Nicole K. Stewart
@nicolestewart.bsky.social
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Researches: platform studies / communication technologies / digital media + cultures
Researches: platform studies / communication technologies / digital media + cultures
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NEW PUB: Twitch’s Digital News Standard: Breaking Journalistic Boundaries in Platform Streaming Environments in Digital Journalism
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November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
NEW PUB: Twitch’s Digital News Standard: Breaking Journalistic Boundaries in Platform Streaming Environments in Digital Journalism
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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We didn't plagiarize, you made us plagiarize by asking questions to which we stole the answers.
"Because its output is generated by users of the chatbot via their prompts, OpenAI said, they were the ones who should be held legally liable for it – an argument rejected by the court."
"Because its output is generated by users of the chatbot via their prompts, OpenAI said, they were the ones who should be held legally liable for it – an argument rejected by the court."
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 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
We didn't plagiarize, you made us plagiarize by asking questions to which we stole the answers.
"Because its output is generated by users of the chatbot via their prompts, OpenAI said, they were the ones who should be held legally liable for it – an argument rejected by the court."
"Because its output is generated by users of the chatbot via their prompts, OpenAI said, they were the ones who should be held legally liable for it – an argument rejected by the court."
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ONLINE FIRST! This article by @nicolestewart.bsky.social, Joseph M. Nicolai and Graeme Beamiss examines how streamers-as-news-providers on #Twitch remix and amplify secondary #news sources for followers, and develops a new “platform #streaming framework”. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
ONLINE FIRST! This article by @nicolestewart.bsky.social, Joseph M. Nicolai and Graeme Beamiss examines how streamers-as-news-providers on #Twitch remix and amplify secondary #news sources for followers, and develops a new “platform #streaming framework”. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Who said twitch is just for games? We ARE the media now.
ONLINE FIRST! This article by @nicolestewart.bsky.social, Joseph M. Nicolai and Graeme Beamiss examines how streamers-as-news-providers on #Twitch remix and amplify secondary #news sources for followers, and develops a new “platform #streaming framework”. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Who said twitch is just for games? We ARE the media now.
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“When Sora finished generating those videos it sent us notifications like ‘Your choke scene just went live, brace for chaos,’ and ‘Yikes, intense choke scene, watch responsibly.’”
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
“When Sora finished generating those videos it sent us notifications like ‘Your choke scene just went live, brace for chaos,’ and ‘Yikes, intense choke scene, watch responsibly.’”
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My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated paedophile hellscape’?
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
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Big beautiful elections.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Big beautiful elections.
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My favorite way to "derive" the Schrödinger eq: think of a plane wave with frequency ω and wave number k. Planck tells you E=hbar ω, de Broglie says p = hbar k, and Newton says E=p^2/2m. From that you can get a dispersion relation ω = (hbar/2m)k^2. Then just guess what equation has that solution.
August 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My favorite way to "derive" the Schrödinger eq: think of a plane wave with frequency ω and wave number k. Planck tells you E=hbar ω, de Broglie says p = hbar k, and Newton says E=p^2/2m. From that you can get a dispersion relation ω = (hbar/2m)k^2. Then just guess what equation has that solution.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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“it’s 2025, surely nobody could still be using ‘password’ as their password”
the louvre: hold our baguette
the louvre: hold our baguette
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“it’s 2025, surely nobody could still be using ‘password’ as their password”
the louvre: hold our baguette
the louvre: hold our baguette
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The authoritarian takeover of X was a harbinger of the regime’s strategy for America at large.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
I'm doing a big Bluesky column today! Hit me with your where-Bluesky-is-at-this-moment-in-2025 takes
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The authoritarian takeover of X was a harbinger of the regime’s strategy for America at large.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
NEW PUB: Twitch’s Digital News Standard: Breaking Journalistic Boundaries in Platform Streaming Environments in Digital Journalism
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/62NS2...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/62NS2...
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
NEW PUB: Twitch’s Digital News Standard: Breaking Journalistic Boundaries in Platform Streaming Environments in Digital Journalism
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/62NS2...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/62NS2...
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"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
'Give your money away,' Billie Eilish tells billionaires
The singer called on the mega wealthy to donate more to charity, during a speech at the WSJ Awards attended by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and George Lucas.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
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#CfP out now: M/C Journal '#multiverse' issue, edited by Angelique Nairn & Lorna Piatti-Farnell. Articles due 12 Jan. 2026, issue launch 18 Mar. 2026.
journal.media-cultur...
journal.media-cultur...
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
#CfP out now: M/C Journal '#multiverse' issue, edited by Angelique Nairn & Lorna Piatti-Farnell. Articles due 12 Jan. 2026, issue launch 18 Mar. 2026.
journal.media-cultur...
journal.media-cultur...
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My gut reaction to all these announcements of “AI” driven layoffs is that it’s ideological cover for recession-driven layoffs
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My gut reaction to all these announcements of “AI” driven layoffs is that it’s ideological cover for recession-driven layoffs
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How do AI videos end up on Donald Trump’s social media accounts? WIRED investigates. www.wired.com/story/donald...
Donald Trump Is the First AI Slop President
How do AI videos end up on Donald Trump’s social media accounts? WIRED investigates.
www.wired.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How do AI videos end up on Donald Trump’s social media accounts? WIRED investigates. www.wired.com/story/donald...
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As it turns out, Texas is one of the queerest states in the country. Only California has more LGBTQ+ identifying residents. Texas is home to more queer people than all the queer people in Canada.
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
As it turns out, Texas is one of the queerest states in the country. Only California has more LGBTQ+ identifying residents. Texas is home to more queer people than all the queer people in Canada.
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SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS! Submit abstracts to Digital Journalism’s latest Special Issue on "𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁-𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴", edited by Carolina Fernández Castrillo, Antonio López, @salaverria.es, & Vitor Tomé.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS! Submit abstracts to Digital Journalism’s latest Special Issue on "𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁-𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴", edited by Carolina Fernández Castrillo, Antonio López, @salaverria.es, & Vitor Tomé.
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I am getting the sense that people are reading Wired's article about Alpha Schools and thinking they are public schools. They are not.
It's a network of 14 very expensive private schools. I hate the whole idea, but, no students are being forced to attend.
Inside San Francisco’s new AI school: is this the future of US education?
The private Alpha School says its students can learn faster and better – but experts warn not all may benefit from an AI boom in schools
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I am getting the sense that people are reading Wired's article about Alpha Schools and thinking they are public schools. They are not.
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There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
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By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.
The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years
By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.
wrd.cm
October 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.
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Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
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ADM+S researcher @tjthomson.bsky.social explores the idea that AI systems don’t ‘see’ the world like humans do, which is shaping how AI generated images look and feel
Read the full @theconversation.com article here: bit.ly/47eXJZy
#AIgenerated #AIimages
Read the full @theconversation.com article here: bit.ly/47eXJZy
#AIgenerated #AIimages
October 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
ADM+S researcher @tjthomson.bsky.social explores the idea that AI systems don’t ‘see’ the world like humans do, which is shaping how AI generated images look and feel
Read the full @theconversation.com article here: bit.ly/47eXJZy
#AIgenerated #AIimages
Read the full @theconversation.com article here: bit.ly/47eXJZy
#AIgenerated #AIimages