Jim Clifford
@jimclifford.bsky.social
Associate Professor @usask.bsky.social
Co-Editor of Historical Methods.
Environmental and digital historian of London, Canada and the British World in the 19th century. #dyslexic
Co-Editor of Historical Methods.
Environmental and digital historian of London, Canada and the British World in the 19th century. #dyslexic
A quick visualization of the birth and death locations for people in this dataset.
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A quick visualization of the birth and death locations for people in this dataset.
Going to see I Mother Earth on Monday. I think this is my first middle aged concert where I’m seeing a band I haven’t listened too much in 25 years and haven’t seen live since the 1990s. #nostalgiarock
November 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Going to see I Mother Earth on Monday. I think this is my first middle aged concert where I’m seeing a band I haven’t listened too much in 25 years and haven’t seen live since the 1990s. #nostalgiarock
We’re starting the 7 nights of history series October 1. This year we’re exploring 7 terrible leaders in history.
September 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We’re starting the 7 nights of history series October 1. This year we’re exploring 7 terrible leaders in history.
Applying to graduate school, Thursday, September 25, 2:30pm-4pm
September 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Applying to graduate school, Thursday, September 25, 2:30pm-4pm
I remember when this timeline was fictional. The film was set in 2027. #childrenofmen
September 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I remember when this timeline was fictional. The film was set in 2027. #childrenofmen
“We are uninvited guests on this land…”
August 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“We are uninvited guests on this land…”
So they’ve can very very useful for experts asking very specific questions and super dangerous for non-experts. I highly recommend this book even though it was published just before consumer LLMs launched.
August 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
So they’ve can very very useful for experts asking very specific questions and super dangerous for non-experts. I highly recommend this book even though it was published just before consumer LLMs launched.
I don’t have access to GPT5. Gemini Pro 2.5 got the right answer… and then reported: There are *three* "b"s in the word "blueberry."
August 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I don’t have access to GPT5. Gemini Pro 2.5 got the right answer… and then reported: There are *three* "b"s in the word "blueberry."
Data scientists need to read this book.
The Dangerous Art of Text Mining
The Dangerous Art of Text Mining
August 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Data scientists need to read this book.
The Dangerous Art of Text Mining
The Dangerous Art of Text Mining
Historians grappling with LLMs should read Jo Guldi’s book. She has thought a lot about what data scientists could learn from historians and what historians could gain from engaging with data science.
August 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Historians grappling with LLMs should read Jo Guldi’s book. She has thought a lot about what data scientists could learn from historians and what historians could gain from engaging with data science.
Early results from a new text mining project. I’m working with the Tropical Agriculturalist published in Ceylon and I’ve re-OCRed the available volumes between 1880 and 1920. The coffee/tea focus shifts to rubber in the early 20th century. The journal also became more global.
June 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Early results from a new text mining project. I’m working with the Tropical Agriculturalist published in Ceylon and I’ve re-OCRed the available volumes between 1880 and 1920. The coffee/tea focus shifts to rubber in the early 20th century. The journal also became more global.
Faculty members who are using this approach tell me that the students are happy. I expect this isn't true, and the online course review websites suggest I might be right. 4/4
June 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Faculty members who are using this approach tell me that the students are happy. I expect this isn't true, and the online course review websites suggest I might be right. 4/4
Brewer’s blackbird
June 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Brewer’s blackbird
Red Winged Blackbird attacking a Magpie
June 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Red Winged Blackbird attacking a Magpie
This might be true, but I don’t know if there is an international order upholding rules anymore. From Gaza to Ukraine and unhinged threats against Greenland, Panama and Canada, Iran is low of the list of rule breakers in 2025.
June 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This might be true, but I don’t know if there is an international order upholding rules anymore. From Gaza to Ukraine and unhinged threats against Greenland, Panama and Canada, Iran is low of the list of rule breakers in 2025.
Hillsley’s key point is putting our heads in the sand incentives AI use. If half the students are using AI on their assignments (and we’re not able to catch most of them), the other students are at a disadvantage.
June 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hillsley’s key point is putting our heads in the sand incentives AI use. If half the students are using AI on their assignments (and we’re not able to catch most of them), the other students are at a disadvantage.
I’m at a very good presentation by Kirk Hillsley (Trent University) on Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into Class Assignments. Prohibition isn’t viable, so where do we go from here? How do we hold on to the deep learning that comes from old fashioned reading and writing? #stlheconference
June 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I’m at a very good presentation by Kirk Hillsley (Trent University) on Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into Class Assignments. Prohibition isn’t viable, so where do we go from here? How do we hold on to the deep learning that comes from old fashioned reading and writing? #stlheconference
Moose are very big and fast. These are two thoughts that came to mind when a moose stopped to stare at me as I was riding my bike on the edge of Saskatoon.
June 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Moose are very big and fast. These are two thoughts that came to mind when a moose stopped to stare at me as I was riding my bike on the edge of Saskatoon.
They’re not easy to sell these days with accepting a huge loss.
June 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
They’re not easy to sell these days with accepting a huge loss.
Another day hiding inside
June 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Another day hiding inside
Yellow headed blackbird
May 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Yellow headed blackbird