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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 1d

*management voice*

Remember the labor market after Covid? Workers suddenly had more bargaining power. AI fixes that

James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 2d

"Much as liquids assume the shape of their containers, so too does knowledge assume the shape of the practices, objects, and systems within which it is embodied and transmitted"

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 3d

Adjacent and sometimes overlapping with the Pizza Belt (New Jersey to Connecticut)

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 8d

I heard that in Park Slope your dog needs to be at least 40% poodle or it will get repossessed

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 8d

"television is reality, and reality is less than television"

Still from "Videodrome" (dir. David Cronenberg, 1983)

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 11d

Anyone submitting garbage like that for publication should be banished

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California Federation of Labor Unions @californialabor.bsky.social · 11d

As @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social president of @californialabor.bsky.social says, now that #AB288 is law, "California workers will no longer be forced to rely on a failing federal agency when they join together to unionize." This is a LANDMARK WIN!

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 11d

i'm still boycotting disney. it's got nothing to do with jinmmy kimmel i just dont like them

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 11d

This is why it pays to have a union. You want someone with infrastructure to fight on your behalf.

AAUP @aaup.org · 11d

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥

Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

www.courtlistener.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 11d

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥

Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

www.courtlistener.com

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 11d

Update: I’ve placed a new entry in the “embarrassing” tier (but he does at least have the right footwear)

James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 15d

Adding AOC to my "Politician Action Sport Ranking Index"

Current standings:

1. Tulsi surfing (sorry but she seems pretty good)
2. John Kerry snowboarding (also pretty good but an easier sport)
3. Obama body surfing
4. AOC surfing

Embarrassment tier: JD Vance skiing & Beto O'Rourke skateboarding

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 15d

I have been taking surfing lessons. Still in the beginner kook trenches, but celebrating my last time on a foam board 😎

Graduating to a hard top next session.

It’s fun to learn new things! Even if you look like a goober at the beginning. 🏄🏽‍♀️

Sitting on a surfboard in the ocean with an instructor.

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 15d

“Return to office” is mostly about commercial real estate, right?

If that’s the case, I’m calling it now: once values get high enough, the ownership class will sell their buildings, go back to remote, and pat themselves on the back for being business geniuses

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 15d

I have been taking surfing lessons. Still in the beginner kook trenches, but celebrating my last time on a foam board 😎

Graduating to a hard top next session.

It’s fun to learn new things! Even if you look like a goober at the beginning. 🏄🏽‍♀️

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Dave Parisi @daveparisi.bsky.social · 16d

New edition of the Routledge Companion to Mobile Media is out, skillfully edited by @micronarrative.bsky.social & Gerard Goggin. A lot of uni libraries have the individual chapters available to download, super useful for mixing and matching @ syllabus time.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media

This second edition of the groundbreaking Routledge Companion to Mobile Media brings together newly commissioned essays and cutting-edge research alongside updated essays from the original volume to c...

www.routledge.com

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 17d

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 17d

I keep thinking about how to describe our current predicament and coming up with “low-intensity omni-directional civil war”

James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 17d

Cars should have a second more gentle horn

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 18d

No-paywall link: archive.is/2025.09.23-0...

archive.is

James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 18d

“it’s not progressive or conservative…we should have college for all, and people who work on our campuses should be able to work with dignity, with long-term contracts… the research infrastructure of this country is critical to the future of this country”
www.chronicle.com/article/is-t...

Is the AAUP Too Partisan? Its President Doesn’t Think So.

Todd Wolfson has taken heat for some of the organization’s political stances during his tenure. Here’s what he makes of the criticism.

www.chronicle.com

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 19d

Legend 😭

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 26d

Everyone I know keeps talking about creatine

James Hodges @jameshodges.net · 29d

Get well soon 🙏🏼

James Hodges @jameshodges.net · Sep 11

Just received SJSU School of Information’s 2025 Research Excellence Award 😊🏆☺️🏆

Plaque commemorating 2025 SJSU school of information research excellence award

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · Sep 8

I use a lot of “usually” and “probably” when I teach this as well 😂

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James Hodges @jameshodges.net · Sep 7

To me, Seattle feels sort of Canadian

James Hodges @jameshodges.net · Sep 6

Today! Come on over #4s2025

James Hodges @jameshodges.net · Sep 5

🌊🌊🌊 I've arrived at #4S2025 - and found out my panel was rescheduled!

🌊🌊🌊 Come check out OCEANS OF DATA

🌊🌊🌊 10:40AM tomorrow, Saturday Sept 6

🌊🌊🌊 Summit (Convention Center) 331

477. Oceans of Data: Knowledge Production in Aquatic Environments
Panel
10:40 to 12:30 PM
Summit (Convention Center)
331
Participants:
From Data Streams to Outflow Streams: Reverse-Engineering a Coastal Water
Monitoring Initiative James Hodges, San José State University
Distributive Efficient Sea Hannah Tollefson, University of Toronto
Countercultural Techniques: Wave Forecasting, Shoreline Media, and the
Technocultural Origins of Coastal Meteorology Rob Arcand, McGill University
Chair:
James Hodges, San José State University

James Hodges @jameshodges.net · Sep 5

Restaurants should describe their food using scoville heat units