Alec Badenoch
@alecbad.bsky.social
Just zis guy, you know? (He/him)
Asst. prof. for Media and Culture at Utrecht Univesity. Rock star in a parallel universe. I write stuff about radio, media history, women's history, archives, grief, and stuff.
https://alecbadenoch.org/
Asst. prof. for Media and Culture at Utrecht Univesity. Rock star in a parallel universe. I write stuff about radio, media history, women's history, archives, grief, and stuff.
https://alecbadenoch.org/
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Alec Badenoch
@alecbad.bsky.social
· Oct 5
The International Women’s Broadcasting Histories network is delighted to announce that it will be hosting its inaugural conference at the University of East Anglia, 25-26th June 2026.
#cfp as a 🧵
#cfp as a 🧵
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
At this point, we have to consider whether a pandemic is their goal. Beyond RFK's eugenicist fantasies, a pandemic would offer pretext for various 'emergency powers' not to mention suspending elections, etc.
“Should the administration seek rapid changes to vaccine ingredients, certain shots could become less available and protection against dangerous diseases that haven’t been a widespread threat in decades — including measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, and polio — could wither.”
Trump and RFK Jr. are mulling their most disruptive vaccine policies yet — alarming manufacturers
Trump and Kennedy are considering removing aluminum from vaccines and breaking up shots that protect against multiple diseases.
www.statnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
At this point, we have to consider whether a pandemic is their goal. Beyond RFK's eugenicist fantasies, a pandemic would offer pretext for various 'emergency powers' not to mention suspending elections, etc.
Makes me think of stories of German soldiers who went back as tourists to the cities they’d occupied in WWII, totally surprised at the locals who didn’t want to see them
Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Makes me think of stories of German soldiers who went back as tourists to the cities they’d occupied in WWII, totally surprised at the locals who didn’t want to see them
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Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
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🌍 42.5m refugees
Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
🧵
![Dear [my MP’s name],
As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.
That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.
I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.
Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.
A manufactured crisis
As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.
The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bru4h6s37w4hfmwhetu7veye/bafkreidmewc5timbx7nh57qyq7lm7gmhvclzidmloqhwgckpnegnddoicq@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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The work that Jessica does here developing an idea of music as 'multimodal, multisensory' is SO philosophically important as people in that field CONTINUE to treat 'sound' or 'listening' as like uniquely auditory and ear-and-voice-based phenomena
The book challenges the misconceptions associated with deafness and hearing in Western music through engaging with the musical endeavors of culturally deaf, oral deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing disabled musicians, while imparting a multimodal, multisensory conception of music and musicianship.
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The work that Jessica does here developing an idea of music as 'multimodal, multisensory' is SO philosophically important as people in that field CONTINUE to treat 'sound' or 'listening' as like uniquely auditory and ear-and-voice-based phenomena
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Dressed up like you’re in patrol in Fallujah, passing some retired banker from Myers Park out to pick up birdseed.
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Dressed up like you’re in patrol in Fallujah, passing some retired banker from Myers Park out to pick up birdseed.
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Something centre-right journalists absolutely love is the "enrages environmentalists" framing
It presents climate / enviro folks as irrational, salivating and constantly infuriated idiots, whereas 'centrist' pro-fossil politicians are Very Serious, level-headed Adults In The Room
archive.ph/0PsH4
It presents climate / enviro folks as irrational, salivating and constantly infuriated idiots, whereas 'centrist' pro-fossil politicians are Very Serious, level-headed Adults In The Room
archive.ph/0PsH4
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Something centre-right journalists absolutely love is the "enrages environmentalists" framing
It presents climate / enviro folks as irrational, salivating and constantly infuriated idiots, whereas 'centrist' pro-fossil politicians are Very Serious, level-headed Adults In The Room
archive.ph/0PsH4
It presents climate / enviro folks as irrational, salivating and constantly infuriated idiots, whereas 'centrist' pro-fossil politicians are Very Serious, level-headed Adults In The Room
archive.ph/0PsH4
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I am begging America to not be stupid enough to embrace a racist and an antisemite because Donald Trump thinks she's a meanie. Just grab some popcorn and watch the Nazis fight.
Trump: “I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene…”
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I am begging America to not be stupid enough to embrace a racist and an antisemite because Donald Trump thinks she's a meanie. Just grab some popcorn and watch the Nazis fight.
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Thrilled that @marklewisohn.bsky.social has contributed this passionate, personal post to the CST series against the recent BBC Written Archives policy shifts. His cri de couer is directed squarely at those who came up with the changes. Please read and share widely.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
cstonline.net/defending-th...
DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
cstonline.net
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Thrilled that @marklewisohn.bsky.social has contributed this passionate, personal post to the CST series against the recent BBC Written Archives policy shifts. His cri de couer is directed squarely at those who came up with the changes. Please read and share widely.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
cstonline.net/defending-th...
