Noah Springer
@noahspringer.com
acquisitions editor for dh, new media, game studies, hci, and design at the MIT Press | editor and columnist at Unwinnable Magazine | letterboxed https://boxd.it/oHIf
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Noah Springer
@noahspringer.com
· Jun 9
I made a starter pack of my authors (and some other authors from fields like STS and comm) here @mitpress.bsky.social. Let me know if you want to be added, either because I missed you, or because you have a book you are interested in publishing!
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go.bsky.app/M36a6aK
Just saw someone reposting starter packs, and remembered mine! Check out some @mitpress.bsky.social authors here
RPG Theory Reader when?
January 12, 2026 at 1:54 AM
RPG Theory Reader when?
What a title!
A revolutionary new paradigm for understanding addiction.
What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing but Cocaine? by Hanna Pickard, illustrated by Marco Venniro, is now available (3 March UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing but Cocaine? by Hanna Pickard, illustrated by Marco Venniro, is now available (3 March UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
January 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
What a title!
Thank you for this amazing description of this article. I expect Sam never left the pool
January 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Thank you for this amazing description of this article. I expect Sam never left the pool
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It turns out that @noahspringer.com's titular dark secret is as good an explanation as any I've seen for why Sam Altman always seems damp. tinyurl.com/5eu6hrmx
January 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
It turns out that @noahspringer.com's titular dark secret is as good an explanation as any I've seen for why Sam Altman always seems damp. tinyurl.com/5eu6hrmx
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I could spend an hour or two breaking my brain on this.
(Some will remember that the NMR focused on reprinting historical documents, as opposed to collecting essays and scholarship.)
(Some will remember that the NMR focused on reprinting historical documents, as opposed to collecting essays and scholarship.)
🚨Calling all new media scholars🚨
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
The New Media Reader
This reader collects the texts, videos, and computer programs—many of them now almost impossible to find—that chronicle the history and form the foundati...
mitpress.mit.edu
January 6, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I could spend an hour or two breaking my brain on this.
(Some will remember that the NMR focused on reprinting historical documents, as opposed to collecting essays and scholarship.)
(Some will remember that the NMR focused on reprinting historical documents, as opposed to collecting essays and scholarship.)
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Are you teaching courses that use the current edition? Would you be excited to adopt a new edition for your course? This is a very low-fidelity survey, but I'd love to hear from you if you have thoughts
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Are you teaching courses that use the current edition? Would you be excited to adopt a new edition for your course? This is a very low-fidelity survey, but I'd love to hear from you if you have thoughts
Reposted by Noah Springer
🚨Calling all new media scholars🚨
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
The New Media Reader
This reader collects the texts, videos, and computer programs—many of them now almost impossible to find—that chronicle the history and form the foundati...
mitpress.mit.edu
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🚨Calling all new media scholars🚨
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
I got seven stitches in my index finger when I swiped at a fly on my basement’s drop ceiling. The fly lived
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I got seven stitches in my index finger when I swiped at a fly on my basement’s drop ceiling. The fly lived
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I'm quite curious to hear responses to this.
🚨Calling all new media scholars🚨
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
The New Media Reader
This reader collects the texts, videos, and computer programs—many of them now almost impossible to find—that chronicle the history and form the foundati...
mitpress.mit.edu
January 5, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I'm quite curious to hear responses to this.
Are you teaching courses that use the current edition? Would you be excited to adopt a new edition for your course? This is a very low-fidelity survey, but I'd love to hear from you if you have thoughts
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Are you teaching courses that use the current edition? Would you be excited to adopt a new edition for your course? This is a very low-fidelity survey, but I'd love to hear from you if you have thoughts
🚨Calling all new media scholars🚨
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
The New Media Reader
This reader collects the texts, videos, and computer programs—many of them now almost impossible to find—that chronicle the history and form the foundati...
mitpress.mit.edu
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🚨Calling all new media scholars🚨
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
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The first two hours this morning
January 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The first two hours this morning
I’ve always heard that Cars 2 makes Cars 3 look like Cars 1
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I’ve always heard that Cars 2 makes Cars 3 look like Cars 1
Dril will be the final good account on Twitter, and I hope he never stops posting
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Dril will be the final good account on Twitter, and I hope he never stops posting
Versus what I’m actually bringing
a fluffy cat is sitting on a table and looking at the camera .
