Zoë Jay
@zoecharlottejay.bsky.social
international relations, boycott eurovision, human rights, critical pedagogy, cats, deutsch, suomea. she/her/hän.
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ICYMI: How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? Dr. Zoë Jay from the University of Helsinki returns to share insights from her research within the #Eurovision community
The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews Episode 286: Discomfort
How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? Dr. Zoë Jay returns to the show to share insights from her research within the Eurovision community about this topic through the Eurovisionaries project. We also discuss ideas for fans who may be approaching 2026 with the mindset of new year, new me, new special interest.
www.eurowhat.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
ICYMI: How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? Dr. Zoë Jay from the University of Helsinki returns to share insights from her research within the #Eurovision community
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It’s been over three months since a ceasefire was announced in Gaza, but Israel’s destruction of the strip still continues.
Since the beginning of the ceasefire, Israel has demolished more than 2,500 buildings in Gaza, per a report from @nytimes.com.
Since the beginning of the ceasefire, Israel has demolished more than 2,500 buildings in Gaza, per a report from @nytimes.com.
Two Months After Cease-Fire, Israel Is Still Demolishing Gaza
More than 2,500 buildings have been destroyed since the start of the cease-fire, according to a New York Times analysis. Israel says it is demilitarizing Gaza.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
It’s been over three months since a ceasefire was announced in Gaza, but Israel’s destruction of the strip still continues.
Since the beginning of the ceasefire, Israel has demolished more than 2,500 buildings in Gaza, per a report from @nytimes.com.
Since the beginning of the ceasefire, Israel has demolished more than 2,500 buildings in Gaza, per a report from @nytimes.com.
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just so it's clear: this is the exact core function of genAI
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.
January 1, 2026 at 7:11 AM
just so it's clear: this is the exact core function of genAI
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
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I found this to be a very useful conversation as I continue to figure out how to navigate the 2026 season. Enjoy!
🎆 NEW EPISODE 🎆
How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social returns to share insights from her research within the #Eurovision community www.eurowhat.com/286
How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social returns to share insights from her research within the #Eurovision community www.eurowhat.com/286
December 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I found this to be a very useful conversation as I continue to figure out how to navigate the 2026 season. Enjoy!
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For the FINAL Eurowhat? (of 2025): let's chat about what happens when the object of your fandom gets problematic.
@zoecharlottejay.bsky.social reached out to us IMMEDIATELY after all the recent kerblooey at the EBU and she was ABSOLUTELY the person I wanted to chat with about all of this. Tune in!
@zoecharlottejay.bsky.social reached out to us IMMEDIATELY after all the recent kerblooey at the EBU and she was ABSOLUTELY the person I wanted to chat with about all of this. Tune in!
🎆 NEW EPISODE 🎆
How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social returns to share insights from her research within the #Eurovision community www.eurowhat.com/286
How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social returns to share insights from her research within the #Eurovision community www.eurowhat.com/286
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
For the FINAL Eurowhat? (of 2025): let's chat about what happens when the object of your fandom gets problematic.
@zoecharlottejay.bsky.social reached out to us IMMEDIATELY after all the recent kerblooey at the EBU and she was ABSOLUTELY the person I wanted to chat with about all of this. Tune in!
@zoecharlottejay.bsky.social reached out to us IMMEDIATELY after all the recent kerblooey at the EBU and she was ABSOLUTELY the person I wanted to chat with about all of this. Tune in!
always a pleasure to chat with the @eurowhat.bsky.social guys, even if the topic is a tough one like this. i hope the episode is useful for anyone thinking about what to do next as their relationships to eurovision change
🎆 NEW EPISODE 🎆
How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social returns to share insights from her research within the #Eurovision community www.eurowhat.com/286
How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social returns to share insights from her research within the #Eurovision community www.eurowhat.com/286
December 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
always a pleasure to chat with the @eurowhat.bsky.social guys, even if the topic is a tough one like this. i hope the episode is useful for anyone thinking about what to do next as their relationships to eurovision change
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I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
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ICYMI: With the passage of the EBU's new Eurovision rules, Israel will be in Vienna while the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, and Iceland have withdrawn from the Contest. We’ll be discussing the fallout from the decision and figuring out how we’ll be navigating 2026... www.eurowhat.com/285
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ICYMI: With the passage of the EBU's new Eurovision rules, Israel will be in Vienna while the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, and Iceland have withdrawn from the Contest. We’ll be discussing the fallout from the decision and figuring out how we’ll be navigating 2026... www.eurowhat.com/285
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Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
this focus on “fixing” the rules only legitimises israel further. if your rules clamp down on cheating but not genocide they are bad rules!
the fundamental issue is, and has always been, that countries committing genocide should not get to participate in international society.
the fundamental issue is, and has always been, that countries committing genocide should not get to participate in international society.
December 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
this focus on “fixing” the rules only legitimises israel further. if your rules clamp down on cheating but not genocide they are bad rules!
the fundamental issue is, and has always been, that countries committing genocide should not get to participate in international society.
the fundamental issue is, and has always been, that countries committing genocide should not get to participate in international society.
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🇵🇹 #Portugal: Seventeen Musicians in Festival da Canção 2026 Will Not Compete in #Eurovision Should They Win eurovoix.com/2025/12/10/p...
eurovoix.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🇵🇹 #Portugal: Seventeen Musicians in Festival da Canção 2026 Will Not Compete in #Eurovision Should They Win eurovoix.com/2025/12/10/p...
