Adam Daniel
@realtopekapeople.com
Writer / Director / Producer. Associate Lecturer in Communication @ WSU. Horror scholar. ‘Affective Intensities and Evolving Horror Forms’ from EUP. He/Him.
Fantastic (and depressing) read.
“Freelance journalism in 2025 is an incredibly difficult place to build a career,” Nicholas Hune-Brown writes. “But, it turns out, it’s a decent enough arena for a scam.” @jacobfeldman.bsky.social's favorite this week thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Fantastic (and depressing) read.
I’ve caught it doing this also. The terminus of this behaviour is not great.
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I’ve caught it doing this also. The terminus of this behaviour is not great.
Yikes
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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November 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Yikes
Presenting some new work today on Crime Junkie at the True Crime as a Serial and Transmedia Phenomenon International Conference hosted by IULM University Milan. My first time exploring and contributing to the growing scholarship on true crime podcasts, a genre I personally love.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Presenting some new work today on Crime Junkie at the True Crime as a Serial and Transmedia Phenomenon International Conference hosted by IULM University Milan. My first time exploring and contributing to the growing scholarship on true crime podcasts, a genre I personally love.
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The big “why do you hate AI?” Thread got comments and quotes turned off, but here’s the main reason I hate AI:
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
May 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The big “why do you hate AI?” Thread got comments and quotes turned off, but here’s the main reason I hate AI:
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
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It's A Wonderful Secret (2003)
July 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It's A Wonderful Secret (2003)
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ok who did this? ☹️
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
ok who did this? ☹️
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When ideas become crimes
October 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
When ideas become crimes
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We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing.
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Thanks so much for your reporting on this, Ben. I just got an email from my campus's IT office triumphantly advertising free student access to four different AI models -- at the same time as we have a hiring freeze, caps on grad enrollment, and a 7% budget cut -- and wanted to scream.
September 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Everyone who knows me well knows I am actually Lilith Fair’s target audience. In high school, my favourite artists weren’t just Pearl Jam and STP, they were also Jewel, Sheryl Crow, Aimee Mann and Sarah McLachlan.
September 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Everyone who knows me well knows I am actually Lilith Fair’s target audience. In high school, my favourite artists weren’t just Pearl Jam and STP, they were also Jewel, Sheryl Crow, Aimee Mann and Sarah McLachlan.
Very happy to have had an opportunity to write about my personal favourite comedy film for The Conversation today: theconversation.com/why-this-is-...
Why This Is Spinal Tap remains the funniest rock satire ever made
Spinal Tap is back. But 41 years on, the original is still one of the sharpest and most influential comedies ever made.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Very happy to have had an opportunity to write about my personal favourite comedy film for The Conversation today: theconversation.com/why-this-is-...
I can’t wait to see this!
Those in need of a great case for film criticism need look no further than The Texas Chain Saw Massacre doc Chain Reactions.
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Chain Reactions arms film criticism with a chainsaw
Five interviewees give The Texas Chain Saw Massacre the autopsy it deserves in the criticism-affirming Chain Reactions.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I can’t wait to see this!
Just deleted my academia edu page because screw companies trying to leverage my work for their profit through dodgy AI and why exactly do I need them?
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Just deleted my academia edu page because screw companies trying to leverage my work for their profit through dodgy AI and why exactly do I need them?
Loved having the opportunity to share a new project on the big screen at the Sightlines/Screenwriting Research Network conference this week in Adelaide. A privilege to be part of a panel with two other excellent films by Adrian Holmes and Jacob Brinkworth.
September 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Loved having the opportunity to share a new project on the big screen at the Sightlines/Screenwriting Research Network conference this week in Adelaide. A privilege to be part of a panel with two other excellent films by Adrian Holmes and Jacob Brinkworth.
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I know we’re all Online (probably chronically) but what truly makes me sad is that this still isn’t the tipping point. And I have no idea what it will take for the average American to wake the fuck up to what’s going on.
September 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I know we’re all Online (probably chronically) but what truly makes me sad is that this still isn’t the tipping point. And I have no idea what it will take for the average American to wake the fuck up to what’s going on.
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The final scene from The Natural seems like the appropriate way to say goodbye to the icon that is Robert Redford.
September 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The final scene from The Natural seems like the appropriate way to say goodbye to the icon that is Robert Redford.
Super enjoyable day listening to Hottest 100 Australian songs. 4/10 of my choices made the list. Great number one choice.
July 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Super enjoyable day listening to Hottest 100 Australian songs. 4/10 of my choices made the list. Great number one choice.
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Turns out Jeffrey Epstein is a big factor in terms of life.
July 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Turns out Jeffrey Epstein is a big factor in terms of life.
Jesus Christ 🤦
Who says AI takes jobs? There's an entire new job where you take whatever damage these systems do and try to present them as actually a good thing
July 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Jesus Christ 🤦
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Incredibly enjoyable to see Trump hoisted on his own petard with the Epstein scandal. He spent so much time stoking the conspiracist fires with the belief he would never have to deal with what I have always believed is his own involvement. This is how dumb people operate in the world.
July 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Incredibly enjoyable to see Trump hoisted on his own petard with the Epstein scandal. He spent so much time stoking the conspiracist fires with the belief he would never have to deal with what I have always believed is his own involvement. This is how dumb people operate in the world.
Definitely using this! Thanks @shanedenson.bsky.social
I made a piece of software! It’s called the film|minutes video|graphic workstation. It’s pretty niche but cool if you want to take notes or do very close readings of films/videos.
July 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Definitely using this! Thanks @shanedenson.bsky.social
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Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
July 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
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Weird how this was all caused by the Apprentice.
July 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Weird how this was all caused by the Apprentice.
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You can rationalize it however you want but staying on twitter is a terrible choice. It is not the “town square.” It is the world’s disease-ridden dump. You don’t need to be there to think critically or write relevantly or stay abreast of current events.
July 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
You can rationalize it however you want but staying on twitter is a terrible choice. It is not the “town square.” It is the world’s disease-ridden dump. You don’t need to be there to think critically or write relevantly or stay abreast of current events.