Lisa Nakamura
@lnakamura.bsky.social
Researcher and prof. Writing about race, gender and internet stuff since 1995. “The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet” forthcoming from U. Minn press in 2026. Lisanakamura.net for articles if you want.
Love Lina Khan. What a great podcast guest, and she understands how tech monopolies work www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mamdani’s appointment of Lina Khan a warning to private equity, experts say
Ex-FTC chair was among first to go after practice of folding local firms into larger ones leading to higher prices
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Love Lina Khan. What a great podcast guest, and she understands how tech monopolies work www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Joyce carol Oates has been writing about culture for many more years than Elon musk has spent doing anything. Effortless own that she prob spent ten seconds thinking about before moving on with her day.
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Joyce carol Oates has been writing about culture for many more years than Elon musk has spent doing anything. Effortless own that she prob spent ten seconds thinking about before moving on with her day.
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Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
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Shout-out to fellow Angelfire homesteaders
Angelfire homepage dedicated to the color purple (1997). Back when we all had personal homepages.
August 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Shout-out to fellow Angelfire homesteaders
In case anyone needed reminding, racist trolls existed long before the Internet and at least two of them (Watson and. Wm Shockley, co inventor of the transistor) won Nobel Prizes, which encouraged them even more. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
James Watson obituary
Nobel prize-winning biologist whose discovery, with Francis Crick, of the structure of DNA solved the mystery of genetic inheritance
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In case anyone needed reminding, racist trolls existed long before the Internet and at least two of them (Watson and. Wm Shockley, co inventor of the transistor) won Nobel Prizes, which encouraged them even more. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
When I see this BS I’m even more grateful to have been raised Japanese American. My 107 year grandmother wore elastic waist gardening trousers and dresses to church. That’s my fashion destiny (except church). www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Anti-ageing trousers? There really is no fashion or beauty claim too wild
According to a neuroscientist, our brains are hardwired to keep falling for the latest beauty fads. It’s a booby trap too many of us fall down – and I should know
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When I see this BS I’m even more grateful to have been raised Japanese American. My 107 year grandmother wore elastic waist gardening trousers and dresses to church. That’s my fashion destiny (except church). www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
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What do you wanna do now, Captain?
Same thing we always do. Fight ‘em until we can’t.
Same thing we always do. Fight ‘em until we can’t.
November 6, 2024 at 1:37 PM
What do you wanna do now, Captain?
Same thing we always do. Fight ‘em until we can’t.
Same thing we always do. Fight ‘em until we can’t.
Nam June Paik’s robot K-546 was first shown at Judson Hall in 1964. It could refuse to labor, one of many ways it was interesting: “K-456 had foam breasts that could rotate and a penis made of sandpaper and flint, which Paik had removed before the two traveled to New York.”
November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Nam June Paik’s robot K-546 was first shown at Judson Hall in 1964. It could refuse to labor, one of many ways it was interesting: “K-456 had foam breasts that could rotate and a penis made of sandpaper and flint, which Paik had removed before the two traveled to New York.”
A link to my new book cover and table of contents. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...
The Inattention Economy
Revealing the unheralded contributions of women of color to the foundation and development of the digital economyThe Inattention Economy challenges the wides...
www.upress.umn.edu
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A link to my new book cover and table of contents. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...
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There is nothing more annoying than taking someone to a restaurant and having them demanding to know whether this or that is "authentic", buddy do you like the taste or not I'm not a food history documentarian here and neither are you, we came for lunch
October 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
There is nothing more annoying than taking someone to a restaurant and having them demanding to know whether this or that is "authentic", buddy do you like the taste or not I'm not a food history documentarian here and neither are you, we came for lunch
Always love chris gilliards take on what he calls “luxury surveilance,” cant wait for this book to drop. an extra good convo with Paris Marx about why not to strap a computer to your face. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Smart Glasses Are Ushering In An Anti-Social World w/ Chris Gilliard
Podcast Episode · Tech Won't Save Us · 10/16/2025 · 55m
podcasts.apple.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Always love chris gilliards take on what he calls “luxury surveilance,” cant wait for this book to drop. an extra good convo with Paris Marx about why not to strap a computer to your face. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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it's less "AI drives people to kill themselves" and more that "tech companies do it, and are indifferent about it". and, bleakly, some journalists seem determined to convince you that the focal point of this story is a high point of engineering rather than a low point of humanity
August 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
it's less "AI drives people to kill themselves" and more that "tech companies do it, and are indifferent about it". and, bleakly, some journalists seem determined to convince you that the focal point of this story is a high point of engineering rather than a low point of humanity
The news is a shitshow and we live in a fascist state. When I want to feel better I read this list of scientists, writers, activists who got up every day and got on that grind, often for 20+ years, because they wanted to. www.nytimes.com/article/nobe...
What to Know About the 2024 Nobel Prize Winners
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The news is a shitshow and we live in a fascist state. When I want to feel better I read this list of scientists, writers, activists who got up every day and got on that grind, often for 20+ years, because they wanted to. www.nytimes.com/article/nobe...
“El Conejo Malo” will now always think of him this way even though I don’t know Spanish. Love him too.
See I’m here to say something similar.
