It's a pleasure, an honor, and a great deal of fun to be at King's #CHoSTM as a visiting doctoral student. Here, when I'm not busy researching Victorian documents in the London archives, from February to July 2026. Thanks, of course, to #USI – Università della Svizzera Italiana for this opportunity!
💡 Call for applications to our Hans Rausing scholarship is open until 17 April. Contact a prospective supervisor before applying to one of @kingshistory.bsky.social programmes.
🛎️ First round of applications to the MAs closes 9 March!
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#histsci #histtech #histstm
sigh
Many thanks to all participants for a very stimulating discussion on @davidedgerton.bsky.social manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900. And special thanks to Jean-Baptiste Fressoz for coming to comment all the way from Paris.
#econhist #histstm
TOMORROW! The next session of our seminar series will be a discussion of @davidedgerton.bsky.social manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900 (2027).
#histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm
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Creative destruction got a Nobel.
We are definitely heading back to the 1930s.
This is. so. frightening.
Save the date:
9-11 October 2025c
Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg)
"Toward a media maintenance approach (MEMA): Maintenance as a theoretical tool for media studies” written by @riccardoferrigato.bsky.social and myself
Maintenance is not (only) about technology and can be helpulf to different media scholars. Agree?
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I never use social media, but.
It's now out an article by @gabrielebalbi.bsky.social and myself, and published by "Media, Culture & Society".
"Toward a media maintenance approach (MEMA): Maintenance as a theoretical tool for media studies" is open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New publication alert just in time for #ICA25 panels on the "Global Media and Internet Concentration Project" #GMICP
Change and resilience in Swiss newspapers and broadcasting, 2002 and 2022: Towards a critique of media concentration indices
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🔴 Sánchez recuerda al último hospital del norte de Gaza desmantelado: "Cientos de médicos y enfermeras han muerto por no dejar atrás a sus pacientes". Y apela a las palabras del Papa: "Por humanidad, por decencia, por justicia hay que parar esta barbarie" social.elpais.com/nph1e7
Lago di Costanza ai minimi a causa della siccità e dello scarso apporto di neve fusa.
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Why do we confuse the "Internet" with the "Web"? And how was this confusion addressed at @cern.bsky.social ?
Paper co-authored with the #WWWHistory Project @snf-fns-ch.bsky.social team: Deborah Barcella, @fandomistheanswer.bsky.social, and Martin Fomasi.
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This month episode of “Overnight” is a conversation with @danmcquillan.bsky.social about AI resistance in times of fascism and what “AI” actually is. Listen here, on Radio Raheem: www.radioraheem.it/overnight/ov...
Hello darkness my old friend …
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Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been elected as the new director of the Institute of Media and Journalism at my university. It’s a pleasure to take on this role in an institute that’s not only a hub of academic excellence, but also a community of exceptional people, and I’m grateful to be part of it
It doesn't work like this.
A joypad melting in your hand, clearly a not violent quote of Videodrome. Clearly.
👾Fresh Call for Abstracts!👁️ Come visit #STSItalia in Milan this summer to share your research at our panel on Critical Hype Studies exploring the many sociopsychotechnoenvironmental faces of hype. Deadline: Feb 3. @imaginaries.bsky.social
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When "8" stands for "all".
And when "Chineses" stands for "also Chineses".
If the door is open, well, it's open.
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Last week: small Swiss village, big ideas! 🌍💡 Great discussions on maintenance and sustainability—thanks to Gabriele Balbi, Roberto Leggero, and @Riccardo Ferrigato for the inspiring experience! 🚀 #Sustainability #Maintenance #Airolo2024
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Don't forget: the government spent a decade warning us against encryption.
Demonizing & gaslighting privacy advocates.
Now, this catastrophic breach is the predictable result of prioritizing government access to private communications over everything else.
