Assistant Professor of New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam and Critical Theory Tutor at the Sandberg Instituut. American, but slightly less so every passing day.https://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mvdkogykyk2pProbably the stupidest thing an artificial intelligence could do if it wanted to survive forever would be to attempt to exterminate humanity12 Sep 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdkogykyk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mvdgi2s3rc2kMaybe someone here wants to get braindrained to Sweden? https://academicpositions.com/ad/university-of-gothenburg/2026/gothenburg-global-scholars-initiative-hiring-25-assistant-professors/25222312 Sep 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdgi2s3rc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mvaocikybc2ngreat article looking at an AI slop factory in China https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-026-03254-911 Sep 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaocikybc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mv3mhicacs2lmust be getting close to the end of this paper, since i'm starting to get overwhelmed with the feeling of "what the fuck was the point of all this"09 Sep 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3mhicacs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mv3kodqdy22pmore and more I think of the covid pandemic as a crisis in giving a fuck [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3kodqdy22phttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3muud5gwvvk2hSomeone write the essay about how “intelligence” is bullshit but stupidity is real06 Sep 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muud5gwvvk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3muubztmjwk2zAlthough Coyote vs. Acme hasnt come out yet in europe, I’ve loved seeing people post old Looney Tunes clips. I think it’s one of the greatest American cultural achievements, and I watch them all the time06 Sep 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muubztmjwk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mum77fv66s24University magazine has created stereotypes of the various UvA students based on building... I don't really know how accurate these are. Ok, the Roeterseiland one is accurate https://www.folia.nl/actueel/176470/magazine-the-different-species-of-the-uva03 Sep 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum77fv66s24https://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mujtcexq4s2eit's funny how "handicraft" and "manufacture" are English and Latin version of the same thing (hand + make), but have different meanings. In the English translation of Marx's capital, they are two distinct phases of the technical development of the production process02 Sep 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujtcexq4s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mu5nif4yts2iwhy would I take 10 ideas and turn them into 10 boring and overlong papers when instead I could mash them into one fascinating and scarcely intelligible wild ride28 Aug 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5nif4yts2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mu5cj5y2cs2fhmm... should I? https://www.hurricanesfootballshop.com/orange-university-the-u-college-football-gavin-mueller-men-s-87-jerseys-528481-28428 Aug 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5cj5y2cs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mu33vh5ka22tConfession: I've never worn academic robes, I do not own academic robes, and I live in mild fear that one day I will have an occasion that requires me to wear them27 Aug 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu33vh5ka22thttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mtyaegrcx22gI'm very far from perfect, but the level of Dutch language I know sometimes astonishes me... a journey for which I never planned...26 Aug 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyaegrcx22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mtwcjbzx4s2fBreaking down (a lil bit) the connection between radical politics and subcultures https://geesemag.com/articles/what-is-a-subculture-a-reply-to-e-day25 Aug 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwcjbzx4s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mtvysisyrs2fflattered! 😊 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvysisyrs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mtvjnjyqd223TT position in Cultural Studies at KU Leuven (teaching in English) https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/6066740425 Aug 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvjnjyqd223https://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mtvanki4w22lWho do I know at, uh, Harvard25 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvanki4w22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mtj336umkc2eRare citation of the Spanish-language publication of my book spotted in the wild https://www.computerworld.es/article/4209646/historia-de-las-tic-xii-lo-que-las-revueltas-luditas-cuentan-sobre-los-retos-de-la-incorporacion-de-tecnologias.html20 Aug 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj336umkc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mt26e4ro4s2ci remember during lockdown I did a lot of video calls with people that I never had before (and haven't since)... obviously the circumstances motivating it were terrible but there was something lovely about it that I keep returning to...14 Aug 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt26e4ro4s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mszv4ghqu22vfound some motorik in a Golden Girls episode14 Aug 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszv4ghqu22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3msx3cwyo7k2cAmericans will sip on cold coffee for 10 hours a day and then wonder why they have sleeping and stomach issues13 Aug 2026 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msx3cwyo7k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mss5rdgvjc22It going to be hotter in Amsterdam than in Crete11 Aug 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mss5rdgvjc22https://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3msitedvkgk2jStayed at a place in Crete where 100% of the other guests were Dutch… uncanny07 Aug 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msitedvkgk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3msfguklvpk2rIt’s simply not a trip to Crete if you don’t hear NATO exercises once a day06 Aug 2026 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfguklvpk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3msbrxlpnes2qAmericans think if they’re away from their job for more than a few days, even if they have vacation time, that it will be given away to someone else04 Aug 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbrxlpnes2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mrsbyui67c2bEveryone wonders what gift to give to the man who has everything, but what about the man who has nothing (my brother)29 Jul 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsbyui67c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mrrgatxwcc2wThe Emily Wilson translation is completely sold out in Amsterdam as far as I can tell29 Jul 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrgatxwcc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/gavinmueller.bsky.social/post/3mrp2dnpikk2mmain thing holding me back from seeing The Odyssey besides lack of time is Matt fucking Damon... every time I see a screenshot, oof28 Jul 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:bry2zhgvsjsbor5xsfvngz4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrp2dnpikk2m