ALT: a fluffy cat is sitting on a table and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Versus what I’m actually bringing
The look I’m trying to bring into being as I enter my 40s this year, but maybe without the priest collar
January 2, 2026 at 3:39 AM
The look I’m trying to bring into being as I enter my 40s this year, but maybe without the priest collar
How I’m walking out of 2025
December 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
How I’m walking out of 2025
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found a comic i drew in 2015 when i was in college and i STAND BY IT
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
found a comic i drew in 2015 when i was in college and i STAND BY IT
Falling asleep to Bad Sant on Xmas Eve as god intended
a man with a beard is wearing a santa claus outfit and making a funny face .
Alt: a man with a beard is wearing a santa claus outfit and making a funny face . Billy Bob Thorton chewing lettuce in Bad Santa when the family interrupts his lunch
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Falling asleep to Bad Sant on Xmas Eve as god intended
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Is Life a Form of Computation?
Alan Turing and John von Neumann saw it early: the logic of life and the logic of code may be one and the same.
by @blaiseaguera.bsky.social
Alan Turing and John von Neumann saw it early: the logic of life and the logic of code may be one and the same.
by @blaiseaguera.bsky.social
Is Life a Form of Computation?
Alan Turing and John von Neumann saw it early: the logic of life and the logic of code may be one and the same.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
December 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Is Life a Form of Computation?
Alan Turing and John von Neumann saw it early: the logic of life and the logic of code may be one and the same.
by @blaiseaguera.bsky.social
Alan Turing and John von Neumann saw it early: the logic of life and the logic of code may be one and the same.
by @blaiseaguera.bsky.social
Oh right, having the flu sucks
December 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Oh right, having the flu sucks
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If we get 100 new subs by the end of the year we'll be adding at least one Final Romantasy fan fic into the Final Fantasy x Politics issue courtesy of @derekkinsman.com. Make him regret it folks!
Subscribe to Unwinnable before the end of the year and get all the 2025 issues free! That's twelve issues of Unwinnable Monthly AND twelve issues of Exploits for five clams. Feed your brain over the holidays!
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December 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If we get 100 new subs by the end of the year we'll be adding at least one Final Romantasy fan fic into the Final Fantasy x Politics issue courtesy of @derekkinsman.com. Make him regret it folks!
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We just cooked up a year-end special: Subscribe to Unwinnable before the end of 2025, and you get access to all of our Monthly and Exploits issues from the whole year. This also applies to monthly subscribers who switch to an annual subscription! unwinnable.com/subscribe/
December 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We just cooked up a year-end special: Subscribe to Unwinnable before the end of 2025, and you get access to all of our Monthly and Exploits issues from the whole year. This also applies to monthly subscribers who switch to an annual subscription! unwinnable.com/subscribe/
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ICYMI: "[W]hy, if some of my favorite bands from the 1990s (and beyond) are so influenced by Minutemen, had I never listened to them?"
@noahspringer.com explores the connections between his favorite music and Minutemen:
@noahspringer.com explores the connections between his favorite music and Minutemen:
A Lynchpin - Unwinnable
“How,” you may ask yourself, “did Noah, music critic of a sort, make it to almost 40 years and never run across this incredibly influential band?”
unwinnable.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICYMI: "[W]hy, if some of my favorite bands from the 1990s (and beyond) are so influenced by Minutemen, had I never listened to them?"
@noahspringer.com explores the connections between his favorite music and Minutemen:
@noahspringer.com explores the connections between his favorite music and Minutemen: