Lisa Messeri
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Lisa Messeri
@lmesseri.bsky.social
anthropologist of sci & tech. Prof @Yale. author of "Placing Outer Space" and VR book "In the Land of the Unreal". tech criticism with good vibes.
i had to sit in one of the open air cafeterias for an hour and 20 minutes with my head on the table and my partner feeding me grapes before i could possibly go get korean bbq.
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
it was the one that also had a spinning component for each individual car. i don't know what i was thinking. the rattlsnake, maybe?
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
i got so sick on a KBF roller coaster last year. i declared myself to be done.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An absolute delight to be in your stellar company!
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
(Excited to now be on my flight connect to New Orleans. My people are here)
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Gentleman w ‘Make Orwell Fiction Again’ baseball cap is giving strong speculative anthro grad student vibes.
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We’ve been or hope to be each of these anthropologists. I have a stop over, so sadly can’t play this game.
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
absolutely deserved!
November 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Tbh I couldn’t get through red mars for similar tedium reasons
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I often gently ask a conversation partner to specify what they mean by "AI". I find myself generalizing and saying "AI" but usually i mean generative AI, which though also a marketing term does help clarify what space in this large automation mess i mean. Bender's thread has more thoughts.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
so...infuriating...
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM