What's the best piece of writing that defines and criticizes solutionism, the technological fix, and the like?I'm looking for something that is conceptually rigorous and clear, not loose pop criticism stuff. Like, I would almost like an analytical philosopher's take . . .

Very excited about this new book. Critical ed-tech scholars should check it out!

Thrilled to see our special issue of Public Culture on "Science & the State" is now out; guest edited with Alondra Nelson, Charis Thompson, Sonja van Wichelen, @JoyRohde, Josh Barkan, & Diana Graizbord from our year at Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)! read.dukeupress.edu/public-culture…

my book, Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture, will be out in September, from the fine folks at University of California Press (is on Bluesky) in print and online open-access! ucpress.edu/book/978052039…

In the 1930s, a few modernist architects designed schools for disabled children that proposed radical visions of civic care, democratizing access to education and enriching the lives of thousands of young people. A brief history, by David Serlin: placesjournal.org/article/modern…

For anyone open to and interested in what's actually been transpiring on college campuses, as well as the stakes involved, this is a must read.

In "Biennial Boom," Paloma Checa-Gismero Sebastian Stoll traces the cultural significance of art biennials in the twentieth century. Dive in to this title today by reading the introduction on our website: ow.ly/bNz150RExTL #ArtTheory #ArtHistory

This week, in a genuinely stunning series of events, a bill that was written to save local journalism from big tech was gutted in a backroom deal—and wound up bailing out Google and *boosting AI* instead. You can't make this stuff up. Here's how it happened.

Great new book out for critical edtech researchers among many others!

Unfortunate and utterly predictable.

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.

I wrote about the political failures of Bidenomics newrepublic.com/article/188110…

Sobering, clearheaded analysis from gabrielwinant in Dissent Magazine dissentmagazine.org/online_article…

My new paper on how humanities research funding works was posted as part of the first issue of the new journal *Public Humanities* for the Christmas Eve market in budget analysis. So a few new year thoughts.🧵

"...our findings imply that constrained housing supply is relatively unimportant in explaining differences in rising house prices among U.S. cities... easing housing supply constraints may not yield the anticipated improvements in housing affordability."

Interesting that this dropped at the same time as the Abundance frenzy, "Supply Constraints do not Explain House Price and Quantity Growth Across U.S. Cities." Will be curious to see how the Abundance & YIMBY folks respond: nber.org/papers/w33576

Knowledge of the business model of multifamily rental housing is missing from the discussion on housing in general. This thread hopes to fill that gap. (1/13)