Just reflecting on the weekend's elections in Germany. Maybe this is worth a try ?
Axel Bruns
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Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor at @qutdmrc, researching news, politics, partisanship, polarisation in digital and social media. He/his | Progressive Rock | Hannover 96 🖤🤍💚 | 🇦🇺🇩🇪🇪🇺 🕸️ snurb.info 🐘 @snurb@aoir.social ⛔ @snurb_dot_info
Just reflecting on the weekend's elections in Germany. Maybe this is worth a try ?
Who will be the first Queensland minister to deny they’re aware that Brisbane is hosting an Olympics ? Place your bets now.
Qld ministers unable to confirm if they have read Olympic rowing report
The technical assessment, conducted by the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority (GIICA) and marine engineering firm WaterProof, has also not been released publicly.
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This has been a fabulous read, on the history on the Indo-European languages. Highly recommended. 👇👇👇
Nothing that has happened over the past years has changed my view that Friedrich Merz is the Tony Abbott of Germany. Very effective opposition leader, if by opposition leader you mean 'unable to do anything constructive', but utterly incapable of actually leading a government.
Go home, Sandro, your services are no longer required. We’ve found a new coach. (And please feel free to take Jonas with you, too.) #H96BOC 🖤🤍💚
OK then Hannover 96, let's goooo. Perhaps if Barlemann does really well today, we can still cancel Sandro Wagner's contract – and ideally kick our Jonas Boldt as well while we're at it... #H96BOC
🚨 It was past time for #Brainticket to do a #Krautrock-flavoured show again, so this weekend we're exploring classic Krautrock and its modern descendants, in 🇩🇪 and beyond: Jane Weaver, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr, Embryo, Roedelius, BEAK>, Schulze, and Kosmischer Läufer. 🤖 www.mixcloud.com/LexaSnurb/137/
Brainticket 137: Is This ... Krautrock? by LexaSnurb
Exploring Krautrock and its modern-day descendants, with music from Jane Weaver, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr, Embryo, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, BEAK>, Klaus Schulze, and Kosmischer Läufer.
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Interesting long read from ABC News on Putin’s decline (though the story told by Tony Abbott sounds a lot like Abbott trying to burnish his own tarnished image).
'He is afraid': Inside Putin's world of bunkers, body doubles and paranoia
Vladimir Putin has built extraordinary power over almost three decades as Russia's leader. Yet as voters go to the polls this weekend, insiders say his world is shrinking.
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🚨 It was past time for #Brainticket to do a #Krautrock-flavoured show again, so this weekend we're exploring classic Krautrock and its modern descendants, in 🇩🇪 and beyond: Jane Weaver, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr, Embryo, Roedelius, BEAK>, Schulze, and Kosmischer Läufer. 🤖 www.mixcloud.com/LexaSnurb/137/
Brainticket 137: Is This ... Krautrock? by LexaSnurb
Exploring Krautrock and its modern-day descendants, with music from Jane Weaver, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr, Embryo, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, BEAK>, Klaus Schulze, and Kosmischer Läufer.
mixcloud.com
Oh look, the orange snowflake is having a meltdown. Again.
Breaking: Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House
Cable networks CNN and MS NOW and political newsletter Politico have been banned from the White House, effective immediately, with more to follow, US President Donald Trump says.
abc.net.au
Thanks so much to @snurb.info for liveblogging. And to the #SEASON2026 organisers for the invitation and the great conferencea
Axel Bruns@snurb.info · last wk.Fabulous, comprehensive #SEASON2026 keynote by the great Katrin Weller from @gesis.org on where we are with VLOPSE data access under the labyrinthine EU Digital Services Act. TL;DR: it’s complicated, but researchers must push hard to make it work for us. Liveblog here:
Great session at #SEASON2026 on methods for search engine research, also featuring my excellent colleagues Kateryna Kasianenko and Ashwin Nagappa, discussing our ADM+S Centre Australian Search Experience project. Liveblog here:
SEASON 2026 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
Search Engines and Society conference, Hamburg, 15-17 Sep. 2026
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Fabulous, comprehensive #SEASON2026 keynote by the great Katrin Weller from @gesis.org on where we are with VLOPSE data access under the labyrinthine EU Digital Services Act. TL;DR: it’s complicated, but researchers must push hard to make it work for us. Liveblog here:
Making Meaningful Use of the EU’s Digital Services Act in Search Engine Research | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
The second day at the SEASON 2026
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Just chaired a fascinating (if slightly depressing) session on critical AI literacies at #SEASON2026. TL;DR: it’s complicated, but the presentations themselves were much richer than that (non-AI) summary. Liveblog here:
SEASON 2026 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
Search Engines and Society conference, Hamburg, 15-17 Sep. 2026
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Fabulous #SEASON2026 panel on organic search results and AI Overviews for searches relating to elections and referenda in 🇪🇺, 🇺🇸, 🇩🇪, and 🇨🇭 contexts, raising more questions than answers at this point about how (and whether) these overviews work. Liveblog here:
SEASON 2026 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
Search Engines and Society conference, Hamburg, 15-17 Sep. 2026
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Fascinating keynote by Thomas Höppner to start the Search Engines and Society (#SEASON2026) conference in Hamburg, outlining the current state of EU and US anti-trust cases addressing Google’s market dominance in search. Liveblog here:
Search as a Monopoly Business: A Legal Perspective | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
Another week, another conference: I’ve made my way to the
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Oh FFS Hannover 96, this again ? It’s blatantly obvious that you’d be better off sacking bloody Jonas Boldt than Christian Titz… 😫
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
Ugh, thank feck that’s over. The new Madring has turned out to be dead boring. And this after we just had the most entertaining race of the season at good old Monza – which is basically just four corners and three chicanes… #F1 #SpanishGP
Yup, Martin and Crofty are already talking about the track needing a serious redesign to avoid sending audiences to sleep. 🤷🤷🤷 #F1 #SpanishGP
Well at least they screwed up Lando’s pit stop, so there’s something to enjoy. #SpanishGP
Ok, so yet again we’ve built a new #F1 track with lovely sweeping corners but virtually no overtaking opportunities, have I got this right ? 🙄 #SpanishGP
🇸🇪 #Brainticket 136 is out – and in this episode, we feature music from another one of the great labels of #Prog, the Swedish Mellotronen. And yes: plenty of classic Prog sounds in tracks from Trettioåriga Kriget, Made in Sweden, Änglagård, Paatos, and Morte Macabre. 🇸🇪
Brainticket 136: Prog's Great Labels #5 — Mellotronen by LexaSnurb
Celebrating the great Swedish label Mellotronen, with tracks from Trettioåriga Kriget, Made in Sweden, Änglagård, Paatos, and Morte Macabre.
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🇸🇪 #Brainticket 136 is out – and in this episode, we feature music from another one of the great labels of #Prog, the Swedish Mellotronen. And yes: plenty of classic Prog sounds in tracks from Trettioåriga Kriget, Made in Sweden, Änglagård, Paatos, and Morte Macabre. 🇸🇪
Brainticket 136: Prog's Great Labels #5 — Mellotronen by LexaSnurb
Celebrating the great Swedish label Mellotronen, with tracks from Trettioåriga Kriget, Made in Sweden, Änglagård, Paatos, and Morte Macabre.
mixcloud.com
