@rickf Our friends in Estonia don’t think this is very hypothetical.

Fediversians. I just spent three weeks blogging EVERY SINGLE NIGHT to give you a COMPLETE list of instructions to RECLAIM YOUR DATA. Go dark, scatter your traces, stay secure, erase your data footprint. Accessible to all.

Just in time too. Data sovereignty and protection are no longer a luxury but a MUST.

Data traces are political traces. History teaches us that data by you and about you can and will be used against you and those you love.

For you, your neighbors, your families. #optout NOW, and help others to do so too.

https://www.optoutproject.net/the-cyber-cleanse-take-back-your-digital-footprint/

My department is hiring TWO assistant teaching professors of media studies! This is a great opportunity for people who are passionate teachers eager to explore new approaches to cultivating media literacy among diverse students.

Learn more & apply here: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=61458

@kims WHAT?!?!?!

@mattedgar We have two heat pumps. They’re fantastic. When it gets *extremely* cold out (<20°F) we boost with electric radiators and it’s toasty warm inside. Felt so good to take out the gas lines to the house.

Jonathan Roberge, Joanna Redden, Luke Stark and I are very pleased to announce the publication of our special issue, (un)Stable Diffusions.

Open access and online at: https://publicera.kb.se/jdsr/issue/view/3598

Our special issue questions how Critical AI Studies can attend to the publics, publicities, and publicizations of generative AI.

We have an excellent experience working with @jdsr the journal of Digital Social Research -- a pure open access journal.

Took a #printmaking class. Made a thing. Signed up for another class.

Once again, it's time for that festive tradition of listening to holiday music. A lot of it, at once -- digitized and compressed and tweaked and regenerated into what can only be described as the musical essence of the festive spirit: @bwhitman's "A Singular Christmas."

Listen* here (download or stream), plus more details. Because who doesn't love a holiday album that has 'Statement and Methodology' in the liner notes?

https://notes.variogram.com/2009/11/30/a-singular-christmas-2004/

*drone, with occasional silver-y bell

It seems like some kind of metaphor that the white turkeys get pardoned but the native turkeys don't.

https://mltshp.com/p/1QK8D “Zoom Meeting”

@kims I am late to thanking you for this but I found this article really helpful and really appreciated it landing in my feed.

@louisa_ French knots are my self soothing stitch for sure

You Can’t Take My Joy, 2024
cotton, wool, rage, hope, joy
#embroidery

Just got done listening to @alexmonea give a book talk about The Digital Closet. It's a deep critique of the underlying technologies of content moderation used by #Google and #Meta. Such important work!

the book is free to read, too!

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545952/the-digital-closet/

Speaking as someone living in Hungary, to friends in the #USA:

The greatest weapon the system has is outrage fatigue. Doing so many unimaginable things at the same time that people just sigh and go on. Having so many things to protest that you run out of days and hours. Piling on so you start focusing on surviving with your bare mental health day to day.

Pick your cause and stick to it. Support others who focus on different causes. Don't try to do everything at once.

Hey Boulder people: I’m talking about my AI metaphors research in UMC 386 at 2:00 Monday.

We are hiring at IU Bloomington! I am leading a search for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Informatics to support our Human-Computer Interaction Design program. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions prior to the deadline (Dec. 15th)!

https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/26570

At the #AoIR2024 plenary we spoke of hope and joy. They matter even more today. Don’t let them go. It takes work to keep them strong and nimble. Keep at it.

@janetv Delighted to see you here, Janet.