Intellectual & political historian writing on hackers, libertarians, and tech in the modern US | Examining the ideologies in/of Silicon Valley | Friend, Neighbor, Cat Dad & Baltimoreanhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobbruggeman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobbruggeman.bsky.social/post/3mi6vgr6c5s23Very glad to share this piece in @modamhist.bsky.social! I am glad they let me squeeze 7 figures into the article. You can see one of them here: [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:hz4api4ticshc56sfmpuordd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi6vgr6c5s23https://bsky.app/profile/jacobbruggeman.bsky.social/post/3mg64pgxhgk2sA moving manifesto against despair in higher education from @adapalmer.bsky.social: "Despair is very emotionally tempting." Yet: "We can endure this, and be a guiding light through it, but only by recentering, by teaching citizens, not workers." https://www.chronicle.com/article/higher-ed-is-at-a-turning-point-11-scholars-predict-whats-next03 Mar 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:hz4api4ticshc56sfmpuordd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg64pgxhgk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobbruggeman.bsky.social/post/3mf5cnga7e22vAn exciting AI an citizenship initiative at Georgetown. It's being led by some wonderful humanists! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Feb 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:hz4api4ticshc56sfmpuordd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5cnga7e22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobbruggeman.bsky.social/post/3meqvvnf66k2kGlad to share a new article in @modamhist.bsky.social: "Phreaking Politics in Modern America." Come for fun bits about Abbie Hoffman and Steve Jobs, stay for the analysis of how critiques of AT&T planted seeds of the techno-libertarian politics all around us today. https://doi.org/10.1017/mah.2025.1008313 Feb 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:hz4api4ticshc56sfmpuordd/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqvvnf66k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobbruggeman.bsky.social/post/3lp2petec3c2rDigital criminals depicted in a 1978 issue of an Ann Arbor paper13 May 2025 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:hz4api4ticshc56sfmpuordd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2petec3c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobbruggeman.bsky.social/post/3lovl3woofk2eScience as Culture has a CFP for contributions to a forum on "Tech Oligarchy": https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/tech-oligarchy-forum/?_gl=1*1fcov8z*_gcl_au*NTA1MjA2NzE0LjE3NDYzNjk3NjI.*_ga*MTU0MTE5ODM3LjE3MTk1ODc5ODg.*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*czE3NDY5Njg1NTAkbzI5JGcxJHQxNzQ2OTY5NTk2JGoxOSRsMCRoMA..&_ga=2.139230451.1930201801.1746968551-154119837.171958798811 May 2025 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:hz4api4ticshc56sfmpuordd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lovl3woofk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobbruggeman.bsky.social/post/3lm457hf7uc2oMore evidence that Trump 2.0/DOGE is setting the stage for unprecedented cyberattacks. Or, as Bruce Schneier has quipped, this administration represents the most significant hack in the country’s history. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/trump-loomer-haugh-cyberattacks-elections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare05 Apr 2025 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:hz4api4ticshc56sfmpuordd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm457hf7uc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobbruggeman.bsky.social/post/3llegyyo3uk22A 1980s computer surveillance cartoon to brighten up your morning...27 Mar 2025 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:hz4api4ticshc56sfmpuordd/app.bsky.feed.post/3llegyyo3uk22https://bsky.app/profile/jacobbruggeman.bsky.social/post/3lkc3evpkos2rSpotted in Midtown Atlanta13 Mar 2025 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:hz4api4ticshc56sfmpuordd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkc3evpkos2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobbruggeman.bsky.social/post/3ljkjokrdn22jGlad to be in TIME explaining how DOGE draws on anti-bureaucracy and Clinton era New Economy thinking. It was a blast to write with my colleague and friend Casey Eilbert, & longer form work is coming soon. Thanks to @brianros1.bsky.social for edits! https://time.com/7260722/attempts-at-government-reform-highlight-challenges-for-doge/04 Mar 2025 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:hz4api4ticshc56sfmpuordd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkjokrdn22j