Anne Pasek
@apasek.bsky.social
STS, cultural studies, media, environment, climate, energy
Bikes, cats, synths, barbells, good recipes
Bikes, cats, synths, barbells, good recipes
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Hello Internet. The Taste of Things (2023) is a very good movie in which the majority of the screen time is given over to silently (occasionally, huffingly) preparing amazing french food in a beautiful kitchen. Two thumbs up. 👍👍
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Hello Internet. The Taste of Things (2023) is a very good movie in which the majority of the screen time is given over to silently (occasionally, huffingly) preparing amazing french food in a beautiful kitchen. Two thumbs up. 👍👍
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The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
Guess who just got access to a primary care physician for the first time in 8 years and so will be doing preventative medicine again! :)
November 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Guess who just got access to a primary care physician for the first time in 8 years and so will be doing preventative medicine again! :)
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When I say that the concept of the "digital commons" was always a facade made up by politically illiterate toddlers this is what I mean
NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When I say that the concept of the "digital commons" was always a facade made up by politically illiterate toddlers this is what I mean
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...
Looking at spending some time this spring either in New Bedford (Moby Dick fantasy) or the Maritimes. Send recommendations if you've got them! I want to divide my time between writing, eating, biking, and looking at tide pools.
October 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Looking at spending some time this spring either in New Bedford (Moby Dick fantasy) or the Maritimes. Send recommendations if you've got them! I want to divide my time between writing, eating, biking, and looking at tide pools.
Time for me to start baking multiple batches of cookies to assemble into giant variety packs to give away for the holidays (I am intense about this). Anyone baked any banger recipes lately?
October 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Time for me to start baking multiple batches of cookies to assemble into giant variety packs to give away for the holidays (I am intense about this). Anyone baked any banger recipes lately?
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AI development should consider its deeper environmental, technical, and sociopolitica infrastructures for the sake of sovreignty, sustainability, and fairness (not endless imaginary scalability!) - we argue for this (and many more) in this piece. So glad it's now out!
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
AI development should consider its deeper environmental, technical, and sociopolitica infrastructures for the sake of sovreignty, sustainability, and fairness (not endless imaginary scalability!) - we argue for this (and many more) in this piece. So glad it's now out!
Strategic nationalism continues! policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/ai-m....
Canada needs a sustainable and ethical path for AI innovation
Canada should focus on green, ethical AI made in Canada to avoid the U.S. tech race and support responsible innovation.
policyoptions.irpp.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Strategic nationalism continues! policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/ai-m....
Anyone have a screenshot of the (I hope real?) joke-y post that said something to the effect of "let's make a mastodon instance to discuss the challenges of configuring mastodon instances"? I need it for a slide deck!
October 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Anyone have a screenshot of the (I hope real?) joke-y post that said something to the effect of "let's make a mastodon instance to discuss the challenges of configuring mastodon instances"? I need it for a slide deck!
Yesterday my students did 'dead media autopsies' in class. It was pretty neat to look at electronics across a range of decades, and parsing when things stopped being soldered, and then largely assembled, by hand
October 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Yesterday my students did 'dead media autopsies' in class. It was pretty neat to look at electronics across a range of decades, and parsing when things stopped being soldered, and then largely assembled, by hand
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So excited to see it out and honored to be part of this group!! Rare opportunity to learn about the real-world entanglements between policy and AI's pasts and futures. My special gratitute to @apasek.bsky.social and Kelly Bronson for their guidance.
This summer I got a bunch of smart academics together to think about anti-extractive Canadian AI futures. Our white paper, which parses good and bad AI policy directions for the federal government, is out now!
www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
www.uottawa.ca
October 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
So excited to see it out and honored to be part of this group!! Rare opportunity to learn about the real-world entanglements between policy and AI's pasts and futures. My special gratitute to @apasek.bsky.social and Kelly Bronson for their guidance.
This summer I got a bunch of smart academics together to think about anti-extractive Canadian AI futures. Our white paper, which parses good and bad AI policy directions for the federal government, is out now!
www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
www.uottawa.ca
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This summer I got a bunch of smart academics together to think about anti-extractive Canadian AI futures. Our white paper, which parses good and bad AI policy directions for the federal government, is out now!
www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
Peak butch moment: friend asks to borrow my tools
October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Peak butch moment: friend asks to borrow my tools
I love his writing and all, but sometimes I wonder if David Graeber would have offered a slightly different account of bureaucracy and organizational relations if he hadn't noped out of all his service work at his university...
October 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I love his writing and all, but sometimes I wonder if David Graeber would have offered a slightly different account of bureaucracy and organizational relations if he hadn't noped out of all his service work at his university...
I am going to talk to a bunch of lawyers at Yale about AI Trash. Yes, I will be showing them the bad AI slop picture of a scientific illustration of rat testicles (?).
October 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I am going to talk to a bunch of lawyers at Yale about AI Trash. Yes, I will be showing them the bad AI slop picture of a scientific illustration of rat testicles (?).
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U.S. regions more exposed to AI saw faster emissions growth, more reliance on fossil fuels, and dirtier electricity generation.
cepr.org/publications...
cepr.org/publications...
October 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
U.S. regions more exposed to AI saw faster emissions growth, more reliance on fossil fuels, and dirtier electricity generation.
cepr.org/publications...
cepr.org/publications...
I'm going to be in NYC in a week for a hot second! What should I do (besides catch the Tega Brain & Sam Levine show at Pioneer Works obvs)?
September 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I'm going to be in NYC in a week for a hot second! What should I do (besides catch the Tega Brain & Sam Levine show at Pioneer Works obvs)?
I'm making my environmental media class vote in Fat Bear week today with me.
Also: Look at this unit. Justice for 901! explore.org/fat-bear-week
Also: Look at this unit. Justice for 901! explore.org/fat-bear-week
September 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm making my environmental media class vote in Fat Bear week today with me.
Also: Look at this unit. Justice for 901! explore.org/fat-bear-week
Also: Look at this unit. Justice for 901! explore.org/fat-bear-week
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i hope hangman is down at the bata shoe museum looking at the rough & ready exhibit
September 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
i hope hangman is down at the bata shoe museum looking at the rough & ready exhibit
This is good satire: alignmentalignment.ai
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
September 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is good satire: alignmentalignment.ai