Caleb Wellum
@calebwellum.bsky.social
Senior Researcher @ICES/U of T Scarborough. Author of Energizing Neoliberalism. Researching energy cultures of the New Economy. Writer. EH [@energyhumanities.bsky.social] Editor. HigherEd Teacher.
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"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes."
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History
Does A.I. have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it means for historians facing the current H...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes."
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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I need a phenomenologist to walk me through the meaning and implications of AI losing the Kardashians.
“The reality star…noted that ChatGPT constantly feeds her faulty information, which leads to poor performances on exams.”
ew.com/kim-kardashi...
“The reality star…noted that ChatGPT constantly feeds her faulty information, which leads to poor performances on exams.”
ew.com/kim-kardashi...
Kim Kardashian blames ChatGPT for failing her law exams: 'I'll get mad and I'll yell at it'
Kim Kardashian blames ChatGPT for making her fail law exams: 'I'll get mad and I'll yell at it and be like, 'You made me fail! Why did you do this?'
ew.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I need a phenomenologist to walk me through the meaning and implications of AI losing the Kardashians.
“The reality star…noted that ChatGPT constantly feeds her faulty information, which leads to poor performances on exams.”
ew.com/kim-kardashi...
“The reality star…noted that ChatGPT constantly feeds her faulty information, which leads to poor performances on exams.”
ew.com/kim-kardashi...
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The week on That '70s Movie Podcast, we were joined by @profhendershot.bsky.social for a deep dive into Robert Altman's masterpiece Nashville
Give a listen - and also check out Prof. H's *brand new* BFI book on this spectacular film:
open.spotify.com/episode/2oYx...
Give a listen - and also check out Prof. H's *brand new* BFI book on this spectacular film:
open.spotify.com/episode/2oYx...
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The week on That '70s Movie Podcast, we were joined by @profhendershot.bsky.social for a deep dive into Robert Altman's masterpiece Nashville
Give a listen - and also check out Prof. H's *brand new* BFI book on this spectacular film:
open.spotify.com/episode/2oYx...
Give a listen - and also check out Prof. H's *brand new* BFI book on this spectacular film:
open.spotify.com/episode/2oYx...
Looking fwd to this. The J-6 book from this series was great!
Get
a load
of this . . .
Formal publication date May 1, 2026 (mayday, mayday)
Festivities will launch at OAH (Philadelphia, where else?) in March.
@ugapress.bsky.social @jimdowns.bsky.social @agordonreed.bsky.social @nhannahjones.bsky.social and more
a load
of this . . .
Formal publication date May 1, 2026 (mayday, mayday)
Festivities will launch at OAH (Philadelphia, where else?) in March.
@ugapress.bsky.social @jimdowns.bsky.social @agordonreed.bsky.social @nhannahjones.bsky.social and more
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Looking fwd to this. The J-6 book from this series was great!
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This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
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I, too, would like people to know I have read a book
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I, too, would like people to know I have read a book
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This is why this is a problem for democracy. See my full piece on this here www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is why this is a problem for democracy. See my full piece on this here www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
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Here is a plausible scenario: AI parses 100 years of vacuous economist publications, rolls eyes and sleeves (figuratively), develops true economic science to end scarcity and hands it to humans. Humans get disgusted by the empathy and rationality of it all and pull the plug on the AI. 🤣🤦
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Here is a plausible scenario: AI parses 100 years of vacuous economist publications, rolls eyes and sleeves (figuratively), develops true economic science to end scarcity and hands it to humans. Humans get disgusted by the empathy and rationality of it all and pull the plug on the AI. 🤣🤦
I‘ve heard the “end humanity” scenario, but has anyone written about how AI could “end scarcity”? What‘s the basis for these claims beyond, it’ll figure something out?
‘Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I‘ve heard the “end humanity” scenario, but has anyone written about how AI could “end scarcity”? What‘s the basis for these claims beyond, it’ll figure something out?
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Major media still not reporting the $1B cut to student grants becuase they can't get beyong stenography when writing up these pieces.
Here's what each federal department plans to cut under Budget 2025 | CBC News
Tuesday's federal budget offers a glimpse into how dozens of government departments plan to rein in spending following this summer's comprehensive expenditure review. Here's a department-by-departmen...
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Major media still not reporting the $1B cut to student grants becuase they can't get beyong stenography when writing up these pieces.
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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"Eight of the 10 biggest stocks in the S&P 500 are tech stocks. Those eight companies account for 36 per cent of the entire US market’s value, 60 per cent of the gains in the index since the market bottomed in April and almost 80 per cent of the S&P 500’s net income growth in the last year."
