John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 12hThis year's green hopped beer, a 5% IPA, in a brewery glass. Tasting pretty good #beestonhop 1100
Reposted by John E. RichardsonTheo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 29/09/2026Every AI CEO sounds like this. 61036296
Reposted by John E. RichardsonDietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"[W]e call on the behavioral sciences to pause the use of LLMs as subjects [...] The use of synthetic samples misleads researchers, distorts the published record, and will impede the very science that these studies claim to advance." www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... #AI #socialscience #scicommpnas.orgAI cannot replace human participants in behavioral research | PNASAI cannot replace human participants in behavioral research 0259
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is interesting. Does anyone know whether this is standard for journalism? I'd be really grateful for examples of zero tolerance, because my publisher's response to AI is to shrug and accept it. 031
Reposted by John E. RichardsonCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Suella Braverman was the first MP to be sworn in on a copy of the Dhammapada! That's hardly paying lip service to the supremacy of Anglicanism in the UK, is it. 313832
Reposted by John E. RichardsonPolitics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Professor Cheryl Thompson discusses her new book, Staging Blackface in Canada (WLU Press, 2026), on blackface in vaudeville and how Canadian coverage of US lynchings kept anti-Blackness out of national discourse. Open access in EN, FR, ES. @drcherylt.bsky.social politicsrights.com/black-perfor...politicsrights.comBlack Performance Under Empire and Anti-BlacknessA historian traces how blackface vaudeville and lynching coverage in Canadian newspapers, 1898–1919, exposed anti-Black sentiment. 043
Reposted by John E. RichardsonClaire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026CfP: Restorative Justice. Heritage Practices, Narratives, & Futures of Conservation (Vienna Oct 2027). 'How can practices of care advance justice in museums and beyond? And how can museums, archives, universities, and other sites of heritage contribute to more just futures?" tinyurl.com/mtexpbwjheritagestudiesvienna.comCall for Papers: Restorative Justice. Heritage Practices, Narratives, and Futures of Conservation — Cultural Heritage Studies ViennaHow can practices of care advance justice in museums and beyond? And how can museums, archives, universities, and other sites of heritage contribute to more just futures? The Global Conservation: Hi... 063
Reposted by John E. RichardsonJohn Benjamins Publishing Company @johnbenjamins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The latest special issue of LCS entitled 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 (𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁)𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗜, is the first part of a double issue that engages critically with hegemonic conceptualizations of both #heritage and #heritagelanguage. 🔓 Partly #openaccess: www.benjamins.com/catalog/lcs.... 001
Reposted by John E. RichardsonUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Day 1 of the strike by the workers of UCU Edinburgh against the manufactured deficit (which is not really a deficit), and against a senior management earning millions while staff disappear and education suffers. Solidarity against this parasitical form of management of our higher education. 26039
Reposted by John E. RichardsonShayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An AI-enhanced version of a grainy image that appears to be authentic and shows several men being arrested in relation to the ongoing incident at RAF Fairford is currently being shared on multiple platforms. A SynthID check reveals that the enhanced image was generated with OpenAI. 15331126
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meanwhile, in 'hooded masked men news' 020
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026'Just ordinary men, with their faces concealed, wearing outlawed political uniforms and mobilising like a private army. Not to worry about' 001
Reposted by John E. RichardsonThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026Britain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truththeguardian.comBritain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truthResearch draws upon reporting and witness testimony, while a permanent memorial is planned for London The “complex and unsettling” story of what Britain knew during the Holocaust is being explored amid plans to create a new permanent national memorial. An exhibition highlighting how news of the atrocity reached Britain much earlier than is commonly understood will tour the country after being viewed privately by MPs at Portcullis House on the parliamentary estate at Westminster in September. Continue reading... 5612958
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's wild that, for this person, 'putting up personal taxes' equates to increasing taxes for people struggling to make ends meet, so oh no that's bad. Tax the rich! Tax the super rich! Tax corporations more! Tax financial transactions! Quit protecting the wealth of the exploiting classes. 030
