Matthew Rowlinson
@matthewrowlinson.bsky.social
he/him. Lives on traditional Attawandaran, Algonquin and Haudenosaunee land. Works on nineteenth century poetry; votes NDP. Can't tell a story. *Biopolitics and Animal Species* (2024) available from Cambridge https://www.cambridge.org/9781009409957
Pinned
It's not artificial intelligence. It's imitation intelligence.
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This is a grotesque assault on faculty expertise and self-governance. I was fortunate enough to start my academic career as an assistant professor at Montclair State. Solidarity with MSU humanists being buzzworded into a new School of Human Narratives and Creative Expressions none of them want.
academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...
My colleague has captured what is currently happening at my institution. I have found the chipper rhetoric announcing it particularly depressing.
My colleague has captured what is currently happening at my institution. I have found the chipper rhetoric announcing it particularly depressing.
The Eternal Synergy of the Spotless Mind
BY ADAM RZEPKA A large public university is wiping out all of its humanities departments. It isn’t sure why. As I write this, our Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS…
academeblog.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is a grotesque assault on faculty expertise and self-governance. I was fortunate enough to start my academic career as an assistant professor at Montclair State. Solidarity with MSU humanists being buzzworded into a new School of Human Narratives and Creative Expressions none of them want.
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🚗 EV adoption isn’t just about cars—it’s also about oil.
The @iea.org’s #WEO2025 shows that the pace of transport electrification is the most significant factor in determining future oil demand.
Canada can lead the EV revolution—or watch others take the wheel. ➡️ www.iea.org/reports/worl...
The @iea.org’s #WEO2025 shows that the pace of transport electrification is the most significant factor in determining future oil demand.
Canada can lead the EV revolution—or watch others take the wheel. ➡️ www.iea.org/reports/worl...
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚗 EV adoption isn’t just about cars—it’s also about oil.
The @iea.org’s #WEO2025 shows that the pace of transport electrification is the most significant factor in determining future oil demand.
Canada can lead the EV revolution—or watch others take the wheel. ➡️ www.iea.org/reports/worl...
The @iea.org’s #WEO2025 shows that the pace of transport electrification is the most significant factor in determining future oil demand.
Canada can lead the EV revolution—or watch others take the wheel. ➡️ www.iea.org/reports/worl...
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Meanwhile in Canada, half of the country lives in provinces ruled by people who think solar is Evil and Unmanly, and the federal government is run by a man lacking both imagination and conviction when it comes to energy and climate policy.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Meanwhile in Canada, half of the country lives in provinces ruled by people who think solar is Evil and Unmanly, and the federal government is run by a man lacking both imagination and conviction when it comes to energy and climate policy.
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Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.
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The Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research is launching a US-style attack on EDI in Tri-Council funding.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research is launching a US-style attack on EDI in Tri-Council funding.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
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In 2018 Ford promised he wouldn't touch rent control. He lied. Now he has the audacity to blame renters for his failure to build housing and make life affordable Ontarians. Bill 60 will accelerate the rate of homelessness, and blames renters for the Landlord Tenant Board that he broke.
October 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In 2018 Ford promised he wouldn't touch rent control. He lied. Now he has the audacity to blame renters for his failure to build housing and make life affordable Ontarians. Bill 60 will accelerate the rate of homelessness, and blames renters for the Landlord Tenant Board that he broke.
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
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This would have led to catastrophic new levels of homelessness — thank you to everyone who spoke out.
Now let’s keep hammering the Ford government on its bad decisions about bike lanes, supervised consumption sites and speed cameras.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Now let’s keep hammering the Ford government on its bad decisions about bike lanes, supervised consumption sites and speed cameras.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Ford government walks back on plan to consider changes to renters’ right to ‘security of tenure’
The Ford government says it won’t be moving forward with consultations to modify the law that protects tenants’ right to remain in their unit.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This would have led to catastrophic new levels of homelessness — thank you to everyone who spoke out.
Now let’s keep hammering the Ford government on its bad decisions about bike lanes, supervised consumption sites and speed cameras.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Now let’s keep hammering the Ford government on its bad decisions about bike lanes, supervised consumption sites and speed cameras.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
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Thanks to the swift & significant backlash, the Ford government has backed off from their plan to end month-to-month leases. Still need to fight other parts of Bill 60 such as banning converting vehicle lanes to bike or bus lanes. #BikeTO #TTC #TOpoli #ONpoli www.torontotoday.ca/local/politi...
