Ken Wissoker
@kwissoker.bsky.social
Senior Executive Editor, Duke University Press. Director, Intellectual Publics, CUNY Graduate Center. Book doula/curator. Art lover, record accumulator. All opinions my own-ish.
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Ken Wissoker
@kwissoker.bsky.social
· May 12
Monday May 18 at @intellpublics.bsky.social I'm in conversation with the brilliant Kandice Chuh on writing & publishing at this challenging moment, on the occasion of the @dukepress.bsky.social centennial. Coming from @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social by Zoom webinar 6:30 pm ET Register: bit.ly/3ORvTxg
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you are *not* prepared for what this technology company is called, nothing can prepare you
UK installs AI facial scanning technology at residence halls
The University of Kentucky is installing artificial intelligence facial scanning technology on several campus buildings.
www.wkyt.com
September 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
you are *not* prepared for what this technology company is called, nothing can prepare you
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Congratulations to Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez, whose book "The New Kingdom of Granada" has been named the winner of the 2026 Alejandro Ángel Escobar Award in Social Sciences and Humanities, given by the Alejandro Ángel Escobar Foundation. buff.ly/veXFM2t
September 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations to Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez, whose book "The New Kingdom of Granada" has been named the winner of the 2026 Alejandro Ángel Escobar Award in Social Sciences and Humanities, given by the Alejandro Ángel Escobar Foundation. buff.ly/veXFM2t
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“I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I'm dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.”
~ Langston Hughes
#RadioFreeAmerica
#politics
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I'm dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.”
~ Langston Hughes
#RadioFreeAmerica
#politics
September 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
“I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I'm dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.”
~ Langston Hughes
#RadioFreeAmerica
#politics
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I'm dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.”
~ Langston Hughes
#RadioFreeAmerica
#politics
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Learn more about Soft Cell's origins in the Leeds art school scene in "No Machos or Pop Stars" by Gavin Butt. www.dukeupress.edu/no-machos-or...
September 21, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Learn more about Soft Cell's origins in the Leeds art school scene in "No Machos or Pop Stars" by Gavin Butt. www.dukeupress.edu/no-machos-or...
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Yuriko Furuhata, Archives of the Anthropocene: Visual Grammars of Deep Time – @dukepress.bsky.social, September 2026
dukeupress.edu/Archives-of-... Introduction open access at this link
dukeupress.edu/Archives-of-... Introduction open access at this link
Archives of the Anthropocene: Visual Grammars of Deep Time
dukeupress.edu
September 21, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Yuriko Furuhata, Archives of the Anthropocene: Visual Grammars of Deep Time – @dukepress.bsky.social, September 2026
dukeupress.edu/Archives-of-... Introduction open access at this link
dukeupress.edu/Archives-of-... Introduction open access at this link
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This is very true! Word on the street is that people are assigning my @dukepress.bsky.social book Inventing Nadar this fall and I can hardly believe it (my book! in a graduate seminar! in an undergraduate lecture course!) Very excited to zoom into a few class rooms over the coming weeks and months.
PSA: you know what scholars love? Talking about their books! You know what you can do? Invite them to your class to do so. It’s great! You absolutely do not have to use AI or tell students to use AI to understand their books. You can get the actual real life person to help with that! For free!
September 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This is very true! Word on the street is that people are assigning my @dukepress.bsky.social book Inventing Nadar this fall and I can hardly believe it (my book! in a graduate seminar! in an undergraduate lecture course!) Very excited to zoom into a few class rooms over the coming weeks and months.
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Really enjoyed this conversation on soccer politics with former professional footballer Billy Merck. We dug into my memoir "Kicking" (@dukepress.bsky.social) & "Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, & the FIFA Greed Machine" (@orbooks.bsky.social) as well as Portland soccer history & politics
Episode 71 features a US Youth International who played collegiately at the University of Portland and professionally for the Portland Pride: Jules Boykoff
#RCTID #BAONPDX
@julesboykoff.bsky.social will be reading this Sunday at the Axe & Rose. Info below.
