Anna D Gibson

It’s #NationalPoetryDay: here’s one of my faves:

reading Red Rising and struck very much with the feeling that this is basically Fourth Wing for boys

the article page for TikTok as algorithmically mediated biographical illumination: Autism, self-discovery, and platformed diagnosis on #Autisktok

we wrote a cool thing about autism and TikTok and now it's out in the world!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Content creator friends! I’m teaching social media storytelling (aka how to be a content creator) in the spring for the first time. I have some ideas, but what equipment should I ask my uni to purchase (particularly regarding mics)?

Roundup: Meta doesn't care about you Read to the end for some good boys delivering parcels

Canada just evacuated a city of 20,000 people because of the wildfires devastating the country, but when people turn to Facebook for emergency updates, they get caught up in Meta’s news ban.

It shows how little the company really cares about its users.

In 30 mins!!!

In 30 mins!!!

Who else is heading to Philly shortly?

This year I will be presenting some ideas about enhancing digital ethnography in the "Developments in Qualitative Methods" panel at 4pm on Friday, and would love to see you there.

Otherwise, more generally, I would like to meet/hang out with folks at ASA!!

Who else is heading to Philly shortly?

This year I will be presenting some ideas about enhancing digital ethnography in the "Developments in Qualitative Methods" panel at 4pm on Friday, and would love to see you there.

Otherwise, more generally, I would like to meet/hang out with folks at ASA!!

STS nerds: I'm looking for someone who can speak to the history of radar, with an emphasis on the development of the TPS-3, to interview for a podcast. Any ideas?

in america police defund you

this may be too niche a question for bsky right now but let’s try it…

people who have written teaching-related textbooks: how many words was it, including the bibliography?

Gender Criticism Versus Gender Abolition: On Three Recent Books About Gender Grace Lavery reviews Julie Bindel’s “Feminism for Women: The Real Tribute to Liberation,” Helen Joyce’s “Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality,” and Kathleen Stock’s “Material Girls: Why ...

Really just had a great time reading this takedown of contemporary "gender-critical" work by the excellent Grace Lavery on LARB

We’re excited to share the latest CFP for the Velvet Light Trap! This issue, we’re looking for papers that examine creative labor and precarity, broadly construed. Read more about it in the full CFP: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XoUNV_aL4RlUqZJgTu9Q_B2YBKDz_FkiOudislq0Y8Y/edit

Listening to The Daily so I can have a conversation with my Democrat boomer parents

Thinking about this today.

How do you ... find things on here? I mean -?

Folks on Mastodon are recommending QualCoder, which I find intriguing

WAIT are there no hashtags on this platform????

RIP my NVivo license I spent so much time learning to use this software, but I think it's time to find an open source alternative.

I am thinking Taguette. Any other free NVivo alternates that folks like?

ope yep here it is

Sticker on a traffic light pole that says “No TERFs & No Turfs,” “turn every golf course into a public park” and “brought to you by the pro-trans anti-golf association” in green font.

When someone asks what my politics are

I had a dream last night that classes were starting tomorrow and my syllabi weren't done and if that isn't big August energy I don't know what is

Reminds me of this XKCD (ht/@xkcd.com):

You'd be forgiven for missing that Sinéad O'Connor passed away as a Muslima named Shuhada' Sadaqat, as almost all posted photos are from before her reverting & there's entire big media obituaries not using her chosen name even once.

Innalillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon, Shuhada'.

i was definitely delighted by all the folks from Sex Education!

If you live in AZ, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MI, MN, NH, NM, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI, or WV, you have a Dem senator co-sponsoring KOSA and you can call their office right now to register your opinions. https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2023/5/blackburn-blumenthal-introduce-bipartisan-kids-online-safety-act

blocking is misunderstood by many, so here's a good rule of thumb: when i block you it's because i am politely unsubscribing from your replies. when you block me it's because you are a censor denying me my rightful spot in the marketplace of free ideas, and because you hate friendship and love

What is insanely Kafkaesque about the A&M suspension of a health professor is that she was publicly censored and suspended within hours - but no-one can specify what comments she made that were offensive or wrong. https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/25/texas-a-m-professor-opioids-dan-patrick/

the only NFT I believe in is No Fucking Terfs