Jérôme Melançon
@lethejerome.bsky.social
Il/lui/him/he. Écrivain (philosophy, poésie, sciences sociales) & writer (same). Translator. Prof @ University of Regina. Looking for new forms and contents. Livres : En d'sous d'la langue (Prise de parole); La politique dans l'adversité (Metispresses).
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Jérôme Melançon
@lethejerome.bsky.social
· Nov 13
MētisPresses - La politique dans l’adversité: Merleau-Ponty aux marges de la philosophie
www.metispresses.ch
Since we're all (re-)connecting, a bit of an introduction perhaps?
I practice political phenomenology, study the histories that tie into that field, and esp Merleau-Ponty. Here's abook based on my dissertation; I also transcribed and edited his radio interviews.
www.metispresses.ch/en/la-politi...
I practice political phenomenology, study the histories that tie into that field, and esp Merleau-Ponty. Here's abook based on my dissertation; I also transcribed and edited his radio interviews.
www.metispresses.ch/en/la-politi...
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Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
Beautiful idea, beautiful thread
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 23, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Beautiful idea, beautiful thread
They jam, they're difficult to handle, they run out of some of the inks, kids want them but don't use them, mostly they exist to show off. Yup, checks out.
Yeah this is a great analogy if you want your product to be viewed as a cumbersome novelty filled with features barely anyone uses.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:50 PM
They jam, they're difficult to handle, they run out of some of the inks, kids want them but don't use them, mostly they exist to show off. Yup, checks out.
My philosophy brain just exploded. Can they even tell lying from bad faith anymore?
This paragraph is a doozy. Software, wiser than humans since 2026?
January 22, 2026 at 12:43 PM
My philosophy brain just exploded. Can they even tell lying from bad faith anymore?
Waaaay ahead of you, but yes, let's keep this going
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 22, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Waaaay ahead of you, but yes, let's keep this going
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Jan 17 - Jan 30, 2026
SEVERE: MB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, NL, North, ON, QC
HIGH: BC, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: MB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, NL, North, ON, QC
HIGH: BC, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
January 22, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Jan 17 - Jan 30, 2026
SEVERE: MB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, NL, North, ON, QC
HIGH: BC, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: MB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, NL, North, ON, QC
HIGH: BC, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
Such a great show of conviction from conservative Prime minister Carney to come out as a liberal version of an international relations realist. Especially as he seeks investment from Qatar and the Davos gang.
January 21, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Such a great show of conviction from conservative Prime minister Carney to come out as a liberal version of an international relations realist. Especially as he seeks investment from Qatar and the Davos gang.
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My take on AI is straightforward: the machine learning plagiarism industrial complex is not sentient. But the fish who have lived on earth continuously in one form or another for half a billion years & who are threatened by AI’s water consumption & climate change impacts are. I choose the fish. 🐟
January 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
My take on AI is straightforward: the machine learning plagiarism industrial complex is not sentient. But the fish who have lived on earth continuously in one form or another for half a billion years & who are threatened by AI’s water consumption & climate change impacts are. I choose the fish. 🐟
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This is what you do when you’re running death camps
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This is what you do when you’re running death camps
This obsession with Trump. No analysis. The Files, dementia, none of that matters. There's been a giant fascist movement on the rise for decades. US society has been transformed to allow the current moment. Take out Trump, it still happens, no matter who wins on that giant stage before his 1st term.
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 PM
This obsession with Trump. No analysis. The Files, dementia, none of that matters. There's been a giant fascist movement on the rise for decades. US society has been transformed to allow the current moment. Take out Trump, it still happens, no matter who wins on that giant stage before his 1st term.
I am a Canadian poet, among other things. Check it out!
Canadian Poets Series #19 : Jérôme Melancon / @lethejerome.bsky.social ;
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Canadian Poets Series #19 : Jérôme Melançon
Jérôme Melançon lives in oskana kâ-asastêki, known colonially as Regina, Saskatchewan. He has also called home various locations in Alberta...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I am a Canadian poet, among other things. Check it out!
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Photo of the Day.
