Daniël de Zeeuw
@ddzeeuw.bsky.social
History repeats itself, just now with smartphones
Ass. Prof. Digital Media Culture, University of Amsterdam
Ass. Prof. Digital Media Culture, University of Amsterdam
Tomorrow I will moderate what promises to be a very interesting program and launch of the book Images and Objects of Russia’s War against Ukraine in Vox-pop: voxpop.uva.nl/shared/subsi...
Images and Objects of Russia’s War against Ukraine - VOX-POP
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has devastated lives, communities, and cities. From the earliest days of the war, images of the destruction caused by the attacks began to spread across several...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Tomorrow I will moderate what promises to be a very interesting program and launch of the book Images and Objects of Russia’s War against Ukraine in Vox-pop: voxpop.uva.nl/shared/subsi...
Today I was quoted by Steve Rose in The Guardian on the Trump admin's use of AI-imagery and memes: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The slopaganda era: 10 AI images posted by the White House - and what they teach us
Under Donald Trump, the White House has filled its social media with memes, wishcasting, nostalgia and deepfakes. Here’s what you need to know to navigate the trolling
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January 29, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Today I was quoted by Steve Rose in The Guardian on the Trump admin's use of AI-imagery and memes: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
tuurlijk joh, alle begrip hoor... het "grappigste" aan deze affaire is nog wel dat waar Trump het beestje bij de naam noemt (olie, invloed etc.) de media in een soort 'manufacturing consent' stuip vast zitten; alleen zij komen nog aan met gelegenheidsargumenten (dictatuur, drugs, censuur, etc.)
January 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
tuurlijk joh, alle begrip hoor... het "grappigste" aan deze affaire is nog wel dat waar Trump het beestje bij de naam noemt (olie, invloed etc.) de media in een soort 'manufacturing consent' stuip vast zitten; alleen zij komen nog aan met gelegenheidsargumenten (dictatuur, drugs, censuur, etc.)
Sorry complotdenkers, hij zegt het zelf al
January 3, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Sorry complotdenkers, hij zegt het zelf al
What Google expects me to use AI for versus what I use it for (after a copious Christmas dinner). Fav quote: “Fascism is the open terrorist dictatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic and most imperialist elements of finance capital." Watching the series M: Son of the century now…
December 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What Google expects me to use AI for versus what I use it for (after a copious Christmas dinner). Fav quote: “Fascism is the open terrorist dictatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic and most imperialist elements of finance capital." Watching the series M: Son of the century now…
All I want for Christmas...
December 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
All I want for Christmas...
Medeplichtigheid met genocide, oke, maar corruptie bij aanbesteding?? nee dat kan echt niet ... www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
‘Israëlische wapenproducent Elbit geschorst door NAVO vanwege mogelijke corruptie’
Corruptieschandaal: Defensiebedrijf Elbit mag niet meer meedoen aan nieuwe aanbestedingsprocedures, meldt onderzoeksplatform Follow the Money.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/12/08/israelische-wapenproducent-elbit-geschorst-door-navo-vanwege-mogelijke-corruptie-a4914717#/krant/2025/12/09/#105
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Medeplichtigheid met genocide, oke, maar corruptie bij aanbesteding?? nee dat kan echt niet ... www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
this speech by Melania Trump on the future of AI warfare is beyond hilarious shorturl.at/HlzSN - and f-ing scary. But at least "it" didn't trip! shorturl.at/DKQdS
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November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this speech by Melania Trump on the future of AI warfare is beyond hilarious shorturl.at/HlzSN - and f-ing scary. But at least "it" didn't trip! shorturl.at/DKQdS
On 5 December I'm presenting my research on NPC streamers at the symposium "Brain Rot, AI Slop, and the Enshittification of the Internet". You can attend online: shorturl.at/faC7w
Brain Rot, AI Slop, and the Enshittification of the Internet: A Symposium (Virtual) - ARU
Join us online on 5 December for a symposium investigating the recent phenomena of Brain Rot, AI Slop, and the so-called 'great Internet let down'.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
