Damian Trilling 🟥

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and identify new research partners across academic fields? Apply to one of the 2026 Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (described in yellow in the attached map) here: sicss.io/locations

Five Takeaways From the ‘First-of-its-kind’ International Survey About the Use of Generative AI in… If Generative AI seemed inevitable to you one day and off-limits the next, you are not alone. In this preprint, results of a…

💥 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 💥

International survey of 1138 scholars across 77 countries - plus four focus groups - maps the what, how and why. 69.2% already use it for at least one research task, especially writing and literature review.

5 takeaways:

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Newer, Larger, Better? A Critique of the Unreflective LLM Adoption in Communication Research The growing adoption of large language models (LLMs) in political communication research has prompted excitement but also concern. In this opinion piece, we offer an informed and critical overview ...

📢Publication alert 📢

LLMs are an awesome technology, but they come with trade-offs!

Paul Balluff, @justinho.bsky.social, @seanhp.bsky.social, Alexis Palmer, @lrossi.bsky.social, Irina Shklovski, Chung-hong Chan and I commented on these trade-offs in #commsky research. Out now and open access!

Postdoctoral researcher on applications of AI in sociological research Are you able to lead sociological research into the AI age?

📢WORK! At the Sociology department of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social we are hiring a postdoc who will work on applications of AI in sociological research. Join our vibrant-yet-cohesive research community doing cutting-edge research. Please share or apply! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Redacties Left Laser en BOOS niet welkom in beveiligde deel Tweede Kamer De journalisten van Left Laser krijgen geen toegang tot het beveiligde gedeelte van de Tweede Kamer, aanvragen voor een dagaccreditatie worden structureel door de persafdeling van de Tweede Kamer afge...

‘Zo kregen weblog Geenstijl, opinieprogramma Nieuws van de Dag en zanger Dries Roelvink accreditatie, maar Left Laser en BOOS niet (meer).’

Dries Roelvink en extreemrechtse media wel. Wat een wereld.

www.villamedia.nl/artikel/reda...

Call for Papers: AI & Open Government Workshop at ICAIL 2026 • David Graus We’re excited to announce the AI & Open Government Workshop (AIOG), co-located with ICAIL 2026 in Singapore on June 8, 2026. The call for papers is now open! Together with Graham McDonald (University ...

We have published the #CFP for our AI and Open Government Workshop, to be held colocated with the International Conference on AI and Law (ICAIL) in Singapore.

Read more:
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#AI #OpenGov

NS besteedt ict deels uit aan Amerikaanse leverancier Strategische autonomie: Ondanks alle discussies over strategische autonomie kiest NS een Amerikaanse beheerder voor cruciale IT-diensten. „Als iedereen zo handelt als NS, bouwen we nooit eigen digital...

Doe dit niet NS! Jullie ICT zelf is kritieke infrastructuur! NS hoe kunnen jullie de trein die digitale strategische automomie heet gemist hebben. Als ik eerlijk ben, dat is gewoon volstrekt ongeloofwaardig. Kamervragen liggen inmiddels bij de Minister! @ns.nl #tweedekamer www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

EU plan to share data with US border force sparks surveillance fears Washington is demanding access to sensitive data as ICE heightens fears in Europe.

🚨🚨Given current situation and with the sharply deteriorating situation in #trumpland, I think it is unwise, imprudent and just a very bad idea for the EU to go ahead with plans to grant #US border authorities unprecedented access to Europeans’ data. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...

Politicoloog Léonie de Jonge: 'Uiterst rechts interviewen heeft geen zin, er valt niets meer te ontmaskeren' De groei van uiterst rechts is een van de meest relevante onderwerpen van deze tijd. Maar hoe doe je daar verslag van op een integere manier, zonder dat je extremisten een podium geeft? Hoogleraar Léo...

Hoogleraar politicologie @leoniedejonge.bsky.social raadt journalisten aan om te leren van de Walen. ‘Daar zeggen ze: wij zijn waakhonden van de democratie. We moeten durven blaffen, maar ook bijten. Een hele andere kijk dan in Nederland, waar de nadruk ligt op alle geluiden laten horen.’

Big news: I started a new position as Professor for Computational Social Science (W1 tenure track) at the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S) at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main!

www.c3s-frankfurt.de/who-we-are#m...

Vacature data-onderzoeks­journalist Follow the Money - Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek

We hebben een toffe vacature. Wil je baanbrekend onderzoek doen en daar ook tijd voor krijgen? We zoeken een nieuwe datajournalist. Leuk werk, leuk bedrijf. Dus solliciteer. www.ftm.nl/vacature-dat...

‼️ Today is the 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆 to register for Etmaal 2026 at the regular fee! From Jan 29 onwards, you will need to pay the last-minute registration fee. Register now via www.etmaal2026.nl/registration ⏰

Wat @nieuws.nos.nl hier doet heeft niks met hoor/wederhoor te maken. Dit is een fenomeen dat bekend staat als bothsidesism ofwel 'false balance'.

📢 We’re hiring @vuamsterdam.bsky.social

PhD position in my ERC project: Welfare State Transformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Interested in how AI is reshaping labor markets, social protection, and the politics of redistribution?

