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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️

@drryder.bsky.social
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🤖 Digital anthropologist. Interested in politics & platforms in the UK. PhD on social media in Sri Lanka. Work @ Uni of Munich. Based in London. craigeryder.com

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Honoured to write with Prof Danny Miller at UCL on a new method of inquiry with call augmented interviews journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I'm looking for research articles about Bluesky as platform. Any ideas pls?
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Retweeting to myself
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Monzo unwrapped trolling me for eating £2.50 jerk chicken rice 72 times in the last year 🥲 FYI Cumin Up in New Cross is 💯
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
2025 was my favourite year for music in a long long time so I made a little playlist of my tracks from my albums of the year. All the usual genres are there: shoejazz, nightmare pop, uk slime et al open.spotify.com/playlist/5Qm...
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What I'm listening to 2025
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
After much deliberation, im submitting an extended abstract to Global Communication and Social Change Division. Even emailed the division chair and they confirmed it's a good fit Dhttps://www.icahdq.org/mpage/GCSC_CFP
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Walked out of Frankenstein last night, couldn't stand another minute. Is his Frankenstein a carbon copy of Shape of Water? Hasn't he been telling this story all his directorial life?
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Readying a paper for ICA in Cape Town next summer but struggling to decide a division/interest group. there's a lot of overlap! @icahdq.bsky.social www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA26-...
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
i tend to resist online arguing esp with journalists i have previously admired but this article is utter trash. why has he not mentioned Maccabi's racist & rapist chants? the reason for their ban is their hate speech, nothing else. @barneyronay.bsky.social's www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans is a terrible decision – and a depressing one | Barney Ronay
The idea that barring the Israeli club’s supporters from Villa Park will de-escalate a volatile situation just doesn’t stand up
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Tesla Takedown UK @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
📣 Save the date- Sat 25th October 👻 Halloween themed #TeslaTakedown in #London 🎁 Prizes for the most ghoulish costumes (please don't all come dressed as Elon; we're not sure we have the stomach for that). Trigger warning! The Gif below truly is the stuff of nightmares.
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a dog is sitting in a black tesla model 3 with green wheels .
ALT: a dog is sitting in a black tesla model 3 with green wheels .
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
It’s my birthday today & for my trip to Prague I was suddenly compelled to buy and read bell hooks. I’m so transfixed by her work when I googled her, I discovered we share the same birthday. What an honour! ☺️
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
AoiR scheduled updated. I'm presenting TWO papers on the same Friday 17th Oct. One PhD, one postdoc. But it means I get my Saturday back 💃🏽
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
If you're in London today, then there's plenty of opportunities to show Mr Trump that he's not welcome. If you miss the march, then come along to the rally in Parliament Square at 5 instead and make some noise.
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
IS there a hashtag here where I can follow the Anti Trump protest? can't find one
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Asides the anachronistic costumes and rituals, PhD Graduation was a VIBE @SOAS
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Im at BODIES IN DIGITAL TRANSITION conference at Goldsmiths hosted by DiSCo. I founded DiSCo back in 2020 and handed over leadership to to see @aprilw.bsky.social last year. To see DiSCo thriving into new projects and areas is truly amazing. Well done April 🧠🫁🫀🦾👀👂
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Havent thoughts about Baudrillard in a while but then this came by
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Received an email from Your Party @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social + @zarahsultana.bsky.social new party with links to Tw, IG, TK + FB. Surprised they are not launching on BlueSky. Also, i think we have to start calling it "X" now
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📛vivi 🦌☭ @lesbiandeerwife.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
"what is anthropology" "well lets start with what it isnt: sociology. sociology is for stay-at-home dillweeds to make three zingers a day while not smoking pot. anthropology however is when you're a hikikomori in shibuya getting blazed every night like Saint Margaret Mead intended"
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Reading Character Limit, unsurprised by the hubris of Musk, but 100+ pages in & Dorsey isnt coming off so well, surprised he goaded the acquisition against the board. Anyway, its given me motivation to give Bluesky another go. fyi the ethnographic writing is great @kateconger.com @rmac.bsky.social 👌
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
White youths on the Lewisham train (from Kent presumably) all dressed in Sergio Tacchini jackets. Always find it galling when hooligans commandeer brands I wear. Like how is North Face now a JD Sports staple?
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
500k now
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Just finished The Years by Annie Ernuax, cannot recommend it enough. Rips the lid off everything fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-ye...
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The Years | Fitzcarraldo Editions
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 Considered by many to be the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate’s defining work, The Years is a narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the ...
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Oh right so it costs me £180 to graduate for my phd, nice one
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Very good postdoc at BRAID #ai #job susaifutures.com/recruiting-r...
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Recruiting: Research Associate in AI and the Environment – susaifutures.com
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
Post from "The Rundown"

July 18 at 5:30 PM
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DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. 
The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. 
While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material.
Source: TechCrunch
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Any solid articles out there on the new UK 18+ online safety rules? Would love to read something critical / hefty
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Bloody hell. Discovered an "alt-LLM" - made by Brighteon.ai - that is trained on conspiracy theories/disinfo. I asked it was covid a hoax 😱
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
friend asked me when my bday was - 25 Sept. they then sent some copy from some crappy astrology website. never been into astrology but that is changing. what a write up !
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
wordpress/worstpress
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Struggling to set up research interviews with alt right content creators but have noticed these posts/ads from what i'd call "growth hackers". Have reached out to two of them on Rumble & they are super keen to participate in my ethnography. Feels like i'm about to be scammed some how 💆🏽‍♂️
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Went to dinner for a friend's birthday on Wed where I met Max Haiven who has designed the table top game Billionaire + Guillotines. He invited me to this antifascist game symposium + honestly i couldn't have had a better day!
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Jurassic Park last night. The movie opens with a Snickers wrapper making its way into a lab's electrics disabling the security system so a dino eats a scientist. Ludicrous product placement aside, a graphic tells us this is 17 years before but the scene is never ref'd again. Who wrote this trash?
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Haven't quite figured what BlueSky is for yet so thought id share photos from the weekend's hike along the Kent coast from Folkstone to Dover.
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
According to Novara on X Zarah Sultana has resigned from Labour after 14 years, joining forces with Jeremy Corbyn to launch a new political party. She says the two-party system is failing Britain—and vows to offer a real alternative. “In 2029, the choice will be stark: socialism or barbarism.”
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
we're all equal parts terrified by swift rise of LLMs yet regularly smash them as admin assistants, translators + therapists. this discussion with @karenhao.bsky.social foregrounds the extend of the destruction now + ahead. spoiler: the end of democracy in 20 years www.youtube.com/watch?v=8enX...
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Silicon Valley Insider EXPOSES Cult-Like AI Companies | Aaron Bastani Meets Karen Hao
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
First draft manuscript "The Digital IRL: Twitter, Sri Lanka & the place of ethnography" submitted for Anthropology Now journal. Feeling confident rn but sure those peer reviewers will put me in my place 🥊
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I saw 28 Year Later so you don't have to. It's batshit bad. I was howling for it to stop by the time the kid placed his mum's skull on the bone monument. Worst movie of the year? Actually worse than Gladiator 2 so possibly yes
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Promising to (over) share daily on blue sky beginning today. Expect hubris, moaning about elites and occasional music recs 👀
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Tesla Takedown UK @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The Stop Shopping Choir getting escorted out of Westfield White City Mall after singing an anti-Musk song in the Tesla outlet.
people in baseball caps with the slogan Musk Must Fall carrying a chainsaw and supported by security
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Tesla Takedown UK @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Great long read on how DOGE worked (or rather didn't) from @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall
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What Did Elon Musk Accomplish at DOGE?
Even before Musk fell out with Donald Trump, the agency’s projected savings had plummeted. But he nevertheless managed to inflict lasting damage to the federal government.
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Slides vibes check 🦄
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I’m talking internet shutdowns, affordances & digital folklore in Bergen this morning :)
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
First day back in scandi after living in Helsinki for 6 months in 2022. First thing you notice is the pumping. Super power shower, one flush, seamless transition from hot to cold, it’s all a dream come true
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Draft almost done on this journal article for Anthropology Now. Based on PhD thesis, the story of Elon Musk's takeover Twitter during my fieldwork in Nov 22 feels more relevant than ever
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Norway plane pod sorted
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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Jeremy Corbyn, what a human, never change x
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