yM

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.

CfP for IAMCR 2025 in Singapore is now live! Here is the link for Political Economy Section CfP: iamcr.org/singapore202...

PhD from Oregon…but Madison is home. One of the perks of being back in my home state. Game time. Go Bucky!

Calling all CPEC Scholars! [Please comment suggestions/self nominate below to be added folks] go.bsky.app/FXVfoLf

bluesky engineers: perhaps today it’ll be a little slower, we’ll catch our breath the internet: MORE!!

Job Position, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies, University of Toronto (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy) jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

In case you know folks who are still holding on to their “other” account, let them know TODAY (or better, yesterday!) is a great day to shut it down. ToS updates go into effect today 11/15 mashable.com/article/twit...

“X is really teaching everyone the importance of who owns the sites that we use and rely on to communicate online,” EFF’s Rory Mir told NBC News. “What people are seeing with X is that it has subjectively deteriorated in value.”

Public service at it’s best 🤣. Tip o the hat, Onion. The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’

Recycling material to get started! My book, Incorporating the Commons, has been published by the Univ. of Westminster Press, and is available via open access here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...