Dan Rosen
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Scholar/researcher in digital media, STS, internet culture, and livestreaming. PhD in Cinema & Media Studies (he/him)
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· Mar 16
Went to the Whitney and they had a painting of my dissertation defense
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Reading about the many categories in the ImageNet dataset. Tag yourself - I’m the melancholic closet queen
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Reading about the many categories in the ImageNet dataset. Tag yourself - I’m the melancholic closet queen
Apparently in 1789 someone published a book called Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of Knowledge and the Love of Mankind. Fantastic book name honestly
Reading about the many categories in the ImageNet dataset. Tag yourself - I’m the melancholic closet queen
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Apparently in 1789 someone published a book called Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of Knowledge and the Love of Mankind. Fantastic book name honestly
Reading about the many categories in the ImageNet dataset. Tag yourself - I’m the melancholic closet queen
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Reading about the many categories in the ImageNet dataset. Tag yourself - I’m the melancholic closet queen
“Technical approaches can move rapidly from conference papers to being deployed in production systems, where harmful assumptions can become ingrained and hard to reverse” - @katecrawford.bsky.social Atlas of AI
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Technical approaches can move rapidly from conference papers to being deployed in production systems, where harmful assumptions can become ingrained and hard to reverse” - @katecrawford.bsky.social Atlas of AI
It’s neuromancer all the way down
Every other sci fi since, and half of the tech industry, is derivative of this novel, I always forget exactly how much is borrowed from this book. Even the Blade Runner crane!
I'm listening to Neuromancer instead of reading this time, and the world looks totally different. Getting a much stronger steampunk vision of meat space, and the entry to Zion is even better
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It’s neuromancer all the way down
Spotted Glinda, Elphaba, Fiyeroooooo at my grandma’s house
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Spotted Glinda, Elphaba, Fiyeroooooo at my grandma’s house
It’s a whole production
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It’s a whole production
I’m watching a live production of Phantom of the Opera on TikTok completely of Lego www.tiktok.com/t/ZTHTAUPody...
T Avery Norkey (@dorkynorkey) is LIVE - TikTok LIVE
LEGO Phantom of the Opera | Watch T Avery Norkey (@dorkynorkey)'s LIVE on TikTok and interact with others in real time.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I’m watching a live production of Phantom of the Opera on TikTok completely of Lego www.tiktok.com/t/ZTHTAUPody...
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Twin Peaks: The Log Lady.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Twin Peaks: The Log Lady.
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Believe it or not copyright is not the only relevant frame of discussion when it comes to piracy
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Believe it or not copyright is not the only relevant frame of discussion when it comes to piracy
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Convenient framework for companies facing wrongful death lawsuits
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Convenient framework for companies facing wrongful death lawsuits
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I feel pretty confident that someone’s propensity to pirate is inversely related to their disposable income - they buy media when they have money and pirate when they don’t
piracy discourse is so exhausting and passe, but i will observe that every truly great collector of physical media I know has a big harddrive of pirated books and movies. you literally cannot have one without the other
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I feel pretty confident that someone’s propensity to pirate is inversely related to their disposable income - they buy media when they have money and pirate when they don’t
When the family really likes Big Bang Theory
Little is said about the true horror of the holidays: having to interact with family members who have vastly different tastes in media than you.
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When the family really likes Big Bang Theory
I feel pretty confident that someone’s propensity to pirate is inversely related to their disposable income - they buy media when they have money and pirate when they don’t
piracy discourse is so exhausting and passe, but i will observe that every truly great collector of physical media I know has a big harddrive of pirated books and movies. you literally cannot have one without the other
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I feel pretty confident that someone’s propensity to pirate is inversely related to their disposable income - they buy media when they have money and pirate when they don’t
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The heterosexual urge to write husband/dad/wife/mother in my bio
January 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The heterosexual urge to write husband/dad/wife/mother in my bio
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I once taught a whole lesson on the narratives of deservedness in the very strange concept of “stealing” books from something conspicuously branded as a “free” little library. The students struggled with it. A lot of internalized beliefs about poverty and worth. But I think it was a good lesson.
If you are concerned about people swiping books from your little free library and reselling those books, I ask you to go to your local used bookstore and sell a book
Okay?
Understand?
Alright, next question
Okay?
Understand?
Alright, next question
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I once taught a whole lesson on the narratives of deservedness in the very strange concept of “stealing” books from something conspicuously branded as a “free” little library. The students struggled with it. A lot of internalized beliefs about poverty and worth. But I think it was a good lesson.
My sister volunteers at a local pantry and free store and her response to routine criticism that sticks with me has been "We don't worry. There's nothing to steal because everything is free"
I once taught a whole lesson on the narratives of deservedness in the very strange concept of “stealing” books from something conspicuously branded as a “free” little library. The students struggled with it. A lot of internalized beliefs about poverty and worth. But I think it was a good lesson.
If you are concerned about people swiping books from your little free library and reselling those books, I ask you to go to your local used bookstore and sell a book
Okay?
Understand?
Alright, next question
Okay?
Understand?
Alright, next question
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My sister volunteers at a local pantry and free store and her response to routine criticism that sticks with me has been "We don't worry. There's nothing to steal because everything is free"
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They really be writing emails about the criminal conspiracy
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Sent from my iPhone
This isn't the only implication of these AI consciousness debates but it does seem relevant
Very convenient framework for laundering responsibility for someone implicated with a company facing a wrongful death lawsuit
It’s time to prepare for AI personhood | Jacy Reese Anthis
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This isn't the only implication of these AI consciousness debates but it does seem relevant
All the fabric stores in Oz out of business but SHEIN ships free
Was Elphaba’s sweater ethically sourced?
Is Doctor Dillamond wearing a sweater made from his own wool?
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
All the fabric stores in Oz out of business but SHEIN ships free
losing my mind - “Birds fly not because they have the right, but because they have wings”
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
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November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
losing my mind - “Birds fly not because they have the right, but because they have wings”
so cool!
a reminder of one of my favorite things on the internet, Ashley Blewer’s Halt and Catch Fire syllabus
bits.ashleyblewer.com/halt-and-cat...
bits.ashleyblewer.com/halt-and-cat...
Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus - Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus
bits.ashleyblewer.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
so cool!
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I got her tickets to the World's Fair Exhibition. You got her a toy kaleidoscope
Stealing your girl by taking her to the magic lantern show
November 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I got her tickets to the World's Fair Exhibition. You got her a toy kaleidoscope
I got her tickets to the World's Fair Exhibition. You got her a toy kaleidoscope
Stealing your girl by taking her to the magic lantern show
November 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I got her tickets to the World's Fair Exhibition. You got her a toy kaleidoscope