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#RCTID #BAONPDX
@julesboykoff.bsky.social will be reading this Sunday at the Axe & Rose. Info below.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
September 18, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Really enjoyed this conversation on soccer politics with former professional footballer Billy Merck. We dug into my memoir "Kicking" (@dukepress.bsky.social) & "Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, & the FIFA Greed Machine" (@orbooks.bsky.social) as well as Portland soccer history & politics
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So honored to read from Beautiful Mystery in the company of this great group of performers, writers, filmmakers, and ethnographers! If you're in Atlanta, join us. @dukepress.bsky.social
Register at forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
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September 18, 2026 at 5:15 PM
So honored to read from Beautiful Mystery in the company of this great group of performers, writers, filmmakers, and ethnographers! If you're in Atlanta, join us. @dukepress.bsky.social
Register at forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
Register at forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
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Congratulations to Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez whose book "The New Kingdom of Granada" has been named the winner of the 2026 Alejandro Ángel Escobar Award in Social Sciences and Humanities.
buff.ly/37V8rNy
buff.ly/37V8rNy
September 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Congratulations to Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez whose book "The New Kingdom of Granada" has been named the winner of the 2026 Alejandro Ángel Escobar Award in Social Sciences and Humanities.
buff.ly/37V8rNy
buff.ly/37V8rNy
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Research units from across government have been gutted. More than 10,000 PhDs have left government. For example the research arm of the Department of Education lost 90% of their staff and the research office for the Secretary of Health and Human Services lost an estimated 60% of their staff.
September 21, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Research units from across government have been gutted. More than 10,000 PhDs have left government. For example the research arm of the Department of Education lost 90% of their staff and the research office for the Secretary of Health and Human Services lost an estimated 60% of their staff.
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This. This. This. This.
When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability.
September 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
This. This. This. This.
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I have never in my life been bothered by a trans woman in a bathroom or anywhere else.
I've been sexually harassed by straight men in every conceivable situation since I was a teenager.
I've been sexually harassed by straight men in every conceivable situation since I was a teenager.
September 20, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I have never in my life been bothered by a trans woman in a bathroom or anywhere else.
I've been sexually harassed by straight men in every conceivable situation since I was a teenager.
I've been sexually harassed by straight men in every conceivable situation since I was a teenager.
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"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
Incredibly disappointing ad from Mary Peltola (D-AK) saying she neither supports "kids getting surgeries to change genders or men in girls bathrooms."
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
Mom found the ad she called me about yesterday
September 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
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Semi regular reminder that when (white) men declare the end of humanity they usually mean the end of their dominance.
September 20, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Semi regular reminder that when (white) men declare the end of humanity they usually mean the end of their dominance.
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I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12.
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
September 20, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12.
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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The Weekly Read is "Remapping the Global: Invisible Bodies and Extraction in Sim Chi Yin's One Day We'll Understand and Ian Teh's Confluence" by Zhou Hau Liew. The article is published in the open-access journal Trans Asia Photography 15:2. Read it for free: buff.ly/6gznHNy
September 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The Weekly Read is "Remapping the Global: Invisible Bodies and Extraction in Sim Chi Yin's One Day We'll Understand and Ian Teh's Confluence" by Zhou Hau Liew. The article is published in the open-access journal Trans Asia Photography 15:2. Read it for free: buff.ly/6gznHNy
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The U.S. military swung into action to intercept a Chinese ship after an “entirely false” AI-generated intelligence report inaccurately identified what the vessel was carrying
It also “almost started a war,” a source told CNN.
It also “almost started a war,” a source told CNN.
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
www.cnn.com
September 18, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The U.S. military swung into action to intercept a Chinese ship after an “entirely false” AI-generated intelligence report inaccurately identified what the vessel was carrying
It also “almost started a war,” a source told CNN.
