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Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks, Justin!

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Clare Kelly @clarekelly.bsky.social · Sep 4

Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Sep 4

Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI

Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI

www.irishtimes.com

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America Xanadu @johnxuandou.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · Jul 2

This fits perfectly, as the default aesthetic of #AIslop already owes a lot to Kinkade: If you look at algorithmically curated databases used to fine-tune AI models such as «LAION aesthetics,» you'll find Kinkade's paintings ranked higher than almost anything else in terms of «aesthetic score»
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Aesthetic subset of LAION, above 6.5 predicted rating, the first image is a kinkade

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · Jul 14

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

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Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · Jul 15

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

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Simon Strick @unddieregel.bsky.social · Jul 8

so i went and looked, and people are playing games with a trollish 4chan grok, or it is playing with them. its frankly disturbing, weird directly radicalizing interactions between an AI and users.

CN hate speech screenshots below

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John Adlam 🌈🌍 @johnadlam.bsky.social · Jul 3

The 4th annual Henderson Heritage Group 'Experiences in Communities' public event: Friday 10 October 6-8pm
THE event of the autumn in the world of #democratictherapeuticcommunities and #activistresearch - tickets available now! ❤️‍🔥 #survivor #practicesofequality
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1440614559... ❤️

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Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks, Tom!

Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · Jun 8

APS 2025 - We are ready! See you tomorrow
@assocpsychosocial.bsky.social

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Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · Jun 7

We're getting ready, see you all soon!

Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · May 20

We are incredibly excited about the programme for our upcoming annual APS conference: www.conftool.net/aps-2025/ses...
You can still register! @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social

APS 2025 - ConfTool Pro - BrowseSessions

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Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · May 20

We are incredibly excited about the programme for our upcoming annual APS conference: www.conftool.net/aps-2025/ses...
You can still register! @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social

APS 2025 - ConfTool Pro - BrowseSessions

www.conftool.net

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Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · Apr 16

Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity - APS 2025
Registration closing soon!
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...

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Aaron Balick 🍉 @aaronbalick.com · Apr 15

Penned by Thomas Mann for Freud’s 80th birthday:

“A thinker and investigator who knew how to stand alone and then drew many to him and with him, he went his way and penetrated to truths which seemed dangerous because they revealed what had been anxiously hidden, and illumined dark places.

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Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · Apr 16

Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity - APS 2025
Registration closing soon!
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...

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Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · Apr 12

New publication:
Rethinking Symbolic Violence on Social Media: Incels and Mentalisation

ojs.ub.rub.de/index.php/HA...

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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · Apr 10

Radicalised Adolescence? Hit series sparks calls to counter toxic masculinity

The Netherlands now following the UK in launching initiatives to show Netflix's four-part series Adolescence in middle schools while France's education ministry ponders tighter controls on teens exposed to hate speech and porn. We’ll ask about a fiction inspired by real life cases of boys who went so far as to murder girls.

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Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · Apr 4

Adolescence and Toxic Masculinity
everydayinquiry.substack.com/p/adolescenc...

Adolescence and Toxic Masculinity

by Jacob Johanssen

everydayinquiry.substack.com

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Poul Rohleder @poul-rohleder.bsky.social · Apr 2

Coming out in September…
#psychoanalysis

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Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · Mar 30

I have written a short piece on Adolescence. The series is about more than "toxic masculinity". Many thanks to Everyday Analysis for publishing.
www.everydayanalysis.co.uk/post/adolesc...

Adolescence and Toxic Masculinity

Adolescence is about more than incels and toxic masculinity.

www.everydayanalysis.co.uk

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · Mar 28

Consensus worst “LOST” ep

Fox News screenshot. JD Vance annoying Greenland in person. Chyron: VANCE: THIS ISLAND IS NOT SAFE

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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · Mar 26

In der Netflix-Serie »Adolescence« begeht ein 13-Jähriger einen kaum fassbaren Mord. Wurde er von der sogenannten »Incel«-Community angestachelt? Der Kommunikationsforscher Jacob Johanssen dechiffriert die Codes und Werte der Subkultur.

Netflix-Serie »Adolescence«: Incel-Mythos der 80-20-Regel im Faktencheck

In der Netflix-Serie »Adolescence« begeht ein 13-Jähriger einen kaum fassbaren Mord. Wurde er von der sogenannten »Incel«-Community angestachelt? Der Kommunikationsforscher Jacob Johanssen dechiffriert die Codes und Werte der Subkultur.

www.spiegel.de

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · Mar 25

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Dr Jay Watts (they/she) @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Mar 22

NEW: The Equality and Human Right Commission is investigating Labour’s benefits cuts for potentially breaching the Equality Act. Spoiler alert: it is. I’m half way through all these PIP scoring forms and changing to needing 4 in one item is clearly discriminatory.

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A screenshot from The Telegraph’s website features a headline reading: “Labour benefit cuts may breach equality law, says human rights watchdog.” The subheading states: “Equality commission to consider how Liz Kendall’s £5b welfare reforms will impact disabled people.” Below the headline is a photo of Liz Kendall speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons. She is wearing large glasses and a dark blue suit, with a serious expression as MPs look on in the background.

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Jacob Johanssen @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social · Mar 11

Any Lackers on Bluesky? See you at LACK v!

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