📢 Registration for the 11th European Communication Conference (#ECC2026) is now open! Abstract notifications will follow soon. Join communication scholars from across Europe and beyond for four days of research exchange, discussion, and networking in Brno.

Nice piece on @cnbc.com about @tudublinsustain.bsky.social Tallaght campus which has reduced carbon emissions by using excess heat from an Amazon Data centre. @seai-ie.bsky.social @codemadublin.bsky.social #SpeirGorm

Call for ECC 2028 host (deadline extended to 16 February 2026)! ECREA opened a call for proposals for the hosting and organisation of the 12th edition of the European Communication Conferences.

📢 Abstract submissions for #ECC2026 are now closed! ⭐ Thank you to all authors for an outstanding response - we received over 2,600 submissions across papers, posters, panels, and roundtables. 💡Most submissions were to the Journalism Studies section. We look forward to what’s ahead in Brno!

Don't forget! Today is the last day to submit your abstract to ECC2026!

⏰ A friendly reminder to our ECREA Media, Cities and Space section members and non-members that there is only one day left to submit your abstracts for the upcoming ECC2026 conference in Brno, Czech Republic! 🇨🇿 Don't miss it!!

🎁 Dear ECREA MCS Section members and followers, 📝 As we wrap up 2025, we would like to update you on our past and future events and to ask for your feedback so that we can improve collaboration, networking and engagement. 🎄Have a lovely festive season! mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/e...

Call for ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2026 is out! Deadline: February 13, 2026

It is done! We published our VGC '23 book, consisting of 10 papers from our conference in Klagenfurt, Austria, in 2023🎉 Many thanks to our editors and everyone who contributed! More Details here: www.sidestone.com/books/explor...

We’ve extended the deadline by a week! More time to send in your abstract for potential inclusion in a special @mediapolis.bsky.social dossier on ‘The Synthetic City’!

EXTENDED DUE DATE for Abstracts: 7 December 2025 Call for Papers: 'The Synthetic City'. We have extended the due date by an extra week, so you still have time to submit your proposals!

EXTENDED DUE DATE for Abstracts: 7 December 2025 Call for Papers: The Synthetic City. We have extended the due date by an extra week, so you still have time to submit your proposals!

⏳ Only a few days left to submit your proposal for a #ECC2026 pre-conference! Design your own event in Brno (5–7 Sept 2026) and bring scholars together around your theme. Submit your 500–800-word proposal by 30 Nov → ecrea2026brno.eu/call-for-pre...

Happy Birthday, ECREAns!

The Large Hadron Collider has a new job. It’s being used to study how information flows through quantum systems — ideas that lie at the core of quantum computing. @shalmawegs.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/particle-phy...

Birkbeck, University of London is seeking an Associate Lecturer in Digital Video and Editing. Part-time, contractual – perfect for creatives who want to share their skills while continuing their practice. 👉 Details & apply: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

REMINDER! CfP: The Synthetic City We’re putting together a special issue dossier for @mediapolis.bsky.social on 'urban AI' and seek short essays, provocations, creative-critical reflections on synthetic urbanism. 📅 Abstracts due: Nov 30 🔗 Details: mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c...

Today in E-flux, a piece I wrote on the spatial and environmental politics of AI in the United States. In great company as part of the Technoecologies series curated by Nathalie Bredella and Grayson Bailey. www.e-flux.com/architecture...

Join us Nov 25 for Engaging Publics in Media, Cities & Space -free online conference on research impact in media and urban studies. Talks on monographs, journals, podcasts, walking tours + networking, incl. a special session for ECRs. 👉 Full programme & register: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

1/ CFP Dossier for @mediapolis.bsky.social: The synthetic city as an alternative, multivalent provocation to examine, interpret and forecast the emerging implications of AI and related digital technologies for urban living. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 🔗 Link: mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c...

1/ CFP Dossier for @mediapolis.bsky.social: The synthetic city as an alternative, multivalent provocation to examine, interpret and forecast the emerging implications of AI and related digital technologies for urban living. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 🔗 Link: mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c...

📷 This NASA/ESA #Hubble Space Telescope image features spiral galaxy NGC 3370, home to two kinds of objects prized by astronomers for their usefulness in determining distances to faraway galaxies: Cepheid variable stars and Type Ia supernovae 🧪🔭 esahubble.org/images/potw2... @stsci.edu

Great to see this CfP "The Synthetic City" #urbanAI for @mediapolis.bsky.social w/ guest editors @scott-rodgers.bsky.social @marcospdias.bsky.social & colleagues. mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c... Abstract deadline 30 November 2025.

Call for Papers: The Synthetic City We’re putting together a special issue dossier for @mediapolis.bsky.social on 'urban AI' and seek short essays, provocations, creative-critical reflections on synthetic urbanism. 📅 Abstracts due: Nov 30 🔗 Details: mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c...

✨ 🌱 Update: call for submissions deadline extended to 12th October!

