The perils and potentials of online meme culture and its blasé relationship to meaning.

4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.

Interesting situation where I have to be very circumspect with my words all the time and the president can openly suggest annihilating specific cities in my state.

To my friends seeing the news from abroad (Madrid housing protest, snap election called): Spain does not have a left-wing government. In fact, the electoral left in Spain is has been weak for years. The rejected housing laws would have been bare minimums, nationalized housing was NOT on the agenda.

CFP - Come to CSA with the New Media and Digital Cultures working group! The theme this year is "Thresholds." Apply by 20 November for a fully-online conference in June.

"...solving problems is only a tool and proxy for achieving the primary goal of conceptual understanding and insight. Forgetting this in the world of AI may turn the tool against the primary goal."

taylor lorenz podcast on temporary hiatus

how the fuck am I supposed to compete with this

“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.