Dr. Steven Buckley
@stevenjcbuckley.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Media Sociology. PhD in Journalism and US media. Researching digital streaming culture, political communication and authenticity.
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
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That Digital Services Tax that successive governments have crowed about? It'll bring in.... errr... 0.1% of all the country's tax receipts each year to 2030-31
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
That Digital Services Tax that successive governments have crowed about? It'll bring in.... errr... 0.1% of all the country's tax receipts each year to 2030-31
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AI will boost the economy, the OBR forecast, except... "Our analysis suggests AI will likely provide a smaller boost to productivity growth over the next five years than the ICT revolution did before 2008."
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
AI will boost the economy, the OBR forecast, except... "Our analysis suggests AI will likely provide a smaller boost to productivity growth over the next five years than the ICT revolution did before 2008."
Hardly the economic panacea that AI firms and some in government have been claiming AI will be....
Anyway, tech-wise, AI will have a "positive effect on productivity growth", the OBR say, with a 0.2 percentage point impact in five years
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Hardly the economic panacea that AI firms and some in government have been claiming AI will be....
Dumb.
EU PARLIAMENT AGREES ON RESOLUTION CALLING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA MINIMUM AGES
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Dumb.
A question of when, not if.
Then ‘when’ will partially be determined by when stumps needs a distraction for the press.
Then ‘when’ will partially be determined by when stumps needs a distraction for the press.
BREAKING
President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated.
Full Story: bit.ly/3Xk8ViZ
President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated.
Full Story: bit.ly/3Xk8ViZ
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A question of when, not if.
Then ‘when’ will partially be determined by when stumps needs a distraction for the press.
Then ‘when’ will partially be determined by when stumps needs a distraction for the press.
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My taxes bring all the boys to the yard.
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My taxes bring all the boys to the yard.
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
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This seems bad...
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This seems bad...
So he racially abused people, but he did it in a nice way?
Sorry but these evasive non-answers are damning. If he wasn't afraid of more people/evidence coming forward, he'd say no.
Sorry but these evasive non-answers are damning. If he wasn't afraid of more people/evidence coming forward, he'd say no.
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
So he racially abused people, but he did it in a nice way?
Sorry but these evasive non-answers are damning. If he wasn't afraid of more people/evidence coming forward, he'd say no.
Sorry but these evasive non-answers are damning. If he wasn't afraid of more people/evidence coming forward, he'd say no.
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I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
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Precisely. This interpretation of ‘balance’ would involve the broadcast of a program in which Harris blatantly & repeatedly lied about winning a Presidential election she had lost & then encouraged her supporters to ‘fight like hell’ against the upholders of the actual result.
Prescott keeps repeating "I thought they'd show a programme about Harris the week after". He really doesn't understand the difference between balance, impartiality and objectivity.
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Precisely. This interpretation of ‘balance’ would involve the broadcast of a program in which Harris blatantly & repeatedly lied about winning a Presidential election she had lost & then encouraged her supporters to ‘fight like hell’ against the upholders of the actual result.
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As I said at the time this was the landmine in the immigration white paper. It will cost unis much more than they're getting from inflationary rises in domestic fees.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
As I said at the time this was the landmine in the immigration white paper. It will cost unis much more than they're getting from inflationary rises in domestic fees.
Key thing is that this is % that have "ever" used the platforms.
I would hazard a guess that the % that actively use X/Twitter on a daily/weekly basis is a lot, lot lower now than it was a few years ago.
I would hazard a guess that the % that actively use X/Twitter on a daily/weekly basis is a lot, lot lower now than it was a few years ago.
UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Key thing is that this is % that have "ever" used the platforms.
I would hazard a guess that the % that actively use X/Twitter on a daily/weekly basis is a lot, lot lower now than it was a few years ago.
I would hazard a guess that the % that actively use X/Twitter on a daily/weekly basis is a lot, lot lower now than it was a few years ago.
