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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️

@drryder.bsky.social

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🤖 Digital anthropologist. Interested in politics & platforms in the UK. PhD on social media in Sri Lanka. Work @ Uni of Munich. Based in London. craigeryder.com

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Tesla Takedown UK @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social · 10d

📣 Save the date- Sat 25th October

👻 Halloween themed #TeslaTakedown in #London

🎁 Prizes for the most ghoulish costumes (please don't all come dressed as Elon; we're not sure we have the stomach for that).

Trigger warning! The Gif below truly is the stuff of nightmares.

a dog is sitting in a black tesla model 3 with green wheels .

ALT: a dog is sitting in a black tesla model 3 with green wheels .

media.tenor.com

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 1d

Best cinema experience in years. Going again this week 🔥

Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 13d

It’s my birthday today & for my trip to Prague I was suddenly compelled to buy and read bell hooks. I’m so transfixed by her work when I googled her, I discovered we share the same birthday. What an honour! ☺️

Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 16d

AoiR scheduled updated. I'm presenting TWO papers on the same Friday 17th Oct. One PhD, one postdoc. But it means I get my Saturday back 💃🏽

Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 19d

Qwhite is a useful typo at this point

Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 21d

Got a cold so going to stay back but wil watch here. Is there a protest hashtag to follow?

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21d

If you're in London today, then there's plenty of opportunities to show Mr Trump that he's not welcome.

If you miss the march, then come along to the rally in Parliament Square at 5 instead and make some noise.

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 21d

IS there a hashtag here where I can follow the Anti Trump protest? can't find one

Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · 21d

Did it make tv news? hope so...

Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks 🙌

Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Sep 8

Asides the anachronistic costumes and rituals, PhD Graduation was a VIBE @SOAS

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Sep 2

Excuse my typos, dyslexia

Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Sep 2

Im at BODIES IN DIGITAL TRANSITION conference at Goldsmiths hosted by DiSCo. I founded DiSCo back in 2020 and handed over leadership to to see @aprilw.bsky.social last year. To see DiSCo thriving into new projects and areas is truly amazing. Well done April 🧠🫁🫀🦾👀👂

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Aug 28

Fair enough

Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Aug 27

A bit of both I guess 🤷🏽‍♂️

Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Aug 27

Havent thoughts about Baudrillard in a while but then this came by

augh @avoidavoidavoid.bsky.social · Aug 26

Don’t know who made this but thank you

Baudrillard’s 4 stages of simulacra applied to pumpkin spice

Stage one (next to picture of pumpkin): Initially the sign (image or representation) is a reflection of basic reality

Stage two (next to picture of pumpkin pie): the sign masks a basic reality. The image becomes a distortion of reality

Stage three (next to Starbucks pumpkin spice latte): the sign marks the absence of basic reality. The image calls into question what the reality is and if it even exists

Stage four (next to jug of pumpkin spice flavored coffee mate): the sign bears no relation to any reality whatsoever; it is it’s own pure simulacrum

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augh @avoidavoidavoid.bsky.social · Aug 26

Don’t know who made this but thank you

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Aug 27

oh wanted to ask, what is the meaning of the name?

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Aug 27

thanks for sharing, just caught up with it. going to download the app now as was on desktop at first. congrats on anisota, it has a really nice vibe

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Aug 27

My go-to article in week 1 on any course on digital culture is Badbrook & Cameron's 1995 The California Ideology. It's a showstopper!

www.metamute.org/editorial/ar...

The Californian Ideology

  'Not to lie about the future is impossible and one can lie about it at will' - Naum Gabo

www.metamute.org

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yeah that photo shouldn't be in this competition, it's a different genre altogether

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Aug 27

Blimey, it's horrible. I dont like drone shots in photography contests - hardly takes skill, it's just a tool. But yes this is a good shot for environmental advocacy

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Aug 26

Yes although currently looking at social media in UK. Funny enough I was just reading yday Danny Miller on Smartphones & Aging in Ireland. Where our two primary interests intersect. They have a whole series: uclpress.co.uk/book-series/... forgive me if you are familiar.

Ageing with Smartphones Archives

This new series is based on a European Research Council funded global research project, The Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing (ASSA), for which ethnographies have been conducted over 18 mon...

uclpress.co.uk

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Aug 26

I will need more time to investigate as I don't fully understand what this is; a slow, less intense view of Bluesky maybe? I like the UI, more like a role playing game. I wonder what's your motivation for this? (Not a testing question, I'm down with it!)

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Dr. Craig Ryder 🚴🏾‍♂️ @drryder.bsky.social · Aug 26

hey cool i'm in :))

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