Emil Stjernholm
@emilstjernholm.bsky.social
Media scholar | Associate Professor @ Lund University | Propaganda | Visual Communication | Media History | Digital Methods | Preparedness and Resilience
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“Nazis, I hate these guys”: Indiana Jones as an antifascist memetic icon
Indiana Jones’ staunch anti-Nazism and the franchise’s satirical belittling and ridicule of the Third Reich render its protagonist an antifascist memetic icon. While considerable attention has been...
www.tandfonline.com
About 15 years ago @alainaschempp.bsky.social and I started studying together at Amsterdam University. Now we have co-authored a piece on Indiana Jones as a memetic icon in contemporary digital culture! Check it out:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Som också har en tidigare karriär med att starta smutskastningsprokekt åt svenskt näringsliv utan att säga att det är från dem
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Som också har en tidigare karriär med att starta smutskastningsprokekt åt svenskt näringsliv utan att säga att det är från dem
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Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Far-right minister defends killing of two men in Jenin, saying ‘terrorists must die’
Video of an Israeli military raid in Jenin shows soldiers summarily executing two Palestinians they had detained seconds earlier.
The shooting on Thursday evening, which was also witnessed by journalists close to the scene, is under justice ministry review, but has already been defended by Israel’s far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who declared: “terrorists must die”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Bokat simskola för snart 6-åriga dottern. Fy satan va snuskigt dyrt.
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Bokat simskola för snart 6-åriga dottern. Fy satan va snuskigt dyrt.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Wu Tang Clan, Columbiahalle Berlin
The Tough Alliance, KB Malmö
Black Moon, Cassiopeia Berlin
DJ Premier, Paradiso Amsterdam
The Magnetic Fields, Operaen Köpenhamn
Wu Tang Clan, Columbiahalle Berlin
The Tough Alliance, KB Malmö
Black Moon, Cassiopeia Berlin
DJ Premier, Paradiso Amsterdam
The Magnetic Fields, Operaen Köpenhamn
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Dead can Dance
Bikini Kill
Devo
Skinny Puppy
Soft Cell
Dead can Dance
Bikini Kill
Devo
Skinny Puppy
Soft Cell
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin
Nina Simone
B B King
Sensational Alex Harvey Band
( some legends, among many, many others)
Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin
Nina Simone
B B King
Sensational Alex Harvey Band
( some legends, among many, many others)
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Wu Tang Clan, Columbiahalle Berlin
The Tough Alliance, KB Malmö
Black Moon, Cassiopeia Berlin
DJ Premier, Paradiso Amsterdam
The Magnetic Fields, Operaen Köpenhamn
Wu Tang Clan, Columbiahalle Berlin
The Tough Alliance, KB Malmö
Black Moon, Cassiopeia Berlin
DJ Premier, Paradiso Amsterdam
The Magnetic Fields, Operaen Köpenhamn
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Idag har jag varit på en så intressant föreläsning. Om bildigenkänningstillämpningen som används i projektet Stadens ansikten (stadsmuseet.stockholm/kunskap-och-...) (ett projekt som kopplar historiska porträtt till biografisk data om stockholmare 1880-1930). Så mkt WOW!
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Idag har jag varit på en så intressant föreläsning. Om bildigenkänningstillämpningen som används i projektet Stadens ansikten (stadsmuseet.stockholm/kunskap-och-...) (ett projekt som kopplar historiska porträtt till biografisk data om stockholmare 1880-1930). Så mkt WOW!
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sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
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«Critical thinking is not the sole attribute of literature and philosophy departments. Instead, it is embedded in science, engineering and other hardcore technical disciplines, where logic and problem-solving are non-negotiable.»
No, critical thinking is not «problem-solving».
It's problematization
No, critical thinking is not «problem-solving».
It's problematization
Who, pray tell, is worshipping the liberal arts? Where is the mythical university alluded to here where STEM and business courses are criticized and somehow disincentivized by those in power?
It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Letters
Letters: While such institutions have intrinsic value, that doesn’t mean they are entitled to be socially favoured or economically exceptional for ever, says Jianyang Geng
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
«Critical thinking is not the sole attribute of literature and philosophy departments. Instead, it is embedded in science, engineering and other hardcore technical disciplines, where logic and problem-solving are non-negotiable.»
No, critical thinking is not «problem-solving».
It's problematization
No, critical thinking is not «problem-solving».
