iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Hedwig Richter @hedwigrichter.bsky.social · 10h

Vier Gründe, warum Klopp recht hat und wir die deutschen Farben und die Flagge für DemokratInnen zurückholen sollten. 1) Nazis haben sie gehasst und - kaum an der Macht - verschwinden lassen und mit ihren Nazi-Flaggen und Nazi-Farben ersetzt.

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Hedwig Richter @hedwigrichter.bsky.social · 7h

Das "Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold" war eine zivilgesellschaftliche, überparteiliche Organisation mit ca 3 Mio Mitgliedern (unter ihnen Fritz Bauer, Paul Löbe & Theodor Heuss). Ihr Ziel: die Demokratie verteidigen. Es gibt das Reichsbanner noch heute. Rechts: Jahresfeier zum 1. Gründungstag, 1925

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sanneru.bsky.social @sanneru.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The winners of Right Livelihood Award - referred as Alternative Nobel Prize - have been announced in Stockholm The jury chose @timnitgebru.blacksky.app , says von Uexkull, "because she is an extremely prominent critic of the power relations behind the AI development we are currently experiencing 1/

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Preisträgerinnen des Alternativen Nobelpreises bekannt gegeben

In Stockholm sind die Preisträgerinnen des Right Livelihood Award bekannt gegeben worden - oft auch Alternativer Nobelpreis genannt. Die Auszeichnung geht in diesem Jahr ausschließlich an Frauen und v...

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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

every time I read Swidler, I feel two things at once: how powerful her metaphors and analogies can be, and how bad it is that sociologists tend to reject analytical units (here, the unit-act) that let us isolate and study objects formally in favor of such metaphors and analogies.

People do not, indeed cannot, build up a sequence of actions piece by piece, striving with each act to maximize a given outcome. First, people would be crippled if they had to think about each action they performed. Like dancing, but much more complex, orchestrating one’s day-to-day life must be learned so that it “comes naturally.” People develop habitual ways of acting, so they do not trip over their feet while deciding what steps to take (Camic 1986; Joas 1996). Culture provides the capacities that make such complex orchestration possible. Second, people organize action over time. Individual actions do not make sense by themselves, but only as parts of larger patterns. And culture has its effects not by providing the ends actors pursue but by shaping the patterns into which action is routinely organized.

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Gerne keine pauschalen Beleidigungen gegen große Menschengruppen aufgrund von biologischen Merkmalen.

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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📣 We're hiring! Looking for a PhD position? Join our team in Berlin! Work with @heikekluever.bsky.social and @markuskollberg.bsky.social in #STATEWORK at Humboldt University and join our @dynamics.bsky.social PhD programme Great people, great project, great city! 🗓️ Deadline: 13 October 2026

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Patrick Bahners @pbahners.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Nicht vergessen: 2023 erzwang die Giffey-SPD aus Demut die Koalition mit der CDU. Konsequenz liegt auf der Hand.

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Jan-Martin Wiarda @jmwiarda.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Die Antwort auf PISA findet sich im Klassenzimmer Seit Jahren reagiert die Politik auf schlechte Ergebnisse mit Geld undStrukturprogrammen. Dabei müsste sie sich mit Unterricht, Leistung und den Schülern beschäftigen. Matthias Güldner im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/09...

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New preprint! A review article on Generative AI and Society, with the fantastic @thomasdavidson.bsky.social & Danny Karell (smartly not online!) osf.io/preprints/so... The lit on genAI is sprawling and mostly not in sociology. Our goal is to synthesize core themes relevant to sociologists. +

GENERATIVE AI AND SOCIETY
Laura K. Nelson,
Daniel Karell,
and Thomas Davidson

ABSTRACT
For sociologists, generative AI inherits the legacy of earlier computational technologies: it is an advancement of machine learning already adopted as a methodology, and it intervenes in a society already shaped by algorithmic systems. Yet it also has a dimension that distinguishes it from previous computational methods, and one that makes it inherently sociological: its interactivity. In this review, we conceptualize the interactivity of generative AI and introduce a framework for understanding how it operates across individual, organizational, and institutional life. Specifically, the framework specifies how generative AI expands users, functions as a proxy for society, and expresses power,
both in sociological practice and in society. We conclude by suggesting three dynamics driven by generative AI that sociology will face in the near future: the transformation of scientific practice, the reorganization of social interaction, and the acceleration of algorithmic governance.

