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Marc Garrett

@mgarrett.bsky.social
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Researcher in post-digital culture, academic, artist, writer, curator, activist, techie, PhD co-founder @furtherfield.bsky.social :-)

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Global coral reefs get less time to recover as oceans heat up, report finds 🦑🧪🌎
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Global coral reefs get less time to recover as oceans heat up, report finds
The world’s coral reefs are losing both hard coral cover and, just as critically, the time they need to recover between increasingly frequent marine heat waves, according to the most comprehensive…
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Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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🦋🐕‍🦺🌺LadyWillow💚🐾🦋 @ladywillow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Jared M. Wright, Ph.D. @jmwright.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📢 Call for Abstracts — XXI World Congress of Sociology 2027 @isa-sociology.org 🤖 Datafied Dissent: Activism and Resistance in the Digital Society [Joint Session WG10 + RC48] ⏰ Deadline: 14 October 2026 🔗 isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20... #ISAWCS27 #Sociology #DigitalSociology #SocialMovements
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Journal of Creative Research Methods @crmethodsjnl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - JCRM Special Issue Creative Methods for an Inclusive Sociology of Wellbeing How can creative methods rethink wellbeing and whose ways of knowing count? Research Articles, Think Pieces, Research Notes & Creative Formats welcome. 19 Dec 2026 lnkd.in/dE3fF8wS
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Brendan Churchill @brenchurchill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Do you research gender and the gig economy? Just over a week left till abstracts close for the XXI ISA World Congress. We'd love to see you there! #gigeconomy #platformwork #gender #sociology isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20... @isa-sociology.org @rc30sociologywork.bsky.social PLS SHARE
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Question: What if Andy Burnham is only saying the right things now, to hurt Zack Polanski in the Holborn and St Pancras By-election? What if Labour goes right back to all of its worst policies as soon as the Green Party is out of the picture?
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Has Andy Burnham stolen the Green Party's thunder? - Zack Polanski by-election
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 06/10/2026
Yesterday, an internal email at WSU announced the cancellation of the TERF conference, TORCH. @valorievandieman.bsky.social brings you the update to this story.
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Update: Worcester TERF Conference Cancelled - Assigned Media
The TERF conference, TORCH, has been cancelled by Worcester State University.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 06/10/2026
HYPERSCALE tells the full story of the data center buildout and the backlash it’s facing. It’s out in just two weeks — but I need a favor! If you’re planning to buy it, it would make a huge difference if you place a preorder. Get your copy today: bookshop.org/a/18331/9798...
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Hyperscale is out in two weeks!
Preorder your copy to get the full story on the AI-fueled data center buildout
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 06/10/2026
over at the newsletter I wrote about the useful bogeyman that is "polarization":
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The Problem Is Right Wing Extremism, Not 'Polarization'
Ambiguous media whining about "polarization" or "partisan tribalism" redirects attention away from the real cause of modern U.S. division: violent right wing extremism.
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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In 2 weeks, we are kicking off our online course Legacies of Environmental Radicalism, taught by scholars of ecological thought Brian Tokar and Dayton Martindale. We'll cover radical environmental movements from ecofeminism to militant animal rights and the Earth Liberation Front.
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Grateful for new ★★★★★ @netgalley.bsky.social review of #IfYouCannotSayGENOCIDE: “There’s no easy distance between reader and what’s being described, which is exactly what makes the collection hit so hard. Raw, honest, and emotionally heavy, but also beautifully written." #booksky #Gaza #Palestine
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Welsh Underground Network @welshundergroundnetwork.cymru · 04/10/2026
Don't let royalty get comfortable in Cardiff 🚫👑🚫 15th of October, 10:30am All republicans are encouraged to attend. We need numbers and solidarity to show this corrupt monarch away. Meet at the Mermaid Quay car park for a quick briefing before moving to the Senedd steps
Title: Windsors out of Wales

Image of WUN protestors at previous royal visit, with a red anti-monarchist flag reading: I lawr a’r brenin! (down with the king!)