It's problematization
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Henrik Jönsson är inte journalist utan åsiktsbulvan. Till 100%. Ett redskap för ljusskygga kapitalintressen som betalar för att få politisk makt. Motsatsen till granskande journalistik.
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Henrik Jönsson är inte journalist utan åsiktsbulvan. Till 100%. Ett redskap för ljusskygga kapitalintressen som betalar för att få politisk makt. Motsatsen till granskande journalistik.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Vad skiljer etablerade medier och PS från opinionskanaler som Henrik Jönsson på mediemarknaden? "Problemet uppstår när opinionskanaler med svagt eller obefintligt medieetiskt ramverk jämförs med redaktioner som prövar verkligheten och granskar makten i allmänhetens tjänst."
www.dn.se/kultur/brit-...
www.dn.se/kultur/brit-...
Brit Stakston: Lögner och överdrifter är de nya medieprofilernas affärsidé
Det finns två olika typer av medier i Sverige: den som söker sanningen och den andra som sysslar med ren propaganda, skriver Brit Stakston.
www.dn.se
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Vad skiljer etablerade medier och PS från opinionskanaler som Henrik Jönsson på mediemarknaden? "Problemet uppstår när opinionskanaler med svagt eller obefintligt medieetiskt ramverk jämförs med redaktioner som prövar verkligheten och granskar makten i allmänhetens tjänst."
www.dn.se/kultur/brit-...
www.dn.se/kultur/brit-...
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I think that list was made by the people who think The Bear really does belong in the comedy category
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I think that list was made by the people who think The Bear really does belong in the comedy category
Gillar att Nakna pistolen lite oväntat rankas nummer ett men sen traderas bara samma gamla trötta komedikanon som vanligt (Some Like it Hot, Dr Strangelove osv). Finkulturskomedier.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Gillar att Nakna pistolen lite oväntat rankas nummer ett men sen traderas bara samma gamla trötta komedikanon som vanligt (Some Like it Hot, Dr Strangelove osv). Finkulturskomedier.
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Det här är verkligen en ding ding värld.
Ministern ansvarig för att bemöta desinformation intervjuas av en trollfabrik för att beskylla oppositionen bedriva en trollfabrik.
Ministern ansvarig för att bemöta desinformation intervjuas av en trollfabrik för att beskylla oppositionen bedriva en trollfabrik.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Det här är verkligen en ding ding värld.
Ministern ansvarig för att bemöta desinformation intervjuas av en trollfabrik för att beskylla oppositionen bedriva en trollfabrik.
Ministern ansvarig för att bemöta desinformation intervjuas av en trollfabrik för att beskylla oppositionen bedriva en trollfabrik.
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Sylvan: “Vi har också en mycket stark finansiell situation. Det bygger på att det är starkt kassaflödesgenererade verksamheter med väldigt låga investeringskrav och i de flesta verksamheterna får vi skolpengen innan vi får kostnaderna, alltså på förhand”
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sylvan: “Vi har också en mycket stark finansiell situation. Det bygger på att det är starkt kassaflödesgenererade verksamheter med väldigt låga investeringskrav och i de flesta verksamheterna får vi skolpengen innan vi får kostnaderna, alltså på förhand”
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One of the big tidal forces of the coming years is that the baseline reliability of things you see on a screen is going to decline.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
One of the big tidal forces of the coming years is that the baseline reliability of things you see on a screen is going to decline.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
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Today’s “teenage mental health crisis” and social media panic are founded in nostalgic myths. Our best long-term surveys and statistics show Boomer and Xer teens were no happier or more “together” than teens are today
Today’s “teenage mental health crisis” and social media panic are founded in nostalgic myths
Our best long-term surveys and statistics show Boomer and Xer teens were no happier or more “together” than teens are today. Elders: cut out your boasting, and Gen Z: don't believe them!
mikemales.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today’s “teenage mental health crisis” and social media panic are founded in nostalgic myths. Our best long-term surveys and statistics show Boomer and Xer teens were no happier or more “together” than teens are today
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
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New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
Skippa idrottshall, skolbibliotek, Bregott och behöriga lärare, belönas med 30 miljoner! Detta är alltså kostnaden för ”underskottskompensation” i en enda kommun. Var är Slöseriombudsmannen?
"31,2 miljoner gick till de fristående skolorna i Sundsvall i år i retroaktiv underskottskompensation. Jag vågar påstå att det både är orättvist och orättfärdigt. Jag vågar påstå att vi bär mer."
