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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · 1d

lots going in this week, if you're around in Oslo.

Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities @uio-oceh.bsky.social · 1d

A week of creativity, history, and critical reflection at the OCEH Lab 🌿

Here’s what’s happening over the next few days 👇

hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · 3d

bluesky is a shell game run by silicon valley grifters, and their narrative about "decentralization" is a joke—but after a few years in the activitypub space, the vibe there too is indescribably exhausting. increasingly I think the problem is the idea that a "good" social media exists anywhere.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · 5d

technical, but to the point.

"AT Proto has become essentially a sort of ideological vaporware; a way for Jay Graber et al to run a social media platform while claiming they don't run a social media platform."

azhdarchid.com/delusions-of...

Delusions of a Protocol

On vaporware as an ideological product.

azhdarchid.com

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · 5d

CEO of bluesky mocking trans users of her site with a bad-faith "cute" joke about "waffles" (i.e. how their concerns are just noise). every time I think I might give this site another shot, the people who own it out themselves again (and again) as weird, toxic jerks.

bsky.app/profile/jay....

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 6d

Amazing breakfast this morning. I love waffles

Waffle with berries & powdered sugar on floral plate

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · 7d

looks like our collaborative project about kelp forests, deep sea minerals and "charting the seabed multiple" got funded.

www.forskningsradet.no/en/call-for-...

Researcher Project for Scientific Renewal (Thematic Call)

The purpose of this call is to promote innovation and development in research that can contribute to advancing the international research front wit...

www.forskningsradet.no

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · 8d

it's a wild line-up. come by if you're in Oslo.

PS. we have free coffee and cookies.

#EnvHum

Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities @uio-oceh.bsky.social · 8d

🍂 Big month ahead at OCEH! October brings poetry from pollution, Sámi law, multispecies justice, and more.

Workshops, lunch seminars, lab talks — all diving into fresh perspectives on how we relate to nature, weather, and each other 🌿✨

Curious? Come join the conversations!

Poster with autumn leaves background listing OCEH October events: workshops, lunch seminars, and lab talks on poetry, weather, Sámi knowledge, ecology, and justice.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · 8d

institutional page for one of my new projects just got published. particularly pleased with the header image.

www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english...

Home in Crisis (Norway) - Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

What does “home” mean in a world with global climate change? And how is the climate crisis lived and felt at home?

www.hf.uio.no

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · 9d

we made a "get involved" page for @uio-oceh.bsky.social, for anyone who wants to collaborate or just come and hang out.

www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english...

Get involved - Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

As an open, interdisciplinary platform we are always thinking up new ways to collaborate and bring people into the work we do.

www.hf.uio.no

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · 21d

drop in, check out how the bluesky mods are handling The Situation, eyeroll, log back out again.

hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Jun 15

I drop in here from time to time but honestly, life is too short to commit to yet another US-based communication infrastructure.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Jun 29

we'll be expanding and updating the @uio-oceh.bsky.social site over the summer, so I figure why not throw open the question.

dear internet ( #EnvHum in particular ): what would you change to make this a better and more useful site for you? what works, what doesn't?

www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english...

Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities - Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

An open and collaborative platform for interdisciplinary, humanities-led environmental research.

www.hf.uio.no

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Jun 15

busy, to the point of exhaustion, but less and less interested in "social media" as such. a number of other things I'd rather do while rome burns.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Jun 15

entering US-centered algorithmically mediated spaces feels increasingly like poisoning yourself with someone else's drugs. how you doing though? your feed suggests you're confessing life changes to your dentist.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Jun 15

I drop in here from time to time but honestly, life is too short to commit to yet another US-based communication infrastructure.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · May 2

and now we're officially on bluesky!

bsky.app/profile/uio-...

Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities @uio-oceh.bsky.social · May 2

New on Bluesky!

We’re OCEH - a research hub at the University of Oslo @uio.no, exploring climate, nature & culture through the humanities.

Follow for research highlights, events, reading tips & snapshots from the OCEH Lab.

📸 OCEH Lab

hf.uio.no/oceh
#ClimateCrisis #EnvironmentalHumanities #envhum

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Apr 29

we have an official (short) URL. sweet. hf.uio.no/oceh

Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities - Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

An open and collaborative platform for interdisciplinary, humanities-led environmental research.

hf.uio.no

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Mar 29

published statement of solidarity with the department of middle eastern, south asian and african studies at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, from staff of my institute at @uio.no (including me).

www.khrono.no/in-solidarit...

Letter of support: In solidarity with our colleagues at Columbia University

A letter of support from faculty at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian, and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oslo.

www.khrono.no

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Dec 22

just as a PSA, I use this account mostly to follow a few people and keep an eye on news. I lean into community-owned social media these days, I'm wary of US-based infrastructure, and I really don't like bluesky management.

if you'd like to chat, links are in bio—or just send me an email.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Dec 20

this site is so badly managed it's embarrassing.

Miriam @miriamboosh.bsky.social · Dec 20

Good morning. Let me check if I’ve got this right.
- Juni created a bot that shows what Aaron (head of trust and safety) likes
- His likes are public information
- Aaron likes a porn post
- Trust and safety ban the bot and creator in 16 minutes
- Creator appeals and ban is upheld

What's our head of T&S doing? @whats-aaron-doing.bsky.social
+ Follow
Aaron liked:
BEST GIRLS TIKTOK
• Changed Handle
•SHE'S GORGEOUS »
@tiktokgirls.bsky.social • 14h
THER PROFILES
go.sendmemessage.bio
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#nfsw #adultcontent #fetish #model #onlyfans #petite #xxx #contentcreator #censored #18+ #pov #sexy #tiktokhot #tiktok #tiktok18+

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Dec 13

a badly moderated instance of 25 million users, where the default crisis response of the leadership is to go and hide in a corner, say nothing and pretend it isn't happening.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Dec 13

exactly how they handled some moderation issues last year that made me delete my account, because they clearly had no idea what they were doing. you'd think a year and half later some learning might have occurred but apparently, that's a no.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Dec 13

bunkering down into complete radio silence without even a simple band-aid like "we hear the concerns of our community and are working on how to best address the issues."

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Dec 13

bluesky really fucking up on this singal issue, huh. it's actually quite weird to watch.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Dec 12

jesse singal openly palling it up with kiwi farms and still, crickets from bluesky safety. wild.

sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · Dec 12

Hey @safety.bsky.app @aaron.bsky.team @jay.bsky.team. This is Jesse Singal talking about receiving assistance re: your website from a member of a website which exists primarily to stalk & harass trans people with the aim of making them kill themselves. At least one of their targets did exactly that.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Dec 11

anyway infrastructure is always part dream, isn't it. one reason why it's interesting.

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hugo (squeaky tank appreciator) @hugo.town · Dec 11

at first I found this tension frustrating, it felt like a con: users were being drawn onto a platform that at a basic, technological level was not what it presented itself as, or what it led users to believe.

I've come around to it though. it gives the platform a vibrant, unfinalized quality.

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