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amyhoy.bsky.social
this book is not easily quotable since it builds layered arguments based on analysis of historical critics (incl their many failings) but i finally found a good layup
two page spread in a vintage book from 1969, showing 2 figural drawings, both disembodied legs under draped fabric, on the left from da vinci — extremely 3 dimensional, bold, expressive, alive-feeling and on the right, a study in a similar style by credi, lighter touch with the charcoal and shadows, legs firmly upright, stiffer overall. the text reads The Lorenzo di Credi drawing has certain appealing qualities. It seems clearly composed, with definite plastic accents, and one can easily read how the drapery covers the lower part of a seated figure. The shading has some subtlety and the whole motif is not without a certain grandeur. Yet when we become familiar with the Leonardo drawing, we realize the limitations and deficiencies in the Credi. To begin with, there is in the Leonardo a much clearer expression of the body's form and movement under the drapery-for instance, in the leg on the right- and also a clearer recession of the forms into space as a result of proper foreshortening. This we notice first in the foreground, then in the shadowed parts of the drapery, and definitely above the knees along the thighs; whereas in the Credi the drapery clings more or less to the front plane. We are immediately aware of the greater subtlety and power in the Leo-nardo, with its deeper contrasts of light and shade, and also its sensitive transitions into the darks without loss of clarity. The design shows a grand sweep as well as finer variations, for example, above the knees, in the foreground around the left foot, and elsewhere. But these finer movements are well subordinated to the larger rhythms which, while somewhat linear in
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
"I myself have publicly advocated the use of direct action, including property sabotage, in the cause of climate justice. It stands to reason that I should support the same range of tactics in the effort to prevent genocide."
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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ferrydanini.bsky.social
It's up www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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morgankthomp.bsky.social
I completely agree with @lastpositivist.bsky.social that this paper is a banger! The narrative Ferry-Danini presents about the history of Spasfon and the current lack of action by French medical institutions is fascinating and horrifying. Well researched too!
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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liao.shen-yi.org
Charles Mills's posthumous piece on Tolkien is central to the argument made here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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November 12, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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impractknow.bsky.social
CONTINGENT PHILOSOPHERS! (Contractually, not metaphysically). I’ve been a big fan of @contingent-mag.bsky.social for a while. This year they’re letting philosophy piggyback one of their institutions: the year-end list of books and articles written by non tenured/permanent academics in that year.
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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shannonmattern.bsky.social
I've been working with the amazing folks at LibraryStack for the past several months on this open-access booklet about "reparative redaction" - or, aesthetic practices that deploy redaction as a protective or reparative technique (that's little me on the cover :) It's coming out tomorrow, I think! 🤗
A black cover with a blurry photo showing a hazy grandmother and child in the background and nine- or ten-year-old me, with my face blotted out with pink marker and black pen, in the foreground, with the title Reparative Redaction at the top
October 12, 2023 at 3:20 AM
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shannonmattern.bsky.social
I referenced Anjali Nath's work in my redaction project a few years ago. I see that her book — A Thousand Paper Cuts: US Empire and the Bureaucratic Life of War — is out this month!
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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shannonmattern.bsky.social
“Drawing upon in-depth interviews with 21 voice assistant (VA) designers at major technology companies, we examine how designers of VA devices think about how to design anthropomorphization in order to produce a specific user experience.”
Producing shifting personhood: How designers anthropomorphize artificial intelligence - Margot Hanley, Hannah Wohl, 2025
Anthropomorphized artificial intelligence has become increasingly ingrained in the fabric of everyday life, yet sociologists know little about how it is produce...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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placesjournal.bsky.social
ICYMI: @cetracey.bsky.social on the origins of the Sanctuary Movement; Julian Aguon, on cancer clusters in Guam caused by U.S. nuclear tests; @shannonmattern.bsky.social on the organizing force of libraries to sustain public knowledge; and Belmont Freeman, on Trump's attack on federal architecture.
November 2025 Newsletter: Sanctuary, Colony, Library, Democracy
Recent essays in Places by journalist Caroline Tracey, human rights lawyer Julian Aguon, and contributing writers Shannon Mattern and Belmont Freeman.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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shannonmattern.bsky.social
"There’s a whole generation that grew up entirely digitally but is now developing a different kind of interest in analog. She is hosting analog color darkroom workshops at gOlab, which are always fully booked out with young students, and she is in demand for lectures at art schools."
The Future of Photography: A Roundtable
Fugitive Processes: A Roundtable with Jeff Wall, Thomas Demand, Roxana Marcoci, Florian Ebner, Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, and Christian Scheidemann
www.artforum.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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sharonk.bsky.social
this uh, doesn't seem sustainable

arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/g...
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand
Google’s AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.
arstechnica.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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nickhunebrown.bsky.social
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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emilymbender.bsky.social
Second, the piece ends with a brief mention of people who died by suicide after being egged on by ChatGPT but takes the side of all of the ChatGPT users who were frustrated when OpenAI (briefly) discontinued a particular model as a result.