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Excellent and important article. English cricket needs to become anti racist. 010
Reposted by John E. RichardsonGillian Roberts @citizenofblue.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Louder for those at the back. 031
Reposted by John E. RichardsonJohn Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Had a UKRI funded grant proposal rejected at the "AI triage stage". "This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review." 🧪 #academicsky 40421224
Reposted by John E. RichardsonRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comPolice arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in ChannelThirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life 1123009849
Reposted by John E. RichardsonJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22/09/2026this is literally the opposite of super-intelligent www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...bbc.co.ukTrump rebrands Artificial Intelligence to Super IntelligenceTrump has previously argued that whoever wins AI, wins, and he is firmly against regulation. 107412
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The slippages and contradictions in her post are really telling, attempting to call on ethnicity to do the work of race and then making the additional leap to citizenship. 010
Reposted by John E. RichardsonYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Knesset barred today the only two Palestinian led parties from running in the coming election. According to an overwhelming majority in the Knesset, the constitutional meaning of a Jewish State is a state where Palestinian citizens cannot run for parliament. 22978326
Reposted by John E. RichardsonDiscourseNet @discoursenet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The deadline for abstract submission for our DN35 Conference “Mapping and Countering Authoritarian #Discourses” is getting closer (30. September 2026). Make sure you get your abstract in on time! For more information see: discourseanalysis.net/DN35 #Authoritarianism #DiscourseStudiesdiscourseanalysis.netDiscourseNetThe community portal for Discourse Studies 012
Reposted by John E. RichardsonSofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New book on Narratives and Migration available to preorder! Edited by the great Anna De Fina&Sabina Perrino. Very happy to have contributed a chapter with Millie Montiel McCann& @samtbennett.bsky.social. Pleased to see @drsimongoodman.bsky.social's endorsement too! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/narrative...bloomsbury.com 044
Reposted by John E. RichardsonDr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026‘It’s a privilege to be in a position where you can help someone in their direst need’ said the RNLI volunteer on BBC2 just now. Yes it is. And you can help the helpers: rnli.org 05520
Reposted by John E. RichardsonGraham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Terrorist plot targeting Manchester Jewish community disrupted, say policebbc.co.ukPlot targeting Manchester Jewish community disrupted, say policeTwo men were arrested in Manchester on Sunday, say counter-terror police. 022
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is appalling, at minimum criminal damage with intent to endanger life, possibly attempted murder. 020
Reposted by John E. RichardsonBarbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Middle-class racists are horrified to discover they've attracted working-class racists to their village 🤔theguardian.comUnease in ‘newly independent’ Piddington as world media and Danny Tommo descendAs villagers take stock following symbolic vote, some fear far-right weaponisation of asylum dispute and influx of ‘masked people like in Dover’ 610830
Reposted by John E. RichardsonDr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Last night, an exhibition I've been working on was launched at Cromford Mills in Derbyshire to mark 250 years since building of 2nd mill (blue print for cotton factories worldwide) and early industrial housing. It's open all weekend, with lots of activities. Critique my graphic design efforts! 1721645
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026And I've received my Jeremy Deller print, in support of the Durham Miners' Gala. 010
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies has been submitted. This edition has 44 chapters, plus the introduction. [Phew] My chapter on Fascist Discourse is thoroughly rewritten (partly to reflect the last 10 years...) with Prof. Cinzia Padovani. 192
Reposted by John E. RichardsonJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026It is incredibly important that political violence does not succeed. The far-right mob that shut down Portsmouth wanted this outcome. If the state wishes to avoid more of these actions, it needs to make sure this RNLI branch reopens *immediately*, or as close to that as humanly possible. 411207368
Reposted by John E. RichardsonEddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is. 2101924738
