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CFP: Retro AI: Archaeologies of Artificial Intelligence at USC July 31-Aug 1, 2026, in-person synposium looking at the history of AI, ethics, innovation, and more. Submit a proposal by January 8.
bit.ly/retroai26
#critcode
bit.ly/retroai26
#critcode
Retro AI: CFP
Retro AI: Archeologies of Artificial Intelligence In-Person at USC: July 31, August 1 Deadline: Jan. 8. The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has long been obsessively focussed on the next big b...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
CFP: Retro AI: Archaeologies of Artificial Intelligence at USC July 31-Aug 1, 2026, in-person synposium looking at the history of AI, ethics, innovation, and more. Submit a proposal by January 8.
bit.ly/retroai26
#critcode
bit.ly/retroai26
#critcode
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🍬 Smalltown Blessing☕️ adorable a standup comic gets inspired while on holiday,❄️ insults sweater of a frustrated book editor who hexes her until they successfully learn the meaning of brisket
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🍬 Smalltown Blessing☕️ adorable a standup comic gets inspired while on holiday,❄️ insults sweater of a frustrated book editor who hexes her until they successfully learn the meaning of brisket
Sad scary NYT article: "What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch with Reality" ... Spoiler alert: they made some adjustments to try to avoid getting sued but still keep their product addictive.
Joseph Weizenbaum saw this coming.
Joseph Weizenbaum saw this coming.
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sad scary NYT article: "What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch with Reality" ... Spoiler alert: they made some adjustments to try to avoid getting sued but still keep their product addictive.
Joseph Weizenbaum saw this coming.
Joseph Weizenbaum saw this coming.
Here's my spoiler-free review of The Butterfly Effect by Last Call Theatre running a few nore weekends in LA: markcmarino.medium.com/butterfly-ef...
#immersivetheater #immersive
#immersivetheater #immersive
Butterfly Effect: Healing Immersive Theater
Last Call Theatre, the best Immersive troupe in LA, has a new offering that offers a steaming cup of healing for our troubled times. It’s…
markcmarino.medium.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here's my spoiler-free review of The Butterfly Effect by Last Call Theatre running a few nore weekends in LA: markcmarino.medium.com/butterfly-ef...
#immersivetheater #immersive
#immersivetheater #immersive
Submit a proposal for the 2026 Future of Writing Symposium online Feb 20 and at USC Feb 21. Help us envision the next pages for writing and teaching writing.
bit.ly/futureofwrit...
bit.ly/futureofwrit...
Future of Writing 2026 Proposals
The Future of Writing ‘26: A Symposium for Teachers Pedagogy, Process, Potential University of Southern California, https://bit.ly/futureofwriting26 Online February 20 In Person February 21 9 am - 5 ...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Submit a proposal for the 2026 Future of Writing Symposium online Feb 20 and at USC Feb 21. Help us envision the next pages for writing and teaching writing.
bit.ly/futureofwrit...
bit.ly/futureofwrit...
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NEW LISTING
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live Show
A 90-minute, infinitely improbable adventure through multiple spaces at London’s Riverside Studios, going on a quest for the secret to life, the universe and everything.
London. Through Feb. 15, 2026
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live Show
A 90-minute, infinitely improbable adventure through multiple spaces at London’s Riverside Studios, going on a quest for the secret to life, the universe and everything.
London. Through Feb. 15, 2026
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live Show
Don't panic
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November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
NEW LISTING
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live Show
A 90-minute, infinitely improbable adventure through multiple spaces at London’s Riverside Studios, going on a quest for the secret to life, the universe and everything.
London. Through Feb. 15, 2026
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live Show
A 90-minute, infinitely improbable adventure through multiple spaces at London’s Riverside Studios, going on a quest for the secret to life, the universe and everything.
London. Through Feb. 15, 2026
Cfp: Critical Code Studies Working Group '26 Jan 10-Feb 6, 2026
Join us for the 9th Biennial exploration of computer source code.
Register here: bit.ly/ccswg26
Join us for the 9th Biennial exploration of computer source code.
Register here: bit.ly/ccswg26
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Cfp: Critical Code Studies Working Group '26 Jan 10-Feb 6, 2026
Join us for the 9th Biennial exploration of computer source code.
