Tomorrow I start as an Asst Prof in Communication, Media and Arts at Seton Hall. Last spring, news that this opportunity would pan out coincided very closely with the passing of my advisor, Jonathan Sterne. Some overdue reflections on that, mostly on Jonathan, here: akstuhl.net/blog/2025-08...

i did literally nothing to bring this together except lend them an essay that i already wrote, but i'm totally geeking out about this zine. just go look at the collection of art in the first couple of pages, i'm so enthralled right now, i love it. i desperately want to buy a physical copy.

When we lost Jonathan Sterne last spring I had made this list of Jonathanisms. Now that I'm sitting down to prep syllabi, I thought of him a bit this morning. Anyway, sharing it here too. bonpourlorient.tumblr.com/post/7783226...

‘Weren’t all Black people owed something for the dispossession that accumulated over generations? Or was the university’s primary function only to pursue knowledge about the history that gave rise to these questions?’ Vincent Brown reviews ‘Yale and Slavery’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

“No Other Land” Co-Director Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Yuval Abraham Via Deadline

‘No populism, right or left, has so far produced a powerful remedy for the ills it denounces. Programmatically, the contemporary opponents of neoliberalism are still for the most part whistling in the dark.’ New: Perry Anderson on neoliberalism after the crash. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

like this is how to study technology

Here's a more fulsome post from the Press. So sad. Farewell to Jonathan Sterne dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/f...

🗣️ Great news! The panel I co-organized with @robarcand.bsky.social, Marie Lecuyer, Owen Stewart-Robinson, and @hnnht.bsky.social has been accepted to 4S 2025 in Seattle 🥳 🗣️ Catch us this September, speaking on "Oceans of Data: Knowledge Production in Aquatic Environments" 🐬

I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Jonathan for the past 15 years or so, and I’ve admired + aimed to emulate his creativity, kindness, and generosity for my entire career. i was honored to be asked to extol his virtues in recommendation letters over the past several years. Jonathan deserves all the 🏆

Earlier today, a group of students received word that Jonathan Sterne entered hospice care yesterday following his ongoing battle with cancer. I think there's a few of his colleagues and former students that follow me on here (he's also currently my phd advisor), more info will be coming soon

what began as essentially a hostile takeover in its most debased form is now deploying state power to ostensibly force advertisers to continue to pay, true sign of the times www.wsj.com/business/med...

never a better time to reconnect with posting