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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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Lukas Daubner @lukasdaubner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wenn das so kommt, ist eins wichtig: Auch wenn es an vielen Ecken und Enden aktuell düster aussieht, die braune Welle ist kein Naturereignis. Die Braunen marschieren nicht von Sieg zu Sieg. Das müssen wir uns merken!

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Thorsten Thiel @thothiel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Für unser VW-Projekt Triggering Democratic Frustration suchen wir am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social eine wissenschaftliche Projektleitung. Thema: strategische Polarisierung auf Plattformen und ihre Folgen für demokratische Einstellungen. Sozialwissenschaftliches Profil + Digital-Methods-Kompetenz

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Wissenschaftliche Projektleitung / Postdoctoral Re-searcher (m/w/d) zu Polarisierung auf digitalen Platt-formen

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Computational Communication Science at the University of Vienna! 🔎 Text/image analysis, platform data & political communication 📍 Vienna ⏳ 6 years, full-time ⏰ Apply by 3 Oct jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi... Find out more about our team here: compcommlab.univie.ac.at

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Daniela Stoltenberg @dstoltenberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Conventional wisdom: em-dashes indicate AI-generated text. Me: tenderly and painstakingly copy/pasting each of my beloved em-dashes into my text, since they are unavailable on German keyboard layout.

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Do not fuck your students. There is a power imbalance. You have great influence on their future careers and they have little power over you, especially since universities fold themselves into pretzels defending their faculty. Do not fuck your students.

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Daniela Stoltenberg @dstoltenberg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My blood is boiling; this is so, SO bad and enraging.

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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Right after my last post I see this. Absolutely. I also hate how AI is shoved in my face constantly. There are a few tasks at which it is great, and a million where I don't need or want AI and I especially hate that everything is called Gemini or Copilot now.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Social media discourse is driven by false #polarization We find that: 1) ideologues post opinions more than moderates 2) extreme attitudes are posted more than moderate one 3) This replicates in 40 countries 4) Opinions that users post are more hostile than the beliefs they keep to themselves

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“if we don’t stand up for the free speech of racists, it puts everyone’s free speech in danger.” - guy who only ever talks about free speech when it’s racism

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Zero new NSF grants in sociology, anthropology, political science and economics. The agenda of this US govt is to stop documenting the society in which we live while they are destroying it. We will find other ways to track and explain our times and fight to restore our research funding.

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Azade Kakavand (she/her) @azadekakavand.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Our new article in Journal of Information Technology & Politics came out this week with @anniewald.bsky.social and @nicolarighetti.bsky.social 📖✨ In the study we analyze networks of the far right in Germany on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Telegram. 👩‍💻 doi.org/10.1080/1933...

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Multi-platform research in the light of technology affordances: networks of the far right in Germany

This study investigates the varying structures of German far-right networks on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Telegram. Network analyses reveal platform-specific structures and dynamics...

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎉 New publication in Digital Journalism! The latest study by Paul Balluff, @hajoboo.bsky.social, and @anniewald.bsky.social compares how German alternative and legacy media reported on Nord Stream 2 and reveals both distinctive reporting patterns and substantial overlap. Read more👇

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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My kids have measles, I can't breathe the air, I can't afford gas, and I have explosive diarrhea from a parasite RFK Jr. ordered the CDC to stop monitoring. But at least now the Saudis have a nuclear program.

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Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📢 Jetzt bewerben! Für den Bereich Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung & Forschung suchen wir eine Person auf PostDoc-Level (all genders). 📍Bochum & mobiles Arbeiten 📄 Vollzeit, TV-L E13, unbefristet 📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 30.08.2026 🔗 stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=e22ee7 #Stellenangebot #Bochum

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Grüne und Linke haben seit der Bundestagswahl zusammen so viel zugelegt wie die AfD. Es dreht sich aber alles um die AfD. Als wäre eh schon sicher, dass sie 2029 regiert. Das Narrativ des „Rechtsrucks“ suggeriert man müsse sich anpassen und könne gar nicht aktiv progressive Politik gestalten.

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Deutscher Bildungsserver @bildungsserver.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Aufruf zur TikTok-Datenspende! Welche politischen Inhalte sehen Menschen auf #TikTok tatsächlich – und wie beeinflussen Empfehlungsalgorithmen ihre politische Informationsversorgung? Diesen Fragen geht das @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social nach. www.dein-feed-deine-wahl.de #CitizenScience

Ausschnitt der Startseite von Dein Feed. deine Wahl
Ein Citizen Science Projekt zu den Landtagswahlen 2026 mit Grafik zu Posts aller Parteien auf Tik Tok im Juni 2026

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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026

‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year

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SFB 1265 @sfb1265.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

*** Wir stellen ein! *** Der SFB 1265 „Re-Figuration von Räumen" sucht eine Person für das Sekretariat (d/m/w). Befristet bis 31.12.2029, EG 9a TV-L. Bewerbungsfrist: 24.07.2026 Kennziffer: VI-162/26 📧 geschaeftsstelle@sfb1265.tu-berlin.de 🔗 www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...

