Andrew Erickson

wanderer, wonderer, data-curious literature researcher, afrofuturism and sff enthusiast, academic and editorial laborer, and mid-speed cyclist

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

@nytimes please fix the issue that prevents the “contact customer care” button in-app and on the website from properly functioning so that I can submit a complaint there instead of here; it will be worth your while 😉

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

@Davoh is also the voice for our moment.

[Dave O'Hara @Davoh]

The careful way ahead is likely one of moderation. We went from a world of no plastics and no pesticides to a world where plastics and pesticides are overused. We can and should use less, and more precisely. The same is true across many other good but overused technologies.

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

As usual, @doctorow is the voice for our moment.

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Billionaires are *pretty confident* that they can't be taxed - not just that they *shouldn't* be taxed, but rather, that it is *technically impossible* to tax the ultra-rich. They're not shy about explaining why, either - and neither is their army of lickspittles.

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[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

Would some rich non-jerk please buy this app so that we can all go back to being snarky and network-y af without the right wing bs, plz? Thx.

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

At long last, the third book in World Science Fiction Studies is out! _The Boom & The Boom: Historical Rupture and Political Economy in Contemporary British and Chinese Science Fiction_ by Guangzhao Lyu. It's great! Ask your library to order it!
https://t.co/5wzfEGDcec

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

I repeat: Ted Chiang is the (hu)man for our moment.

[@emilymbender.bsky.social @emilymbender]

Excellent new essay by Ted Chiang, who gets to the heart of why language and art are inherently about conveying meaning and experience, not just form:

https://t.co/agSPvlaLb0

[Roger Luckhurst @TheProfRog]

Rare sighting of an FT literature job, which will feature in part 6 of David Attenborough’s ‘This Fragile Discipline’ https://t.co/l1AVPjZSTU

[Dr. Marcel Hartwig @marsimekko]

We are excited to read your applications and hear your ideas!
https://t.co/af2p9dRBDL

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

@Penprince_ @sfwa Congratulations! This is brilliant. Another important achievement, eh?

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

So many excellent scholars and people writing in one volume; check it out!
@TNASpodcast

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

Here is an excellent and necessary doctoral position in Postapocalyptic and/as Indigenous Studies, located in the Netherlands. Full-time for up to five years, ca. 2800€ /mo. + bonus.
https://t.co/XV9NQ9pnnd

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

Heute haben wir uns umgemeldet und ich bin nun offiziell Dresdener. Damit ist eine Ära zu Ende gekommen und eine neue begonnen.

Tschüss, Berlin, und May the Fourth be with you.

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

@Penprince_ Congratulations! I look forward to read it. 😊

[Alie Lassche @AWLassche]

The challenge: distilling the rapidly evolving field of Quantitative Text Analysis into one overview paper. The outcome: our latest publication in @MethodsPrimers. I hope reading it offers you as many insights as co-writing it brought me! Read it here: https://t.co/oQZk0epvwB

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

Finde ich auch. 👇 #WissZeitVG is a (very bad and painful) joke.

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

I would also take advantage of such an exciting shift in public services. 😊

[Dave O'Hara @Davoh]

A passenger train would be a welcome addition to South Dakota. If I could take a train to Omaha, Rapid City, or Minneapolis, I’d gladly do so.

Latest Amtrak study maps include potential routes through Sioux Falls, Rapid City

https://t.co/A7g3nAUYBm

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

Pic for proof that Uni Potsdam is superschön. 😊

[Andrew Erickson @aderickson]

Looking forward to two days of “Python4Poets” at @unipotsdam, where I’ll continue to learn how a quantitative approach to understanding the impact of literary texts can be leveraged.