Around HALF of Greenland’s adult population is believed to have attended anti-Trump protests today.
This photo was taken by Sean Gallup for Getty Images. It captures the thousands who gathered in the capital Nuuk, to reject Trump’s threats to take the island.
Around HALF of Greenland’s adult population is believed to have attended anti-Trump protests today.
This photo was taken by Sean Gallup for Getty Images. It captures the thousands who gathered in the capital Nuuk, to reject Trump’s threats to take the island.
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Photo of the Day.
Around HALF of Greenland’s adult population is believed to have attended anti-Trump protests today.
This photo was taken by Sean Gallup for Getty Images. It captures the thousands who gathered in the capital Nuuk, to reject Trump’s threats to take the island.
Around HALF of Greenland’s adult population is believed to have attended anti-Trump protests today.
This photo was taken by Sean Gallup for Getty Images. It captures the thousands who gathered in the capital Nuuk, to reject Trump’s threats to take the island.
Any publishers willing to let me edit a book series called Mandatory Readings in Anarchist Theory?
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Any publishers willing to let me edit a book series called Mandatory Readings in Anarchist Theory?
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261. Gérard :
- aime gueuler mais ne veut pas non plus passer pour un connard donc il se trouve des excuses pour le faire
- se met au milieu du trottoir et attend 35 minutes que qqun le bouscule pour lui hurler dessus
- si il trouve personne à engueuler il rentre chez lui et gueule sur ses plantes
- aime gueuler mais ne veut pas non plus passer pour un connard donc il se trouve des excuses pour le faire
- se met au milieu du trottoir et attend 35 minutes que qqun le bouscule pour lui hurler dessus
- si il trouve personne à engueuler il rentre chez lui et gueule sur ses plantes
January 12, 2026 at 1:52 PM
261. Gérard :
- aime gueuler mais ne veut pas non plus passer pour un connard donc il se trouve des excuses pour le faire
- se met au milieu du trottoir et attend 35 minutes que qqun le bouscule pour lui hurler dessus
- si il trouve personne à engueuler il rentre chez lui et gueule sur ses plantes
- aime gueuler mais ne veut pas non plus passer pour un connard donc il se trouve des excuses pour le faire
- se met au milieu du trottoir et attend 35 minutes que qqun le bouscule pour lui hurler dessus
- si il trouve personne à engueuler il rentre chez lui et gueule sur ses plantes
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262. Antonin :
- a découvert le mot glaouis hier et ne manque pas une occasion de l'utiliser depuis
- "je m'en bats les glaouis"
- "mon père il casse trop les glaouis à force"
- "attends je me gratte les glaouis"
- plus courageux que moi il vit littéralement mon rêve je le hais
- a découvert le mot glaouis hier et ne manque pas une occasion de l'utiliser depuis
- "je m'en bats les glaouis"
- "mon père il casse trop les glaouis à force"
- "attends je me gratte les glaouis"
- plus courageux que moi il vit littéralement mon rêve je le hais
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
262. Antonin :
- a découvert le mot glaouis hier et ne manque pas une occasion de l'utiliser depuis
- "je m'en bats les glaouis"
- "mon père il casse trop les glaouis à force"
- "attends je me gratte les glaouis"
- plus courageux que moi il vit littéralement mon rêve je le hais
- a découvert le mot glaouis hier et ne manque pas une occasion de l'utiliser depuis
- "je m'en bats les glaouis"
- "mon père il casse trop les glaouis à force"
- "attends je me gratte les glaouis"
- plus courageux que moi il vit littéralement mon rêve je le hais
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Si on veut faire un résumé de la situation :
Il y a 3 ans un mouvement révolutionnaire féministe a commencé en Iran, porté par la gauche, la jeunesse et les femmes. Les principales leadeuses (comme N. Mohammadi) ont été depuis incarcérées dans la prison d'Evin, qui avait été inaugurée par le roi.
Il y a 3 ans un mouvement révolutionnaire féministe a commencé en Iran, porté par la gauche, la jeunesse et les femmes. Les principales leadeuses (comme N. Mohammadi) ont été depuis incarcérées dans la prison d'Evin, qui avait été inaugurée par le roi.
