Reposted by idil galipLudmila Lupinacci @ludludlud.bsky.social · 03/08/2026New paper co-written with @idilg.bsky.social out now in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social: 🫠 Degenerative AI: AI slop, brainrot, and the gimmick of generative culture doi.org/10.1177/1367... 1144
idil galip @idilg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I'm excited to share that our article "Chatbox sociality: Extreme personae, speculative communities, and the affordances of alt-tech livestreaming," co-authored with Eleni Maragkou, is now published on First Monday. firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...firstmonday.org View of Chatbox sociality: Extreme personae, speculative communities, and the affordances of alt-tech livestreaming | First Monday 021
Reposted by idil galipBrita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Interested in AI and digital culture? Join us for this seminar on June 12th in Bergen, with interesting speakers, new research, lunch and discussion! Part of our Kime collaboration project on AI and authenticity @cdn-bergen.bsky.social @notsaved.bsky.social @lenange.bsky.social @idilg.bsky.socialwww4.uib.noKIME seminar: From algomaxxing to AI influencers | UiBWelcome to a half-day seminar discussing new practices and phenomena emerging from the study of algorithms and artificial intelligence in culture and society. 053
idil galip @idilg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I'm actively looking for my next role in Dutch higher education. I'm open to postdoc positions, faculty/lecturer roles, and research positions, in academia or beyond. If you know of any openings, or if our work overlaps, feel free to reach out, repost or tag anyone who might be interested. Thanks! 101
idil galip @idilg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026www.idilgalip.com/blog/the-iss... "Punch is an emotional stand-in for the humans watching him." new blogpost about #punchthemonkeyidilgalip.comPunch and the calamity of being a social media animal — i.g.Both human and animal dignity is in crisis in 21st century’s fast-image-culture. Images of atrocities, genocide and war are ready for consumption at a moments’ notice as “we are bombarded by images”. ... 011
Reposted by idil galipNathalie Van Raemdonck @nathalievanraemdonck.com · 18/02/2026This first academic piece on the "subcultural ironics of a dark corner of the womanosphere" aka The Red Scare podcast sphere is a must-read for people trying to understand the online "dirt bag" left (open Access preprint here www.idilgalip.com/blog/new-pub...)idilgalip.comnew academic publication out: ‘red scare girlfriends’ and the ludic logic of online contrarianism — i.g.i like looking at my google scholar. it’s a list of what i’ve managed to contribute to the academic study of the internet while precariously juggling visas, residence permits and temporary teaching co... 132
idil galip @idilg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026new book chapter out, co-authored by eleni maragkou and i on the subcultural politics and visuals of the #redscarepodcast www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...taylorfrancis.comRed Scare girlfriends | 10 | Language games with the Red Scare podcastThis chapter untangles internet memes as a form of vernacular creative expression that allows individuals to play with language, imagery, and cultural 022
Reposted by idil galipjonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026enjoyed this "wayback studio" moment at @internetarchive.eu with @anthbrtn.com @iiil.li @idilg.bsky.social @hetsalwel.bsky.social @esthrr.bsky.social @digitalmethods.net @d-eepculture.bsky.social @publicdatalab.bsky.social @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social & many more! ✨ 1103
idil galip @idilg.bsky.social · 16/02/2026you can read my newest blogpost: Why we love to hate dimes square content: ‘trash culture’ for the chronically online www.idilgalip.com/blog/interne...idilgalip.comWhy we love to hate dimes square content: ‘trash culture’ for the chronically online — i.g.I really can’t escape clavicular. soon after i wrote my blogpost about why i think he is quite algorithmically popular (memetic descriptors help you become more visible in the algosphere), he spawne... 000
idil galip @idilg.bsky.social · 07/02/2026www.idilgalip.com/blog/looking...idilgalip.comLooking back at the scroll: post-bed rot session at transmediale — i.g.transmediale is an important festival for new media art and the wider subcultural publics of the internet. this year's curators of the festival Neema Githere and Juan Pablo Garcia Sossa put together a... 000
idil galip @idilg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026BEDROT WITH ME Idil Galip @transmediale.bsky.social, Sunday Feb 1. You are invited to bedrot with me. This is a desktop lecture-performance. It is also a collective experiment in doing almost nothing. Best experienced while lying down. Tickets: transmediale.de/en/2026/even...transmediale.detransmedialetransmediale 2026 | Bedrot With Me 011
idil galip @idilg.bsky.social · 09/03/2025When I was crashing about about Peter Thiel's impact on popular culture two years ago, they said it was too niche a topic and I was paranoid. There is such a thing as being too early to a topic, and I need to learn how to leverage it for myself because people don't believe me for some reason 030
idil galip @idilg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Hi I've decided to start posting on here again - I want to follow more people interested in digital culture and tech stuff. Do you have any recommendations? Thanksssss 240
Reposted by idil galip胡子哥 @notsaved.bsky.social · 07/01/2025dream meme chat group here with @idilg.bsky.social, Lucie Chateau & Günseli Yalcinkaya answering the eternal return of novelty in internet culture ijoc.org/index.php/ij...ijoc.orgGroundhog Day| Memes Are New | de Seta | International Journal of CommunicationGroundhog Day| Memes Are New 121
idil galip @idilg.bsky.social · 04/07/2023To hear some beats to relax/study to, I invoke Lofi girl. In a mythic time of human/cyborg symbiosis, she and I are one. 030
