Aram Sinnreich
@aramsinn.bsky.social
📚 Nonfiction Author
📚 SFF Author (.5 of R.A. Sinn)
🎓 Media Prof at AU in DC
💿 Bassist/Producer/Composer
(jazz, reggae, worldbeat)
sinnreich.com
tinyurl.com/tslodata
tinyurl.com/ASCFYbook
linktree.com/wassako
📚 SFF Author (.5 of R.A. Sinn)
🎓 Media Prof at AU in DC
💿 Bassist/Producer/Composer
(jazz, reggae, worldbeat)
sinnreich.com
tinyurl.com/tslodata
tinyurl.com/ASCFYbook
linktree.com/wassako
I feel so bad for my friends who work there
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I feel so bad for my friends who work there
Yes, rising tuition is partially to blame, and there are many reasons for that.
But the article fails to mention the sustained right wing propaganda campaign against #HigherEd that almost certainly plays a role as well.
FYI FWIW I make *less* than a professor with my title made a generation ago.
But the article fails to mention the sustained right wing propaganda campaign against #HigherEd that almost certainly plays a role as well.
FYI FWIW I make *less* than a professor with my title made a generation ago.
"when adjusted for inflation, College Board data shows that the average, inflation-adjusted cost of public four-year college tuition for in-state students has doubled since 1995. Tuition at private, four-year colleges is up 75% over the same period."
Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost
The latest NBC News poll shows two-thirds of registered voters down on the value proposition of a degree. A majority said degrees were worth the cost a dozen years ago.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Yes, rising tuition is partially to blame, and there are many reasons for that.
But the article fails to mention the sustained right wing propaganda campaign against #HigherEd that almost certainly plays a role as well.
FYI FWIW I make *less* than a professor with my title made a generation ago.
But the article fails to mention the sustained right wing propaganda campaign against #HigherEd that almost certainly plays a role as well.
FYI FWIW I make *less* than a professor with my title made a generation ago.
A friend who is a Muslim African immigrant to the US just sent this meme via WhatsApp and I am so touched because a native born American would never treat our most important secular holiday with such unironic reverence and goodwill.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A friend who is a Muslim African immigrant to the US just sent this meme via WhatsApp and I am so touched because a native born American would never treat our most important secular holiday with such unironic reverence and goodwill.
Not big on subtle names huh
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Not big on subtle names huh
Throughout "The Rose Field" I kept wondering how Pullman was going to wrap up his dozens of plot threads in a satisfying and comprehensible way and then it turned out he just didn't
ps I kept hoping he'd do something with the Roosevelt association but no
ps I kept hoping he'd do something with the Roosevelt association but no
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Throughout "The Rose Field" I kept wondering how Pullman was going to wrap up his dozens of plot threads in a satisfying and comprehensible way and then it turned out he just didn't
ps I kept hoping he'd do something with the Roosevelt association but no
ps I kept hoping he'd do something with the Roosevelt association but no
I had never tried Gemini Deep Research before (and heard rave reviews from folks), so yesterday I decided to give it a go, asking a scholarly question I already know the answer to, so I could see how its response stacks up.
It’s had ~18 hours to process my query, and this is as far as it’s gotten.
It’s had ~18 hours to process my query, and this is as far as it’s gotten.
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I had never tried Gemini Deep Research before (and heard rave reviews from folks), so yesterday I decided to give it a go, asking a scholarly question I already know the answer to, so I could see how its response stacks up.
It’s had ~18 hours to process my query, and this is as far as it’s gotten.
It’s had ~18 hours to process my query, and this is as far as it’s gotten.
Any other frequently-quoted experts out there discovered that press inquiries have dried up since the Trump inauguration? Either there’s a media blocklist in effect or my cred somehow plummeted at the same time as my new book was out there winning awards
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Any other frequently-quoted experts out there discovered that press inquiries have dried up since the Trump inauguration? Either there’s a media blocklist in effect or my cred somehow plummeted at the same time as my new book was out there winning awards
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“if you measured income inadequacy today the way Orshansky measured it in 1963, the threshold for a family of four wouldn’t be $31,200. It would be somewhere between $130,000 and $150,000…”
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“if you measured income inadequacy today the way Orshansky measured it in 1963, the threshold for a family of four wouldn’t be $31,200. It would be somewhere between $130,000 and $150,000…”
Or how Google Reader singlehandedly killed the blogosphere
Don’t get me started on how they ruined google scholar
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Or how Google Reader singlehandedly killed the blogosphere
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
Any list that relegates "Blazing Saddles" to #77 instead of including it in the Top 5 is definitively bullshit
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Any list that relegates "Blazing Saddles" to #77 instead of including it in the Top 5 is definitively bullshit
Anthony Braxton changed my life and rewired my brain when I took three classes with him as an undergrad. There's a whole legion of us out there, undercover Braxtonites throughout the music/industry ecosystem. If you don't know his work, maybe you should.
At 80, This Composer Is Easier Than Ever to Celebrate
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Anthony Braxton changed my life and rewired my brain when I took three classes with him as an undergrad. There's a whole legion of us out there, undercover Braxtonites throughout the music/industry ecosystem. If you don't know his work, maybe you should.
