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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 9h

"A transcendent, boundary-breaking work."

Peter Kaufman reviews @whitneyphillips.bsky.social and Mark Brockway’s "The Shadow Gospel" for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social: lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

Hand holding a copy of "The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-Liberal Demonology Posessed U.S. Religion, Media, and Politics" by Whitney Phillips and Mark Brockway.

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 17h

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Shira Chess (she/her) @shirachess.bsky.social · 17h

My new book, THE UNSEEN INTERNET (about the intersections between magical thinking and tech innovation) is officially available for pre-order via @mitpress.bsky.social!

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255388...

The Unseen Internet

Our contemporary digital landscape often reflects a strange logic: Elon Musk believes there’s a one-in-a-billion chance that we are not living in a com...

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 18h

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Brian Cantwell Smith, a visionary academic whose profound philosophy shaped our understanding of computation and artificial intelligence. We were honored to publish his groundbreaking ideas and extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and loved ones.

BRIAN SMITH Obituary (2025) - The Globe and Mail

View BRIAN CANTWELL SMITH's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

www.legacy.com

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 1d

"[An] important intervention complicating the historiography of technological development in Asia."

@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social covers @honghongtinn.bsky.social's "Island Tinkerers" in a joint review of books on US-China tech industries & global competition:

The Microchip Titans | Los Angeles Review of Books

Mason Wong reviews three books related to US-China tech industries and global competition.

lareviewofbooks.org

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 1d

A stand-up philosopher who made a unique contribution to science, humanism, and the hidden arts, Terence McKenna (1946–2000) was the twentieth century’s psychedelic Renaissance man. Graham St John provides the first biography of this enigmatic figure in "Strange Attractor": bit.ly/46vhj4y

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 1d

In "Lucretius and the Bat with Blue Eyes," a collection & translation of every passage on language in Lucretius’s classic “De rerum natura,” renowned neurolinguist Andrea Moro explores the role of the human language and the generative capacity of the alphabet to reach this goal: bit.ly/4ntg4IZ

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 1d

Taking a deep dive into the history and intricacies of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), Howard Herzog and Niall Mac Dowell's Essential Knowledge book "Carbon Removal" provides key insights into what CDR may look like as we continue to face a warming globe: bit.ly/4mHC55K

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 1d

In "Advancing Peace," DeVone Boggan, founder of the gun prevention program Advance Peace, and urban public health scholar Jason Corburn illustrate how to interrupt cycles of violence and create safer, healthier, more equitable communities: bit.ly/4nlfRYm

Copy of "Advancing Peace: Ending Urban Gun Violence Through the Power of Redemptive Love" on a plain background. The cover is black with a yellow peace sign in the foreground. In the background is an illustration of a grey cityscape.

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 1d

For business leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs, Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein's "Flash Teams" offers a guide to a dramatic new future of work, one in which managers assemble exactly the expertise they need within minutes: bit.ly/4lrBvZe

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 1d

In "Governing Babel," John Wihbey considers the ongoing, high-stakes debate over social media platforms and free speech, and how social media companies ought to manage their tremendous power: bit.ly/46zXUQ8

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 1d

New this week from the MIT Press. Congratulations authors! 📚👇

Photo grid of books publishing from the MIT Press on October 7th. Books featured: "Advancing Peace," "Carbon Removal," "Lucretius and the Bat with Blue Eyes," "Strange Attractor," "Flash Teams," and "Governing Babel."

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Stuart Ellis-Gorman @drcrossbows.bsky.social · 2d

It's been a while, but I'm finally back reviewing, and with a new edition of one of my favorite books. Vol.2 of @increment.bsky.social's Playing at the World from @mitpress.bsky.social is enormous and perhaps a more niche work than vol.1, but I loved it.
www.stuartellisgorman.com/blog/playing...

Playing at the World, 2e Volume 2: Three Pillars of Role-Playing Games by Jon Peterson — Stuart Ellis-Gorman

I have made no secret of my affection for Jon Peterson’s study of the origins of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), both in its original single volume form and in the new two-volume second edition from M...

www.stuartellisgorman.com

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 2d

"With the foundation provided in 'The Well-Read Game,' players now have strong guidelines to experience their games to the fullest." — The Journal of Popular Culture

Matthew Farber (@docfarber.bsky.social) and Tracy Fullerton's "The Well-Read Game" is available now: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255223...

