Sofia Brizio
@sofiabrizio.bsky.social
PhD in Media Diversity at BCU. Alumna and ex TA @cujournmedcul.bsky.social 🎓| I write, edit and translate books 📚✨✒️| Disability rights activist. Occasional Paraswimmer| ♿️🇮🇹🏴🏳️🌈
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Nine regional newspaper publishers in the US are the latest to sue OpenAI and Microsoft alleging their AI models have "copied hundreds of thousands of articles and other materials" from their websites pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ne...
Who's suing AI and who's signing: Nine more US regional newspapers sue OpenAI
News AI deals revealed: Which publishers are suing and which are signing deal with the tech giants over generative AI.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Nine regional newspaper publishers in the US are the latest to sue OpenAI and Microsoft alleging their AI models have "copied hundreds of thousands of articles and other materials" from their websites pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ne...
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Word of the Year season continues and Oxford University Press has now crowned rage bait as its 2025 winner.
It’s a choice that perfectly captures the emotional temperature of our online world.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yhfuph5n
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#linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #wordoftheyear2025 #woty2025
It’s a choice that perfectly captures the emotional temperature of our online world.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yhfuph5n
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#linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #wordoftheyear2025 #woty2025
Rage bait named word of the year 2025 by Oxford University Press
The phrase - meaning to get angry scrolling through social media - beats aura farming and biohack to the title.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Word of the Year season continues and Oxford University Press has now crowned rage bait as its 2025 winner.
It’s a choice that perfectly captures the emotional temperature of our online world.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yhfuph5n
🧵👇
#linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #wordoftheyear2025 #woty2025
It’s a choice that perfectly captures the emotional temperature of our online world.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yhfuph5n
🧵👇
#linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #wordoftheyear2025 #woty2025
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ANNOUNCING: PUBLISHER NOT FOUND - our final book and the 404 Ink Bursary, coming 2026.
We will be launching the bursary with an initial £3,000 pledged from us towards small press projects. We are also publishing PUBLISHER NOT FOUND, a behind the scenes look at 404.
www.404ink.com/blog/publish...
We will be launching the bursary with an initial £3,000 pledged from us towards small press projects. We are also publishing PUBLISHER NOT FOUND, a behind the scenes look at 404.
www.404ink.com/blog/publish...
404 Ink co-founders launch new book and industry fundraiser for small presses — 404 Ink
404 Ink to publish one final book as part of small press fundraiser, launching in 2026.
www.404ink.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
ANNOUNCING: PUBLISHER NOT FOUND - our final book and the 404 Ink Bursary, coming 2026.
We will be launching the bursary with an initial £3,000 pledged from us towards small press projects. We are also publishing PUBLISHER NOT FOUND, a behind the scenes look at 404.
www.404ink.com/blog/publish...
We will be launching the bursary with an initial £3,000 pledged from us towards small press projects. We are also publishing PUBLISHER NOT FOUND, a behind the scenes look at 404.
www.404ink.com/blog/publish...
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UK Labour Force Survey data suggests sharp fall in younger journalists in past two years
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November 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
UK Labour Force Survey data suggests sharp fall in younger journalists in past two years
pressgazette.co.uk/diversity/jo...
pressgazette.co.uk/diversity/jo...
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#OTD 41 years ago, Eleanor Bumpurs, a Black woman with mental health challenges, was killed by the NYPD. Her death still drives calls for police accountability. Historian Ashley Farmer, Bumpurs’ former neighbor, explores why people continue to #SayHerName. buff.ly/j8S3oQP
More than 40 years after police killed Eleanor Bumpurs in her Bronx apartment, people still #sayhername
The 1984 murder of a Black grandmother in her Bronx apartment sparked an ongoing movement against police brutality and neglect of the mentally ill.
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#OTD 41 years ago, Eleanor Bumpurs, a Black woman with mental health challenges, was killed by the NYPD. Her death still drives calls for police accountability. Historian Ashley Farmer, Bumpurs’ former neighbor, explores why people continue to #SayHerName. buff.ly/j8S3oQP
Had a wonderful time presenting my research at the 2025 BCU PGR symposium earlier this week ✨ thanks to everyone who organised and to all the inspiring fellow PGRs I had the pleasure to meet
October 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Had a wonderful time presenting my research at the 2025 BCU PGR symposium earlier this week ✨ thanks to everyone who organised and to all the inspiring fellow PGRs I had the pleasure to meet
I don’t update this profile much, but I thought a recap of the past couple weeks was in order. 1)Power of The Current won an honourable mention at the Breaking TV Film Festival. We are over the moon for our first award 💙 (continued below)
October 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I don’t update this profile much, but I thought a recap of the past couple weeks was in order. 1)Power of The Current won an honourable mention at the Breaking TV Film Festival. We are over the moon for our first award 💙 (continued below)
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I'm thrilled to share my first publication with @theconversation.com, co-authored with my colleagues Dr @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social & Dr @maxwellmodell.bsky.social, with behind-the-scenes support from Prof. @stephencushion.bsky.social.
🔗 tinyurl.com/526vx978
TLDR 👇
#impartiality #journalism
🔗 tinyurl.com/526vx978
TLDR 👇
#impartiality #journalism
Bob Vylan Glastonbury complaints upheld: here’s what viewers complain to Ofcom and the BBC about most
The vast majority of audience complaints are not upheld by the BBC or by Ofcom.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I'm thrilled to share my first publication with @theconversation.com, co-authored with my colleagues Dr @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social & Dr @maxwellmodell.bsky.social, with behind-the-scenes support from Prof. @stephencushion.bsky.social.
🔗 tinyurl.com/526vx978
TLDR 👇
#impartiality #journalism
🔗 tinyurl.com/526vx978
TLDR 👇
#impartiality #journalism
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New research from Cardiff University, published today in The Conversation and on the project's blog, analyses all complaints filed with the BBC and Ofcom during the first half of the year. open.substack.com/pub/mattwals...
Impartiality and broadcasters: what do the public complain about?
New research from Cardiff University's project examining impartiality
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
New research from Cardiff University, published today in The Conversation and on the project's blog, analyses all complaints filed with the BBC and Ofcom during the first half of the year. open.substack.com/pub/mattwals...
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Tomorrow at 5.30pm, join the NUJ Ethics council chair and speakers for our webinar on reporting on transgender people within journalism. Spaces are free and the event will explore how journalists can ensure their reporting is accurate, fair and ethical.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1693187151...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1693187151...
NUJ Ethics webinar: reporting on transgender people within journalism
Join the Ethics council and speakers online on 24th September from 5.30-6.30pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Tomorrow at 5.30pm, join the NUJ Ethics council chair and speakers for our webinar on reporting on transgender people within journalism. Spaces are free and the event will explore how journalists can ensure their reporting is accurate, fair and ethical.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1693187151...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1693187151...
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Amy Kenny’s 'My Body Is Not a Prayer Request' — part memoir and part disability justice hermeneutic — is a challenge the church desperately needs, writes Elisa Rowe. sojo.net/magazine/may...
Taking up a Theology of a Disabled God
Amy Kenny’s My Body Is Not a Prayer Request — part memoir and part disability justice hermeneutic — is a challenge the church desperately needs.
sojo.net
August 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Amy Kenny’s 'My Body Is Not a Prayer Request' — part memoir and part disability justice hermeneutic — is a challenge the church desperately needs, writes Elisa Rowe. sojo.net/magazine/may...
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Maybe they could all retrain as ballet dancers
Computer science graduates struggle to secure their first jobs - BBC News
Computer science graduates struggle to secure their first jobs
Companies are using AI to do basic coding tasks instead of hiring junior staff.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Maybe they could all retrain as ballet dancers
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Reach hiring journalists in Australia to cover UK overnight hours for first time
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Reach hiring journalists in Australia to cover UK overnight hours
Expansion follows success from having journalists in UK writing for US brands.
pressgazette.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Reach hiring journalists in Australia to cover UK overnight hours for first time
pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-h...
pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-h...
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“We’re putting plasters over inaccessible properties by providing adaptations, which is welcomed, however the design of the properties themselves need to be accessible from the start.”
We spoke to ITV Wales about the urgent need for more accessible homes across Wales.
www.itv.com/watch/news/f...
We spoke to ITV Wales about the urgent need for more accessible homes across Wales.
www.itv.com/watch/news/f...
www.itv.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
“We’re putting plasters over inaccessible properties by providing adaptations, which is welcomed, however the design of the properties themselves need to be accessible from the start.”
We spoke to ITV Wales about the urgent need for more accessible homes across Wales.
www.itv.com/watch/news/f...
We spoke to ITV Wales about the urgent need for more accessible homes across Wales.
www.itv.com/watch/news/f...
Footpath closed and no way to go around the obstacle safely in a wheelchair. Almost got run over 3 times. What the hell @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Footpath closed and no way to go around the obstacle safely in a wheelchair. Almost got run over 3 times. What the hell @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social
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Watch R Sánchez-Rivera discuss “Slippery Eugenics,” their new book for the Social Science for Social Justice series. In this interview, Sánchez-Rivera explores the lasting impacts of eugenic ideas.
