Marcus Bösch
@boesch.bsky.social
Researcher & Consultant. Exploring Postdigital Propaganda, AI Slop & TikTok Tactics. Free Newsletter http://understanding-tiktok.com 🦑
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Nick Land is "back" spikeartmagazine.com/articles/use...
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Nick Land is "back" spikeartmagazine.com/articles/use...
I'm finally giving a seminar on memes. And I'm already very happy with my reference slide
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'm finally giving a seminar on memes. And I'm already very happy with my reference slide
Got invited to talk TikTok on HIP REPLACEMENT with Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick & Ben Dietz.
We discuss: Alt TikTok Aesthetics, WarTok and Thirst Trap Propaganda,The Future of US TikTok and the Mamdani Campaign
open.spotify.com/show/1sjICEi...
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We discuss: Alt TikTok Aesthetics, WarTok and Thirst Trap Propaganda,The Future of US TikTok and the Mamdani Campaign
open.spotify.com/show/1sjICEi...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Got invited to talk TikTok on HIP REPLACEMENT with Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick & Ben Dietz.
We discuss: Alt TikTok Aesthetics, WarTok and Thirst Trap Propaganda,The Future of US TikTok and the Mamdani Campaign
open.spotify.com/show/1sjICEi...
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We discuss: Alt TikTok Aesthetics, WarTok and Thirst Trap Propaganda,The Future of US TikTok and the Mamdani Campaign
open.spotify.com/show/1sjICEi...
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Squeezed in between Sophie Bishop and Pierre Bourdieu together with Tom. That is how imagine my family grave to be. #FindMeInTheReferences
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Squeezed in between Sophie Bishop and Pierre Bourdieu together with Tom. That is how imagine my family grave to be. #FindMeInTheReferences
MAGA Swifties vs. CDU Swifties
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
MAGA Swifties vs. CDU Swifties
From the comments:Zohran broke the diaspora group chats with this one.
October 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
From the comments:Zohran broke the diaspora group chats with this one.
The DHS Stole A TikToker’s Meme Video www.garbageday.email/p/young-repu...
October 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The DHS Stole A TikToker’s Meme Video www.garbageday.email/p/young-repu...
Data Visualizations as Propaganda.
"Though often considered to be “objective”, data visualizations can also be created and / or appropriated to mislead.
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
"Though often considered to be “objective”, data visualizations can also be created and / or appropriated to mislead.
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
October 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Data Visualizations as Propaganda.
"Though often considered to be “objective”, data visualizations can also be created and / or appropriated to mislead.
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
"Though often considered to be “objective”, data visualizations can also be created and / or appropriated to mislead.
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
As seen in the comments underneath the three-eyed A.I. frog
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
As seen in the comments underneath the three-eyed A.I. frog
Online/Offline Nexus — postdigital
October 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Online/Offline Nexus — postdigital
The Memes Hype Cycle: Trigger, "Inflation", Peak & Mass Media Coverage, AI Takeover. Next: Trough of Disillusionment, Fade-out, Rebirth.
October 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The Memes Hype Cycle: Trigger, "Inflation", Peak & Mass Media Coverage, AI Takeover. Next: Trough of Disillusionment, Fade-out, Rebirth.
Freedom Frog 2 - The Trailer
October 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Freedom Frog 2 - The Trailer
Antifafrog AI Memes
October 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Antifafrog AI Memes
The Antifafrogs are multiplying
October 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Antifafrogs are multiplying
'flood the zone' --> 'map the flood'
"We are documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Donald Trump and his administration that may pose a threat to American democracy, since the start of his second term in January 2025."
www.trumpactiontracker.info
"We are documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Donald Trump and his administration that may pose a threat to American democracy, since the start of his second term in January 2025."
www.trumpactiontracker.info
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
'flood the zone' --> 'map the flood'
"We are documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Donald Trump and his administration that may pose a threat to American democracy, since the start of his second term in January 2025."
www.trumpactiontracker.info
"We are documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Donald Trump and his administration that may pose a threat to American democracy, since the start of his second term in January 2025."
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Sounds reasonable www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
October 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sounds reasonable www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Memes serve as a tool of dark participation and are used purposefully “to disrupt, undermine, attack, resist or reappropriate discursive positions pertaining to public affairs narratives in the news” (Peters & Allan, 2021, pp. 2–3)
October 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Memes serve as a tool of dark participation and are used purposefully “to disrupt, undermine, attack, resist or reappropriate discursive positions pertaining to public affairs narratives in the news” (Peters & Allan, 2021, pp. 2–3)
“Love winter, hate ice”
October 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“Love winter, hate ice”
ByteDance deal is bigger than TikTok www.axios.com/2025/10/04/b...
October 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
ByteDance deal is bigger than TikTok www.axios.com/2025/10/04/b...