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wrote a book called Lurking. writing another one.

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    Feb 23

    LURKING is out on paperback today!

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  2. Mar 3

    mfw i’m incredible, shrinking & working on my book

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  3. Mar 3

    I did not realize the incredible shrinking man was about an incredible shrinking man...writing a book.

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    Mar 3

    Huge thanks to ’s Lurking for highlighting Pandora’s Vox (‘94) which is prescient and extremely my shit. “maybe sometime i will rant again if something interesting comes up. in the meantime, give my love to the FBI.”

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  5. Mar 2

    i love being the last man on earth in golden age science fiction: listening to piano concertos, reading philosophy, and drinking old-fashioneds in the afternoon while everyone else has been turned into a shadow-dwelling mutant.

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    Mar 1

    Starting a fun new project with some of the best people in the world. "China’s contemporary culture, but with less 🤡 and more uWu." Please subscribe, spread the word, and contribute!

    Hi! Welcome to Chaoyang Trap House, a newsletter about everyday life on the Chinese internet. It’s a regular exploration of contemporary China, one important niche at a time. Read our intro here, subscribe, and spread the word!
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  7. Feb 28

    I think of my newsletter like an ice rink figure skaters practice on that is open to the public. Sometimes it’s good! Sometimes I fall on my ass! And I’d be happy to practice in secret if I had a million dollars to build my own little private ice island.

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  8. Feb 27

    in my head all month: vaccine vaccinevaccinevaccinevaccine vaccinevaccinevaccinevaccine Vacciiiiiine....

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  9. Feb 25

    fascinated with what random back catalog choices led people to Pluto TV (Neverwhere, the 1996 series, for me.)

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    Feb 25

    My essay/review of 's WORK WON'T LOVE YOU BACK is up . It was a pleasure to sing the praises of this brilliant book while also making better sense of my own working life (especially in academia).

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  11. Feb 24

    incredible 90s digital/cyberspace visuals in John Akomfrah’s The Last Angel of History. no neon green grids on black anywhere

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  12. Feb 24

    Amazon’s ownership of Twitch seems vastly underreported given its influence and that it will do something like this:

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    NEW: Amazon is running glossy anti-union ads to combat the organizing drive by workers at their Bessemer, AL, warehouse. An Alabama resident said this spot is one of several that Amazon is now running on Twitch.
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  13. Feb 23

    They probably did have users though. Like ultimate rando internet dudes with no online presence at all except a Couchsurfing profile

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  14. Feb 23

    “Spoonr (formerly Cuddlr) was a social-meeting application where strangers who live within walking distance from each other could meet up for casual, platonic cuddling.” 🤔

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  15. Feb 23

    I almost miss the years when startups all sounded like social experiments conducted by aliens. imagine wanting to participate in this in any way

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    Feb 23

    I can’t recommend this book enough if you’re interested in how people make up the internet and how we got the internet we have today. It’s a special pleasure to read such thoughtful and erudite history of internet eras I lived through as a younger person.

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    Feb 23

    Queen Angela Carter 🩸

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    Feb 23

    Joanne's book is excellent. Here's our conversation from last spring:

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    Feb 23

    get this it’s out of sight good!!

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  20. Feb 23

    Grateful that people continue to read and review the book. This was a smart review published last month that engages with the key arguments in the book  

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  21. Feb 23

    A good introduction to the book is my interview with on Theory of Everything covering dial-up days to how Facebook came to power

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