No such thing as “too old” for el conejo malo. I’m 60 and just bought tix for his Santo Domingo show. I know an 82 yo woman who loves his music
No such thing as “too old” for el conejo malo. I’m 60 and just bought tix for his Santo Domingo show. I know an 82 yo woman who loves his music
I love bad bunny and I’m a 75 year old grandma
October 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“El Conejo Malo” will now always think of him this way even though I don’t know Spanish. Love him too.
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I'm not a big fan of Jack Dorsey but I have to admit that one of his better ideas was, instead of getting into posting wars with users, he would go off to a yoga castle and eat hallucinogens for two weeks
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I'm not a big fan of Jack Dorsey but I have to admit that one of his better ideas was, instead of getting into posting wars with users, he would go off to a yoga castle and eat hallucinogens for two weeks
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social media was a mistake and if we have to talk to ppl on the internet let it be on forums
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
social media was a mistake and if we have to talk to ppl on the internet let it be on forums
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speaking of political assassinations, today we denounce again the dark beginning of neoliberalism, the assassination of Salvador Allende in Chile, a military coup backed by United States.
'The U.S. spent $8 million on covert actions between 1970 and the 1973 coup'.
www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1...
'The U.S. spent $8 million on covert actions between 1970 and the 1973 coup'.
www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1...
The U.S. set the stage for a coup in Chile. It had unintended consequences at home
When the U.S. role in the 1973 coup in Chile became known, activists took action. So did U.S. lawmakers. This is what happened after the U.S. helped topple a Marxist and aided a right-wing dictator.
www.npr.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
speaking of political assassinations, today we denounce again the dark beginning of neoliberalism, the assassination of Salvador Allende in Chile, a military coup backed by United States.
'The U.S. spent $8 million on covert actions between 1970 and the 1973 coup'.
www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1...
'The U.S. spent $8 million on covert actions between 1970 and the 1973 coup'.
www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1...
I can’t lie, I’ve done this more than once.
September 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I can’t lie, I’ve done this more than once.
VERY surprised by this. I assumed that intellectual property theft was intrinsic to the gen AI business model. It still is but now it costs a little.
JUST IN: Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of book authors alleging copyright infringement.
That’s at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated—well below what Anthropic may have had to pay if it had lost the case at trial.
That’s at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated—well below what Anthropic may have had to pay if it had lost the case at trial.
Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement
Anthropic will pay at least $3000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated. The company downloaded unauthorized copies of books in early efforts to gather training data for its AI tools.
www.wired.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
VERY surprised by this. I assumed that intellectual property theft was intrinsic to the gen AI business model. It still is but now it costs a little.
Casio is good taste and the watch of choice among Buddhist poc in my experience. He knows the code.
September 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Casio is good taste and the watch of choice among Buddhist poc in my experience. He knows the code.
Replacing human moderators with ai is glossing over the real issue here: toxic content comes from a systemic disinvestment in care, equity, and fairness. Traumatizing humans or using ineffectual ai just kicks the can down the road. Not news.
TikTok to replace trust and safety team in Germany with AI and outsourced labor
TikTok workers in Berlin are striking over mass layoffs amid company’s global push to replace moderators with AI
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Replacing human moderators with ai is glossing over the real issue here: toxic content comes from a systemic disinvestment in care, equity, and fairness. Traumatizing humans or using ineffectual ai just kicks the can down the road. Not news.
Really really good, some of the best thinking on infrastructure out there! Especially the piece on water by my colleague Tung-Hui Hu that suggests we think about AI as we do government: just another infrastructure, not an impenetrable inevitability
Incredibly excited: In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround is now out!!! 4 years in the making, co-edited by @joshua-neves.bsky.social and me, this OA volume is full of chapters that will make you rethink the oft-used word. Please read & circulate!
networkcultures.org/blog/publica...
networkcultures.org/blog/publica...
TOD #54 In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround
Theory on Demand #54In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical SurroundEdited by Joshua Neves and Marc SternbergConvenience is the feeling and aspiration that animates
networkcultures.org
June 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Really really good, some of the best thinking on infrastructure out there! Especially the piece on water by my colleague Tung-Hui Hu that suggests we think about AI as we do government: just another infrastructure, not an impenetrable inevitability
Got copy edited text of my book manuscript The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet and boy what a luxury it is to see it cleaned up so nicely. I love copy editors so much.
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Got copy edited text of my book manuscript The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet and boy what a luxury it is to see it cleaned up so nicely. I love copy editors so much.
Thanks for posting this! Life @parismarx.com and @bcmerchant.bsky.social ‘s work. New version of this article with oral history interviews with Navajo workers coming out in my new book The Inattention Economy this fall!
This NYT story was mentioned on System Crash by @parismarx.com and @bcmerchant.bsky.social. There's a long racist history of references to "nimble fingers" to justify exploitation. See "Indigenous Circuits: Navajo Women and the Racialization of Early Electronic Manufacture" by @lnakamura.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thanks for posting this! Life @parismarx.com and @bcmerchant.bsky.social ‘s work. New version of this article with oral history interviews with Navajo workers coming out in my new book The Inattention Economy this fall!