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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The most amazing thing is that this is like a page 29 story across the US

Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 29/09/2026

Got only sliiiightly sidetracked by a welcome but unexpected task landing in my inbox today, when all I really want to do is to actually, finally get some writing done. 😞

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CSS Lab, LMU Munich @css-lmu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A great week of international exchange and collaboration! 🇦🇺🇩🇪 Following a joint conference tour around our collaborative projects at SEASON and @ecreaeu.bsky.social conference, we had big fun to welcome colleagues from @qutdmrc.bsky.social to Munich at @lmu.de and @ifkw.bsky.social.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 27/09/2026

Happened to be in Berlin just in time for the railway festival at Schöneweide. 🚂😍

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Insta-follow:

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 26/09/2026

Come on Spain, stop playing with your food. It’s not nice to give them hope, only to crush them later. #ENGESP

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 26/09/2026

🆕 It wouldn't be a proper Saturday without a new episode of #Brainticket, so here's a new show to explore some harder-edged sounds in #Prog, with excellently crunchy music from Mondo Drag, Birth, Causa Sui, Crippled Black Phoenix, Arabs in Aspic, and Motorpsycho. 🤘 www.mixcloud.com/LexaSnurb/138/

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Brainticket 138: A Harder Kind of Prog by LexaSnurb

A detour to the crunchier fringes of progressive rock, with music from Mondo Drag, Birth, Causa Sui, Crippled Black Phoenix, Arabs in Aspic, and Motorpsycho.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 22/09/2026

Just reflecting on the weekend's elections in Germany. Maybe this is worth a try ?

Die Merkel-Raute als Bat-Symbol in den Himmel projiziert.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 22/09/2026

Just reflecting on the weekend's elections in Germany. Maybe this is worth a try ?

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 20/09/2026

This has been a fabulous read, on the history on the Indo-European languages. Highly recommended. 👇👇👇

Cover of _Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global_, by Laura Spinney.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 20/09/2026

What _on earth_ was the point of that little speech, Fritz ?

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 20/09/2026

Nothing that has happened over the past years has changed my view that Friedrich Merz is the Tony Abbott of Germany. Very effective opposition leader, if by opposition leader you mean 'unable to do anything constructive', but utterly incapable of actually leading a government.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 20/09/2026

Go home, Sandro, your services are no longer required. We’ve found a new coach. (And please feel free to take Jonas with you, too.) #H96BOC 🖤🤍💚

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 20/09/2026

OK then Hannover 96, let's goooo. Perhaps if Barlemann does really well today, we can still cancel Sandro Wagner's contract – and ideally kick our Jonas Boldt as well while we're at it... #H96BOC

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 19/09/2026

🚨 It was past time for #Brainticket to do a #Krautrock-flavoured show again, so this weekend we're exploring classic Krautrock and its modern descendants, in 🇩🇪 and beyond: Jane Weaver, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr, Embryo, Roedelius, BEAK>, Schulze, and Kosmischer Läufer. 🤖 www.mixcloud.com/LexaSnurb/137/

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Brainticket 137: Is This ... Krautrock? by LexaSnurb

Exploring Krautrock and its modern-day descendants, with music from Jane Weaver, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr, Embryo, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, BEAK>, Klaus Schulze, and Kosmischer Läufer.

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Brainticket 137: Is This ... Krautrock? by LexaSnurb

Exploring Krautrock and its modern-day descendants, with music from Jane Weaver, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr, Embryo, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, BEAK>, Klaus Schulze, and Kosmischer Läufer.

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Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thanks so much to @snurb.info for liveblogging. And to the #SEASON2026 organisers for the invitation and the great conferencea

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 16/09/2026

Great session at #SEASON2026 on methods for search engine research, also featuring my excellent colleagues Kateryna Kasianenko and Ashwin Nagappa, discussing our ADM+S Centre Australian Search Experience project. Liveblog here:

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SEASON 2026 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

Search Engines and Society conference, Hamburg, 15-17 Sep. 2026

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 16/09/2026

Fabulous, comprehensive #SEASON2026 keynote by the great Katrin Weller from @gesis.org on where we are with VLOPSE data access under the labyrinthine EU Digital Services Act. TL;DR: it’s complicated, but researchers must push hard to make it work for us. Liveblog here:

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Making Meaningful Use of the EU’s Digital Services Act in Search Engine Research | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

The second day at the SEASON 2026

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 15/09/2026

Just chaired a fascinating (if slightly depressing) session on critical AI literacies at #SEASON2026. TL;DR: it’s complicated, but the presentations themselves were much richer than that (non-AI) summary. Liveblog here:

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SEASON 2026 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

Search Engines and Society conference, Hamburg, 15-17 Sep. 2026

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 15/09/2026

Fabulous #SEASON2026 panel on organic search results and AI Overviews for searches relating to elections and referenda in 🇪🇺, 🇺🇸, 🇩🇪, and 🇨🇭 contexts, raising more questions than answers at this point about how (and whether) these overviews work. Liveblog here:

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SEASON 2026 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

