Nick Seaver
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had a dream where I was at a conference and saw snoop dogg during the coffee break and thought “this is like the kind of thing that would happen in a dream” but obviously snoop and I knew each other so it was not
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
had a dream where I was at a conference and saw snoop dogg during the coffee break and thought “this is like the kind of thing that would happen in a dream” but obviously snoop and I knew each other so it was not
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I will be stepping back from my public commitments but I will continue being around teenagers all the time
Breaking News: Larry Summers said he was “deeply ashamed” about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and would step back from public commitments, but continue teaching.
Larry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments Over Epstein Emails
New emails showed that Dr. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I will be stepping back from my public commitments but I will continue being around teenagers all the time
people are actually very susceptible to just-so stories about human origins because listening to bullshit helped us survive on the savanna
fake evo-psych has cooked a lot of people's brains
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
people are actually very susceptible to just-so stories about human origins because listening to bullshit helped us survive on the savanna
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The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
I don’t think people were sufficiently amazed by this
were you aware that the thing that sounds like a siren in “I Like to Move It” is actually a sample of Sylvester from “You Make Me Feel”?? youtu.be/vuo8kD5zF5I?...
Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman - I Like To Move It (Official 4K Video)
YouTube video by Strictly Rhythm
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I don’t think people were sufficiently amazed by this
were you aware that the thing that sounds like a siren in “I Like to Move It” is actually a sample of Sylvester from “You Make Me Feel”?? youtu.be/vuo8kD5zF5I?...
Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman - I Like To Move It (Official 4K Video)
YouTube video by Strictly Rhythm
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
were you aware that the thing that sounds like a siren in “I Like to Move It” is actually a sample of Sylvester from “You Make Me Feel”?? youtu.be/vuo8kD5zF5I?...
where is ebirah, horror of the deep
#Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 will premiere February 27 on Apple TV.
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
where is ebirah, horror of the deep
if I’m going to give multiple choice in intro to STS, might as well lean in to the absurdity
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
if I’m going to give multiple choice in intro to STS, might as well lean in to the absurdity
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🔔new paper alert🔔
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Defining language and managing its use: Language technology as language management
Language technologies such as voice user interfaces, large language models and machine translation tools are embedded in an ever-growing range of digi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🔔new paper alert🔔
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
was searching to confirm this and in the process found this lovely reddit reply under a deleted comment
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
was searching to confirm this and in the process found this lovely reddit reply under a deleted comment
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no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
Was showing a YouTube video for my intro STS class from the in-room desktop and got a pre-roll ad for a bible and NASA-inspired nail fungus solution. You know we had to watch it and analyze on the fly.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Was showing a YouTube video for my intro STS class from the in-room desktop and got a pre-roll ad for a bible and NASA-inspired nail fungus solution. You know we had to watch it and analyze on the fly.
students asking the pressing questions after last week’s discussion of manosphere discourse and attention
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
students asking the pressing questions after last week’s discussion of manosphere discourse and attention
honestly not sure if this follows the cryptic rules exactly, but I think it does
survived DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968), lost focus a bit, but came up with a cryptic clue:
Not all monsters attacked: Rodan and Titanosaurus, gutted, were left out (4)
Not all monsters attacked: Rodan and Titanosaurus, gutted, were left out (4)
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
honestly not sure if this follows the cryptic rules exactly, but I think it does
I’m a Japanese fishing boat captain and my boat just got replaced with a miniature, is that good
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I’m a Japanese fishing boat captain and my boat just got replaced with a miniature, is that good
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I am obligated to share with you that this track off of Autechre's INCUNABULA, at about 15 seconds in, sounds unmistakably like "What What in the Butt" www.youtube.com/watch?v=lArX...
Autechre - Maetl
YouTube video by Warp Records
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I am obligated to share with you that this track off of Autechre's INCUNABULA, at about 15 seconds in, sounds unmistakably like "What What in the Butt" www.youtube.com/watch?v=lArX...
chat, do not sleep on LEENALCHI: four singers, two bassists, a drummer, korean pansori style, does not sound like anything else out there right now
new LEENALCHI album!! youtu.be/PXM0W3BTmQ0?...
Pour and Pour Again
YouTube video by LEENALCHI - Topic
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
chat, do not sleep on LEENALCHI: four singers, two bassists, a drummer, korean pansori style, does not sound like anything else out there right now
hey that sucks
Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
hey that sucks
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Any suggestions of good STS scholarship (journal articles, book chapters, other) on disability and technology? never been quite satisfied with ones I've used before in teaching...
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Any suggestions of good STS scholarship (journal articles, book chapters, other) on disability and technology? never been quite satisfied with ones I've used before in teaching...
Hello, heist fans! This Sunday, Nov. 9, I’m teaching a virtual heist workshop! You can still register today, but you need to hurry!
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat:
www.eventbrite.com/e...
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat:
www.eventbrite.com/e...
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
going through these, it was very funny to read one and be like "this is nonsense" and to discover it's the one written by a university president
I participated in this @chronicle.com forum
on AI alongside many other excellent folks. It’s paywalled and I don’t have a gift link, but in the QT I’m attaching a screen grab of my piece which is about the technological but also the political realities of rupture. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
on AI alongside many other excellent folks. It’s paywalled and I don’t have a gift link, but in the QT I’m attaching a screen grab of my piece which is about the technological but also the political realities of rupture. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Opinion Forum | How AI Is Changing Higher Education
The technology is reshaping every aspect of university life. Fifteen scholars weigh in on what happens next.
www.chronicle.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
going through these, it was very funny to read one and be like "this is nonsense" and to discover it's the one written by a university president