Date 15th October, 10:30 am

Text: Meet at the Mermaid Quay Car park before wakling to Senedd 

WUN and PGC symbols
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
In how many ways can this message be repeated? @emilymbender.bsky.social has been saying this for how long now? www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
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Watch Bender: AI’s ‘Existential’ Risk Is ‘Fake’ - Bloomberg
University of Washington professor Emily Bender argues the AI safety debate is too focused on hypothetical existential threats while overlooking harms already happening today. She points to environmen...
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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A swarm of wild bees infected with a deadly mite caught a ride on an international cargo ship. “If this spreads, then we’re in serious trouble,” thought one biologist. Fortunately, the swarm was intercepted. But the close call is a warning for biologists and beekeepers.
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A Mite on a Bee on a Ship on the Sea Spells Trouble | bioGraphic
Pollinator pathogens are spreading through international trade, threatening both agriculture and wild ecosystems.
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~ @exquisitecrash.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 02/10/2026
The Belgian Equal Opportunities Institute, Unia is to take 'race realist' researcher Nathan Cofnas to court over remarks it believes repeatedly breached the country’s anti-racism law. www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2341...
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Unia to take 'race realist' researcher Nathan Cofnas to court
Unia said the US philosopher was spreading ideas in Belgium that rank people in a hierarchy on the basis of supposed scientific knowledge.
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Ed, do the right thing, do it this week: lift the ban on Palestine Action, agree with UN Enquiry, the ICJ, the many lawyers all over the world: Israel is guilty of genocide. Stop all arms sales, use all diplomatic & economic powers to show that we're no longer complicit in this horrific genocide"👇
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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 @thevirologist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We've won big this year - and our wins have forced the Labour government to change course. But we need far more and urgently. From climate action to an emergency brake on rents - we'll keep the pressure on to bring about the change this country needs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Greens can move Labour in the right direction, says Zack Polanski
The Green leader tells his autumn conference that a vote for his party can force changes from Andy Burnham.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/10/2026
Concerned about mass surveillance, from Flock ALPRs to face recognition to creepy ads that seem to know everything we’re thinking and planning? Meet those who’ve been warning about and fighting this dystopia for decades on the “Privacy’s Defenders” podcast.
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Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries
People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see a...
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm so pleased Zack made a Fair Rents Guarantee a key part of his conference speech - keeping up pressure on govt on behalf of the millions of renters who have no choice but to transfer an unsustainable and growing proportion of their income straight into the bank accounts of landlords.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 02/10/2026
Film-makers Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s new short is an unvarnished portrait of ICE-occupied Minneapolis
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The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Centrists Built the AfD | Yanis Varoufakis & Grace Blakeley - on DiEM-tv www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5g...
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The Centrists Built the AfD | Yanis Varoufakis & Grace Blakeley
YouTube video by DiEM25
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Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can't keep using tech platforms run & eidted by authoritarians and expect to combat fascism: "From leaders and policymakers, it means starting to plan your exit from current social media by building up a following elsewhere."
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
tom watson fucking sucks bk logo
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 30/09/2026
It is very cute seeing people receive their copies of the field guide!!
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 30/09/2026
Burnham clears path to EU summit with post-Brexit breakthrough ft.trib.al/UvmTBdE
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Burnham clears path to EU summit with post-Brexit breakthrough
UK and Brussels to go ahead with key November meeting after agreeing to kick talks on industrial subsidies into next year
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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don’t think this is a good idea
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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the genius Sophie Abromowitz is back with an essay on Resident Evil and addiction
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Accept The Expanding Ball Of Infected Corpses You Cannot Change | Defector
“Here are the main things you need to know about the Resident Evil games,” I explained to my friend Liz over the nonsense of the Digger trailer. “There’s a big outbreak of some kind of mutagenic virus...
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 28/09/2026
Two exhibitions at the Puffin Foundation Center chronicle 250 years of organizing, social movements, and civic engagement in the city.
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Museum of the City of New York Inaugurates New Activism Center
Two exhibitions at the Puffin Foundation Center chronicle 250 years of organizing, social movements, and civic engagement in the city.
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Andrew Garton @andrewgarton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Japanese filmmaker Masao Adachi spent nearly three decades in Lebanon alongside the Palestinian resistance. Today, stripped of his passport and largely ignored at home, he’s making the most politically alive cinema in Japan at 87 years old." @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/09/adac...
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The Last Revolutionary Filmmaker
