Eckehard Olbrich
@eckolb.bsky.social
Complex systems, politics and social media
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Ausbau der Forschung zu Ungleichheit und Konflikten
Soziologe Steffen Mau an das Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung multireligiöser und multiethnischer Gesellschaften in Göttingen berufen. Neuausrichtung des Instituts startet
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October 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Some personal news to share www.mpg.de/25487784/aus...
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reminder ... please repost
September 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
reminder ... please repost
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@some4dem.bsky.social researchers @eckolb.bsky.social and @pournaki.bsky.social presenting their work at #ic2s2 on measuring political realignment in Switzerland and extracting conflicting narratives from polarized debates on social media.
July 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
@some4dem.bsky.social researchers @eckolb.bsky.social and @pournaki.bsky.social presenting their work at #ic2s2 on measuring political realignment in Switzerland and extracting conflicting narratives from polarized debates on social media.
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🧵 I often talk about VDA, Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, as the core functions that make democracy possible. But to understand what’s gone wrong, we need to look at how those functions have changed.
June 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🧵 I often talk about VDA, Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, as the core functions that make democracy possible. But to understand what’s gone wrong, we need to look at how those functions have changed.
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Die Symbolsprache der Jubiläumsparade in Washington wäre wirklich eine ausführliche Beschreibung wert. Man befürchtete ja, dass dieser Präsident sich bei den Formen autoritärer Staaten bedienen wird, deren Militärparaden außerordentliche Macht und strikte ...
June 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Die Symbolsprache der Jubiläumsparade in Washington wäre wirklich eine ausführliche Beschreibung wert. Man befürchtete ja, dass dieser Präsident sich bei den Formen autoritärer Staaten bedienen wird, deren Militärparaden außerordentliche Macht und strikte ...
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"If we remain silent when debates are needed, that endangers democratic culture itself." It was a pleasure to speak to @RND_de about #FreeSpeech in #Europe (interviewed in German but translation on request.)
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Zwischen Schutz und Schaden: Ist die Meinungsfreiheit in Europa in Gefahr?
Für einen Tweet ins Gefängnis? Der britische Umgang mit Hassrede im Netz ist zu einem Prüfstein für die Redefreiheit in Europa geworden. Und könnte dazu führen, dass Themen gemieden werden.
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June 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"If we remain silent when debates are needed, that endangers democratic culture itself." It was a pleasure to speak to @RND_de about #FreeSpeech in #Europe (interviewed in German but translation on request.)
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www.rnd.de/politik/mein...
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NetSci 2027 Dresden
Thilo Gross announces future NetSci conferences and the educational video competition
#NetSci2025
#NetSci2025
June 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
NetSci 2027 Dresden
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Very cool new work by Felix Gaisbauer, @pournaki.bsky.social and @dscheykopp.bsky.social providing new methods for shedding light on a more systemic view of news sharing and uncovering important subtleties to the polarization/echo chamber debate:
arxiv.org/abs/2505.08359
arxiv.org/abs/2505.08359
A political cartography of news sharing: Capturing story, outlet and content level of news circulation on Twitter
News sharing on digital platforms shapes the digital spaces millions of users navigate. Trace data from these platforms also enables researchers to study online news circulation. In this context, rese...
arxiv.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Very cool new work by Felix Gaisbauer, @pournaki.bsky.social and @dscheykopp.bsky.social providing new methods for shedding light on a more systemic view of news sharing and uncovering important subtleties to the polarization/echo chamber debate:
arxiv.org/abs/2505.08359
arxiv.org/abs/2505.08359
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Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
April 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
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Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
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Mit diesem Schreiben widersetzt sich #Harvard dem massiven Druck der Trump-Regierung: „The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Harvard will not accept the government's terms as an agreement in principle“
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Read Harvard’s Response to the Trump Administration
Harvard University’s lawyers responded on Monday to the Trump Administration’s letter demanding a series of policy changes, saying the demands were unlawful and that Harvard would not comply.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Mit diesem Schreiben widersetzt sich #Harvard dem massiven Druck der Trump-Regierung: „The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Harvard will not accept the government's terms as an agreement in principle“
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Columbia sociologists Gil Eyal and Peter Bearman: “We know what appeasing authoritarian leaders leads to: new sets of demands, even more preposterous than the first. When such demands are inevitably made, what shall we do? We must say “no more.” We must take our chance to lead.”
Columbia must stand up to the Trump administration in the second round
The <a href="https://president.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/03.21.2025%20Columbia%20-%20FINAL.pdf">letter</a> that the University submitted in response to the Trump administration’s demand...
