@katemadd.bsky.social
Rhet of Sci&Tech + STS + media theory University of Toronto Mississauga
Heading to Berlin for the second annual World Forum on the Future of Democracy, Tech, and Humankind
Participating in the World Council on AI
www.theworldforum.eu
Weβre hiring!
Calling for applications for one full-time continuing teaching faculty appointment at the rank of Lecturer. Apply by April 30th to start in July 2025.
More details: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
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04.03.2025 17:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
pre-order link via @bookshop-org.bsky.social:
bookshop.org/p/books/reco...
cover image for Reconsidering Reparations, featuring small black hands planting a seedling. Text of the cover: "Reconsidering Reparations Why Climate Justice and Constructive Politics Are Needed in the Wake of Slavery and Colonialism by OlΓΊfαΊΉΜmi O. TΓ‘ΓwΓ². With a new preface by the author."
the good folks at @haymarketbooks.org are releasing a paperback version of Reconsidering Reparations, April 1st, with a beautiful new cover courtesy of Steve Leard. some dismal parts of the latter chapters have aged unfortunately well - but look forward to discussions about it in today's context
03.03.2025 17:31 β π 841 π 179 π¬ 11 π 9I'll be presenting a theory pill at the Space Out! symposium this Thursday! Stop by if you want to hear me ramble on about street furniture and public space in Toronto. π°οΈπ¨π¦π
03.03.2025 15:41 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
I'm ashamed of the US right now.
(Often, even always, but acutely today.)
Come Space Out! with us at UTM next week!
28.02.2025 17:40 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you are taking inspiration from movements *please study them.* 20th Century Civil rights organizers were very hard core about security. You should be too.
Here's some very basic guidance -- I don't know who made this site, but it checks out --
infosecforactivists.org
@eff.org also has a great resource on surveillance self-defense that is better to engage BEFORE you start any activities/relationships that could be criminalized:
ssd.eff.org
Excellent data journalism:
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
badass PhD spot:
15.02.2025 14:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And they say there's no need for TechComm in STS...
14.02.2025 18:22 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Holy shit, tho.
I would never, ever, ever want this to happen to me?
and at the same time I am kinda jealous of this guy
The Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy (ICDE) at @thenewschool.bsky.social is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Fellowship Program. Apply by Feb 28, 2025: platform.coop/blog/open-ca... cc: @nssrnews.bsky.social @netzpolitik.bsky.social
10.02.2025 16:44 β π 22 π 14 π¬ 1 π 1OMG Robert Garcia ππ
13.02.2025 19:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0LOLOLOL
12.02.2025 22:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0whhaaaa?! ugh.
12.02.2025 22:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0TOTALLY. And more of this for future, as *text* proliferates and depreciates in value? (sorry for the market metaphor)
12.02.2025 22:00 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I think that collaboration is the future of work in the humanities. And that the monograph is a myth, and we need to be a lot more frank--beyond mere citation--about all work being collaborative work.
Good collaborators are ready to concede this.
Clinging to the myth undoes good collaboration.
Come join us at UTM for some cosmic critique!
11.02.2025 17:14 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Google maps screenshot of the Drake passage between South America and Antarctica
If weβre renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.
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Editing Wikipedia is not a crime.
Wikipedia is getting ready to extend anonymity features to protect editors/authors in the US (as it does other editors/authors in similar totalitarian regimes).
11.02.2025 22:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New book dropping in May with University of Alabama press
17.12.2024 16:14 β π 33 π 10 π¬ 2 π 0
Cover image for book Algorithmic Worldmaking: The Rhetorical Craft of Networked Order by Jeremy David Johnson. To its right, text reads: "Algorithmic Worldmaking is an ambitious and imaginative research project that explores the impact of algorithms on cultural life. It is well done and compellingly written." -E. Johanna Hartelius, author of The Gifting Logos: Expertise in the Digital Commons
My book is now out in the wild! I wish the timing of its release could have been different--things feel so dire right now--but, honestly, what I've written is more relevant than ever. I'd be honored if you'd snag a copy and/or request one for your library π
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081732221...
Come join us at UTM for some cosmic critique!
11.02.2025 17:14 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I wonder if the ads he bought are funny. I wonder if they have the Clydesdales in them.
"Big strong beery horses don't need help. They help themselves." [galloping sounds]
