Dr Rhys Steven Jones
@rhysteven.bsky.social
asst prof film, media & culture @UvA_Amsterdam | historical materialism - critical theory - horror cinema - pop culture | he/him
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our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Filming Capital
www.dukeupress.edu
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
It is so heartening to see @openlibhums.org (and its publishing model that prioritises research integrity over profit!) growing at such a challenging time for the humanities.
We all need to start thinking more carefully about where we publish our work...
www.openlibhums.org/news/865/?fb...
We all need to start thinking more carefully about where we publish our work...
www.openlibhums.org/news/865/?fb...
OLH annual report 2024-2025
We're delighted to be publishing our 2024-25 annual report, which outlines the fantastic successes of the entire OLH team over the past financial year from 01 August 2024 to 31 …
www.openlibhums.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It is so heartening to see @openlibhums.org (and its publishing model that prioritises research integrity over profit!) growing at such a challenging time for the humanities.
We all need to start thinking more carefully about where we publish our work...
www.openlibhums.org/news/865/?fb...
We all need to start thinking more carefully about where we publish our work...
www.openlibhums.org/news/865/?fb...
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teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI
against-a-i.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
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I don't think we can put the toothpaste back in the tube at this point. But I think we can maybe get to a point where we recognize that AI, like toothpaste, is best used in scant amounts for specific, relatively infrequent tasks, rather than slathered indiscriminately all over everything.
Hopefully this retraction (along with other recent papers casting doubt on the promise of AI for productivity) means we've reached the peak of the AI hype cycle.
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More Discoveries with AI
The retracted paper had impressed a Nobel Prize winner in economics.
gizmodo.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I don't think we can put the toothpaste back in the tube at this point. But I think we can maybe get to a point where we recognize that AI, like toothpaste, is best used in scant amounts for specific, relatively infrequent tasks, rather than slathered indiscriminately all over everything.
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It seemed time to update my post from March 2024 titled "There Is No Ethical Use of AI". Lots of links to essays, research articles, podcasts on the glory of AI's destruction of the environment, destruction of culture, destruction of our brains...
matthewcheney.net/blog/there-i...
matthewcheney.net/blog/there-i...
There Is (Still) No Ethical Use of AI
In March 2024, I wrote a post declaring “There Is No Ethical Use of AI”. My point was not that you should not use AI. Personally, I try never to use it, but it’s getting more and more difficult as so ...
matthewcheney.net
August 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It seemed time to update my post from March 2024 titled "There Is No Ethical Use of AI". Lots of links to essays, research articles, podcasts on the glory of AI's destruction of the environment, destruction of culture, destruction of our brains...
matthewcheney.net/blog/there-i...
matthewcheney.net/blog/there-i...
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“latest in a longline of computerized fads that plunk kids in front of screens+deny them crucial socialization skills, suppressing their ability to think critically”
Https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/ai-alpha-school-austin-texas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/ai-alpha-school-austin-texas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
A.I.-Driven Education: Founded in Texas and Coming to a School Near You
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“latest in a longline of computerized fads that plunk kids in front of screens+deny them crucial socialization skills, suppressing their ability to think critically”
Https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/ai-alpha-school-austin-texas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/ai-alpha-school-austin-texas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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The time has come to reinvent academic publishing. Over the last years conglomerates have bought up once respectable publishers and turned them into rent extraction machines, generating obscene profits from tax-payer funded research and unremunerated academic labor./
mediastudies.hypotheses.org/6850
mediastudies.hypotheses.org/6850
Sale of the Amsterdam University Press (AUP) film, media and communication list to Taylor & Francis – Resignation of series editors and editorial board members
It is with great dismay that we, the undersigned, learned that the film, media and communication list of Amsterdam University Press (AUP) has been taken over by Taylor & Francis, a subsidiary of Infor...
mediastudies.hypotheses.org
July 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The time has come to reinvent academic publishing. Over the last years conglomerates have bought up once respectable publishers and turned them into rent extraction machines, generating obscene profits from tax-payer funded research and unremunerated academic labor./
mediastudies.hypotheses.org/6850
mediastudies.hypotheses.org/6850
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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“conspiracy is degraded cognitive mapping”
It is easier to imagine a secret cabal of the elite controlling the weather with lasers than it is to grasp the open secret of fossil fuel companies preventing any meaningful legislation against climate change.
July 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“conspiracy is degraded cognitive mapping”
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I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
June 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
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"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning."
More research on the cognitive deficit of relying only on AI... you can't even remember the information you called up. That's how learning works! arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
arxiv.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning."
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Absolutely heartbroken to learn that Professor Simon James has passed away after a short illness. Simon was a stalwart union rep in the English Department, and a personal friend to many of us in the branch. We'll miss his humour, his passion, and his dedication to making things better for people.
June 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Absolutely heartbroken to learn that Professor Simon James has passed away after a short illness. Simon was a stalwart union rep in the English Department, and a personal friend to many of us in the branch. We'll miss his humour, his passion, and his dedication to making things better for people.
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Each of the articles in this special issue theorizes the [] between trans and crip in distinct yet interconnected ways, expanding on the dynamic tension between difference and alignment.
I’ll be introducing them throughout June.
@dukepress.bsky.social
I’ll be introducing them throughout June.
@dukepress.bsky.social
![TSQ Transgender Studies Quarterly
Volume 12, Number 2, May 2025
Toward a Trans[]Crip Theory
Special Issue. Editors
J. Logan Smilges and Slava Greenberg
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June 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Each of the articles in this special issue theorizes the [] between trans and crip in distinct yet interconnected ways, expanding on the dynamic tension between difference and alignment.
I’ll be introducing them throughout June.
@dukepress.bsky.social
I’ll be introducing them throughout June.
@dukepress.bsky.social
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🚨Five Labour MPs visited Israel on a trip sponsored by Labour Friends of Israel last week.
They met with Israeli president Isaac Herzog who said the "entire nation" of Gaza was collectively responsible for 7 October.
They met with Israeli president Isaac Herzog who said the "entire nation" of Gaza was collectively responsible for 7 October.
June 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🚨Five Labour MPs visited Israel on a trip sponsored by Labour Friends of Israel last week.
They met with Israeli president Isaac Herzog who said the "entire nation" of Gaza was collectively responsible for 7 October.
They met with Israeli president Isaac Herzog who said the "entire nation" of Gaza was collectively responsible for 7 October.
Submit an abstract! Tell your friends!
Check out the CFP for this year’s World Picture conference hosted in collaboration w/ brilliant colleagues at UvA @jacobengelberg.bsky.social @rhysteven.bsky.social & Abe Geil in November! necs.org/news/calls-f...
May 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Submit an abstract! Tell your friends!
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Joshua Clover (1962-2025)
April 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Joshua Clover (1962-2025)
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What my various inboxes are full of. 👇🏻
Screw the so-called Labour Party; screw the so-called EHRC; and screw the so-called Supreme Court: you've not made even one woman safer but you're causing great cruelty to tens of thousands of people leading blameless lives.
Screw the so-called Labour Party; screw the so-called EHRC; and screw the so-called Supreme Court: you've not made even one woman safer but you're causing great cruelty to tens of thousands of people leading blameless lives.
April 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What my various inboxes are full of. 👇🏻
Screw the so-called Labour Party; screw the so-called EHRC; and screw the so-called Supreme Court: you've not made even one woman safer but you're causing great cruelty to tens of thousands of people leading blameless lives.
Screw the so-called Labour Party; screw the so-called EHRC; and screw the so-called Supreme Court: you've not made even one woman safer but you're causing great cruelty to tens of thousands of people leading blameless lives.
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What the Supreme Court said, less than a fortnight ago. It was legally incoherent then and it's practically incoherent now.
(supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...).
(supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...).
April 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
What the Supreme Court said, less than a fortnight ago. It was legally incoherent then and it's practically incoherent now.
(supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...).
(supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...).
Donate if you can!
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Help the @goodlawproject.bsky.social fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision: goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Help the @goodlawproject.bsky.social fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision: goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
goodlawproject.org
April 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Donate if you can!
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Help the @goodlawproject.bsky.social fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision: goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Help the @goodlawproject.bsky.social fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision: goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
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Thanks to support from the trans community and its allies we are now advertising for a full time equalities solicitor.
Trans people know they are at the thin end of fascism. If you're a lawyer, here's how you help them fight back. goodlawproject.org/vacancy/seni...
Trans people know they are at the thin end of fascism. If you're a lawyer, here's how you help them fight back. goodlawproject.org/vacancy/seni...
Senior Associate - Equalities Law | Good Law Project
Join the team at Good Law Project
goodlawproject.org
April 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Thanks to support from the trans community and its allies we are now advertising for a full time equalities solicitor.
Trans people know they are at the thin end of fascism. If you're a lawyer, here's how you help them fight back. goodlawproject.org/vacancy/seni...
Trans people know they are at the thin end of fascism. If you're a lawyer, here's how you help them fight back. goodlawproject.org/vacancy/seni...
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This article is so good
Definitely read it, especially if you aren't British and want to understand what is going on
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...
Definitely read it, especially if you aren't British and want to understand what is going on
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...
The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
A UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
April 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This article is so good
Definitely read it, especially if you aren't British and want to understand what is going on
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...
Definitely read it, especially if you aren't British and want to understand what is going on
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...
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Dutch universities will go on strike! Against the 1.3 billion cuts!
March 10: Leiden University
March 11: Utrecht University
March 13: University Nijmegen
March 17: University of Amsterdam
March 20: Maastricht University
March 27: VU Amsterdam
April 10: Tilburg University
@woinactie.bsky.social
March 10: Leiden University
March 11: Utrecht University
March 13: University Nijmegen
March 17: University of Amsterdam
March 20: Maastricht University
March 27: VU Amsterdam
April 10: Tilburg University
@woinactie.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Dutch universities will go on strike! Against the 1.3 billion cuts!
March 10: Leiden University
March 11: Utrecht University
March 13: University Nijmegen
March 17: University of Amsterdam
March 20: Maastricht University
March 27: VU Amsterdam
April 10: Tilburg University
@woinactie.bsky.social
March 10: Leiden University
March 11: Utrecht University
March 13: University Nijmegen
March 17: University of Amsterdam
March 20: Maastricht University
March 27: VU Amsterdam
April 10: Tilburg University
@woinactie.bsky.social