Brooke Foucault Welles
@foucaultwelles.bsky.social
Professor of Communication, trying not to be evil Ass. Dean, #HashtagActivism co-author, mom to teenagers and cats. Appreciates novelty socks and cat memes.
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Bluesky data now on @icpsr.bsky.social -> "A Blue Start: A large-scale pairwise and higher-order social network dataset" by Smith, Amburg, @diesagar.bsky.social, @foucaultwelles.bsky.social, @nwlandry.bsky.social. arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2505.11608 Social Media Archive: socialmediaarchive.org/record/78
A Blue Start: A large-scale pairwise and higher-order social network dataset
Large-scale networks have been instrumental in shaping the way that we think about how individuals interact with one another, developing key insights in mathematical epidemiology, computational social...
arxiv.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Bluesky data now on @icpsr.bsky.social -> "A Blue Start: A large-scale pairwise and higher-order social network dataset" by Smith, Amburg, @diesagar.bsky.social, @foucaultwelles.bsky.social, @nwlandry.bsky.social. arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2505.11608 Social Media Archive: socialmediaarchive.org/record/78
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Please boost! The NOEL PRIZE, in memory of the great and good and much-missed Will Noel.
Celebrate your (or any) open access library project. No project too small, or too big. Full details here, deadline 8/1, extremely low-effort Google Form: pacscl.org/what-we-do/f...
Celebrate your (or any) open access library project. No project too small, or too big. Full details here, deadline 8/1, extremely low-effort Google Form: pacscl.org/what-we-do/f...
The Noel Prize – PACSCL
pacscl.org
May 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Please boost! The NOEL PRIZE, in memory of the great and good and much-missed Will Noel.
Celebrate your (or any) open access library project. No project too small, or too big. Full details here, deadline 8/1, extremely low-effort Google Form: pacscl.org/what-we-do/f...
Celebrate your (or any) open access library project. No project too small, or too big. Full details here, deadline 8/1, extremely low-effort Google Form: pacscl.org/what-we-do/f...
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Possibly useful if you’re the victim of a cancelled grant! www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Possibly useful if you’re the victim of a cancelled grant! www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
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I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
First they came for humanitarian aid,
Then they came for health,
Then they came for education,
Then they came for culture,
Now they come for truth.
Then they came for health,
Then they came for education,
Then they came for culture,
Now they come for truth.
Friday Night Massacre of accurate information.
A devastating day for the USA as tens of millions of dollars of grants seeking to combat the spread of false information were terminated. We have a federal govenrment that does not consider the verifiable truth a priority. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
A devastating day for the USA as tens of millions of dollars of grants seeking to combat the spread of false information were terminated. We have a federal govenrment that does not consider the verifiable truth a priority. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
First they came for humanitarian aid,
Then they came for health,
Then they came for education,
Then they came for culture,
Now they come for truth.
Then they came for health,
Then they came for education,
Then they came for culture,
Now they come for truth.
Church bells ring across Massachusetts to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution and people gather on the lawn to defend our fragile democracy. No kings in 1775 and no kings in 2025.
April 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Church bells ring across Massachusetts to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution and people gather on the lawn to defend our fragile democracy. No kings in 1775 and no kings in 2025.
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Superb news. There are numerous modern-day Vavilovs stepping up. Dark times always bring out the best in people, too. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
April 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Superb news. There are numerous modern-day Vavilovs stepping up. Dark times always bring out the best in people, too. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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What if Elon is the first autistic person RFK has ever actually met and that’s why he assumes we don’t pay taxes or go on dates
April 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What if Elon is the first autistic person RFK has ever actually met and that’s why he assumes we don’t pay taxes or go on dates
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My heart goes out to every international student in the United States. Foreign students have helped make American universities the best in the world. Without them America will suffer.
April 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My heart goes out to every international student in the United States. Foreign students have helped make American universities the best in the world. Without them America will suffer.
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The precedent set here is the end of Congress, which I don't think Congress will even notice
Breaking: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to cancel $65 million in teaching grants.
Supreme Court, in a win for Trump, lets admin cancel $65M in teaching grants
Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s three liberal justices dissented from the high court’s ruling.
www.politico.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The precedent set here is the end of Congress, which I don't think Congress will even notice
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If your NEH grant was terminated, please share that information with @humanitiesall.bsky.social via the form below.
The National Humanities Alliance is collecting information on canceled NEH grants to share with congressional leaders. This is legit fact finding in support of competent lobbying. If you've had your grant canceled, do let them know.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Notify NHA about grant terminations!
We are collecting information about current grants that have been canceled since March 31st, 2025.
If you are looking to share a story about the impact of NEH funding on your work please use this for...
docs.google.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If your NEH grant was terminated, please share that information with @humanitiesall.bsky.social via the form below.
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@modernlanguage.bsky.social is working with many orgs in the face of ongoing attacks on higher education and the humanities. Let MLA know what you need and what strategies you’d like to share with others.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@modernlanguage.bsky.social is working with many orgs in the face of ongoing attacks on higher education and the humanities. Let MLA know what you need and what strategies you’d like to share with others.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Good to see you here altNEH, we know it’s a risk. Humanities and culture are worth fighting for!
