{"id":16308,"date":"2013-07-21T06:14:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T10:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/?p=16308"},"modified":"2013-07-21T06:14:50","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T10:14:50","slug":"in-their-words-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2013\/07\/21\/in-their-words-54\/","title":{"rendered":"In Their Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hello reader! This week Nathan continues his epic journey across the country, and I continue babysitting In Their Words.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/browbeat\/2013\/07\/17\/blackbuzzfeed_and_black_twitter_understanding_the_trend.html\" target=\"_blank\">BuzzFeed, in all its listicle glory, reimagined and repurposed for a black audience<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/shani\/the-secret-power-of-black-twitter\" target=\"_blank\">The hive has become a swarm. It\u2019s diffuse, powerful, and all around you<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2013\/07\/does-anything-go-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-racist-corner-of-reddit\/277585\/\" target=\"_blank\">This particular dark corner of the web was never merely content to stay in its corner; its members ventured out<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/unrealnewsonline.com\/2013\/07\/16\/facebook-reports-more-unfriending-and-blocking-sunday-than-any-day-in-its-history\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strong opinions were prevalent and as a result more people hit the unfriend and block buttons in any day in Facebook\u2019s history<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Kly7PBeuP4\" target=\"_blank\">Legally, this was self-defense. The law is a racist technology<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2013\/07\/20\/trayvonning-and-thinking-through-populist-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\">If there\u2019s any silver lining to this story it\u2019s the fact that I encountered many more people deriding the meme than participating in it<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/QYzGD9PlaQ\" target=\"_blank\">Yeah! Shouldn\u2019t you be FROM America!? Like, sorry, New York City just doesn\u2019t cut it<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/AfgeV81uRJ\" target=\"_blank\">The Internet, she explains, is for getting to the next level on Candy Crush Saga, not for getting information<\/a>&#8220;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/thenewinquiry.com\/essays\/linkedout\/\" target=\"_blank\">From profile pics and bios, blog posts and tweets, simple HR reconnaissance can glean tons of off-limits information<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/your-social-networks-and-the-secret-story-of-metadata-16119\" target=\"_blank\">But one doesn\u2019t need the content to reveal the full extent of what sort of communication is taking place<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/justinesharrock\/the-nsas-massive-data-center-is-coming-online-ahead-of-sched\" target=\"_blank\">the key final step that will allow the agency to collect and store massive amounts of data on United States citizens<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2013\/07\/19\/schrodingers-secret-shopper-a-brief-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Being able to record and analyze what\u2019s\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0done in addition to what\u2019s done makes it possible to explore and exploit human behavior in ways that approach the level of quantum mechanics<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/NJTkvESHp1\" target=\"_blank\">we should think twice before making a one-to-one comparison between cookies and cameras<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/DWNOnz4CGb\" target=\"_blank\">The high-risk teams shift the burden of being surveilled from the victim to the abuser<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HhFR5w1vUo\" target=\"_blank\">Photography is very simple, it\u2019s very basic. It brings us back to the cave<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/07\/16\/the-apple-kill-list-what-your-iphone-doesn-t-want-you-to-type.html\" target=\"_blank\">when does our software quietly choose not to help us?<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2013\/07\/16\/new-york-noise\/?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">If noise is so sickening to privileged constitutions, I wonder what this means for the political possibilities of new types of industrial music<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2013\/jul\/16\/vatican-indulgences-pope-francis-tweets?CMP=twt_gu\" target=\"_blank\">You can&#8217;t obtain indulgences like getting a coffee from a vending machine<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.snapchat.com\/post\/55902851023\/temporary-social-media\">Am I fetishizing the ephemeral, the present, the current moment?<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/florida.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16311\" alt=\"florida\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/florida.gif\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16314\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/awaken-justice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16314\" alt=\"(from here)\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/awaken-justice-375x500.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/awaken-justice-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/awaken-justice-187x250.jpg 187w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/awaken-justice-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/awaken-justice.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamInOakland\/status\/356883660798058497\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16313\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/justice-map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16313\" alt=\"justice-map\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/justice-map-500x227.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/justice-map-500x227.png 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/justice-map-250x113.png 250w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/justice-map-400x181.png 400w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/justice-map.png 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OccupyWallStNYC\/status\/356612293838127105\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16309\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/image-ITW-periodictable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16309\" alt=\"(from here)\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/image-ITW-periodictable-500x355.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/image-ITW-periodictable-500x355.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/image-ITW-periodictable-250x177.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/image-ITW-periodictable-400x284.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/image-ITW-periodictable.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearedorothy.com\/shop\/periodic-table-of-social-issues-special-open-edition\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16312\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/nathan-marfa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16312\" alt=\"image credit: nathan jurgenson\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/nathan-marfa-500x373.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/nathan-marfa-500x373.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/nathan-marfa-250x186.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/nathan-marfa-400x298.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/07\/nathan-marfa.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nathanjurgenson\/status\/358272378553368576\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">nathan jurgenson<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a 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This week Nathan continues his epic journey across the country, and I continue babysitting In Their Words. &#8220;BuzzFeed, in all its listicle glory, reimagined and repurposed for a black audience&#8221; &#8220;The hive has become a swarm. 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