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DJ Huppatz
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Writer. Reader. Follower. He/him.
Literature, design, music, architecture, art, history, philosophy, and politics, in any combination or order.
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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · Aug 23
So happy this story is out: 'Wellness' in 3AM magazine: www.3ammagazine.com/3am/wellness/
Wellness – 3:AM Magazine
Here in Norwich the Plague has passed yet Grace says many are still unwell. This may be due to their children. They name them William and Richard and Alice and Agnes. Grace tells me the parents say to...
www.3ammagazine.com
djhuppatz.bsky.social
New poems up at Luna Luna:
www.lunalunamagazine.com/blog/poetry-...
'into the voluminous abyss' — poetry by D.J. Huppatz
WEAR A MASK They only had one victory, and that was over a rabbit. It was up to me – the double person – to appease the restless ancestors, ensure the blueberries ripen, bury freedom in the moun...
www.lunalunamagazine.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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mrdtjames.bsky.social
Australia’s biggest problem isn’t the next crisis — it’s the growing gap between those who sail through it and those who drown in it. If we can afford inequity, we can afford to fix it. www.thespencerstreetend.com.au/p/built-for-...
Built for Inequity
How Australia’s quiet architecture of policy and profit sustains disadvantage
www.thespencerstreetend.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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fionaparker1.bsky.social
BENDIGO WRITERS FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE: La Trobe Uni pressured #Bendigo Council to send the infamous code of conduct to participants, according to those at a council-run roundtable.
Council confirmed to us it sent the code with specific additions at La Trobe Uni’s request.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
FOI documents reveal lead-up to failed Bendigo Writers Festival
A founding director of the widely boycotted Bendigo Writers Festival says major sponsor La Trobe University pressured organisers into sending a controversial code of conduct.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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lswisnom.bsky.social
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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johnholbein1.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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shannonmattern.bsky.social
Xltn conversation btw @hawthorne.bsky.social + Aaron Cayer abt Cayer's 📘 on AECOM, a huge, faceless, ethically ?-able conglomerate that designs electrical grids, military bases, highways, airports; they discuss why it's imptnt to study such work + methods for doing so amidst gov't + corp secrecy
The architectural-imperial complex
A conversation with Aaron Cayer about how AECOM rose from humble SoCal roots to become a powerful, secretive player in global politics
www.punchlistmag.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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whenisayj.bsky.social
Oh look, there are renderings. The Versailles jokes make themselves. Also, this architecture firm should be laughed out of existence.
A very large, very white and gold ballroom with Baroque-style arched windows, coved ceilings, and gold chandeliers obviously meant to invoke comparisons to Versailles. Completely inappropriate to the architectural style of the White House.
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
djhuppatz.bsky.social
When i wrote "moon" in my poem i obviously meant the small one. Yeah the fresh, new one, not Shelley's or Dickinson's old 19th century moon.
October 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
djhuppatz.bsky.social
Which one did they land on?
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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stuartelden.bsky.social
@versobooks.bsky.social's series "Harvey at 90" continues with recently posted pieces by Trevor J. Barnes, Helga Leitner and Richard A. Walker.
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
Harvey at 90: A Verso Series
Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson's ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy.  This month, in honour of David H...
www.versobooks.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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carloapostoli.ft.com
Great analysis by @edwinheathcote.bsky.social here who cuts through all the — sorry — bullshit and gets to the inevitable point of the absolute triumph of marketing over design. We start from here (if we even care anymore). Must read

