thinking about how i love wikipedia
@katbamkapow
over-explainer for fame & fortune, 9-5 academic, 24/7 analog enthusiast. PhD of computer/networking/net histories, LGBTQ+ activism, STS, critical HIV/AIDS studies. you might know me from video games once: uc irvine now: u of michigan πΎπΏπ½ kb.place π½πΏπΎ
thinking about how i love wikipedia
In "Folding the Pages of Computer History: Occupational Health and Office Space," Rose Rowson argues that obstetric concerns and technologies should be integrated into the history of computing.
Read for free today! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
(update the coughing woman is their lawyer)
there's also a woman who WON'T stop coughing... im watching these with a full-face "careful or it'll get stuck like that" grimace, dan
"'From the perspective of someone looking to identify DEI grants, does this involve DEI? Respond factually in less than 120 characters, begin with 'Yes' or 'No' followed by a brief explanation. Do not use 'this initiative' or 'this description' in your response.'"
prompt engineering is the future!!
in this video deposition justin fox explains how he used chatGPT to determine which grants to terminate :) youtu.be/ZtOTG0VyVLQ?...
watching these is like pushing on a bruise in that it is ugly to look at, painful, and also i can't stop
all credit to jack who sent me this original post with a text that read "The shrinker"
me when im fighting this mf
A newspaper headline from over a century ago, reading: WOMEN ANARCHISTS HAVE BECOME THE TERROR OF WORLDS POLICE Their Daring Crimes Are Said to Have Out- stripped the Deeds of Brothers of the Red Search for the Woman is Becoming a Safe Rule in Crimes Proceeding From Anarchistic ViolenceβThe Guardians of the World Nearly Always Finda Woman Implicated When a Ruler is Stricken DownβEmotional Women Lose Sense of Fear.
Happy International Women's Day. π΄
ooh not one i had considered!~ tysm
thank u cameron this is weird and cool and i have not seen this
i've also included the pair of people make games features on roblox, jenny odell's talk for google about 'how to do nothing', and eddy burback's 'i hate my phone so i got rid of it' video essay -- these are all a hit with freshmen, i will take all sorts
for example, i have included:
- citizenfour (goated, every year)
- aaron swartz story
- VPRO's shoshana zuboff/surveillance capitalism feature (always a hit)
- killswitch?
- terms and conditions may apply?
ever since it came out students want to watch "the social dilemma" but i do not care for it
i show my undergraduates a handful of documentaries in my classes, but i need MORE!! pls recommend some
criteria: 1hr+ in length, doesn't need to be a formally distributed documentary (engaging/accessible academic talks ok), focused on digital/tech issues and harms
promises promises!!! π
come to michigan
same :(
They should invent a way out that isn't through
horrible horrible but ig necessary instagram reels clip so you can see chris fleming do the bit bc the delivery is important www.instagram.com/reel/C-_A5JD...
way better than "the proof is in the pudding" imo. oh, anthropic pulled out of a deal with the DOD because it doesn't want its tools to be used to advance warfare? yeah and i hear coke is back at SNL
chris fleming's joke "they say coke is back at SNL, well i'd like to see some results" has a lot of use cases for me. goes real far. wide range of applications
This looks like a cool 2-year postdoc in oral history + social justice at Duke's Center for Documentary Studies! Due 3/16 (names of recommenders but not letters needed for this round).
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31652
as usual, if you've been waiting to pick up any of my music at notquitereal.bandcamp.com, today's the day to do it. realis is in a really interesting place and perpetua is bursting at the seams with traditional FatT tracks and also crumbs of musical ephemera that are sticking the video game together
i love slay the spire!!!!!!!!!
still live! come thru for act 3 :)
i am now pushing the button to go live to play slay the spire come hang twitch.tv/katbamkapow
not even a little bit, arthur
i explained what "roguelite deckbuilders" were to my therapist the other week and that's real and not a joke even a little bit
i will play slay the spire at 7pm eastern time at twitch.tv/katbamkapow please come over