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Eli Melby

@elimelby.bsky.social
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Postdoc Focus on inequality produced within and through political organizations and movements. ARENA Centre for European Studies University of Oslo

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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I had a blast defending my thesis, ‘The hierarchical structures within horizontal organizing. A fieldwork study of three grassroots groups within the French Yellow vest movement’ at @unibergen.bsky.social last week. Thanks to the jury, Lorenzo Bosi from @sns.it and @katrif.bsky.social from @uio.no
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Rowan Maddox @romaddox.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
At the start of the year my wonderful, funny, silly dog was in a serious accident. I have made a Spleis to help with the costs of his treatment. I would appreciate if you share this in your networks :) www.spleis.no/485083
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Hjelp Arnold og Rowan å dekke medisinsk behandling for Arnold
All money collected will be used to cover Arnold's medical bills and repay the people who have already helped
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New article out in @socmovstudies.bsky.social. Through fieldwork within the French Yellow vest movement, I explore how women frontline workers politicize their workplace conditions during Covid-19 outside labor union channels, resulting in heightened mistrust and withdrawal from state institutions.
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‘Withdrawal from the system’. Women frontline workers’ political trajectories during Covid-19
This article explores women frontline workers’ political trajectories during the Covid-19 pandemic, based on longitudinal fieldwork (2021–2024) within two grassroots Yellow Vest Movement (YVM) grou...
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Onikunooooooooooo~! @onikuno.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Holy fucking shit this is awesome use this now cybernews.com/security/dev...
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One developer’s tool strips AI and other junk from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
A developer released a free tool called “Just the Browser” that disabless AI features, ads, and other unwanted junk in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.
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Manon Garcia @manongarcia.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Hi Bluesky, The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now. a.co/d/a0qeZeh I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:
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Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial
Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial [Garcia, Manon, Kronic, Maya B.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial
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anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
"Using Marx’s theory of commodity fetishism, it thus contends that care ethics risks treating care as a fetish, obscuring the systemic inequalities and inherent contradictions embedded in caregiving." doi.org/10.1177/1464...
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Towards a critique of care fetishism: Social reproduction feminism and the ethics of care - Sara R Farris, 2025
Recently, there has been a notable rise in scholarly publications, research projects and public discussions engaging with care ethics and social reproduction fe...
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
NEW WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened. This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
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The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.
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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
lmaooo
r/ChatGPT
u/Kjfitz • 1h
The "Enshittification" has arrived

