erika owens

@erikaowens.com

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tech, journalism, music, TV, wandering, biking, and laughing way too loudly. newly based in sheffield, previously philadelphia banner image is by https://www.instagram.com/harshadisfree/ via atlas obscura

stripey cat in a queen mary 2 cat coat (??) on a leash on the deck of a boat
a stack of several lefty magazines like baffler, jacobin, current affairs, and others.
Table 1: Journalistic Models and Their Visions of the News Audience. The audience’s relationship to journalism as . . . The audience’s internal relationship to itself as . . . The audience’s relationship to politics as . . . Professional journalism sees: * . . . . . . consumptive, agendareceiving, occasionally as sources. *. . . atomistic, consumptive *. . . . disengaged, aggregated. Public journalism sees *. . . . . . deliberative, agendasetting. *. . . a conversational public. *. . . engaged, communicative via deliberation. Indymedia journalism sees *. . . . . . participatory, agendasetting. Journalism provides audience with “ammunition.” *. . . agonistic, witnessing, and occupying miniature, subordinate “public spheres” . *. . . engaged, confrontational, witnessing. Algorithmic journalism sees *. . . . . . agenda-setting, nonparticipatory, atomized. *. . . algorithmic, quantifiable. *. . . predictable, understandable through “big data,” unconcerned with eliminating “bad information.
three plastic boxes of hamantaschen - vaguely triangular-ish cookies with filling in the middle, these are fig, apricot, and fake nutella
an assortment of stickers from the flytrap including "fuck the algorithm" "no thoughts only vibes" with a cat, "live, laugh, labortions" and "the flytrap: bringing back the feminist blog"
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screenshot of an email from the philadelphia inquirer saying: Just as the news keeps changing, so do the ways in which we deliver it. We have recently made several upgrades to our news products to better serve you, including: Faster-loading pages on our e-Edition and mobile app. More journalists covering local communities, Philly sports, and food. Premium articles on Inquirer.com exclusively for our subscribers. In order to continue to create the kind of high-quality, reliable news report you expect from The Inquirer, we must increase the price of subscriptions. Effective your next renewal date, your renewal charge will be $35.96, equivalent to $8.99 per week. This will ensure that you will continue to receive the in-depth and award-winning coverage that you currently enjoy. What stories can you expect to see from The Inquirer this year? In addition to daily breaking stories, our newsroom continues to look at the link between “forever chemicals” and devastating illnes
data visualization showing how many relatives have died for people followed in a cohort since they were a teenager, as of 2021 when they are in their late 30s. for people with no adverse experiences ~2 people have lost 2+ parents, siblings, partners; ~6 have lost 1; and the rest (dozens?) have lost zero. for people with some adverse experiences it's ~3 have lost 2+ people, ~30 have lost 1, the rest have lost zero. for people with many adverse experiences, the proportion is similar to the group that had some adverse experiences. these figures are represented by tiny people of various color shades corresponding to the number of relatives lost.
this is a golden first place image duolingo shows you if you come in first in their "diamond league" of people absurdly susceptible to gamification of a learning app
Illustration by Harshad Marathe of a "fossegrim" - some kind of scaly, long-nosed, taloned, goblin-y creature of Norwegian lore sitting hunched over playing a violin to an audience of delightful rabbits.