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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Between this and the whole grok gassing up elon thing it’s been an amazing week for new features on x dot com
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Between this and the whole grok gassing up elon thing it’s been an amazing week for new features on x dot com
I mean, technically his 'unfavourable' numbers are some of the highest of his career....
Trump Drops Whopper In Morning Barrage — Claims HIGHEST POLL NUMBERS OF MY ‘POLITICAL CAREER’
Trump Drops Whopper In Morning Barrage — Claims HIGHEST POLL NUMBERS OF MY ‘POLITICAL CAREER’
Trump started posting early on Saturday morning, including a whopper about polls in his characteristic ALL CAPS and randomly "quotation-marked" style.
The post Trump Drops Whopper In Morning Barrage — Claims HIGHEST POLL NUMBERS OF MY ‘POLITICAL CAREER’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I mean, technically his 'unfavourable' numbers are some of the highest of his career....
Framing his dangerous unhinged views as “challenge scientific orthodoxy” is not responsible journalism.
It employs the ‘conflict frame’ to suggest there is a legitimate debate to be had here.
There isn’t.
It employs the ‘conflict frame’ to suggest there is a legitimate debate to be had here.
There isn’t.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Framing his dangerous unhinged views as “challenge scientific orthodoxy” is not responsible journalism.
It employs the ‘conflict frame’ to suggest there is a legitimate debate to be had here.
There isn’t.
It employs the ‘conflict frame’ to suggest there is a legitimate debate to be had here.
There isn’t.
Purely a political move to position herself for a post-Trump era.
Will be in the wilderness for a bit but will reemerge with the hopes people will have forgotten just how awful she was.
Will be in the wilderness for a bit but will reemerge with the hopes people will have forgotten just how awful she was.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Purely a political move to position herself for a post-Trump era.
Will be in the wilderness for a bit but will reemerge with the hopes people will have forgotten just how awful she was.
Will be in the wilderness for a bit but will reemerge with the hopes people will have forgotten just how awful she was.
What would be a funny outcome from this meeting is if parts of the MAGA movement start to question Trump's senility and whether he's started to lose his mind/got dementia.
It's so clear that Trump's views are solely based on who ever he last spoke to and nothing else.
It's so clear that Trump's views are solely based on who ever he last spoke to and nothing else.
Trump has said a number of times that you'd be surprised how much he and Mamdani agree on. (Talks again about building housing, lowering rents.)
Trump: "I expect to be helping him, not hurting him."
Trump: "I expect to be helping him, not hurting him."
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
What would be a funny outcome from this meeting is if parts of the MAGA movement start to question Trump's senility and whether he's started to lose his mind/got dementia.
It's so clear that Trump's views are solely based on who ever he last spoke to and nothing else.
It's so clear that Trump's views are solely based on who ever he last spoke to and nothing else.
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House Republicans refused to condemn fascism just a few days ago
newrepublic.com/post/203347/...
newrepublic.com/post/203347/...
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
House Republicans refused to condemn fascism just a few days ago
newrepublic.com/post/203347/...
newrepublic.com/post/203347/...
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Social media isn’t driving the teenage “loneliness epidemic”. Teenagers’ loneliness was the same in the 1970s,1980s, and 1990s long before anyone heard of TikTok or smartphones.
Social media isn’t driving the teenage “loneliness epidemic”
Teenagers’ loneliness was the same in the 1970s,1980s, and 1990s long before anyone heard of TikTok or smartphones.
mikemales.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Social media isn’t driving the teenage “loneliness epidemic”. Teenagers’ loneliness was the same in the 1970s,1980s, and 1990s long before anyone heard of TikTok or smartphones.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Dumb, stupid moral panic nonsense.
Australia’s internet regulator said on Friday that it would require Twitch to comply with a coming ban on social media users under 16 years old. The ban will take effect on Dec. 10.
Australia Adds Twitch to Social Media Ban for Teens
Twitch, a livestreaming service popular with gamers, joins nine other platforms that will be required to remove Australian users under the age of 16.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Dumb, stupid moral panic nonsense.