Big Tech’s market dominance is becoming ever more extreme
In a week when Nvidia’s value reached $5tn, investors in even the broadest index of global companies are now heavily exposed to the AI boom
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November 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Eight of the 10 biggest stocks in the S&P 500 are tech stocks. Those eight companies account for 36 per cent of the entire US market’s value, 60 per cent of the gains in the index since the market bottomed in April and almost 80 per cent of the S&P 500’s net income growth in the last year."
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Canada's new Budget sounds likes it's riffing on Marx when it says, "Canadian leadership in the world will be defined not just by the strength of our values, but also by the value of our strength."
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Canada's new Budget sounds likes it's riffing on Marx when it says, "Canadian leadership in the world will be defined not just by the strength of our values, but also by the value of our strength."
Canada is in an economic war, argues @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social at the CSA conference on Canada’s economy and economic future.
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Canada is in an economic war, argues @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social at the CSA conference on Canada’s economy and economic future.
Great point from Marwa Abdul re education and training: what kind of workforce are we expecting if we are learning pathways? CSA Policy Pathways: Building a Thriving Canadian Economy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Great point from Marwa Abdul re education and training: what kind of workforce are we expecting if we are learning pathways? CSA Policy Pathways: Building a Thriving Canadian Economy.
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ah yes, aristocracies — known the world over for their innovation, flexibility and capacity to meet new challenges
Meet Rockbridge, the secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future.
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ah yes, aristocracies — known the world over for their innovation, flexibility and capacity to meet new challenges
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Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?
Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!
So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵
Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!
So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Matthew Gandy (@cam.ac.uk) will present on “Attentive Observation: Walking, Listening, Staying Put” tonight at 18:00 as part of the interdisciplinary lecture series “On Environment.”
Find out more: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...
#lectureseries #rccevents #envhum #envhist
Find out more: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...
#lectureseries #rccevents #envhum #envhist
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Matthew Gandy (@cam.ac.uk) will present on “Attentive Observation: Walking, Listening, Staying Put” tonight at 18:00 as part of the interdisciplinary lecture series “On Environment.”
Find out more: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...
#lectureseries #rccevents #envhum #envhist
Find out more: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...
#lectureseries #rccevents #envhum #envhist
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This government's signal legacy in higher education is going to be "we torched whatever we could right across the country because we couldn't figure out how to control the southern Ontario housing market".
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
For anyone who thinks this government actually cares about universities & colleges, consider the following statement from the budget.
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This government's signal legacy in higher education is going to be "we torched whatever we could right across the country because we couldn't figure out how to control the southern Ontario housing market".
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
Oct 2024 v Oct 2025
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Oct 2024 v Oct 2025
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@steveburgess53.bsky.social: For this malady there is no proven cure.
There is only the knowledge that on one day each year, at last, the pain will cease. The team will lose, and the journey will be over.
And then comes spring training. ⚾️
There is only the knowledge that on one day each year, at last, the pain will cease. The team will lose, and the journey will be over.
And then comes spring training. ⚾️
Sports Fandom Is All About Grief | The Tyee
No matter how illogical, the pain is real. Yet season after season, I can’t stay away.
thetyee.ca
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
@steveburgess53.bsky.social: For this malady there is no proven cure.
There is only the knowledge that on one day each year, at last, the pain will cease. The team will lose, and the journey will be over.
And then comes spring training. ⚾️
There is only the knowledge that on one day each year, at last, the pain will cease. The team will lose, and the journey will be over.
And then comes spring training. ⚾️
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Fun times with Canadian AI Policy. The federal government wants to do consultation in a 30 'sprint.' That's probably very unwise, plus the survey itself is full of leading questions. A bunch of folks (including me!) are calling for a different strategy: bccla.org/policy-submi...
OPEN LETTER to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation from civil society organizations and individuals opposing "National Sprint" consultation on AI strategy - BC Civil Liberti...
The Honourable Mélanie JolyMinister of IndustryHouse of CommonsOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A6 The Honourable Evan SolomonMinister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital InnovationHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontar...
bccla.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Fun times with Canadian AI Policy. The federal government wants to do consultation in a 30 'sprint.' That's probably very unwise, plus the survey itself is full of leading questions. A bunch of folks (including me!) are calling for a different strategy: bccla.org/policy-submi...
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Berliners: come to the book launch of "Energy's History: Toward a Global Canon" with editors Daniela Russ (@ueberdruss.bsky.social) and Thomas Turnbull, followed by a talk by the historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz.
Today at Spore Berlin, 4pm
spore-initiative.org/en/programmi...
Today at Spore Berlin, 4pm
spore-initiative.org/en/programmi...
November 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Berliners: come to the book launch of "Energy's History: Toward a Global Canon" with editors Daniela Russ (@ueberdruss.bsky.social) and Thomas Turnbull, followed by a talk by the historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz.
Today at Spore Berlin, 4pm
spore-initiative.org/en/programmi...
Today at Spore Berlin, 4pm
spore-initiative.org/en/programmi...