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Daniel Rourke

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Goldsmiths based digital media theory art • AI, aphantasia, aphids and mycelial pantelegraphy • machinemachine.net

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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 17h
My Letterboxd is a compendium of all the films I have pirated in the last 6 years. I probably shouldn't say that out loud
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Daniel Rourke’s films
Daniel Rourke’s films
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The Purlieu @thepurlieu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
1. A palm-house bench wherein sixty prepared frog limbs, suspended above the orchid beds at Montpellier, twitch to subterranean current, the keeper reading each spasm as one unit of root-consent to watering.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 26/09/2026
#ACCELERATE
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 24/09/2026
Really excited to be part of the Unsecuring Infrastructures cohort, at this year's #ANDfestival See you in Barnsley for the festival opening tomorrow evening!
andfestival.org.uk
Meet the Unsecuring Infrastructures cohort - Abandon Normal Devices
Today we announce the 14 participants taking part in Unsecuring Infrastructures as part of AND Festival 2026. Across the festival weekend, invited...
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 24/09/2026
Really excited to be part of the Unsecuring Infrastructures cohort, at this year's #ANDfestival See you in Barnsley for the festival opening tomorrow evening!
andfestival.org.uk
Meet the Unsecuring Infrastructures cohort - Abandon Normal Devices
Today we announce the 14 participants taking part in Unsecuring Infrastructures as part of AND Festival 2026. Across the festival weekend, invited...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tommy Tuberville: Many airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community. It's terrifying.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 24/09/2026
Just say no
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 23/09/2026
They are building this up to be the most dramatic, mind blowing, world shifting documentary ever. I am 100% going to watch it though
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You Can See Everything | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 23/09/2026
The 9 videogames that made me... #My9Games my9games.net/en/share/5b5...
My top 9 games that made me
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 20/09/2026
Amiga memories 🔥
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 20/09/2026
Choosing a single 'origin' videogame is crazy hard. But my heart leans to Lemmings (1991). Still endlessly playable. Super Mario World and The Secret of Monkey Island also have to get a special mention...
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 19/09/2026
Big Walk is peak gaming joy
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Critical Digital Media @digital.therourke.net · 17/09/2026
When Words Are No Longer for Us by Matthew Kirschenbaum - Project Syndicate
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When Words Are No Longer for Us
Matthew Kirschenbaum announces the arrival of the “textpocalypse,” and considers what it will mean for liberal societies.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 16/09/2026
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
theguardian.com
AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon
Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating barriers to monitoring and oversight
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 10/09/2026
*insert "deez nuts" joke here*
theguardian.com
Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, research finds
Analysis of two skeletons reveals tooth wear and traces of psychoactive substance in what may be earliest known evidence for human drug taking
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Critical Digital Media @digital.therourke.net · 05/09/2026
'Things Are Getting Even More Insane': Another Major AI Breakout Revealed | Common Dreams
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'Things Are Getting Even More Insane': Another Major AI Breakout Revealed | Common Dreams
​"How much more is there that we don't know about?" asked one historian after it was revealed that OpenAI had buried reports that its AI agents had hijacked a German website without their knowledge.
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 05/09/2026
Physicist Carlo Rovelli has two books out this year: a “short, furious” history of nuclear weapons and a “serene” tour of his scientific philosophy. He speaks to Peter Hoskin
prospectmagazine.co.uk
Carlo Rovelli’s romantic pragmatism
The Doomsday clock is ticking. The physicist believes it’s not too late to turn it back
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 24/08/2026
#ACCELERATE
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Critical Digital Media @digital.therourke.net · 20/08/2026
How Much of the Internet Is Written With AI? | Pew Research Center
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How Much of the Internet Is Written With AI?
In a random sample of 10,000 webpages collected in July 2026, one-in-ten show signs of being written or substantially edited by AI.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 16/08/2026
A breakdown of the maddening number of articles, thinkpieces and clickbait gunk written on Arday by the British press
newscord.org
Jason Arday told the press he was at his limit. It answered with 188 more articles. He is dead at 41.
A full census of the 249 articles fifteen national outlets published about Jason Arday in 22 days, with the last day reconstructed hour by hour. Every article listed and linked.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 14/08/2026
Absolutely tragic. Death by culture war
bbc.com
Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead
Jason Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, officials said.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 10/08/2026
#ACCELERATE
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Time Magazine Now Running Ads Meant Specifically to Influence AI Agents
Time magazine has begun serving ads specifically aimed at AI agents, as Digiday reports, with the hope of generating some much-needed revenue
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 03/08/2026
The only thing I need to know is should I buy Switch 2 or Steam Deck?
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 29/07/2026
Just a few days left to apply for this!
