Nick Couldry

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I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: https://linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook https://lnk.to/DataGrabBook
Nick CouldryFeb 10

RE: https://masto.pt/@catarinac/116025097083573856

Ulises and I loved recording this conversation with Catarina. Indeed things did not get better

Nick CouldryJan 31
Show threadMoses IzumiJan 31
My case for using privacy frontends (i.e Invidious and NewPipe for Youtube) is less about service providers tracking my steps and more about them using said information to bombard me with recommendations for baubles and propaganda.

Using corporate social media is eerily close to getting blackmailed, or picking up a hammer that possesses you into slaughtering the woodshop teacher.

(only be a matter of time before @pluralistic finds this post and adopts my metaphor)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/115986846050028964
Nick CouldryJan 15
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/13/dhs-ice-white-nationalist-neo-nazi/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
DHS Used Neo-Nazi Anthem for Recruitment After Fatal Minneapolis ICE Shooting

The federal government is openly embracing white nationalist online content — including in a recent recruitment post.

The Intercept
Nick CouldryNov 29

RE: https://flipboard.com/@futurism/futurism-s-story-of-the-day-0rrl8sl7z/-/a-ssqcvPtiQVSbFVdCJc8xwA%3Aa%3A1737388686-%2F0

Good to have some honesty from somewhere

Nick CouldryNov 29
Gerry McGovernNov 29

Every Sora AI video burns 1 Kilowatt hour and emits 466 grams of carbon. And for what, exactly?

Generating high definition video is one of the most energy intensive things you can do with AI.

https://reclaimedsystems.substack.com/p/every-sora-ai-video-burns-1-kilowatt

Every Sora AI video burns 1 Kilowatt hour and emits 466 grams of carbon. And for what, exactly?

The Sora 2 platform alone emits nearly a quarter of the carbon of all Meta/Facebook

reclaimed | systems
Nick CouldryOct 31
Robert W. GehlOct 31
Day Two of Future Networks (future-networks.ca) commences! On tap today, panels about the ecological impacts of media and alternative social media. Plus a keynote from @couldrynick!
Show threadNick CouldryOct 24
@pettter @snurb Yes, I was told it was recorded so I guess ZEMKI will release it soon
Show threadNick CouldryOct 24
@snurb thanks hope we get to talk
Nick CouldryOct 24
Axel BrunsOct 24

A very comprehensive critique of the AI moment by @couldrynick to start off Day Two of the #ZeMKI2025 20th anniversary conference.

Liveblog here: https://snurb.info/node/3476

Fighting the Colonial Extractivism of Artificial Intelligence | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

The second day at the

Show threadNick CouldryOct 24
@eilah_tan @zemki good questions Nathalie. I believe we need to build a new and better social contract with AI. That must involve using AI but on different terms and in new ways. I will try in my book to write about this