Keywords: generative AI, interaction, computational sociology, methods, algorithms, algorithmic governance

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Slogans are easy. Managing and governing? not so much.

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Album of the year so far. Wikipedia says: "Opus Kink has been described as post-punk, no wave and jazz punk. Their sound is infused with a wide range of influences including country, Latin, gothic, choral, folk, French chanson, rock and roll, garage rock and more."

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The Sweet Goodbye - YouTube

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Äh was? Wirtschaftswachstum dank erneuerbarer Energien? Das kann doch nicht sein. Da ist man doch nicht hinreichend technologieoffen.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Fabian Gülzau @fguelzau.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026

Interesting #migcitsky postdoc opportunities at @goetheuni.bsky.social

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Nicht zu vergessen: die SPD hatte nach der letzten Wahl in Berlin die Möglichkeit, eine rot-grün-rote Koalition anzuführen. Sie hat sich selbst für die Bedeutungslosigkeit als Juniorpartnerin der CDU entschieden.

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Georg Henning @georghenning.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

www.uni-potsdam.de/fileadmin/pr... W 3-Professur für Angewandte Sozialforschung und Surveymethodologie (S-Professur Uni Potsdam & DIW)

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Who wants to join me with 200 others in a paper on co-authorships?

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

On my way to the ESA conference in Warsaw. Direct train from Berlin 😃 #responsibleconferencetravel

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Tim Gill @timgill924.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

So many people are jealous of sociologists. And I get it. You realized too late that you should have spent your 20s becoming one instead of sitting on a barstool or studying biology or whatever other boring subject. Too bad. Only the select few can say “I am a sociologist.”

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Research Centre Ukraine / Max Weber Foundation @rcu-mws-ukraine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Research Centre Ukraine /Max Weber Foundation invites applications for the full-time position of Academic Coordinator. Please submit your application by 5 September 2026. More details and the application link are available via karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/2... @maxweberstiftung.de

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Going to Warsaw next week to present some theoretical reflections on Computational Social Science at the ESA conference. I'll change the title not so slightly and talk about "discursive fields" (apparently in line with the fourth talk). Let me know if you want to meet up!

Program for the ESA session "Inside the Black Box: Theory and Method for Algorithmic and Computational Objects"

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Jürgen Döschner @jdoeschner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Vergleichen muss man daher den CO2-Ausstoß pro Kopf. Und da liegt selbst Deutschland allein mit seinen 84 Mio. Einwohnern nur knapp vor China! Vergleicht man die (entscheidenden!) kumulierten Emissionen, ist Europas Anteil an der Erderhitzung sogar doppelt so groß wie der Chinas. 🧵/6

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👻Notorischer Diskurstroll🎃 @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Die Leute regen sich am liebsten über Sachen auf, die sie sich selbst ausgedacht haben

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

While I sometimes still eat fish (partly doctor's recommendation), I definitely refrain from octopodes. And so should everybody, IMHO. They're wonderful, magical creatures, highly intelligent, empathic, and sentient.

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Too smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problem

As a controversial Spanish plan for sustainable meat on an industrial scale is dropped, it has revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent wild animals

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Lydia Repke @lydiarepke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Can we predict survey question quality before collecting data? Our new paper introduces the #MachineLearning algorithm behind #SQP 3.0.🌳 Random Forest won out among 4 approaches. An exciting step toward AI-assisted questionnaire evaluation! 🚀 📄 doi.org/10.18148/srm... #SurveyMethodology #Research

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Werbung: @marklutter345.bsky.social und ich richten auf dem DGS-Kongress eine Ad-hoc-Gruppe zu "Computational Social Science und die Zukunft der Soziologie" aus. Wir freuen und auf interessante Vorträge und spannende Diskussionen!

