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Antal Wozniak @antalwozniak.bsky.social · 28d

Please consider contributing to our special issue on communicating the climate crisis in an age of rising authoritarian populism. We accept short commentaries and full research papers.

Jill Hopke @jillhopke.bsky.social · Sep 2

I am co-editing a special issue ‘Communicating Climate Change in an Age of Rising Authoritarian Populism’ of the Journal of Environmental Media with @antalwozniak.bsky.social and Sibo Chen. We're accepting pitches for commentaries and abstracts for full papers www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-e...

Journal of Environmental Media

Journal of Environmental Media; The Journal of Environmental Media offers a scholarly platform to bridge work in environmental studies, identity and social justice, and science communication through t...

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · Jul 10

How Grok turned into Hitler – a short explanation.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Jun 27

Let’s be absolutely clear. This decision, based on fringe conspiracy theories, will kill children.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine alliance Gavi

Gavi works to expand access to vaccines for children in some of the world’s poorest countries. Health experts say the move could have deadly consequences.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jun 27

An addled president is shredding the Constitution to usher in white nationalism and fascism while destroying the economy and our health care, so if you’re going to write an alarmist op-ed because a mayoral candidate might open five (5) city-run grocery stores, you can kindly get bent.

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Antal Wozniak @antalwozniak.bsky.social · Jun 27

Maybe there isn't any room for a third economic-liberal, anti-immigration, culture war party in the German party landscape next to the CDU and AfD? How the FDP is sliding into irrelevance. It cannot come soon enough.

Jacobin Magazin @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social · Jun 26

»Wahrscheinlich bleibt in der Parteienlandschaft neben CDU und AfD einfach kein Platz für eine dritte wirtschaftsliberale, migrationsrechtsfeindliche und kulturkämpferische Partei« schreibt Nils Schniederjann in seiner Rezension von Wolfgang Kubickis neuem Buch.

Kulturkampf wird die FDP nicht retten

Wolfgang Kubickis »liberale Kampfansage« in Buchform zeugt von der Ratlosigkeit der FDP. Anstatt eine Erneuerung des Liberalismus vorzubringen, hofft er, dass der Aufwind rechter Kulturkämpfe den freien Fall seiner Partei abfangen kann.

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Antal Wozniak @antalwozniak.bsky.social · Jun 23

JKR is one of the vilest people currently alive.

Darryl Mott 💀 @gamerstavernshow.com · Jun 23

In case you can't tell what just happened, JK Rowling instructed her followers to take photos of anyone in a women's restroom who doesn't match their idea of Western feminine beauty standards. Short hair? Thick cheekbones/jaw? Too tall or broad-shouldered? You're now "a man" and will be harassed.

FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · Jun 22

If you're still buying wizard book shit, you are no friend to the trans community. Here's the wizard book bigot inciting harassment against innocent people to her 14 million followers on the nazi app.

And no, they can't Always Tell.

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Antal Wozniak @antalwozniak.bsky.social · Jun 18

Just wow! Tucker Carlson is a terrible person, but how Rafael Edward Cruz (I'm not referring to him by the name he chose for himself, since he denies that favour to other people) is fumbling this interview is a sight to behold.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 18

WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”

Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jun 16

39 lecturers at Liverpool Hope face redundancy.

“This will devastate our community, the university’s reputation, and the local economy.” Roberto Catello, branch secretary.

#StopTheCuts #UCU

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Liverpool Hope University cuts 'devastating' for its reputation - BBC News

Liverpool Hope University says it is planning cuts "to ensure financial and academic stability".

www.bbc.co.uk

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Antal Wozniak @antalwozniak.bsky.social · Jun 15

😂😂😂

Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · Jun 15

It’s basically the meme where people replace the audio with squeaky shoe sound effects to mock boring parties

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Jill Hopke @jillhopke.bsky.social · Jun 2

I've got an opinion article out in @niemanreports.org sharing tips for improving media reporting on climate change-fueled disasters. Shout out to my colleague @antalwozniak.bsky.social who co-authored heat wave coverage research with me. #climatechange #journalism

niemanreports.org/battling-cli...

Battling a Climate Change Backlash - Nieman Reports

Jill Hopke's recommendations on how to improve reporting on extreme weather in an age of denialism and cutbacks

niemanreports.org

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · May 30

Our tumble towards the apocalypse continues:

www.npr.org/2025/05/29/n...

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Antal Wozniak @antalwozniak.bsky.social · May 28

'And this is perhaps Israel’s real horror: far from proving the “anachronism” that Deutscher described, it embodies the ethnonationalism of the future, beyond legal and moral restraints—a “portent,” as Mishra writes, “of a bankrupt and exhausted world.”'
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

The Outcasts of Zion - Boston Review

The manufacturing of Jewish Zionist consensus lies at the heart of American liberalism’s identity crisis.

www.bostonreview.net

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · May 28

“A criminal gang headed by Benjamin Netanyahu is committing war crimes in Gaza and must be stopped,” says the former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert.

Olmert added that Netanyahu is waging war “without goals, clear planning and with no chance of success.” 🇮🇱

'Criminal gang headed by Netanyahu committing war crimes in Gaza': Israel former PM Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert said Netanyahu was waging war "without goals, clear planning and with no chances of success”

www.theweek.in

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Hannah Little @hanachronism.bsky.social · May 28

I'm presenting a paper in the Sustainability and biodiversity session today at #PCST2025. "Anthropomorphising ecology: investigating social information bias with non-human characters". I'll be talking trees and graphs, if you like that kind of thing. 11:45 AM in Conference Suite 4.

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Antal Wozniak @antalwozniak.bsky.social · May 22

The @nytimes.com being very amenable to accommodating and playing ball with the neo-fascists. No surprise there, sadly.

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · May 22

"I care about social cohesion and social solidarity, which is why I tried to convince white people in Ohio that Haitian immigrants were eating their dogs."

Naturally, Douthat does not challenge him at all on these lies.

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · May 21

“Social solidarity is destroyed when you have too much migration too quickly,” JD Vance tells our columnist Ross Douthat in this episode of “Interesting Times.” “That’s not because I hate the migrants or I’m motivated by grievance. That’s because I’m trying to preserve something in my own country.”

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Antal Wozniak @antalwozniak.bsky.social · May 21

My critical academic response to this is: "Fuck!"

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · May 19

The average Republican in Congress is a millionaire, funded by billionaires.

25% of American households have a net worth less than $27k.

Just in case you were surprised that their budget attacks the working class to give more handouts to rich people like them.

The ugly truth about Trump's "big, beautiful bill"

On the campaign trail in 2024, Trump pledged to improve the economic conditions of the working class.

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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · May 16

New @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org article out in Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics with @georgenewth.bsky.social and @aurelmondon.bsky.social:

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐫-𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠

Short 🧵 on the key ideas 1/

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · May 16

We despise immigrants for not putting down roots, even as we make sure that it is impossible for them to do so. We do this because we have no idea what we want.

open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · May 16

Distracted boyfriend meme of Starmer looking at "Reform voters who will vote for Labour" whilst "Labour voters" look narked.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · May 15

There are many reasons we're here in fascism, but one of the biggest is that nearly all members of the media have spent the last ten years not asking Donald Trump a follow-up question.

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Antal Wozniak @antalwozniak.bsky.social · May 14

💯% agree. "Populism" gets used too often as a placeholder term when people don't know how to (or don't want to) call out awful things clearly and decisively.

John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · May 14

It wasn't populism he surrendered to, it was racism.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · May 14

The worst element of what happened this week isn't even about immigration specifically. It's that Starmer surrendered against populism.

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Antal Wozniak @antalwozniak.bsky.social · May 14

Wow, fucking hell! 😦

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · May 14

The worst element of what happened this week isn't even about immigration specifically. It's that Starmer surrendered against populism.

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Antal Wozniak @antalwozniak.bsky.social · May 13

Very happy (and proud) to announce my PhD student's first peer-reviewed paper publication in Social Semiotics: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Well done, Rachel! 🥳 🤘

Muddying the waters on climate change: conflicting positions articulated in Instagram posts about Greta Thunberg’s 2023 arrest

Climate change is an existential threat. Despite facts that suggest otherwise, climate scepticism remains salient especially on social media. Online information and entertainment increasingly shape...

www.tandfonline.com

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