Lori Emerson
@loriemerson.net
media studies professor | Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook (Anthology Editions, May 2025) | dir. @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social | http://loriemerson.net | Boulder, Colorado | 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🏃♀️🚴♀️ | 📷 Jenna Maurice
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Lori Emerson
@loriemerson.net
· Jul 11
Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook
Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook At long last, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook is officially available for pre-order. If you live in the U.S., you can order directly …
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SOME NEWS! the folks at Anthology Editions / Mexican Summer decided to print another 1500 copies of #othernetworks (out in Oct.) because it sold out so quickly! THANK YOU to all of you for ordering a copy & helping to make this reprint possible 😍 1/2 loriemerson.net/books/other-...
wow. "The Earthside Wish Machine is a time-based...site-situated meteor protocol for wish transmission [that] appropriates the obsolete military technology as personal wish apparatus." yes please more #othernetworks! worrymetaphor.net/earthside-wi...
Earthside Wish Machine
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January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
wow. "The Earthside Wish Machine is a time-based...site-situated meteor protocol for wish transmission [that] appropriates the obsolete military technology as personal wish apparatus." yes please more #othernetworks! worrymetaphor.net/earthside-wi...
I continue to live out certain corny countercultural ideals like the value of technology sourcebooks for education and empowerment. so, also just to say: there are still copies of the second printing of #othernetworks shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898... 1/2
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I continue to live out certain corny countercultural ideals like the value of technology sourcebooks for education and empowerment. so, also just to say: there are still copies of the second printing of #othernetworks shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898... 1/2
in 1971 we suffered "the violence of the entropy of old forms" but in 2026 we suffer the violence of the entropy of (seemingly?) new forms. from "CYBERNETIC GUERILLA WARFARE" (www.radicalsoftware.org/volume1nr3/p...)
January 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
in 1971 we suffered "the violence of the entropy of old forms" but in 2026 we suffer the violence of the entropy of (seemingly?) new forms. from "CYBERNETIC GUERILLA WARFARE" (www.radicalsoftware.org/volume1nr3/p...)
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Will you be working this year on a book or article that's going to need #maps? Let me help! I draw custom maps for a living!
I draw each map by hand, to my clients' specifications, & each is unique. You can find out more on my website:
surprisedeelmaps.com
Here's some recent examples of my work:
I draw each map by hand, to my clients' specifications, & each is unique. You can find out more on my website:
surprisedeelmaps.com
Here's some recent examples of my work:
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Will you be working this year on a book or article that's going to need #maps? Let me help! I draw custom maps for a living!
I draw each map by hand, to my clients' specifications, & each is unique. You can find out more on my website:
surprisedeelmaps.com
Here's some recent examples of my work:
I draw each map by hand, to my clients' specifications, & each is unique. You can find out more on my website:
surprisedeelmaps.com
Here's some recent examples of my work:
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Back on my weeklybeats bullshit for 2026
“Brainstorm” – M8 tracker doing the heavy lifting here, supported by some nasty SID acid lines
200bpm • halftime • acid • breakbeat • footwork • jungle • rave • m8 • m8tracker • sid303
“Brainstorm” – M8 tracker doing the heavy lifting here, supported by some nasty SID acid lines
200bpm • halftime • acid • breakbeat • footwork • jungle • rave • m8 • m8tracker • sid303
January 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Back on my weeklybeats bullshit for 2026
“Brainstorm” – M8 tracker doing the heavy lifting here, supported by some nasty SID acid lines
200bpm • halftime • acid • breakbeat • footwork • jungle • rave • m8 • m8tracker • sid303
“Brainstorm” – M8 tracker doing the heavy lifting here, supported by some nasty SID acid lines
200bpm • halftime • acid • breakbeat • footwork • jungle • rave • m8 • m8tracker • sid303
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This is a really lovely practice, and if you're looking for an easy New Year's resolution to make these times a little bit brighter, this one is solid.
One of my old friends (absolutely offline) was going through some scary stuff last year -- and I, helpless, live so far away. And so I asked what I could do to support her best.
"When you see something that makes you think of me, text me."
"When you see something that makes you think of me, text me."
January 6, 2026 at 12:03 AM
This is a really lovely practice, and if you're looking for an easy New Year's resolution to make these times a little bit brighter, this one is solid.
I had a nice time chit chatting about the history of real and imaginary networks with Anya Shchetvina - you can find the transcript here #othernetworks matterofimagination.neocities.org/blog10
matterofimagination
matterofimagination.neocities.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I had a nice time chit chatting about the history of real and imaginary networks with Anya Shchetvina - you can find the transcript here #othernetworks matterofimagination.neocities.org/blog10
as a Canadian surely it is my sworn duty to have known that there's such a thing as "spicy hockey books" mostly marketed to women?! #heatedrivalry
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
as a Canadian surely it is my sworn duty to have known that there's such a thing as "spicy hockey books" mostly marketed to women?! #heatedrivalry
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What if, and just hear me out now, what if it really should not be on overworked individual faculty to adjust their approach to teaching to avoid AI cheating, but instead it should be dealt with at an administrative and legislative level?
None of these anti-AI assessment strategies y’all are promoting are at all reasonable for adjuncts or folks who teach asynchronous online classes or who have large large classes. Imagine adjuncting an asynchronous online class of 50 students and doing oral exams.
