🚨 I'm thrilled to share a new 🔓 #OpenAccess article out now in Information, Communication & Society: Inaccuracies, omissions, and bullshit: 2024 U.S. elections through the eyes of ChatGPT A quick 🧵:
Lorcan Neill
@lorcancneill.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at UNC Hussman & CITAP | Studying polcomm, sports, & democracy | GW SMPA & NC State alum
Very cool project presented by @shannimcg.bsky.social and @lorcancneill.bsky.social on the US press "game framing" the country's decent into authoritarianism. Very cool approach comparing domestic to foreign desk coverage.
The last three times a new Pope was elected, the Seahawks have made the Super Bowl as the No. 1 seed. ◽️ 2005: Pope Benedict XVI elected, SEA to SB XL ◽️ 2013: Pope Francis elected, SEA to SB XLVIII ◽️ 2025: Pope Leo XIV elected, SEA to SB LV
The UNC system just released its final policy on mandatory syllabi disclosure, stating that syllabi are university (not faculty) IP and certain course info must be posted on new, publicly searchable databases before every semester. A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
Stephanie M. Lee@stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 8mo agoNEW: Public universities in red states, from Texas to Florida, are increasingly required to make their syllabi public. The University of North Carolina may be next. Does "syllabi transparency" help combat distrust in higher ed, or feed ill-informed suspicions of it? www.chronicle.com/article/when...
Yep. Same tension can be seen even in sports like NASCAR.
Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 10mo agoHere’s what I find funny about the MAGA freak-out over the NFL booking Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl: they think it’s a culture-war battle, when it’s just business. The Super Bowl isn’t for America alone anymore: it’s a global brand they’re trying to sell.
🚨 🔓 📄 New academic year, new open access publication! Happy to share a new co-authored paper with Amanda Reid & @evanringel3.bsky.social in Policy & Internet: Nerd Harder: A Typology of Techno-Legal Solutionist Logics in Child Online Safety Laws [1/] onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Policy & Internet | PSO Journal | Wiley Online Library
As jurisdictions worldwide grapple with regulating social media's effects on youth, US state legislatures have emerged as important laboratories for “techno-legal solutionism”—the belief that complex...
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Sharing my latest pub, "News Inside: What Mainstream Journalism Can Learn From the Radical Humanism of Prison Journalism." Particularly proud b/c incarcerated/formerly incarcerated folks can teach us a lot about democracy & media. A pleasure to collaborate w/ @lizhallgren.bsky.social on this:
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It is not good when DSA enforcement becomes a trade/ geopolitical bargaining chip … “The European Commission pauses the investigation into DSA violations by X to maintain peace with the United States” itdaily.com/news/busines...
X Receives a Delay on DSA Fine
The European Commission pauses the investigation into DSA violations by X to maintain peace with the United States.
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I'll be presenting my work on US far-right media coverage of the 2023 anti-immigrant riot in Dublin, Ireland this afternoon at #ICA25 in Denver. Come say hi if you're around or if you're interested in transnational far-right media coverage!
Had a fantastic time at my first hackathon learning lots of new things from some amazing researchers! #hackica25 #ica25
hackingcommsci@hackingcommsci.bsky.social · last yr.From text-as-data to sleep data collection, this year‘s #hackica25 in Boulder, CO, was a blast and we‘re proud to say that we‘ve (again) successfully hacked communication science. Thanks to all participants and see y‘all at #ica25 ✨
My primary professional organization, which alternates annual meeting locations each year, has moved its 2027 conference out of the U.S. - where it was already booked - saying it will hold no more meetings during the current admin after this year in the U.S. This is unprecedented to my knowledge.
Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.
Times are tough right now. Which makes celebrating those around us who are making a difference all the more important. Today, that means showcasing my incredible mom! A proud immigrant and lifelong educator who always puts her students first: online-distance.ncsu.edu/2025/04/14/g...
Teaching Full Circle: Liz Kennedy's Journey from Irish Roots to ESL Educator
As a veteran teacher and immigrant, Liz Kennedy understands the power of language and belonging. Through the NC State ESL Add-on Licensure Program, she’s taking her journey full circle — helping the n...
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RORY MCILROY HAS DONE IT‼️ He wins the Masters and becomes the sixth men's golfer to complete the career Grand Slam 🏆
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ALT: a man in a suit and tie with the words uh oh on his chest
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David D. Levine@daviddlevine.com · last yr.LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
We’ll never forget the magic of 2024. And for that, I’m grateful for Kevin Keatts. Excited for a new era in Raleigh. www.espn.com/mens-college...
NC State fires Keatts a year after Final Four run
NC State fired Kevin Keatts as the school's men's basketball coach, making the move a year after he led the Wolfpack on an unexpected run to the Final Four.
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Down goes No. 1! Love this team - bring on March Madness. Go Pack 🐺
ESPN@espn.com · last yr.No. 13 NC State beats No. 1 Notre Dame in a double OT thriller! What a performance from the Wolfpack 🐺
No. 13 NC State beats No. 1 Notre Dame in a double OT thriller! What a performance from the Wolfpack 🐺
After the noise of yesterday, this snowy silence is bliss.
I’ve pulled together a provisional Right-Wing Studies starter pack. go.bsky.app/CQuuiuL
Our grad students have started decorating their office doors. As a fan of hoopla & everything extra, I obviously love this. But I especially love @carolynschmitt.bsky.social & @lorcancneill.bsky.social door 🇺🇸 👻 🗳️
For all the moral panic about legalizing marijuana, it seems that the much less critiqued legalization of sports betting will end up wreaking a great deal of devastation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake
The evidence is convincing: The betting industry is ruining lives.
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