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A pond and a frog
Are one
A pond and a sound and a frog
Are nothing
Nick Montfort
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Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
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Apr 10, 2026
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
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Apr 09, 2026
BORDER CONTROL
What do you do?
I’m an academic.
An academic? What’s that? What do you do?
I’m a professor. I teach, research, write, and attend a lot of committee meetings.
#poem #freeverse
What do you do?
I’m an academic.
An academic? What’s that? What do you do?
I’m a professor. I teach, research, write, and attend a lot of committee meetings.
#poem #freeverse
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Apr 03, 2026
Jesus walks into a restaurant for the last supper.
He asks the host, “could we have a table for 26?”
She looks at the group for a moment. “But ... there are only 13 of you?”
“Yes — we’re all going to sit on one side of the table.”
He asks the host, “could we have a table for 26?”
She looks at the group for a moment. “But ... there are only 13 of you?”
“Yes — we’re all going to sit on one side of the table.”
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Mar 31, 2026
I was just connecting with someone from Austin who has a 512 number.
I lived in San Antonio and had a 512 number.
“In 1992, the western part of [the 512] territory, including San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley, became area code 210, making 512 the last of Texas' original four area codes to be split.”
We didn’t cross the border — THE BORDER CROSSED US
I lived in San Antonio and had a 512 number.
“In 1992, the western part of [the 512] territory, including San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley, became area code 210, making 512 the last of Texas' original four area codes to be split.”
We didn’t cross the border — THE BORDER CROSSED US
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
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Mar 30, 2026
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Mar 26, 2026
“How Methamphetamine Is Evaluated Before It Reaches Your Child's School
Before methamphetamine can be used in an NYCPS school with student data, it must go through a review process called ERMA—the Enterprise Request Management Application. ERMA is NYCPS's established process for data privacy and security compliance.”
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/vision-and-mission/guidance-on-artificial-intelligence
Before methamphetamine can be used in an NYCPS school with student data, it must go through a review process called ERMA—the Enterprise Request Management Application. ERMA is NYCPS's established process for data privacy and security compliance.”
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/vision-and-mission/guidance-on-artificial-intelligence
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Mar 13, 2026
As an example of the things people will be doing there:
I am likely to be working on tiny projects in e.g. BASIC, 6502 assembly, Perl, Python, andor projects that relate to the reimplementation of symbolic storytelling systems from the past 60 years
Working with LLMs is not on my agenda and not expected of or required of participants
I am likely to be working on tiny projects in e.g. BASIC, 6502 assembly, Perl, Python, andor projects that relate to the reimplementation of symbolic storytelling systems from the past 60 years
Working with LLMs is not on my agenda and not expected of or required of participants
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Mar 13, 2026
The deadline for the September computational writing residency at Banff has been extended to March 25.
Come join us at this nonprofit nexus of creativity, in a program unaffiliated with any AI company, to develop your work with language and computing.
The language of the program is English; your work on French and Spanish projects can also be supported by the faculty
https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/literary-arts/computational-writing-2026
Come join us at this nonprofit nexus of creativity, in a program unaffiliated with any AI company, to develop your work with language and computing.
The language of the program is English; your work on French and Spanish projects can also be supported by the faculty
https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/literary-arts/computational-writing-2026
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Mar 10, 2026
Published today, with US sales through Printed Matter
https://rrose-editions.com/portfolio/patsy-baudoin-nick-montfort-rubrique-technologie-tech-section/
https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/70507
https://rrose-editions.com/portfolio/patsy-baudoin-nick-montfort-rubrique-technologie-tech-section/
https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/70507
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Mar 09, 2026
Person on phone, on train: “Oh, did the time change? Did we gain an hour or lose an hour? Wow.”
My mind, swirling in thoughts from the previous century: How did you manage to get onto this train without knowing that?
My mind, swirling in thoughts from the previous century: How did you manage to get onto this train without knowing that?
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Feb 25, 2026
Deadline to apply is March 11! Come to this self-directed September residency at Banff w/ me, @LYB & Kalen Iwamoto
https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/literary-arts/computational-writing-2026
https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/literary-arts/computational-writing-2026
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Feb 24, 2026
There were missed opportunities. When Dillinger hsa brought himself into his company’s rebooted “CPU.”
1. Looking out onto the red cyberscape, there should be an actual LAKE OF FIRE
2. The identity disk that he retrieves should have nine concentric circles
1. Looking out onto the red cyberscape, there should be an actual LAKE OF FIRE
2. The identity disk that he retrieves should have nine concentric circles
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Feb 24, 2026
I’m finding it diffiuclt to find technical fauts in Tron: Ares. I have to pick such nits as, why isn’t Julian Dillinger using tab completion?
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Feb 15, 2026
I'm one of five who has each written briefly on this topic for LARB
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/artificial-intelligence-literary-future-chatgpt-large-language-model
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/artificial-intelligence-literary-future-chatgpt-large-language-model
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Sep 15, 2025
Daniel Temkin’s book Forty-Four Esolangs, coming from the MIT Press on Sep 23 in the Hardcopy series, is reviewed & @rottytooth himself is interviewed in IEEE Spectrum
https://spectrum.ieee.org/esoteric-programming-languages-daniel-temkin
https://spectrum.ieee.org/esoteric-programming-languages-daniel-temkin
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Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
Nick Montfort
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
mastodon.social
@nickmofo@mastodon.social
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Aug 15, 2025
This event on Thursday August 21 in the #Brooklyn part of #NYC will include the world premiere of my & Figurt’s very unusual short film START ME UP
https://nickm.com/collab/figurt_montfort/start_me_up/
https://nickm.com/collab/figurt_montfort/start_me_up/
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