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Jakob-Moritz Eberl

@jamoeberl.bsky.social

No. The issue isn’t trans people—it’s extreme wealth concentration. The richest 1% hold nearly a third of the nation’s wealth while disregarding public welfare and conspiring to end democratic governance.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 22

Trump: "We were the richest relatively -- think of this -- from 1870 to 1913. That was our richest. Because we collected tariffs ... we had so much wealth. Of course, now we give it away to transgender ... everybody gets a transgender operation."

February 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM

Sarah

@sarahepp.bsky.social

www.berlinale.de/de/2025/prog...

| Berlinale | - O último azul | The Blue Trail

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin - Offizielle Website

www.berlinale.de

February 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM

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Claes de Vreese

@claesdevreese.bsky.social

We can all agree that this is SO MUCH WORSE than the first term. Don’t downplay it!

February 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM

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Tobias Dienlin

@tobiasdienlin.com

The fact that this communication is now necessary ... for conferences happening in the *US* ... shocking.

The 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (#ICA25), set for 12-16 June in Denver Colorado, USA, is shaping up to be ICA’s largest conference yet, tracking with Toronto and Paris in terms of preregistration numbers. At the same time, we are closely monitoring the evolving situation in the United States which has raised concerns for some members of the ICA community intending to participate. We recognize your concerns regarding the uncertain environment and appreciate your feedback and perspectives.

We affirm ICA’s dedication to a global exchange of knowledge and perspectives and protecting the free exchange of ideas among our members and attendees. Current rhetoric and actions in some US communities run counter to ICA’s commitment to ensuring the full and equal participation of all members of our global academic community and conflict directly with ICA's IDEA principles.

February 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM

Sarah

@sarahepp.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Video: Opinion | Germany’s Far-Right Comeback

Germany’s attempts to “remember away” its Nazi past has instead paved the way for an extremist resurgence.

www.nytimes.com

February 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM

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Armin Wolf

@arminwolf.at

Es gibt in den USA unabhängige Bundesbehörden - wie bei uns den Rechnungshof, die Finanzmarktaufsicht o. die Medienbehörde KommAustria.
Trump hat jetzt ALLE independent agencies per Dekret direkt dem Präsidenten unterstellt - von der Börsenaufsicht bis zur Behörde, die TV-Lizenzen vergibt:

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reins in Independent Agencies to Restore a Government that Answers to the American People

RESTORING DEMOCRACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order ensuring that all federal agencies are

www.whitehouse.gov

February 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM

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Kathrin Karsay

@kathrinkarsay.bsky.social

Great defense, great scholar, great soon-to-be-colleague! Congratulations, Sophie!

aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · Feb 19

This brilliant scholar and dear friend just defended her doctoral dissertation! 🥳
So happy for and so proud of you, Sophie! 🚀🙌✨
@sophiemayen.bsky.social

February 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM

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Steffen Mau

@steffenmau.bsky.social

Next step academic journals? The unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · Feb 19

The US State Department is forcing all of its employees to cancel subscriptions to any Trump-unfriendly media.

February 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM

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netzpolitik.org

@netzpolitik.org

Die Berliner Polizei hat ein satirisches Plakat, das Friedrich Merz und Alice Weidel beim Küssen zeigt, vorübergehend abhängen lassen und wollte es beschlagnahmen. Daraufhin pfiff die Staatsanwaltschaft die Polizei zurück.

netzpolitik.org/2025/kunstfr...

Kunstfreiheit: Berliner Polizei lässt Transparent am Gorki-Theater abhängen

Die Berliner Polizei hat ein satirisches Plakat, das Friedrich Merz und Alice Weidel beim Küssen zeigt, vorübergehend abhängen lassen. Daraufhin pfiff die Staatsanwaltschaft die Polizei zurück.

netzpolitik.org

February 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM

Sarah

@sarahepp.bsky.social

fm4.orf.at/stories/3046...

Sodl gewinnt den FM4 Award bei den Amadeus Austrian Music Awards

Sie kann es noch gar nicht glauben und es ist wahr: Sodl hat den FM4 Award gewonnen, sie ist einer unserer wichtigsten und spannendsten Newcomer-Acts. Die große Amadeus Austrian Music Awards Gala find...

fm4.orf.at

February 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL)

@compcommlab.bsky.social

🎉 Happy New Year!
Start 2025 strong—submit your work to #COMPTEXT2025, international conference on quantitative and computational analysis of text, image, and video as data 🚀 We can’t wait to welcome you to Vienna!
⏳Submission deadline: January 15
More here: shorturl.at/AmocX
#css #commsky #polisky

7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference 2025 – The Comptext Project

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January 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM

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Marvin Stecker

@marvins.bsky.social

First ever publication alert!
Do you credit all the software you use in your research?👀

In a new article in Computational Communication Research, we investigate when software gets mentioned in research articles and what makes a tool more likely to be cited.

Read it here: doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...

Tools of the Trade – When Are Software Tools Mentioned in Computational Text Analysis Research? | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online

The use of computational methods for text analysis has been rapidly gaining a foothold in computational social science. Yet, little is known about the reporting practices of the software tools utilise...

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January 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM

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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦

@maikovska.bsky.social

Publication Alert 📣 Our experimental study shows that politicians’ intolerant (but not uncivil) Tweets cause negative emotions in young participants. 🏛 This, in turn, increased pol distrust & pol participation intentions. @adme-uvienna.bsky.social #OpenAccess 📌 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Angry tweets. How uncivil and intolerant elite communication affects political distrust and political participation intentions

Hostile speech by politicians is increasingly prevalent on social media, especially for regular social media users. However, studies that compare the effects of political incivility versus intolera...

www.tandfonline.com

January 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM

Sarah

@sarahepp.bsky.social

science.orf.at/stories/3228... Florian sealing dashboard

Neues Dashboard zeigt Versiegelung Österreichs

Jeden Tag werden in Österreich rund fünfeinhalb Hektar Fläche verbaut. Das entspricht etwa zwölf Supermärkten plus Parkplätzen. Ein neues Dashboard zeigt nun für jede Gemeinde des Landes, wie viel Flä...

science.orf.at

February 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM

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Jan Michael Marchart

@janmichaelmarchart.bsky.social

Aus aktuellem Anlass aus dem Archiv. Ein Einblick in die salafistische/jihadistische TikTok-Unterwelt.
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Wie die Radikalisierung zum Islamisten auf Tiktok funktioniert

Der salafistische Influencer Abul Baraa soll den Ternitzer Anschlagsplaner Beran A. mit seinen Tiktok-Videos beeinflusst haben. Was ist die Masche der radikalen Rattenfänger und was nehmen sie dabei i...

www.derstandard.at

February 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM

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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik

@laurenzennser.bsky.social

Heißt "Kompromiss" in der Politik, dass man die eigenen Prinzipien verkauft?

FPÖ-Wähler:innen sehen das am ehesten so, Grün-Wähler:innen am wenigsten: