Miira Hill
@hill90210.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at University of Bremen. Member of the “Digital Communication and Diversity of Information” Lab (Prof. Cornelius Puschmann)
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Our volume is out now!
“Video‑Analysis and Knowledge on Rewind” (Routledge, 2025)
Edited by Ajit Singh, Christian Meier zu Verl & René Tuma
Thanks to all contributors & supporters of this truly collaborative effort! @hill90210.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social
#sociology #videoanalysis #emca
“Video‑Analysis and Knowledge on Rewind” (Routledge, 2025)
Edited by Ajit Singh, Christian Meier zu Verl & René Tuma
Thanks to all contributors & supporters of this truly collaborative effort! @hill90210.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social
#sociology #videoanalysis #emca
July 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Our volume is out now!
“Video‑Analysis and Knowledge on Rewind” (Routledge, 2025)
Edited by Ajit Singh, Christian Meier zu Verl & René Tuma
Thanks to all contributors & supporters of this truly collaborative effort! @hill90210.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social
#sociology #videoanalysis #emca
“Video‑Analysis and Knowledge on Rewind” (Routledge, 2025)
Edited by Ajit Singh, Christian Meier zu Verl & René Tuma
Thanks to all contributors & supporters of this truly collaborative effort! @hill90210.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social
#sociology #videoanalysis #emca
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Last week, A-K. Watolla, @cbpuschmann.bsky.social & P. Zerrer presented "The Societal Impact of Systemic Risks" to @ec.europa.eu & Digital Services Coordinators. It shows how #disinformation spreads, affects #democracy & reveals #research gaps.
👉 Study (in German): www.dsc.bund.de/DSC/DE/Aktue...
👉 Study (in German): www.dsc.bund.de/DSC/DE/Aktue...
July 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Last week, A-K. Watolla, @cbpuschmann.bsky.social & P. Zerrer presented "The Societal Impact of Systemic Risks" to @ec.europa.eu & Digital Services Coordinators. It shows how #disinformation spreads, affects #democracy & reveals #research gaps.
👉 Study (in German): www.dsc.bund.de/DSC/DE/Aktue...
👉 Study (in German): www.dsc.bund.de/DSC/DE/Aktue...
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People always ask me : “Cristi, how do you manage parenting a baby while going up for tenure?”
It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents:
Sleep when the baby sleeps
Cry when the baby cries
Publish when the baby publishes
It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents:
Sleep when the baby sleeps
Cry when the baby cries
Publish when the baby publishes
July 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
People always ask me : “Cristi, how do you manage parenting a baby while going up for tenure?”
It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents:
Sleep when the baby sleeps
Cry when the baby cries
Publish when the baby publishes
It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents:
Sleep when the baby sleeps
Cry when the baby cries
Publish when the baby publishes
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The Department of Science and Technology Studies at the @univie.ac.at is now recruiting for a full professor in Science and Technology Studies!
📅 Deadline for Application 17 September 2025.
Please share widely with your colleagues and those who may be interested! #STS
Apply now: ⤵️
📅 Deadline for Application 17 September 2025.
Please share widely with your colleagues and those who may be interested! #STS
Apply now: ⤵️
berufungsservice.univie.ac.at
July 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The Department of Science and Technology Studies at the @univie.ac.at is now recruiting for a full professor in Science and Technology Studies!
📅 Deadline for Application 17 September 2025.
Please share widely with your colleagues and those who may be interested! #STS
Apply now: ⤵️
📅 Deadline for Application 17 September 2025.
Please share widely with your colleagues and those who may be interested! #STS
Apply now: ⤵️
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New publication out in Social Science Computer Review, with @mikefarjam.bsky.social (lead) and Meike Lohkamp:
“A Practical Guide and Case Study on How to Instruct LLMs for Automated Coding During Content Analysis.”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A thread 🧵:
“A Practical Guide and Case Study on How to Instruct LLMs for Automated Coding During Content Analysis.”
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A thread 🧵:
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June 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
New publication out in Social Science Computer Review, with @mikefarjam.bsky.social (lead) and Meike Lohkamp:
“A Practical Guide and Case Study on How to Instruct LLMs for Automated Coding During Content Analysis.”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A thread 🧵:
“A Practical Guide and Case Study on How to Instruct LLMs for Automated Coding During Content Analysis.”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A thread 🧵:
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I am excited about the upcoming publication: #Video #Analysis and #Knowledge on Rewind (co-edited together with Ajit Singh & René Tuma)
#sociology #emca #interaction #music #dementia #space #science #gaming #data etc.
Preview PDF is already available on the T&F page:
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
#sociology #emca #interaction #music #dementia #space #science #gaming #data etc.
Preview PDF is already available on the T&F page:
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Video-Analysis and Knowledge on Rewind | Contributions to Social Theor
This volume applies interpretive video‑analysis to explore the intersections between the sociology of knowledge and interaction studies. Presenting a series of
doi.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I am excited about the upcoming publication: #Video #Analysis and #Knowledge on Rewind (co-edited together with Ajit Singh & René Tuma)
#sociology #emca #interaction #music #dementia #space #science #gaming #data etc.
Preview PDF is already available on the T&F page:
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
#sociology #emca #interaction #music #dementia #space #science #gaming #data etc.
Preview PDF is already available on the T&F page:
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
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Scholar, journalist, policy maker, NGO working on digital technologies and democracy topics?
Check out this exciting Fellowship program at the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social.
Flexible conditions, inspiring environment, great colleagues.
🗓️ DL: September 15 (check instructions ⬇️)
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Check out this exciting Fellowship program at the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social.
Flexible conditions, inspiring environment, great colleagues.
🗓️ DL: September 15 (check instructions ⬇️)
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Digital Democracy Fellowship x TrygFonden Fellowship Program
Digital Democracy Fellowship x TrygFonden Fellowship Program
www.sdu.dk
June 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Scholar, journalist, policy maker, NGO working on digital technologies and democracy topics?
Check out this exciting Fellowship program at the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social.
Flexible conditions, inspiring environment, great colleagues.
🗓️ DL: September 15 (check instructions ⬇️)
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Check out this exciting Fellowship program at the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social.
Flexible conditions, inspiring environment, great colleagues.
🗓️ DL: September 15 (check instructions ⬇️)
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
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Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann und Dr. Miira Hill vom DCID-Lab erhalten den Communication History Division Top Paper Award der ICA für ihr Paper „Nostalgic for a Better Democracy? How German Right-Wing Social Media Commentators (Mis)remember Liberal Values”.
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June 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann und Dr. Miira Hill vom DCID-Lab erhalten den Communication History Division Top Paper Award der ICA für ihr Paper „Nostalgic for a Better Democracy? How German Right-Wing Social Media Commentators (Mis)remember Liberal Values”.
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ZeMKI member Dr. Miira Hill from the DCID-Lab will give a lecture on the communicative construction of visibility and subjectivation under the socio-technical conditions of the digital at the University of Milan-Bicocca on May 8, 2025.
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May 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
ZeMKI member Dr. Miira Hill from the DCID-Lab will give a lecture on the communicative construction of visibility and subjectivation under the socio-technical conditions of the digital at the University of Milan-Bicocca on May 8, 2025.
zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/?p=7906
zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/?p=7906
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@cbpuschmann.bsky.social and @hill90210.bsky.social from the DCID Lab were awarded with the Communication History Division Top Paper Award at the ICA Conference 2025 🎉
ICA Communication History Division Award for Cornelius Puschmann and Miira Hill
Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann and Dr. Miira Hill from the DCID Lab receive the Communication History Division Top Paper Award of the ICA for their paper “Nostalgic for a Better Democracy? How German R...
zemki.uni-bremen.de
June 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@cbpuschmann.bsky.social and @hill90210.bsky.social from the DCID Lab were awarded with the Communication History Division Top Paper Award at the ICA Conference 2025 🎉
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@rscarlets.bsky.social will present the paper on policy specifications in AI governance on behalf of a team with @reynoldscj.bsky.social Vasilisa Kuznetsova @ckatzenbach.bsky.social + me in an excellent panel on platform governance from @ica-clp.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
@rscarlets.bsky.social will present the paper on policy specifications in AI governance on behalf of a team with @reynoldscj.bsky.social Vasilisa Kuznetsova @ckatzenbach.bsky.social + me in an excellent panel on platform governance from @ica-clp.bsky.social
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This morning started off with a little workshop on LLMs as tools and objects of research with input by @hill90210.bsky.social, Jiahui Xing, Vasilisa Kuznetsova, @gorwa.ca & Tarleton Gillespie. Super glad so many showed up and definitely a discussion to continue! #AoIR2025Symposium
June 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This morning started off with a little workshop on LLMs as tools and objects of research with input by @hill90210.bsky.social, Jiahui Xing, Vasilisa Kuznetsova, @gorwa.ca & Tarleton Gillespie. Super glad so many showed up and definitely a discussion to continue! #AoIR2025Symposium
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#MSCA Postdoctoral #Fellowships 2025 – Call now open! 🚨
Are you a #postdoc looking to take the next big step in your #academic journey? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is officially open - and we'd love to welcome you to the University of Vienna! 🏛️
More here: ⤵️
Are you a #postdoc looking to take the next big step in your #academic journey? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is officially open - and we'd love to welcome you to the University of Vienna! 🏛️
More here: ⤵️
MSCA-PF
Marie-Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship at the University of Vienna
forschungsservice.univie.ac.at
May 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#MSCA Postdoctoral #Fellowships 2025 – Call now open! 🚨
Are you a #postdoc looking to take the next big step in your #academic journey? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is officially open - and we'd love to welcome you to the University of Vienna! 🏛️
More here: ⤵️
Are you a #postdoc looking to take the next big step in your #academic journey? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is officially open - and we'd love to welcome you to the University of Vienna! 🏛️
More here: ⤵️
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Call for Papers: Sociology of Knowledge Meets Human Rights #cfp #soziologie
Sociology of Knowledge Meets Human Rights
Conference of the Research Committee Sociology of Knowledge in the German Sociological Association, November 20-21, 2025, Université du Luxembourg
soziologie.de
May 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Call for Papers: Sociology of Knowledge Meets Human Rights #cfp #soziologie
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Wie kann #KI Milliarden Posts moderieren? Wo stößt sie an Grenzen? Hendrik Heuer (@hheuer.bsky.social) & weitere Forschende diskutieren am 27.5. die Grenzen automatisierter Erkennung von Hassrede & machen Moderationsprozesse transparent.
