Dr Stephanie Farnsworth-Meek
@mutanttheorist.bsky.social
Lecturer of Media and Communications at the University of Sunderland. Researcher of Mutant Theory and monstrous bodies.
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'As pressure mounts globally on the humanities, Africa’s leading writers and scholars used this week’s Nobel Symposium in Literature, held in South Africa, to argue that the arts are still vital to the world’s intellectual and moral life.'
‘It’s what makes us human’: Top writers defend humanities
As pressure mounts globally on the humanities, Africa’s leading writers and scholars used this week’s Nobel Symposium in Literature to argue that ...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
'As pressure mounts globally on the humanities, Africa’s leading writers and scholars used this week’s Nobel Symposium in Literature, held in South Africa, to argue that the arts are still vital to the world’s intellectual and moral life.'
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Environmental protesters are facing extraordinary licence conditions more commonly associated in terrorism cases on release from prison, in another serious abuse of rights to freedom of speech and freedom of association www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release
Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permission
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November 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Environmental protesters are facing extraordinary licence conditions more commonly associated in terrorism cases on release from prison, in another serious abuse of rights to freedom of speech and freedom of association www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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This should be reported alongside any coverage of the GTA 6 delay
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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UK union accuses GTA maker Rockstar Games of firing employees attempting to organise
According to The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain, the developer fired more than 30 staff last week for being members of a union-affiliated Discord channel
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This should be reported alongside any coverage of the GTA 6 delay
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
I wrote on this season of Celebrity Traitors for the University of Sunderland
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Celebrity Traitors - University of Sunderland
Discover the latest news from the University, including news about our research and academic experts.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I wrote on this season of Celebrity Traitors for the University of Sunderland
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"Trump Has Found His Class Enemy. The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Has Found His Class Enemy
The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Trump Has Found His Class Enemy. The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It is, in fact, the UK government undermining academic freedom by underfundong universities and forcing the entity higher education system to be reliant upon overseas market access
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China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It is, in fact, the UK government undermining academic freedom by underfundong universities and forcing the entity higher education system to be reliant upon overseas market access
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Watched the National Theatre Live version of All My Sons. Absolutely loved it. Sally Field is perfect in every role she takes on
November 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Watched the National Theatre Live version of All My Sons. Absolutely loved it. Sally Field is perfect in every role she takes on
Starting a new ACNH island when nobody else plays is a real test of patience. When will I ever find cherries?
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Starting a new ACNH island when nobody else plays is a real test of patience. When will I ever find cherries?
Animal Crossing: New Horizons actually has a content update 😭
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Animal Crossing: New Horizons actually has a content update 😭
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STAR WARS: MASTER OF EVIL is out in 2 weeks today! Some handy pre-order links here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/762382...
It's the first Vader novel in 10 years, but also the last Star Wars novel of 2025... so how about we blow the doors off this thing, hmm? Let's gooooooooo! Pre-order now!
It's the first Vader novel in 10 years, but also the last Star Wars novel of 2025... so how about we blow the doors off this thing, hmm? Let's gooooooooo! Pre-order now!
Star Wars: Master of Evil by Adam Christopher: 9780593874738 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
After Revenge of the Sith, a newly forged Darth Vader hunts for the secrets of life and death under the watchful eye of Emperor Palpatine. In the wake of Emperor Palpatine’s rise to power, the...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
STAR WARS: MASTER OF EVIL is out in 2 weeks today! Some handy pre-order links here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/762382...
It's the first Vader novel in 10 years, but also the last Star Wars novel of 2025... so how about we blow the doors off this thing, hmm? Let's gooooooooo! Pre-order now!
It's the first Vader novel in 10 years, but also the last Star Wars novel of 2025... so how about we blow the doors off this thing, hmm? Let's gooooooooo! Pre-order now!
Didn't enjoy Arceus much so I haven't rushed to ZA. Think I have committed some sort of blasphemy to returning to Let's Go, and afterward I will do Sw/Sh yet again
October 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Didn't enjoy Arceus much so I haven't rushed to ZA. Think I have committed some sort of blasphemy to returning to Let's Go, and afterward I will do Sw/Sh yet again
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I think a lot about how most big-city newspapers used to have a a couple of movie critics, a theater critic, a few book critics, an architecture critic, a music critic or two, an in-house cartoonist, at least two or three foreign correspondents, a fashion writer, and a whole staff of photographers
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I think a lot about how most big-city newspapers used to have a a couple of movie critics, a theater critic, a few book critics, an architecture critic, a music critic or two, an in-house cartoonist, at least two or three foreign correspondents, a fashion writer, and a whole staff of photographers
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After leaving HBO Max earlier this year, ‘Looney Tunes’ is a hit on Tubi, the company says, and popular across generations. It should be a model for every classic cartoons trapped in streaming limbo.
Make All Classic Cartoons Free
After leaving HBO Max earlier this year, ‘Looney Tunes’ is a hit on Tubi, the company says, and popular across generations. It should be a model for every classic cartoons trapped in streaming limbo.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After leaving HBO Max earlier this year, ‘Looney Tunes’ is a hit on Tubi, the company says, and popular across generations. It should be a model for every classic cartoons trapped in streaming limbo.
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
I get a lot of inquiries around projects which is lovely but when the email reaching out is clearly composed with ChatGPT I wonder
1/ do you know my workplace values and do we really align?
2/ how am I meant to judge your idea and competence?
3/ surely it takes more time than just writing???
1/ do you know my workplace values and do we really align?
2/ how am I meant to judge your idea and competence?
3/ surely it takes more time than just writing???
October 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I get a lot of inquiries around projects which is lovely but when the email reaching out is clearly composed with ChatGPT I wonder
1/ do you know my workplace values and do we really align?
2/ how am I meant to judge your idea and competence?
3/ surely it takes more time than just writing???
1/ do you know my workplace values and do we really align?
2/ how am I meant to judge your idea and competence?
3/ surely it takes more time than just writing???
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“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
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October 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
Feeling very poorly but taking a lot of comfort in watching a magpie hop about the garden (and the various feeders)
October 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Feeling very poorly but taking a lot of comfort in watching a magpie hop about the garden (and the various feeders)
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Spotted in the wild. 😊🥹
You can pre-order my book 📚 via @rutgersupress.bsky.social here
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You can pre-order my book 📚 via @rutgersupress.bsky.social here
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/media-cultur...
October 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Spotted in the wild. 😊🥹
You can pre-order my book 📚 via @rutgersupress.bsky.social here
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/media-cultur...
You can pre-order my book 📚 via @rutgersupress.bsky.social here
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/media-cultur...
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I wanted to review Silent Hill f but I didn’t want to rush it - so I didn’t. Consequently, here is my rather late verdict. It’s a masterpiece
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
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Silent Hill f review – fascinating horror game maims the monsters teenage girls face
After an apocalyptic supernatural fog descends, school girl Hinako wakes up in a town populated by psychosexual beasts and gaslighting men in masks
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October 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I wanted to review Silent Hill f but I didn’t want to rush it - so I didn’t. Consequently, here is my rather late verdict. It’s a masterpiece
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
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Oh no, this is such a shame! Lumiere is absolutely brilliant.
October 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Oh no, this is such a shame! Lumiere is absolutely brilliant.