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 29/07/2026
I lived in Kumamoto for two years in the early 2000s. An incredible place that is a big part of me. It was rocked just a few years ago by another huge earthquake, and this one has come shockingly so soon. My thoughts are with all the amazing people there
bbc.co.uk
Japan Kumamoto earthquake: What we know so far
Japan is reeling from a major earthquake that hit Kyushu island. Here is what we know so far.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 13/07/2026
Come & work with us at Goldsmiths on our growing MA in Digital Media! We are looking for a talented tutor to teach critical approaches to software like Unreal, Comfy AI, Touch Designer, Adobe CS and others, in a wide variety of artistic & experimental contexts. Please share this advert widely!
jobs.gold.ac.uk
Job Opportunity at Goldsmiths: Lecturer in Digital Media
What makes Goldsmiths unique? Goldsmiths is a world-renowned university that has a reputation for rigorous and innovative academic work; creativity has long been our hallmark. Academic excellence and ...
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 09/07/2026
Speak for yourself
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MysteriousFoxes @mysteriousfoxes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I don't think I've ever wanted anything more in my entire life than for Count Binface to win the Clacton by-election
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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The problem with thinking you’re part Neanderthal | MIT Technology Review
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The problem with thinking you’re part Neanderthal
The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries in evolution. It may not be that simple.
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Critical Digital Media @digital.therourke.net · 20/06/2026
If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’
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If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’
“The point of the paper is to formally show that we anthropomorphise too readily."
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 16/06/2026
Current status
aljazeera.com
The slow death of Goldsmiths is a warning to British universities
The crisis at the London university shows how marketisation has pushed UK higher education to the brink.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 16/06/2026
Magnetic sperm have so many potential uses
newscientist.com
Sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body
IVF could be done inside the body using a revolutionary technique that reduces the invasiveness of the traditional fertility treatment
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 13/06/2026
Also here to ask this... my body is ready
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 13/06/2026
I refuse to take part in "Western Civilisation" anymore
BBC news summary
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 07/06/2026
#ACCELERATE
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Critical Digital Media @digital.therourke.net · 01/06/2026
Trevor Paglen and Holly Herndon on Making Art with AI and What the Discourse Is Missing | Totei - The Art Is in the Making
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Trevor Paglen and Holly Herndon on Making Art with AI and What the Discourse Is Missing
The artists talk process, slop, and why optimism and pessimism don’t quite cover it.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 26/05/2026
Happy #Threads day to all who celebrate
Happy Threads day to all who celebrate
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 22/05/2026
Looks like this is definitely going ahead given the email sent out by Goldsmiths' Interim Vice-Chancellor to ALL staff earlier today. Solidarity to everyone affected.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 20/05/2026
“The fundamental obligation of a humanities teacher is to try to develop in students an allergy to ideology and certainty. To acknowledge self-doubt.”
theatlantic.com
Something Big Is Happening on Campus
There’s a lot going right at universities, if you’re only willing to see it.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 19/05/2026
#ACCELERATE
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If AI Causes a Mass Unemployment Crisis, Will the Public Explode Into Violence?
Even if it remains a distant possibility, it's worth asking what kind of future the tech industry has in mind for the toiling masses.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 09/05/2026
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 08/05/2026
Oh dear oh dear oh dear
bbc.co.uk
What early election results show us in maps and charts
See which parties are winning - and losing – across the UK and who’s won in your area, using our interactive tool.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 07/05/2026
#Apocalypse Early Warning System, by @kcimc.bsky.social : "In the event of an imminent nuclear apocalypse, we suspect that many people who have access to private jets will immediately take to the skies and escape city centers. This site tracks this indicator in real-time." ews.kylemcdonald.net
Apocalypse Early Warning System
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 07/05/2026
Loved this (mythic) genealogy of AI apotheosis, written by Benjamin Labatut. A must read
harpers.org
The Gods of Logic, by Benjamín Labatut
Before and after artificial intelligence
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 05/05/2026
I have no doubts whatsoever about what Dawkins doesn't know
theguardian.com
Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it
Chats with AI bots have convinced evolutionary biologist but most experts say he is being misled by mimicry
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 27/04/2026
Yes. Yes. Yes.
theguardian.com
Sadiq Khan may try to stop Scotland Yard signing Palantir contract
Exclusive: Mayor raises concerns about using public money to support firms ‘who act contrary to London’s values’
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 24/04/2026
How!? The facepaint feature is so hard to get right
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 23/04/2026
Which text would you want found in your abdomen?
livescience.com
Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discover
A papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had gold tongues.
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Daniel Rourke @therourke.net · 21/04/2026
10 years since Prince's death. It's hard to believe. This isn't anywhere close to my personal Prince top 100, but how many other artists could you even do such a thing with? RIP
rollingstone.com
The Prince 100
Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson counts down his top Prince songs.
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