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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was about to buy Sherry Turkle's Artificial Intimacy (looks so great), but then I noticed they added a Jonathan Haidt quote on the cover (!?) Uuuuuggh.

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

AI just went rogue and ate my homework.

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Many scientific fields are already drowning in plausible-seeming but unverified papers generated with significant help from a large language model. What’s slop and what’s not? Is there an actual gem amid the gazillion new hypotheses? It’s becoming increasingly impossible to tell."

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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Shy away from em-dashes because of genAI? I've always used em-dashes in my writing. Fuck it. I'm doubling down and increasing the number of em-dashes I use in my writing.

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Second time in a row presenting on the last day/hour at AoIR. Great panel tho, so it should be fun (but lonely).

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/08/2026

At least 111 people are dead after a destructive magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit western Colombia, causing dozens of buildings to collapse and trap residents under the debris.

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Can't wait to be in Glasgow next week for the #SMSociety2026! Besides being in the organizing committee (with awesome people ⬇️), I will be presenting my work on discursive violence amid "good vibes" digital cultures.

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 30/06/2026

McDonald’s CEO says potential customers cooking burger at home are on a very dangerous path.

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Last Sunday, Colombia elected Abelardo de la Espriella, a figure with a documented history of political, gendered, and animal violence. So how does someone with that record win? His campaign didn't deny the violence. It convinced people it didn't matter. esteban-morales.com/blog/look-at...

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Look at what I say, not at what I do: De la Espriella, violence, and the politics of looking away – Esteban Morales

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Some great news! Very thankful to our colleagues at the Canadian Communication Association for this honour.

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Currently trying to write an introduction to a paper that justifies why this particular phenomenon is worth researching. Aaaand I am struggling to just say "I was online and thought that this was quite interesting and important. So I did research on it. And here we are."

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Today, the biggest guy on the gym asked me to spot him and the oldest guy nodded at me. Is this community?!

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

So shocked and sad to hear about the passing of @raulpachecovega.bsky.social . He was one of the most generous scholars I have ever known. I didn't even meet him in person, but his advice truly shaped how I write (and think about writing). Que en paz descanse.

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Yo tengo muy clara mi alineación política. Pero también tengo muy claro que uno, como persona que no vive en el país, no está en ninguna posición para hacer pedagogía política.

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Colleen Hoelscher @choelsch.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The irony of this article being accompanied by Elsevier's "reading assistant."

Screenshot of the article "ChatGPT as a Cognitive Crutch" from the journal Social Sciences & Humanities Open, with a pop up window for Elsevier's "Reading Assistant" AI tool.

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Qué tristeza escuchar que se murió Rossana Reguillo. Una de las pensadoras latinoamericanas que más informaron mi forma de pensar las violencias y sus mediaciones.

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Julián Posada @posada.website · 20/04/2026

#PlatformExtractivism is available for 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 (out Oct 20)! Thrilled to share what @geoplace.bsky.social has to say about the book: "A grounded and uncompromising account of the infrastructures and workers that sustain AI." 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤: www.ucpress.edu/books/platfo... #BookRecommendation #Books

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Thrilled to share that our special issue on NMS (co-edited with @tomdivon.bsky.social & Martin Lundqvist) is officially out! 🎉🎉🎉 10 empirical pieces + an introductory article exploring the contextual nature of violence on digital platforms. journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/28/4

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New Media & Society - Volume 28, Number 4

Table of contents for New Media & Society, 28, 4

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

When was the last time you opened the news or your social media and DIDN'T feel fear and anger? I cannot remember, really. But seeing the news today... *sigh*

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Such an important study. "White men reported feeling the least close to their best friends in comparison to all other ethnoracial-gender groups, and white men who were higher class and/or whose best friend was another man reported even lower levels of closeness."

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

A fantastic read on Grammarly's so-called expert review: "Most of my published work appears already to be inside these models, shaping their outputs in ways I never agreed to and will never fully understand. Grammarly just had the bad manners to put my name on it."