Hand holding a copy of "The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully" by Tracy Fullerton and Matthew Farber. The book features an illustration of a girl reading a book while floating in the sky. Two winged game controllers fly behind her.

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Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez.bsky.social · 2d

A new episode of Science Underground is now available! 🎉

It's on the scientist, inventor, and the subject of my new book, SPARK: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone.

@mitpress.bsky.social #science #booksky #Blacksky
#womeninSTEM 🧪

www.ainissaramirez.com/podcast/epis...

Jim West — Ainissa Ramirez

Learn about the Hidden Figure behind the microphone.

www.ainissaramirez.com

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 2d

"An account as weird, wild, and nontraditional as its subject."

@publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews "Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna." On sale tomorrow:

Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna by Graham St John

This definitive biography from cultural historian St John (Weekend Societies) explores the life and ideas of psychedelic philoso...

www.publishersweekly.com

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 3d

Censorship has no place in a free society. To mark the start of #BannedBooksWeek, we've curated a list of recent MIT Press books to help you read for your rights: mitpress.mit.edu/reading-free...

Promotional image depicting three 3D covers of MIT Press books. Books featured are "Somebody Should Do Something," "On Liberalism," and "Rewiring Democracy."

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 4d

New month, new books! This month: a richly illustrated exploration of modern art about black holes; an investigation of our thinking about hypocrisy; a wide-ranging exploration of how AI will alter every facet of democracy; and more: mitpress.mit.edu/october-2025...

Three new books releasing from the MIT Press in October: "Conjuring the Void," "The Hypocrisy Trap," and "Rewiring Democracy."

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 4d

Learn more about how to disrupt the spread of disinformation and win the war on truth in McIntyre's easy-to-read book, "On Disinformation": mitpress.mit.edu/978026254630...

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 4d

"I want people to train themselves," @leecmcintyre.bsky.social told @usatoday.com, "to ask where the information in question is coming from, what's at stake, who's behind it, and what benefit does it serve to get that information out to the public?": www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Trump posted about a medical conspiracy theory called 'medbeds.' Here's what's going on.

President Donald Trump posted, and later deleted, a fake Fox News report featuring an AI clip of himself promoting "medbeds," a nonexistent cure-all medical bed.

www.usatoday.com

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 5d

"Rarely does an esolanger discover the most interesting possibilities of their language on their own; it is others’ experiments that reveal the nuance and character of a language." thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-hacker-f... @dtemkin.bsky.social

The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Coding

Esolangs, or esoteric programming languages, highlight the hidden metaphors and conventions that structure mainstream programming.

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 5d

"Ando’s art reflects the natural world in its most elemental form and ... captures the marvelous mystery of its simplest phenomenon." — Kirkus

Out in November, "Water of the Sky" is a visual dictionary of 2000 Japanese words for rain, with 100 drawings in indigo: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204986...

Promotional image of "Water of the Sky" on a background painting of indigo. Text under the book reads "A meditative artistic practice that encourages deep reflection." — Kirkus

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 5d

🎉 Getting closer and closer to pub! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205248...

markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 5d

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

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 5d

❤️ Thank you!!

This is a perfect Halloween read (and also #OpenAccess): mitpress.mit.edu/978026253328...

Jason Krawczyk @jkrawczyk.bsky.social · 5d

This annotated Frankenstein from @mitpress.bsky.social is incredible.

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 5d

🎉 Thresholds 53: Idle is a recipient of the 2025 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals! Congratulations to editors Joshua Tan and Mingjia Chen, along with the entire Issue 53 team:

2025 Douglas Haskell Award Recognizes Four Student Journals on Architecture - Center for Architecture

AIA New York and the Center for Architecture are proud to announce the 2025 recipients of the Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals. The Haskell Award was founded to encourage student journalism…

www.centerforarchitecture.org

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 6d

"So extreme is this embarrassment within the political class that it has eclipsed even the personal fears of disability and death among legislators who control the dollars."

The Rise and Unraveling of America’s Science Pact

The system of federally funded research gave the U.S. wealth, power, and prestige. Its future is now uncertain.

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

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