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Autotune remix interview as a way of politicizing an issue
You probably saw it already, but I wanted to make a note of the autotune of Charles Ramsey, the neighbour who rescued three women who were kidnapped ten years ago and had been kept captive in a suburban house. He … Continue reading
Imaginary bombs
“I saw two aeroplanes dropping bombs over our preschool,” Jessie told me. “No planes have dropped bombs over Bergen since grandma was a baby,” I said. “That only happens in wartime, and luckily there haven’t been wars here for a … Continue reading
PhD fellowship available on extremist discourse online – and open call as well
I’ve been dreadfully remiss in forgetting to post a note here about the PhD fellowships that are currently available at our department. We have seven open fellowships for the whole department (so any topic within digital culture, Nordic, linguistics, comparative … Continue reading
How to hack gender stereotyping and let girls and boys just be kids
Children are constantly exposed to gender stereotypes, but as a parent, I would like to minimize that influence and allow them to stay as open as possible about what sort of person they would like to be. There are ways to … Continue reading
Microtargeting potential voters in a political campaign
I’m reading fascinating – and scary – stories about how political campaigns today use microtargeting to send prospective voters exactly the right information and advertisements to sway them. For instance, a Slate article from back in February about “Narwhal”, the … Continue reading
Makeup to stop face-recognition software from “seeing” you
Fascinating artist profile and interview with Adam Harvey, who designed the CV Dazzle (CV stands for Computer Vision) makeup and hair design that stops facial recognition software in surveillance cameras from recognizing you as a human. This could be important … Continue reading
Strikes, conflicts and academia
This morning I dropped my two-year-old and four-year-old off at preschool for the first time after a thirteen day strike. What a relief. I adore my children, but figuring out childcare from day to day, canceling meetings, trying to work … Continue reading
Interesting reads
I love my RSS feed. Every article I read on my almost too-brief commute from work (a mere 13 minutes by train) was brilliant. Culture Digitally and The Institute of Network Cultures both wrote about the leaked Operation Manual for Live … Continue reading
How to collect lots of random Facebook profile photos in a spreadsheet
I’ve been thinking about Facebook profile photos. For instance, have you noticed what a lot of people have kids in their profile photos? Some people use a photo of themselves with one of their kids, some use a photo of … Continue reading
Are we estranged from our own social media?
Watching this video about a location-based game used in marketing a new model of Mini car in Stockholm, at first I just felt exhausted at the total corruption of social media for the purpose of marketing and profit.We’re discussi gMark … Continue reading