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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 8d

Catch authors @burrata.bsky.social, @pepepierce.bsky.social, @nassimparvin.bsky.social, @erinmcel.bsky.social , & @emmaamador.bsky.social at events in October!
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Covers of Bangkok after Dark, Speculative Relations, Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen, The Politics of Care Work, Beautiful Mystery, Unfurl, The Dream of a Common Movement, and Becoming Trustworthy White Allies, arranged in a 4x4 grid.

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Nassim Parvin @nassimparvin.bsky.social · 14d

My co-author Neda Atanasoski and I will be in Michigan (myumi.ch/R3N28) next week, discussing our recent book Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen, published by Duke University Press. Join us if you are around!

A poster with a dominant dark background with a geometric pattern. On the poster, we see details of the upcoming talk. The text reads: DSI Lecture Series Presents Forging Feminist Futures from Creepy Technologies: The Politics of Smart Tech and Liberation Dreams with Neda Atanasoski and Nassim Parvin

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Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studie @wgss-umd.bsky.social · 22d

Something (techno)creepy this way comes👻. Join us Wed October 8 @ 4 PM to celebrate the release of Neda Atanasoski and @nassimparvin.bsky.social 's book Technocreep and the Politics of Things Unseen from @dukepress.bsky.social. RSVP at go.umd.edu/technocreep 🌈🎓 #academicsky #CriticalEthnicStudies

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University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu · 23d

Planning to apply to our master's or Ph.D. programs? If you are preparing to take the TOEFL exam and would like a discount code, contact Admissions Director Christine Noyes-Williams via LinkedIn message or email by Oct. 20 for a code. And good luck - you've got this! ischool.uw.edu/programs/phd...

Ph.D. Admissions Overview

Admissions timeline, basic requirements and what's required to apply to the iSchool's Ph.D. program.

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University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu · 27d

💜 Special iSchool 25th anniversary question for our alumni 💜
Tell us about your favorite iSchool professor. How did they affect you?

Your responses could appear in the next edition of iNews, our alumni magazine. Comment below or fill out our alumni survey with your answers! bit.ly/ischalumnisu...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 28d

Are you on the job market this year in an area that could be considered data science adjacent (any field/discipline, incl. humanities)? If so, UVA’s school of data science will be hiring for several posts this year—send me a mesg if you’re interested and I can tell you more about the timeline/jobs👍

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Nassim Parvin @nassimparvin.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you for this great photo and all your support in the process of writing this book! It’s so good to see it out in the world!

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Courtney Berger @ccberg.bsky.social · Sep 5

Nassim Parvin and Neda Atanasoski with their fabulous new book Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen. 💖 #4S2025
@dukepress.bsky.social @nassimparvin.bsky.social

Two authors holding a copy of their book in front of a book exhibit

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University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu · Sep 2

"Technocreep" book launch tonight at 7 p.m.! There will be a discussion with editors Neda Atanasoski and @nassimparvin.bsky.social and contributors Marjan Khatibi, Vernelle A. A. Noel, @hayri4.bsky.social, @erinmcel.bsky.social, and @drjessolivares.bsky.social.
www.elliottbaybook.com/events/47682

Neda Atanasoski, Nassim Parvin, Hayri Dortdivanlıoğlu, Marjan Khatibi, Erin McElroy, Vernelle A. A. Noel, & Jessica L. Olivares | Elliott Bay Book Company

Full-service, general bookstore operating since 1973. Frequent author events, cafe, over 150,000 titles

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Erin McElroy @erinmcel.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join us in Seattle 9/2 at Elliot Bay Books for the release of Technocreep! @nassimparvin.bsky.social www.elliottbaybook.com/events/47682

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University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu · Aug 26

Parvin and Atanasoski's Seattle book launch will be on Sept. 2 at Elliott Bay Book Company at 7 p.m. The authors will present and discuss "Technocreep" alongside five of the contributing authors and artists. @nassimparvin.bsky.social

www.elliottbaybook.com/events/47682

Neda Atanasoski, Nassim Parvin, Hayri Dortdivanlıoğlu, Marjan Khatibi, Erin McElroy, Vernelle A. A. Noel, & Jessica L. Olivares | Elliott Bay Book Company

Full-service, general bookstore operating since 1973. Frequent author events, cafe, over 150,000 titles

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · Jul 29

The Comedy of Computation is out! In this cultural history of the computer, Benjamin Mangrum shows that comedy has been central to how we've made sense of the technology's sweeping effects on public life and private experience.

www.sup.org/books/li...

