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Speculating about future tech needs to include plenty of speculating about what unique and peculiar characters could become prominent because of that tech's characteristics. So not just, what will the future 'internet' be, but who will be the Amberlynn Reid or Andrew Tate of that internet?

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Few know this but Trump is actually a Bokononist

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We now know how to torture AI boingboing.net/2025/06/17/a...

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Cyberpunk character named Organelle

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(also using #CSCW2025)

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Excited to announce our #CSCW hybrid workshop "Governments as design contexts: Institutional realities of technology and design in government settings." Keynote by Prof. Chris LeDantec! Apply by July 31. Empirical, theoretical, + critical perspectives wanted! More: sites.google.com/uci.edu/gov-...

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I wonder what would qualify a presidential candidate to be blessed with Sir Mix-a-Lot's permission to use "Jump On It" as a campaign song

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Philosophy journals should have advice columns

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It's kind of crazy that R. Kelly used to call HIMSELF the "Pied Piper of R&B." Yikes

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Genuine and heartfelt shoutout to the public service workers here in the US who amidst all this chaos, keep doing their important jobs with honor, skill, and diligence.

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Well the mail starts comin' and it don't stop comin'

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#Wicked, aka UTC, because it's "Green witch mean time"

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Possibly my least favorite bit of design terminology is "need."

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The fact that grafting actually works genuinely feels like some kind of nature magic

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I feel like soyjack is, in practice (not in its original intent), one of the most useful and emotionally nuanced memes ever

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Wouldn't it be odd to have a schism these days? Somebody setting up an antipope in like, Nashville or something.

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New bad #realitytv idea: "Guilt Trip." People sucker their romantic partner into a fun cruise, but it's so they'll be a captive audience for addressing some simmering relationship problem the in-on-it partner was having trouble bringing up. Bonuses: potential drama w/other couples; nautical hijinks.

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