News
I asked ChatGPT about the impact of the current tarrifs on inventories over the next few months. It returned a long list of links to toiletries I might want to buy.
l asked it why it did that. It replied:
"As of April 28, 2025, OpenAl introduced new shopping features to ChatGPT, enhancing its capabilities to provide product recommendations complete with images, reviews, and direct purchase links. These features are available to all users, including those on Free, Plus, and Pro tiers, and even to users not logged in. The recommendations are generated organically, without paid advertisements or commission-based incentives, relying instead on structured metadata from third-party sources such as pricing, product descriptions, and reviews.
This update aims to offer a more personalized and streamlined shopping experience directly within the ChatGPT interface, allowing users to explore products across various categories like fashion, beauty, electronics, and home goods. If you have any specific preferences or need tailored recommendations, feel free to let me know!"
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Hvilke lederoppgaver kreves for å opprettholde lederløse og horisontale bevegelser, og hvem forventes å gjøre disse oppgavene? Jeg har blitt intervjuet av Kilden Kjønnsforskning om en nylig publisert artikkel basert på mitt doktorgradsprosjekt.
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Kvinnene i de «gule vestene» fikk mye makt
Bevegelsen ønsket å være flat og uten ledere. Dette åpnet et handlingsrom for kvinner, viser en ny sosiologisk studie.
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 05/02/2025
“We are shocked and saddened by the news of Professor Michael Burawoy’s passing. His untimely death is a great loss to sociology & to movements for justice around the world.” @michaelabenson.bsky.social on a collegiate, courageous giant of the discipline. thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
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Fabrice Riceputi @campvolant.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
"Ce serait diffamer Jean-Marie Le Pen que de ne pas le traiter de tortionnaire" (P. Vidal-Naquet). Aux racines coloniales du lepénisme. Le dossier complet rassemblé et contextualisé pour la première fois. En Algérie chez Barzakh, en France au Passager clandestin (2024).
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
🥳🥳🥳
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Grunnleggeren av Frankrikes ytre høyre er død
Det høyreorienterte franske partiet Nasjonal samlings grunnlegger, Jean-Marie Le Pen, er død (96).
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Me, facing the academic job market
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹 Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state? We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
https://shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
If you've asked and still not fund yourself on this starter pack, please let me know because I think there may be some bug with the servers go.bsky.app/V9URRDU ,🧪🌍🇬🇱🇮🇸🇫🇴🇸🇯🇩🇰🇸🇪🇦🇽🇫🇮
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michael veale @michae.lv · 15/11/2024
In response to OpenAI’s recent ‘A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT’, Arthur Perret (maître de conferénces, Jean Moulin Lyon 3) writes a line-by-line rebuttal — A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT www.arthurperret.fr/blog/2024-11...
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A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT
Site web d’Arthur Perret, enseignant-chercheur en SIC.
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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Seeing the new inflow from the other place I made a small starter pack of some people working on gender &/OR sexuality, biased towards Sociology. Let me know if you or anyone else should be on it!
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
Very stoked to see the first article from my PhD project out open access in Gender & Society. Based on fieldwork in the Yellow vest movement, I explore the critical leadership work that is demanded to uphold so-called horizontal social movements. 1/2
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Under the Smokescreen of Horizontality: Gendered Leading Tasks within the Yellow Vest Movement - Eli Melby, 2024
There is little scholarship on how gender impacts the construction of leadership in supposedly leaderless, horizontal social movements. In this study, I expand ...
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
Very stoked to see the first article from my PhD project out open access in Gender & Society. Based on fieldwork in the Yellow vest movement, I explore the critical leadership work that is demanded to uphold so-called horizontal social movements. 1/2
journals.sagepub.com
Under the Smokescreen of Horizontality: Gendered Leading Tasks within the Yellow Vest Movement - Eli Melby, 2024
There is little scholarship on how gender impacts the construction of leadership in supposedly leaderless, horizontal social movements. In this study, I expand ...
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 27/08/2024
DIVE IN! Professor Bev Skeggs’s archive is online. Explore the work of the renowned sociologist, feminist & campaigner against #inequalities, and former editor of The Sociological Review & former chief executive of our Foundation. Includes research by theme and teaching resources. bevskeggs.com
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
Angelo Reira endelig ute med nytt album. Jeg anmelder det i ukas Morgenbladet www.morgenbladet.no/kultur/musik...
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Angelo Reira med den beste norske klassiske raputgivelsen på flere år
Raptalentet kommer seirende ut i en fortelling om et liv der tungsinnet kunne tatt overhånd.
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
Vi har en lang vei å gå i kampen mot vold mot kvinner, slik min eminente veileder Margunn Bjørnholt viser i ny artikkel. God kampdag!
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Anbefaler to låter og en EP for å oppsummere 2023 i Morgenbladet www.morgenbladet.no/kultur/2023/...
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Kritikernes favoritter 2023
Årets beste arkitektur, bøker, filmer, musikk, oppsetninger, tv-serier og utstillinger, ifølge Morgenbladets kritikere.
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
Hør! Hiphop er 50 år i år. Dette feirer jeg hver dag. Veldig gøy å få snakke om sjangerens utvikling sammen med Thomas Seltzer og Tommy Tee på Trygdekontoret: radio.nrk.no/podkast/tryg...
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Jeg skriver om musikk i dagens Morgenbladet.
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Stig Brenner: Lydspor for tredemøllen
Stig Brenner søker etter dybde, men ender med å gå seg bort i velkjent terreng.
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Mobilization @mobilization.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
Using Facebook data and a mixed-method approach, Davide Morselli, Maite Beramendi, Zakaria Bendali, and Olivier Fillieule investigate changes in collective identities using online discussions of a local branch of the Gilets Jaunes movement. meridian.allenpress.com/mobilization...
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A LONGITUDINAL APPROACH TO ONLINE “COLLECTIVE IDENTITY WORK”: THE CASE OF THE GILETS JAUNES IN T...
Social movement theorists have highlighted the importance of accounting for the fluidity of collective identities and the ways in which they change over time. Capitalizing on the availability of socia...
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Eli Melby @elimelby.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
In a recent issue of the @sociologicalreview.bsky.social magazine, dedicated to the topic of strikes and care, I wrote about the changing claims-making in the Gilets Jaunes movement. thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/aug...
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Pushed out by politics: Forgotten female fury lies behind France’s gilets jaunes protests
The women's concerns that started France’s gilets jaunes movement have been subsumed by a more disparate political agenda, says Eli Melby.
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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
Just a reminder that if you're interested in radical history, I have compiled this list of over 500 *online* & *open access* collections of radical, left-wing, labour and anti-colonial historical documents from around the world. hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/radical-onli...
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radical online collections and archives
I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would be u...
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