Brooklyne
@brooklyne.bsky.social
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@brooklyne.bsky.social makes a compelling case that it's beyond time to focus on corporate accountability, not citizen education, in the fight for a healthier information ecosystem
www.techpolicy.press/its-time-to-...
www.techpolicy.press/its-time-to-...
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
@brooklyne.bsky.social makes a compelling case that it's beyond time to focus on corporate accountability, not citizen education, in the fight for a healthier information ecosystem
www.techpolicy.press/its-time-to-...
www.techpolicy.press/its-time-to-...
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When I was 17, I opened my first checking account w/a couple hundred bucks. I didn’t meet the min monthly deposit, so they kept charging fees until I owed them money. It stuck with me—I still won’t bank w/BofA.
There’s no upside to this move for anyone who isn’t rich—just cruelty for cruelty’s sake
There’s no upside to this move for anyone who isn’t rich—just cruelty for cruelty’s sake
March 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
When I was 17, I opened my first checking account w/a couple hundred bucks. I didn’t meet the min monthly deposit, so they kept charging fees until I owed them money. It stuck with me—I still won’t bank w/BofA.
There’s no upside to this move for anyone who isn’t rich—just cruelty for cruelty’s sake
There’s no upside to this move for anyone who isn’t rich—just cruelty for cruelty’s sake
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That facial recognition system at Madison Square Garden sure has been REALLY great for proving that all the worst predictions and fears us researchers have had about facial recognition were accurate and valid:
www.theverge.com/news/637228/...
www.theverge.com/news/637228/...
Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design
MSG uses tools like facial recognition on attendees.
www.theverge.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
That facial recognition system at Madison Square Garden sure has been REALLY great for proving that all the worst predictions and fears us researchers have had about facial recognition were accurate and valid:
www.theverge.com/news/637228/...
www.theverge.com/news/637228/...
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For years conservatives and some liberals complained incessantly about ‘cancel culture’ and the lack of ‘free speech’ on campuses. None of that stuff comes even close to what the right is now doing in power, in terms of the open bullying and pressuring of colleges and censoring of curricula.
Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies | News | The Harvard Crimson
Interim Harvard Dean of Social Science David M. Cutler ’87 dismissed the director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, professor of Turkish Studies Cemal Kafadar, and its associate director, Hist...
www.thecrimson.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
For years conservatives and some liberals complained incessantly about ‘cancel culture’ and the lack of ‘free speech’ on campuses. None of that stuff comes even close to what the right is now doing in power, in terms of the open bullying and pressuring of colleges and censoring of curricula.
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"Robert W. McChesney was probably the most prominent academic critic of US media from the left, focused on all the ways our idealized vision of a “free press” was actually hampered by the power of big business, the wealthy, and government" @edwyplenel.bsky.social www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/robe...
Robert W. McChesney, America’s leading left-wing critic of corporate media, has died
After studying the early days of radio, McChesney developed a holistic critique of media structures that exposed how open they were to manipulation by those in power.
www.niemanlab.org
March 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Robert W. McChesney was probably the most prominent academic critic of US media from the left, focused on all the ways our idealized vision of a “free press” was actually hampered by the power of big business, the wealthy, and government" @edwyplenel.bsky.social www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/robe...
Can’t wait!
Excited to present with @brooklyne.bsky.social at this year’s @cp25atlanta.bsky.social … my first CP was also the last panel of the weekend so I take it as good luck. See y’all in ATL!
March 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Can’t wait!
What is the life hack for getting people to respond to RSVP’s in a timely manner?
November 26, 2024 at 3:30 PM
What is the life hack for getting people to respond to RSVP’s in a timely manner?
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Your homework. inthesetimes.com/article/toni...
November 20, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Your homework. inthesetimes.com/article/toni...
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This will amusingly tell you that you forgot to follow yourself, and also reveal who's blocking you :) But it's super useful as a source of people to follow — and if you select "sort by proportion," it has less seniority bias than starter packs do.
I forgot from whom in my feed I got this from, but anyway, this network analyzer is crazy efficient. It gives you ideas for accounts to follow based on your own followees. I just added 50 accounts or so.
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
November 19, 2024 at 6:03 PM
This will amusingly tell you that you forgot to follow yourself, and also reveal who's blocking you :) But it's super useful as a source of people to follow — and if you select "sort by proportion," it has less seniority bias than starter packs do.
In other news… New Orleans
November 21, 2024 at 2:24 AM
In other news… New Orleans
Started a Substack out of sheer rage and frustration that the right has hijacked all the leftist ideals.
Spoiler Alert: There is No Soft Life Under Capitalism.
A brain dump on the revelation that Nara Smith and her husband are probably Trumpers and the refusal to see influencer escapism as a form of propaganda.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Started a Substack out of sheer rage and frustration that the right has hijacked all the leftist ideals.
I guess I’m doing BlueSky for real this time
November 15, 2024 at 1:03 AM
I guess I’m doing BlueSky for real this time
I know I’m old because tonight I got concerned about the welfare of a small child who was out without a jacket
May 27, 2023 at 6:18 AM
I know I’m old because tonight I got concerned about the welfare of a small child who was out without a jacket
Love love loved the Google Reader era
I dunno about Google+ but Google Reader was the shit. As far as I'm concerned it was the actual front page of the internet for years.
May 17, 2023 at 3:30 AM
Love love loved the Google Reader era
Participating in my department’s graduation ceremony has been the most joyous thing I’ve done as a professor. All the students excitement, the families… omg the grannies! I spent so much time just walking up to grannies and asking them who they were here for. They were so excited to talk to me
May 16, 2023 at 12:45 PM
Participating in my department’s graduation ceremony has been the most joyous thing I’ve done as a professor. All the students excitement, the families… omg the grannies! I spent so much time just walking up to grannies and asking them who they were here for. They were so excited to talk to me