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"Your ai slop bores me" is a wesbite that blurs the lines between viewer and creator. As a parody of large language models, the page brings people together through nostalgia for a simpler internet and mockery of generative AI. The goal is to foster creativity and connection, as it is a place to let go of online hostility and the surrealism of a web flooded with non-human content.

Funeral of the Dead Butterflies: Your AI Slop Bores Me Your ai slop bores me (youraislopbores.me) is a website designed by programmer Mihir Maroju that was launched on March 2, 2026. The project, often shortened to "YASBM", was designed to be a parody of large language models (LLMs) like the ones that are used by generativ ...

Persecution and communal violence present methodological challenges for researchers of violence. One such challenge lies in connecting persecutor and victim, as well as macro- and micro- factors. Part of the solution to this challenge may come from adapting approaches of linguistic anthropology to gossip and ‘everyday talk’. This working paper proposes that persecution has two poles: collective (in which persecutors are generally not acquainted with their victims) and intimate (in which persecutors are generally well acquainted through day-to-day or other meaningful contact). By analyzing intimate persecution of ‘sorcerers’ and ‘Chinese’ in Indonesia, this working paper suggest that gossip and everyday talk enables stereotypes to be ‘pinned onto’ certain acquaintances.

TPCS 79: The Intimacy of Persecution: Gossip, Stereotype, and Violence By Zane Goebel and Nicholas HerrimanIntroductionSocio-cultural anthropology is often conceived of as the study of big themes in little places. It is thus not surprising that when anthropologists have turned to the issue of violence, we have been concerned with how, what might be called macro-hist .....

Ladislav Bielik's picture "The Bare-chested Man in Front of the Occupiers’ Tank" reflects both a single moment and the Czechoslovakian context of 1968. The emotional and symbolic core of the photograph—the exposed chest, the human body, the man’s expression—are analysed using Judith Butler’s (2015) understanding of the body as a form of speech within public space. Through this analysis, this article demonstrates how the street can function as a symbolic space of withdrawal, and how resistance can be expressed through the body itself.

Ladislav Bielik's "The Bare-chested Man in Front of the Occupiers’ Tank" Coming across the photograph The Bare-chested Man in Front of the Occupiers’ Tank captured by Ladislav Bielik from the year 1968 is an eye opening experience, not only for its visual effect on the viewer but also the context and history it indexes. Looking beyond the captivati ...

This article explores how poetry acts as a transformative tool for marginalized voices, guiding individuals from personal identity formation to active participation in public discourse. By cultivating critical literacy, empathy, and civic awareness, poetry enables young people, especially from underrepresented backgrounds, to articulate personal experiences and challenge societal norms. Through educational programs and the case study of Amanda Gorman’s The Hill We Climb, this paper demonstrates how poetry fosters the rhetorical and analytical skills needed for democratic engagement. Drawing on Habermas' theory of the public sphere, it argues that poetry not only supports personal growth but also enables marginalized individuals to transcend barriers in public life, advocating for an inclusive public sphere that values diverse perspectives.

From Classroom to Inauguration: How Poetry Shapes Marginalized Voices from Youth to Adulthood In a world where marginalized voices are too often sidelined, poetry offers a powerful bridge between private identity formation and public engagement. As a form of self-expression, poetry does more than allow individuals to share their thoughts. It fosters critical literacy, emotional intelligen .....

This paper draws together discussions of the public and the private, represented talk, and conviviality by showing how an interviewee uses linguistic features to frame instances of talk as either “represented private talk” or “represented public talk.” The empirical focus of this paper is an interview recorded as part of fieldwork on leadership practices in the Indonesian bureaucracy. In this interview, the interviewee appears to add authenticity to accounts of his leadership practices by performing them through represented talk.

TPCS 78: Represented speech: Private lives in public talk in the Indonesian bureaucracy By Zane GoebelIntroductionThis paper engages with discussions around public and private, represented talk, and conviviality. While all three areas have received considerable scholarly attention in the past, here I seek to bring these areas together by showing how the use of particular linguistic ...

