Nick Seaver
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How do Visa + Mastercard control what content is allowed on platforms?
(spoiler: moral panic+algo-bias)
My 💥new article💥 out today in @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social clarifies credit card + payment processor influences using Pornhub's 2020 moderation scandal
full article: doi.org/10.1080/2326...
(spoiler: moral panic+algo-bias)
My 💥new article💥 out today in @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social clarifies credit card + payment processor influences using Pornhub's 2020 moderation scandal
full article: doi.org/10.1080/2326...
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How do Visa + Mastercard control what content is allowed on platforms?
(spoiler: moral panic+algo-bias)
My 💥new article💥 out today in @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social clarifies credit card + payment processor influences using Pornhub's 2020 moderation scandal
full article: doi.org/10.1080/2326...
(spoiler: moral panic+algo-bias)
My 💥new article💥 out today in @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social clarifies credit card + payment processor influences using Pornhub's 2020 moderation scandal
full article: doi.org/10.1080/2326...
the lol I lolled (cc @acorsin.bsky.social)
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
the lol I lolled (cc @acorsin.bsky.social)
trying the salty emailing with links to scholarly societies’ fair use guides strategy now
Does anyone have familiarity with trying to get a journal to allow you to include online meme images as figures without tracking down the originator and having them sign a license?
January 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
trying the salty emailing with links to scholarly societies’ fair use guides strategy now
briefly escaping the horrors by taking my children to try out the youth gamelan
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
briefly escaping the horrors by taking my children to try out the youth gamelan
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I just learned that they make these, and it’s going to make egg storage so much easier 🤯 I’ve been keeping them in a variety of small bowls and containers. This way, I’ve got one convenient basket for them all!
January 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I just learned that they make these, and it’s going to make egg storage so much easier 🤯 I’ve been keeping them in a variety of small bowls and containers. This way, I’ve got one convenient basket for them all!
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Available for illustration and comic art work ✨ #PortfolioDay
January 7, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Available for illustration and comic art work ✨ #PortfolioDay
honestly shocked that the university (in TN!!) would agree to this, given what it seems like institutions can get away with these days
Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated
Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated
Professor Darren Michael has reportedly been reinstated and given $50,000 after being fired over posts about assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The post Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
January 7, 2026 at 11:56 AM
honestly shocked that the university (in TN!!) would agree to this, given what it seems like institutions can get away with these days
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guy named Helmut Stupido
January 6, 2026 at 11:20 PM
guy named Helmut Stupido
Sex, Lies, Videotape, and Mothra!!!
When Harry Met Mothra
Mothraker
Sex, Lies, Videotape, and Mothra
Seven Mothras
Mothra!
Mothraker
Sex, Lies, Videotape, and Mothra
Seven Mothras
Mothra!
January 6, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Sex, Lies, Videotape, and Mothra!!!
evergreen
this movie would have been better if mothra was in it
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 PM
evergreen
my new vocal stim is "INJECTED WITH A POISON" www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDX7...
Praga Khan – Injected With A Poison (Krafty Kuts Remix)
YouTube video by J.F.P.T. BREAKBEAT
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
my new vocal stim is "INJECTED WITH A POISON" www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDX7...
it’s been a rough decade for the “people have values and make decisions based on them” crowd
Will "non-interventionist" MAGA go along? Yup.
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 PM
it’s been a rough decade for the “people have values and make decisions based on them” crowd
sorry, the kaiju-posting has to increase
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
January 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
sorry, the kaiju-posting has to increase
so Godzilla 2000 is basically just “Godzilla vs the CGI Blob”
January 6, 2026 at 12:05 AM
so Godzilla 2000 is basically just “Godzilla vs the CGI Blob”
happy new year, apply for job bsky.app/profile/nick...
if you work on "AI" and are concerned with social issues, you should apply to be the new director of the Tufts AI Institute: apply.interfolio.com/178311 (Need to be tenureable in one of our engineering departments, but it's explicitly open to people who work on human-oriented stuff.)
January 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
happy new year, apply for job bsky.app/profile/nick...
Does anyone have familiarity with trying to get a journal to allow you to include online meme images as figures without tracking down the originator and having them sign a license?
January 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Does anyone have familiarity with trying to get a journal to allow you to include online meme images as figures without tracking down the originator and having them sign a license?
been using the dj controller with my eight-year-old daughter and she’s taking notes on transitions she likes 🥹
January 2, 2026 at 12:44 PM
been using the dj controller with my eight-year-old daughter and she’s taking notes on transitions she likes 🥹
the kids are enjoying the explore-an-uncharted-planet board game
December 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
the kids are enjoying the explore-an-uncharted-planet board game
ah, the worst higher ed reporter of all time is at it again
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
ah, the worst higher ed reporter of all time is at it again
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Behold, my one of a kind Kermit The Frog Energy Dome! And inside? A screaming Kermit mouth!
December 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Behold, my one of a kind Kermit The Frog Energy Dome! And inside? A screaming Kermit mouth!
okay Magical Athlete is a tremendous hit, like Mario Kart in board game form and very funny (also very randomness heavy, though not entirely) www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
Magical Athlete
PRE-ORDER – SHIPPING LATE DECEMBER 2025 IF YOU WANT HOLIDAY DELIVERY OF OTHER GAMES, ORDER THIS SEPARATELYMagical Athlete is a chaotic racing game where anything can happen. Recruit a team of absurd r...
www.cmyk.games
December 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
okay Magical Athlete is a tremendous hit, like Mario Kart in board game form and very funny (also very randomness heavy, though not entirely) www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
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from the fucked up files of mrs. basil e. freakweiler
July 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
from the fucked up files of mrs. basil e. freakweiler
ho ho ho folks, structuralism is back
‘Tis the season to read “Father Christmas Executed” by Claude Lévi-Strauss! varenne.tc.columbia.edu/texts/levstc...
December 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
ho ho ho folks, structuralism is back