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#rp25 #GenXYZ @re-publica.com
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#rp25 #GenXYZ @re-publica.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Wie kann #KI Milliarden Posts moderieren? Wo stößt sie an Grenzen? Hendrik Heuer (@hheuer.bsky.social) & weitere Forschende diskutieren am 27.5. die Grenzen automatisierter Erkennung von Hassrede & machen Moderationsprozesse transparent.
re-publica.com/de/session/t...
#rp25 #GenXYZ @re-publica.com
re-publica.com/de/session/t...
#rp25 #GenXYZ @re-publica.com
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San Diego spends $2.5 million a year on Flock ALPR, exposing data about us to feds, while they close parks and libraries for those who need it for AC, wifi, and actual safety.
@sandiegotrust.bsky.social, Community Budget Alliance and so many others demanded safe places, not surveillance tonight.
@sandiegotrust.bsky.social, Community Budget Alliance and so many others demanded safe places, not surveillance tonight.
May 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
San Diego spends $2.5 million a year on Flock ALPR, exposing data about us to feds, while they close parks and libraries for those who need it for AC, wifi, and actual safety.
@sandiegotrust.bsky.social, Community Budget Alliance and so many others demanded safe places, not surveillance tonight.
@sandiegotrust.bsky.social, Community Budget Alliance and so many others demanded safe places, not surveillance tonight.
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46% of 16 to 21 year olds say they would rather a world without internet, and 70% say they feel worse about themselves after using social media.
It’s long past time governments stepped in to address the consequences of leaving the internet to the private sector.
It’s long past time governments stepped in to address the consequences of leaving the internet to the private sector.
Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds
Half of 16- to 21-year-olds support ‘digital curfew’ and nearly 70% feel worse after using social media
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
46% of 16 to 21 year olds say they would rather a world without internet, and 70% say they feel worse about themselves after using social media.
It’s long past time governments stepped in to address the consequences of leaving the internet to the private sector.
It’s long past time governments stepped in to address the consequences of leaving the internet to the private sector.
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What if platforms decided what you should search for, without telling you how or why? In this position paper co-authored with @taylorannabell.bsky.social, @gorwa.ca, Jacob van de Kerkhof & @thalesbertaglia.bsky.social, we explore the TikTok Search feature and the governance challenges it creates.
May 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
What if platforms decided what you should search for, without telling you how or why? In this position paper co-authored with @taylorannabell.bsky.social, @gorwa.ca, Jacob van de Kerkhof & @thalesbertaglia.bsky.social, we explore the TikTok Search feature and the governance challenges it creates.
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📢 Unser Postdoc-Netzwerk „Das Junge ZiF“ nimmt wieder Fellows auf:
Wenn ihr interdisziplinäres Arbeiten weiterentwickeln und Kontakte mit WissenschaftlerInnen unterschiedlicher Disziplinen aus der ganzen Welt knüpfen wollt, bewerbt euch bis zum 22. Mai!
🔗 www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtunge...
Wenn ihr interdisziplinäres Arbeiten weiterentwickeln und Kontakte mit WissenschaftlerInnen unterschiedlicher Disziplinen aus der ganzen Welt knüpfen wollt, bewerbt euch bis zum 22. Mai!
🔗 www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtunge...