Japanese filmmaker Masao Adachi spent nearly three decades in Lebanon alongside the Palestinian resistance. Today, stripped of his passport and largely ignored at home, he’s making the most politicall...
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Theory, Culture & Society @theoryculturesociety.org · 28/09/2026
Free to read: 'The Rise of the Chatbot Professor', a think-piece by Christof Royer. www.theoryculturesociety.org/blog/christo...
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Think-Piece: Christof Royer, ‘The Rise of the Chatbot Professor’ — Theory, Culture & Society | Global Public Life
By Christof Royer
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"That the work of art is a commodity like any other is, from the standpoint of the market, not false. The commodity character of the work of art is indeed part of its material support. After postmodernism, autonomy cannot be assumed. It must instead be asserted." Nicholas Brown
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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 28/09/2026
New tool directly links carbon emissions to amount of environmental and economic damage caused #Climate
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New tool directly links carbon emissions to amount of environmental and economic damage caused
Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight different factors, including lost food production
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026
Wary of Trumpian tampering, scientists have taken matters into their own hands. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Germany is building a digital Noah’s Ark for US climate data
Wary of Trumpian tampering, scientists have taken matters into their own hands.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
For only $5 a month you can ensure EFF's lawyers and activists are prepared to defend your right to speak freely online. eff.org/join-m
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Defend Privacy and Free Speech
Renew Your Support for Online Rights Thanks for renewing your support towards our mission to defend civil liberties and human rights online! Use the same email address to...
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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I really appreciate the Guardian's continued focus on what's happening in Gaza
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We followed five people in Gaza from dawn to dusk – this is what the headlines don’t tell us
Behind the stories of bombings and mass deaths, the everyday challenges facing Palestinians living under siege portray a quieter tragedy we rarely hear
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 28/09/2026
Be careful, friends—this scam is everywhere writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w...
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Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses - Writer Beware
I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whethe...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/09/2026
IT'S OFFICIAL. The progressive members of the Chicago City Council (looking at you, @andrefor40th.bsky.social) stopped ICE's cruelest, most notorious charter airline, Omni Air International. news.wttw.com/2026/09/28/f...
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Firm Set to Buy Chicago’s Parking Meters Sells Airline That Carried Out Deportations
More than a dozen progressive members of the City Council said they would not vote in favor of the deal unless the firm sold Omni Air, threatening the completion of the deal involving the city’s 36,00...
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Michael Lombardi-Nash @lombardinash.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
By Magnus Hirschfeld. A collection that explores the intricacies of gender identity and expression. Includes #MagnusHirschfeld's pioneering studies on gender transitions, intersexuality, and transvestism, Illustrated by Max Tilke. #TransDayOfVisibility www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXM423VD
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Three Transgender Works: Gender Transitions Intersexual Constitution With Max Tilke Transvestites: Illustrated Part
Three Transgender Works: Gender Transitions Intersexual Constitution With Max Tilke Transvestites: Illustrated Part [Hirschfeld, Magnus, Lombardi-Nash, Michael] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Three Transgender Works: Gender Transitions Intersexual Constitution With Max Tilke Transvestites: Illustrated Part
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Investigate DOGE @investigatedoge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Elon Musk and his DOGE operatives ran roughshod over our government...& created real-world disasters that impacted 100s of thousands of lives. We need lawmakers who will commit to issuing subpoenas & launching immediate investigations into Musk’s actions...” www.aol.com/articles/adv...
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Advocacy Group Demands Congressional Pledges To Investigate Elon Musk’s DOGE - AOL
An advocacy coalition known as the Investigate DOGE campaign is urging congressional lawmakers and midterm candidates to commit to formal investigations into the Department of Government Efficiency, t...
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Old, bad habits that you have from 2025-era agents" *All your painfully-learned 'agentic engineering" was a one-year fad. How often do you plan to buy into this? You could have bought meme-stocks with one percent of that effort youtu.be/jDG7L5HuBnk?...
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I talked to 50 people building with AI. It’s a mess.
YouTube video by Less Bitter
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kelly pendergrast @kellypendergrast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pretty pumped about our new research project, about people's experiences with once-ubiquitous technologies & what happens when they disappear. First up: the landline. We just expanded the project website big time! Take a look & get in touch if you might want to collaborate: www.everyobject.org
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Every Object an Archive
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 24/09/2026
I wrote about the press' irresponsible AI doomsday coverage:
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Lazy Journalism At The 'End Of The World'
U.S. corporate media long ago gave up on accurately describing abject reality.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target losing gamblers. This is yet another example of how online behavioral advertising hurts real people.
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...
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