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Axel Bruns is a German-Australian media scholar. He is a Professor of Communication and Media Studies at QUT Digital Media… more

Axel Bruns
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Communication & Media Studies 59%
Political science 14%
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Yeah, already happening.

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Almost every attack these people make works much better as a self-description.
News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’
Michael Miller also says media must unite against second ‘big steal’ by tech companies seeking changes to copyright law to access content for free
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by Axel Bruns

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Dramatic sunset in Belo Horizonte after a big day of conferencing. 🌅
Sunset over the Belo Horizonte skyline.
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by Axel Bruns

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Solidly unimpressed with the response from TPG and NBN after this happened on our street last week (yes, that’s a heavy loader sliding backwards through an electricity pole after failing to get up the hill 😱).

Not helped by the fact that the TPG Website login leads to a 403 page. WTA🤬.
An oversized truck carrying a heavy load, under a toppled power pole which has literally splintered like matchsticks at ground level. A seriously dented yellow letterbox lies on the ground, writhing in pain.
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by Axel Bruns

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My great colleague @tariqchoucair.bsky.social doing the @qutdmrc.bsky.social proud at his alma mater UFMG today.
Tariq Choucair on stage.
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by Axel Bruns

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About to speak in the opening session of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the PPGCOM group at the University of Minas Gerais. Slides for my talk about the networked public sphere will be up on the blog later.
The PPGCOM leaders opening the event.
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We wanted to understand Democratic Socialists of America. So we talked to two old guys who voted for Trump. (Yes, this is literally the article.)
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by Axel Bruns

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Brazil then. Hello Belo Horizonte. 🇧🇷
A dusky horizon in Belo Horizonte.
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by Axel Bruns

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🍌 I know banana republics that have more dignity than that. 🤡🎪
'Enduring spirit': US Treasury unveils draft design for $1 Trump coin
In 2020, the US Congress passed a law that allows the Treasury Secretary to mint $1 coins in 2026 "with designs emblematic of the US semi-quincentennial".
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by Axel Bruns

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* say, obvs

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Arrived in Portugal en route to Brazil after a small odyssey through Lisbon airport (first there was a traffic jam of outfield buses, then the luggage took an hour to arrive). 😩

Happy to day I, er, found my room though. (Ahahahaseewhatididthere.)
A hotel room keyholder for room 404.
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by Axel Bruns

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🔎 Another new #Brainticket while I'm on the road: in this episode we're going back to Germany and Italy for some of those long-lost #Prog bands that never quite managed to break through...

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Brainticket 087: The Could-Have-Beens Of Prog (Germany & Italy Edition)
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Bravo 👏 to @jay.bsky.team, @pfrazee.com and the other folks behind @bsky.app!

They just released the Bluesky software SDKs and reference implementations under open source licenses and are also making a patent non-aggression pledge. bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky
Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.
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by Axel Bruns — Reposted by: Axel Bruns

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Looks like Bergen has a clear opinion on Donald Trump. 🤣
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by Axel Bruns

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<bangs 💥 head 💥 on 💥 desk 💥 in 💥 German>

Once more for the hard of thinking: social media bans do not and cannot work. All they do is hurt the most vulnerable.
Union erwägt Altersgrenze für Social Media
Instagram und TikTok erst für Jugendliche ab 16 Jahren? Diese Frage wird laut Fraktionschef Spahn in der Union "intensiv diskutiert". Er sieht Handlungsbedarf. Doch nicht alle in der Union sind für eine Altersgrenze.
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by Axel Bruns

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A big day of catch-ups and meetings here in Bergen, so just a quick 4.5km stroll around town before dusk – barely counts as a walk really. And I’m realising part of my trip (with stops in Hamburg, Bergen, and Bremen) is retracing old Hanse trade links…
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A record store _and_ craft beer bar. Excellent idea, Bergen.
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Literally an elderly man who watches too much Fox News and has lost his grip on reality. There are many people like him, but only one controls the most powerful military on earth.
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by Axel Bruns

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Also, I’ve done a bit of location scouting for #AoIR2025 already. Nice view from Rio to Niteroi.
Copacabana beach and the flying saucer building at Niteroi at the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg.
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Yet again, Miniatur Wunderland did not disappoint.
Scenes from Miniatur Wunderland.
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by Axel Bruns

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Classic ‘life imitates art’ situation today. 🫨
The Kaiserkai bridge lifts for a passing sailing ship in real life and in the Miniatur Wunderland.
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by Axel Bruns

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🤫 This week’s episode of #Brainticket brings some quiet reflection, with great #Prog from Popol Vuh, Harold Budd & Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Galactic Explorers, Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society, Jonas Munk, and Hans-Joachim Roedelius. Settle in and get some rest… 😌

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Brainticket 086: Shhhh! Quiet Prog!
A soothing collection of very quiet progressive rock tracks, with great music by Popol Vuh, Harold Budd & Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Galactic Explorers, Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society, Jonas Munk...
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by Axel Bruns

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Three days spent at conferences and meetings called for another solid walk along the Außenalster. Bit over 8km today…
Views of Hamburg along the Außenalster.
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by Axel Bruns

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And a great summative presentation by our conference host Dirk Lewandowski closes the Search Engines and Society (#SEASON2025) conference in Hamburg. Liveblog here:
SEASON 2025 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
Search Engines and Society conference, Hamburg, 24-25 Sep. 2025.
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Very lively session at the #SEASON2025 conference. Liveblog here, and I’ve also already uploaded the slides for my presentation, which follows in the final session:

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Assessing Recommendation Diversity in Search Results: Approaches Using Data Donations and Artificial Personas Axel Bruns, Daniel Angus, Ashwin Nagappa, Kateryna Kasianenko, Abdul Obeid, Shir Weinbrand, and Brett Tweedie ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society / Digital Media Research Centre Queensland University of Technology a.bruns@qut.edu.au / Bluesky: @snurb.info
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by Axel Bruns

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Interesting opening keynote by Anne Beaulieu on Day Two of #SEASON2025 in Hamburg. Liveblog here:
Reflecting on Search as Knowledge Infrastructure as We Move from Search as Retrieval to Search as AI Engagement | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
Day two of the SEASON 2025 conferen
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by Axel Bruns

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And that’s the end of the first day’s sessions at #SEASON2025. Some more lioveblog updates here:
SEASON 2025 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
Search Engines and Society conference, Hamburg, 24-25 Sep. 2025.
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Interesting and diverse set of papers in the first #SEASON2025 session – liveblog here:
SEASON 2025 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
Search Engines and Society conference, Hamburg, 24-25 Sep. 2025.
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ChatGPT prompt: create the most embarrassing image imaginable of a world leader having a selfie with Donald Trump. Make both of them grin like cats passing razorblades.
Fucking awful selfie of Trump and Albanese grinning like cats passing razorblades.
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by Axel Bruns

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Excellent opening keynote at the inaugural Search Engines and Society (#SEASON2025) conference in Hamburg by the great @spielkamp.bsky.social from @algorithmwatch.org – such important work.

Liveblog here, with more to come (including our paper tomorrow):
A Brief History of AlgorithmWath and Its Fight for Algorithmic Accountability | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
After a week spent in Brussels and at the 25th anniversary of the Center for Internet Research in
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