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Jacob Kramer-Duffield

@jaykaydee.bsky.social

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Consulting on audience strategy, audiostrategy.org Writing a book for @beltpublishing.bsky.social Teaching digital sociability and ethics, NYU-Tandon ACT-UAW Local 7902 Ph.D., UNC-SILS Fmr audience data WNYC, NYMag, Megaphone jkd.10 on Signal Enjoys birds

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · Nov 12

Since I am apparently on a starter pack or something: hello! I'm JKD. I have been bopping around the Internet for a long time, used to work in politics, got my Ph.D. studying digital identity, worked in-house in media on analytics and audience, and now consult on that and teach about Online. (1/n)

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 9h

I will consume a chicken schnitzel for the common good

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 9h

oh man I need to go more!

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 9h

"Ashokan Farewell" was of course written explicitly for this purpose and even knowing that it *still* doesn't make sense!

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 10h

a perfect song.

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 10h

Probably best to chase it indefinitely

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 10h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 14h

Agree with Dave here that AI is giving Enron vibes but maybe even more than that it's Madoff for me. I think this goes along just fine until someone needs to be liquid and then...

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 15h

Everyone agrees that we're currently in a dotcom era-like AI bubble. People disagree what sort of bubble it is.

There are 3 stories one can tell about the dotcom crash: a startup story, a telecom story, and an accounting fraud story.

My take: it's giving Enron
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

It's Giving Enron

On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash

open.substack.com

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 1d

A special edition!

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a cat.

Roberto Catmente, a tabby kitten, lies on his side - you can see his paws with black toe beans, and a small blep of tongue out of his mouth.

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 1d

look at what a good hunter he is!

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 1d

cannot help but recall, for me, the instant demobilization of the Obama lists and groups after the inauguration. Millions and millions of people primed to do *something* to rebuild civic democracy after the shame of the Bush II era and... nothing.

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 1d

I really love a lot of stuff that now fits this definition but there's almost none of it that I would recommend to a new or new-to-SF reader. Lots has aged poorly and the stuff that actually still hits does so by being VERY weird (e.g., Sturgeon's "More Than Human") and so not beginner-friendly.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

This is why I get so exasperated when people suggest SF written 50+ years ago as the place for new readers of the genre, especially young readers, to start with. There is SO MUCH that will throw them out of the work, from outdated tech to outdated social structures. They'll leave and not come back.

J. Hammer-Slay PhD 🎃🧛‍♂️🧟‍♂️🧌👻 @jhammersley.bsky.social · 1d

Yup was just gonna comment on this! My kids always notice how outdated computers or other technology seem when I make them rewatch e.g. original Star Wars trilogy rr something

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 1d

Finally got to write my magnum opus for NPR on why late night TV still matters, charting how it has mattered so much over 60 years of TV history. I also float my theory that key to its continued relevance may be in today's hosts sticking together. READ: https://loom.ly/MZ0a9IE

Media companies thought late night TV was irrelevant. Kimmel proved them wrong

Jimmy Kimmel's return to airwaves might just point the way forward for late night TV to prove its relevance to American audiences — and to itself.

www.npr.org

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 1d

great name for a punk album

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 1d

Weiss has been panicking about what teens are up to since she was a student at Columbia!!

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The Birdist @thebirdist.bsky.social · 1d

A PSA

www.thebirdist.com/2025/10/weir...

Weird Guys Harming Birds for Social Media Clout

I am mostly writing this post so people will have something to link to for Community Notes. Nothing is more depressing to me than the Click...

www.thebirdist.com

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 2d

The regular features "I have never been fed, ever" and "Actually I am not small but Very Large" really keep covering new ground, it's impressive

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 2d

Radio is in fact the perfect medium for consuming baseball, I will never believe otherwise

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 2d

A perfect film.

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 2d

Jenkins, Flanagan has always been a hack

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 2d

For context: the last US Presidential election that was that wide a margin was in 1996, when Bill Clinton won re-election by 8.5% over Bob Dole; that was good for a 379-159 Electoral College victory.

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 2d

Very good thread.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 2d

Friends it's really bad!

Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 2d

Said it a thousand times, but the fact that the general public does not understand the difference between an opinion writer and a reporter is a real fucking problem.

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 2d

It's crybullies all the way down.

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 2d

the @dril tweet "go ahead. keep screaming "Shut The Fuck Up" at me. it only makes my opinions Worse

Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 2d

Totally agreed. A Jim Trafficant bio would tell you a LOT more about how US politics and culture than any Presidential biography could.