Devina Sarwatay
@devinasarwatay.bsky.social
I study young people and digital cultures
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It's syllabus season & I'm shamelessly plugging some of my work for your consideration.
If you teach:
Communication
Media studies
Digital sociology
Media anthropology
Youth digital cultures
so courses at the intersection of media, technology & society, include in readings...
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If you teach:
Communication
Media studies
Digital sociology
Media anthropology
Youth digital cultures
so courses at the intersection of media, technology & society, include in readings...
1/
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
Thank you for joining #CityStGSCC #MCCIConnect
Our #GraphicRefuge panel shared incredible insights from co-authors Dr Dominic Davies & Prof. Candida Rifkind with thought-provoking responses from Dr Ernesto Priego & Dr Mihaela Precup. The discussion explored how comics narrate refugee experiences...
Our #GraphicRefuge panel shared incredible insights from co-authors Dr Dominic Davies & Prof. Candida Rifkind with thought-provoking responses from Dr Ernesto Priego & Dr Mihaela Precup. The discussion explored how comics narrate refugee experiences...
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Thank you for joining #CityStGSCC #MCCIConnect
Our #GraphicRefuge panel shared incredible insights from co-authors Dr Dominic Davies & Prof. Candida Rifkind with thought-provoking responses from Dr Ernesto Priego & Dr Mihaela Precup. The discussion explored how comics narrate refugee experiences...
Our #GraphicRefuge panel shared incredible insights from co-authors Dr Dominic Davies & Prof. Candida Rifkind with thought-provoking responses from Dr Ernesto Priego & Dr Mihaela Precup. The discussion explored how comics narrate refugee experiences...
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
Correct.
Correct.
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
Correct.
Correct.
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“GenerativeAI isn’t magic. It’s the product of millions of invisible creators—poets, coders, photographers, musicians—whose work has been harvested, scraped, & absorbed into AI models without consent or compensation…
This is not innovation. It is expropriation.”
—Otti Vogt
This is not innovation. It is expropriation.”
—Otti Vogt
AI Must Fund the Commons – Not Eat Them
AI feeds on the cultural commons—now it must pay its dues, supporting the creators and public institutions it depends on.
good-leadership.beehiiv.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“GenerativeAI isn’t magic. It’s the product of millions of invisible creators—poets, coders, photographers, musicians—whose work has been harvested, scraped, & absorbed into AI models without consent or compensation…
This is not innovation. It is expropriation.”
—Otti Vogt
This is not innovation. It is expropriation.”
—Otti Vogt
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Give me life Aurora!
Aurora, Colorado, saw a political shift as progressive candidates won city council seats, ousting conservative incumbents who focused on anti-immigrant rhetoric.
The election results reflect a broader national trend of Democratic gains.
The election results reflect a broader national trend of Democratic gains.
Trump said gangs invaded this city. Voters booted the officials who agreed.
Liberals who won in Aurora, Colorado, say voters were focused on affordability, trash and other local issues.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Give me life Aurora!
Thrilled to be part of a significant volume by stellar editors Hanan Badr & Karin Wilkins. Couldn't have done it without my generous & exceptional co-authors Keri Stephens & @larawolfers.bsky.social
We're in fabulous company:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Grateful to all involved
#CityStGSCC
We're in fabulous company:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Grateful to all involved
#CityStGSCC
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Thrilled to be part of a significant volume by stellar editors Hanan Badr & Karin Wilkins. Couldn't have done it without my generous & exceptional co-authors Keri Stephens & @larawolfers.bsky.social
We're in fabulous company:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Grateful to all involved
#CityStGSCC
We're in fabulous company:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Grateful to all involved
#CityStGSCC
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"Most (air)controllers are working mandatory overtime six days a week during the shutdown w/out pay, & some are taking second jobs to pay their bills, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has said." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nearly 1,500 flights canceled on second day of cuts tied to government shutdown
Charlotte, North Carolina, has the most cancellations – at 120 – as industry experts say other sectors might also feel effects
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"Most (air)controllers are working mandatory overtime six days a week during the shutdown w/out pay, & some are taking second jobs to pay their bills, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has said." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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🚨Special Issue Alert: Platforms, Publics, and Anti-Publics
(1/9) Introduction from our guest editors Zoetanya Sujon, Harry Dyer and Felipe Bonow Soares. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#academicsky #socialmediasky
(1/9) Introduction from our guest editors Zoetanya Sujon, Harry Dyer and Felipe Bonow Soares. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#academicsky #socialmediasky
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🚨Special Issue Alert: Platforms, Publics, and Anti-Publics
(1/9) Introduction from our guest editors Zoetanya Sujon, Harry Dyer and Felipe Bonow Soares. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#academicsky #socialmediasky
(1/9) Introduction from our guest editors Zoetanya Sujon, Harry Dyer and Felipe Bonow Soares. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#academicsky #socialmediasky
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this is objectively hilarious
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
this is objectively hilarious
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All I want is one single reporter to ask him if he thinks people seeking asylum = means from insane asylums
O'DONNELL: Are we going to war against Venezuela?
