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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 04/10/2026

Uh-huh, surprisingly honest answer from the AI assistant. Would have been even more useful if #Slideshare had bothered to inform its users proactively about this, rather than throwing out upload error after upload error.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 27/09/2026

A 03, a 35, a 74, and even a 95 – great to see so many of these grand old things still under steam…

Locomotives of the 03, 35, 74, and 95 series at the Bahnbetriebshof Schöneweide.

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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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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 · 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 · 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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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 · 07/09/2026

In the results, it was particularly interesting to see that in spite of overlaps and interconnections, different platforms clearly also fill different discursive niches in the overall election discussion - and that mainstream politicians post very differently from ordinary people.

Practice mapping network, showing mainstream politicians clustered in one corner of the network.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 07/09/2026

This is in spite of the Meta Content Library's _serious_ limitations, and especially its policy of wiping all data from the user's workspace at the start of each month - which required us to conduct a month-long data sprint in August.

Data Sprint: Rough Timeline

Week 1 (3-7 Aug.) – gather data within MCL and from external sources:
Posts and comments on Facebook pages / Instagram profiles of candidates, parties, action groups
Submissions and comments from relevant Australian politics subreddits
YouTube video titles and descriptions from relevant Australian news and politics YouTube channels

Week 2 (10-14 Aug.) – process data to extract target practice patterns:
Named Entity Recognition (NLTK, because MCL does not support SpaCy)
TF-IDF (not word embeddings, because of limited MCL functionality)
Facebook / Instagram posts and comments processed inside, Reddit and YouTube data processed outside MCL

Week 3 (17-21 Aug.) – consolidate practice patterns for MCL and external sources:
Consolidate named entity lists and combine NER vectors for accounts across platforms
Consolidate TF-IDF vectors for accounts across platforms

Week 4 (24-28 Aug.) – combine practices, generate practice mapping network, and export visualisatio

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 07/09/2026

In the paper, we attempt nothing less than proof of concept of a true cross-platform analysis of public debate during the 2025 Australian federal election, across Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and YouTube. And while the challenges were considerable, it ... worked, we think:

Practice mapping network of cross-platform discussions of the 2025 Australian election, with clusters focussing on various themes and topics identified.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 04/09/2026

Just saying, but maybe Pichler could pichel off to the second team, and Etcibasi score his goals where it really counts ? #H96KSC

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 29/08/2026

Arrived in Hamburg for the start of my workshops / conferences trip after a very roundabout set of connections, and acclimatising.

Putting my feet up at Planten un Blomen, with some local flavour.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 13/08/2026

They’ve set a very high standard, but this one didn’t grab me as much as their previous work… #Prog

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 13/08/2026

Always good to see long-lost French electronica get a re-release. #Prog

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 12/08/2026

… and this is very good too. #Prog

Cover of _Maraude Automnale_, by Paskinel.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 12/08/2026

Just gorgeous stuff this. #Prog

Cover of _All in the Golden Afternoon_, by Ian Neal.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 11/08/2026

One of the football apps I follow, kicker, runs these _terrible_ low-rent ads, but every once in a while there’s one that stands out even from that dross. Thanks for the caption clarifying that the Sheep Queen doesn’t, er, ‘text’ (?), though. I guess.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 10/08/2026

And staying in Scandinavia with this lost gem of an album… #Prog

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 10/08/2026

I prefer their regular studio albums, but this soundtrack by Agusa is still pretty good… #Prog

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 09/08/2026

Aaah, the #MagicOfTheCup. Where you find out about all the suburban football grounds around the city. #BRIvSYD #AustraliaCup

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 02/08/2026

🙄 Of course they did. Like recognises like. Maybe al-Thani could join Infantino as he is shot straight into the Sun. www.abc.net.au/news/...

Quote from news article:

The Qatar FA issued a statement in support of Infantino on Saturday.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 31/07/2026

Importantly, the Supplementary Materials also explore the results of various settings options in constructing practice mapping networks from the data – and reassuringly, these show overall consistency in results even when parameters are altered to highlight the key network structures.

Several practice mapping networks at different cutoff levels for cosine similarity ratings between practices, showing an overall consistency in network structure.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 31/07/2026

As an article in a methods journal, this publication covers the methodological considerations in using this approach to detect symptoms of destructive polarisation. We'll have more to say on the detailed empirical findings in later work, though our initial observations are already useful.

