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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈

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Post-doc in polarisation, populism, fandom, identity and all the feels with @snurb at QUT DMRC. 🇩🇰 in 🇦🇺, residing on Turrbal and Yugara country. QaF. Plant🪴dad. Once and future cat person. he/him

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 5h
The ultra-rich do not think that far-right leaders are good for the economy. But they do know that far-right leaders are good for the ultra-rich.
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Brazilian stocks surge to record after Bolsonaro election lead
Brazilian stocks surged to record highs Monday, with Sao Paulo's main index up almost nine percent by midday, after a surprise first-round election result saw right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro edge....
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Oldest Book Printed with Movable Type is Not The Gutenberg Bible: Jikji, a Collection of Korean Buddhist Teachings, Predated It By 78 Years and It’s Now Digitized Online
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The Oldest Book Printed with Movable Type is Not The Gutenberg Bible: Jikji, a Collection of Korean Buddhist Teachings, Predated It By 78 Years and It’s Now Digitized Online
The history of the printed word is full of bibliographic twists and turns, major historical moments, and the significant printing of books now so obscure no one has read them since their publication.
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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yikes :( Get well soon.
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m the exact opposite of this :D
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Aaron Pinchback @southerndandy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Sir, we've learned there is actually a THIRD Hemsworth."
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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!
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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 25/09/2026
This is a weight that was used by a Viking trader, some time in the 9th or 10th century. This is one of a number of weights discovered in Dublin. They were used in balance scales to weigh silver in the time before standardised currency. See it on display in the National Museum of Ireland.
A small weight on display in the National Museum of Ireland. It consists of lead attached to a small animal head made of gilt bronze. 

