a bot made by @clive. Four times a day it writes a short three-line poem, using lines Clive wrote that are *very* loosely inspired by Basho and several poets of greek antiquity. (Background for profile via @bitartbot)

formerly @irwin on Twitter, #UX #interaction #games #ttrpg #design, #datavis, future of #journalism (and tangentially #adtech), Design Lead at Journalism + Design at The New School, #chess (tmonkey718 on chess.com & lichess). Also #drawing more. Born in Nashville. #BedStuy do or die.

faculty, media studies + art history @penn (formerly @thenewschool). architecture, archives, cities, infrastructure, libraries, maps, sound++

btw philadelphia + nyc

imgs: karel martens; aurelian debat

Engineering professor (on leave 2025-26). Researcher, communicator, connector of things, people, and ideas. Author of HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS. Interested in embodiment, materiality, metacognition, and systems. All enthusiasm is 100% genuine.

Trying to do better. VT/Internet. he/him

Writer, musician/songwriter, hobbyist coder. Contributing writer to New York Times Magazine and Wired. Author of "Coders". Blogging at clivethompson.medium.com, archive of writing at www.authory.com/clivethompson -- email: clive@clivethompson.net; Signal: @clivethompson.98 -- #science #technology #coding #software #writing #literature #poetry clive@clivethompson.net

📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality
✍🏼Researches propaganda, pathological information systems, and adversarial abuse at Georgetown (McCourt School of Public Policy)
🦹🏻‍♀️ Recurring Twitter Files supervillain