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Marcus Gilroy-Ware

@mjgw.bsky.social
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Writer about politics/media/culture/tech; Author of "After the Fact?" (2020 - mjgw.net/atf) & "Filling the Void" (2017); Lecturer @ SOAS;

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Marcus Gilroy-Ware @mjgw.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Hello Bluesky. I miss public conversation of the Twitter variety so coming back here again 🤪
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Altered State @alteredstatetalks.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Our podcast from the Elon Musk talk is now live www.alteredstate.org.uk/podcast BEWARE THE IDES OF MUSK - TIME TO PUT THE BRAKES ON ELON? W/ @caralavan.bsky.social @digitalfutures.bsky.social & @mjgw.bsky.social #elonmusk #broligarchy #reform #nickcandy #politicaldonations #ukpoliticaldonationlaw
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Altered State @alteredstatetalks.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
THE SECRET DIARY OF ELON MUSK, AGED 13¾ Our blog from last week's talk feat. @mjgw.bsky.social @caralavan.bsky.social @digitalfutures.bsky.social www.alteredstate.org.uk/post/talk-10... #elonmusk #blogs #alteredstate #bristol #bristoltalks #misinformation #democracy #ukpolitics #reform #maga
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TALK 10. THE SECRET DIARY OF ELON MUSK, AGED 13¾.
We asked our panel what could be done about Elon Musk...
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
And fwiw roughly corresponds to distribution of subjective well-being
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Tower Hamlets Keep Our NHS Public @thkonp.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Seen at the bus stop outside St Thomas Hospital in London…
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Altered State @alteredstatetalks.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
A brilliant panel @ last night's talk BEWARE THE IDES OF MUSK - TIME TO PUT THE BRAKES ON ELON? There is much we can do, share & read to counter the megalomusk's malign intentions in the UK Blog & podcast w/ details to follow @caralavan.bsky.social @digitalfutures.bsky.social @mjgw.bsky.social
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Marcus Gilroy-Ware @mjgw.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Really looking forward to joining @alteredstatetalks.bsky.social panel tomorrow for this discussion, alongside @caralavan.bsky.social and @digitalfutures.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/alte...
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Altered State @alteredstatetalks.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
UK democracy for sale? #ElonMusk is using his money, misinformation & super-oligarch status to influence Britain @caralavan.bsky.social @digitalfutures.bsky.social @mjgw.bsky.social will talk about what we can do about it Tickets www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/checkout/alt... #bristoltalks #bristol
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Altered State @alteredstatetalks.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"You are the media now" how X became the far-right's front page We'll talk #ElonMusk & his weaponisation of misinformation for political ends in the UK W/ @caralavan.bsky.social @mjgw.bsky.social @digitalfutures.bsky.social Tickets www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/checkout/alt... #bristoltalks
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Altered State @alteredstatetalks.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
MEET THE PANEL 3/4 BEWARE THE IDES OF MUSK - TIME TO PUT THE BRAKES ON ELON? @mjgw.bsky.social author and expert in misinformation and new media March 27th @ Hen & Chicken, Southville, BS3 1JF Tickets incl student discounts headfirstbristol.co.uk/checkout/alt... #bristoltalks #bristolevents
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
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Impress @impressorg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
"The underlying social factors look very different because the political context is different." In the final episode of Dis/Mis Series One, @mjgw.bsky.social shares how misinformation morphs and shifts depending on where you are in the world 🌍 Listen now! 👉 bit.ly/3ZZiZjC
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 23/11/2024
Fun fact: Every. Single. Person. who makes such claims fundamentally confuses the concepts 'community' and 'echo chamber'. (Not specifically directed at you, @jessmaddox.bsky.social - I'm just sick of still seeing the 'echo chamber' metaphor float around 20 years after it was first debunked.)
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Marcus Gilroy-Ware @mjgw.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Lots of us migrating onto here so probably good to introduce myself to new followers: I'm a writer and researcher at the intersection of digital platforms, politics, cultural studies and critical theory. Currently based at SOAS. My most recent work is on Andrew Tate, Tiktok, and reactionary children
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Marcus Gilroy-Ware @mjgw.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Seems similar on here as on Twitter in the earlier years. But I hope we can learn our lesson from what happened to Twitter. What made it useful and fun for us was precisely what made it a source of value for the worst aspects of capital: our communication and affects centralised and stored.
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