Apply here: lnkd.in/eCcAXsaS

Please share widely!

Postdoc position(s) at The Digital Democracy Centre Application deadline: February 15th, 2026, 23:59 CET/CEST.

4 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐏𝐡𝐝, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜, 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐃𝐂!!! 😯🤩
The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society.

Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles!
The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇

📣Call for Bids! We’re seeking hosts for the 9th & 10th International #COMPTEXT conferences (2027 & 2028).
📅Bid deadline: March 15, 2026
Request materials: info@comptextconference.org
Please circulate within your networks!

Unfortunately, this one is on its way to become a modern classic.

Abschied bis Herbst: Dänisches Digitalministerium kehrt Microsoft den Rücken Beim dänischen Digitalministerium sollen alle Angestellten ohne Microsoft auskommen. Stattdessen werde man Linux und LibreOffice nutzen, sagt die Ministerin.

The Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs is moving away from Microsoft and switching instead to Linux and LibreOffice
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Questionable research practices listed in the survey. I failed to cite publications that contradict my beliefs I did not conduct a thorough literature review I chose not to report my own findings if they contradicted my theories I used a researcher’s idea without giving credit I failed to disclose conflicts of interest I included authors who had not contributed sufficiently I inadequately supervised a junior co-worker I carried out research without ethical approval I cited papers without consulting the primary source I developed hypotheses after seeing the results I cited scientifically irrelevant publications out of dependence or friendship I cited publications only because they were already visible in the scientific community

i already dislike the QRP label to lump together a bunch of research practices of varying levels of appropriateness or ethicality but some of these are flat out weird and impossible to consistently interpret without further context?? relying on such data to reinforce crisis narratives is fraught.

Cool PhD Position in an amazing project 🚀

Zoekveld van Outlook 365 "Deze bericht"

MS Office is zo'n flutproduct. Als zo'n taalfout in een opensource-product stond zou iedereen grappen maken dat je geen kwaliteit kunt verwachten als iedereen zomaar kan bijdragen, dat het geen professioneel product is, ... Maar als je Microsoft heet koopt iedereen het toch, dus waarom je best doen?

Op dit soort momenten is het echt afschuwelijk om artikelen te publiceren waarin alleen maar "Het ministerie zegt... Volgens ICE..." staat, in plaats van wat er werkelijk gebeurd is. Dit is geen journalistiek, dit is fascistische propaganda overtypen

Ze hadden dit net zoals de coronapersconferenties op alle televisiezenders tegelijk moeten uitzetten, met doventolk aan toe.

Lees dit interview
„Radicaal-rechts is volledig genormaliseerd. Mijn studenten weten niet beter, kennen de Republikeinse partij van vóór Trump niet. Ze zien Trump simpelweg als de leider van een van de twee partijen. Tijdens de eerste termijn was alles afwijkender. Nu is het de norm.“

Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time €9 million investment on cards for 2026.

Update. The German state of Schleswig-Holstein is migrating from #MicrosoftOffice to #LibreOffice. It expects to save €15 million in 2026 alone.
https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/

#Germany #Microsoft #OpenSource

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

You mean I can't just make up people instead of studying people? www.science.org/content/arti...

More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.

Just decline the peer review invitation.

What are you people even doing?

Text reads: About synthetic panels Recruiting the right participants for a study can be difficult. You may not get the exact demographics you need, and the shorter the deadline, the less sure you can be that everyone will answer on time. One possible solution can be to use synthetic panels. Synthetic panels are powered by a first party proprietary AI model developed here at Qualtrics. Our synthetic panel is trained on thousands of responses from a variety of demographic backgrounds in order to more accurately predict how certain populations would respond to a survey. Our synthetic panel is based on the United States General Population, and is only available in English. This panel comes with ready-made quotas and target breakouts in order to represent your chosen population and make it easy to launch your survey right away.

Text reads: Question-writing best practices To get the most reliable and actionable results from synthetic audiences, consider these question-writing best practices: Ask forward-looking and attitudinal questions. Synthetic panels perform best with perceptions, preferences, and intent-based questions. For example, “How likely are you to try…?” Synthetic panels are less applicable for studies on past behaviors, detailed recall, brand recall, or awareness questions. For example, “When did you last visit…?”

Text reads: Discussion The current study aimed to conduct a meta-analysis of the TPB when applied to health behaviours which addressed the limitations of previous reviews by including only prospective tests of behaviour, applying RE meta-analytic procedures, correcting correlations for sampling and measurement error, and hierarchically analysing the effect of behaviour type and sample and methodological moderators. Some 237 tests were identified which examined relations amongst model components. Overall the analysis indicated that the TPB could explain 19.3% of the variance in behaviour and 44.3% of the variance in intention across studies. This level of prediction of behaviour is slightly lower than that of previous meta-analytic reviews which have found between 27% (Armitage & Conner, 2001; Hagger et al., 2002) and 36% (Trafimow et al., 2002) of the variance in behaviour to be explained by intention and PBC.

Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?

Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"

News beyond the echo chamber When people worry about ‘the algorithm’, they often imagine invisible machines quietly narrowi

Our NEWSFLOWS project is coming to its end, but if you want to get a little glimpse into our work, you may want to read this interview erc.europa.eu/news-events/...