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

"Now what? We can immerse ourselves in endless streams of horrendous videos or try to increase our resistance in order to being better equipped to withstand, recover, and continue functioning somewhat clearly despite the cognitive assaults."

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

War is now a content format. We scroll past bombings between selfies and sponsored posts. The platforms framing it for us are not neutral: they shape whose suffering registers and whose deaths we're taught to ignore. New (first?) blog post! esteban-morales.com/blog/the-spe...

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The spectacle of war on social media – Esteban Morales

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I am teaching a digital culture research seminar this term and I shared @jessmaddox.bsky.social newsletter with the students—they absolutely loved it. Students are now asking me if I know of any other similar newsletters. Any recommendations? I am trying to compile a public list.

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Jess Maddox @jessmaddox.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Some personal news, as they say. Get your submissions ready for when our portal opens February 12. As the founding editor-in-chief of the new Springer Nature academic journal Creator and Influencer Studies, I’m thrilled to welcome them. link.springer.com/journal/44538

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Spending some time in Colombia makes me weak. It's 18°C and I AM COLD.

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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

waking up in 2026

Meme of 1984 calendar edited to say every fuckign year since 1890 with "the US is attempting regime change in Latin America"

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Peer review requests are a tad out of control this month, huh?

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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Of course it f&&king is. Please don't use GenAI for news. Please don't use Grok for anything. Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting www.theverge.com/news/844443/...

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Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting

Grok has repeatedly misidentified video of the Bondi Beach shooting and the hero who disarmed a gunman.

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

This kind of statements—when read within the historical framework of coloniality—are so horribly cynical.

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I am going to start counting the number of academic papers, books, or theses that begin with a quote from Calle 13's "Latinoamerica." So far, it's FOUR—that I know of. (It is such a great song tho, I get it) www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkFJ...

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Calle 13 - Latinoamérica

YouTube video by elvecindariocalle13

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

[It has been a while, BUT] New annotated resource on #SocialMediaViolence: The intimacy triple bind: Structural inequalities and relational labour in the influencer industry, by @zoeglatt.bsky.social Read my notes here: esteban-morales.com/lit-review-v...

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The intimacy triple bind: Structural inequalities and relational labour in the influencer industry – Esteban Morales

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James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

As an institution you don't have to just be sad about stuff. You can also refuse to comply, go to court, fight, or shut yourself down.

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

New resource: Culture & Communication in Digital Worlds: A 2025 Review In 2004, Macfadyen et al. published a major review of research on culture and communication in online environments. Twenty years later, we revisit the field to ask what has changed. More info: digitalcultures.ca

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UBC

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Next week (Tuesday, Dec 2, at 17:45h CET), on #PlatGovNet2025, I will present (with João Magalhães) our paper: "Bottom-up moderation as ideological protest: Making sense of Redditors' ban of X links after Musk’s 'Nazi salute'"

Title slide of our presentation. The title is "Bottom-up moderation as ideological protest: Making sense of Redditors' ban of X links after Musk’s “Nazi salute”"

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Kylie Jarrett @kylzjarrett.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I am looking for a Senior Researcher (at least 2 years postdoctoral exp.) for the LivePlatforms project into how people make livelihoods in the platform economy; a 5-year FT post based in the School of Info and Communication Studies at UCD. Do share widely! universityvacancies.com/university-c...

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Senior Researcher, UCD Information&Comms Studies,Temp 56 months | University Vacancies Ireland

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I truly do not understand people who show up to a 30-minute presentation with a 140-page slide deck.

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jess rauchberg @jessrauchberg.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

what's the relationship between algorithmic ableism and platform polarization? In a virtual talk I'm giving later this month at Loyola U Chicago, I trace the sticky relationship between ableism and political polarization in the platform age. thanks to @drgyopophd.bsky.social for the invite!

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