Axel Bruns

🆕 I am exceptionally pleased to announce the release of the 'twitter' issue of M/C Journal, which I co-edited with @hermida.bsky.social. This celebrates / commiserates / memorialises / laments the 20th anniversary of what used to be #Twitter. #mcjournal journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...

Amazing how quickly this stuff can happen once an autocratic government is kicked out. Good for you, Serbia – but keep vigilant against corrupt regime actors reinventing themselves…

That this is in THE WASHINGTON POST is almost too much irony to bear.

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It really is incredible how we let the most pathetic losers take over the planet.

Russian commanders ordering the attacks knew full well that the heating facilities they were targeting “were indispensable to the civilian population, particularly during the winter”, the UN report notes. news.un.org/en/story/202...

Just this once, I’m absolutely hoping that the Bolsonaro failson’s prediction is entirely correct.

#MAGA

It's very, very telling, I think, that the markets are so concerned about the pro-democracy incumbent winning

Claude, give me a recipe for a weapons-grade peanut butter and jam sandwich.

I got the email in this story too... so ChatGPT is telling them to email me also (which explains the growing frequency of such emails). One of the Insta subreddits put my email up as a contact for these sorts of stories, which is where I assumed it was coming from.

The 2026 midterms are in 8 days; and the 2028 presidential election is in 743 days.

Frech. Ohne Not den erfolgreichsten Coach der letzten 10 Jahre rausgegrault, beim Spielerkauf komplett versagt, einen Niemand als Trainer eingesetzt: wann übernimmt eigentlich Jonas Boldt mal Verantwortung für seine Fehler ? #EBSH96 #H96 🖤🤍🤢 www.kicker.de/hannov...

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

So how did Lula come from behind to defeat Bolsonaro? In short, turnout. Bolsonaro's vote share barely moved. But Lula banked millions of votes from those who didn't vote in the first round & won eliminated candidates' votes. A remarkable mobilisation. Second round turnout is usually below first.

I was having conversations with journalists just a few months ago about whether democracy was doomed. Look at this year: Orban defeated. Vukic defeated. Bolsonaro Jr defeated. Trump heading to likely defeat in midterms. That’s the beauty of democracy. Voters can respond. Don’t count it out yet.

The news from Brazil and Serbia are great and show that you don't defeat the far right by copying it or trying to appeal to their supporters You do it by being uncompromising, showing the danger they pose and offering something different to the many crises people suffer from

Congratulations Brazil, this is wonderful news for democracy. 💚💛💚💛💚💛💚 Serbia, Brazil – I wonder what other wannabe autocrats might suffer electoral defeats this week... 🤔 Not sure why ABC News uses the term 'reclaim' though – 'retain' would be the correct verb here.

Very occasionally, good things still happen. Good riddance to another war criminal-adjacent autocrat. Congratulations Serbia. 🇷🇸

Ich schäme mich und das nicht wegen der Derbypleite. #EBSH96

In Augsburg hat er zwölf Spiele durchgehalten. Das können wir doch sicherlich noch unterbieten, oder ? #EBSH96

Weder die Gästeblockidioten noch Boldt und Wagner brauchen eigentlich die Rückfahrt überhaupt anzutreten. Ohne Euch ist grundsätzlich alles besser. #EBSH96

Unser Gästeblock hat nichts anderes verdient, als eine Derby-Niederlage. #ebsh96 #h96⚫⚪💚

Wenn die Saisonergebnisse so weiterlaufen, könnten sowohl Hannover 96 I als auch Hannover 96 II nächste Saison für die 3. Liga qualifiziert sein. Nurmal so zur aktuellen Lage. #EBSH96

Hmm, ob Herr Titz wohl zur Rückkehr überredet werden könnte, wenn man ihm verspricht, den blöden Boldt höchstpersönlich vor die Tür setzen zu dürfen ? #EBSH96

“Hartel versucht‘s mit ein wenig Coaching auf dem Platz.“ Mensch Marcel, Memo nicht bekommen ? Coaching hatten wir in Hannover seit Anfang der Saison eigentlich aus Kostengründen abgeschafft. #EBSH96

#BoldtMussWeg. #EBSH96

Als Fan von Hannover 96 hat man heute eigentlich ohnehin schon gewonnen. Entweder holen wir den Abstiegsderbysieg, oder wir sind dem Ende der Ära Boldt/Wagner wieder ein Spiel nähergekommen. #EBSH96 🖤🤍💚

Still the frontline in that battle. It’s just that under Trump the US switched sides.

'The United States once declared that Ukraine’s fight was the front line in a global battle for freedom. Now the Trump administration is sending money to Moscow.' Analysis by The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/w...

They know how to hit them where it hurts (H/T @atrupar.com )

Finally got around to seeing #Digger this weekend. Fascinating movie, and I can see why people are so split about it. Those who hate it need to focus more on the B-plot, I think – I’m on board with this (spoiler-free) argument from @news.abc.net.au:

Still thinking about this tbqh. “Icecream found in freezer” is a seriously “dog bites man”-level headline. (Or “bot posts to mailing-list”, for that matter. IYKYK.)

🇳🇴 This week’s #Brainticket goes to our happy place – Norway – to celebrate the fabulous Rune Grammofon label. With Bushman's Revenge, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Panzerpappa, Grand General, Motorpsycho, Action & Tension & Space, Krokofant, Elephant9, and Supersilent. #Prog 🎏

holy moly openai.com/index/securi...

Slow news day, ABC News Australia ?

That pun though. #AoIR2026 #AoIR2027

Can. Not. Wait. Can we go straight away ? #AoIR2026 #AoIR2027 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 And the theme: INTERNET REMAINS. ✊

Wait, did we already know that #AoIR2027 was going to be in in Rimini, Italy? This was news to me, buried at the bottom of the @aoir.bsky.social AoIRWaves email this week. Very exciting!

OK, so for anyone reading at home, my conference blog for this #AoIR2026 has run to just under 16,000 words. 🫩 Really great presentations this year, and of course any misrepresentations of the work are mine…

Good GODS, we ground out a manky 1:1 draw at home against St. Pauli. That would never have happened under Christian Titz, hey … waaaitaminute. 🧐 #H96STP

Interesting thematic stats this year. #AoIR2026

AGM about to start at #AoIR2026. I don't think there will be any announcement about #AoIR2028, but here's my map of where on the planet we've been since 2000. www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...

As is tradition, I’m dual-screening the Hannover 96 match during the #AoIR2026 AGM… #H96STP

A fabulous session on journalism and fact-checking to close #AoIR2026 – liveblog here: snurb.info/taxonomy/.... Have to say I’m really impressed by the quality of research I’ve seen this year. 👏 (Almost makes up for our similarly excellent panel not being accepted this time around… ☹️)

Really useful conversation at our #AoIR2026 Meta Content Library roundtable – many thanks to my co-conspirators Jo(sephine) Lukito and Fabio Giglietto, and also to Yair from Meta for answering many curly questions. If you’d like to join our independent community of practice, ping me !