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Aaron Shapiro
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assistant professor of technology studies, UNC Comm
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 6h
… students at a Logan Square school were at recess when they were rushed inside after an ICE agent threw tear gas at a nearby car. And that afternoon one Southwest Side charter school went on lockdown because of a report of an ICE agent in a vehicle outside. chicago.suntimes.com/education/20...
Chicago Public Schools creates command center to monitor ICE activity
The school district is facing pressure to do more to help schools and families navigate federal immigration activity and concerns about attendance.
chicago.suntimes.com
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 23h
Looks awesome @ppopiel.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The network dialectic: the digital divide and the contradictions of Philadelphia's digital equity strategy
This study examines the political economy, discursive legitimations, and effectiveness of the primary U.S. policy response to narrowing the digital divide: public subsidies for internet service. Us...
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 2d
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Aug 6
Rich instructions for book reviewers coming from Taylor & Francis: "You have been chosen as an expert in your fields and should not be using generative AI for analysis or summarization of the submitted proposal ... in the creation of your review"
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Taylor & Francis AI deal sets "worrying precedent"
The publisher didn’t give authors any notice before selling access to its data to Microsoft for $10 million. The agreement could improve academic research, but it further entrenches the predatory natu...
www.insidehighered.com
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 2d
Now that I got tenure, lemme start the list of journal publishers I ain’t submitting to or reviewing for
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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · Sep 19
Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors
The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).
www.thebookseller.com
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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · Sep 19
Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors
The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).
www.thebookseller.com
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 4d
3yo wants to be a “reckoning ball” for Halloween. We support
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Journal of Cultural Economy @jcultecon.bsky.social · 7d
Our latest issue just out and, we think we can say this, it is a banger. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjce20/c... feat. @philiproscoe.bsky.social @ulissess.bsky.social @cibled.bsky.social @maijutanninen.bsky.social @busedoyu.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social @theobourgeron.bsky.social &&
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AAUP @aaup.org · 8d
BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 13d
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 13d
Comey perpetuating this dangerous fear mongering myth set stage for republican platform today
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 13d
So called “Ferguson effect”, ie, crime rises when people criticize police for murder, civil rights abuses, & corruption
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 13d
Don’t forget FBI Director Doubles Down On Linking Scrutiny Of Police With Rise In Violent Crime : The Two-Way

www.npr.org/sections/the....
FBI Director Doubles Down On Linking Scrutiny Of Police With Rise In Violent Crime
James Comey said police restraint, born from increased scrutiny in the wake of high-profile police killings, may be contributing to an uptick in violent crimes in some cities.
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Aug 30
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
What it’s like running an academic program during Trump 2.0 | Opinion
Funding for humanities scholarship of all sorts is drying up, and central topics like DEI have become political playthings that decimate their intellectual value.
www.inquirer.com
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Aug 27
just discovered r/pickles www.reddit.com/r/Pickles/
Pickles: the world is a giant pickle
r/Pickles
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Aug 19
Never again shall these horrors and indignities be suffered by… Jews or humans ?
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Aug 19
Watching the pianist, unbiddenly thinking of Gaza, and feeling nothing but shame and rage against the exterminationist policies of Israel.
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Aug 10
Why does the movie juror #2 feel like it was made in 2005?
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Aug 6
Rich instructions for book reviewers coming from Taylor & Francis: "You have been chosen as an expert in your fields and should not be using generative AI for analysis or summarization of the submitted proposal ... in the creation of your review"
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Taylor & Francis AI deal sets "worrying precedent"
The publisher didn’t give authors any notice before selling access to its data to Microsoft for $10 million. The agreement could improve academic research, but it further entrenches the predatory natu...
www.insidehighered.com
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Michael Maffie @maffie.bsky.social · Aug 5
🚨 I’m excited to announce that, “The Enshittification of Work: Platform Decay and Labour Conditions in the Gig Economy” is now available online !

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Enshittification of Work: Platform Decay and Labour Conditions in the Gig Economy
This study investigates the mechanisms by which gig platforms degrade labour conditions over time, building on the concept of platform decay, or ‘enshittification’, initially developed in the context...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Aug 4
So glad the arbiters of democracy are speaking up
NYTimes headline: Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. Teaser: economists say unbiased data is essential for policymaking, and for democracy
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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · Jun 27
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I don’t practice trans sharia/I ain’t got no crystal ball… 🎶
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Jun 27
Singing "trans sharia" to the tune of "My Sharona"
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Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social · Jun 27
meanwhile, on twitter
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Jun 24
I’ve been getting these too. They make me feel very icky
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Jun 15
Zoreos?
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Jun 12
But New Orleans is my 2nd home. Philly in general, gotta be MFSB, whose “TSOP” was the Soul Train theme; and Cheltenham Township specifically, it’s Lil Dicky
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · Jun 12
Love me some Dr John of course but isn’t it the Louis Armstrong intl airport ? And by rights I’m pretty sure Toussaint or one/all of the Nevilles would take it
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · Jun 11
I love how certain cities hold their most iconic musicians as patron saints and part of the city's identity. Minneapolis has Prince. We in Austin Have Willy. New Orleans has Dr. John.

Genuinely curious: Who is your city's musical patron saint?
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