and which cites Mel Chen prominently

BREAKING: Nearly 1,000 faculty members at NYU are on strike.

The union for non-tenured faculty, @CfuUaw, was optimistic about reaching an agreement this morning.

But after giving the university a 3 hour extension, the two sides could not agree, and the strike is now on.

i was literally having this exact convo a few days ago

Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (Chicago) - Brooklyn Institute for Social Research It is difficult to imagine a more ambitious or even hubristic philosophy than that of G.W.F. Hegel. Even Hegel’s most contemptuous critics agreed with his faithful disciples on one count: he simply co...

I will be teaching a class on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit through the @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social in Chicago this March! in case you were wondering whether you can cognize things as they are in and for themselves, I have great news for you thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

100% correct.

Digital Theory, out today! @leifw.bsky.social @mbfazi.bsky.social

it's embarrassing for galloways everywhere

So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.

No Children YouTube video by The Mountain Goats - Topic

another classic in the genre www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqGK...

yes a classic

xmas gift idea: cognitive mapping

Faith/Void YouTube video by Bill Callahan - Topic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhnZ...

Techno-Negative A radical history of technology told through acts of resistance, not progressThe history of technology is often told as a history of progress, moving optimis...

*very* excited about @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social’s new book, out next year w/ @uminnpress.bsky.social 🤖 🚫

www.upress.umn.edu/978151791773...

Is European AI A Lost Cause? Not Necessarily. | NOEMA If Europe wants to build a new AI Stack it should stop listening to critics who claim to lead the way but only offer resistance.

Billionaire-owned “philosopher” Benjamin Bratton finally coming out as full technofash in this declaration of alliance with JD Vance & a16z — here’s his scathing rejection of those who “stand in the way” of corporate AI agendas nobody wants. www.noemamag.com/is-european-...

talk/essay idea: unpack all the missed encounters between authors... jameson not writing about kittler, derrida not writing about badiou, malabou (mostly) not writing about deleuze, etc..

crits in painting/fine art. and it's not even close.

counterpoint: *all* LLMs are revanchist by definition

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥

Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

A copy of "Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code" by Daniel Temkin. The cover features an image of a blue sky with clouds with various vertical colorful stripes overlaid across it.

In his playful collection "Forty-Four Esolangs," Daniel Temkin (@dtemkin.bsky.social) challenges conventional definitions of language, code, and computer, showing the potential of esolangs—or esoteric programming languages—as pure idea art: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255308...

trump admin: we demand more conservatives be added to college curriculum

me: *adds Bruno Latour to syllabus*

i mean LL is the only real artist of all those four what are we even talking about (exceptions made for erin brockovich)

would teach in a faraday cage if i could

remembering how you once told me that inside every 500 page book there is a 100 page book

When he slept, Argus would close his eyes only in rotation. Even if several dozen eyes were sleeping, at any given moment there were enough vigilant ones to keep watch. that makes a bit of sense in the context of this passage -- but i agree with you that "des Argus" is a stretch

this is correct. in marx, cyclopean = large-scale machinery.

Informatics of Domination Informatics of Domination is an experimental collection addressing formations of power that manifest through technical systems and white capitalist patriar

Informatics of Domination is out with @dukepress.bsky.social! I co-edited this experimental collection with Zach Blas + @melodyjue.bsky.social across years + countless zoom chats. I remain stunned by the brilliance of our 50 contributors: read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/3...

...AND is build from stolen intellectual property

The Modality of Necessity: On Clover's Riot. Strike. Riot

Devastated to learn of the tragic and untimely passing of Joshua Clover. His revolutionary intelligence and conviction (and great sense of humor) will be missed.
www.unemployednegativity.com/2016/07/the-...