We're at the Royal Society celebrating this, with a stellar line-up, including Wendy Hall, Alan Kay, Gary Marcus, Abeba Birhane and more royalsociety.org/science-even...

Wow, recent news from the (proposed) record-breaking $55 billion deal with the video game maker Electronic Arts Inc.!! #videogames #gaming #EA www.euronews.com/business/202...

What an amazing conference it was!!! Many thanks to the organisers, to all my wonderful colleagues and friends! Geomedia Conference always feels like home. 🌍😁🥰#geomedia #transforming-passion #geomedia-studies #karlstad-university

[Recommended resource + event] 🚀 Our friends at Open Knowledge Foundation @okfn.bsky.social have just released a new field guide: “The Tech We Want | Read This Before You Build.” Read more: blog.okfn.org/2025/09/23/o...

🇨🇦🎮👾Call for abstracts until 10 October 2025 for the HCII 2026 conference & affiliated conferences, such as the 8th International Conference on HCI in Games, to be hosted in Montreal, Canada!! More info at: 2026.hci.international/hci-games #HCI #games #play #design #impact #VR #AR #XR #AI #HCII2026

Laura Mulvey, who recently retired from Birkbeck, to refeive a BFI Fellowship. www.bfi.org.uk/news/laura-m...

This is an open biblio —and anyone can add to it to help keep it updated!

Rimska arena v Nîmesu, zgrajena okoli leta 100 n. št., ena bolje ohranjenih. V 6. stol. je postala trdnjava, v 12. stol. srednjeveška četrt. Do 18. stol. v njej stalo 150 hiš. Po obnovi v 19. stol. zaživela na novo. Danes gosti koncerte, festivale, uprizoritve. Dediščina se ohranja in živi naprej.

Sharing this recent interview with @dietoff.bsky.social, E76 | "The Shape of Synthetic Data" Pondering AI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9njJ...

📢 New article - 'Techno-legal geographies: consumer drone misuse and harms'. Louise Hooper @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social and I reflect on the legal dimensions of off-the-shelf drone incidents and the potential diversified harms accompanying them. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In NES games, Luigi is at an unfair disadvantage since he cannot pause the game. While this might be self-evident to Japanese players, international players might find this handicap baffling. The reason is the Famicom's lack of Start and Select buttons on the second controller.

Hieronymus Bosch owl detail from Le Louvre today. Vibe.

🎥 Cinema gratuito às 4as no pátio do Teatro Sá da Bandeira em Santarém. Na foto, o filme histórico-biográfico "The Elephant Man/ O Homem Elefante," realizado por David Lynch (1980) e baseado na vida de Joseph Merrick. #cinema #cultura #Verao #Santarem 🌙 + info: www.santaremcultura.pt/index.php/es...

Some snaps from the @birmac.bsky.social / Media & Democracy / Qualitative Methods Group workshop 'Exploring Quali-Quantitative Approaches in Social Media Research', where me, @robtoes.bsky.social & participants explored methods for approaching the messy, contradictory phenomena that is social media

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an “internationally wrongful act”—meaning countries could face legal consequences for harming the planet. www.wired.com/story/the-ic...

Huge news from the International Court of Justice in the Hague – the start of a new era of climate accountability The court confirms that states are obliged to act on the climate crisis, and that the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is fundamental for all other human rights

@jemgilbert.bsky.social check out our new album just dropped ACID COMMUNISM orcd.co/acidcommunism

Hong Kong Noir! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

📝Don't miss the IWG online meeting of the @opendatacharter.org, on 'data created by non-governmental actors: challenges & opportunities': Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025, 7pm (UTC+1). In my talk, I'll discuss data re-use in multicultural cities. #NGOs #opendata #datamigration #datarecycling 👇 Register below..

Today’s Festival Deadline: Toronto/Los Angeles DOCUMENTARY Festival filmfreeway.com/TorontoDocum... IN-PERSON screenings and HYBRID Festival Mode: Entering its 9th year, the Toronto & Los Angeles Documentary Festival now gives filmmakers 5 tiers to showcase and promote their film. #filmfreeway

Happy Nelson Mandela International Day! He believed that each of us has the power to create a more just world. We honor his legacy by serving others today and every day.

🎥 Cinema gratuito às 4as no pátio do Teatro Sá da Bandeira, em Santarém. Na foto, o doc biográfico "Joan Baez – I am a Noise / A Cantiga é uma arma," realizado por Miri Navasky, Karen O'Connor, e Maeve O'Boyle (2023). #cinema #cultura #Verao #Santarem 🌙 + info: www.santaremcultura.pt/index.php/es...

"Autism is not a cause for fear or shame; it’s a form of neurodiversity." — @rweingarten.bsky.social starting tonight's #VitalLessons town hall with @vinguptamd.bsky.social, @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, and Danielle Hall, Autism Society's Director of Health Equity Initiatives.

The “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%. E-bikes support fewer car trips. V @lloydalter.bsky.social

it's truly remarkable how much *other* writing I can get done when I'm trying to avoid The Book™