the problem with replying to email is that sometimes they reply back immediately, my god
Crystal Lee
@crystaljjlee.com
Writing about tech, power, data visualization, social media, disability. Assistant prof of computational media @ MIT. 🇹🇼 crystaljjlee.com
is growing up finally realizing that people I knew in college wore A WHOLE CAR around their necks all the time?!?!
my partner got a Sonos Roam as a gift from work and while I love the form factor of that thing…the fact that you have to download the app, sign up, give it precise location + local network + mic access just to CHECK THE BATTERY LEVEL is fucking wild
I must also point out that this show’s portrayal of masculinity is top notch. I always hated the bumbling husband trope in basically every form but it’s mostly highly competent, emotionally intelligent, and loving kings from here on out 👑
Crystal Lee@crystaljjlee.com · 11mo agoit’s a show about three generations of women on Jeju Island, from a haenyeo grandma to a first gen college student in Seoul. Lots of great historical and cultural backdrop, and absolutely incredible characters / story arcs
my god if you need a clean shot right in the feels may I recommend the absolute masterpiece that is “When Life Gives You Tangerines”
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
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absolutely iconic introduction
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 11mo ago"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either." youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
This is such a beautiful piece by @liao.shen-yi.org abt media portrayals of Taiwan + how Taiwan is constructed in political / intellectual discourse. Pocketing it to periodically send to people, esp those who want to talk to me about Thailand :) liao.shen-yi.org/posts/stop-m...
Stop the Epistemic Marginalization of Taiwan
Media coverage of Taiwan marginalizes it, politically and epistemically
liao.shen-yi.org
it’s going to be 9 degrees FAHRENHEIT on Friday???? NOT OK, Boston, NOT OK.
EVERYONE GO TO BED (its me im everyone)
m. r. sauter@oddletters.bsky.social · 11mo agoEVERYONE GO TO BED
I recently read a piece in The Atlantic casting aspersions on the rising # of disability accommodation requests, arguing that too many students are abusing the system. Even if that is true, I still don’t think that malingerers are the real problem — our approach to pedagogy is. A few thoughts:
Students "faking" disability are not the problem — Crystal Lee (she/她)
crystaljjlee.com
did i get anything done today? no. but did i relax? also no.
My department @cuboulder.info is hiring a TT assistant professor in the area of environmental justice! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... Please share and encourage candidates to apply!
Assistant Professor in Environmental Justice and Information/Technology
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my dog energetically playing in the background of my zooms has so much only child energy
Disappointing but unsurprising to see an argument not about why Taiwan and Palestine should stand in solidarity and seek to amplify each other's self-determination struggles, but an assertion that Taiwan deserves statehood while Palestine does not
New Bloom@newbloommag.net · last yr."The Hypocrisy of 'The Hypocrisy of Recognizing Palestine But Not Taiwan'" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
I went back on Twitter for 10 minutes and INSTANTLY I felt the brain worms coming for me
GPT-5 is like having a “team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket.” Man, have you ever tried to get a PhD to follow instructions? It’s virtually impossible.
I'm re-reading some truly fantastic work from Ron Eglash and have discovered that his dissertation has the best title ever (also be a great band name): "The Cybernetics of Chaos"
after ripping apart my kitchen and spending a small fortune on airtight containers...I thought I was finally done. moths, a couple months later: hold my beer
Crystal Lee@crystaljjlee.com · 2y agobased on a Google reverse image search, I think I have pantry moths and after ripping my kitchen apart to try and find the source I still HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED send help!!!!!
days since we’ve had no technofascist developments: 0
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫@lookitup.baby · last yr.Amazon Ring is introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices. Helllll no. If you have one of those things, get rid of it. Kill it with fire
I hate having most kinds of AI assistance for any kind of writing but my god having Co-pilot write a detailed draft of a commit message is life-changing
really don't care if you disagree with me, i think constantly filming everything everywhere is bad, i think the widespread deployment of facial recognition is bad, i think the fact there are cameras everywhere inside of arenas & that increasingly you have to use your face to buy a hot dog is bad
My university has announced a fund to essentially poach doctoral students from US institutions. DM me if you do work on the history/social impacts of AI and are interested in being poached 😂
is it too much to ask for one (1) day without seeing yet another horrific development in this tech dystopia
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · last yr.“By the end of the year, Delta plans for 20% of its ticket prices to be individually determined using AI, president Glen Hauenstein told investors last week.” “Over time, the goal is to do away with static pricing altogether…”
ah, the gleeful exhaustion that comes from a great day of yak-shaving (and a little writing)