#ReadUP

Book cover of The Comedy of Computation: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Obsolescence by Benjamin Mangrum

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · Jul 1

In The Global Journey of Racism, Michelle Christian provides a unified narrative of how the world's racial hierarchies came to be.

"Michelle Christian's book is a foundational text...It is destined to be an impactful and well-cited book."
—Jean Beaman, CUNY Graduate Center

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Book cover of The Global Journey of Racism by Michelle Christian

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The Good Robot Podcast @goodrobotpod.bsky.social · Jun 24

New episode! In this fantastic episode we talk to Nassim Parvin and Neda Atanasoski about their new book Technocreep: The Politics of Things Unseen 👀 Watch now on YouTube or stream on Apple, Spotify and more! 🤩

Watch us on YouTube: youtu.be/ScKSG9VjqxY

White text to the left reads "Rethinking 'creepy' technology". There are black and white images of Nassim Parvin and Neda Atanasoski on the right hand side. The background is a pink and purple starry galaxy.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Jun 22

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Jun 21

“This conflict not only obliterates infrastructure and takes civilian lives—it poses a dire threat to the very foundations of human civilization.”

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The Iranian Voices Missing From the “Regime Change” Debate

Pro-war voices who insist the Iranian people would welcome a war that would spell the end of the Islamic Republic are deliberately ignoring the desires of actual Iranians.

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Nassim Parvin @nassimparvin.bsky.social · Jun 11

CFP on under-explored & novel feminist methods & interventions on AI ethics for the Special Issue of Australian Feminist Studies, co-edited by Eleanor Drage, Jennifer Rhee, & myself. We welcome traditional research articles alongside artistic & experimental ones across the globe. shorturl.at/Kd4Wl

A screenshot of the journal webpage with details on the submission deadline and special issue editors for the call for papers on feminist methods and interventions on AI Ethics from the Australian Feminist Studies Journal.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Jun 5

Why public sector investment in basic research and innovation is irreplaceable ⤵️

The Register @theregister.com · Jun 5

If it can’t double our money, we’re not building it, Intel Products chief says

New products must show potential for 50% gross margin to get the greenlight Mounting losses and financial turmoil has Intel cutting the deadweight, an effort that won’t end with axing staff.…

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beth semel @bethmsemel.bsky.social · May 31

excited to get my hands on a copy of @nassimparvin.bsky.social and Neda Atanasoski's new (and very good looking) @dukepress.bsky.social book, Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen. i've got a chapter in there offering some preliminary thoughts on transductive labor in vocal biomarker AI

the front cover of Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen, edited by Neda Atanasoski and Nassim Parvin. The title is in white sans Serif font highlighted in bright pink. The features an image of Darya Fard's "Ineffable Freedom."

I'm holding the book Technocreep open to Chapter 10, by me! The chapter is entitlted Resistant Resonances: Vocal Biomarkers, Transductive Labor, and the Politics of Things Not Heard. My left hand is partially covering the chapter's text to help hold the book open.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · May 27

DUP authors, if you have any readings or talks (except conference panels) in June, please let us know so we can share them! Email Laura at [email protected]

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Nassim Parvin @nassimparvin.bsky.social · May 23

The beautiful image on the cover is "Ineffable Freedom" by Darya Fard.

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Nassim Parvin @nassimparvin.bsky.social · May 23

I'm thrilled to announce that Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen, co-authored and co-edited with my amazing collaborator Neda Atanasoski, is officially out now from Duke University Press! You can download the first chapter and buy the book here: www.dukeupress.edu/technocreep-...

The cover image for Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · May 19

“Following records requests from The Post, officials paused the first known, widespread live facial recognition program used by police in the United States.”

L Joy Williams @ljoywilliams.bsky.social · May 19

Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial-recognition cameras - The Washington Post apple.news/ARSUkSWxqQSG...

Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras — The Washington Post

Following records requests from The Post, officials paused the first known, widespread live facial recognition program used by police in the United States.

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Emma Burnell @emmaburnell.bsky.social · May 18

This week's newsletter is on why the 'Island of Strangers' phrase was damaging, even if you broadly support the measures in the Immigration White Paper.

And how communication is not just a string of sentences, but a way we cohere, as a society and as a political project.

On language, immigration and cohesion

Language matters. Cohesion matters. Language that obscures is incoherent.

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