Average post attribute scores for Facebook posts made by public Facebook spaces within the major clusters in the practice mapping network.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 31/07/2026

In this work, we demonstrate the utility of this approach by using Facebook data on the Voice to Parliament debate to create practice similarity networks that show the clusters of participant groups within this debate.

A network map of the Facebook debate about the Voice to Parliament referendum, showing broad Yes and No sides and smaller clusters on each side.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 28/07/2026

Might as well continue with the live albums, and throw in a quick Causa Sui number… #Prog

Cover of _Summer Sessions Vol. 3_, by Causa Sui.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 28/07/2026

Something a lot more homegrown on the playlist this evening, with the cool fusion stylings of Australia’s own Mildlife. #Prog

Cover of _Live from South Channel Island_, by Mildlife.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 28/07/2026

Well these people look like a barrel of laughs. Good luck Victoria, I guess you’ll need it. 😬 (If you look long enough into the Deputy Premier’s dead eyes, you can see eternity. 🥺)

The new Premier and Deputy Premier of Victoria at a press conference. Probably not worth bothering to learn their names.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 27/07/2026

As much as I love Djam Karet, I must admit I didn’t really connect with this one so much… #Prog

Cover of _Island in the Red Night Sky_, by Djam Karet.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 27/07/2026

Trying to keep up with yet another extremely prolific band from Norway… #Prog

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 27/07/2026

Their 2021 album _Auf Auf_ strikes me as a real highlight in Embryo’s 50+ years of making music. Lovely blend of Krautrock, jazz, and world music… #Prog

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 23/07/2026

On to another storied band that’s still going surprisingly strong… #Prog

Cover of _Till Horisonten_, by Trettioåriga Kriget.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 23/07/2026

Hard to keep up with Big Big Train’s voluminous output. This is already two years old now… #Prog

Covers of _The Likes of Us_, by Big Big Train.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 22/07/2026

And finally for tonight to some very Krautrock-inspired music, as the band name implies… #Prog

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 22/07/2026

And on to Jacob Holm-Lupo’s odd little piece of audio verité… #Prog

Cover of _Entire of Itself_, by Jacob Holm-Lupo.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 22/07/2026

Starting tonight’s listening with a visit to Philip Glass’s world.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 21/07/2026

And a quick little Swedish thing with overenthusiastic vocals to finish for tonight… #Prog

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 21/07/2026

Continuing the gentle psychedelia with Jane Weaver… #Prog

Cover of _Love in Constant Spectacle_, by Jane Weaver.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 21/07/2026

Still struggling to keep up with Motorpsycho’s stream of releases, so tonight it’s 2023’s _Yay!_… #Prog

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 20/07/2026

And continuing with another first-generation Krautrock band, though this new album came out only a few years ago. #Prog

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 20/07/2026

Back to my nightly listening routine after all that travel, and starting with a deep dive into Embryo’s back catalogue – 1978’s _Apo-Calypso_. #Prog

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 20/07/2026

Well look at what just arrived in the QUT Digital Media Research Centre office. What a nice start to the working week.

Cover of the second edition of the Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics, edited by Axel Bruns, Gunn Enli, Anders Olof Larsson, Jessica Yarin Robinson, Tanja Bosch, and Kateryna Kasianenko.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 15/07/2026

And I’ll just leave this here for your enjoyment. #SMSociety 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 13/07/2026

Day One of @socialmediaandsociety.org in Glasgow has been a blast, even if I am slightly deaf from the evening’s very enthusiastic entertainment. #SMSociety

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 07/07/2026

🆕 I'll be heading off to next week's Social Media & Society conference in Glasgow in a few days, but before I do so I've updated the blog with a bunch of new publications: snurb.info/node/3645. Chief amongst these is the new edition of the Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics:

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 01/07/2026

They, err, what, ABC News ? Didn’t need that image in my head during breakfast, thanks. 🧤💉🤯 #ENGDRC www.abc.net.au/news/...

Screenshot of ABC News story containing the line:

DR Congo ripped through the fragile four like a doctor tearing off a pair of disposable gloves having delivered an enema to a static and stodgy back line — a grim picture indeed …

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 28/06/2026

German football news headline on the #COLPOR match: “Ronaldo disappoints again”. 🤣

Kicker app notification:

Eilmeldung
Ronaldo enttauscht wieder: Portugal nur Zweiter hinter Kolumbien

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 27/06/2026

That is hilarious on so many levels. Thanks LinkedIn – what would I do without you ? 🤣

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