Hello AoIR-istas! Today, the #AoIR2021 conference released its 41 playlists containing 258 videos! The AoIR conference is free for all members, and standard individual membership is $45 USD. with a student rate of $30 USD. Join now or renew your membership <https://members.aoir.org/> and register <https://members.aoir.org/event-4396398> to participate in the conference *at no additional cost!* Learn more about what’s happening at 2021 AoIR: Independence <https://aoir.org/aoir2021confinfo/>. Nonmembers can watch the live conference keynote that takes place 12 October 2021 at 22:00 UTC (what time is that for me? <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=AoIR2021+Keynote+Address+12+October+2021+22%3A00+UTC&iso=20211012T22&ah=2>) and features André Brock, Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Media and Communication at Georgia Tech. Brock’s book *Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures* (NYU 2020) was the 2021 recipient of the AoIR Nancy Baym Book Award. <https://aoir.org/2021nbbookaward/> Want to participate in more ways? Registration is free for members, so please join or renew your membership <https://members.aoir.org/> and then register <https://members.aoir.org/event-4396398> today! We look forward to seeing you in October! Adrienne Shaw, Head of conference host committee And Members of your AoIR Executive Committee: Lynn Schofield Clark, President Tama Leaver, Vice President Axel Bruns, Immediate Past President Kelly Quinn, Treasurer Kat Tiidenberg, Secretary Zoë Glatt, Grad Student Representative Crystal Abidin, Open Seat Fabio Giglietto, Open Seat Erika Pearson, Open Seat And Michelle, AoIR Association Coordinator