Christin
@cwg5.bsky.social
phd candidate + profesh tinkerer re: Blackness, spirit, and memory in these digital lands 🧚🏾
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Happy birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope, launched from the Kennedy Space Center #OTD in 1990. Here's to a remarkable 35 years of imaging the Cosmos. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
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April 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Happy birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope, launched from the Kennedy Space Center #OTD in 1990. Here's to a remarkable 35 years of imaging the Cosmos. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
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Day 1 with @aadhum-umd.bsky.social was amazing. Introduced folks to @mmasnick.bsky.social’s Trust & Safety Tycoon. Great questions about building decentralized platforms and thinking through content moderation challenges.
And, and, aaaand — I soldered something for the first time!
And, and, aaaand — I soldered something for the first time!
April 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Day 1 with @aadhum-umd.bsky.social was amazing. Introduced folks to @mmasnick.bsky.social’s Trust & Safety Tycoon. Great questions about building decentralized platforms and thinking through content moderation challenges.
And, and, aaaand — I soldered something for the first time!
And, and, aaaand — I soldered something for the first time!
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Whether speaking to students in @drkalyncoghill.bsky.social’s class on Hashtag Activism or folks at @aadhum-umd.bsky.social yesterday, it’s always great to see the reactions when I mention that folks are building TikTok alternatives on atproto like @skylight.social 🖤
April 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Whether speaking to students in @drkalyncoghill.bsky.social’s class on Hashtag Activism or folks at @aadhum-umd.bsky.social yesterday, it’s always great to see the reactions when I mention that folks are building TikTok alternatives on atproto like @skylight.social 🖤
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Here we go! @rudyfraser.com is describing matters of representing/supporting Black communities on social media. Turns to technical infrastructure: open source, user support, & other considerations. Thinking about systems that are sustainable, and that can operate well into the future.
April 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here we go! @rudyfraser.com is describing matters of representing/supporting Black communities on social media. Turns to technical infrastructure: open source, user support, & other considerations. Thinking about systems that are sustainable, and that can operate well into the future.
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🌱 Our director w. a ft on The Black Studies Podcast. She talks formation of Black Studies btwn + beyond disciplines, & centrality of experimental work in the study of Black life!
As I was saying to a friend today, it's always a privilege to have someone care about your ideas. Gratitude today to The Black Studies Podcast for this opportunity to chat w the glorious Ashley Newby @ digital things, Black Studies things, teaching things, & more! open.spotify.com/episode/6IdA...
Marisa Parham - Department of English, University of Maryland
The Black Studies Podcast · Episode
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April 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🌱 Our director w. a ft on The Black Studies Podcast. She talks formation of Black Studies btwn + beyond disciplines, & centrality of experimental work in the study of Black life!
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Tues 4/22 ⇣
🧑🏽💻 2:30pm ⇢ MITH: Fraser leads content moderation wkshp
🌌 5:30pm ⇢ MITH: Fraser talks black social media, moderation, + digital infrastructure
Wed 4/23 ⇣
🧑🏽💻 5:30pm ⇢ AADHum: Fraser leads wkshop on creating + managing custom feeds
🧑🏽💻 2:30pm ⇢ MITH: Fraser leads content moderation wkshp
🌌 5:30pm ⇢ MITH: Fraser talks black social media, moderation, + digital infrastructure
Wed 4/23 ⇣
🧑🏽💻 5:30pm ⇢ AADHum: Fraser leads wkshop on creating + managing custom feeds
April 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Tues 4/22 ⇣
🧑🏽💻 2:30pm ⇢ MITH: Fraser leads content moderation wkshp
🌌 5:30pm ⇢ MITH: Fraser talks black social media, moderation, + digital infrastructure
Wed 4/23 ⇣
🧑🏽💻 5:30pm ⇢ AADHum: Fraser leads wkshop on creating + managing custom feeds
🧑🏽💻 2:30pm ⇢ MITH: Fraser leads content moderation wkshp
🌌 5:30pm ⇢ MITH: Fraser talks black social media, moderation, + digital infrastructure
Wed 4/23 ⇣
🧑🏽💻 5:30pm ⇢ AADHum: Fraser leads wkshop on creating + managing custom feeds
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From #BlackTwitter to @blacksky.app - We are in for a treat w. 3 upcoming AADHum events w/ technologist, community organizer, & creator of Blacksky, @rudyfraser.com! RSVP here: go.umd.edu/blacksky
April 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
From #BlackTwitter to @blacksky.app - We are in for a treat w. 3 upcoming AADHum events w/ technologist, community organizer, & creator of Blacksky, @rudyfraser.com! RSVP here: go.umd.edu/blacksky
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🤖 Join us tmrw - Apr 3rd @ 4pm in MITH to learn abt AADHum faculty @awwsmith.bsky.social's latest work.
