Stine Eckert
@stineeckert.bsky.social
PhD, Associate Prof., Dept. of Communication, Wayne State U, Detroit. Researching social media, journalism, counter publics, online harassment. Editor of Journalism Research/Journalistik – Zeitschrift für Journalismusforschung. https://journalistik.online/
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"Women make up only 14 percent of the House Republican conference (about 15 percent if you count nonvoting delegates), but they accounted for 75 percent of the Republicans who forced Tuesday’s Epstein vote." #EpsteinFiles #USA www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
Opinion | The Three G.O.P. Women Who Broke Trump’s Grip on Congress
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"Women make up only 14 percent of the House Republican conference (about 15 percent if you count nonvoting delegates), but they accounted for 75 percent of the Republicans who forced Tuesday’s Epstein vote." #EpsteinFiles #USA www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
It was the second time in a week that Trump had leveled a fierce insult at a woman journalist who was covering him. #USA #EpsteinFiles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
Trump Berates One Reporter and Tells Another,‘Quiet Piggy’
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It was the second time in a week that Trump had leveled a fierce insult at a woman journalist who was covering him. #USA #EpsteinFiles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
“Donald Trump could release these files on his own,” said Representative Jim McGovern, Democrat of Massachusetts. #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #USA www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Senate Agrees to Quickly Move Bill Seeking Release of Epstein Files to Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“Donald Trump could release these files on his own,” said Representative Jim McGovern, Democrat of Massachusetts. #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #USA www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Certain ultraprocessed foods are contributing to worldwide obesity, chronic health conditions and premature death, yet the food industry continues to aggressively market new and existing products in this category for massive profits, according to experts. https://cnn.it/485zrBw
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Certain ultraprocessed foods are contributing to worldwide obesity, chronic health conditions and premature death, yet the food industry continues to aggressively market new and existing products in this category for massive profits, according to experts. https://cnn.it/485zrBw
"The warning suggests non-American citizens within the roughly million people who have already bought tickets could find themselves barred from entering the country despite holding valid match passes & securing faster appointment slots" #USA #soccer #worldcup2026 www.theguardian.com/football/202...
US unveils World Cup visa system but warns fans could still be denied entry
Ticket-holders to be fast-tracked for visa screening while Trump again threatens to relocate games from some cities
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"The warning suggests non-American citizens within the roughly million people who have already bought tickets could find themselves barred from entering the country despite holding valid match passes & securing faster appointment slots" #USA #soccer #worldcup2026 www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Europe has long been seen as Big Tech’s most formidable global watchdog. Authorities in Brussels have levied billions of dollars in fines & forced business changes at Amazon, Apple, Google &Meta for antitrust breaches, data abuses & unchecked spread of illicit content www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
Europe Begins Rethinking Its Crackdown on Big Tech
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Europe has long been seen as Big Tech’s most formidable global watchdog. Authorities in Brussels have levied billions of dollars in fines & forced business changes at Amazon, Apple, Google &Meta for antitrust breaches, data abuses & unchecked spread of illicit content www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
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Local Hosts Column: Exploring Cape Town’s Natural Beauty 🌅
Discover the breathtaking landscapes, hidden gems, and must-visit spots that make Cape Town a truly unforgettable destination. 🔗
Discover the breathtaking landscapes, hidden gems, and must-visit spots that make Cape Town a truly unforgettable destination. 🔗
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November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Local Hosts Column: Exploring Cape Town’s Natural Beauty 🌅
Discover the breathtaking landscapes, hidden gems, and must-visit spots that make Cape Town a truly unforgettable destination. 🔗
Discover the breathtaking landscapes, hidden gems, and must-visit spots that make Cape Town a truly unforgettable destination. 🔗
The Democratic Women’s Caucus is demanding the release of any pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants who are being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and who don’t pose a security risk. #USA 19thnews.org/2025/11/demo...
Democratic Women’s Caucus demands release of pregnant immigrants in ICE detention
“The inhumane treatment of pregnant women by the administration is shameful,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to ICE leadership.
