Anyone who perceives Kirk as “civil” or as “doing politics the right way” is betraying their comfort with the ablative world Kirk worked so hard to create, secure in their belief that the grinding wheel will never touch *their* skin. One wonders where that belief arises from.

This feels like a *very* strange time to be revising an article that looks at how Kirk’s fans and followers engaged with his coverage of the 2024 US presidential election. Certainly some major updates required 😬

New special tribunal for Ukraine will pave the way for holding Russian leaders to account for the invasion. Piece by DCU's Dr Andrew Forde @drandrewforde.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com. Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4lyWwSn

🚨 One day left to apply for the @vox-pol.bsky.social next gen conference happening in Prague on the 25-26th of September. We are bringing together ECRs to build a proper community researching (violent) online extremism. Submit your proposal: lnkd.in/esikzmnK Full CfP and details: shorturl.at/3YIKk

New publication 📢 📢 lnkd.in/eDkiZejm Very pleased to share our new publication (with Fiona O'Rourke) in Men and Masculinities journal, which focuses on how our research about misogynistic and homophobic banter in digital spaces fed into an educational toolkit (download for free men4change.co.uk ).

We were delighted to have supported @anthonypkelly.bsky.social 's recent symposium "Reaction(ary) Media)" on situating influencers, audiences, and antagonisms. Read more on the event and its findings at the blog link below 👇 digitalpolicy.ie/reactionary-...

Now it's all official, I can let people know that I have been awarded an #ERCAdG ERC Advanced Grant for my LivePlatforms project to critically examine the actors involved in determining how - or whether - people make livelihoods in the platform economy. #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour

I wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU to everyone who was involved in making last week’s symposium—Reaction(ary) Media: Situating Influencers, Audiences, and Antagonisms—a huge success. What a fabulous gathering of speakers, chairs, and audience participants. Here are some of the highlights! 🧵

Hi folks! I’m very excited to announce details of a one-day international symposium I’m hosting on Thursday 29 May 2025 (09:00–17:30) at @ucddublin.bsky.social. You can find more information on @ucdischool.bsky.social’s website: www.ucd.ie/ics/events/r... 🧵

Graffiti beneath Calgary’ Centre Street bridge. #yyc

"As with the resurgence of the far-right, the rise of tech oligarchs is the result of a long series of mainstream failures" A few thoughts on reactionary tech oligarchy by @jfarkas.bsky.social and I for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/t...

Hi friends! Now that the inauguration and its theatre of power, privilege and white supremacy is over, @kat-hig.bsky.social and I wrote something on Trump’s victimhood politics in his era of absolute power. @lseblogs.bsky.social and @lsemedia.bsky.social

great thread here, and nicely illustrates how far into the margins this type of people are - despite what Twitter amplifies #GE24

This looks fascinating! Looking forward to checking our Fandom Cultures Research, and following fandom studies more broadly a bit more closely on BlueSky!

Quite bereft to learn that this little angel has passed away. It would be too hard to put into words how magical Roxy’s blessings were when we met him at Dzogchen Beara on New Year’s Eve in 2022. An angel, an icon, a legend. And just so incredibly sweet. Truly blessed

One way to analyze the 'Harris Flop' from the perspective of the political sociology of emotions might be through the concept of 'emotional capital', the lack of which is having a negative effect on his political capital. See my paper on this if interested: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #GE24

Open access >> Political Communication Research is Unprepared for the Far Right Curd Knüpfer,Sarah J. Jackson & Daniel Kreiss www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Bluesky's firehose is a treasure trove of public data for researchers and developers, and it's completely free. Check out our developer docs: docs.bsky.app

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I'm very excited and also very very grateful to be one of the 2024 recipients of the NUI (@nuimerrionsq.bsky.social) Grant for Early Career Academics. Here's a very short thread for anyone who may be interested in the work that I've been doing recently. 🧵 1/7

A shameless plug for all the season one episodes of my podcast, Ill Effects. All retweets appreciated as I was building this in a year when I wasn't on Twitter! If you're unsure where to start the Beatles episode is my fave!

#jobad: Two 3-year postdoc positions in the 'Power over Platforms' project (PI: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen) at the Centre for Tracking and Society. Application deadline 13th of December. More info: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

this is extremely lol

👀 NOW OPEN! We’re excited to share ALL EYES ON US, our brand new exhibition, with you! In this exhibition, we are scrutinized by the eyes in 75 contemporary and historic portraits from the Collection, but what happens when we return their gaze? 🎟️ Open daily | Free entry

I wrote this short piece for RTÉ Brainstorm discussing how far-right figures use the strategies of influencer culture to spread reactionary messages and monetise their politics. It builds on my current work examining how social media users engage with reactionary influencers, funded by the IRC.

imagine being this adorable

very excited to be the recipient of an irc 2023 government of ireland postdoctoral research fellowship. over the next 2 years, i'll be exploring the toxic fan practices of political influencer social media audiences (with @kylzjarrett.bsky.social as my mentor) research.ie/2023/09/11/m...

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