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James Hodges
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· Oct 9
🌊 New article out now in Social Studies of Science
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
University leadership: “We love innovation!! 😇☺️🥳”
The innovation in question:
theintercept.com/2025/11/21/f...
The innovation in question:
theintercept.com/2025/11/21/f...
How Universities Used Counterterror Intelligence-Sharing Hubs to Surveil Pro-Palestine Students
Internal university communications reveal how a network established for post-9/11 intelligence sharing was turned on students protesting genocide.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
University leadership: “We love innovation!! 😇☺️🥳”
The innovation in question:
theintercept.com/2025/11/21/f...
The innovation in question:
theintercept.com/2025/11/21/f...
Chomsky haters vindicated, Parenti stock on a bull run
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Chomsky haters vindicated, Parenti stock on a bull run
Reposted by James Hodges
It's 1999: "Unreal" is a solo FPS that's just released a multi-player version, in response to Quake 3. It all runs on GeForce 256 graphics cards by a company called "Nvidia."
It's 2025: Nvidia is a multi-trillion-dollar AI hardware company, & most 3D Anything is made in "Unreal" these days.
It's 2025: Nvidia is a multi-trillion-dollar AI hardware company, & most 3D Anything is made in "Unreal" these days.
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It's 1999: "Unreal" is a solo FPS that's just released a multi-player version, in response to Quake 3. It all runs on GeForce 256 graphics cards by a company called "Nvidia."
It's 2025: Nvidia is a multi-trillion-dollar AI hardware company, & most 3D Anything is made in "Unreal" these days.
It's 2025: Nvidia is a multi-trillion-dollar AI hardware company, & most 3D Anything is made in "Unreal" these days.
Workslop is the post-literate office’s lingua franca
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Workslop is the post-literate office’s lingua franca
Subway ads in NYC: “Hello diverse neighbors! Use our app to join unlimited polycules for only $7,955.99/mo!”
Metro ads in DC: “It’s mission-critical. This is Patriot AI. We kill people.”
Metro ads in DC: “It’s mission-critical. This is Patriot AI. We kill people.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Subway ads in NYC: “Hello diverse neighbors! Use our app to join unlimited polycules for only $7,955.99/mo!”
Metro ads in DC: “It’s mission-critical. This is Patriot AI. We kill people.”
Metro ads in DC: “It’s mission-critical. This is Patriot AI. We kill people.”
Reposted by James Hodges
A little later today, a panel on Geographic information in information science research at #asist25 with @zlkatz.bsky.social @jameshodges.net Wade Bishop, Diana Marsch and Ia Bull. Paper free to read at asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Geographic Information in Information Science Research
asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A little later today, a panel on Geographic information in information science research at #asist25 with @zlkatz.bsky.social @jameshodges.net Wade Bishop, Diana Marsch and Ia Bull. Paper free to read at asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Big congrats to Amelia, who was a wonderful mentor to me during my postdoc at UT Austin
Readers! Hit me up if you want to review this for Information & Culture
Readers! Hit me up if you want to review this for Information & Culture
Happy publishing day to my friend and colleague Amelia Acker!
It’s a pleasure to read her scholarship, knowing how much time and dedication she’s put into crafting it.
MITP30 for 30% off today at PenguinRandomHouse.com
It’s a pleasure to read her scholarship, knowing how much time and dedication she’s put into crafting it.
MITP30 for 30% off today at PenguinRandomHouse.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Big congrats to Amelia, who was a wonderful mentor to me during my postdoc at UT Austin
Readers! Hit me up if you want to review this for Information & Culture
Readers! Hit me up if you want to review this for Information & Culture
New blog post! Not going to link it. Just wanted to let you know that it exists
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New blog post! Not going to link it. Just wanted to let you know that it exists
I love seeing people go hysterical over our new mayor from 5,000 miles away. Just another 4 years of this, I’m sure it will be great 👍🏻
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I love seeing people go hysterical over our new mayor from 5,000 miles away. Just another 4 years of this, I’m sure it will be great 👍🏻
Reposted by James Hodges
Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
My alma mater is in the news! But not for good reasons.
Seems like bad wiring in a decrepit frat house got someone ELECTROCUTED while tied to a metal chair for hazing. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/25/r...
Seems like bad wiring in a decrepit frat house got someone ELECTROCUTED while tied to a metal chair for hazing. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/25/r...
Rutgers frat shuttered after hazing incident involving electric wires, water
The Rutgers chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi has been permanently shut down after a hazing incident critically injured a 19-year-old student earlier this month.
www.nydailynews.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My alma mater is in the news! But not for good reasons.
Seems like bad wiring in a decrepit frat house got someone ELECTROCUTED while tied to a metal chair for hazing. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/25/r...
Seems like bad wiring in a decrepit frat house got someone ELECTROCUTED while tied to a metal chair for hazing. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/25/r...
Most people don't know this, but Eddington is actually a prequel to Wall-E
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Most people don't know this, but Eddington is actually a prequel to Wall-E
Reposted by James Hodges
When you get booted from the IRC channel but ride back in on a netsplit and kickban the ops
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When you get booted from the IRC channel but ride back in on a netsplit and kickban the ops
Reposted by James Hodges
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Scene report from Malmo following "reconstruction of one of the most iconic spots in skateboarding history, imported, piece by piece, from Philadelphia"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
The Ultimate Pilgrimage for the Middle-Aged Skateboarder
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Scene report from Malmo following "reconstruction of one of the most iconic spots in skateboarding history, imported, piece by piece, from Philadelphia"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
FUN FACT: Bladee's hit song "Missing Person," from the "Eversince" album, is actually about about Thomas Pynchon
October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
FUN FACT: Bladee's hit song "Missing Person," from the "Eversince" album, is actually about about Thomas Pynchon
Reposted by James Hodges
🌊 New article out now in Social Studies of Science
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🌊 New article out now in Social Studies of Science
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
*management voice*
Remember the labor market after Covid? Workers suddenly had more bargaining power. AI fixes that
Remember the labor market after Covid? Workers suddenly had more bargaining power. AI fixes that
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
*management voice*
Remember the labor market after Covid? Workers suddenly had more bargaining power. AI fixes that
Remember the labor market after Covid? Workers suddenly had more bargaining power. AI fixes that
🌊 New article out now in Social Studies of Science
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🌊 New article out now in Social Studies of Science
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
🌊 How do common web development frameworks shape our experience of coastal pollution?
🌊 Two case studies from NYC's beaches
Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
I heard that in Park Slope your dog needs to be at least 40% poodle or it will get repossessed
October 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I heard that in Park Slope your dog needs to be at least 40% poodle or it will get repossessed
"television is reality, and reality is less than television"
October 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"television is reality, and reality is less than television"
Reposted by James Hodges
As @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social president of @californialabor.bsky.social says, now that #AB288 is law, "California workers will no longer be forced to rely on a failing federal agency when they join together to unionize." This is a LANDMARK WIN!
September 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
As @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social president of @californialabor.bsky.social says, now that #AB288 is law, "California workers will no longer be forced to rely on a failing federal agency when they join together to unionize." This is a LANDMARK WIN!
i'm still boycotting disney. it's got nothing to do with jinmmy kimmel i just dont like them
September 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
i'm still boycotting disney. it's got nothing to do with jinmmy kimmel i just dont like them
This is why it pays to have a union. You want someone with infrastructure to fight on your behalf.
BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
💥 💥 💥
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
www.courtlistener.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is why it pays to have a union. You want someone with infrastructure to fight on your behalf.