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Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world
Design was once seen as a tool to improve lives — but as modernism has become marketing, that sense of social purpose has drifted away
on.ft.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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levparikian.bsky.social
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October 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM
djhuppatz.bsky.social
Thanks so much @exactingclam.bsky.social. Finally, the true story about the creator of Bitcoin is out in the world!
A cover of the literary magazine Exacting Clam.
September 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
djhuppatz.bsky.social
Seconded. This book is essential reading.
September 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
djhuppatz.bsky.social
Sad to hear Meanjin is closing. Here's two poems of mine they published from 2004. Tho the ref was The Gulf War, I feel like they still resonate 20 years later
meanjin.com.au/poetry/land-...
Land of Free; Golf Wear
LAND OF FREE Welcome you to land of free! this is the land of most free. We created this poem from it. It’s fine, we think. It will give aid to your self-imagining principle. Just what you hoped fo…
meanjin.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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ballastjournal.bsky.social
Contributor Features from ballast 3.3:

Here’s D.J. Huppatz with “Build a Network” @djhuppatz.bsky.social

www.ballastjournal.com/dj-huppatz

#contributorfeature
#poetry
#poem
#poems
#ballast
#DJHuppatz
The image is a digital graphic featuring a poem by D.J. Huppatz, titled "From 'Build a Network'". The title is prominently displayed in large black text at the top of the image. - *Title and Author* - The title "D.J. HUPPATZ FROM 'BUILD A NETWORK'" is written in large black text. - The author's name is D.J. Huppatz. - *Poem* - The poem reads: "Unfed nettles along the fenceline, arise. Let's file letters until litter enters, whittle decimals, salute spillage, uncrumple across the lines." - The poem is written in smaller black text below the title. - *Background and Design Elements* - The background of the image is a light green color. - A black picket fence graphic is visible at the bottom of the image. - Green leaves are illustrated on top of the fence. - *Additional Text* - In the bottom-right corner, the text "ballast 3.3" and "ballastjournal.com" are displayed in small black text. The image effectively combines a visually appealing design with the presentation of a poem, making it suitable for use as a social media post or other online content.
September 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
djhuppatz.bsky.social
On a packed train thinking it's Uber for the masses
August 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
djhuppatz.bsky.social
AI, a tool of American authoritarianism.
August 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
"Technologies aren’t a rising tide that lifts all boats, unless we very specifically design them that way. With computing, they have not been designed that way"

This @histoftech.bsky.social interview is so good

www.fastcompany.com/91384078/not...
Historian Mar Hicks on why nothing about AI is inevitable
The author of Programmed Inquality peers through the AI hype by recalling the rise of past technologies.
www.fastcompany.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
djhuppatz.bsky.social
theconversation.com/universities...

"...academics and students remained outside, protesting in the rain against staff cuts and governance issues facing the sector."
Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer
Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.
theconversation.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
djhuppatz.bsky.social
So happy this story is out: 'Wellness' in 3AM magazine: www.3ammagazine.com/3am/wellness/
Wellness – 3:AM Magazine
Here in Norwich the Plague has passed yet Grace says many are still unwell. This may be due to their children. They name them William and Richard and Alice and Agnes. Grace tells me the parents say to...
www.3ammagazine.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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benpatrickwill.bsky.social
Let's be clear: all the AI in edtech stuff (Canvas, Blackboard, Grammarly, Duolingo, OpenAI, the rest) is all about the "lock-in" - locking in students as subscribers or institutions via long-term license agreements for value generation. Is there good pedagogic evidence for it? No.
August 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)?

Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!

NEW POST -->>>
Big tech’s selective disclosure masks AI’s real climate impact
Google claims to have disclosed new information proving its own efficiency. But it has hidden the bigger picture. Guess what: I’ve got the bigger picture for you right here in this big old po…
ketanjoshi.co
August 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
djhuppatz.bsky.social
Worth reading but
maddening and saddening.
danifroom.bsky.social Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · Aug 22
Well, if you were wondering exactly which parts of history the Trump regime is going to purge from the Smithsonian museums, they've helpfully listed it out. It's exactly as fascistic as you've feared.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian
The National Museum of African American History and Culture debuted a series to educate people on “a society that privileges white people and whiteness” —
www.whitehouse.gov
August 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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kimkelly.bsky.social
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM