Kevin Driscoll 📳੯‧̀͡⬮

Learning about moral economies, researching media histories, imagining post-platform futures. Also, helping with moderation on aoir.social and professoring in Media Studies at the University of Virginia. (he/him)

Homepage: https://kevindriscoll.info
Minitel Research Lab, USA: https://minitel.us
The Modem World: https://modem.world
I'm also over here ➡: https://mastodon.well.com/@driscoll

Last Notes

2026-07-24 02:32:03 UTC

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Rose Hill Drive, why are you so wide?

2025-08-14 13:56:40 UTC

Hannah Shelley gives Google Scholar another 5 years.
"Google has a proven track record of killing academic tools, Scholar generates zero revenue in a company obsessed with billion-dollar priorities, AI is disrupting traditional research discovery, and academia has built critical infrastructure around a free commercial service with zero guarantees."
💀💀💀
https://hannahshelley.neocities.org/blog/2025_08_13_GoogleScholar

2025-07-07 15:10:41 UTC

Reminder that Pocket is shutting down tomorrow (July 8). There is still time to export your data. Place a request and they'll email you a link to download your bookmarks as a CSV file (with timestamps!) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/exporting-your-pocket-list

2025-03-25 14:31:11 UTC

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ooh, i like the portal idea. It would be great to write/format for gopher but still provide an HTTP front-end that works with regular web browsers. I hate to ask but.... is there unicode support in gopher now?

2025-03-23 12:10:53 UTC

YouTube comments are so raw. Someone will write the most personal, intimate story of their life and post it 6 layers deep under a Bruce Springsteen album cut

2025-03-19 02:13:51 UTC

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at the risk of opening another rabbit hole, have you messed with gemini? https://geminiprotocol.net/

2025-03-17 14:20:58 UTC

Sloan foundation grant for postdocs: up to 250K USD over 2 years for social science and humanities researchers studying "the implications of AI for science" (e.g., epistemology, metascience, institutions, etc.)
https://sloan.org/programs/digital-technology/aipostdoc-rfp

2025-02-22 01:46:06 UTC

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ahhh looks amazing. What's that little video display?

2024-11-08 16:19:51 UTC

So psyched about the latest platform studies book. This is a fascinating project based on countless hours of interviews. It takes platform studies in new directions, cutting across all sorts of unexpected terrain in media history. Highly recommended!
📂 Plus, it's open access and available for free download!
*Intellivision: How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie*
by Tom Boellstorff and Braxton Soderman
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262549509/intellivision/

2024-10-27 12:02:09 UTC

Great paper demonstrating that, yes, social scientists backed away from Twitter in late 2022.
Dig in for the thoughtful discussion about why this matters and what it means for scholarly communication in the future.
📄 Bisbee, James, and Kevin Munger. “The Vibes Are Off: Did Elon Musk Push Academics Off Twitter?” PS: Political Science & Politics, 2024, 1–8.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096524000416
https://cdn.masto.host/aoirsocial/media_attachments/files/113/379/255/043/253/065/original/16e937e224c24fec.jpg

2024-09-24 03:00:33 UTC

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Totally -- those listserv arguments would spill out for days and days.

2024-09-24 00:28:28 UTC

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✨ HUMANIST, CULTSTUD-L, AIR-L, etc etc

2024-09-24 00:25:07 UTC

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I've seen something similar. Students may find each other on Discord but there isn't the same opportunity for connecting with senior colleagues as there was on Twitter (or, lest we forget, _mailing lists_!)

2024-09-17 12:27:55 UTC

The Software Preservation Network is hiring a program manager:
> "This dynamic role involves overseeing program operations, managing member engagement, coordinating strategic planning, and supporting the integration of the EaaSI Research Alliance into SPN’s offerings. We're looking for someone who is passionate about digital preservation, equity, and community-driven solutions."
75K on a 1099 contract thru Dec 2025 with potential to convert into full-time + benefits.
https://educopia.org/program-manager-for-the-software-preservation-network/