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 29/06/2026

I have managed to abstract the template for replies to critiques.

A reply to critique

In this reply to the recent critique of our article, we: mischaracterize the critique; mischaracterize our own original claims; respond only to the peripheral arguments while remaining silent about the critique’s most devastating points; claim that the issues raised do not affect our core conclusions, regardless of whether this is the case or not; radically change the implied generality of our original claims; commit ad hominem while accusing others of it; and leverage the fact that we are likely to have the last word to generally muddy the waters.

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A good book. I learned a lot from it.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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Marius Sältzer @msaeltzer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Job Alert! We now have another position in computational social science. In the context of an interdisciplinary method center, we offer a 4+1 year 100% postdoc position with no teaching! If you have any questions, send me a PM. uol.de/en/job/postd...

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Postdoctoral Position in Digital Social Sciences and Humanities // University of Oldenburg

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Where I am, not reading your skeets.

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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Wüsste schon gerne, auf welche Daten sich so ein Statement bezieht. Das wird alles seit Jahren erforscht, aber von der Forschung scheint in der aktuellen deutschen Debatte so gut wie nichts anzukommen...

SIgrid Graumann im Freitag: "In Kalifornien sind es vielfach prekär lebende Latinas, die sich als Leihmütter verdingen...:

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Excited to launch the Social Networks Group – UC at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile! We advance network science through theory, statistical methods, computational tools, and open-source software. Collaborations welcome. #SocialNetworkw #NetworkScience #OpenScience

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Thank you for your message. Due to the summer holidays, the editorial office is closed during July. We will respond to your query first thing when we are back in August. Kind regards, The editorial manager

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Assistant professorship in political science at the @eui-sps.bsky.social! Come and work with us. www.eui.eu/About/JobOpp...

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Open competitions for academic posts

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Heinz Leitgöb @heinzleitgoeb.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Many thanks to @aksoyundan.bsky.social and the team for organizing a fantastic INAS conference at Nuffield College, @ox.ac.uk. It was a great pleasure to be a part of it!

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Patrick Bahners @pbahners.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

„Nach vorläufigen Zahlen spricht die Polizei im Zeitraum zwischen Freitag und Sonntag von etwa 120 Toten in Köln. Das seien fast viermal so viele wie an einem gewöhnlichen Wochenende.” www1.wdr.de/nrw/koeln/me...

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Erschreckende Zahl: Die Todesfälle am Hitze-Wochenende sind gestiegen

Erschreckend: In Köln sind am Hitze-Wochenende 120 Menschen gestorben. Viermal mehr, als an einem normalen Wochenende.

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Falk Steiner @fsteiner.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Machbarkeitsstudie 1995: 2,45 Mrd. Wirtschaftlichkeitsberechnung 2006: 2,8 Mrd. Bahn heute so: »die Gesamtwertprognose beträgt nun 14,5 Milliarden Euro«. #S21

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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Flashback to 30 years ago: Pulp rocking it in Berlin like 1996. Go see them if you can.

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker rocking a concert

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Christina Meyer @chrismey2203.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Wenn das in der Wetterapp angezeigt wird…. . . . die Erde brennt. Aber Hauptsache Fliegen wird billiger, Verbrenneraus stoppen, starkmachen für fossile Energie. 🤬

Screenshot: +16 Grad über dem durchschnittlichen Tageswert.

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Thomas Lux @thomaslux.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Very happy to see our book "Trigger Points" finally out in English, and fully open access! Hopefully a useful resource for anyone working on polarization, class, inequality, migration, diversity, and climate change.

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