19thnews.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Democratic Women’s Caucus is demanding the release of any pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants who are being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and who don’t pose a security risk. #USA 19thnews.org/2025/11/demo...
Europa braucht dringend ein Back-up: Meta, Microsoft, Google. Im Digitalen sind die EU-Staaten abhängig von US-Unternehmen. Nun wollen sie mit einer Offensive gegensteuern. taz.de/Abhaengigkei...
Abhängigkeit von US-Techfirmen: Europa braucht dringend ein Back-up
Meta, Microsoft, Google. Im Digitalen sind die EU-Staaten abhängig von US-Unternehmen. Nun wollen sie mit einer Offensive gegensteuern.
taz.de
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Europa braucht dringend ein Back-up: Meta, Microsoft, Google. Im Digitalen sind die EU-Staaten abhängig von US-Unternehmen. Nun wollen sie mit einer Offensive gegensteuern. taz.de/Abhaengigkei...
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Elizabeth Warren has urged Harvard to oust Larry Summers after revelations that he solicited advice from Jeffrey Epstein on how to abuse his position and coerce his mentee to have sex with him.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Urges Harvard to Cut Ties With Summers After Epstein Emails Surface | News | The Harvard Crimson
Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren (D-Mass.) urged Harvard to cut ties with former University President Lawrence Summers after newly released emails revealed years of personal correspondence between Summers and...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Elizabeth Warren has urged Harvard to oust Larry Summers after revelations that he solicited advice from Jeffrey Epstein on how to abuse his position and coerce his mentee to have sex with him.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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BREAKING: A Bangladesh court convicted ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year reut.rs/3LJP9L8
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BREAKING: A Bangladesh court convicted ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year reut.rs/3LJP9L8
Jeannette Jara, a former labor minister in President Gabriel Boric’s left-wing government, eked out a narrower-than-expected lead with 27% of the vote. She wants to expand #Chile 's social safety net and tackle money laundering and drug trafficking. apnews.com/article/chil... #elections
Chile's hard-right holds the upper hand as presidential election goes to a tense runoff
A hard-right former lawmaker and admirer of U.S. President Donald Trump appeared poised to win a polarizing presidential runoff against a member of Chile’s Communist Party representing the incumbent g...
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Jeannette Jara, a former labor minister in President Gabriel Boric’s left-wing government, eked out a narrower-than-expected lead with 27% of the vote. She wants to expand #Chile 's social safety net and tackle money laundering and drug trafficking. apnews.com/article/chil... #elections
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🗳📊La diferencia entre Jara (26,8%) y Kast (23,9%) fue menor a la que anticipaban las encuestas. La ex ministra del presidente Gabriel Boric se impuso por solo tres puntos dozz.es/q1zdk9
¿Qué ha pasado en las elecciones de Chile? Ocho gráficos para entender los resultados
El ultraderechista José Antonio Kast ha sido la opción favorita entre los jóvenes y tiene muchas opciones de ser elegido presidente en diciembre. El populista Parisi ha doblado el dato que le otorgaban las encuestas
dozz.es
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🗳📊La diferencia entre Jara (26,8%) y Kast (23,9%) fue menor a la que anticipaban las encuestas. La ex ministra del presidente Gabriel Boric se impuso por solo tres puntos dozz.es/q1zdk9
In her 2022 memoir, “Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life,” Alice Wong wrote about how she faced discrimination and bullying while growing up in Indiana, which drove her “to become more of an advocate and to use that individual anger to help other people.” #USA www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In her 2022 memoir, “Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life,” Alice Wong wrote about how she faced discrimination and bullying while growing up in Indiana, which drove her “to become more of an advocate and to use that individual anger to help other people.” #USA www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
The twists & turns of how Plan B got to market as Dr. Sharon Camp recounted in her oral history played out like a thriller. “It was a thriller,” said Francine Coeytaux, a veteran of the reproductive health movement who worked alongside her, “and Sharon was the author” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/h...
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The twists & turns of how Plan B got to market as Dr. Sharon Camp recounted in her oral history played out like a thriller. “It was a thriller,” said Francine Coeytaux, a veteran of the reproductive health movement who worked alongside her, “and Sharon was the author” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/h...