This study examines how Jeremy uses X (formerly Twitter) to challenge entrenched neoliberal assumptions and how audiences respond to these interventions within a fragmented, algorithmically mediated digital environment. Drawing on Fairclough’s framework of naturalization and de-naturalization, and Blommaert’s concept of polycentric post-digital spaces, the article analyses a tweet by Corbyn that frames social problems not as individual failings but as systemic outcomes of contemporary .

Ideology in a Polycentric Space: Jeremy Corbyn and His Attempt to De-Naturalise Neoliberalism within the Dynamics of X Jeremy Corbyn utilises tweets as deliberate de-naturalising interventions that challenge neoliberal 'common sense'. He does so by framing inequality and poverty as structural outcomes of a 'rigged' neoliberal political-economic system rather than as the result of individual fa ...

What does it mean to inherit harm? In this episode of the Living Heritage, Making Culture podcast, artist and Askeaton Contemporary Arts director Michele Horrigan sits down with Katherine Huber and Stacey Copeland to discuss life beside Aughinish Alumina. From government cover-ups and "sacrifice zones" to a grassroots Natural Heritage Group restoring a polluted river and preserving the oral histories of an aging community, this episode focuses on the following question: when what we inherit is harm, what does it mean to preserve it—and who gets to tell that story?

Stigma Damages: Counter-Archives, Art, and Irish Natural Heritage Michele Horrigan's commitment and connection to the region give her unique insights into the local natural and cultural heritage and their histories. In the latest episode of Living Culture, Making Heritage, Horrigan discusses her motivation and process behind collecting and curating the Sti ...

Spotify’s personalized playlists, such as Discover Weekly, regularly appear to create uncanny emotional connections by aligning songs with listeners’ moods and experiences. This study explores how these moments exemplify a modern form of "the sublime", blending vast algorithmic complexity with intimate, tailored curation. Drawing on theories about the sublime developed by Burke and Kant, it examines how Spotify transforms its immense music library into deeply personal experiences, evoking awe and serendipity. While these playlists inspire connection and discovery, they also raise concerns about commodification, data privacy, and the authenticity of algorithmically mediated art. As such, this study reveals the dual role of platforms like as enablers of emotional resonance and agents of commercialization, reshaping the boundaries of art, emotion, and technology in the digital age.

Spotify and the Algorithmic Sublime: How Playlists Touch Your Soul Life often feels like a symphony of highs and lows, moments in which everything aligns perfectly or times when the world’s weight feels unbearable. In these emotional crescendos, we often reach for music, and with just a tap, Spotify steps in as a companion. You press play, and a song begins. S .....

In the summer of 2025, Dutch singer Douwe Bob refused to perform at a Jewish football tournament for children after objecting to the presence of pro-Israel materials. The national controversy that followed went far beyond music or sport, revealing how memory in the Netherlands can be used to police criticism of and silence dissenting voices.

‘Never Again’ for whom? How Holocaust memory shapes and silences the Dutch Gaza debate When “Never Again” becomes a political weaponIn June 2025, Dutch singer Douwe Bob was invited to perform at the Jom Ha Voetbaltoernooi, a Jewish football tournament for children in Amsterdam. When he noticed Zionistic posters and flyers he refused to go on stage. He said: “I love the Jewish .....

How might social contexts influence how speakers understand and represent their own language use? In this interview, David Parkin explores the connections between his earlier work on multiethnic, multilingual urban contexts in Africa and contemporary perspectives on urban language and .

TPCS 76: David Parkin in interview: Anthropology, language & diversity By David Parkin, Karel Arnaut and Roxy HarrisAbstractHow can language practices in multiethnic, multilingual urban contexts in Africa, and contemporary perspectives on urban language and superdiversity be compared with each other? In this interview, David Parkin reflects on this topic after havin .....