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Mikhail Farhath-Kupriyanov

@mikkupriyanov

PhD student - Russia, identity, nukes and irreversibility. Associate teaching fellow & GTA @uniyorkpolitics. 1/2 Russian, 1/2 Ukrainian. he/him

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I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

03.03.2026 11:58 👍 3515 🔁 1538 💬 97 📌 284

Everybody should apply, it will be your new favourite course!

23.02.2026 17:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2026 Open Source Nuclear Analysis Bootcamp - Federation of American Scientists In June 2026, FAS is hosting a bootcamp to pass on its practices to the next generation of open-source nuclear analysts.

Apply here and please share widely! Apps are due March 15th.

It's a fantastic (and fun!) opportunity for next-gen OSINT researchers and analysts.

fas.org/osint-bootca...

23.02.2026 17:16 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I thought this line of thinking went out of vogue a few years ago anyway?

15.02.2026 23:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much for this list (and for featuring me on it!), it’s made it so much easier to find people I used to follow on twitter! Apologies for a late acknowledgement:)

15.02.2026 22:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can’t believe this. He was a big part of my following chess again over the last 2.5 years. An unbelievable educator, brilliant commentator and incredibly passionate chess fan

20.10.2025 21:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Most excited I’ve been for a fiction book in quite a few years!

07.10.2025 10:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Both Karaganov and Trenin have gone off the deep end ages ago. Will still read the book, but don't think I can take it seriously for my research

21.01.2025 10:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’ll be honest, these last few months of the PhD are doing my head in. I am just so tired

20.01.2025 21:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Have you watched Slow Horses yet?

27.12.2024 19:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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New favourite Christmas/New Years movie

25.12.2024 23:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

4.5/7 in the end. Not great, but respectable for the first tournament, coming 9th out of 42

24.11.2024 19:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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First rapid tournament prep👀

23.11.2024 17:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1