Susannah Paletz

time to watch Abbott Elementary again

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

Great illustration of enshittification. By the Norwegian Consumer Council.

faculty need a union (cat) too @jortsthecat.bsky.social

This. Is. Just. 🔥🔥!

Maryland's faculty are never going to stop fighting until we all get the collective bargaining rights we deserve.

And our Maryland communities support us!

@senbillferg.bsky.social, @mddems.bsky.social, @mdhousedems.bsky.social, help us get SB6/HB106 passed this session!

a chair covered in slobbery bites from a box of tissues and a roll of toilet paper. no cats are visible so we don’t need to make accusations

So, early reports show someone dragged a roll of toilet paper AND a box of tissues onto the chair and took one million bites. We need more facts before we jump to conclusions

I'm really sorry.

Neal Outland wasn't able to make it, so his talk will be THIS Friday, Feb. 20! So, you didn't miss it! 12-1pm eastern US time, virtual, register here:

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Did you know this, @senbillferg.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social ?

Why do we want collective bargaining rights?

Part 2...of thousands!

Cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social @mdhousedems.bsky.social

The College of Information is hiring lecturers! We are looking in 5 primary areas:

- Computer networking fundamentals
- Information design
- Cybersecurity
- Computing
- Experiential learning

umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

“Before your second mother, I had never been an actual member of a team before. Just an…”
Amena finished, “An appliance for a team.”
That was it. “Yes.”

Black and white photo of a longhaired cat, my guess is an orange tabby, blissfully asleep on its side on the lap of someone wearing dark pants. You can only see the person’s legs and the happy cat flopped across their thighs.

Happy lap loaf. ❤️ I love that someone felt the need to capture this moment. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Medscape logo Medscape Medical News Multiple Abnormal Responses to Exertion Seen in ME/CFS Miriam E. Tucker January 09, 2026

New from Medscape (widely used by healthcare professionals)

"Multiple Abnormal Responses to Exertion Seen in ME/CFS" by @miriametucker.bsky.social

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Sympathetic article.May require free registration
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome

hey!

hey!!!

if you are an academic of any rank in the critical tech studies space who cares about how money, finance, and business structures work in science and technology, i want to see your abstracts for a collected volume! they're due tomorrow!!!

https//oddletters.com/tech-money/

It's literally the opposite, though. Buttons and levers provide positive tactile feedback, which means only the sense of touch is required to operate them. Touchscreens necessitate you taking your vision from the road and focusing on it which takes longer and presents more of a safety risk.

Now she was talking to me like I was a hysterical human. Worse, I was acting like a hysterical human.

Disability Meets Modality: A Sociotechnical Approach to Team Meetings | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction Team meetings are a key part of professional life which are experienced as sociotechnical, interpersonal phenomena. This interview study examines the intersection of modality, disability, and technolo...

Might be the wrong field, but first authored by an amazing grad student I work with, we just had a paper in CSCW on team meeting mode and disability: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/

I have been thinking about this for three days and I'm honestly a bit upset about this. Can't be good for our scholarship - "our" being "everyone's."

Come be my colleague! We have professional track (lecturer) positions available:
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I'd like to draw your attention to this piece he wrote during the Vietnam war about being faculty. Some things are the same, some are different.
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David L. Paletz Honoring David L. Paletz, innovative Duke professor who pioneered film and media studies. Explore his writings, tributes, and the Paletz Fund for Teaching.

This fall, my father's health took a turn for the worse. He's still alive, hanging in there, but under hospice care at home. My stepmother @torilmoi.bsky.social created a website for him so everyone can see what a remarkable man and scholar he has been.
www.davidpaletz.com

Did you miss Janet Vertesi's @ottrs.bsky.social's talk? Or see her talk and want to see it again because it was chock filled with awesome? It's posted here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=28pk...

I mean, hell, if you really believe GenAI is making your product better, you should not be relying on someone else to tag it.

It is weird how enthusiastic folks are to brand something with an “AI” label when users have no choice, but are so hesitant to do so otherwise.

The Passing of Dr. Paul Ekman Dr. Paul Ekman, pioneer of emotion science and creator of FACS, has passed away at 91. Read his memorial and share reflections on his life and legacy.

Paul Ekman died last week - I found out via @hillaryanger.bsky.social on FB. Surprised there's no NYT or WashPo obit.
I took a class with him and he was friends/coauthors with my friend's mom. Hugely impactful on the field. Too much to say in a skeet.
www.paulekman.com/blog/the-pas...

Our last speaker of the semester! Be sure to register here:
umd.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Nov 21, 2025 12 PM EDT

How NASA’s Robot Teams Reveal the Future of Human-AI Collaboration—Lessons from Space You Can’t Ignore.

Register for the webinar here: umd.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@susannahpaletz.bsky.social @nkuriakos.bsky.social #AI #human-machine-collaboration #collaboration

I like that on social media we all pause and look at the sky and share what we see and it's good. It's good.

Change one letter, ruin a candy

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