O.M. Olaniyan
@omolaniyan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Communication. Na me sabi.
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"don't cite what you haven't read" remains the basic entry level academic responsibility; & if your discpline "doesn't have that as a norm" then sorry, your discipline needs reforming for this new world. Citations are structural parts of trust and knowledge building, not trinkets or optional extras
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
July 18, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"don't cite what you haven't read" remains the basic entry level academic responsibility; & if your discpline "doesn't have that as a norm" then sorry, your discipline needs reforming for this new world. Citations are structural parts of trust and knowledge building, not trinkets or optional extras
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Benjamin "Champagne" Hanil Song was just sentenced to 100 years by Judge Mark Pittman.
June 23, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Benjamin "Champagne" Hanil Song was just sentenced to 100 years by Judge Mark Pittman.
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Now available for preorder, arriving in warehouse 10/02/2026: dukeupress.edu/content-mach...
Duke UP gave me a discount code for 30% off paperback preorders: it's E26CNTNT ♥️👍
Duke UP gave me a discount code for 30% off paperback preorders: it's E26CNTNT ♥️👍
Content Machines: Reading and Writing in the Platform Era
dukeupress.edu
June 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Now available for preorder, arriving in warehouse 10/02/2026: dukeupress.edu/content-mach...
Duke UP gave me a discount code for 30% off paperback preorders: it's E26CNTNT ♥️👍
Duke UP gave me a discount code for 30% off paperback preorders: it's E26CNTNT ♥️👍
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Recently published: moving beyond representation to think about what an African approach to regulating AI could/should look like and why.
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Foundations for African feminism as an ethics for artificial intelligence
Abstract. There has been a dramatic increase in efforts to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) around the world, and Africa is no exception. Numerous cou
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June 24, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Recently published: moving beyond representation to think about what an African approach to regulating AI could/should look like and why.
academic.oup.com/spp/article/...
academic.oup.com/spp/article/...
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Mother Jealous After Reading Daughter's Diary https://theonion.com/mother-jealous-after-reading-daughters-diary-1819566661/
January 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Mother Jealous After Reading Daughter's Diary https://theonion.com/mother-jealous-after-reading-daughters-diary-1819566661/
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it is wild how so many people see the world primarily through the lens of trump and how easily it becomes for them to put critical thinking to the side in favor of a simplistic pro- or anti-trump calculus
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
it is wild how so many people see the world primarily through the lens of trump and how easily it becomes for them to put critical thinking to the side in favor of a simplistic pro- or anti-trump calculus
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If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
August 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
what a tumblr ass argument (I say this as someone who would be typing long ass shut on tumblr back in the day)
July 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
what a tumblr ass argument (I say this as someone who would be typing long ass shut on tumblr back in the day)
Perhaps the only two options are not “food stall” and “cook and eat entirely alone at home”…some of us come from African countries
July 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Perhaps the only two options are not “food stall” and “cook and eat entirely alone at home”…some of us come from African countries
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DHS Accused of Referencing White Supremacist Slogan in Tweet www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
Trump DHS Accused of Cryptically Including White Supremacist Slogan in Tweet
Social media users believed that the Department of Homeland Security published a tweet referencing a white supremacist slogan.
www.mediaite.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
DHS Accused of Referencing White Supremacist Slogan in Tweet www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
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investigating and prosecuting such cases—including stripping people of citizenship for (alleged) “fraud” against the govt—is to be one of the top five priorities of the trump civil rights division
DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...
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June 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
investigating and prosecuting such cases—including stripping people of citizenship for (alleged) “fraud” against the govt—is to be one of the top five priorities of the trump civil rights division
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Not content with torturing people, they continue to torture the English language.
JUST IN: VP Vance tells NBC News that the U.S. is "not at war with Iran, we’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program."
Vance says U.S. 'not at war with Iran, we’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program'
President Donald Trump said Saturday night that the U.S. had dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear sites, the first time the U.S. has attacked Iran.
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June 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Not content with torturing people, they continue to torture the English language.
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The US invaded a country on pretenses now widely acknowledged to be basically fraudulent, not to talk of the many coups of the 20th century. this fact barely merits an "oops" from the many actors, elected and otherwise, who promoted it, most of whom are watercoloring into the sunset to this day
June 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The US invaded a country on pretenses now widely acknowledged to be basically fraudulent, not to talk of the many coups of the 20th century. this fact barely merits an "oops" from the many actors, elected and otherwise, who promoted it, most of whom are watercoloring into the sunset to this day
ok they sign up to advance a foreign political agenda???? which is an extension of the domestic?? (mind you these are American code words for national/federal and international/global)
i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ok they sign up to advance a foreign political agenda???? which is an extension of the domestic?? (mind you these are American code words for national/federal and international/global)
Once you realize that Americans across political lines worship their little military, it actually makes sense.
It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
June 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Once you realize that Americans across political lines worship their little military, it actually makes sense.
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San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat
June 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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In the 19th century, a New Orleans doctor sent the skulls of 19 Black Americans to a doctor in Germany, where they were used as part of now discredited racial science. The remains were recently returned to the city, where they will be laid to rest on Saturday.
Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In the 19th century, a New Orleans doctor sent the skulls of 19 Black Americans to a doctor in Germany, where they were used as part of now discredited racial science. The remains were recently returned to the city, where they will be laid to rest on Saturday.
Nothing has changed, part 569
Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
May 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Nothing has changed, part 569
How is it possible for over half of Americans to read below a 6th grade level but then 79% are able to accurately compare-contrast, paraphrase,etc., make inferences?
And where is the source for this AI summary?
And where is the source for this AI summary?
This is who you're arguing with online...statistically
May 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How is it possible for over half of Americans to read below a 6th grade level but then 79% are able to accurately compare-contrast, paraphrase,etc., make inferences?
And where is the source for this AI summary?
And where is the source for this AI summary?
This image of a white family is doing SO MUCH rhetorically
When he showed up to an immigration meeting in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen.
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing
ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a Mississippi father, at his citizenship hearing, imprisoning him and threatening him with deportation.
www.mississippifreepress.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This image of a white family is doing SO MUCH rhetorically
It’s my personal mission to correct everyone who says “Joe loff” rice
May 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It’s my personal mission to correct everyone who says “Joe loff” rice
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40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood
MOVE bombing 40 years later: A day of reflection and remembrance
Forty years ago today, city officials made the unconscionable decision to bomb its own people.
www.phillytrib.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood
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The victims were mostly children and elderly people, with an additional 28 injured.
More than 100 dead after flooding in eastern DR Congo, officials say
The victims were mostly children and elderly people, with an additional 28 injured.
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May 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The victims were mostly children and elderly people, with an additional 28 injured.