My colleague @therealcaro.bsky.social! cacm.acm.org/opinion/comm...

Dolly Parton’s message thanking Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce for their $2 million donation to her Imagination Library! “I'm blown away and overjoyed with that gratitude. Now, it's evident that you two have made giving back a key part of your lives.”

One of the owners told me that they get really excited when people from out of town order one of their signed books. It makes them feel loved. Don't you want to love one of our great independent bookstores?

It's the end of June and I am just barely (not) catching up on administrative things from last semester. Can I have an extra summer, after my catch up summer, to actually do some science please? 🧪 And no, it's not a good sign that I'm asking for time to do more work instead of take a vacation.

Anything with carbonation More for everyone else

Is the Microsoft Office Ribbon causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since Office 2007 was introduced nearly two decades ago.

Stumbled on a really great review of Witch King from back in 2023. I don't think I saw it at the time, but because of the cancer diagnosis and all the travel when the book came out, that time is mostly a blur. everybookadoorway.com/intimate-maj...

If you're curious about Umdaar, love science fantasy and planetary romance, or just generally vibe on He-Man, She-Ra, Thundarr the Barbarian etc we did a whole thread on what OUR HUMAN DESIGN TEAM AND HUMAN ARTISTS put into the game. Check it out below. The PDF is Pay What You Want.

Marjane Satrapi, whose acclaimed graphic novel and animated adaptation 'Persepolis' brought the realities of revolution, exile, and identity to audiences around the world, has died at 56. www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/marjane-satrapi-persepolis-creator-co-director-dies-at-56-262120.html

Happy caturday

Me to my lawyer: No, to make me write 50 pages of television they need to pay me twice that much. Me to my D&D group: As you can see, I’ve updated the 200 page session recap document and banged out updated bios of the NPC list.

Something I’ll always stand on.

Hi everyone! Just a reminder that the last OTTRS speaker of the semester, Prof. Susan Simpkins, this Friday May 15, 12-1pm eastern. Please register via the webinar link here: umd.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Oh hey, I am once again going to talk about lack of distress tolerance, specifically for shame, and how it ties together AI, the “male loneliness epidemic,” Trumpism, and yes, people’s indignation that anyone might think they’re a bad person for continuing to buy Harry Potter merch.

Our next @ottrs.bsky.social speaker is 12-1pm eastern, May 15, 2026 "Accurate, Up-To-Date, and Shared Knowledge? A Human-Robot Team Cognition Framework" by Susan J. Simpkins, Professor, Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Register here: umd.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

When radioactivity was discovered, there was a rush to market for all sorts of radioactive consumer goods. There were water jugs made out of uranium glass, for example. I think about that a lot these days whenever I see AI products being marketed to consumers.

For two decades, "social media" meant a specific setup: users produced content, content circulated through social ties, platforms extracted value from mediating this. Networked publics, digital trace data, platformization — a generation of research rested on that configuration.

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

Everyone should hear this: it is ALWAYS a privilege and a treat for professors to hear from former students and trainees. I love to hear what you have been up to since you were in my lab, class, whatever.

Just a reminder, it's THIS FRIDAY! April 17, 12-1pm ET. Information brokering as sociomaterial infrastructuring. It's virtual, visit from anywhere!

FYI if you’re talking about the #Artemis II mission and you want to get the spaceflight terminology right, the mission is “crewed,” not “manned.” (NASA made the terminology change official decades ago, so this isn’t new, but a lot of folks just aren’t aware.)

Copilot Extended Cinematic Universe

“I’m done thinking,” I said. ART said, That’s obvious. I know, I walked into that one, which oddly enough, did not make me any less mad.

This weekend and always, NO LILIES FOR KITTIES. www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

Given that most major media and nearly every social media company is owed by people pushing fascist agendas and AI is rampant, we all have to be extra careful to practice media literacy. Slow down. Don’t share what you haven’t read. Be wary of confirmation bias. Check the source. Verify.

Connie Siebold is our next @ottrs.bsky.social speaker, April 17, 12-1pm Eastern. “‘You Have to Give a Shit’: Information Brokering as Sociomaterial Infrastructuring” Register and information here: ischool.umd.edu/events/ottrs...

JULY 2026. Not June. Still good!

It's coming in June 2026! Our multidisciplinary edited volume on AI in teams, Emerald Publishing. bookstore.emerald.com/ai-in-teams-...

me: alrighty, we're in good shape, I just need like 90 min to proofread and send it in me, 5 hours later, every damn time: ok it's done

Reminds me of how @boredwalk.com folks feel about their art and humor- excellent design is hard and deliberate, takes background knowledge

time to watch Abbott Elementary again

Great illustration of enshittification. By the Norwegian Consumer Council.

faculty need a union (cat) too @jortsthecat.bsky.social

This. Is. Just. 🔥🔥! Maryland's faculty are never going to stop fighting until we all get the collective bargaining rights we deserve. And our Maryland communities support us! @senbillferg.bsky.social, @mddems.bsky.social, @mdhousedems.bsky.social, help us get SB6/HB106 passed this session!

So, early reports show someone dragged a roll of toilet paper AND a box of tissues onto the chair and took one million bites. We need more facts before we jump to conclusions

Neal Outland wasn't able to make it, so his talk will be THIS Friday, Feb. 20! So, you didn't miss it! 12-1pm eastern US time, virtual, register here: umd.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Did you know this, @senbillferg.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social ?

Why do we want collective bargaining rights? Part 2...of thousands! Cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social @mdhousedems.bsky.social

The College of Information is hiring lecturers! We are looking in 5 primary areas: - Computer networking fundamentals - Information design - Cybersecurity - Computing - Experiential learning umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

“Before your second mother, I had never been an actual member of a team before. Just an…” Amena finished, “An appliance for a team.” That was it. “Yes.”

Happy lap loaf. ❤️ I love that someone felt the need to capture this moment. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

New from Medscape (widely used by healthcare professionals) "Multiple Abnormal Responses to Exertion Seen in ME/CFS" by @miriametucker.bsky.social www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... Sympathetic article.May require free registration #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome

hey! hey!!! if you are an academic of any rank in the critical tech studies space who cares about how money, finance, and business structures work in science and technology, i want to see your abstracts for a collected volume! they're due tomorrow!!! https//oddletters.com/tech-money/

Now she was talking to me like I was a hysterical human. Worse, I was acting like a hysterical human.

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/

I have been thinking about this for three days and I'm honestly a bit upset about this. Can't be good for our scholarship - "our" being "everyone's."

Come be my colleague! We have professional track (lecturer) positions available: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

I'd like to draw your attention to this piece he wrote during the Vietnam war about being faculty. Some things are the same, some are different. cdn.prod.website-files.com/68f659d39d0d...