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
All I want is one single reporter to ask him if he thinks people seeking asylum = means from insane asylums
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Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.
🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.
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My paper was turned into a comic according to their email - what????
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My paper was turned into a comic according to their email - what????
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A group of Jewish grandmas, or bubbes, have been offering advice and comfort to anxious D.C. residents.
The ‘What Would Bubbe Do?’ sessions give people the chance to ask a bubbe about issues ranging from job loss to relationship struggles.
The ‘What Would Bubbe Do?’ sessions give people the chance to ask a bubbe about issues ranging from job loss to relationship struggles.
Bubbes volunteer to do what they do best: Counsel troubled souls
Why crowds of young professionals have been lining up to get advice — and hugs — from other people’s bubbes.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A group of Jewish grandmas, or bubbes, have been offering advice and comfort to anxious D.C. residents.
The ‘What Would Bubbe Do?’ sessions give people the chance to ask a bubbe about issues ranging from job loss to relationship struggles.
The ‘What Would Bubbe Do?’ sessions give people the chance to ask a bubbe about issues ranging from job loss to relationship struggles.
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uh, that’s not “reimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains. n.pr/3L5exuu
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
uh, that’s not “reimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.
#MCCIConnect is off with a powerful seminar by @aronczyk.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social on A Strategic Nature
Hosted by @citystgeorges.bsky.social (Carolina Matos, Raluca Moise & @devinasarwatay.bsky.social)
Next: Graphic Refuge 19 Nov 5 pm
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
#CityStGSCC
Hosted by @citystgeorges.bsky.social (Carolina Matos, Raluca Moise & @devinasarwatay.bsky.social)
Next: Graphic Refuge 19 Nov 5 pm
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
#CityStGSCC
October 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#MCCIConnect is off with a powerful seminar by @aronczyk.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social on A Strategic Nature
Hosted by @citystgeorges.bsky.social (Carolina Matos, Raluca Moise & @devinasarwatay.bsky.social)
Next: Graphic Refuge 19 Nov 5 pm
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
#CityStGSCC
Hosted by @citystgeorges.bsky.social (Carolina Matos, Raluca Moise & @devinasarwatay.bsky.social)
Next: Graphic Refuge 19 Nov 5 pm
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
#CityStGSCC
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
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How can networks help the uncertainty of being a first-gen academic? How did the pandemic impact our attitude towards community? These are just some of the questions discussed in Ep 3 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR with Leonie Smith, @claregs.bsky.social & @devinasarwatay.bsky.social.
tinyurl.com/46cp3bjr
tinyurl.com/46cp3bjr
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
How can networks help the uncertainty of being a first-gen academic? How did the pandemic impact our attitude towards community? These are just some of the questions discussed in Ep 3 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR with Leonie Smith, @claregs.bsky.social & @devinasarwatay.bsky.social.
tinyurl.com/46cp3bjr
tinyurl.com/46cp3bjr
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
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I'm teaching UG Year 1 students 'Researching Media & Communication' & it's their 1st brush with academic research
What are YOUR top 3️⃣ foundational texts to absolutely include in this module to make them fall in love with research?
#RecommendedRead
#CityStGSCC
@citystgeorges.bsky.social
I'm teaching UG Year 1 students 'Researching Media & Communication' & it's their 1st brush with academic research
What are YOUR top 3️⃣ foundational texts to absolutely include in this module to make them fall in love with research?
#RecommendedRead
#CityStGSCC
@citystgeorges.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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I'm teaching UG Year 1 students 'Researching Media & Communication' & it's their 1st brush with academic research
What are YOUR top 3️⃣ foundational texts to absolutely include in this module to make them fall in love with research?
#RecommendedRead
#CityStGSCC
@citystgeorges.bsky.social
I'm teaching UG Year 1 students 'Researching Media & Communication' & it's their 1st brush with academic research
What are YOUR top 3️⃣ foundational texts to absolutely include in this module to make them fall in love with research?
#RecommendedRead
#CityStGSCC
@citystgeorges.bsky.social