ilinca iurascu
@ilinca.bsky.social
No war. histories of paper. media theory. 19th c German lit. misses Bucharest
fungus aesthetics: hair ice creations, courtesy of Exidiopsis effusa this morning
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
fungus aesthetics: hair ice creations, courtesy of Exidiopsis effusa this morning
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My course syllabi now contain a link to this document, "why Professor Holliday Doesn't Use Generative AI". Feel free to share/repurpose or just check out the links for your own reference. It won't stop some of them, but I want students to know why. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Why Professor Holliday Doesn’t Use Generative “AI”
Why Professor Holliday Doesn’t Use Generative “AI” This is a (very) incomplete list of journalistic and scholarly sources that provide information about limitations and documented drawbacks of variou...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM
My course syllabi now contain a link to this document, "why Professor Holliday Doesn't Use Generative AI". Feel free to share/repurpose or just check out the links for your own reference. It won't stop some of them, but I want students to know why. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
kids, I beg you *please* stop reading those g00gle AI "overviews"
January 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
kids, I beg you *please* stop reading those g00gle AI "overviews"
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“The Secret Agent Network,” a series programmed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, is on from January 7 through 13 @filmlinc.bsky.social ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
December 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“The Secret Agent Network,” a series programmed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, is on from January 7 through 13 @filmlinc.bsky.social ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Not sure how to put this but I almost miss the ‘hey, couldn’t come to class, what did I miss’ student emails. At least you felt interpellated. The AI generated apologies with 3 paragraphs of nauseating prose feel like staring into the void.
December 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Not sure how to put this but I almost miss the ‘hey, couldn’t come to class, what did I miss’ student emails. At least you felt interpellated. The AI generated apologies with 3 paragraphs of nauseating prose feel like staring into the void.
a very Vancouver sort of evening
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
a very Vancouver sort of evening
Today! Register&join us for a talk by @loriemerson.net on alternative and forgotten networks and the futures they might hold.
cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...
cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Today! Register&join us for a talk by @loriemerson.net on alternative and forgotten networks and the futures they might hold.
cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...
cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...
Woke up to that upenn hack email thing. Isn’t it ironic.
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Woke up to that upenn hack email thing. Isn’t it ironic.
Haven’t these numbers suffered enough?
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Haven’t these numbers suffered enough?
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Lots of people read my newsletter every week when I link to it from here, but don't subscribe. I would be delighted if you would subscribe: the numbers keep me motivated. It's free, but you can pitch in some change if you want. Money, after all, is also motivating. Thanks! mail.cyberneticforests.com
Cybernetic Forests
Sifting Through the Techno-Cultural Debris.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Lots of people read my newsletter every week when I link to it from here, but don't subscribe. I would be delighted if you would subscribe: the numbers keep me motivated. It's free, but you can pitch in some change if you want. Money, after all, is also motivating. Thanks! mail.cyberneticforests.com
i love playing the AI-overview-quote-guessing game. Enjoying the assertiveness here "this phrase is almost certainly a quote or a strong opinion about xyz" Nope.
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
i love playing the AI-overview-quote-guessing game. Enjoying the assertiveness here "this phrase is almost certainly a quote or a strong opinion about xyz" Nope.
Torn between going as “experience designer” or “judgment coach” this Halloween 🤔
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Torn between going as “experience designer” or “judgment coach” this Halloween 🤔
Stumbled on this acct on insta: what is this casserole of pseudo-linguistic Romanianist nonsense? I can assure you that “Balkan and Dacian” 🤪 do not in fact “come alive in harmony” when I speak.
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Stumbled on this acct on insta: what is this casserole of pseudo-linguistic Romanianist nonsense? I can assure you that “Balkan and Dacian” 🤪 do not in fact “come alive in harmony” when I speak.
Striking that Lindt bunny/ Dieter Roth Karnickel pose
October 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Striking that Lindt bunny/ Dieter Roth Karnickel pose
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#litcrit pals, a really interesting question about the history of discipline from a graduate student here, a question that has me totally stumped:
"which journal in literary criticism was the first to implement modern peer review?" (I think he might mean blind review)
Thank you for your suggestions!
"which journal in literary criticism was the first to implement modern peer review?" (I think he might mean blind review)
Thank you for your suggestions!
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
#litcrit pals, a really interesting question about the history of discipline from a graduate student here, a question that has me totally stumped:
"which journal in literary criticism was the first to implement modern peer review?" (I think he might mean blind review)
Thank you for your suggestions!
"which journal in literary criticism was the first to implement modern peer review?" (I think he might mean blind review)
Thank you for your suggestions!
“one and three benches”
Not quite a Joseph Kosuth, but look at the mossy patches underneath this bench, pretending to be a second shadow.
Not quite a Joseph Kosuth, but look at the mossy patches underneath this bench, pretending to be a second shadow.
October 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
“one and three benches”
Not quite a Joseph Kosuth, but look at the mossy patches underneath this bench, pretending to be a second shadow.
Not quite a Joseph Kosuth, but look at the mossy patches underneath this bench, pretending to be a second shadow.
Tell me what you're teaching this/next week.
October 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Tell me what you're teaching this/next week.
A couple of years ago, I found toddler Benjamin's hussar outfit in an 1890s toy catalogue (16.50 marks, pricey!) Still best online find ever...
October 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A couple of years ago, I found toddler Benjamin's hussar outfit in an 1890s toy catalogue (16.50 marks, pricey!) Still best online find ever...
Admin workflow, simplified.
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Admin workflow, simplified.
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If there was truly any conviction for the public interest, members of the AI Strategy Task Force would resign in protest for the configuration of their group.
Government of Canada launches AI Strategy Task Force and public engagement on the development of the next AI strategy - Canada.ca
Public feedback and stakeholder engagement will inform strategy for Canada to be an AI leader
www.canada.ca
September 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If there was truly any conviction for the public interest, members of the AI Strategy Task Force would resign in protest for the configuration of their group.
The world is literally burning and I’ve asked my students to read Derrida. 😑
September 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The world is literally burning and I’ve asked my students to read Derrida. 😑
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Hier geht's zur Petition der Studierenden bsky.app/profile/bild...
«We, the students, alumni, staff, and supporters of the Master Transdisciplinary Studies in the Arts at ZHdK, … reject the elimination of this unique, socially relevant, and internationally recognized program without transparent procedures, meaningful consultation and evidence-based review.»
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Defend the MTR Program at ZHdK
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September 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Hier geht's zur Petition der Studierenden bsky.app/profile/bild...