"Das Junge ZiF" - Universität Bielefeld
Next Call for Applications: Spring 2025 (PDF,
www.uni-bielefeld.de
May 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📢 Unser Postdoc-Netzwerk „Das Junge ZiF“ nimmt wieder Fellows auf:
Wenn ihr interdisziplinäres Arbeiten weiterentwickeln und Kontakte mit WissenschaftlerInnen unterschiedlicher Disziplinen aus der ganzen Welt knüpfen wollt, bewerbt euch bis zum 22. Mai!
🔗 www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtunge...
Wenn ihr interdisziplinäres Arbeiten weiterentwickeln und Kontakte mit WissenschaftlerInnen unterschiedlicher Disziplinen aus der ganzen Welt knüpfen wollt, bewerbt euch bis zum 22. Mai!
🔗 www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtunge...
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Unsere Professorin Pfadenhauer und Team organisierten heuer zum 80. Jubiläum von Schütz' berühmtem Essay "On Multiple Realities" die VII. Konferenz des International Alfred Schutz Circle an der Uni Wien. Vielen Dank an den Herbert von Halem Verlag für die Unterstützung der Konferenz!
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May 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Unsere Professorin Pfadenhauer und Team organisierten heuer zum 80. Jubiläum von Schütz' berühmtem Essay "On Multiple Realities" die VII. Konferenz des International Alfred Schutz Circle an der Uni Wien. Vielen Dank an den Herbert von Halem Verlag für die Unterstützung der Konferenz!
Weitere Infos ⤵️
Weitere Infos ⤵️
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Musk and Zuckerberg claim to champion free expression—but surveys across 10 countries reveal a troubling gap between billionaire rhetoric and public expectations on social media, content moderation, and free expression, write Yannis Theocharis, Spyros Kosmidis, Friederike Quint, and Jan Zilinsky:
What People Want from Platforms Isn’t What Musk and Zuckerberg Are Selling | TechPolicy.Press
Researchers fielded surveys in 10 countries to understand how citizens perceive platforms and potential trade-offs related to free expression.
www.techpolicy.press
May 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Musk and Zuckerberg claim to champion free expression—but surveys across 10 countries reveal a troubling gap between billionaire rhetoric and public expectations on social media, content moderation, and free expression, write Yannis Theocharis, Spyros Kosmidis, Friederike Quint, and Jan Zilinsky:
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…& TM Signal is a 3rd party signal capture app whiuch seems like it's a workaround to both have Signal's e2ee but *also* keep a regulatorily compliant archive?
At which point, I mean… just use the defense department's literally millions-if-not-billions of dollars of secure communications systems.
…
At which point, I mean… just use the defense department's literally millions-if-not-billions of dollars of secure communications systems.
…
Honestly this is just incredible content.
May 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
…& TM Signal is a 3rd party signal capture app whiuch seems like it's a workaround to both have Signal's e2ee but *also* keep a regulatorily compliant archive?
At which point, I mean… just use the defense department's literally millions-if-not-billions of dollars of secure communications systems.
…
At which point, I mean… just use the defense department's literally millions-if-not-billions of dollars of secure communications systems.
…
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Call for Papers!
📢 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
🏫 University of Zurich
📅 13-14 November 2025
⏳ Deadline to submit paper abstracts: 31 May 2025
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📢 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
🏫 University of Zurich
📅 13-14 November 2025
⏳ Deadline to submit paper abstracts: 31 May 2025
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April 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Call for Papers!
📢 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
🏫 University of Zurich
📅 13-14 November 2025
⏳ Deadline to submit paper abstracts: 31 May 2025
democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/...
📢 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
🏫 University of Zurich
📅 13-14 November 2025
⏳ Deadline to submit paper abstracts: 31 May 2025
democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/...
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Some statements from the last two days of
#COMPTEXT2025 worth discussing…🧐
🤓 come to the TOP cinema bar tonight to keep the conversation going and to
🥳 party with us after an inspiring conference!
🥂After Drinks & After Thoughts starting at 7pm🥂
@compcommlab.bsky.social
@comptext.bsky.social
#COMPTEXT2025 worth discussing…🧐
🤓 come to the TOP cinema bar tonight to keep the conversation going and to
🥳 party with us after an inspiring conference!
🥂After Drinks & After Thoughts starting at 7pm🥂
@compcommlab.bsky.social
@comptext.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Some statements from the last two days of
#COMPTEXT2025 worth discussing…🧐
🤓 come to the TOP cinema bar tonight to keep the conversation going and to
🥳 party with us after an inspiring conference!
🥂After Drinks & After Thoughts starting at 7pm🥂
@compcommlab.bsky.social
@comptext.bsky.social
#COMPTEXT2025 worth discussing…🧐
🤓 come to the TOP cinema bar tonight to keep the conversation going and to
🥳 party with us after an inspiring conference!
🥂After Drinks & After Thoughts starting at 7pm🥂
@compcommlab.bsky.social
@comptext.bsky.social