Ford government calls off consultations on ending indefinite leases for Ontario tenants
Last week, Attorney General Doug Downey suggested Queen’s Park could eliminate ‘evergreen’ month-to-month leases
www.torontotoday.ca
October 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Thanks to the swift & significant backlash, the Ford government has backed off from their plan to end month-to-month leases. Still need to fight other parts of Bill 60 such as banning converting vehicle lanes to bike or bus lanes. #BikeTO #TTC #TOpoli #ONpoli www.torontotoday.ca/local/politi...
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If you know anyone who is a renter in Ontario (hint, I am!). Then it is urgent that you sign the following petition.
Ford and the Cons what to make sure that renters are permanent secondary citizens and put every single renter in the position of being 1 for profit decision away from being homeless
Ford and the Cons what to make sure that renters are permanent secondary citizens and put every single renter in the position of being 1 for profit decision away from being homeless
URGENT Message to Doug Ford: Don’t End Rent Control! - ACORN Canada
acorncanada.org
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
If you know anyone who is a renter in Ontario (hint, I am!). Then it is urgent that you sign the following petition.
Ford and the Cons what to make sure that renters are permanent secondary citizens and put every single renter in the position of being 1 for profit decision away from being homeless
Ford and the Cons what to make sure that renters are permanent secondary citizens and put every single renter in the position of being 1 for profit decision away from being homeless
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Maybe I should watch a ball game tonight.
October 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Maybe I should watch a ball game tonight.
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Gonna replace them with robots no doubt.
Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
Pain at The Post
As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...
www.status.news
October 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Gonna replace them with robots no doubt.
An epically bad week for Canada's auto industry, and for our EV strategy in particular. Would love to hear from some #NDP leadership candidates on how to respond. Double down on subsidies to car companies? Open the door to Chinese EVs? Big issues for Canadian workers and for our climate goals.
October 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
An epically bad week for Canada's auto industry, and for our EV strategy in particular. Would love to hear from some #NDP leadership candidates on how to respond. Double down on subsidies to car companies? Open the door to Chinese EVs? Big issues for Canadian workers and for our climate goals.
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Some data: Centrists as the NYT defines them -- pro-corporate, moderate on social issues and silent on class -- lost the Presidency against non-centrist Republicans in 2000, 2004, 2016, 2024. And AOC and Bernie regularly get votes from folks who also voted for Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Some data: Centrists as the NYT defines them -- pro-corporate, moderate on social issues and silent on class -- lost the Presidency against non-centrist Republicans in 2000, 2004, 2016, 2024. And AOC and Bernie regularly get votes from folks who also voted for Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Everyone who writes for a living should try the exercise Renkl performs in this essay to learn how much the makers of so-called AI have stolen from us. And everyone should also internalize her final point about how grossly ignorant these machines remain. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | My Trouble With Robots, Part 2
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Everyone who writes for a living should try the exercise Renkl performs in this essay to learn how much the makers of so-called AI have stolen from us. And everyone should also internalize her final point about how grossly ignorant these machines remain. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
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In furious despair at the @nytimes.com lack of front-page attention to yesterday's protests. But perhaps it matters more that papers in Dothen, AL and small Idaho and Arkansas towns are leading with these powerful photos and stories. See the collection of front pages below for reassurance.
frontpages.freedomforum.org
October 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In furious despair at the @nytimes.com lack of front-page attention to yesterday's protests. But perhaps it matters more that papers in Dothen, AL and small Idaho and Arkansas towns are leading with these powerful photos and stories. See the collection of front pages below for reassurance.
Notch another win for automatic traffic enforcement.
After San Francisco began using cameras to ticket vehicles, speeding dropped 72% across 15 sites (20,000 fewer speeding drivers).
After San Francisco began using cameras to ticket vehicles, speeding dropped 72% across 15 sites (20,000 fewer speeding drivers).
SFMTA data: Drivers a lot slower around cameras
Pedestrian-safety advocates say “encouraging” findings should prompt more action.
www.sfexaminer.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM