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I'll be giving a talk titled "You've got a friend, until they block you: The management of personal ties in the digital age" hosted by the Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media, The University of Manchester, on 25/9/25 at 3pm. If you're in the area, please come!

Invitation to a public lecture titled "You've got a friend, until they block you: The management of personal ties in the digital age"

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Sep 5

Brilliant!

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Dima Epstein @thinkmacro.bsky.social · Aug 7

New special issue, "Comparative Approaches to Studying Privacy," edited by #CPRN is now published in Social Media + Society!

journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

w/ @lutzid.bsky.social, Lemi Baruh, Kelly Quinn, @masurphil.bsky.social, Carsten Wilhelm (comparativeprivacy.org)

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Aug 7

Add me please!

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 30

Your university will let you not use Canvas? (I’m about to join a university that is switching to Canvas right now.)

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 29

Last one?

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 28

Check out Ezra Klein’s podcast on this

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 21

Oh wow can't wait to read this!

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Jul 21

How does the professionalization of Trust & Safety shape global content moderation practices? We compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from TSPA to identify policy priorities and exclusions, available #openaccess in New Media & Society: doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards - Blake Hallinan, CJ Reynolds, Rebecca Scharlach, Dana Theiler, Noa Niv, Omer Rothenstein, Isabell Knief, Yehonatan Kuperberg, 2025

Platform governance is simultaneously a matter of public concern and a professional calling for Trust and Safety, the nascent field tasked with setting and enfo...

doi.org

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 14

Somewhat late to the party, but I'm reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett and *loving* it. Half way through...

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 14

I think you can!
www.wikihow.com/Disable-Siri....
services.pitt.edu/TDClient/33/...

How to Disable Siri: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, AirPods

Deactivate Siri on all your Apple devices If you're tired of Siri listening in or responding to your voice, you can easily turn the feature off. This process can be done on all Apple devices that are ...

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 14

then turn them off?

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 11

הכוונה כמובן לנאומים בהפגנות

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 11

עכשיו זה ״אנחנו ננצח כי אנחנו חייבים לנצח״. עוד טיעון בלתי ניתן להפרכה.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Jul 9

You can rationalize it however you want but staying on twitter is a terrible choice. It is not the “town square.” It is the world’s disease-ridden dump. You don’t need to be there to think critically or write relevantly or stay abreast of current events.

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 9

Having been lucky enough to get a sneak preview I'm looking forward to that too

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Jul 8

The best time to quit X was two years ago, the second best time is now...

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 4

👋

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · Jul 2

אני שמעתי על מדען שאיבד הכל בין היתר כי הגיבויים היו ב... מכון וייצמן

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