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DJ Huppatz

@djhuppatz.bsky.social

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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

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 1d

@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...

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Carlo Apostoli @carloapostoli.ft.com · 3d

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

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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · 4d

Wait what? I've been listening to your podcast for years as a life guide!

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This is the way!

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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · 10d

Great album, I have CD and still play it regularly.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 12d

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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · 19d

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.

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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · 24d

Seconded. This book is essential reading.

The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 25d

This book Addiction by Design on @princetonupress.bsky.social is one of the most important books on how the world works now

press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Addiction by Design

An anthropologist traces the intimate connections between gambling addiction and casino industry design tactics

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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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ballast journal @ballastjournal.bsky.social · Sep 3

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.

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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · Aug 27

On a packed train thinking it's Uber for the masses

DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · Aug 26

AI, a tool of American authoritarianism.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 26

"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

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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · Aug 25

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

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

www.3ammagazine.com

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Aug 22

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.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 22

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

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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · Aug 22

Worth reading but
maddening and saddening.

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

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · Aug 21

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Aug 19

"Australia has the second-lowest public expenditure on tertiary education institutions in the OECD…This has resulted in an endless chase for dollars (international students & “the next big thing”) rather than thinking about what an educated Australia should look like” www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Universities such as mine are making poor decisions, and we’re not allowed to know why

UTS has announced a “pause” on enrolments in 100 courses. Vacating these critically important areas diminishes not only the brand of UTS but the state it was designed to benefit.

www.smh.com.au

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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · Aug 15

Yes please

DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · Aug 15

"Over 100 countries want something to happen and we are being held up by the United States. Their position was even more regressive than the Saudis"

Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hardly a surprise, but so so depressing. We have to stop plastics at the source - this is not a waste problem, it's a production problem.

www.ft.com/content/f808...

UN plastics treaty talks fail after US joins petrostates in blocking action

Delegates criticise role of Trump administration in siding with Saudi Arabia and other petrochemical producers

www.ft.com

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · Aug 14

Australian journalists #withMEAA have made a video in recognition of the many Palestinian journalists and media workers killed by Israel while/because of reporting on the ground in #Gaza. #StopKillingJournalists #StoptheKilling

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMq8...

Stop Killing Journalists

YouTube video by withMEAA

www.youtube.com

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DJ Huppatz @djhuppatz.bsky.social · Aug 12

Same. So sad.