Jess

what an amazing piece. excellently written, walking a careful line between how batshit the actual situation is and what it reveals about the current techno-legal landscape

a map of the grounds of the Alice Austen house and Alice Austen Park, on Staten Island

obsessed with this map from visiting the Alice Austen House yesterday.

"soft barrier, perceptual rather than physical."

and both formal and desire paths being marked?!

“Cultural artifacts are findable only so long as someone takes on the active responsibility to preserve, catalog and share them. Once gone, they’re gone forever. Historical oblivion is the default, not the exception.” Jordan Mechner Video game designer

From salvaging 1914 Orient Express archives for The Last Express to the fight for digital preservation, legendary game designer Jordan Mechner shares why safeguarding our cultural artifacts—like video games—is vital.

🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/11/21/v...

🕳️ #VanishingCulture @jmechner.bsky.social

I am reading a phenomenal book about Internet culture/aesthetics, Exit Reality by Valentina Tanni (www.neroeditions.com/product/exit...), and it made me realize one of the things I dislike the most about videogames culture: its insistence on separating itself from the rest of digital aesthetic.

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Do you share a passion for science education and leading the fight against misinformation? Join us @ncse.bsky.social Job Opening: Science Education Specialist. ncse.ngo/job-opportun...

YouTube video by King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence How to Archaeologically Record a Video Game | Next Level 2024

The video of my Next Level talk "How to Archaeologically Record a Video Game" is up!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRdI...

#archaeogaming #gamingthepast

affinity is 50% off! i'll be messing around with it on stream tomorrow night, come hang!

affinity.serif.com/en-us/

i’m new to game design but design philosophy has been my jam

the learning how to see the whole & the end & the implications held therein, + the ability to structure, communicate & deliver the vision…that’s the secret sauce

storywriting taught me the perils of not knowing where the design was going

Bluesky succeeds where Mastodon fails for the simple fact that it is fun

#HCI focuses so much on harm reduction it’s easy to forget the importance of fun

Casey’s videos are an incredible resource to anyone applying for PhDs (esp #HCI ones)!

Idk if I would be in a PhD program without them

What do you wish I would post about today?

But Graber mentions the *teacher* as a much more legitimate form of authority because the act of teaching is "self-subverting."

Teaching someone else is one of the most important things we can do. And eventually your students will no longer need you if you do your job well. That's self-subverting.

The brilliance of this simple design. The naive approach would be to ask, "what does the data show?"

But this design asks, "what do we want to compare the data to?" And the axis choice here (going to 100%) does that beautifully.

If that wasn't at 100%, we'd end up comparing models to each other.

This is a super good question!

In a practical setting, I've heard of consultants taking time to teach/train alongside audits.

In an academic setting, Oleson, Ko, and Ladner just came out with a book focused on bringing accessibility into computer science curriculums:

create.uw.edu/new-book-tea...

I REALLY hope people read this.
Re: how do we
*** allocate our resources and time strategically ***
but
*** Not obey in advance ***
?
A lot of analysis, thought, and reflection are required of us heading into the even-more-challenging times ahead.
This essay is a great start

This is a blog post I wrote 2 years ago about how the combination of smartphones, webcams, face recognition, drones, and other technologies would make it impossible for superheroes to maintain a secret identity today.

cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/sup...

I was super active on Google Plus back when it existed. I haven't found another place where I can have the same combination of trusted community and deep collective thinking. But, we'll see if this site serves me!

(also happy to melt your brain anytime)

A girl sits on the edge of a bathtub. The room is bathed in purple light.

Bathroom.

It’s a child’s right to access the web: Sometimes we forget that children have the same human internet rights as adults. They have the right to access information and express themselves, as well as the right to safety and privacy.

docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices...

These high childcare costs are pushing mothers not only out of the workforce but also--and maybe ironically--into political conservatism. Because moms pushed out of paid work often struggle with loss of identity. And because conservative Christian moms' groups often step in to fill that void. 1/🧵

“These risks for would-be critics reinforce an atmosphere of complacency. ‘It’s embarrassing how few protections we have against fraud and how easy it has been to fool us,’ Simonsohn said in a 2023 webinar. He added, ‘We have done nothing to prevent it. Nothing.’”

Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”

A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:

STAND OUT

“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."

make peace with that you won’t know the outcome of whatever work you do to inconvenience autocracy right away. maybe not even in your lifetime.

you are not expected never to be distracted
you are expected to notice you have been distracted, then return to the work

Lego and UNICEF unveil game design toolbox to help promote children's wellbeing in digital play Lego and UNICEF have released a set of design guidelines targeting game developers to better promote children's wellbei…

Lego and UNICEF have released a set of design guidelines targeting game developers to better promote children's wellbeing during digital play

Did you know that women are 2.5 times more likely to demand that their government take climate action, 60% more likely to use their voice for good, and twice as likely to engage civically on climate?

Women are 2.5x more likely to engage on climate, and I'm glad @cathmckenna.bsky.social and Women Leading on Climate are using that momentum to call for real action at COP29.

Learn more here: www.womenleadingonclimate.org

Highly recommend reading, following, and subscribing. Some deep wisdom here.

As there has been quite a surge of activity here recently compared to how it was when this came out, I think there is nothing morally wrong (pun intended) in resharing this recent study by me and colleagues.

#CommSky #HCI

check out this new CMU HCII Starter Pack!
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(if I missed you, just let me know!)

I'm teaching a series of hand-sewing classes at a local library in January, and I've playtested my one-shot #ttrpg designs extensively in teen summer programs. Build relationships with your local librarians, they are amazing!

Cover page for a syllabus titled 'Politics and Video Games,' featuring the claymation Super Mario Bros. 2 art from the first episode of Nintendo Power. Highlights include 'Power Up! Unlock the Secrets of Video Games,' 'Syllabus! It Tells You What to Do When,' and 'Policies and Grading Scales!' The footer contains contact information for Dr. Jess Morrissette and the Marshall University logo.

I finally updated my website with the most recent version of my Politics and Video Games syllabus. tinyurl.com/3bvhbdd5

I also posted my latest syllabi for Media, Culture, and Politics (tinyurl.com/2p9mu9db) and Politics of the Undead (tinyurl.com/544dfbpd).