Och jag håller med.
www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/pBg...
Och jag håller med.
www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/pBg...
Vi blöder – vem släppte in vargarna till lammen?
DEBATT. November. Vintern är på väg. Mörkret är över oss. Bistra tider väntar, även ekonomiskt. Budgetarbetet pågår i den kommunala skolan. Vad ska vi spara in
www.aftonbladet.se
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Skippa idrottshall, skolbibliotek, Bregott och behöriga lärare, belönas med 30 miljoner! Detta är alltså kostnaden för ”underskottskompensation” i en enda kommun. Var är Slöseriombudsmannen?
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"on OpenAI, nobody anticipated ChatGPT would become the success that it was. Their focus was on ... “general intelligence.” But ChatGPT’s sweep of the world suggests that these models did not need to be intelligent to find a user base, they needed to simulate a social experience"
What was ChatGPT? Now nearly three years old, we can look at OpenAI's LLM as a product of its time, optimized ever since to its earliest uses. While this period of deep disorientation and social isolation has been obscured from public memory, it remains embedded within the interface.
What Was ChatGPT?
A Chatbot Optimized for Social Distance
Three years after the launch of ChatGPT, we can finally speak in hindsight about what it was and how it came to be. Its meteoric rise shocked the world, gather...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"on OpenAI, nobody anticipated ChatGPT would become the success that it was. Their focus was on ... “general intelligence.” But ChatGPT’s sweep of the world suggests that these models did not need to be intelligent to find a user base, they needed to simulate a social experience"
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”Åsiktskorridoren – och att människors liv slogs i spillror för att de var kritiska till den höga migrationen – är dock en myt av monumentala mått.
Detta är Neuding om inte annat själv ett bevis på.”
Teodor Stig-Matz har läst Paulina Neudings ”Igår kväll i Sverige”.
arbetet.se/2025/11/25/p...
Detta är Neuding om inte annat själv ett bevis på.”
Teodor Stig-Matz har läst Paulina Neudings ”Igår kväll i Sverige”.
arbetet.se/2025/11/25/p...
Neudings lösning på integrationen kan sammanfattas i tre ord
Opinionsbildarens bok ”Igår kväll i Sverige” kommer utan förslag.
arbetet.se
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
”Åsiktskorridoren – och att människors liv slogs i spillror för att de var kritiska till den höga migrationen – är dock en myt av monumentala mått.
Detta är Neuding om inte annat själv ett bevis på.”
Teodor Stig-Matz har läst Paulina Neudings ”Igår kväll i Sverige”.
arbetet.se/2025/11/25/p...
Detta är Neuding om inte annat själv ett bevis på.”
Teodor Stig-Matz har läst Paulina Neudings ”Igår kväll i Sverige”.
arbetet.se/2025/11/25/p...
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Sorry, but why does every single person who thinks of this believe they’re the only person in the world to think of this? FWIW, as others have said, yes, students can and will use LLMs to reflect on the LLM’s initial response. (That’s also not what a primary source is but whatever.)
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sorry, but why does every single person who thinks of this believe they’re the only person in the world to think of this? FWIW, as others have said, yes, students can and will use LLMs to reflect on the LLM’s initial response. (That’s also not what a primary source is but whatever.)
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Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
”- Jeg skal ikke være træner i Malmö FF, siger Lars Friis til Campo.”
Efter att ha läst Gasettens rapport om Friis känner jag mig lite lättad. Hoppas lite på Erling Moe, flera titlar med Molde och bra prestationer i Europa…
campo.dk/2025/11/23/e...
Efter att ha läst Gasettens rapport om Friis känner jag mig lite lättad. Hoppas lite på Erling Moe, flera titlar med Molde och bra prestationer i Europa…
campo.dk/2025/11/23/e...
Eksklusivt: – Skal ikke være træner i Malmö
Trods længere tids rygter bliver det ikke Lars Friis, der tager over i Malmö FF.
campo.dk
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
”- Jeg skal ikke være træner i Malmö FF, siger Lars Friis til Campo.”
Efter att ha läst Gasettens rapport om Friis känner jag mig lite lättad. Hoppas lite på Erling Moe, flera titlar med Molde och bra prestationer i Europa…
campo.dk/2025/11/23/e...
Efter att ha läst Gasettens rapport om Friis känner jag mig lite lättad. Hoppas lite på Erling Moe, flera titlar med Molde och bra prestationer i Europa…
campo.dk/2025/11/23/e...