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Stellenausschreibung VI-162/26: Sekretariat Sonderforschungsbereich 1265 (d/m/w) – Stellenausschreibungen der Technischen Universität Berlin

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

As public awareness and resistance ramp up, I'm regularly reminded that researchers have been addressing the environmental, geopolitical, and political-economic impacts of data centers for *a very long time*; legislators, journalists, et al just haven't noticed!

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Nils C. Kumkar @nilskumkar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Das ist auch wichtig zu wissen, wenn das nächste Mal wieder Skandalberichte über Gedränge und keilereien im Freibad kommen: es ist dort so eng, weil es so wenig davon gibt.

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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Klimawandel & Extremwetter: Die Hitzewelle am Wochenende ist zunächst durch ein stabiles Hochdrucksystem erklärbar, so PIK-Forscher @alevermann.bsky.social. Die Häufigkeit solcher Extremereignisse steht im Zusammenhang mit dem menschengemachten Klimawandel. 👂👇 www.radioeins.de/programm/sen...

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Klimawandel und Extremhitze: Die Wissenschaft hinter den Rekordtemperaturen

Bis zu 42 Grad Celsius werden in Deutschland am Wochenende erwartet – bereits heute wurde die 41 Grad Celsius-Marke geknackt. PIK-Klimaforscher Anders Levermann erklärt auf radioeins, warum solche Hit...

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Daniela Stoltenberg @dstoltenberg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

[googles] how to write when your brain has become soup

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Ryan J. Gallagher @ryanjgallag.com · 26/06/2026

"Writing is thinking." This, a hundred times over We learn more about problems and how we understand them when we have to communicate them to others

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Daniela Stoltenberg @dstoltenberg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Prognosticated 40 degree heat over the weekend, wildfires in Brandenburg, and itching all over from the plague of heat-loving killer caterpillars—all while writing about climate justice activism. What a time to be alive. ✌️

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/06/2026

this is a great illustration of one of the fundamental insights of democracy — that there is no such thing as "the people" and that majorities are elusive and ever shifting. no election, no decision, is final and treating an election as a final decision is profoundly undemocratic.

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Lorcan Neill @lorcancneill.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🚨 I'm thrilled to share a new 🔓 #OpenAccess article out now in Information, Communication & Society: Inaccuracies, omissions, and bullshit: 2024 U.S. elections through the eyes of ChatGPT A quick 🧵:

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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Not now, tiny particle that could erase the universe at any moment

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Karin Boczek @kbczk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Hui. Gestern noch mit Kolleg:innen drüber diskutiert, wo KI-Einsatz in der Lehre erlaubt sein sollte und wo nicht. Das hätten wir uns dann wohl sparen können.

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Nikolai Okunew @nikolaiokunew.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 09/06/2026

🚨 🚨 🚨 new publication (with @antonialang.bsky.social) klaxon!!! Over the past decade, scholars have increasingly turned to “place” as a key factor in political behaviour — particularly on the far right, in Europe & the US. Urban-rural divides are especially intriguing. But are they true cleavages? 🤔

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

There’s a fine line between theoretical contribution and renaming things

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Daniela Stoltenberg @dstoltenberg.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Sounds like something an AI would write. 😏

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Will Asbestos Make Make Cotton Candy Obsolete?

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Daniela Stoltenberg @dstoltenberg.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Always a genuine pleasure to spend time with y'all in beautiful Vienna. Thanks for having me! 🤩

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ZDF heute-show @heuteshow.de · 28/04/2026

Ab sofort müssen in der EU alle neuen Laptops einen USB-C-Ladeanschluss haben. Das schafft günstigen Wohnraum, weil man keine zwei Schubladen mit Ladekabeln mehr zu Hause haben muss.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Academic Freedom Index has slipped in 50 countries, but taken a nosedive in the United States. "‘This academic freedom erosion is part of broader democratic backslide that we’re seeing in the US"

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rbb|24 @rbb24.de · 26/04/2026

Vor 60 Jahren entwickelte der gebürtige Berliner Joseph Weizenbaum mit "Eliza" den ersten Chatbot der Welt. Er war erschrocken, wie schnell Versuchspersonen Vertrauen zu Eliza fassten und sie als schlau und einfühlsam beschrieben und ihr private Details anvertrauten.

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