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@kiyarulwa.bsky.social
still just here following folks emigrating from twitter. mostly a lurker, but may post about rofan webtoons, otome games, plave, academia, etc.
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There's Discourse about using genAI for writing research, and I want to add that every time I've done research (reading books, emailing the library, talking directly to experts, etc) I always stumble across something that inspires a new direction or adds depth that wouldn't have been there before.
December 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There's Discourse about using genAI for writing research, and I want to add that every time I've done research (reading books, emailing the library, talking directly to experts, etc) I always stumble across something that inspires a new direction or adds depth that wouldn't have been there before.
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Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
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NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1
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New issue of Journal of Anime and Manga Studies now available on open access! Ghibli/Loewe collabotation, Vision of Escaflowne, Attack on Titan, Akira, Junji Ito, Kaori Yuki and more! Plus back issues available on iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams
The Journal of Anime and Manga Studies
The Journal of Anime and Manga Studies is an open-access, anime studies academic journal with peer reviewed articles. Scholars interested in anime can rely on this journal’s quality scholarship on ani...
iopn.library.illinois.edu
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
New issue of Journal of Anime and Manga Studies now available on open access! Ghibli/Loewe collabotation, Vision of Escaflowne, Attack on Titan, Akira, Junji Ito, Kaori Yuki and more! Plus back issues available on iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our memory.
Some words affect us more than others. It boils down to how they sound
theconversation.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our memory.
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New today on the site!
Better a Pig: How Miyazaki's PORCO ROSSO Dismantles the Aesthetics of Fascism
- @aeneas-nin.bsky.social
Better a Pig: How Miyazaki's PORCO ROSSO Dismantles the Aesthetics of Fascism
- @aeneas-nin.bsky.social
Porco Rosso and the Aesthetics of Fascism
Porco Rosso creates a visual language for the anti-fascist politics at its center, undermining key components of the fascist aesthetic.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
New today on the site!
Better a Pig: How Miyazaki's PORCO ROSSO Dismantles the Aesthetics of Fascism
- @aeneas-nin.bsky.social
Better a Pig: How Miyazaki's PORCO ROSSO Dismantles the Aesthetics of Fascism
- @aeneas-nin.bsky.social
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WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
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Let me help here.
If most AI projects lose money, someone has to pay for them.
Hence: cost cutting.
So, actually, you can blame AI. But not for the usual reason claimed. AI is not replacing humans, it is replacing profits. And without profits, you can’t employ humans.
medium.com/@mattlar.jar...
If most AI projects lose money, someone has to pay for them.
Hence: cost cutting.
So, actually, you can blame AI. But not for the usual reason claimed. AI is not replacing humans, it is replacing profits. And without profits, you can’t employ humans.
medium.com/@mattlar.jar...
Companies Are Blaming AI for Layoffs. The Real Reason Will Piss You Off.
180,000 tech workers lost their jobs in 2025. Companies say it’s because of AI. Oxford researchers call BS.
medium.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Let me help here.
If most AI projects lose money, someone has to pay for them.
Hence: cost cutting.
So, actually, you can blame AI. But not for the usual reason claimed. AI is not replacing humans, it is replacing profits. And without profits, you can’t employ humans.
medium.com/@mattlar.jar...
If most AI projects lose money, someone has to pay for them.
Hence: cost cutting.
So, actually, you can blame AI. But not for the usual reason claimed. AI is not replacing humans, it is replacing profits. And without profits, you can’t employ humans.
medium.com/@mattlar.jar...
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GenAI truly is the asbestos poisoning our collectively shared resources and infrastructure.
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
GenAI truly is the asbestos poisoning our collectively shared resources and infrastructure.
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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해무배 들고갈 아크릴스탠드 선화 우땨땨
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
해무배 들고갈 아크릴스탠드 선화 우땨땨
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“We’ve been waiting for you.”
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
“We’ve been waiting for you.”
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If you like Bataille, you'll like me.
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
If you like Bataille, you'll like me.
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I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
Incredible
An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
December 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Incredible
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“The government wants to control TV news; owners of local affiliates want to consolidate; and the studios want to consolidate, too…. This circle represents the death of knowledge and art in an age of extreme wealth inequality.” —A.S. Hamrah
A Total Breakdown of All the Easter Eggs | A. S. Hamrah
In December 2019, three months before the pandemic, I was standing on a subway platform in Brooklyn when I recognized a prominent older film critic also
www.nybooks.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“The government wants to control TV news; owners of local affiliates want to consolidate; and the studios want to consolidate, too…. This circle represents the death of knowledge and art in an age of extreme wealth inequality.” —A.S. Hamrah
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I enjoyed reading this exploration of the arguments against romance fiction, since it does identify a real gap in the models romance offers for happiness. I admit that, even when it offers alternatives to romantic love e.g. www.vivanco.me.uk/faith-love-h... it emphasises happiness via community.
“Avoid Magic”: Le Guin’s Case for “Solitude” in the Era of Romantasy - Reactor
Weighed against the narrative perfection of a Happily Ever After, can there be pleasure in remaining alone?
reactormag.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I enjoyed reading this exploration of the arguments against romance fiction, since it does identify a real gap in the models romance offers for happiness. I admit that, even when it offers alternatives to romantic love e.g. www.vivanco.me.uk/faith-love-h... it emphasises happiness via community.
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Really great study on the rather troubling online discourse around Japanese language learning in certain portions of the web, focused on "techno-solutionism", consumption, and native bias just got published by a good buddy of mine. Open access too! Check it out @ academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Really great study on the rather troubling online discourse around Japanese language learning in certain portions of the web, focused on "techno-solutionism", consumption, and native bias just got published by a good buddy of mine. Open access too! Check it out @ academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
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It is Theranos over and over again. From $1.5bi valuation to zero to Filipino contractors masquerading as AI, it’s just so much grift.
(Of course, LLMs can have legitimate business applications, but realistic pitches don’t seem to raise hundreds of millions)
Gift link.
(Of course, LLMs can have legitimate business applications, but realistic pitches don’t seem to raise hundreds of millions)
Gift link.
How This A.I. Company Collapsed Amid Silicon Valley’s Biggest Boom
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It is Theranos over and over again. From $1.5bi valuation to zero to Filipino contractors masquerading as AI, it’s just so much grift.
(Of course, LLMs can have legitimate business applications, but realistic pitches don’t seem to raise hundreds of millions)
Gift link.
(Of course, LLMs can have legitimate business applications, but realistic pitches don’t seem to raise hundreds of millions)
Gift link.
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Really good investigative piece on the absurdity of the fad of pushing AI into education. We have a non-violent John Brown, teacherless schools, and, of course, billionaires trying to profit from enshitfication.
Silicon Valley’s Drive to Get AI Into America’s Schools Is Working
Educators across the country are bringing chatbots into their lesson plans. Will it help kids learn or is it just another doomed ed-tech fad?
www.bloomberg.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Really good investigative piece on the absurdity of the fad of pushing AI into education. We have a non-violent John Brown, teacherless schools, and, of course, billionaires trying to profit from enshitfication.
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From October 2025 -
The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - cup.org/3WCwC5v
- Nourhan A. Elsayed, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @riazsascha.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - cup.org/3WCwC5v
- Nourhan A. Elsayed, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @riazsascha.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
From October 2025 -
The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - cup.org/3WCwC5v
- Nourhan A. Elsayed, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @riazsascha.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - cup.org/3WCwC5v
- Nourhan A. Elsayed, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @riazsascha.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess