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Agustin Ferrari Braun

@ferraribraun.bsky.social

PhD researcher at the University of Amsterdam | Studying digital infrastructures, power and media in Europe | No business as usual during genocide 🇵🇸 | he/him

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Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app · 3w ago

i don’t want “accelerated”, “increased-speed” or “fast-paced” research. in fact, am not interested in any shortcuts to mindful, intentional, and slow science

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 4w ago

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

Ä14 Jason Arday found dead 2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His . 6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11 r— mm-WI 3 A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday 1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book We are all Jason Arday now S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up.. 2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more . 7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising, Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography 8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_ Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow 6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre ÄIO Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she 4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after cornplaint about essay SOOre. Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his academic career. Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt@nadinebh.bsky.social · 4w ago

No, that is not the alternative The alternative was treating like a normal news story, and not a trial by media - one that was so clearly turbocharged by Arday’s ethnic and social background and the growing resentment in the establishment in the UK of having more black people in high places

Terry Watkins@gerrygow.bsky.social · 4w ago

The alternative to this is people lying with impunity, with the media knowingly covering it up. It's an awful story. And the media will get a lot of the blame. But those who perpetuated the lies and shielded Arday from facing up to them deserve more of it.

advait@advaitarun.bsky.social · 4w ago

This piece is very much born from a lot of the conversations I've had with data center-skeptical policymakers and advocates, some of whom think that market transparency into this secretive sector will tilt the playing field in their favor. And I really just don't know if that's right!

advait@advaitarun.bsky.social · 4w ago

I’m in @dissentmag.bsky.social TODAY recounting how the SpaceX IPO warped markets around it. It makes me doubt the efficacy of advocating for “market transparency” when oligarchs can so easily bend public markets to their whims. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

Hannes Cools@hannescools.bsky.social · last mo.

𝗪𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗷𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗷𝘃𝗲𝗻?🤔 Sprak met UvA Gedrag & Maatschappij over @sidnfonds.bsky.social project rond Digitale Autonomie met @decorrespondent.nl & @ftm.nl www.uva.nl/shared-conte...

Hoe komen nieuwsmedia af van het Big Tech-infuus?

Nieuwsmedia zijn grotendeels afhankelijk van Big Tech. UvA‑onderzoeker Hannes Cools werkt met De Correspondent en Follow the Money aan meer digitale autonomie door middel van Europese en open‑source t...

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Merijn Oudenampsen@merijnoudenampsen.org · last mo.

Today my book on the Dutch neoliberal turn is officially out with Verso Books! Thanks for the wonderful blurbs from @quinnslobodian.com, @mkonings.bsky.social, Stephanie Mudge, Niklas Olsen and @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social. Will be presenting the book in september. More info below

No Nonsense

In the 1980s, Dutch politics underwent a neoliberal turn overseen by the Christian Democrat Ruud Lubbers. It formed part of an interna­tional trend, famously spearheaded by Reagan and Thatcher. What w...

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Trobriand@trovador.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Se supone que parte fundamental de la tarea de los medios de comunicación es precisamente cuestionar estos ejercicios de simplificación, y hacer pedagogía sobre los procesos complejos. Por el contrario, nos encontramos con medios regados con millones de euros haciendo difusión del negacionismo.

Hannes Cools@hannescools.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🤦 𝐀 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐑 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡. So no, The New York Times, the AI didn't "go rogue" or "attack" a digital library. These are the kinds of dystopian frames tech companies use to anthropomorphize AI, to make us believe these systems…🧵

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Heather Burns@heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It's almost as if the whole point of the past seven years of law and policy on this issue was neither protecting children nor fixing social media nor curbing big tech, but building both a domestic surveillance tech sector and a captive market for it. internet.exchangepoint.tech/the-dog-that...

The Dog that Caught the Car: Britain's 'World-Leading' Internet

Billed as a “world-leading” child-protection law, the UK’s Online Safety Act has instead normalized surveillance and ID checks. “Tech policy wonk" Heather Burns writes that the model is spreading acro...

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Hannes Cools@hannescools.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🎉𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 "𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐬" 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚 2 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 SIDN fonds!🎉 We'll be investigating how media organisations can adopt open-source LLMs to reclaim control over their distribution & audience relationships. All info: www.sidnfonds.nl/nieuws/de-tr...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab@aimediademlab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

👏 Congratulations to Agustin! Putting an important spotlight on how the adoption of "invisible" cloud infrastructure can become an unexpected way for dominant providers to exert their power. Give the paper a read! 👇

Agustin Ferrari Braun@ferraribraun.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Paper out! The first paper of my PhD, on the reasons why media organisations have adopted cloud infrastructures, is finally out on Open Access journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Agustin Ferrari Braun@ferraribraun.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Paper out! The first paper of my PhD, on the reasons why media organisations have adopted cloud infrastructures, is finally out on Open Access journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“Reliable and Cheap”?: Examining the adoption of the cloud by European news media companies - Agustin Ferrari Braun, 2026

Since the middle of the 2010s, an overwhelming majority of European news media companies have adopted cloud infrastructures. While a growing number of scholars ...

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Agustin Ferrari Braun@ferraribraun.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I'll be co-leading this session with @natalihelberger.bsky.social! Do come if you're interested in the politics of digital infrastructures and how we can build different, autonomous systems.

AI, Media & Democracy Lab@aimediademlab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Join our workshop: "Building a Shared Vision on Future Digital Infrastructures" It's our session part of @iasamsterdam.bsky.social's 10th anniversary, exploring how academia can transition to Big Tech alternatives. 🧵 More info & sign-up link below! 📅 19 May | 10:00 - 12:00 📍 Oude Turfmarkt 145-147

Hannes Cools@hannescools.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Vandaag kondigen De Correspondent en Follow the Money aan dat ze gaan samenwerken om onafhankelijker te worden van Amerikaanse big tech ✨ @casperwolfert.bsky.social decorrespondent.nl/16752/de-cor...

De Correspondent en Follow the Money gaan samenwerken om onafhankelijker te worden van Amerikaanse big tech

Al jaren schrijven we kritisch over onze afhankelijkheid van Amerikaanse techbedrijven. En wij vinden: wie daarin geloofwaardig wil zijn, moet ook bereid zijn het zelf anders te doen. Daarom starten w...

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Agustin Ferrari Braun@ferraribraun.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨 PAPER OUT 🚨 The first paper of my PhD just got published as a pre-print. Co-authored with @ccs.bsky.social, it looks at the ways in which cloud infrastructures are changing the business operations of European news media companies. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Clouded Judgments: Problematizing Cloud Infrastructures for News Media Companies

Over the past decade, most European news media companies have adopted hyperscaler cloud infrastructures-digital infrastructure services offered by Amazon, Micro

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Benjamin Braun@benbraun.eurosky.social · 10mo ago

The central argument in this excellent paper & thread is that the open-access turn has neglected profit; indeed, it turbo-charged publishers’ margins. As political economists who know a thing or two about profit and power we should speak up a lot more. As it says below: What we’re doing is crazy.

Mark A. Hanson@hansonmark.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year.