Learn more: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/r-sa...
Learn more: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/r-sa...
August 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Watch R Sánchez-Rivera discuss “Slippery Eugenics,” their new book for the Social Science for Social Justice series. In this interview, Sánchez-Rivera explores the lasting impacts of eugenic ideas.
Learn more: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/r-sa...
Learn more: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/r-sa...
No posts about disability pride month from me, because I feel no pride, just anger. Probably my own fault for choosing to do a content analysis of the Daily Mail and reading these headlines all month 🫠👇🏻
July 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
No posts about disability pride month from me, because I feel no pride, just anger. Probably my own fault for choosing to do a content analysis of the Daily Mail and reading these headlines all month 🫠👇🏻
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"Books, Like Medicine": Sadie P. Delaney as a Disability Justice Advocate - www.nypl.org/blog/2025/07...
"Books, Like Medicine": Sadie P. Delaney as a Disability Justice Advocate | The New York Public Library
From her time at NYPL to her legendary career at the VA Hospital Library, Delaney dedicated herself to accessibility and bibliotherapy.
www.nypl.org
July 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"Books, Like Medicine": Sadie P. Delaney as a Disability Justice Advocate - www.nypl.org/blog/2025/07...
How did I not know Routledge has an entire series about Autocritical Disability Studies? Sharing the link in case anyone is interested and, like me, didn't know this existed www.routledge.com/Autocritical...
Autocritical Disability Studies - Book Series - Routledge & CRC Press
Routledge & CRC Press Series: This new book series represents both a contribution to, and a departure from, the academic field of critical disability studies. According to some concerns abou
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July 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
How did I not know Routledge has an entire series about Autocritical Disability Studies? Sharing the link in case anyone is interested and, like me, didn't know this existed www.routledge.com/Autocritical...
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How do anonymous platforms like Queering the Map & PostSecret create intimate publics? Olivia Sutherland &
@megansharp.bsky.social show how anonymity and ephemeral connections reveal new forms of digital intimacy. #OnlineFirst journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@megansharp.bsky.social show how anonymity and ephemeral connections reveal new forms of digital intimacy. #OnlineFirst journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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July 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
How do anonymous platforms like Queering the Map & PostSecret create intimate publics? Olivia Sutherland &
@megansharp.bsky.social show how anonymity and ephemeral connections reveal new forms of digital intimacy. #OnlineFirst journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@megansharp.bsky.social show how anonymity and ephemeral connections reveal new forms of digital intimacy. #OnlineFirst journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Cutting funding to PBS and NPR threatens a key pillar of American #democracy.
Despite political claims of bias, research shows public media is among the most trusted and balanced sources of news.
theconversation.com/pbs-and-npr-...
#SavePublicMedia #PBS #NPR
Despite political claims of bias, research shows public media is among the most trusted and balanced sources of news.
theconversation.com/pbs-and-npr-...
#SavePublicMedia #PBS #NPR
PBS and NPR are generally unbiased, independent of government propaganda and provide key benefits to US democracy
Studies link public broadcasting to higher voter turnout, better factual knowledge and lower susceptibility to extremist rhetoric. Those contributions to democracy may be diminished by Congress’ cuts.
theconversation.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Cutting funding to PBS and NPR threatens a key pillar of American #democracy.
Despite political claims of bias, research shows public media is among the most trusted and balanced sources of news.
theconversation.com/pbs-and-npr-...
#SavePublicMedia #PBS #NPR
Despite political claims of bias, research shows public media is among the most trusted and balanced sources of news.
theconversation.com/pbs-and-npr-...
#SavePublicMedia #PBS #NPR
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Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat.
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled
Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die.
www.motherjones.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat.
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
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For the evening podcast crowd, I’m on Today In Focus chatting about a chaotic week of disability benefits (with lots more about other things that don’t make you want to scream).
Listen here: www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Listen here: www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
“It’ll push disabled people into poverty”: Labour’s controversial welfare bill – podcast
Guardian columnist Frances Ryan on the reality of being disabled in the UK and the impact of the government’s proposed cuts
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For the evening podcast crowd, I’m on Today In Focus chatting about a chaotic week of disability benefits (with lots more about other things that don’t make you want to scream).
Listen here: www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Listen here: www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
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This is where I am. New book in the making. Thousand words a day if I can. They don’t have to be good words.
June 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is where I am. New book in the making. Thousand words a day if I can. They don’t have to be good words.