With pointed ears and flared nostrils, the head may depict a wolf or dog, and it has been likely recycled from a stolen piece of metalwork taken from a shrine from an Irish church.
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Ryan Fitzpatrick @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My new book Ace Theory arrived on my doorstep yesterday, just starting to make its way into the world. It’s a book-length essay in fragments about asexuality and compulsory sexuality. I hope you’ll give it a look.
A full box of the book Ace Theory, just unboxedThe cover of the book Ace Theory: An Essay in Fragments About Asexuality
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hugs from me and a purr from Embla
A fluffy calico cat is on a desk, a computer mouse resting between her paws.
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Nest @nest69.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Higher education teaches critical thinking more importantly than facts. The accumulation of facts does not enable one to dissect complex arguments or to communicate one's own argument. In my opinion universities need, more than ever, to teach us not what to think, but how to think.
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Benjamin Woo @geekworlds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Like that story about kids turning Google Slides into a rudimentary forum to get around their schools blacklisting social media sites, life … finds a way.
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Ehsan Dehghan @essideh.com · 22/09/2026
I had a great chat about the discursive-digital link with @petecant.bsky.social. The podcast episode is now on the New Books Network.
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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 23/09/2026
LAUNCHED TODAY: The Australian Internet Observatory (AIO) Platform is new national infrastructure for researchers to create & manage projects investigating digital platforms & services, like TikTok, Instagram and ChatGPT. 🔗 ow.ly/XtPr50ZPCTy #ResearchData #DigitalResearch #NCRISmpact
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Micah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2026
congratulations to everyone on reinventing Worse Cable
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Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In the 10th chapter of Bridging Design and Fandom, Matt Hills (@matt-hills.bsky.social) explores theories of fan cultural capital through two case studies of fan-designed, paratextual Doctor Who merchandise. Read the open access chapter here! doi.org/10.1108/978-...
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Designing Fan-Created Doctor Who Merchandise: Forms of Capital and Unlicensed Design Adventures in Capitalist Realism
Abstract. Strands of fan studies and design research have shared a Bourdieusian focus and can be brought into dialogue. However, prior work on unlicensed f
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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am over the moon excited and honored to work with this fantastic group of people on shifting our understanding of conspiracy theories, why people share and consume them- beyond calling those who do merely "crazy", but with a curious mind aimed at contributing to understanding 🤓🥰
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
*both (not but)
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Totally! The pop culture & fandom to propaganda pipeline is fascinating, but institutionally and in the more, uh, grassroots way.
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I always did wonder if Yudkowski really was interested in HP at all or he just jumped on the most popular IP at the time of writing. (I know too much about that story but love myself just enough to not want to read the thing.)
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alice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I talked to Arielle Pardes at the Guardian about deepfake ads and scams where influencers' likenesses are used without their consent to hock all sorts of nonsense: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Deepfakes are wrecking influencers’ credibility, one fake ad at a time
Influencers aren’t just battling competitors for brand deals. They’re now battling AI versions of themselves
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Them @them.us · 11/09/2026
The Saddle Lake Cree Nation is standing up against the Canadian Province of Alberta’s gender-affirming care ban by positioning itself as a safe haven for transgender people seeking medical care.
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A First Nation Is Making Itself a Safe Haven From Alberta’s Trans Youth Care Ban
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Michael Hoffman @hof.fm · 11/09/2026
Delightful work by the staff and editors at @wikipedia.org. You can see all 230 feet of the Bayeaux Tapestry, all within its Wikipedia page!
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 07/09/2026
With no thanks to Slideshare's issues, I've finally posted my own presentation from the DigiWorld #ECREA2026 pre-conference on the blog. This is on behalf of a much larger @qutdmrc.bsky.social research team, and is our first attempt to use the Meta Content Library properly. snurb.info/node/3687
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Towards a Cross-Platform Analysis of Election Debates, Using Practice Mapping in the Meta Content Library | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
My own presentation, on behalf of a much larger team at the QUT Digital Media Research Centre, co
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As always, music is essential. And this is absolutely DELIGHTFUL on its own merits too (h/t @cherrypoppunk.bsky.social who brought this to my feed.)
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Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If this seems like a strange or random direction for MAGA hate speech, read @adriennemassanari.bsky.social's work. Online gaming culture was the crucible where MAGA hate speech was first brewed.
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026
This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
a photo of a hand holding a cuneiform tablet
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Rentiers be rentiering
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thanks, Mel! I’ll start by reading your article - that will definitely help shape the idea. And thanks for the encouragement :)
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yeah there’s a lot to dig into. So I’ll need to settle on a better focus. But wanting to see what might be going on already first. Thanks for the tip re Bloomsbury.
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Judging by the pictures he’s doing it wrong and lifting with his thighs :D
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh I wasn’t aware of the Kaepernick story. I was thinking about the recent controversies around fic writing. But I then wonder what artists and art consumers think - and what about vidders? So. Yeah. Early thoughts.
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hey fellow #fanstudies folks, I’ve been thinking about researching AI as a polarising topic for a while and focussing on fans Doing some deep ethnography to understand this topic. But I don’t want to accidentally step on someone’s toes or snipe ongoing research. So is anyone doing this already?
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 02/09/2026
🆕 Ahead of the next conferences I've updated the blog with some new journal articles. Just out today is a new massively multiauthored position piece in @natcomms.nature.com, outlining the current state of polarisation research and led by the great Max Falkenberg:
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Another Update from the Road: New Journal Articles, and Upcoming Conferences | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
I'm on the road again for a trip that will take me to the ECR
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Smart, extremely well-informed, and highly recommended." — @couldrynick.bsky.social @aramsinn.bsky.social and Jesse Gilbert's "The Secret Life of Data," the 2025 Nancy Baym Book Award winner, is now available in paperback: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204881... @aoir.bsky.social
A paperback copy of "The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance" by Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert on a plain background. The cover features an illustration of various smart objects on a bookshelf.
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Without saying you are, what is your favourite movie that came out when you were 2 years old? A surprisingly ok year! But it has to be:
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Trainspotting: Choose EverWing - Iconic Run Scene
ALT: Trainspotting: Choose EverWing - Iconic Run Scene
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QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Pride Month - Celebrating Queer History QUT Centre for Justice and DMRC invite you to a special Pride Month event celebrating the people, stories and acts of courage that have shaped queer history at QUT and across Queensland. 10AM - 12PM | Thursday 24 Sept www.eventbrite.com.au/e/pride-mont...
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PRIDE Month 2026
Celebrating Queer History at QUT and in Queensland
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QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A team of DMRC researchers, led by Kateryna Kasianenko, have conducted research into AI Overviews - the generative AI summaries that appear at the top of search engine results - and whether they support conspiratorial information seeking practices. journals.sagepub.com...
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Indeed… different case, from a much smaller publicatiokn that won’t get much attention to it fansplaining.com/lessons-from...
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Lessons From a Heated Media Rivalry
How we learned that the New York Times has a Fansplaining account.
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QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Well done to Daniel Angus and Ashwin Nagappa on their new article in The Conversation today. This piece looks at the pros and cons of the idea idea that Australians can take social media into their own hands and choose what they see on their feed. Check it out below!
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Australians could soon be able to choose what appears in their social media feed. How would this work?
People should have meaningful choices about the systems organising their attention.
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Congrats!
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Luca Rossi @lrossi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Most of what Meta committed to in this settlement was already available, and what's new still just delegates the conflict — and the responsibility — to families. But that's not even the worst part. The worst part is that by framing this as a measure for "teens"
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Still no takers. I don't *understand*, and it's killing me. LOOK AT THESE FACES.
Torbie cat standing on bed, looking up.Gray cat with small white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.
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QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A great read from Dr Ned Watt (Ned Watt) and Associate Professor Michelle Riedlinger (Michelle Riedlinger), discussing the decline in factchecking from large platforms, and the systems that are taking their place such as Community Notes on X.
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The collapse of trust in facts: Fact-checking in retreat - The Klaxon
The modern fact-checking movement launched 25 years ago but is now in retreat — just as it’s needed more than ever. Ned Watt and Michelle Riedlinger report.
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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It will. It will take a while. I think people are different there in how much and how long. But the stress and weight of finishing will fade. And the association with The Bad Feelings will too.
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Tyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.
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Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈 @svegaard.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My sympathies. Would you like a perspective from a few years down the line?
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 25/08/2026
I have really enjoyed the experience of reading story after story about how good and selfless and beloved a recently deceased famous person was
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