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March 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Columbia sociologists Gil Eyal and Peter Bearman: “We know what appeasing authoritarian leaders leads to: new sets of demands, even more preposterous than the first. When such demands are inevitably made, what shall we do? We must say “no more.” We must take our chance to lead.”
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This is an interesting question, and kind to ask. I am U.S.-based (not U.S.), but here are my thoughts. 🧵
US researchers, help me out:
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
March 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is an interesting question, and kind to ask. I am U.S.-based (not U.S.), but here are my thoughts. 🧵
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Bluesky consolidating as key platform for science.
Bluesky, on most days, hosts more posts linked to new research than X.
This @altmetric.com blog gives an excellent analysis of the changing dynamics.
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
Bluesky, on most days, hosts more posts linked to new research than X.
This @altmetric.com blog gives an excellent analysis of the changing dynamics.
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
Bluesky’s ahead, but is X a dead parrot?
Altmetric has been capturing and integrating Bluesky posts since October 2024. What does the data look like now?
www.altmetric.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Bluesky consolidating as key platform for science.
Bluesky, on most days, hosts more posts linked to new research than X.
This @altmetric.com blog gives an excellent analysis of the changing dynamics.
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
Bluesky, on most days, hosts more posts linked to new research than X.
This @altmetric.com blog gives an excellent analysis of the changing dynamics.
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
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March 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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An update on the update: Pubmed now appears to be back up (at least for me). Glad to see it was a glitch (?) rather than a planned takedown. At least for now... this is a warning signal that highights the importance of preservation efforts: safeguarding-research.discourse.group
March 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
An update on the update: Pubmed now appears to be back up (at least for me). Glad to see it was a glitch (?) rather than a planned takedown. At least for now... this is a warning signal that highights the importance of preservation efforts: safeguarding-research.discourse.group
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It is true. Global vandalism on an epic scale.
March 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It is true. Global vandalism on an epic scale.
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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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"Free Our Feeds" will unabhängige Bluesky-Infrastruktur in Europa aufbauen, die nicht der US-Gerichtsbarkeit unterliegt. Angesichts des Staatsstreiches in den USA ein sehr wichtiges Ziel. Dafür will man in 8 Wochen drei Millionen Dollar samneln. Bisher hat man aber nur 100.000 Dollar zusammen. 1
February 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Free Our Feeds" will unabhängige Bluesky-Infrastruktur in Europa aufbauen, die nicht der US-Gerichtsbarkeit unterliegt. Angesichts des Staatsstreiches in den USA ein sehr wichtiges Ziel. Dafür will man in 8 Wochen drei Millionen Dollar samneln. Bisher hat man aber nur 100.000 Dollar zusammen. 1
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Immerhin wissen wir jetzt: Unter Bürokratieabbau stellen sich manche einfachere Formulare vor, und andere die Beendigung des Rechtsstaats. vielleicht fragen wir in Deutschland vor entscheidenden Wahlen nach den Details hinter schmissigen Schlagworten
February 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Immerhin wissen wir jetzt: Unter Bürokratieabbau stellen sich manche einfachere Formulare vor, und andere die Beendigung des Rechtsstaats. vielleicht fragen wir in Deutschland vor entscheidenden Wahlen nach den Details hinter schmissigen Schlagworten
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Trump & Musk führen einen administrativen Staatsstreich durch, brechen ein Gesetz nach dem anderen - die USA sind mitten in einer Verfassungskrise. Mein Text für @volksverpetzer.de ist jetzt online. Dank an @mjsdc.bsky.social für die juristischen Einordnungen! www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/tr...
Trump & Musk: Staatsstreich in den USA & keiner kriegt es hier mit?
Musk und Trump führen in den USA gerade einen administrativen Staatsstreich durch. Deutsche Medien berichten größtenteils, als laufe alles wie immer.
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February 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Trump & Musk führen einen administrativen Staatsstreich durch, brechen ein Gesetz nach dem anderen - die USA sind mitten in einer Verfassungskrise. Mein Text für @volksverpetzer.de ist jetzt online. Dank an @mjsdc.bsky.social für die juristischen Einordnungen! www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/tr...
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@bsky.app grew tremendously over the last year. Recently, the platform introduced “starter packs” (SP) to help users bootstrap their social graph. Anybody can create these SPs. They’re lists of accounts (e.g., “people creating anime”) that others can then follow.
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January 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@bsky.app grew tremendously over the last year. Recently, the platform introduced “starter packs” (SP) to help users bootstrap their social graph. Anybody can create these SPs. They’re lists of accounts (e.g., “people creating anime”) that others can then follow.
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