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November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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emilymbender.bsky.social
Okay, I hestitate to even share this link, because while I like NYMag I do not want to send this journalist in particular clicks, b ut:

If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??

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Is ChatGPT Conscious?
Many users feel they’re talking to a real person. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something.
nymag.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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parismarx.com
Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.

It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.

disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
Speaking of a reindeer taking down grandma, a Ring doorbell might be able to capture that kind of footage so you have proof of what happened. But like with the smart speaker, there’s so much more that comes with that purchase. Amazon — and other companies pushing camera doorbells — want you to think they’re making you safer by giving you insight into what’s happening around your home. Ring doorbell ads often also try to make them appear fun, with people putting on a show for the doorbell. But that’s little more than a public relations campaign. For me, the camera doorbell is the perfect example of a technology that makes people believe they’re safer when really making them more paranoid and anxious as they see their neighborhood and community with deep and unwarranted suspicion. People become aware of things that had already been happening around their home for ages without them knowing about it and they become like big brother, spying out everything once the camera detects movement. It gets even worse when this paranoia meets social media, whether through snitching apps like Nextdoor or the spread of clips on platforms like Facebook that convince others to fear their surroundings and vastly overestimate the amount of crime happening in their vicinity.
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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parismarx.com
There are many more bad tech products to avoid. But I keep coming back to @hypervisible.blacksky.app and David Golumbia’s concept of luxury surveillance.

We need to really think about the surveillance tech we’re adopting — and certainly that we’re pushing on others.

disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
Ultimately, a lot of these products make me think of a concept called luxury surveillance coined by Chris Gilliard and the late David Golumbia a few years ago. They were arguing that there’s a line where forms of surveillance can feel oppressive to some — particularly poorer and marginalized groups in society — but that more privileged groups can feel are actually benefiting from them by making their lives easier or more convenient. Yet, Gilliard and Golumbia argue that line can easily shift, and while the surveillance may once have felt it was worth the trade off, it can quickly become an oppressive force for a much wider swath of people. “We need to develop a much deeper way of talking about surveillance technology and a much richer set of measures with which to regulate their use,” they wrote. “Just as much, we need to recognize that voluntarily adopting surveillance isn’t an isolated choice we make only for ourselves but one that impacts others in a variety of ways we may not recognize.” That’s something to consider in our everyday lives as much as when we’re choosing what to gift to others.
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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financialtimes.com
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
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November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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cisgenderstudies.bsky.social
but somehow I'm the asshole because I keep saying we shouldn't invest half of our school's budget into this
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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annakornbluh.bsky.social
ready, set, go:

real schools seeing real market advantage in real classes with real brains

“Artificial Intelligence may be able to write you a song, develop a presentation or help you write a script...But MSU is real experts with real answers. No AI needed.”

bridgemi.com/quality-life...
In world of AI, Michigan State University Extension bets on human expertise - Bridge Michigan
For 118 years, Michigan State University Extension has existed to serve the public with programs ranging from canning classes to soil testing and financial literacy workshops. Now, it aims to bill its...
bridgemi.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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shannonmattern.bsky.social
"...so many 🇺🇸 kitchens share the same DNA — from the placement of the sink + shelves, to the microwave over the stove, to the clutter. Let’s look back in time to find out why our kitchens look + work the way they do."

Also note @sarcher.bsky.social's 🌟 book on kitchen history, not cited here 😉
Why Your Kitchen Looks Like That
A century of American kitchen design, from the dawn of electricity to the kitchen island.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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sarcher.bsky.social
If you want “This Article: The Book” I have incredible news for you! Currently available in hardcover for $20.79 a.co/d/6fnZjVI 🩵💛
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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kcrowe.bsky.social
Oregon Public Media did a really beautiful mini doc about the first descent of the undammed Klamath River that is worth a watch youtu.be/4FuGuWeAra4?...
First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath River after the largest dam removal in U.S. history
YouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting
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November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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histparl.bsky.social
On today's episode of 'Materials of State' on BBC Radio 4, David Cannadine alongside Dr Mari Takayanagi
(@satisfactory20.bsky.social), will be examing the history of the ballot box.

We've published several articles on the history of the secret ballot 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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johannawinant.bsky.social
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University

www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM