Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 16/10/2026That @aoir.bsky.social listserv today was wiiiiiiild today…62 emails and counting. #velvetvalegate 000 0
Reposted by Sean EddingtonAnna 👩🏻💻 @annajobin.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026Well played, @AoIR , well played! #AoIR2026 1159 15
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Running errands today, I outlined a management book for elder millennials. It mines early-2000s party hits for supervisory lessons. Ch. 1: Rightsizing ("Get it right, get it tight," Bubba Sparxxx) Ch. 2: The Ying Yang Twins on whisper networks 010 1
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Update: finished it last night. I tore through it, and enjoyed (is this the right word?) it overall. The last three chapters were acceleratingly wild, and I couldn’t help but think that there needed to be a chapter about how gender is entangled in all of these ideas spanning macro to micro. 000 0
Reposted by Sean EddingtonDeva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026So excited to have this article finally out! “Democratic Organizing and Political Change: Toward a Research Agenda” written with my terrific colleagues Daniel Galvin, Ray Block Jr., and @hahrie.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... 02410 24
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Halfway through @gilduran.com’s “Nerd Reich.” The Silicon Valley tech “thought leaders” are a frightening case study of why subordinated masculinity in the form of geek masculinity is a more dangerous constellation of gendered practices.static.klipy.comHarrison Ford: Woof ShrinkingALT: Harrison Ford: Woof Shrinking 120 2
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The Lost Civic Life of Movie Rental Stores thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-lost-civ... #Entertainment #Film #Movies #Rental via @mitpress.bsky.socialthereader.mitpress.mit.eduThe Lost Civic Life of Movie Rental StoresDecades before recommendation algorithms, video stores served as social hubs where conversation and camaraderie became a form of taste-making. 020 2
Reposted by Sean EddingtonDigital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · 22/06/2026✨ Our international conference 'Digital Humanities Today: Critical Inquiry with and about the Digital' begins tomorrow! We look forward to welcoming ~500 participants from across the world for four days of discussion, marking 25 years of our Department. Programme & info: kcldigitalconference.comkcldigitalconference.comThe Digital Conference 2026 @ King's College London 053 5
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026We're hiring! K-State is searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Org Comm. Research focus: future of work, organizations, and organizing. Apply by April 1. careers.k-state.edu/jobs/assistant-professor-manhattan-kansas-united-states-da8c4aea-da0e-49d3-b055-4f9f8a3d396d Please share!media.tenor.coma purple background with the words we 're hiringALT: a purple background with the words we 're hiring 000 0
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026If you aren't sending your graduate students Vines to help them work through your thesis feedback, are you even advising correctly? youtube.com/shorts/Wlyq2...youtube.comChloe Lmao, Take On Me VineYouTube video by AlphaMunky 000 0
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 21/02/2026It was really fun. I used two case studies of recent and current work that I’m doing on designing conversations for trust, collaboration, and building capacity for conflict. The design students asked great questions about managing tensions between stakeholder interests, facts v emotions, and more. 010 1
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 21/02/2026My "return to normalcy" after this week? Giving a talk to design students on building communication infrastructure that sustains multiple perspectives. Translation: teaching people how to collaborate and have conflict without maiming each other. 120 2
Reposted by Sean Eddingtonmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17/12/2025occurs to me that we might be getting the "there's a problem of lonely males with no friends or romantic partners" and "there's a lucrative industry of toxic male influencers who tell young men to act like assholes" causation arrow backwards 322129450 2.1K
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025The Chiefs are also declining a bowl bid this year. 020 2
Reposted by Sean EddingtonCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 16/11/2025My scrappy little podcast “Democracy & Destiny” based on my book _Corporatocracy_ has had over 1,500 listens. Please join the fun. 🤩 m.soundcloud.com/profciara/po... 🗳️⚖️📖🎧✍🏾 #booksky #podsky #blacksky #beansm.soundcloud.comStream Democracy & Destiny with Ciara Torres-Spelliscy | Listen to popular podcast episodes online for free on SoundCloudPlay the top podcast episodes by Democracy & Destiny with Ciara Torres-Spelliscy on SoundCloud on desktop and mobile. 0133 13
Reposted by Sean EddingtonDr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 27/10/2025"It's past time to recognize that university administrators aren't going to lead the way out of this, [setting] the stage for leadership... from faculty, staff, & students, [where] most if not all progress in higher ed over the past 100 yrs has occurred." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #AcademicSkyscience.orgHigher education fails at collective actionIn the latest development in the ongoing combat between universities in the United States and the Trump administration, the Department of Education has presented them with what it calls a “compact.” I... 210047 100
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025I can add vibe coder to my CV.media.tenor.coma man wearing headphones eating a banana with the words when your code works like god 's plan written above himALT: a man wearing headphones eating a banana with the words when your code works like god 's plan written above him 010 1
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 27/08/2025What fascinates me is how networked publics instantly co-produce meaning: Swifties deploy numerology, NFL fans meme the Chiefs, and brands scramble for relevance. It’s a live case study of participatory organizing: distributed labor creating coherence (and chaos) simultaneously. 010 1
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Imagine dedicating your career to studying tech & new media, only to be utterly overwhelmed by the unholy combination of Zoom and Outlook. That’s me. I am the research subject.media.tenor.coma close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls making a funny face .ALT: a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls making a funny face . 010 1
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Caitlyn Jarvis and I talk about this in our 2021 paper on ‘conservative chimeras.’ But seriously: BIG YIKES. 000 0
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Because of course…when I first started the line of research around red pill ideologies, it was relatively siloed into parts of the Manosphere. In a little over a decade, the language and logic has gone from the corners of the internet to being a “legitimized” form of political organizing. 200 2
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025My reaction:media.tenor.comKirk Surprised GIFALT: Kirk Surprised GIF 100 1
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025wired.comAn Account Using the Same Name as Trump’s BLS Pick Posted Red-Pilled Conspiracy TheoriesA WIRED review of a now deleted Twitter account that used the screen name “Dr. Erwin J. Antoni III” shows it posted conspiratorial content about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and Jeffrey Epstein. 110 1
Reposted by Sean EddingtonClaes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Important message from @ethanvporter.bsky.social @aaronshaw.bsky.social @emmaspiro.bsky.social “NSF has accepted a dangerous myth that misinformation research (and research more generally) is really just partisan activism […] Nothing could be further from the truth” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgMisinformation research continues to be urgent scienceBy one account, roughly 70% of Americans regard misinformation as a major threat, outpacing fears about climate change and infectious disease (1). This is true although the current and longer-term imp... 26327 63
Reposted by Sean EddingtonKathy Roberts Forde @krforde.bsky.social · 03/06/2025It's Launch Day! Faculty across the country are rising up to say: 🔹 We will defend academic freedom. 🔹 We will protect our students. 🔹 We will safeguard the public mission of higher ed. Join us: www.standtogetherhighered.org #StandTogetherForHigherEd #DefendHigherEd #AcademicFreedom #academicskystandtogetherhighered.orgStand Together 02212 22
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Who goes to @citylightsbooks.bsky.social while celebrating a friend’s 40th birthday and buys a book by Derrida and another by Freire? Me. The academic in me stays evergreen. 040 4
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 02/05/2025It might be the one aspirational thing I would acknowledge about TFG. 000 0
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 19/04/2025So now, studying misinformation is a threat to free speech? I guess disinfo is just “diverse viewpoints” now. 🫠🫠🫠🫠nsf.govUpdates on NSF Priorities 000 0
Reposted by Sean EddingtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'" 13567442215436 74.4K
Reposted by Sean EddingtonLibro.fm @libro.fm · 31/03/2025Today is Trans Day of Visibility ❤️ Check out these audiobooks, perfect for reading today and every day! libro.fm/playlists/tr... 3280124 280
Reposted by Sean EddingtonWIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.freedom.pressWired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should followAs the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy 16249132723349 91.3K
Reposted by Sean Eddingtonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/03/2025“This is one reason why conservatives (and fellow travelers like Arnade) hate liberalism so much: free choice disproves their biological essentialism.”liberalcurrents.comMost Men Don't Want To Be Heroes (And That's Okay)Despite the self-pity of some, there has never been a better time to be a man. 943205526 3.2K
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 17/03/2025@lspaineddy.bsky.social and I are in NYC for a few days, and folks keep saying, “Welcome to NY.” The restraint it has taken me to not respond, “It’s been waiting for [us].” IYKYK.media.tenor.coma woman singing into a microphone and giving two thumbs upALT: a woman singing into a microphone and giving two thumbs up 020 2
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I think about spaces like Western KS that are in legitimate media deserts, and the importance of offering that type of VfA…this typically happens online through communities that are increasingly being policed/censored by the tech broligarchs. 010 1
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 16/03/2025That’s pirate radio…hopefully something like NPR would work... I keep thinking about the point you made a few weeks ago about the geographic size of the US being a boon and a curse for mobilizing. 120 2
Reposted by Sean EddingtonWIRED @wired.com · 15/03/2025Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that’s not how it works.wrd.cmWhat Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down XElon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works. 1011015188 1K
Reposted by Sean EddingtonAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15/03/2025This isn’t a left vs others thing. It’s about fighting vs rolling over. The middle is just as outraged as the edges 296114841922 11.5K
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I miss when Harry Reid was the leader—he was a pragmatic fighter. 010 1
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I can understand the troll logic and calculus that Chuck made, but it’s under the assumption that 🍊 is a serious leader who values institutional norms (he doesn’t). The politics of the 90s no longer exist. So while I can understand, it is not a legitimate strategy. 110 1
Reposted by Sean EddingtonAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14/03/2025Congrats Chuck Schumer you have thoroughly misplayed the funding fight. You’ve done everything possible to take ownership of it, despite democrats having no levers in govt. Are ya new? 40586651274 8.7K
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025And his pivot argument is that if they close the government, then 🍊will never reopen it…but keeps open the possibility of negotiations. So he acquiesces to severe budget cuts in the name of keeping a severely underfunded government open, which won’t function as it should. Chuck is a Schmuck. 010 1
Reposted by Sean EddingtonWIRED @wired.com · 14/03/2025In a new era where Trump and his allies control all three branches of government and tech companies bend to their will, the technology you choose to use may be your last line of defense against digital surveillance.wrd.cmThe WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government SurveillanceDonald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to… 12623235 623
Sean Eddington @drsmeddy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Also…the Onion stays evergreen: theonion.com/democrats-si...theonion.comDemocrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care AboutWASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si... 110 1
Reposted by Sean Eddington Maurice Mitchell 🐺 @mauricewfp.bsky.social · 14/03/2025The GOP funding bill is a direct attack on working people. If Democrats won't act like a real opposition party, we need a party that will. 06513 65