Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Everyone should hear this: it is ALWAYS a privilege and a treat for professors to hear from former students and trainees. I love to hear what you have been up to since you were in my lab, class, whatever.

Just a reminder, it's THIS FRIDAY! April 17, 12-1pm ET. Information brokering as sociomaterial infrastructuring. It's virtual, visit from anywhere!

FYI if you’re talking about the #Artemis II mission and you want to get the spaceflight terminology right, the mission is “crewed,” not “manned.” (NASA made the terminology change official decades ago, so this isn’t new, but a lot of folks just aren’t aware.)

Copilot Extended Cinematic Universe

“I’m done thinking,” I said.
ART said, That’s obvious.
I know, I walked into that one, which oddly enough, did not make me any less mad.

graphic that says in bold lettering "remember: no lilies for kitties. even ingesting a tiny amount of pollen can cause fatal kidney failure. don't risk it." the background is a wallpaper of lily drawings and there is a photo of a perfect, fluffy white cat in the bottom right corner.

This weekend and always, NO LILIES FOR KITTIES. www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

Given that most major media and nearly every social media company is owed by people pushing fascist agendas and AI is rampant, we all have to be extra careful to practice media literacy. Slow down. Don’t share what you haven’t read. Be wary of confirmation bias. Check the source. Verify.

OTTRS Speaker Series: "'You Have to Give a Shit': Information Brokering as Sociomaterial Infrastructuring" - College of Information (INFO) Upcoming Events at the University of Maryland College of Information (INFO)

Connie Siebold is our next @ottrs.bsky.social speaker, April 17, 12-1pm Eastern. “‘You Have to Give a Shit’: Information Brokering as Sociomaterial Infrastructuring”

Register and information here:
ischool.umd.edu/events/ottrs...

JULY 2026. Not June. Still good!

AI in Teams The current wave of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seemingly reached a tipping point where it is having a real and perceived impact on work and education. The societal impact of the development, use, and recovery from AI is growing, be it from the incre

It's coming in June 2026!

Our multidisciplinary edited volume on AI in teams, Emerald Publishing.

bookstore.emerald.com/ai-in-teams-...

me: alrighty, we're in good shape, I just need like 90 min to proofread and send it in

me, 5 hours later, every damn time: ok it's done

Reminds me of how @boredwalk.com folks feel about their art and humor- excellent design is hard and deliberate, takes background knowledge

time to watch Abbott Elementary again

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

Great illustration of enshittification. By the Norwegian Consumer Council.

faculty need a union (cat) too @jortsthecat.bsky.social

This. Is. Just. 🔥🔥!

Maryland's faculty are never going to stop fighting until we all get the collective bargaining rights we deserve.

And our Maryland communities support us!

@senbillferg.bsky.social, @mddems.bsky.social, @mdhousedems.bsky.social, help us get SB6/HB106 passed this session!

a chair covered in slobbery bites from a box of tissues and a roll of toilet paper. no cats are visible so we don’t need to make accusations

So, early reports show someone dragged a roll of toilet paper AND a box of tissues onto the chair and took one million bites. We need more facts before we jump to conclusions

I'm really sorry.

Neal Outland wasn't able to make it, so his talk will be THIS Friday, Feb. 20! So, you didn't miss it! 12-1pm eastern US time, virtual, register here:

umd.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Did you know this, @senbillferg.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social ?

Why do we want collective bargaining rights?

Part 2...of thousands!

Cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social @mdhousedems.bsky.social

The College of Information is hiring lecturers! We are looking in 5 primary areas:

- Computer networking fundamentals
- Information design
- Cybersecurity
- Computing
- Experiential learning

umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

“Before your second mother, I had never been an actual member of a team before. Just an…”
Amena finished, “An appliance for a team.”
That was it. “Yes.”

Black and white photo of a longhaired cat, my guess is an orange tabby, blissfully asleep on its side on the lap of someone wearing dark pants. You can only see the person’s legs and the happy cat flopped across their thighs.

Happy lap loaf. ❤️ I love that someone felt the need to capture this moment. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Medscape logo Medscape Medical News Multiple Abnormal Responses to Exertion Seen in ME/CFS Miriam E. Tucker January 09, 2026

New from Medscape (widely used by healthcare professionals)

"Multiple Abnormal Responses to Exertion Seen in ME/CFS" by @miriametucker.bsky.social

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Sympathetic article.May require free registration
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome

hey!

hey!!!

if you are an academic of any rank in the critical tech studies space who cares about how money, finance, and business structures work in science and technology, i want to see your abstracts for a collected volume! they're due tomorrow!!!

https//oddletters.com/tech-money/

It's literally the opposite, though. Buttons and levers provide positive tactile feedback, which means only the sense of touch is required to operate them. Touchscreens necessitate you taking your vision from the road and focusing on it which takes longer and presents more of a safety risk.

Now she was talking to me like I was a hysterical human. Worse, I was acting like a hysterical human.

Disability Meets Modality: A Sociotechnical Approach to Team Meetings | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction Team meetings are a key part of professional life which are experienced as sociotechnical, interpersonal phenomena. This interview study examines the intersection of modality, disability, and technolo...

Might be the wrong field, but first authored by an amazing grad student I work with, we just had a paper in CSCW on team meeting mode and disability: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...