Matthew Kirschenbaum
Grimdark media, theory of the present, and critical tech, including AI. Better times: letterpress printing and tabletop gaming.
Distinguished University Prof., U. of Maryland; speaking only for myself here though.
Default content: cats.
Pests: blocked.
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UMD English
Everyone I know of who is currently affiliated with the University of Maryland’s English department. If I’ve missed you please ask!
Letterpress Printers’ Wayzgoose
Letterpress printers and printer’s devils. If the number .918 means something to you then this pack is for you. Don't get out of sorts if I didn't include you; I'll distribute anyone who asks!
My friends who I’m happy are here
. . . and who I think you should follow too if you’re interested in the same stuff I am.
@modernlanguage.bsky.social
News and announcements from the Modern Language Association. If you have a question for MLA staff members, please visit http://mla.org/About-Us/Contact
@folgerlibrary.bsky.social
The world's largest Shakespeare collection - plus, home to Folger Theatre, Consort, Poetry, Exhibitions, Research, Education, and more!
@jeffmakala.bsky.social
Rare books and special collections at Furman Univ. in Greenville, SC, USA. U.S. and world book history. Am. Lit. Ph.D. Publishing Plates (PSU Press, 2023), In Dogs We Trust (USC Press, 2019). Book arts. Dogs, lots of dog pics (and cats). He/him
@lisejaillant.bsky.social
Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage. French-born, London-based cosmopolite. Literary #Archives & #DigitalHumanities #DH #AI www.lisejaillant.com
@kashhill.bsky.social
Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology & people done wrong by A.I. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
@jacobsilverman.com
Please preorder my next book GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY Signal: jacobsilverman.99 jacobsilverman@gmail.com www.jacobsilverman.com
@amabel.bsky.social
She/her. "Widely considered one of today’s most innovative game designers." - The New Yorker Board games: https://hollandspiele.com video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
@jilltxt.bsky.social
Co-Director at Center for Digital Narrative, Univ of Bergen. Lead research project AI STORIES (ERC Advanced Grant). Blogging at jilltxt.net since 2000.
@victorpickard.bsky.social
Professor who writes about the history and political economy of media, politics of media policy, and democratic theories of journalism. Author of "Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society." Co-director of the MIC Center at Penn.
@profgabrielle.bsky.social
Lover of justice. Literary historian. Poet’s daughter. MacArthur Fellow. Archives Builder working collectively at @CCP_org and @DigBlk.
@katinalynn.bsky.social
Working to make higher education more equitable & joyful. Author of PUTTING THE HUMANITIES PHD TO WORK (2020) & PRESENCE OF ABSENCE (2024). Obsessed with fungi. She/her. Member of NYC District 15 Community Education Council // opinions my own
@rebeccawilliams.info
writer/lawyer/artist whose work investigates how data & technology affect power; she/her Privacy @ACLU.org, Board @MuckRock.com; https://linksofrebecca.glitch.me/, rebecca.411 @Signal.org
@jennycohn.bsky.social
After practicing law for 20+ years, I now write about elections, propaganda, and political extremism. You can find my most recent work at the Bucks County Beacon.
@cjruotolo.bsky.social
Director of Arts & Humanities, University of Virginia Libraries. Digital humanities, literary studies, popular culture, crafting/making.
@lillianyvonne.bsky.social
Cat person. Computational & LLM poet. I attend faculty meetings for a living.
@clivethompson.bsky.social
Writer, musician, hobbyist coder. Journalist with Wired / New York Times Magazine / Mother Jones, author of "Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World". Blog at clivethompson.medium.com. Built https://weird-old-book-finder.glitch.me
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
@gutenbot.bsky.social
A bot falsely attributing inventions to Johannes Gutenberg, the Mainz entrepreneur who innovated on aspects of western printing & typography in the 15th century. I post once a day! creator: @iamdylanlewis.bsky.social
@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social
Time Machines. Temporality. Ecology. Robots. Education. Associate Professor of 19th century British Literature.
@guyintheblackhat.bsky.social
Associate Professor of German, Niehoff Professor of Film & Media Studies at U of Cincinnati; Scholar of East German cinema, science fiction, and role-playing games. He/Him. Bi. Wears a hat.
