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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Sep 13

Exactly this. And I game, even. Just not that much.

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Sep 12

New precise measurement of how online you are:

I am “I know about the Fuentes-Kirk feud, I know what groypers are, and I recognize the Pepe meme” online but not “recognize the video game references” online.

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · Sep 12

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Nov 10

The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jan 14

Listen to Larry Grossberg discuss his recent book "On the Way to Theory" on KPFA's "Against the Grain":
kpfa.org/episode/agai...

Nietzsche, Hall, and “Theory” | KPFA

In his new book, Lawrence Grossberg describes ways of thinking that have laid the foundation for the development of contemporary Western theory. Two of the thinkers he writes about are Friedrich Nietz...

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Sep 13

If you aren't following his substack, you should! lawrencegrossberg.substack.com

What's Going On? | Lawrence Grossberg | Substack

After 50 years of teaching and 20 books of research and theorizing, I am still trying to compose better--more complex, contingent, and contextualized—stories about what's going on, how the U.S. got he...

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Sep 13

I’m so glad to see this collection of essays published in honor of Larry. I had intended to contribute, but the timing of its preparation didn’t allow me to finish. I regret not being able to participate, but I’m grateful to celebrate this book and the community it represents.

Better Stories: Mapping Cultural Studies with Lawrence Grossberg

<p>Better Stories assembles essays and provocations in honor of Lawrence Grossberg’s radically contextual and affectively attuned lifework. In over fifty chapters, contributors trace mattering maps of...

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Sep 12

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Sep 12

In our current context, there is no shared reality largely *by design*
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Roenn🌎 on X: "I made a compilation of major Democratic politicians and left wing pundits unequivocally condemning the shooting. Contrast this with the response of major right-wing accounts. Are we even in the same reality? https://t.co/W9Lj9xu3lW" / X

I made a compilation of major Democratic politicians and left wing pundits unequivocally condemning the shooting. Contrast this with the response of major right-wing accounts. Are we even in the same reality? https://t.co/W9Lj9xu3lW

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Sep 6

A little too on the nose, as far as falling empires go

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Sep 6

If any Blueskyers need help accessing any contributions to this special forum, send me a DM!

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sharing my latest in CC/CS, a special forum on sexual politics, authoritarian desire, and the 2024 Trump election. Free download link of my intro essay here, and @e-bumps.bsky.social's is also open access www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TQVDQ...

Many thanks to @marinalevina.bsky.social for her support!

Daddy's home: sexual politics, authoritarian desire, and the re-election of Donald Trump

This essay introduces a forum on the sexual politics of authoritarianism in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election. In it, Wood argues that gender and sexual politics are central to authoritar...

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Aug 28

I was honored to be a part of the volunteer collective that assembled this resource library, and I hope you (no matter who you are) find it useful; the immense power of education must be put to good collective use.

Resource on Addressing Authoritarianism and Fascism:
www.natcom.org/about-this-r...

About This Resource Library - National Communication Association

View the LIBRARY submit resources

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Jun 7

The article itself is studiously balanced. (To a fault to my mind, but that's my perspective.) But this very dry paragraph in the middle is the whole deal. Why would an educational institution make this leap without any evidence of efficacy?

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Michael D. Dwyer @michaelddwyer.bsky.social · Jun 7

It's so so important to understand that these technologies are absolutely failing within a market context, they all lose a ton of money and are set to lose more, the only path to profit for these vultures is to attach themselves to educational and government institutions.

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Jun 7

The article itself is studiously balanced. (To a fault to my mind, but that's my perspective.) But this very dry paragraph in the middle is the whole deal. Why would an educational institution make this leap without any evidence of efficacy?

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · Jun 8

If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.

There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · May 25

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Thankfully, there are still tells in each of these, but some I'm not sure I'd be able to identify if I wasn't suspicious to begin with.

Mark Gadala-Maria on X: "Less than 24 hours ago, Google dropped Veo 3, blurring the line between reality and AI. Its video and audio quality is so lifelike, it’s unsettling. Here are 20 insane examples & a full guide on how to use it: 1) A standup comedian telling a joke: https://t.co/gLdpRX0TmC" / X

Less than 24 hours ago, Google dropped Veo 3, blurring the line between reality and AI. Its video and audio quality is so lifelike, it’s unsettling. Here are 20 insane examples & a full guide on how to use it: 1) A standup comedian telling a joke: https://t.co/gLdpRX0TmC

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Apr 15

It's the *breakneck speed* at which our country is hitting rock bottom that, I admit, caught me by surprise.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Aug 19

In "On the Way to Theory," Lawrence Grossberg introduces the major ways of thinking that provide the backstory for contemporary Western theory, including theorists Kant, Marx, and Heidegger to Foucault, Deleuze, and Hall. Read the intro for free now!
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Cover of On the Way to Theory by Lawrence Grossberg. Cover features a gradient background composed of light blue, warm orange, and light pink, reminiscent of a sunset. Atop the gradient background is a shape composed of thin, black lines, curves, and loops. Title letters are in bright white and are on top of the shape.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Dec 19

NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Dec 11

Someone send this man Gramsci's prison notebooks stat

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Dec 10

As he was being led into an extradition hearing, Luigi Mangione struggled with officers and shouted:

“It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people.”

He may have said “and their lived experience,” after that.

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Dec 9

We all live in this timeline

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Dec 7

Follow up: bsky.app/profile/beng...

Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · Dec 7

Internet sleuths are actively avoiding the United Healthcare CEO story, with some of the top true crime influencers saying they won't help find the suspect
www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

Why top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedHealthcare CEO killer

TikTok users who would normally leap at the chance to identify an alleged criminal are standing down during the manhunt for the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

www.nbcnews.com

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Antipode @antipodeonline.bsky.social · Oct 22

Season 4 of the brilliant "Conjuncture" podcast -- co-sponsored by the Antipode Foundation -- opens with feminist historian Catherine Hall talking about the history of racial capitalism, colonizing geographies, and social reproduction trinitysocialjustice.com/racial-capit...

Racial Capitalism

Catherine Hall discusses the history of racial capitalism, colonizing geographies, social reproduction, and her groundbreaking new book Lucky Valley.

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · Dec 1

MIT has a set of books labelled "Open Access" but it's a little clunky to find them on the MIT Press site, and so I've gone ahead and mirrored 400+ of them here:

archive.org/details/mit_...

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Megan M Wood @meganmwood.bsky.social · Dec 7

Literally no one, especially no New Yorker, is gonna turn in John Q for some damn reward money. All the insurance companies execs will STAY shook. www.kxan.com/news/10000-r...

$10,000 reward offered for information on UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting: NYPD

Thompson, 50, was killed in a “targeted attack” just before 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning, according to authorities.

www.kxan.com

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