January 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Si on veut faire un résumé de la situation :
Il y a 3 ans un mouvement révolutionnaire féministe a commencé en Iran, porté par la gauche, la jeunesse et les femmes. Les principales leadeuses (comme N. Mohammadi) ont été depuis incarcérées dans la prison d'Evin, qui avait été inaugurée par le roi.
Il y a 3 ans un mouvement révolutionnaire féministe a commencé en Iran, porté par la gauche, la jeunesse et les femmes. Les principales leadeuses (comme N. Mohammadi) ont été depuis incarcérées dans la prison d'Evin, qui avait été inaugurée par le roi.
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The four Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other three are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people including the Dakota 38 during the Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
The four Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other three are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people including the Dakota 38 during the Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...
I mean. I do have new friends.
When politicians say 'immigration is tearing communities apart' I always want to see examples of this and they can never ever provide me with any. Ever. It has no material impact on my life, not one single element is affected by immigration.
i could not give one single fuck about immigration and never have my entire life. to care, even in a ‘reasonable’ oh there should be proper checks and balances way is to be, rudely, the dumbest person alive. literally what difference is it to you
January 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I mean. I do have new friends.
Goddamn little puff of air at the eye doctor
January 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Goddamn little puff of air at the eye doctor
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We are excited to open applications for a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages.
Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below.
Application deadline: 15 February, 2026
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Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below.
Application deadline: 15 February, 2026
buff.ly/yibsATf
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
We are excited to open applications for a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages.
Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below.
Application deadline: 15 February, 2026
buff.ly/yibsATf
Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below.
Application deadline: 15 February, 2026
buff.ly/yibsATf
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Alanis Obomsawin has been collaborating with the National Film Board since 1967 and now has 65 titles to her name.
She is not only a pioneer in Indigenous documentary filmmaking, but also a major figure in Indigenous arts.
Read more on Face to Face.
She is not only a pioneer in Indigenous documentary filmmaking, but also a major figure in Indigenous arts.
Read more on Face to Face.
Alanis Obomsawin says she has no plans to retire, or slow down
Documentary maker Alanis Obomsawin sits down with Face to Face guest host Kim Sullivan to talk about her past and future.
www.aptnnews.ca
January 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Alanis Obomsawin has been collaborating with the National Film Board since 1967 and now has 65 titles to her name.
She is not only a pioneer in Indigenous documentary filmmaking, but also a major figure in Indigenous arts.
Read more on Face to Face.
She is not only a pioneer in Indigenous documentary filmmaking, but also a major figure in Indigenous arts.
Read more on Face to Face.
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Some professional news: I'm now hiring two postdocs to be part of the research project I'm leading on global republicanism and the making of democratic cultures in the early 19th century. If you know someone for whom this may be relevant, don't hesitate to let them know.
www.au.dk/om/stillinge...
www.au.dk/om/stillinge...
2 Postdoctoral positions in Intellectual History at the Department of History - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Historie, fag, Aarhus Universitet
www.au.dk
January 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Some professional news: I'm now hiring two postdocs to be part of the research project I'm leading on global republicanism and the making of democratic cultures in the early 19th century. If you know someone for whom this may be relevant, don't hesitate to let them know.
www.au.dk/om/stillinge...
www.au.dk/om/stillinge...
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white people desperately trying to protect policing as they notice the rising consensus for abolishing ICE
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
white people desperately trying to protect policing as they notice the rising consensus for abolishing ICE
Hm, I don't think Wascana creek counts
Reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the South Saskatchewan River.
Mine is the South Saskatchewan River.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Hm, I don't think Wascana creek counts
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I curate the history series at public media's trade journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR, PBS and its affiliates, with some space to imagine public media's future. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate!
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
This series features scholars of media history looking back at both familiar and lesser-known chapters in public broadcasting’s evolution. “Rewind” is presented in partnership with the Radio Preservat...
current.org
January 11, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I curate the history series at public media's trade journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR, PBS and its affiliates, with some space to imagine public media's future. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate!