BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
Wait, I can vote in British elections? I’m kinda over voting in U.S. ones, so it’d be nice to have a change of seeming indifference.
Registration is open for #ICA2026! Don’t miss your chance to connect, learn, and share with the global communication community. Register early and save: buff.ly/SystV92
I was missing the ol days of Twitter when you could engage in low-stakes ambient intellectual socializing and random mass silliness. I needed this thread and my fellow nerds delivered 😆💕
Yeesss! I was missing the ol days of Twitter when you could engage in low-stakes ambient intellectual socializing and random mass silliness. I needed this thread and my fellow nerds delivered 😆💕
Excited to share Volume 12 of the Human-Machine Communication Journal is now live 🎉! Explore all the articles here: stars.library.ucf.edu/hmc/
— we’ll be highlighting these amazing pieces over the next few weeks. Stay tuned!
This is the greatest academic thread ever.
Statler: “What’s the theme of this conference?”
Waldorf: “Interdisciplinarity.”
Statler: “Ah… so everyone’s confused together.”
“Ohhh hohohohoho!!”
100% Right down to getting in regular scuffles with my “ingredients”. 😂
Flyer for the HMC Interest Group Student & Early-Career Scholar Event, titled “Mentoring Session on Collaborative Research.” The top features the International Communication Association logo and HMC branding in teal and navy. Photos of four speakers—Dr. Cameron Piercy (University of Kansas), Dr. Esther Greussing (Technical University Braunschweig), Dr. Jindong Leo-Liu (The Education University of Hong Kong), and Dr. Andreas Hepp (University of Bremen)—appear in a row on a blue gradient background. Event details follow: 13 November 2025, 2:00–3:30 PM (GMT+0) with time zone conversions for California, New York, Germany, and Singapore. The flyer invites attendees to gain insights on meaningful research collaborations and connect with mentors across the global HMC community, with a QR code for registration.
🌐 We are holding our annual Mentoring Session on Collaborative Research - featuring insights from global experts in Human–Machine Communication!
🗓️ 13 Nov 2025 | 2–3:30 PM GMT+0
💻 Online
Register here: tinyurl.com/HMC1125
#Connect #Collaborate Grow your #academicresearch future with #HMC.
Less than SIX days until the ICA-HMC paper submission deadline! (ICA submissions close 3 November @ 12:00 noon ICA headquarters time (EDT) ✍️ ✍️✍️
Read our call for papers and sign up to be a reviewer! #ICA26
www.icahdq.org/mpage/HMC_CFP
Are you sure you don't want a roller bag (or a bag w/ wheels in general)? Have you considered the layovers, the delays, the sprinting through the airport to make your connection? The next practical choice is a backpack.
Social media scholars: Why do I miss Twitter (pre-Elon)?? lol @teachguz.bsky.social Is it because social media is so fragmented, or is it more that I'm older and have to be more professional (e.g. no more streaking videos)?
The FOMO is REAL!! @teachguz.bsky.social
The ICA 2025 elections are now OPEN! 🗳
HMC Interest Group has two items on the ballot:
🪑 Vice Chair position
💵 Dues adjustment proposal
Deets:
You must be a member of ICA ➕ a member of HMC IG to vote.
Elections close October 21 at 12pm EDT(16:00 GMT)
www.icahdq.org/surveys/surv...
I am super interested in how GenAI “shows its work” with the coding, and how that impacts cognition/thinking/learning…
I *knew* we were kindred spirits!! 😍I’ll have to tell you about my summer online Deception Communication course in which I pulled a “con” on my students to demonstrate how easy it is to be deceived. Those kids will remember that lesson for the rest of their lives 😬😅
Another wonderful day of HMC presentations including our Top Papers Panel AND our HMC Business Meeting! See you there! #ICA25 #HMC
Our Joint Reception with Communication Science and Biology, Game Studies, and Information Systems is happening tonight right after our HMC Business Meeting!!
When: 6pm, Sunday, June 15th
Where: Centennial B (Regency 3)
Why: Fun and Networking!
😎🤖🥂
Well, Star Trek is right again.. We are becoming The Borg..
Just checking in to see if this is still a thing. Personally, my new favorite social media is Sora.chatgpt.com Banter through images is my preferred method of discourse!
🙋♀️Me! I want to move to 🇳🇴! However, I'd need to negotiate for Winter clothing. The warmest outerwear I own is a bulky sweater (I'm in SoCal). 😅
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Fellow social science and technology scholars… Do we have a safe word for when we see humanity…solving the Fermi paradox?
Ok, but I don't see anything here about surviving the existential crises that occur when you've been awake for 3 days straight to figure out how your work advances the entirety of human knowledge.
Ok, so like 3 of my 64 students have "vaguely maybe" heard of Bluesky... and yeah... I feel old and nerdy right about now. But at least I'm not alone. If you are reading this, you are probably old and nerdy too👨🦳👩🦳💾📼📺📟 (these are emoticons under "old" 😅😂😘)
Dr. Jesse Fox’s slide on terrible things to do on PowerPoint slides, like dancing squirrel and wrestler gifs
Thanks to our speakers today for their great tips on conference presentations! See 🧵 for highlights!
Dr. Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social cautions against overuse of nostalgia and movement! Dancing squirrels are cute, but save them for smaller screens! 😄
YES!!!! Let’s promote the ATproto!!! 
The under-the-radar tech revolution that could change how the internet works www.geekwire.com/2025/the-under-the-radar...
The lyrics from that song, ‘We didn’t start the fire..” are starting to make more sense.