Matthew Connelly
@mattspast.bsky.social
vice dean of AI initiatives at Columbia; historian of secrecy, the future, and other hard targets.
Columbia’s History Lab just launched History Lab AI — the world’s largest AI-powered archive. It's built on top of +5M declassified govt docs, and was unveiled just now at the Federal Depository Library Conference.
Explore: lab.history.columbia.edu/history-lab-...
Explore: lab.history.columbia.edu/history-lab-...
History Lab LLM | History Lab
lab.history.columbia.edu
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Columbia’s History Lab just launched History Lab AI — the world’s largest AI-powered archive. It's built on top of +5M declassified govt docs, and was unveiled just now at the Federal Depository Library Conference.
Explore: lab.history.columbia.edu/history-lab-...
Explore: lab.history.columbia.edu/history-lab-...
I'm having a hard time deciding: Is the problem that some of our young people might be taking humanitities courses, or is it that they are spending thousands of hours playing first-person shooter games?
September 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I'm having a hard time deciding: Is the problem that some of our young people might be taking humanitities courses, or is it that they are spending thousands of hours playing first-person shooter games?
Columbia students showing what real leadership looks like. They are displaying more maturity than many professors. www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/04...
May 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Columbia students showing what real leadership looks like. They are displaying more maturity than many professors. www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/04...
Thank you for asking! Appointing someone to rethink our regional and global centers – much as other universities have been doing since the end of the Cold War – is not a “receivership.”
I’m confused—didn’t Columbia acquiesce to just this with respect to its Middle East studies department? @mattspast.bsky.social is there some nuance that I’m missing (or that got eliminated in the editing process)?
April 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Thank you for asking! Appointing someone to rethink our regional and global centers – much as other universities have been doing since the end of the Cold War – is not a “receivership.”
I thought his case was really bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/o...
April 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I thought his case was really bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/o...
Yes, faculty could do this, but it would be dumb: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/o...
April 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Yes, faculty could do this, but it would be dumb: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/o...
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
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This moment in our country's history is depressing, but it's also illuminating. We're finding out, in real time, whom among those in power will hedge their bets, trade complicity for personal preservation, and retreat into cowardice in the hopes they'll be spared.
And we will remember their names.
And we will remember their names.
March 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This moment in our country's history is depressing, but it's also illuminating. We're finding out, in real time, whom among those in power will hedge their bets, trade complicity for personal preservation, and retreat into cowardice in the hopes they'll be spared.
And we will remember their names.
And we will remember their names.
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Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others
And they knew perfectly well what they were doing
open.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
The Cruiser USS Columbia didn't back down even after taking heavy damage, and neither will we. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social is firing back—defending academic freedom, open inquiry, and the pursuit of knowledge. Who else will join the fight?
March 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Cruiser USS Columbia didn't back down even after taking heavy damage, and neither will we. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social is firing back—defending academic freedom, open inquiry, and the pursuit of knowledge. Who else will join the fight?
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have been wondering a lot at what point we have to conclude that Americans don’t care about our Republic as much as South Koreans, or today Hungarians — big dif being that Koreans rushed at once into the streets en masse & resisted the troops, whereas Orban has got away with it for a long time
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
have been wondering a lot at what point we have to conclude that Americans don’t care about our Republic as much as South Koreans, or today Hungarians — big dif being that Koreans rushed at once into the streets en masse & resisted the troops, whereas Orban has got away with it for a long time
The CFPB has survived, so far. For military history buffs, it's a bit like the Battle of Coral Sea. WE HAVE TO START CELEBRATING VICTORIES, even partial victories www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/b...
March 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The CFPB has survived, so far. For military history buffs, it's a bit like the Battle of Coral Sea. WE HAVE TO START CELEBRATING VICTORIES, even partial victories www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/b...
My colleagues at Columbia and I are waiting for more of our friends to start showing some solidarity. That does not mean attacking our administration, based on partial or incorrect information. It means organizing and lobbying to support us. Thank you @ryanenos.bsky.social for stepping up.
March 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My colleagues at Columbia and I are waiting for more of our friends to start showing some solidarity. That does not mean attacking our administration, based on partial or incorrect information. It means organizing and lobbying to support us. Thank you @ryanenos.bsky.social for stepping up.
Damn right. People doing nothing to help and can’t even get their facts straight: “Columbia University has been given the names of other individuals who have engaged in pro-Hamas activity, and they are refusing to help DHS identify those individuals on campus.” (WH statement)
March 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Damn right. People doing nothing to help and can’t even get their facts straight: “Columbia University has been given the names of other individuals who have engaged in pro-Hamas activity, and they are refusing to help DHS identify those individuals on campus.” (WH statement)
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Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.
There is a lot of misinformation about what is happening at Columbia. But I agree that everyone who cares about the First Amendment needs to tell their own institution's leaders, scholarly societies, and elected representatives to show solidarity and resist.
Things you could do:
-NSJP has called for a day of action 3/11; hold a rally or protest.
-send senior faculty to meet with admin and demand guarantees they won’t coordinate with ICE or admin
-have all campus unions demand admin non-cooperation or compliance with Trump agenda
-NSJP has called for a day of action 3/11; hold a rally or protest.
-send senior faculty to meet with admin and demand guarantees they won’t coordinate with ICE or admin
-have all campus unions demand admin non-cooperation or compliance with Trump agenda
If you do not act to protest Columbia admin collaborating with ICE & Trump to illegally detain Mahmoud Khalil, you are consenting to your campus being next. You are giving a green light to your admin to hand over your students and colleagues. Enough is enough. ACT NOW.
March 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
There is a lot of misinformation about what is happening at Columbia. But I agree that everyone who cares about the First Amendment needs to tell their own institution's leaders, scholarly societies, and elected representatives to show solidarity and resist.
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Who could have seen this coming, RFK, who?
March 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Who could have seen this coming, RFK, who?
There are rallies across the country (and the world) tomorrow: standupforscience2025.org
March 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
There are rallies across the country (and the world) tomorrow: standupforscience2025.org
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Gerardine's right -- It's masterful.
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Gerardine's right -- It's masterful.
Don’t F*ck with the Catholic F*cking Church
March 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Don’t F*ck with the Catholic F*cking Church
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Say something to your representatives
March 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Say something to your representatives
Five years ago today Trump toured the CDC and said "Anyone Who Wants a Test Can Get a Test." His bungled rollout of Covid testing meant we were flying blind about where it was spreading, couldn't take a targeted approach, leading to national lockdowns (that helped Trump get reelected).
March 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Five years ago today Trump toured the CDC and said "Anyone Who Wants a Test Can Get a Test." His bungled rollout of Covid testing meant we were flying blind about where it was spreading, couldn't take a targeted approach, leading to national lockdowns (that helped Trump get reelected).