A researcher, developer, + artist, Smith investigates quantum computing as a new method for creative writing & human-computer co-writing. We hope to see you there!
A researcher, developer, + artist, Smith investigates quantum computing as a new method for creative writing & human-computer co-writing. We hope to see you there!
April 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🤖 Join us tmrw - Apr 3rd @ 4pm in MITH to learn abt AADHum faculty @awwsmith.bsky.social's latest work.
A researcher, developer, + artist, Smith investigates quantum computing as a new method for creative writing & human-computer co-writing. We hope to see you there!
A researcher, developer, + artist, Smith investigates quantum computing as a new method for creative writing & human-computer co-writing. We hope to see you there!
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Join us for two AADHum events led by transdisciplinary artist, designer, & educator @curryhackett.bsky.social!
Thurs 3/27 ⇣
💻 1pm ⇢ MITH: wkshp on AI, art, & visualizing Black joy
🌱 5pm ⇢ @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville: convo on AI, eco-poetics, & Black life
Thurs 3/27 ⇣
💻 1pm ⇢ MITH: wkshp on AI, art, & visualizing Black joy
🌱 5pm ⇢ @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville: convo on AI, eco-poetics, & Black life
March 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Join us for two AADHum events led by transdisciplinary artist, designer, & educator @curryhackett.bsky.social!
Thurs 3/27 ⇣
💻 1pm ⇢ MITH: wkshp on AI, art, & visualizing Black joy
🌱 5pm ⇢ @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville: convo on AI, eco-poetics, & Black life
Thurs 3/27 ⇣
💻 1pm ⇢ MITH: wkshp on AI, art, & visualizing Black joy
🌱 5pm ⇢ @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville: convo on AI, eco-poetics, & Black life
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🛸 You are officially invited to the Black Metal Starship Program!
On Tues. 2/25 from 5-7p, creative technologist Ari Melenciano + artist Jeremy Kamal will join us @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville for a book talk & interactive event abt Black Metal, a limited ed. art anthology.
On Tues. 2/25 from 5-7p, creative technologist Ari Melenciano + artist Jeremy Kamal will join us @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville for a book talk & interactive event abt Black Metal, a limited ed. art anthology.
February 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
🛸 You are officially invited to the Black Metal Starship Program!
On Tues. 2/25 from 5-7p, creative technologist Ari Melenciano + artist Jeremy Kamal will join us @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville for a book talk & interactive event abt Black Metal, a limited ed. art anthology.
On Tues. 2/25 from 5-7p, creative technologist Ari Melenciano + artist Jeremy Kamal will join us @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville for a book talk & interactive event abt Black Metal, a limited ed. art anthology.
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Made possible by a 2024 Teaching Innovation Grant, NarraSpace at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities is a new immersive storytelling lab redefining scholarship with VR, spatial audio, gaming and more.
english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
February 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Made possible by a 2024 Teaching Innovation Grant, NarraSpace at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities is a new immersive storytelling lab redefining scholarship with VR, spatial audio, gaming and more.
english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
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The Shark Nebula 🦈
📷 Stephen Kennedy
📷 Stephen Kennedy
November 20, 2024 at 3:47 PM
The Shark Nebula 🦈
📷 Stephen Kennedy
📷 Stephen Kennedy