Ryan McGrady
@antisomniac.bsky.social
The internet, YouTube, Wikipedia, NYC, birds, media... Sr Research Fellow at UMass Amherst Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Media Cloud.
Places:
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Rhododendrites @ Wikipedia/Instagram/Threads
Antisomniac @ Mastodon.social
Places:
rhododendrites.com
Rhododendrites @ Wikipedia/Instagram/Threads
Antisomniac @ Mastodon.social
Responded there.
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Responded there.
Reposted by Ryan McGrady
Another in our series, Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data. This week’s elections show how central social media has become to campaigns with politicians on nearly every platform. But as Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explain, access to this data is shrinking.
There is More Online Election Discourse than Ever, But Researchers See Less | TechPolicy.Press
Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explore why public social media data is vital for transparent elections and accountability in the digital campaign era.
www.techpolicy.press
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Another in our series, Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data. This week’s elections show how central social media has become to campaigns with politicians on nearly every platform. But as Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explain, access to this data is shrinking.
Ugh. This is currently at the top of my list of "things that call to me because they're really important and really poorly understood, but are just too far from my area for me to help with in any competent, meaningful way" (it's not a short list...)
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Ugh. This is currently at the top of my list of "things that call to me because they're really important and really poorly understood, but are just too far from my area for me to help with in any competent, meaningful way" (it's not a short list...)
Reposted by Ryan McGrady
And check out the Coalition for Independent Technology Research's recent report, "The State of Independent Technology Research 2025: Power in Numbers." independenttechresearch.org/citr-report-...
The State of Independent Technology Research 2025
A report on the struggle to keep public-interest technology research alive—and the growing Coalition working to protect it.
independenttechresearch.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
And check out the Coalition for Independent Technology Research's recent report, "The State of Independent Technology Research 2025: Power in Numbers." independenttechresearch.org/citr-report-...
Nevermind that. Now I just want to know where I can find job ads for "thought leadership writing." Sounds like a good gig.
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Nevermind that. Now I just want to know where I can find job ads for "thought leadership writing." Sounds like a good gig.
Looks like it's been corrected. 👍
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Looks like it's been corrected. 👍
It's here in the protection log: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...
Protection log - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It's here in the protection log: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...