Reposted by John E. RichardsonSofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social · 17/09/202613 yrs after the murder of Pavlos Fyssas by members of the Golden Dawn, the leading member of the party is released from prison&commits to a return to politics. In solidarity with friends at the demonstrations&memorial events for Fyssas in Athens&the whole country. infolibre.gr/2026/09/17/a...infolibre.grΑντιφασιστικές διαδηλώσεις για τα 13 χρόνια απο την δολοφονία του Παύλου Φύσσα, Παρασκευή 18/9"O ΠΑΥΛΟΣ ΖΕΙ, ΤΣΑΚΙΣΤΕ ΤΟΥΣ ΝΑΖΙ"Kαλέσματα: Κερατσίνι, 17.30 στο μνημείο Παύλου Φύσσα, Θεσσαλονίκη, 18.00 στη Καμάρα, Πάτρα, 18.30 στη πλατεία Βασ. Γεωργίου, Γιάννενα, 18.00 στη 011
Reposted by John E. RichardsonCentre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026CCEL member Dr. Jordana Blejmar screening her film, Juguetes. Pequeña historia política [Toys: A Brief Political History] (2025) at today’s Practising Memory Studies Workshop 022
Reposted by John E. RichardsonCentre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026At today’s Practising Memory Studies Workshop, CCEL member Dr. Alyssa Grossman screened a cut of her in progress film The Silver Cord, which utilizes 100-year-old archival footage from her family collection 042
Reposted by John E. RichardsonAnti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 17/09/2026UK urged to ban Patriot Platform behind anti-migrant protests Exclusive: Shami Chakrabarti says group ‘appears explicitly to intend and incite violence and intimidation’ and their uniforms signify ‘a private army’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukUK urged to ban Patriot Platform behind anti-migrant protestsExclusive: Shami Chakrabarti says group ‘appears explicitly to intend and incite violence and intimidation’ and their uniforms signify ‘a private army’ 0125
Reposted by John E. RichardsonLizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible 24864570
Reposted by John E. RichardsonCommunication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026@craighaslop.bsky.social presenting today on ‘Boys and manfluencers: gendered harms vs digital rights’ at the Growing Up Digital: Young People & Technology Workshop. The event was organized by the Political Studies Association 001
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The University of Gothenburg is launching the Global Scholars Initiative – a coordinated international recruitment effort comprising 25 research positions across a broad range of disciplines and faculties. academicpositions.com/ad/universit...academicpositions.comGothenburg Global Scholars Initiative – Hiring 25 Assistant Professors - Academic Positions25 fixed-term (5-year) assistant professor roles across sciences, social sciences, arts & education. Top research environments, strong benefits, relocation s... 022
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The first issue of the Digital Hate Review is out now: digitalhatereview.comdigitalhatereview.comDigital Hate ReviewDigital Hate Review (DHR) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the empirical and analytical study of hate and exclusion in digital environments. 001
Reposted by John E. RichardsonOwler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Withdraw bin collections. They'll fold within a fortnight. 2479
Reposted by John E. Richardson#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 15/09/2026An extensive Financial Times investigative report, done in collaboration with Lighthouse Reports, demonstrates that more than SIXTY FIVE PERCENT of Israeli damage and destruction done to Lebanese population centers occurred AFTER the so-called ceasefire agreement of April 16th. 71228554
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It turns out that his backing band and all the remaining support acts think being Irish entails a political position vis-à-vis genocide. Who knew? 000
Reposted by John E. RichardsonSofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The preliminary program for #OctoConf2026 (Language & Persuasion) is now online! Check out: events.tuni.fi/app/uploads/... Like what you see? ➡️ Early bird registration is still available today: events.tuni.fi/persuasion2026/registration-and-fees/ (regular registration is open until October 30) 🐙🐙🐙 063
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Reading a chapter on why people enjoy watching 'tearjerker' movies that, oddly, doesn't seem to understand either art or rhetoric. 000
Reposted by John E. RichardsonSearchlight magazine @searchlightmag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Jimmie Åkesson’s far-right Sweden Democrats have suffered a significant electoral setback after four years propping up the country’s right-wing government, but their influence over Swedish politics remains substantial. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/swed...searchlightmagazine.comSweden Democrats lose votes and seats as far right’s advance stalls | SearchlightJimmie Åkesson’s Sweden Democrats have suffered a significant electoral setback after four years propping up the country's right-wing government, but t ... 054
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Permissions, captions, alt-text, citations, credits, rights information... So much admin to tick off before manuscript submission nowadays. 100
Reposted by John E. RichardsonAurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 14/09/2026"When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" Excellent from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app www.wired.com/story/one-of...wired.comOne of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. 07028