Richard Stupart
@richardstupart.com
Lecturer @livuni. Conflict reporting, ethics, witnessing and the affective/emotional dimensions of war reporting. An ed @ Media, War & Conflict. British Academy Fellow. Cat dad.
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Richard Stupart
@richardstupart.com
· Oct 20
New Pub! A chapter in volume 1 of "Navigating Trauma in African Journalism", thanks to the kind invitation and tireless editing of Kealeboga Aiseng and Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam.
Please consider passing this along:
If you are a scholar interested in journalism and how it's coping with increasingly violent targeting and repression (see Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, even the US), please consider sending in an abstract. There are even bursaries available for early career folk.
If you are a scholar interested in journalism and how it's coping with increasingly violent targeting and repression (see Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, even the US), please consider sending in an abstract. There are even bursaries available for early career folk.
This is a quick reminder that Media, War and Conflict will be hosting an ICA preconference on challenges to contemporary conflict reporting. Deadline for abstracts is 31 Jan and you can read the full CfA at bit.ly/mwc2026cfa
January 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Please consider passing this along:
If you are a scholar interested in journalism and how it's coping with increasingly violent targeting and repression (see Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, even the US), please consider sending in an abstract. There are even bursaries available for early career folk.
If you are a scholar interested in journalism and how it's coping with increasingly violent targeting and repression (see Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, even the US), please consider sending in an abstract. There are even bursaries available for early career folk.
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Folks getting in the weeds about licensing agreements but this research study engaged me in research, by creating a bespoke dataset about me, before I agreed to participate. They already made the dataset before I was invited to participated. That's not how informed consent works
somebody at UChicago is feeding preprints to LLMs without authors' consent, in a research study
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
January 6, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Folks getting in the weeds about licensing agreements but this research study engaged me in research, by creating a bespoke dataset about me, before I agreed to participate. They already made the dataset before I was invited to participated. That's not how informed consent works
This was an excellent kick in the pants. I miss that blog era.
This post by JA Westenberg is so good. And it's forcing me to look again at my own site, PressThink.
"The Case for Blogging in the Ruins." www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for...
"Most blogs are abandoned after three posts," she writes. The ones that persist have these things in common:
"The Case for Blogging in the Ruins." www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for...
"Most blogs are abandoned after three posts," she writes. The ones that persist have these things in common:
January 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This was an excellent kick in the pants. I miss that blog era.
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Libya and Iraq. “Those who fail to learn from history are bound to repeat it. Those who learn from history are bound to watch others repeat it”.
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Libya and Iraq. “Those who fail to learn from history are bound to repeat it. Those who learn from history are bound to watch others repeat it”.
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Compiling some reading recommendations i see on here on the situation in Venezuela, feel free to add your own
bsky.app/profile/alda...
bsky.app/profile/alda...
A point that Wallerestein made often: as overall US power declines, it overplays its best card—military force. But each time it does so, it accelerates the decline of its overall power. SeeVietnam, Iraq. Violent coercion is the strength of the weak.
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Compiling some reading recommendations i see on here on the situation in Venezuela, feel free to add your own
bsky.app/profile/alda...
bsky.app/profile/alda...
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"Not only will America come to your country and kill all your people, but they'll come back 20 years later and make a movie about how killing all your people made them feel sad." - Frankie Boyle
Just thinking... we give so much attention (as we should!) to the victims of state violence, ie, people sent to CECOT.
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
December 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Not only will America come to your country and kill all your people, but they'll come back 20 years later and make a movie about how killing all your people made them feel sad." - Frankie Boyle
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"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
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The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
Less pettily, there's just so much in this amazing world to wonder about that it seems so sad to abdicate doing that.
My personal 2c on the AI in academia discourse is that if I discover you have used AI to replace your reading or writing, you are going on a literal list.
I am that petty. I don't want to deal with people who don't actually understand their areas.
I am that petty. I don't want to deal with people who don't actually understand their areas.
December 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Less pettily, there's just so much in this amazing world to wonder about that it seems so sad to abdicate doing that.
My personal 2c on the AI in academia discourse is that if I discover you have used AI to replace your reading or writing, you are going on a literal list.
I am that petty. I don't want to deal with people who don't actually understand their areas.
I am that petty. I don't want to deal with people who don't actually understand their areas.
December 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
My personal 2c on the AI in academia discourse is that if I discover you have used AI to replace your reading or writing, you are going on a literal list.
I am that petty. I don't want to deal with people who don't actually understand their areas.
I am that petty. I don't want to deal with people who don't actually understand their areas.
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Professional societies keep beclowning themselves buying into a lie about what an LLM "summary" is. They are inherently counterfeit: not an epistemic product of the ideas in the source, but summary-shaped text linguistically based on *other* works (in the training corpus) that use related language.
This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Professional societies keep beclowning themselves buying into a lie about what an LLM "summary" is. They are inherently counterfeit: not an epistemic product of the ideas in the source, but summary-shaped text linguistically based on *other* works (in the training corpus) that use related language.
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It’s absolutely disgraceful but it’s also been a very useful tool to assess who is worth listening to in my academic circles—the ones who are uncritical about gAI have lost me entirely. I distrust your judgement, your research skills, everything.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It’s absolutely disgraceful but it’s also been a very useful tool to assess who is worth listening to in my academic circles—the ones who are uncritical about gAI have lost me entirely. I distrust your judgement, your research skills, everything.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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My colleague reviewed a paper for the journal Climate and discovered it has been written by AI (citations that didn’t exist). Not only did the journal keep the paper, they asked her to re-review it. We are so cooked.
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
My colleague reviewed a paper for the journal Climate and discovered it has been written by AI (citations that didn’t exist). Not only did the journal keep the paper, they asked her to re-review it. We are so cooked.
Recalling Fanon's observation that perhaps we aren't mad, society is.
For no particular reason. 🙃
For no particular reason. 🙃
Not only is capitalism isolating and debilitating us it produces ‘care’ which only mocks and minimizes us when we express distress and suffering or seek comfort and/or help for said suffering.
‘Suck it up, buttercup,’ might not be the best way to approach this
‘Suck it up, buttercup,’ might not be the best way to approach this
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Recalling Fanon's observation that perhaps we aren't mad, society is.
For no particular reason. 🙃
For no particular reason. 🙃
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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Those who ‘give’ are now reduced to medical workers and the rich, apparently.
December 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Those who ‘give’ are now reduced to medical workers and the rich, apparently.
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"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
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The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
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breaking: reviewer that doesn't share your approach thinks your article manuscript is not ready for publication
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
breaking: reviewer that doesn't share your approach thinks your article manuscript is not ready for publication
This tracks my intuition that AI text generation is for generating prose nobody wants to write or read. Which is a lot of the work at these echelons.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This tracks my intuition that AI text generation is for generating prose nobody wants to write or read. Which is a lot of the work at these echelons.
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Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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This is very interesting (and yeah, I also had an initial “oh come on, that’s nuts” reaction to the first part of this article, but as I read on, I realized he was making some pretty compelling points)
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is very interesting (and yeah, I also had an initial “oh come on, that’s nuts” reaction to the first part of this article, but as I read on, I realized he was making some pretty compelling points)
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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