It also “almost started a war,” a source told CNN.
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AI chatbots give wrong answers to financial queries ‘most of the time’ ft.trib.al/oImlEFY
AI chatbots give wrong answers to financial queries ‘most of the time’
Report finds some chatbots ignored upcoming tax changes and hallucinated rules
ft.trib.al
September 19, 2026 at 5:07 AM
AI chatbots give wrong answers to financial queries ‘most of the time’ ft.trib.al/oImlEFY
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He’s been in a mutual petting society with noted race-science blog Quillette for a decade. His last book cited them as authorities on academia. The one before that made up a quotation in order to attack historians of science and talked about evopsych as an Enlightenment phenomenon. What are we doing
What happened to Steven Pinker? I only felt free to write this because he blocks me:
www.thenerve.news/p/steven-pin...
www.thenerve.news/p/steven-pin...
From celebrity intellectual to anti-woke outlaw: how Steven Pinker lost his way
The pop psycholgist’s new book seems to betray a lurking fear of others’ criticism – about his Epstein links, his manosphere admirers and his discredited former field of study, writes Virginia Heffern...
www.thenerve.news
September 19, 2026 at 1:19 PM
He’s been in a mutual petting society with noted race-science blog Quillette for a decade. His last book cited them as authorities on academia. The one before that made up a quotation in order to attack historians of science and talked about evopsych as an Enlightenment phenomenon. What are we doing
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Well, now we have to boycott Converse.
They want to appeal to white supremacists? Fine. Let them corner that eeny teeny market and no one else.
#teslatakedown folks, get after this one.
They want to appeal to white supremacists? Fine. Let them corner that eeny teeny market and no one else.
#teslatakedown folks, get after this one.
September 19, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Well, now we have to boycott Converse.
They want to appeal to white supremacists? Fine. Let them corner that eeny teeny market and no one else.
#teslatakedown folks, get after this one.
They want to appeal to white supremacists? Fine. Let them corner that eeny teeny market and no one else.
#teslatakedown folks, get after this one.
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This foto is intentionally meant to evoke images of Ku Klux Klan lynchings. It's shameful & even horrific for Converse to advertise with images that carry such a powerful, degenerate and obvious connection to America's shameful and racist history.
Almost as if racism was again being celebrated.
Almost as if racism was again being celebrated.
September 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This foto is intentionally meant to evoke images of Ku Klux Klan lynchings. It's shameful & even horrific for Converse to advertise with images that carry such a powerful, degenerate and obvious connection to America's shameful and racist history.
Almost as if racism was again being celebrated.
Almost as if racism was again being celebrated.
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The ad.
Converse is owned by Nike.
I now have fewer and fewer brands to choose from.
Converse is owned by Nike.
I now have fewer and fewer brands to choose from.
September 19, 2026 at 2:08 AM
The ad.
Converse is owned by Nike.
I now have fewer and fewer brands to choose from.
Converse is owned by Nike.
I now have fewer and fewer brands to choose from.
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White supremacy relishes its sacrosanct power to kill, destroy, eliminate, evacuate, exploit, deny. Sending solidarity to my colleagues at UT-AUSTIN.
September 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM
White supremacy relishes its sacrosanct power to kill, destroy, eliminate, evacuate, exploit, deny. Sending solidarity to my colleagues at UT-AUSTIN.
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it's funny but also a reminder that the fundamental premise here is that a Black man can't be objective when talking about race while a white man can because Black people do identity politics and white people do facts and this my friends is what I have named "white empiricism"
yes, Rod Dreher, I too am infuriated that Jamelle Bouie is Black.
September 18, 2026 at 7:10 PM
it's funny but also a reminder that the fundamental premise here is that a Black man can't be objective when talking about race while a white man can because Black people do identity politics and white people do facts and this my friends is what I have named "white empiricism"