Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisEric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing 202921541
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Y'all my research resonates with so many 𝗉̶𝖾̶𝗈̶𝗉̶𝗅̶𝖾̶ AI agents. It makes me very 𝗁̶𝖺̶𝗉̶𝗉̶𝗒̶ disappointed with the state of academia. Sincerely the AI emails of inquiry just ... won't ... stop. 140
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As part of my growing second career? Tonight we're "taking our homework to shop class" as we see if my Onondaga Community College ATC103 class can get five new shoes mounted and balanced on our 2020 Jeep Wrangler 2D. =) 120
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Heading to #CSCW this October? I'm geeked to make my debut on a Social VR panel with so many good friends and new colleagues. We're on Monday 12 October at 4:30 pm, Salon A-C. Let's rap on Social VR -- and you can even hear me grouse and grumble about why it's not working very well. =) 000
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 24/09/2026I would like tech companies to understand that just because I have signed up to use your software, that no, I do not want to automatically be subscribed to your product newsletter. Say less. Please stop spamming me. Just push code that works. Sweet jiminy christ on a flying biscuit just STFU 1034149
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisGlobal Perspectives in Communication (GPC) @gpccomm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026EEP! Our editor @bowmanspartan.bsky.social realized that it's been quite some time since we released a journal accountability report. Simply put, we've gotten busy - a good problem to have! Below? A few quick notes on how we're looking so far in 2026.static.klipy.comStar Trek ReportALT: Star Trek Report 121
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisChris Carpenter @chriscarpenter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The scholars who dump their slop onto editors, do they know they are slowly destroying their chances at having a good reputation in their field? 011
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisDoug Parry @dougaparry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I saw the term “slop grenade” to describe this noslopgrenade.comnoslopgrenade.comSlop GrenadeStop throwing AI-generated walls of text into conversations. If they wanted an AI essay, they would have asked ChatGPT themselves. 4228
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think I'm figuring out that it's not the AI I'm frustrated with. It's the person handing me their AI slop in such a confidently awful manner. It's the willingness to sign our names to absolute dreck & to not be concerned a lick about accuracy or clarity. It's your efficiency causing me labor. 3252
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends. 24948361998
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China. 8527271074
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Unpopular opinion: Please stop with the Publication Alerts. As we learned from The Simpsons, red sirens are rarely good things. Fine to simply say "Here's our new paper on xxx and yyy such thing." Don't need to make it akin to the Emergency Broadcast System. Signed, ~ a boomer in my soul 131
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisGlobal Perspectives in Communication (GPC) @gpccomm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We're at @ecreaeu.bsky.social all week in Brno and we've got So. Many. Board. Members presenting and engaging the conference, including Editor-in-Chief @bowmanspartan.bsky.social. Keep an eye out for our team, and *please do feel free* to ask about the journal! academic.oup.com/gpc/pages/ed...academic.oup.comEditorial BoardEditor-in-Chief Nick Bowman, PhD Syracuse University Editorial Board Nicole Allen Utah State University, United States Albert Anani-Bossman University 042
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I'm glad to know that my research "resonates" with so many chatbots applying to graduate school this cycle. (that's a clue, y'all. truly you're not fooling anyone with the AI) 000
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Some time back, I sat down with Good Housekeeping to talk through some of the state-of-the-research around a question that so many parents ask: "Is it okay that my kid(s) play video games?" The answer is "Yup." Read the article for more! www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationship...goodhousekeeping.comThe Research-Backed Reasons I'm Fine With My Kid Playing Video GamesWe should be looking at video games as something that’s actually good for our kids. 020
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Dear *all students looking to learn about graduate programs* - you really, really, really have to stop using AI to generate your "email where I ask questions about your program." It's a bad first look ... and it make me want to have my robot answer your robot. Just talk to us. Human to human. 041
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisdanah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 28/08/2026PhD candidates/new grads: Postdoc opportunity with me focused on political economy and tech. See details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502academicjobsonline.orgCornell University, Department of Communication Job #AJO32502, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US 16562
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Seriously y'all can we just quit with the robot-writing? As a journal editor, you're taking *so much of the joy* out of reading human science. You've smoothed it out into a series of banal and often inaccurate claims. So rarely do I read a paper with AI content that is very good, in any event. =/ 1124
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It's that time of year when all of the chatbots reach out to PhD programs to learn how to earn their PhDs. 020
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026"Let's make like a bread truck and haul buns, ladies." 010
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Ongoing research via Newhouse School, focused on how faculty engage with diversity, equity, or inclusion in their courses. If it's you, sign up and share your views. =) 003
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 18/08/2026Imagine being the author of the worst take on AI yet published by Nature.nature.comWhen AI writes the words, who is the author?After an AI detector classified one of my opinion pieces as entirely AI-generated, I found myself questioning where authorship ends, where expertise begins and what readers deserve to know. 3134749
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Y'all ... TWO top papers at @natcom.org's #NCA26 in New Orleans this November! I'm so excited for these teams. 120
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisDaniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I am pretty sure we will all move to zenodo. You can create github releases that end up there. It has a great API. And it is hosted by CERN, for whom storing all data the rest of science produces is small potatoes. 141
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026With OSF closing up this semester (to new projects), where else are folks hosting their open science documents and such? I'd come to rely on them for nearly every project in the last several years. 🫠 130
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you ever wonder if that expensive education is worth it, I just won a family-wide scrabble game with the word etic which three people challenged. Bwhahahahahahahasob this is everything. 1124718
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Still remembering when an editor desk-rejected my experimental design b/c of qualitative DV. Said it's "only descriptive and can't tell us anything about the IV." Hrm. So, N = 20 people & I kick 10 of them in the shins via random assignment. I bet I can predict which ones will be mad at me. ;p 130
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisGlobal Perspectives in Communication (GPC) @gpccomm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For Syed, "the challenges we face ... are increasingly global and complex, yet they are all part of the same conversation. GPC provides an international platform where diverse voices & perspectives come together to advance communication arts and science." LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alihussai...linkedin.com 021
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Tinkered a bit and got MAME working on my older Raspberry Pi. Who recognizes this one? 120
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisGlobal Perspectives in Communication (GPC) @gpccomm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Attending @aejmc.bsky.social today? Our editor @bowmanspartan.bsky.social will be part of a panel of editors with a spicy topic, "Demystifying Journal Submissions." It's at 1:15 in Balcony J of the conference venue (4th Floor), and he's around before and afterwards. Let's offer some clarity here.static.klipy.comTobey Maguire Spider-Man Glasses SceneALT: Tobey Maguire Spider-Man Glasses Scene 012
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Today, I attended Bhattacharya's "Scientific Freedom" lecture with Carole Hooven on the "reality" of human sex differences. Knowing the premise of the lecture series & Carole Hooven's prior writing, I had low expectations for the scientific quality of the lecture. It was worse than I expected. 🧵 38634
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Just over here maxx-maxxing to the maxx.static.klipy.comThe Maxx: Couch Potato TV BingeALT: The Maxx: Couch Potato TV Binge 021
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisDerek Kompare @dkompare.bsky.social · 05/08/2026ACADEMIC JOB POSTING: A great, tenure-track media industry studies position (Assistant Prof level) amongst a great program and super-cool people at UC Irvine. Details here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10332recruit.ap.uci.eduAssistant Professor of Film and Media Industry StudiesUniversity of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now! 098
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisWai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Aaron Graham of Loyola University of Chicago is seeking people of color who plays online video games for a survey on their experiences of gaming and gaming communities luc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...luc.co1.qualtrics.comFlames Or A Bonfire? - The Buffering Effects of Social Support Against Online Racism in VideogamesThis study aims to better understand how online gaming communities not just harm but support the wellbeing of players of color. 021
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I suppose we just forgot what checks and balances are, eh? 120
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It was quite a thrill to speak to more than 120 different students and faculty from around the African continent, all asking the curious question: what are we missing when we think about academic publications? This connection would not have been possible without @icahdq.bsky.social. =) 030
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026We're doing it again! If you're in the Syracuse area, we're looking for play-testers for an in-development Atari game. Y"all -- this is a fun one. =) Details: bit.ly/SyracuseXAtari 030
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I'm absolutely thrilled to get back to my alma mater, Michigan State University (+ Communication Arts and Sciences, for the Communication Science Future. The draft schedule is out, and it's making me feel good about progress in our field. Read more: commscifutures.com/schedule/commscifutures.comConference Schedule | Communication Science FuturesSchedule and agenda for Communication Science Futures 041
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I'm sincerely curious to know what US interests we are "protecting" by delaying my students' visas to pursue their PhDs? Been doing this ~20 years & I've seen more delays and rejections lately than I ever saw in the past. Also curious to hear more abt that "small gov't" I grew up learning about. 051
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisDanielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 25/07/2026When “hate click is still a click” is your editorial strategy: 491380132
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026For the @apnews.com, how is it possible that this story doesn't conclude any information about the remarkable shortage of truck drivers we have had in the United States for at least a decade? Treating this like a zero-sum game makes no sense. C'mon man. apnews.com/article/mili...apnews.comWhite House wants veterans to replace immigrant truckers who lost their licenses in crackdownThe Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military. 010
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Now if you'll excuse me? A classic "I'm in my forties and I'll be damned if I'm going out on Friday" night. 🤣🍻🧡 000
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I'll tell you why. Because corporate surveillance has never been about safety or security. It has always been about the consolidation of power, protection of profit, and the petty grievances of the super-rich. Join @fightforthefuture.org's campaign to ban the use of AI surveillance at concerts!banfacialrecognition.comBan Facial Recognition at Live EventsArtists and venues take the pledge: no facial recognition at shows. 013570
Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026What if we told you that your efficiency tool isn't making things efficient? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgAI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensiveThere’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt... 053
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisWIRED @wired.com · 22/07/2026So the next day, during their lunch break at school, the students lawyered up. Find out what happened next here: www.wired.com/story/epstei...wired.comA Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked OutAn Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework. 446877
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisJ. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 22/07/2026"Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19" by @mzinshteyn.bsky.social apnews.com/article/cali...apnews.comWhite House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grantsFederal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV... 13927
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisourlostarcade.bsky.social @ourlostarcade.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Ready to rock with Rock-O-Ball? Rock-Ola really knew how to brand in the 1930s. Even this miniature skee ball-alike soars with a fun name like that! 052
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisPew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 21/07/2026#DonaldTrump has announced a 50% tariff on many Canadian goods. 💰 In our survey earlier this year, 77% of people across 36 countries disapproved of the way Trump was handling #tariffs. 2126
Reposted by Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/hisEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Also, creating scales of "brains" or "intelligence" is a red flag for eugenicist (and TESCREAL) philosophy. >> 133025