Register here: bit.ly/ccswg26
Join us for the 9th Biennial exploration of computer source code.
Register here: bit.ly/ccswg26
CFP: The Future of Writing '26
Feb 20 (online), 21 (in person at USC) Submit by Dec 6
bit.ly/futureofwrit...
Feb 20 (online), 21 (in person at USC) Submit by Dec 6
bit.ly/futureofwrit...
Future of Writing 2026 Proposals
The Future of Writing ‘26: A Symposium for Teachers Pedagogy, Process, Potential University of Southern California, https://bit.ly/futureofwriting26 Online February 20 In Person February 21 9 am - 5 ...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
CFP: The Future of Writing '26
Feb 20 (online), 21 (in person at USC) Submit by Dec 6
bit.ly/futureofwrit...
Feb 20 (online), 21 (in person at USC) Submit by Dec 6
bit.ly/futureofwrit...
Don't miss this call for a Critical Code Studies conference in Porto and online next summer!
CFP for Breaking the Code is out! check it out, #elit and #newmedia friends>>>
Hacktivating Non-Normative Algorithms conference (18–19 June 2026) in Porto and Online
Submission deadline is January 15, 2026!
coda.letras.up.pt/brkcode/conf...
Hacktivating Non-Normative Algorithms conference (18–19 June 2026) in Porto and Online
Submission deadline is January 15, 2026!
coda.letras.up.pt/brkcode/conf...
Breaking the Code: Hacktivating Non-Normative Algorithms | International Conference – 18–19 June 2026 – Breaking the Code
coda.letras.up.pt
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Don't miss this call for a Critical Code Studies conference in Porto and online next summer!
USC annnounced a deal to give all students and faculty ChatGPT accounts at the same event former Google CEO Schmidt said not to worry because "I am sure your writing instructors can spot AI content." Generate on!
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
USC annnounced a deal to give all students and faculty ChatGPT accounts at the same event former Google CEO Schmidt said not to worry because "I am sure your writing instructors can spot AI content." Generate on!
Got some embarrassing moments you'd like to rewrite?
Come play our new netprov: The Plot Twist Swapmeet. Find gently used stories to replace your awkward moments.
www.reddit.com/r/plottwists...
Come play our new netprov: The Plot Twist Swapmeet. Find gently used stories to replace your awkward moments.
www.reddit.com/r/plottwists...
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Got some embarrassing moments you'd like to rewrite?
Come play our new netprov: The Plot Twist Swapmeet. Find gently used stories to replace your awkward moments.
www.reddit.com/r/plottwists...
Come play our new netprov: The Plot Twist Swapmeet. Find gently used stories to replace your awkward moments.
www.reddit.com/r/plottwists...
The fact that I vibe coded this game I made about rescuing college writing instruction by launching composition notebooks at zombifier students captures a lot of how I feel about AI.
claude.ai/public/artif...
claude.ai/public/artif...
notebook-hero.html | Claude
Play Notebook Hero, a retro arcade game where you help a professor save zombie students by shooting composition notebooks. Free browser-based gaming fun!
claude.ai
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The fact that I vibe coded this game I made about rescuing college writing instruction by launching composition notebooks at zombifier students captures a lot of how I feel about AI.
claude.ai/public/artif...
claude.ai/public/artif...
Check out "Vernacular computing as encoded aesthetics for decolonial code intervention" by Koundinya Dhulipalla in AI & Society which is becoming a strong site for #critcode link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Vernacular computing as encoded aesthetics for decolonial code intervention - AI & SOCIETY
This paper examines programming languages as cultural and political artifacts embedded within colonial systems of power. Drawing from critical code studies and decolonial theory, it explores how domin...
link.springer.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Check out "Vernacular computing as encoded aesthetics for decolonial code intervention" by Koundinya Dhulipalla in AI & Society which is becoming a strong site for #critcode link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Have you ever read the first this Mrs Wobbles story? Check out where it all began for free for share it with your favorite little one or teacher. Stories of the magical foster care home!
markcmarino.com/tales/storyb...
markcmarino.com/tales/storyb...
Mrs. Wobbles & the Tangerine House
markcmarino.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Have you ever read the first this Mrs Wobbles story? Check out where it all began for free for share it with your favorite little one or teacher. Stories of the magical foster care home!
markcmarino.com/tales/storyb...
markcmarino.com/tales/storyb...
Come hear Daniel Temkin talk about the strangest prpgramming languages in the world at his USC book launch Wednesday! Sponsored by HaCCS lab, the Harman Academy, Media Arts + Practice and the Dornsife Writing Program!
@dtemkin.bsky.social @ahmansonlab.bsky.social
@dtemkin.bsky.social @ahmansonlab.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Come hear Daniel Temkin talk about the strangest prpgramming languages in the world at his USC book launch Wednesday! Sponsored by HaCCS lab, the Harman Academy, Media Arts + Practice and the Dornsife Writing Program!
@dtemkin.bsky.social @ahmansonlab.bsky.social
@dtemkin.bsky.social @ahmansonlab.bsky.social
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Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/
OH at iDMAa: I have been a Klingon from time to time. -- Patrick Lichty
October 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
OH at iDMAa: I have been a Klingon from time to time. -- Patrick Lichty
We're excited to host a book launch with Daniel Temkin, one of the world's leading experts in esoteric programming languages (or Esolangs).
Book Launch: Forty-Four Esolangs
2pm, October 15
Ahmanson Lab (3rd Floor of Leavey) @dtemkin.bsky.social @ahmansonlab.bsky.social
Book Launch: Forty-Four Esolangs
2pm, October 15
Ahmanson Lab (3rd Floor of Leavey) @dtemkin.bsky.social @ahmansonlab.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We're excited to host a book launch with Daniel Temkin, one of the world's leading experts in esoteric programming languages (or Esolangs).
Book Launch: Forty-Four Esolangs
2pm, October 15
Ahmanson Lab (3rd Floor of Leavey) @dtemkin.bsky.social @ahmansonlab.bsky.social
Book Launch: Forty-Four Esolangs
2pm, October 15
Ahmanson Lab (3rd Floor of Leavey) @dtemkin.bsky.social @ahmansonlab.bsky.social
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New today in The Important Work: @markcmarino.bsky.social on teaching writing with an "analog sandwich." First, AI, then, no AI, then...maybe AI. theimportantwork.substack.com/p/the-analog...
The Analog Sandwich
Can we bring AI into the classroom and then ask it to step outside?
theimportantwork.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
New today in The Important Work: @markcmarino.bsky.social on teaching writing with an "analog sandwich." First, AI, then, no AI, then...maybe AI. theimportantwork.substack.com/p/the-analog...
Today we delivered the edited copy for Inventing ELIZA due out next May from MIT Press. written with Sarah Ciston, David Berry, Anthony Hay, Peter McMillan, Arthur Schwarz, Jeff Shrager, Peggy Weil, and me, with a Foreward by Janet Murray. @sarahciston.com @mitpress.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Today we delivered the edited copy for Inventing ELIZA due out next May from MIT Press. written with Sarah Ciston, David Berry, Anthony Hay, Peter McMillan, Arthur Schwarz, Jeff Shrager, Peggy Weil, and me, with a Foreward by Janet Murray. @sarahciston.com @mitpress.bsky.social
How come no one is feeling sad for all the paper mills that Chatgpt is putting out of business?
September 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
How come no one is feeling sad for all the paper mills that Chatgpt is putting out of business?
So cool. Team ELIZA just discovering that ELIZA was not even the original name of the program. Weizenbaum named the program SPEAK and then changed the name closer to the publicstion of the CACM article.
@mitpress.bsky.social
@mitpress.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
So cool. Team ELIZA just discovering that ELIZA was not even the original name of the program. Weizenbaum named the program SPEAK and then changed the name closer to the publicstion of the CACM article.
@mitpress.bsky.social
@mitpress.bsky.social
In this new article, I explain “The Analog Sandwich: teaching writing with & without AI“: markcmarino.medium.com/the-analog-s...
The Analog Sandwich: teaching writing with & without AI
Can we bring AI into the classroom and then ask it to step outside?
markcmarino.medium.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In this new article, I explain “The Analog Sandwich: teaching writing with & without AI“: markcmarino.medium.com/the-analog-s...
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The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”