I have a new paper out in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social w/ the briliant @aybukeatalay.bsky.social and @aliaelkattan.com We show that what we pay attention to online is a lot more politically diverse than what public engagement signals would suggest... sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

Information Diets Are More Diverse in Attention Than in Engagement

Article: Information Diets Are More Diverse in Attention Than in Engagement | Sociological Science | Posted July 21, 2026

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new paper with the dream team :-)

Christopher Barrie@cbarrie.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have a new paper out in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social w/ the briliant @aybukeatalay.bsky.social and @aliaelkattan.com We show that what we pay attention to online is a lot more politically diverse than what public engagement signals would suggest... sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

I lost a free tote I got at a chicago bookstore in NYC today and was so sad I wrote to ask if I can buy a replacement and now they're mailing me a tote from chicago on the house 🥹

new friko is so good btw tidal.com/track/487209...

Friko - Certainty

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PhD defense :) biggest of shout outs to the best committee I could wish for, @jatucker.bsky.social @cbarrie.bsky.social @gmcclendon.bsky.social @andyguess.com and Pat Egan -- feeling very lucky!

NEW: How To Train Your Chatbot AI chatbots have become increasingly common. How much do you know about how they actually work?

Now in English, Arabic, French, and Italian. Live at: howtotrainyourchatbot.com

new new new!! proud of this one, please try it out and let me know what you think <3 howtotrainyourchatbot.com

Decifer Studio@decifer.tech · 4mo ago

How to Train Your Chatbot is built by @aliaelkattan.com, @lujain.bsky.social, Sarah Al Yahya, @raminrahni.bsky.social, Jonah Senzel. Translations by Sarah Al Yahya (Arabic), Kiara Jouhanneau (French), and @tommi.space. Funded by the Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund.

How to Train Your Chatbot is built by @aliaelkattan.com, @lujain.bsky.social, Sarah Al Yahya, @raminrahni.bsky.social, Jonah Senzel. Translations by Sarah Al Yahya (Arabic), Kiara Jouhanneau (French), and @tommi.space. Funded by the Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund.

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)

this track's been my lifeline lately tidal.com/track/470617...

Champion Trees - Higher Taste

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feels nice to be from the greatest city in the world

has NYU considered hiring someone who can fix elevators instead

Made a lil site today whydontyouaskchatgpt.com

snow in nyc is like the most beautiful sight you've ever witnessed for 24 hours, then you're on the brink of death every time you step on the sidewalk for the next week

can a benevolent nerd please make a streaming platform-agnostic jamming tool (you can jam to the same songs across diff platforms) and a playlist sharer (you can share a playlist of songs and it opens in any platform) thank you very much

alright funs over we need to get everyone to trash their ring doorbells

why the hell do doctors offices want me to scan my palm with amazon one palm scan reader or take a selfie to verify my identity to check into my appointments

my favorite completely placebo pseudoscience is that i somehow convinced myself that i can relieve physical pain by listening to the strokes. i can't explain it but it works

Great piece! > I argue that skateboarding, too, is a pedagogical instrument… > The playfulness skating allows is not about turning cities into playgrounds but turning individuals into people who can find playgrounds in cities.

Alia ElKattan@aliaelkattan.com · 9mo ago

I wrote about skateboarding, Graeber, and Weizenbaum for Mediapolis' special issue on "Playable Cities". Had lots of fun with this one :) www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/11/seei...

“In Seeing like a State, James C. Scott examines mapping as a way of making territories legible to state power – planning, surveillance, and control.15 By seeing like a skater, skaters can subvert the gaze of the state, imagining an alternate mapping of public space.”

“Reflecting on her experiences of skateboarding in Cairo, New York and other cities as a form of ‘rolling ethnography’, Alia ElKattan positions ‘seeing like a skater’ as a new way to approach urban landscapes.” @aliaelkattan.com lands a gnarly reflective shred without bailing

Seeing Like a Skater: Skateboarding as Poetic Technology

Reflecting on her experiences of skateboarding in Cairo, New York and other cities as a form of ‘rolling ethnography’, Alia ElKattan positions ‘seeing like a skater’ as a new way to approach urban lan...

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Alia ElKattan@aliaelkattan.com · 9mo ago

I wrote about skateboarding, Graeber, and Weizenbaum for Mediapolis' special issue on "Playable Cities". Had lots of fun with this one :) www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/11/seei...

I wrote about skateboarding, Graeber, and Weizenbaum for Mediapolis' special issue on "Playable Cities". Had lots of fun with this one :) www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/11/seei...

Seeing Like a Skater: Skateboarding as Poetic Technology

Reflecting on her experiences of skateboarding in Cairo, New York and other cities as a form of ‘rolling ethnography’, Alia ElKattan positions ‘seeing like a skater’ as a new way to approach urban lan...

mediapolisjournal.com

Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."

today I found out a 20 year old former NYU student who has been put thru hell & back by this institution is now facing a life threatening disease, then watched a 20 year old palestinian kid get sentenced to 17 months in jail for bogus hate crime charges. so much grief and rage.

sometimes reality is even worse and more ridiculous than parody. i'm losing my mind www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/res...

Alia ElKattan@aliaelkattan.com · 10mo ago

every job posting is like: looking for someone passionate about AI ethics & responsibility to come research building more AI so my donors can make more money. funded by our friendly genocidaires. dream job alert!

every signal chat is like turtle (low cap) changed their name to mousetrap (offline 3:40pm - 4:20pm) changed their name to cheesecake (no cap) i can't do this anymore