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
Absolutely this. (Barely) plausible deniability has greased every damn cog in the machine the drove us here.
I hope the people who need to learn the lessons offered today are starting to realize that when you endlessly give certain folks the benefit of the doubt, this is the kind of evil that happens.
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Absolutely this. (Barely) plausible deniability has greased every damn cog in the machine the drove us here.
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A couple years ago I worked on 12 grants in my role as a task force director at the Library of Congress. This year, zero. We are going to lose a lot of our public memory. Which is at the crux of fascistic mobilization.
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A couple years ago I worked on 12 grants in my role as a task force director at the Library of Congress. This year, zero. We are going to lose a lot of our public memory. Which is at the crux of fascistic mobilization.
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"My health insurance is going up $450/month."
"How about a one time payments of $2000. Will that help?"
"Not much, no."
"Good, because we're lying about that."
"How about a one time payments of $2000. Will that help?"
"Not much, no."
"Good, because we're lying about that."
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"My health insurance is going up $450/month."
"How about a one time payments of $2000. Will that help?"
"Not much, no."
"Good, because we're lying about that."
"How about a one time payments of $2000. Will that help?"
"Not much, no."
"Good, because we're lying about that."
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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JUST IN: Zohran Mamdani announces imposition of Shamone law. It doesn’t matter if you’re Black or White.
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
JUST IN: Zohran Mamdani announces imposition of Shamone law. It doesn’t matter if you’re Black or White.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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The revolution will not be mansplained!
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The revolution will not be mansplained!
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Oligarchs executed a master plan to deregulate campaign finance & kill off anti-bribery laws so they could buy elections.
Their elite panic about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is the oligarchy showing how afraid they are that their master plan is no longer working.
LeverNews.com/book
Their elite panic about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is the oligarchy showing how afraid they are that their master plan is no longer working.
LeverNews.com/book
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Oligarchs executed a master plan to deregulate campaign finance & kill off anti-bribery laws so they could buy elections.
Their elite panic about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is the oligarchy showing how afraid they are that their master plan is no longer working.
LeverNews.com/book
Their elite panic about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is the oligarchy showing how afraid they are that their master plan is no longer working.
LeverNews.com/book
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After a month-long hiatus imposed by the labours of proofing and indexing 'Magic Rays of Light', I have re-booted the Illuminations blog, to continue my notes about pre-war television but also to broaden the focus and interests.
Do take a look:
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
Do take a look:
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television - and more - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Apologies for the blog’s month-long hiatus and the interruption of the daily ‘OTD in early British television’ posts. The last such post was on 25 September, and since then I have b...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
After a month-long hiatus imposed by the labours of proofing and indexing 'Magic Rays of Light', I have re-booted the Illuminations blog, to continue my notes about pre-war television but also to broaden the focus and interests.
Do take a look:
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
Do take a look:
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
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Farage’s claim that flag mania was down to ordinary citizens couldn’t be further from the truth. Brilliant expose via @manchestermill.bsky.social.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Farage’s claim that flag mania was down to ordinary citizens couldn’t be further from the truth. Brilliant expose via @manchestermill.bsky.social.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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I wonder if the South American fishermen he's routinely killing would count as "innocent Christians" too, or nah?
Confirmation from TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of War/Defense/whatevs Pete Hegseth.
November 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I wonder if the South American fishermen he's routinely killing would count as "innocent Christians" too, or nah?
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This is why we can’t have nice things
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is why we can’t have nice things
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How can we use SOUND to enhance story-telling?
A date for your diary if you're anywhere near the delightful @gladlib.bsky.social on Saturday 17th January and you're interested in writing for either books or radio.
To kick off my time as writer-in-residence, I'm doing a day-long 'masterclass':
A date for your diary if you're anywhere near the delightful @gladlib.bsky.social on Saturday 17th January and you're interested in writing for either books or radio.
To kick off my time as writer-in-residence, I'm doing a day-long 'masterclass':
Masterclass: Writing with an Ear to Sound with David Hendy - Gladstone's Library
Writing with an Ear to Sound – a writing Masterclass with David Hendy 10.30am-3pm, Saturday 17th January 2026 – save the date! Join the...
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
How can we use SOUND to enhance story-telling?
A date for your diary if you're anywhere near the delightful @gladlib.bsky.social on Saturday 17th January and you're interested in writing for either books or radio.
To kick off my time as writer-in-residence, I'm doing a day-long 'masterclass':
A date for your diary if you're anywhere near the delightful @gladlib.bsky.social on Saturday 17th January and you're interested in writing for either books or radio.
To kick off my time as writer-in-residence, I'm doing a day-long 'masterclass':