<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_default">Snowed in? Here's something to do! </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px"><a href="https://isoc.live/20237" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0,119,200)"><img class="gmail-alignright gmail-size-medium gmail-wp-image-20238" src="https://i0.wp.com/isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/isoc-dc-data-book.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1" alt="ISOC LIVE" width="300" height="169" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: right; margin-left: 1.5em;"></a></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://isoc-dc-booktalk-sinnreich-gilbert-miller.eventbrite.com/" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,66,137)">REGISTER</a></span> | <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85819230824?pwd=Lsw2ayrcsockO4BVAQRThorq32wWNT.1" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,66,137)">ZOOM</a></span> | <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://addcal.io/e/fibcy8lm21yp" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,66,137)">ADD TO CALENDAR</a></span> | <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://isoc.live/20237" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,66,137)">PERMALINK</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px">On <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Monday February 23, 2026</span>, at <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">6pm EST</span> (23:00 UTC) the <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://isoc-dc.org/" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,66,137)">Internet Society U.S. Washington DC Chapter</a></span> (ISOC-DC) hosts a webinar ‘<span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://isoc-dc-booktalk-sinnreich-gilbert-miller.eventbrite.com/" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,66,137)">Book Talk with authors Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert, in Conversation With Paul “DJ Spooky” Miller</a></span>‘.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px">‘<span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048811/the-secret-life-of-data/" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,66,137)">The Secret Life Of Data</a><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span></span>‘ explores the many unpredictable, and often surprising, ways in which data surveillance, AI, and the constant presence of algorithms impact our culture and society in the age of global networks. No matter what form data takes, and what purpose we think it’s being used for, it will always have a secret life beyond what might be reasonably imagined, with profound implications for every aspect of our lives.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px">Co-authors <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aramsinnreich/" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,66,137)">Aram Sinnreich</a></span>, professor, and musician, currently serving as Graduate Director at American University School of Communication, and <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-gilbert-8686b72/" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,66,137)">Jesse Gilbert</a></span>, an academic who is also transdisciplinary artist, will be joined by recording star <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://djspooky.com/" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,66,137)">Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky</a></span> to explore this basic premise and its implications.</p></div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>--------------------------------------<br>Joly MacFie  +1<span title="Call with Google Voice">2185659365</span> </div><div>-------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