Search Engines and Society conference, Hamburg, 15-17 Sep. 2026

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 15/09/2026

Fascinating keynote by Thomas Höppner to start the Search Engines and Society (#SEASON2026) conference in Hamburg, outlining the current state of EU and US anti-trust cases addressing Google’s market dominance in search. Liveblog here:

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Search as a Monopoly Business: A Legal Perspective | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

Another week, another conference: I’ve made my way to the

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 14/09/2026

Oh FFS Hannover 96, this again ? It’s blatantly obvious that you’d be better off sacking bloody Jonas Boldt than Christian Titz… 😫

Interimslösung für Bochum
Hannover 96 stellt Christian Titz frei

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 13/09/2026

Ugh, thank feck that’s over. The new Madring has turned out to be dead boring. And this after we just had the most entertaining race of the season at good old Monza – which is basically just four corners and three chicanes… #F1 #SpanishGP

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 13/09/2026

Yup, Martin and Crofty are already talking about the track needing a serious redesign to avoid sending audiences to sleep. 🤷🤷🤷 #F1 #SpanishGP

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 13/09/2026

Well at least they screwed up Lando’s pit stop, so there’s something to enjoy. #SpanishGP

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 13/09/2026

Ok, so yet again we’ve built a new #F1 track with lovely sweeping corners but virtually no overtaking opportunities, have I got this right ? 🙄 #SpanishGP

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 12/09/2026

🇸🇪 #Brainticket 136 is out – and in this episode, we feature music from another one of the great labels of #Prog, the Swedish Mellotronen. And yes: plenty of classic Prog sounds in tracks from Trettioåriga Kriget, Made in Sweden, Änglagård, Paatos, and Morte Macabre. 🇸🇪

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Brainticket 136: Prog's Great Labels #5 — Mellotronen by LexaSnurb

Celebrating the great Swedish label Mellotronen, with tracks from Trettioåriga Kriget, Made in Sweden, Änglagård, Paatos, and Morte Macabre.

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Brainticket 136: Prog's Great Labels #5 — Mellotronen by LexaSnurb

Celebrating the great Swedish label Mellotronen, with tracks from Trettioåriga Kriget, Made in Sweden, Änglagård, Paatos, and Morte Macabre.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 11/09/2026

Lithuania it is ! #ECREA2028 🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹

ECREA 2028 will be in Vilnius, Lithuania !

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 11/09/2026

This is _such_ a strange set of stats. #ECREA2026 / #ECC2026.

Presentation upload stats for the ECREA conference.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 11/09/2026

And with that, just one more session before the #ECREA2026 / #ECC2026 conference closing; of course it’s got to be our roundtable on experiences so far with the interesting but difficult Meta Content Library. We’re building an independent community of practice around the MCL – join us in FSS|P51 !

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 11/09/2026

Some methodologically interested and innovative papers on analysing political speech in this session at #ECREA2026 / #ECC2026. Liveblog here:

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ECREA 2026 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

European Communication Conference, Brno, 7-11 Sep. 2026

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Dr. Salla-Maaria Laaksonen @sallamaaria.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026

Starting the last day of #ecc2026 with a great panel on children's social media bans, focus on Australia. Quoting the chair @snurb.info : in brief, it doesn't work. Also problematic from the perspective of children's rights. + Other factors explain mental health issues better than social media use.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 11/09/2026

Only getting around to posting a few more #ECREA2026 / #ECC2026 liveblog posts now – these include our fabulous panel on the Australian and global move towards social media bans for young people (and their epic fails), and a great panel on platform regulation:

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ECREA 2026 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

European Communication Conference, Brno, 7-11 Sep. 2026

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 10/09/2026

Interesting panel with a strong Ukrainian 🇺🇦🌻 flavour to close the second full day at #ECREA2026 / #ECC2026. Liveblog here:

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ECREA 2026 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

European Communication Conference, Brno, 7-11 Sep. 2026

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 10/09/2026

Really great session on news exposure and news avoidance at the #ECREA2026 / #ECC2026 conference this morning. Liveblog here:

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ECREA 2026 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

European Communication Conference, Brno, 7-11 Sep. 2026

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Kateryna Kasianenko @kkasianenko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Last night, @snurb.info and I were lucky to catch up with 10 out of 72 (!) authors of chapters in the Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics (2nd. ed) on the sidelines of #ECREA2026. It was really special to see all these wonderful and talented folks, some for the first time in person.

A large group of smiling people sitting down or standing up around a table in a local beer hall

A book cover of the second edition of the Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics. The cover depicts multiple emojis forming two speech bubble shapes, with orange as the background colour.

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Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut @bredowinstitut.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Zwei Kontinente, ein Projekt - elf Forschende aus Australien und Deutschland haben vergangene Woche am HBI gemeinsam intensiv am Projekt „Polarisierte Öffentlichkeiten“ gearbeitet, das die Klimaberichterstattung in beiden Ländern vergleicht. Zum Beitrag: leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-news/bes...

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Besuch aus Brisbane!

Damit die Zusammenarbeit in einem Forschungsprojekt über verschiedene Kontinente und Zeitzonen hinweg funktionieren kann, ist ein regelmäßiger Austausch der Beteiligten wichtig – auch vor Ort. In der ...

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