My colleague and friend Rebekah Modrak has been working on an ongoing art project called Unproductive Solutions (https://unproductivesolutions.com/home/) and is launching their latest project - a no storage, human-powered search engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRd_FHLB9x8
Devon Powers
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Professor of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. I study trends, futures, and popular culture.
@ubiquity75 I call it the uncanny valley of writing.
I went to college with Limmie. Can't claim to have known him very well, but I am very excited and proud to see him breaking down this barrier. Amazing! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/arts/music/limmie-pulliam-opera-body-shaming.html
@davekarpf I don't doubt that many people are spending less time on Twitter. (I'm one of them.) But couldn't it also be that tweets never actually reached that many people? We don't have real metrics from Before Elon to compare them against. My assumption has always been that it's some fraction of my followers who actually see what I'm tweeting -- and from there, a smaller number who actually click and read/engage
I'm tired of "unapologetic" and "relentless." In 2023, I'm apologizing and relenting.
Be honest: have you ever had a job that you liked? Here I am separating "job" from "profession" -- for instance, you might love being a journalist but not love the venue where you work. How about it?
@jonathansterne I don't subscribe to any newsletters. I can't think of a writer I'm that interested in -- though, as you aptly point out, I will buy books. Most newsletters seem like glorified op eds, which is my least favorite genre of writing.
I don't know if he's here (yet?), but I am reading Jeff Pooley's work this morning and I am so grateful for it.
@jherskowitz I make playlists once a month of 5-6 albums that have come out recently, as a way to keep up (sort of) with all the music coming out. Thanks for your playlist - I listened to some of that stuff but can never catch everything
@jherskowitz My music club has its best of 2022 in a few weeks. Not sure but I have loved the new Beth Orton as well as Leikeli47 and Laura Viers