On 5 December I'm presenting my research on NPC streamers at the symposium "Brain Rot, AI Slop, and the Enshittification of the Internet". You can attend online: shorturl.at/faC7w
👉 New publication 👈 together with Clare Birchall and Peter Knight I wrote an article on "PSYOP realism": a new cultural sensibility that speaks to the new anxieties of influence brought about by the convergence of military psyops, disinformation, and behavioral manipulation online shorturl.at/aCIa4
On Psyop Realism
Abstract. This article charts the emergence of a “psyop-realist” aesthetic in online culture and art. Embodying the feeling of unreality of the pandemic years, psyop realism speaks to new anxieties of...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
👉 New publication 👈 together with Clare Birchall and Peter Knight I wrote an article on "PSYOP realism": a new cultural sensibility that speaks to the new anxieties of influence brought about by the convergence of military psyops, disinformation, and behavioral manipulation online shorturl.at/aCIa4
Goed (en ongerust makend) stuk van Bart Crezee in De Groene shorturl.at/8yT4A over hoe het idee van "negatieve emissies" de onhoudbare status quo van oneindige groei in stand houdt, met perverse gevolgen zoals het inzetten van CO2 opslag voor verdere fossiele extractie door OP:
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Goed (en ongerust makend) stuk van Bart Crezee in De Groene shorturl.at/8yT4A over hoe het idee van "negatieve emissies" de onhoudbare status quo van oneindige groei in stand houdt, met perverse gevolgen zoals het inzetten van CO2 opslag voor verdere fossiele extractie door OP:
New article post! shorturl.at/yJBr5 I mostly blame this brave attempt at updating digital methods for the 2020s "vibes" era of platforms on @hetsalwel.bsky.social - and we're continuing this research in '26 as a reading group "From Vectors to Vibes" - email us if you're interested in participating!
Digital rhythmanalysis: Studying memetic and affective rhythms on the post-viral Web - Sal Hagen, Daniël de Zeeuw, Tommaso Venturini, 2025
How to do justice to the pulsing, ephemeral and multisensory dimensions of today's digital lifeworlds? Even as platforms increasingly push audio-visual str...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New article post! shorturl.at/yJBr5 I mostly blame this brave attempt at updating digital methods for the 2020s "vibes" era of platforms on @hetsalwel.bsky.social - and we're continuing this research in '26 as a reading group "From Vectors to Vibes" - email us if you're interested in participating!
Good old, Sweet 2016... First slide of the second iteration of my Media & War seminar at UvA!
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Good old, Sweet 2016... First slide of the second iteration of my Media & War seminar at UvA!
'false histories create false futures' - about the 'energy transition' as a myth and stalling tactic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UcV... also very important in the Dutch context of current D66 'ecomodernist' fantasies of sustainability as compatible with economic growth through technol. "innovation"
Zo werd de energietransitie gebruikt om klimaatbeleid te saboteren | VPRO Tegenlicht
YouTube video by VPRO Tegenlicht
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November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
'false histories create false futures' - about the 'energy transition' as a myth and stalling tactic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UcV... also very important in the Dutch context of current D66 'ecomodernist' fantasies of sustainability as compatible with economic growth through technol. "innovation"
Ah, de klassieke "als je vragen stelt bij de publieke subsidiëring van een irrationele wapenwedloop ben je een Putin-versteher" wordt op Jimmy Dijk afgevuurd. Goed bezig weer Nieuwsuur... #topjournalistiek
October 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Ah, de klassieke "als je vragen stelt bij de publieke subsidiëring van een irrationele wapenwedloop ben je een Putin-versteher" wordt op Jimmy Dijk afgevuurd. Goed bezig weer Nieuwsuur... #topjournalistiek
Ondertussen in de EU…
October 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Ondertussen in de EU…
They stole our faces, our bodies, our movements
October 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
They stole our faces, our bodies, our movements
Het ging de laatste tijd vaak over de irrationele haat van rechts voor Timmermans - maar het is bijna alsof hij zelf steeds verder in zijn maatpak verdwijnt; hij moet juist copulenter worden, dij uit! tot een grote vlezige luchtballon die knapt in een explosie van linkse revolutie! #bodypositivity!
