@averyeverhart.bsky.social and I are SO excited to share "How to lose a culture war: Social media, trans disinformation and the authoritarian right," a paper we co-wrote on disinformation, digital authoritarianism, and anti-trans politics! Now available open access with Dialogues on Digital Society.

Thank you Teddy!! ✨

Our group @rohawkins.bsky.social @ericnost.bsky.social @jjsilvs.bsky.social is now collecting feedback on Ethemblage to see how well it works as a teaching/learning tool. We'd appreciate it if you check it out and thank you if you do! ✨

Each scenario in Ethemblage introduces players to different ethical considerations related to conservation #technology and other types of interactions between tech, humans, and the rest of nature.

Accompanied by a robotic companion, players visit unique #conservation projects to chat with the Ecolution team and their animal (and plant) stakeholders 🐸🐤

As an #interactivefiction, Ethemblage brings players into the story of a fictional conservation organization, Ecolution, and the ethical dilemmas they face.

Ethemblage's story is based on conversations with researchers and designers working on animal-focused tech, along with a critical analysis of the #naturetech landscape.

Finally sharing one of my favourite things to come out of the PhD! I got to develop Ethemblage, an interactive game about #ethics and nature-focused technology 🤖🌻 You can access the game, its teaching guides, and a feedback survey here: leahgovia.itch.io/ethemblage

ICYMI - Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be from @punctumbooks.bsky.social has released, featuring contributions from an incredible lineup of scholars.

780 pages of #GameStudies goodness entirely for FREE! Just one of many stories in this week's Newsletter 👇

Other Tech Worlds Are Possible. Comics project funded by the University of Toronto and SSHRC. The volume 1 was co-created with the Homeless Workers’ Movement in Brazil. The online launch will be available next week in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.

Unbelievable that there is not an external military intervention to stop this genocide. And unbelievable that not all countries and organisations have condemned this horror already.

From the visionary artist behind #ABZÛ, #ThePathless, and #Journey comes a new adventure:

Sword of the Sea - OUT NOW 🌊

ICYMI, EDGI’s new report documents how environmental justice and climate information are being deleted under this Trump administration. Read the report here: envirodatagov.org/publication/...

First post to say hi and this space will primarily feature research/work-related content. Before any of that appears, enjoy a picture of Piper and a stick she found.