It's been a day for so many. We leave you this evening with this parting thought:
"Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Never lose that sense of hope."
-John Lewis
"Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Never lose that sense of hope."
-John Lewis
April 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Good to see you here altNEH, we know it’s a risk. Humanities and culture are worth fighting for!
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If you/your grant admin receive/received an official looking email last night or today from NEH (letterhead, correct names), make sure you check the domain it was sent from. Official emails from NEH go through eGMS Reach and would have neh.gov as the domain.
Check in with your grant admin today.
Check in with your grant admin today.
A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
April 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If you/your grant admin receive/received an official looking email last night or today from NEH (letterhead, correct names), make sure you check the domain it was sent from. Official emails from NEH go through eGMS Reach and would have neh.gov as the domain.
Check in with your grant admin today.
Check in with your grant admin today.
A sliver of good news in the dumpster fire of this week—new paper shows how amplification on social media rewires information networks and permanently shifts attention.
Most of us have long assumed this is true (it’s why we repost/reskeet/etc) but now we have proof 😊
Most of us have long assumed this is true (it’s why we repost/reskeet/etc) but now we have proof 😊
If you study networks, or have been stuck listening to people who study networks for long enough (sorry to my loved ones), you may have heard that open triads – V shapes – in social networks tend to turn into closed triangles. But why does this happen? In part, because people repost each other.
April 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A sliver of good news in the dumpster fire of this week—new paper shows how amplification on social media rewires information networks and permanently shifts attention.
Most of us have long assumed this is true (it’s why we repost/reskeet/etc) but now we have proof 😊
Most of us have long assumed this is true (it’s why we repost/reskeet/etc) but now we have proof 😊
So let me get this straight - they cut funding for DEIA, gender, climate, misinformation, the arts and public health research and they think that’ll make us shut up about stuff that makes them feel uncomfy? Lol ok. We don’t have anything left to do but scream.
April 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
So let me get this straight - they cut funding for DEIA, gender, climate, misinformation, the arts and public health research and they think that’ll make us shut up about stuff that makes them feel uncomfy? Lol ok. We don’t have anything left to do but scream.
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Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
April 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
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No news organization should ever use the words "third term" without the word "unconstitutional" preceding it
March 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
No news organization should ever use the words "third term" without the word "unconstitutional" preceding it
Building the biggest talent pipelines and retaining top talent is good for business, full stop. Study after study after study shows this, it’s literally management 101.
"the biggest sham is that we have somehow identified these types of goals with not being meritocratic… Those of us who've been out here building multibillion-dollar companies with an eye towards having diversity, equity, and inclusion, we're hiring for greatness. That never stopped."
Reddit cofounder says he expects a 'swift shift' back to DEI hiring practices
Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian said he predicts a "swift shift" back to DEI in hiring practices, critiquing companies for abandoning it.
www.businessinsider.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Building the biggest talent pipelines and retaining top talent is good for business, full stop. Study after study after study shows this, it’s literally management 101.
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For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
March 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
Over here watching my friends compile tips about how to safely enter my country …
… and I’m so proud of my friends for helping …
… and I’m so sad for my country.
… and I’m so proud of my friends for helping …
… and I’m so sad for my country.
March 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Over here watching my friends compile tips about how to safely enter my country …
… and I’m so proud of my friends for helping …
… and I’m so sad for my country.
… and I’m so proud of my friends for helping …
… and I’m so sad for my country.
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Is your PhD research on game design, game production, HCI, or design theory? I've got three 2-year postdoc positions in my ERC StG project to investigate what makes theory useful and usable in game design / interaction design.
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Postdoc positions in HCI and Videogames Theory at IT University of Copenhagen
The IT University of Copenhagen invites highly motivated individuals to apply for a Postdoc position in HCI and Videogames Theory at IT University of Copenhagen
candidate.hr-manager.net
March 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Is your PhD research on game design, game production, HCI, or design theory? I've got three 2-year postdoc positions in my ERC StG project to investigate what makes theory useful and usable in game design / interaction design.
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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About fifty years ago, NASA strapped a message in a bottle to a rocket and flung it into the deep dark
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
March 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
About fifty years ago, NASA strapped a message in a bottle to a rocket and flung it into the deep dark
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
🚨New paper alert! 🚨
We all know activism is a marathon not a sprint. New paper shows how environmental activists maintain momentum over time. Hope you like it!
We all know activism is a marathon not a sprint. New paper shows how environmental activists maintain momentum over time. Hope you like it!
have you ever lost sleep wondering how hashtag activism campaigns unfold over time???
in a new paper with @erikavmelder.bsky.social and @foucaultwelles.bsky.social, we look at the temporal evolution of 7 years of #StopLine3 on twitter
more here: doi.org/10.1177/2056...
in a new paper with @erikavmelder.bsky.social and @foucaultwelles.bsky.social, we look at the temporal evolution of 7 years of #StopLine3 on twitter
more here: doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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March 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🚨New paper alert! 🚨
We all know activism is a marathon not a sprint. New paper shows how environmental activists maintain momentum over time. Hope you like it!
We all know activism is a marathon not a sprint. New paper shows how environmental activists maintain momentum over time. Hope you like it!