September 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Het ging de laatste tijd vaak over de irrationele haat van rechts voor Timmermans - maar het is bijna alsof hij zelf steeds verder in zijn maatpak verdwijnt; hij moet juist copulenter worden, dij uit! tot een grote vlezige luchtballon die knapt in een explosie van linkse revolutie! #bodypositivity!
"multi-factual ideology" must be my Word o' the Week:
Robert Kennedy called autism “a complex condition with a multi-factual ideology”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Robert Kennedy called autism “a complex condition with a multi-factual ideology”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump attacks Tylenol as officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism
President says acetaminophen – also known as paracetamol - increases risk when taken by pregnant women, assertion contradicted by research
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September 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"multi-factual ideology" must be my Word o' the Week:
Robert Kennedy called autism “a complex condition with a multi-factual ideology”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Robert Kennedy called autism “a complex condition with a multi-factual ideology”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I saw the absurdist, small-town Western conspiratorial COVID/BLM satire Eddington yesterday, can definitely recommend! also to understand the current chaos in the US ... youtu.be/oL6jZqExlIk?... for an insighful longer commentary see: cliuanon.substack.com/p/eddington-...
Eddington | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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September 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I saw the absurdist, small-town Western conspiratorial COVID/BLM satire Eddington yesterday, can definitely recommend! also to understand the current chaos in the US ... youtu.be/oL6jZqExlIk?... for an insighful longer commentary see: cliuanon.substack.com/p/eddington-...
Ben Hoerman really is the Adam Curtis of YouTube (and I do mean this as a compliment): his video essay on The New Aesthetics of Fascism is worth watching in full: youtu.be/UD4_CaTufIU?...
The New Aesthetics of Fascism
YouTube video by Ben Hoerman
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September 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Ben Hoerman really is the Adam Curtis of YouTube (and I do mean this as a compliment): his video essay on The New Aesthetics of Fascism is worth watching in full: youtu.be/UD4_CaTufIU?...
Interesting piece by @katecrawford.bsky.social on "metabolic media", though I personally prefer the term "excremental media" 🫠 (for my PhD I wrote about early (pre-AI) meme culture on 4chan/Reddit and how they already imagined the internet as a giant digestive tract tinyurl.com/38wer53p
Intensification - Kate Crawford - Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop
AI slop isn’t invested in the order of events or even looking like reality. The slop is not the territory: it just smothers it in synthetic goop. It’s flooding the zone with AI shit.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Interesting piece by @katecrawford.bsky.social on "metabolic media", though I personally prefer the term "excremental media" 🫠 (for my PhD I wrote about early (pre-AI) meme culture on 4chan/Reddit and how they already imagined the internet as a giant digestive tract tinyurl.com/38wer53p
Een heel vreemd item van Nieuwsuur vandaag over inperking van vrijheid op de Nederlandse universiteiten, slaat de plank op een hele kwalijke manier mis. UvA met name wordt weggezet als woke links antisemitisch bolwerk, terwijl iemand als Charlie Kirk tot martelaar van het vrije woord wordt verheven.
September 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Een heel vreemd item van Nieuwsuur vandaag over inperking van vrijheid op de Nederlandse universiteiten, slaat de plank op een hele kwalijke manier mis. UvA met name wordt weggezet als woke links antisemitisch bolwerk, terwijl iemand als Charlie Kirk tot martelaar van het vrije woord wordt verheven.
Together with Marc Tuters and @robtoes.bsky.social I wrote an essay on the Charlie Kirk assassination, the Groypers - Nick Fuentes connection and the state of memetic political violence today oilab.eu/frozen-antag...
Frozen Antagonisms: Charlie Kirk, Groypers, and the Meme Politics of Violence – OILab
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September 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Together with Marc Tuters and @robtoes.bsky.social I wrote an essay on the Charlie Kirk assassination, the Groypers - Nick Fuentes connection and the state of memetic political violence today oilab.eu/frozen-antag...