Megan M Wood

Exactly this. And I game, even. Just not that much.

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

Nietzsche, Hall, and “Theory” | KPFA In his new book, Lawrence Grossberg describes ways of thinking that have laid the foundation for the development of contemporary Western theory. Two of the thinkers he writes about are Friedrich Nietz...

Listen to Larry Grossberg discuss his recent book "On the Way to Theory" on KPFA's "Against the Grain":
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What's Going On? | Lawrence Grossberg | Substack After 50 years of teaching and 20 books of research and theorizing, I am still trying to compose better--more complex, contingent, and contextualized—stories about what's going on, how the U.S. got he...

If you aren't following his substack, you should! lawrencegrossberg.substack.com

Better Stories: Mapping Cultural Studies with Lawrence Grossberg <p>Better Stories assembles essays and provocations in honor of Lawrence Grossberg’s radically contextual and affectively attuned lifework. In over fifty chapters, contributors trace mattering maps of...

I’m so glad to see this collection of essays published in honor of Larry. I had intended to contribute, but the timing of its preparation didn’t allow me to finish. I regret not being able to participate, but I’m grateful to celebrate this book and the community it represents.

Roenn🌎 on X: "I made a compilation of major Democratic politicians and left wing pundits unequivocally condemning the shooting. Contrast this with the response of major right-wing accounts. Are we even in the same reality? https://t.co/W9Lj9xu3lW" / X I made a compilation of major Democratic politicians and left wing pundits unequivocally condemning the shooting. Contrast this with the response of major right-wing accounts. Are we even in the same reality? https://t.co/W9Lj9xu3lW

In our current context, there is no shared reality largely *by design*
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A little too on the nose, as far as falling empires go

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Daddy's home: sexual politics, authoritarian desire, and the re-election of Donald Trump This essay introduces a forum on the sexual politics of authoritarianism in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election. In it, Wood argues that gender and sexual politics are central to authoritar...

Sharing my latest in CC/CS, a special forum on sexual politics, authoritarian desire, and the 2024 Trump election. Free download link of my intro essay here, and @e-bumps.bsky.social's is also open access www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TQVDQ...

Many thanks to @marinalevina.bsky.social for her support!

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I was honored to be a part of the volunteer collective that assembled this resource library, and I hope you (no matter who you are) find it useful; the immense power of education must be put to good collective use.

Resource on Addressing Authoritarianism and Fascism:
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The article itself is studiously balanced. (To a fault to my mind, but that's my perspective.) But this very dry paragraph in the middle is the whole deal. Why would an educational institution make this leap without any evidence of efficacy?

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It's so so important to understand that these technologies are absolutely failing within a market context, they all lose a ton of money and are set to lose more, the only path to profit for these vultures is to attach themselves to educational and government institutions.

If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.

There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487

Mark Gadala-Maria on X: "Less than 24 hours ago, Google dropped Veo 3, blurring the line between reality and AI. Its video and audio quality is so lifelike, it’s unsettling. Here are 20 insane examples & a full guide on how to use it: 1) A standup comedian telling a joke: https://t.co/gLdpRX0TmC" / X Less than 24 hours ago, Google dropped Veo 3, blurring the line between reality and AI. Its video and audio quality is so lifelike, it’s unsettling. Here are 20 insane examples & a full guide on how to use it: 1) A standup comedian telling a joke: https://t.co/gLdpRX0TmC

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Thankfully, there are still tells in each of these, but some I'm not sure I'd be able to identify if I wasn't suspicious to begin with.

It's the *breakneck speed* at which our country is hitting rock bottom that, I admit, caught me by surprise.

Cover of On the Way to Theory by Lawrence Grossberg. Cover features a gradient background composed of light blue, warm orange, and light pink, reminiscent of a sunset. Atop the gradient background is a shape composed of thin, black lines, curves, and loops. Title letters are in bright white and are on top of the shape.

In "On the Way to Theory," Lawrence Grossberg introduces the major ways of thinking that provide the backstory for contemporary Western theory, including theorists Kant, Marx, and Heidegger to Foucault, Deleuze, and Hall. Read the intro for free now!
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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…

NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️

Someone send this man Gramsci's prison notebooks stat

We all live in this timeline

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Racial Capitalism Catherine Hall discusses the history of racial capitalism, colonizing geographies, social reproduction, and her groundbreaking new book Lucky Valley.

Season 4 of the brilliant "Conjuncture" podcast -- co-sponsored by the Antipode Foundation -- opens with feminist historian Catherine Hall talking about the history of racial capitalism, colonizing geographies, and social reproduction trinitysocialjustice.com/racial-capit...

MIT has a set of books labelled "Open Access" but it's a little clunky to find them on the MIT Press site, and so I've gone ahead and mirrored 400+ of them here:

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$10,000 reward offered for information on UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting: NYPD Thompson, 50, was killed in a “targeted attack” just before 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning, according to authorities.

Literally no one, especially no New Yorker, is gonna turn in John Q for some damn reward money. All the insurance companies execs will STAY shook. www.kxan.com/news/10000-r...

Murdered Insurance CEO Had Deployed an AI to Automatically Deny Benefits for Sick People Before United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered, a lawsuit filed against the firm revealed just how bad its claims-denying was.

A NINETY PERCENT error rate, and United Healthcare knew it.
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Grateful to WHYY's @whyythepulse.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about why ChatGPT et al don't understand (but seem like they do).

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Why didn't they just put the photos inside a glass case that only the manager can open

Excellent thread 👇

Elon Musk and Friends Propose Defunding the Fraud Police Some tech billionaires hate the CFPB, which protects Americans from scams and abuse. Why?

"So in the end, you have tech moguls misleading their followers about a federal consumer protection agency that they don’t like for other, perhaps personal, reasons.....Some might call it a desire to defund the police." prospect.org/power/2024-1...