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@dwershler
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Darren Wershler: writer, professor, warrior of the cosmic void. Proprietor of the Residual Media Depot at Concordia. Co-author of THE LAB BOOK with Lori Emerson and Jussi Parikka.
Residual Media Depothttp://residualmedia.net/
THE LAB BOOK (Manifold edition)https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/the-lab-book
RMD Mastodon@residualmedia
alienatedMar 8, 2023

Happy 40th birthday Blue Monday

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/03/fac-seventy-three-forty/

alienatedFeb 22, 2023

O hey, the Kickstarter for Marcin Wichary’s Shift Happens is finally live. I have been waiting for this book a long time.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwichary/shift-happens/

alienatedFeb 8, 2023
Show threadJ. R. CarpenterFeb 8, 2023
@dwershler did you see this? https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2023/02/06/mudlarker-discovers-roman-tile-with-near-2000-year-old-paw-print/
Mudlarker discovers Roman tile with near-2,000 year old paw print

A mudlarker was left stunned after stumbling upon a Roman-era roof tile with a near-2,000 year old cat paw print on it.

Deadline News
alienatedFeb 8, 2023

https://www.notebookstories.com/2023/02/07/a-thames-mudlarkers-notebook/

ping @jrcarpenter

A Thames Mudlarker’s Notebook | Notebook Stories

alienatedJan 25, 2023
imagine having created something as important as Sesame Street https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/25/sesame-street-co-creator-lloyd-morrisett-dies-aged-93?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Sesame Street co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dies aged 93

The experimental educator teamed up with television producer Joan Ganz Cooney to create Sesame Street after seeing his daughter interact with a TV

The Guardian
alienatedJan 20, 2023
Stuart EldenDec 16, 2022

Today is the official UK release date of my fourth and final book on #Foucault
- The Archaeology of Foucault (with Polity books)

https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=9781509545346

USA and rest of the world will follow in 2023.

I say a bit more about the book and the series here -
https://progressivegeographies.com/2022/12/16/stuart-elden-the-archaeology-of-foucault-polity-december-2022/

Lots of people thanked in the acknowledgements. I am just happy to have brought the series to a close.

@histodons @politicaltheory @geography

alienatedJan 19, 2023
https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/
Exclusive: OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic

OpenAI used outsourced workers in Kenya earning less than $2 per hour to scrub toxicity from ChatGPT. Here's what to know.

Time
alienatedJan 18, 2023
SID VICIOUS: I can’t play bass
LEMMY KILMISTER: I know
alienatedJan 17, 2023
John ShirleyJan 17, 2023

"Susan Schulten explores the pioneering work of Emma Willard (1787–1870), a leading feminist educator whose innovative maps of time laid the groundwork for the charts and graphics of today."

Apparently she believed in creationism-- in those days it was just a sort of assumption--but apart from that, how wonderful are her MAPS OF TIME.

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/emma-willard-maps-of-time

Emma Willard’s Maps of Time

In the 21st-century, infographics are everywhere. In the classroom, in the newspaper, in government reports, these concise visual representations of complicated information have changed the way we imagine our world. Susan Schulten explores the pioneering work of Emma Willard (1787–1870), a leading feminist educator whose innovative maps of time laid the groundwork for the charts and graphics of today.

The Public Domain Review
alienatedJan 17, 2023

New review by Dana Freiburger of THE LAB BOOK:

https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=58238