"Instead of government agents gathering evidence case by case, ICE is building a public-private surveillance loop that transforms everyday online activity into potential evidence." #USA #socialmedia #surveillance #privacy theconversation.com/always-watch...
Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation
ICE’s dragnet is expanding across social media, putting everyone’s digital lives into the realm of border and immigration enforcement.
theconversation.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"Instead of government agents gathering evidence case by case, ICE is building a public-private surveillance loop that transforms everyday online activity into potential evidence." #USA #socialmedia #surveillance #privacy theconversation.com/always-watch...
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
We need better media – Here's how to get started open.substack.com/pub/stineeck...
We need better media
How journalism and online spaces can be better
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November 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Today @peninternational.bsky.social and PEN centers worldwide launch the #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign—a global call to release writers behind bars for their words.
Join us & take action for #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit & #MziaAmaglobeli: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Join us & take action for #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit & #MziaAmaglobeli: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2025 — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“Across the world, writers continue to pay a heavy price for speaking truth. Rory Branker, Yalqun Rozi, Mohamed Tadjadit, and Mzia Amaglobeli remind us that words can shake the powerful — and that cou...
www.pen-international.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Today @peninternational.bsky.social and PEN centers worldwide launch the #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign—a global call to release writers behind bars for their words.
Join us & take action for #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit & #MziaAmaglobeli: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Join us & take action for #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit & #MziaAmaglobeli: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
ICE Just Tried to Deport an Indigenous Woman #USA www.jezebel.com/ice-just-tri...
ICE Just Tried to Deport an Indigenous Woman
Officials eventually released her, and a lieutenant from the Sheriff’s Office called it a "silly" “human error.” Weird choice of words!
www.jezebel.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
ICE Just Tried to Deport an Indigenous Woman #USA www.jezebel.com/ice-just-tri...
With the rightwing vote divided and President Gabriel Boric’s centre-left coalition united behind its former minister, most experts see the charismatic Jeanette Jara prevailing in Sunday’s first round of #elections in #Chile www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Chile votes for next president in contest dominated by crime and migration fears
Voters face seemingly extreme choice between communist and rightwing frontrunners, who both promise to fight foreign gangs
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
With the rightwing vote divided and President Gabriel Boric’s centre-left coalition united behind its former minister, most experts see the charismatic Jeanette Jara prevailing in Sunday’s first round of #elections in #Chile www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#ChatGPT violates #copyright law: Court in Munich sided with #Germany ’s music rights society GEMA which said ChatGPT took protected lyrics by popular artists. The judge ordered OpenAI to pay undisclosed damages for using copyrighted material without permission. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court rules
OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists’ work without permission
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#ChatGPT violates #copyright law: Court in Munich sided with #Germany ’s music rights society GEMA which said ChatGPT took protected lyrics by popular artists. The judge ordered OpenAI to pay undisclosed damages for using copyrighted material without permission. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
$2 billion could be the cost of the name change, but an official name change can only done by US Congress #USA www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion
Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads,...
www.nbcnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
$2 billion could be the cost of the name change, but an official name change can only done by US Congress #USA www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
In the US private equity has increasingly monopolized industries by buying many small local firms and rolling them into one larger firm, giving them power to simultaneously raise prices and lower quality, especially problematic in healthcare, linked to death. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mamdani’s appointment of Lina Khan a warning to private equity, experts say
Ex-FTC chair was among first to go after practice of folding local firms into larger ones leading to higher prices
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In the US private equity has increasingly monopolized industries by buying many small local firms and rolling them into one larger firm, giving them power to simultaneously raise prices and lower quality, especially problematic in healthcare, linked to death. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The preliminary injunction is a major win for universities battling the administration’s campaign to force conservative ideological changes in exchange for federal funding." #highered #USA #academia www.latimes.com/california/s...
Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism
A federal judge late Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA for alleged civil rights violations over antisemitism, its recog...
www.latimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"The preliminary injunction is a major win for universities battling the administration’s campaign to force conservative ideological changes in exchange for federal funding." #highered #USA #academia www.latimes.com/california/s...