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tule mukaan vaatimaan Yleä boikotoimaan Euroviisuja, jos israel osallistu! huomenna Helsingissä #euroviisut #eurovision #boycotteurovision
December 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
tule mukaan vaatimaan Yleä boikotoimaan Euroviisuja, jos israel osallistu! huomenna Helsingissä #euroviisut #eurovision #boycotteurovision
tule mukaan vaatimaan Yleä boikotoimaan Euroviisuja, jos israel osallistu! huomenna Helsingissä #euroviisut #eurovision #boycotteurovision
December 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
tule mukaan vaatimaan Yleä boikotoimaan Euroviisuja, jos israel osallistu! huomenna Helsingissä #euroviisut #eurovision #boycotteurovision
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🇳🇱 TV general director: ‘Culture unites, but not at any price.’
🇪🇸, 🇮🇪, 🇸🇮 also out of #Eurovision 2026, as they said before last delegations’ meeting (🇸🇮 taking that stand first).
🇧🇪, 🇮🇸 to decide in coming days.
🇪🇸, 🇮🇪, 🇸🇮 also out of #Eurovision 2026, as they said before last delegations’ meeting (🇸🇮 taking that stand first).
🇧🇪, 🇮🇸 to decide in coming days.
🇳🇱 BREAKING: Netherlands withdraws from #Eurovision 2026, following the results of the EBU General Assembly today.
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🇳🇱 TV general director: ‘Culture unites, but not at any price.’
🇪🇸, 🇮🇪, 🇸🇮 also out of #Eurovision 2026, as they said before last delegations’ meeting (🇸🇮 taking that stand first).
🇧🇪, 🇮🇸 to decide in coming days.
🇪🇸, 🇮🇪, 🇸🇮 also out of #Eurovision 2026, as they said before last delegations’ meeting (🇸🇮 taking that stand first).
🇧🇪, 🇮🇸 to decide in coming days.
i hate the academic long sentence police so much! sometimes sentences need to be long! sometimes they cannot simply broken up or shortened! it’s not my fault you can’t keep track of more than two lines at a time!
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
i hate the academic long sentence police so much! sometimes sentences need to be long! sometimes they cannot simply broken up or shortened! it’s not my fault you can’t keep track of more than two lines at a time!
🌟uusi julkaisu!🌟
opiskelijaani ja minä esittelemme yhteisiä reflektoita kokemuksistamma ihmisoikeus-kurssin ossallistavasta suunnittelusta.
artikkeli on englanniksi, mutta abstrakti on saatavissa suomeksi ja ranskaksi.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
opiskelijaani ja minä esittelemme yhteisiä reflektoita kokemuksistamma ihmisoikeus-kurssin ossallistavasta suunnittelusta.
artikkeli on englanniksi, mutta abstrakti on saatavissa suomeksi ja ranskaksi.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🌟uusi julkaisu!🌟
opiskelijaani ja minä esittelemme yhteisiä reflektoita kokemuksistamma ihmisoikeus-kurssin ossallistavasta suunnittelusta.
artikkeli on englanniksi, mutta abstrakti on saatavissa suomeksi ja ranskaksi.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
opiskelijaani ja minä esittelemme yhteisiä reflektoita kokemuksistamma ihmisoikeus-kurssin ossallistavasta suunnittelusta.
artikkeli on englanniksi, mutta abstrakti on saatavissa suomeksi ja ranskaksi.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
the article my students & i wrote together about collaborative course design is *finally* here! it’s a collaborative reflection between students & teacher on power, solidarity, & who produces what forms of knowledge in the world politics classroom - please read!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Input, respect, and a little uncertainty: student perspectives on collaborative course design
Collaborative course design – the process of students and teacher deciding on the scope and nature of a course together – offers novel ways of conceptualizing and practicing power relations and sol...
www.tandfonline.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
the article my students & i wrote together about collaborative course design is *finally* here! it’s a collaborative reflection between students & teacher on power, solidarity, & who produces what forms of knowledge in the world politics classroom - please read!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"This Winter in Gaza will be worst than the last. It is the third winter season suffered under a genocide. Last year over 80% of residential buildings were destroyed, and this year that percentage increased to over 93% of residential structures razed to the ground" #TheSameerProject #Gaza
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"This Winter in Gaza will be worst than the last. It is the third winter season suffered under a genocide. Last year over 80% of residential buildings were destroyed, and this year that percentage increased to over 93% of residential structures razed to the ground" #TheSameerProject #Gaza
make no mistake, the ebu’s voting procedure changes are a distraction. they want everyone to forget that israel is committing genocide. the boycott continues until israel is excluded.
www.ebu.ch/news/2025/11...
www.ebu.ch/news/2025/11...
EBU announces changes to Eurovision Song Contest voting rules to strengthen trust and transparency
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has announced a series of important updates to the voting framework for the Eurovision Song Contest designed to strengthen trust, transparency and audience engage...
www.ebu.ch
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
make no mistake, the ebu’s voting procedure changes are a distraction. they want everyone to forget that israel is committing genocide. the boycott continues until israel is excluded.
www.ebu.ch/news/2025/11...
www.ebu.ch/news/2025/11...
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New paper!
Ian Paterson and I explore Scotland’s desecuritisation of immigration, outlining how desecurisation can be an affectively attractive method to pursue the self as well as an ethical ontological security seeking practice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ian Paterson and I explore Scotland’s desecuritisation of immigration, outlining how desecurisation can be an affectively attractive method to pursue the self as well as an ethical ontological security seeking practice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Wha’s like us? The desecuritisation of migration as ontological security-seeking in Scotland | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Wha’s like us? The desecuritisation of migration as ontological security-seeking in Scotland
www.cambridge.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
New paper!
Ian Paterson and I explore Scotland’s desecuritisation of immigration, outlining how desecurisation can be an affectively attractive method to pursue the self as well as an ethical ontological security seeking practice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ian Paterson and I explore Scotland’s desecuritisation of immigration, outlining how desecurisation can be an affectively attractive method to pursue the self as well as an ethical ontological security seeking practice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