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FYI: The #PlatGovNet2025 conference is free and online. You can see the fantastic full programme here: platgov.net/assets/site/...
platgov.net
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
FYI: The #PlatGovNet2025 conference is free and online. You can see the fantastic full programme here: platgov.net/assets/site/...
“She died of old age? Then we won.”
- my Black & Jewish 16yo
- my Black & Jewish 16yo
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“She died of old age? Then we won.”
- my Black & Jewish 16yo
- my Black & Jewish 16yo
It’s tempting to believe this, but if you read contemporary historical narratives of the previous fascist era (e.g. Klemperer), this kind of creeping social regulation was foundational to widespread normalization of government control over the private sphere.
really a sign of how fragmented and basically lost the admin has become in the last six weeks or so. Imagine having secretary focus on this dress up for your 90 minute flight thing.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It’s tempting to believe this, but if you read contemporary historical narratives of the previous fascist era (e.g. Klemperer), this kind of creeping social regulation was foundational to widespread normalization of government control over the private sphere.
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We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Assistant Professor in Political Science,
,
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jobs.lse.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
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The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
I read reader reviews for two different book proposals I’ve got out at academic presses this week, and now I feel kinda good about myself. Thanks, peers!
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I read reader reviews for two different book proposals I’ve got out at academic presses this week, and now I feel kinda good about myself. Thanks, peers!
New on @bandcamp.com: An acoustic #ska cover of @joanarmatrading.bsky.social's classic “Love and Affection” by me & @duniabest.bsky.social with the incredible @raphaeldrumz.bsky.social on drums. Check it out:
duniaandaram.bandcamp.com/track/love-a...
duniaandaram.bandcamp.com/track/love-a...
Love and Affection, by Dunia and Aram
track by Dunia and Aram
duniaandaram.bandcamp.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
New on @bandcamp.com: An acoustic #ska cover of @joanarmatrading.bsky.social's classic “Love and Affection” by me & @duniabest.bsky.social with the incredible @raphaeldrumz.bsky.social on drums. Check it out:
duniaandaram.bandcamp.com/track/love-a...
duniaandaram.bandcamp.com/track/love-a...
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Was an honor to have @hypervisible.blacksky.app on our podcast to talk about spying on ourselves, spying on each other, Flock, Ring, food delivery robots, and general surveillance culture:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kBg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kBg...
How Big Tech Has Convinced Us to Surveil Ourselves and Each Other
YouTube video by 404 Media
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Was an honor to have @hypervisible.blacksky.app on our podcast to talk about spying on ourselves, spying on each other, Flock, Ring, food delivery robots, and general surveillance culture:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kBg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kBg...
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Job alert! 🚨 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Edinburgh Uni to work w/a team of historians on a new project, Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana, which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Job alert! 🚨 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Edinburgh Uni to work w/a team of historians on a new project, Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana, which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...
What is your favorite example of someone navigating our data-saturated world in a way that cares for others?
More specifically, who should @jesgilbert.bsky.social and I be interviewing for our new book on #DataKindness?
More specifically, who should @jesgilbert.bsky.social and I be interviewing for our new book on #DataKindness?
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
What is your favorite example of someone navigating our data-saturated world in a way that cares for others?
More specifically, who should @jesgilbert.bsky.social and I be interviewing for our new book on #DataKindness?
More specifically, who should @jesgilbert.bsky.social and I be interviewing for our new book on #DataKindness?
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I am looking for a Senior Researcher (at least 2 years postdoctoral exp.) for the LivePlatforms project into how people make livelihoods in the platform economy; a 5-year FT post based in the School of Info and Communication Studies at UCD. Do share widely!
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
Senior Researcher, UCD Information&Comms Studies,Temp 56 months | University Vacancies Ireland
universityvacancies.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I am looking for a Senior Researcher (at least 2 years postdoctoral exp.) for the LivePlatforms project into how people make livelihoods in the platform economy; a 5-year FT post based in the School of Info and Communication Studies at UCD. Do share widely!
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
Rest in Power the magnificent #JimmyCliff, soundtrack of Sunday mornings in my childhood home, my gateway to #ska and #reggae, Johnny Too Bad himself.
Thank you for reminding us we can get it if we really want, but we must try. No sitting in limbo for you, one-way ticket to paradise.
Thank you for reminding us we can get it if we really want, but we must try. No sitting in limbo for you, one-way ticket to paradise.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Rest in Power the magnificent #JimmyCliff, soundtrack of Sunday mornings in my childhood home, my gateway to #ska and #reggae, Johnny Too Bad himself.
Thank you for reminding us we can get it if we really want, but we must try. No sitting in limbo for you, one-way ticket to paradise.
Thank you for reminding us we can get it if we really want, but we must try. No sitting in limbo for you, one-way ticket to paradise.
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Y'all, It's TOMORROW.
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
#Lit #OctaviaEButler
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
#Lit #OctaviaEButler
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Y'all, It's TOMORROW.
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
#Lit #OctaviaEButler
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
#Lit #OctaviaEButler