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Got a tip for us? Go to: https://www.propublica.org/tips/
@nicolewyatt.net
philosopher of logic and language / associate prof at UCalgary Philosophy / priestess of pluralisms. she/her
@jsrailton.bsky.social
Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us
@davidgilbert.bsky.social
Reporter @WIRED covering disinformation, online extremism, and election hucksters. https://www.wired.com/author/david-gilbert/ Got a tip? Get in touch • Email: david.gilbert@wired.com • Signal: @DavidGilbert.01
@wired.com
At wired.com where tomorrow is realized || Sign up for our newsletters: https://wrd.cm/newsletters Find our WIRED journalists here: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/couts.bsky.social/3l6vez3xaus27
@benzevgreen.bsky.social
Assistant professor in the University of Michigan School of Information. https://www.benzevgreen.com
@rawx.bsky.social
i learned more from a three minute record than i ever learned from a large language model. Meme Magic / SocMed Psy / AI / Climate / Ex-Nerdcore.de http://goodinternet.substack.com http://goodmusic.substack.com https://sigmoid.social/@rawx
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
Technology + democracy. Visit https://techpolicy.press Join our newsletter: https://techpolicy.press/newsletter Opinions do not reflect the views of Tech Policy Press. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
@tharsen.bsky.social
doting father, friend & ally; hyperpolyglot computational philologist & sinologist; currently teaching AI, deep learning + multilingual NLP/NLU + HPC + humanities data science @UChicago, creating new methods for multilingual intertextuality、古聲韻學、文字學等等
@cnewf.bsky.social
Psychic life of culture, green political economy, critical university studies, knowledge-power struggles, epistemic justice.
@alexrusso.bsky.social
Media Studies Professor. Radio, Sound Studies, Culture Industries, Media Technologies. Husband to @LGQ. Dad to F. Y-town raised. Views my own.
@mmasnick.bsky.social
Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
@sharpweb.org
📚 Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing 💚 Promoting humanities scholarship 🤓 Supporting global, early career, and BIPOC scholars 🪢 Facilitating bookish community sharpweb.org
@ninajankowicz.com
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org 🙅🏻♀️ Author, disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse. 😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
@kwazana.bsky.social
I write about food. Mom. Professor, c19 US and gender studies department chair. Moroccan Arab Jew. Radical diasporism. Winner of the James Beard, Lora Romero, Best Book in Food Studies and Choice Awards. “Can Run Meetings” 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
@sharpnews.bsky.social
An open-access publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (@sharpweb.org). Read Bookish Feature Articles, Book Reviews, Pedagogical Materials, and Bibliographies here: https://sharpweb.org/sharpnews
@hagenblix.bsky.social
Linguist, Cognitive Scientist, Occasional AI Researcher, Immigrant in NYC, Co-Author w/ Ingeborg Glimmer of 'Why We Fear AI' - out now: http://commonnotions.org/why-we-fear-ai
@altusds.altgov.info
The official resistance team of the U.S. Digital Service. We are the Builders. #AltGov Send your stories: submissions@wethebuilders.org https://www.wethebuilders.org/ https://givebutter.com/WTB
@waldo.net
Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, and the Biden administration. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
@setsukoyokoyama.bsky.social
study speech-to-text technology x language diversity ::: teach sociopolitical history of tech x speculative design // dh x intersectional feminism 😌🌿💕
@princetoncdh.bsky.social
A collaborative research community at Princeton that advances computational and data-intensive humanities scholarship to create a more just future. #HumanitiesforAI Website: https://cdh.princeton.edu/ Newsletter: cdh.princeton.edu/news/newsletter
@ezralevin.bsky.social
Co-Founder and Co-Exec Director of Indivisible along with Leah. Organizing with local Indivisible groups against this fascistic clown show of an administration and congress.
@emilytav.bsky.social
Policy + design + tech. Angry optimist. Teaching + researching at Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy. Co-Curator of an oral history of the origin of the US Digital Service // ex: @usds @whitehouse @ashoka
@nrvscrcts.bsky.social
Academic librarian, PhD in philosophy. Critical librarianship, phenomenology, synths, tabletop & video games, sci-fi. Settler on Treaty 7 land. He/him. All opinions my own. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations.
@aselrod.bsky.social
President & CEO, Pulaski Institution. Columnist, Arc Digital. Contributing Editor, Liberal Currents. Teaching, Arkansas State-Beebe Other words: MSNBC, Foreign Policy, The Bulwark, Salon, UnPopulist He/Him Views mine www.pulaskiinstitution.org/donate