December 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
What if, and just hear me out now, what if it really should not be on overworked individual faculty to adjust their approach to teaching to avoid AI cheating, but instead it should be dealt with at an administrative and legislative level?
happy holidays from R.D. Laing: "I was trying to describe the family 'mangle,' the way families manufacture pain for their members." (1996) ha!
December 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
happy holidays from R.D. Laing: "I was trying to describe the family 'mangle,' the way families manufacture pain for their members." (1996) ha!
this is what is extremely enjoyable tonight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=720Y...
The Cry Of Jazz - Documentary (1959)
YouTube video by aylerone
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December 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
this is what is extremely enjoyable tonight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=720Y...
oh no I definitely don't relate to having a long string of imaginary nemesis(es) because it's "the key to pretty much every personal and professional accomplishment I’ve achieved" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/o...
Opinion | Why You, Too, Need a Nemesis
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
oh no I definitely don't relate to having a long string of imaginary nemesis(es) because it's "the key to pretty much every personal and professional accomplishment I’ve achieved" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/o...
and then sometimes you get spam from the Chief Director Internet Crime Complaint Center and you think oh that's a great idea we should totally do that---
December 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
and then sometimes you get spam from the Chief Director Internet Crime Complaint Center and you think oh that's a great idea we should totally do that---
I should have been soliciting contributions! in an imaginary future where I get to write #othernetworks part deux, what would you add?
spent quality snow-eve time with @loriemerson.net's brilliant & inspiring "other networks," an asynchronous history of non-internet communications. like many readers, i imagine, it made me think of others that might belong & my contribution is... jukeboxes! shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I should have been soliciting contributions! in an imaginary future where I get to write #othernetworks part deux, what would you add?
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The present corporatized, monolithic, surveilled state of the internet is just one possibility out of many, and there is radical promise in uncovering alternatives: pirate radio to barbed wire telegraph, synthesizers transmitted over the telephone to encoded messages bounced off the surface of the 🌙
December 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The present corporatized, monolithic, surveilled state of the internet is just one possibility out of many, and there is radical promise in uncovering alternatives: pirate radio to barbed wire telegraph, synthesizers transmitted over the telephone to encoded messages bounced off the surface of the 🌙
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Talking to somebody yesterday about a Cdn oral history archive that disappeared - turns out LLMs were scraping it so much it crashed their servers so it’s offline. Vile vulture technology.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Talking to somebody yesterday about a Cdn oral history archive that disappeared - turns out LLMs were scraping it so much it crashed their servers so it’s offline. Vile vulture technology.
capitalism tries out its own version of "well at least my mom thinks I'm hot" with "Wells Fargo values your insights!" you hear that people? I have insights! my bank told me so.
December 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
capitalism tries out its own version of "well at least my mom thinks I'm hot" with "Wells Fargo values your insights!" you hear that people? I have insights! my bank told me so.
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Re upping this request for leads for images of genAI books or synthetic books in the wild. Not texts, images of books.
Thank you!
#bookhistory
Thank you!
#bookhistory
I accidentally hid a post I was interested in If you see pictures of genAI books in the wild, please send them my way?
December 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Re upping this request for leads for images of genAI books or synthetic books in the wild. Not texts, images of books.
Thank you!
#bookhistory
Thank you!
#bookhistory
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On the one hand, AI will destroy what we have left of nature. On the other hand, it will also destroy what we have left of culture.
December 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
On the one hand, AI will destroy what we have left of nature. On the other hand, it will also destroy what we have left of culture.
why yes I did purchase a mini turntable so I can play this 3” vinyl of Corey Hart and yes I’m regretting I didn’t get two for DJing
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
why yes I did purchase a mini turntable so I can play this 3” vinyl of Corey Hart and yes I’m regretting I didn’t get two for DJing
today’s daily affirmation: I am grateful that youngest pussycat makes fine distinctions between the critters he would murder (for example, squirrels move and birds) and the critters he would not murder (for example, me). Such a sweet and refined pussycat!
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
today’s daily affirmation: I am grateful that youngest pussycat makes fine distinctions between the critters he would murder (for example, squirrels move and birds) and the critters he would not murder (for example, me). Such a sweet and refined pussycat!
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It's yet another plot by the AI cartel.
They are going to create a telepathic and ultra high speed communication network.
The plan is to have a Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass in each datacenter, worldwide!
cc @loriemerson.net
They are going to create a telepathic and ultra high speed communication network.
The plan is to have a Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass in each datacenter, worldwide!
cc @loriemerson.net
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It's yet another plot by the AI cartel.
They are going to create a telepathic and ultra high speed communication network.
The plan is to have a Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass in each datacenter, worldwide!
cc @loriemerson.net
They are going to create a telepathic and ultra high speed communication network.
The plan is to have a Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass in each datacenter, worldwide!
cc @loriemerson.net
I mean, obviously the best thing you’ll watch all day—
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I mean, obviously the best thing you’ll watch all day—
hey I finally got accepted to SCMS! If only I knew what I did that made a difference...anyways, looking forward to seeing you pals in Chicago in March #scms2026
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
hey I finally got accepted to SCMS! If only I knew what I did that made a difference...anyways, looking forward to seeing you pals in Chicago in March #scms2026
We are gathered here today to witness the joining of these twelve beautiful typewriterssswheeee! Let the joyful clackety clacking begin! New ribbons for everyone!
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
We are gathered here today to witness the joining of these twelve beautiful typewriterssswheeee! Let the joyful clackety clacking begin! New ribbons for everyone!