Meg Stalcup
@megstalcup.bsky.social
Anthropology prof @ uOttawa, science, tech, security, ethics, some art
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Want to take a useful step in the face of the LibGen/ Meta situation? Learn more about how the scholarly publishing industry, which includes publishers and libraries and aggregators and more, is structured. + the experts who make it work, and how and why humanities publishing is so vulnerable.
The LibGen/ Meta story is 2 pieces which rile people differently. Some see pirate sites like LG as theft; some as Robin Hoods. Some of the latter see Meta's use as corporatized theft; some OA maximalists see as fair use. 10 years ago (😳), my take. 1/ scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/03/25/g...
Guest Post: Karin Wulf on Open Access and Historical Scholarship - The Scholarly Kitchen
As we consider the future of scholarly publishing generally and of open access in particular, we need to keep in mind the deep differences between the humanities and the applied sciences when it comes...
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March 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Want to take a useful step in the face of the LibGen/ Meta situation? Learn more about how the scholarly publishing industry, which includes publishers and libraries and aggregators and more, is structured. + the experts who make it work, and how and why humanities publishing is so vulnerable.
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Tive a honra de contribuir na atual edição da Revista Vida Simples em uma conversa sobre nossa relação com a tecnologia. Se alguém ler, depois me conta o que achou. ☺️
March 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Tive a honra de contribuir na atual edição da Revista Vida Simples em uma conversa sobre nossa relação com a tecnologia. Se alguém ler, depois me conta o que achou. ☺️
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This framework for thinking about how (and when) to introduce current events into class really works -- highly recommend
Here are some thoughts from me about how to teach health politics (or any politics) in interesting times: tinyurl.com/timelyteaching
Timely teaching: educating around current events in the face of rapid change — HMP Governance Lab
Teaching tips from political scientists for addressing current events your classes.
tinyurl.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This framework for thinking about how (and when) to introduce current events into class really works -- highly recommend
"Working conditions are learning conditions, we like to say, and it is so obviously true you want to tattoo it on your clavicle. All these union-secured structures make possible a degree of devotion..."
This gorgeous piece on "the working-class university" in our present crisis doesn’t shy from defending the humanities for their own sake—"serious work in English prepares its participants, as I think almost nothing else can, for the perplexities, anguishes, & errant joys of being alive in the world"
Memos of Blood and Fire | Peter Coviello
So if you ask me about the signature strength of the department where I work, I will tell you. It is world-caliber field-defining research, wedded to a fantastically dynamic practice of instruction, a...
www.nplusonemag.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"Working conditions are learning conditions, we like to say, and it is so obviously true you want to tattoo it on your clavicle. All these union-secured structures make possible a degree of devotion..."
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, and those who can remember the past are like, what the hell, man?
January 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, and those who can remember the past are like, what the hell, man?
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🌍 O Brasil faz história no Oscar! "Ainda Estou Aqui", de Walter Salles, acaba de vercer a categoria Melhor Filme Internacional, levando ao mundo uma obra poderosa baseada no livro de Marcelo Rubens Paiva. +
March 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
🌍 O Brasil faz história no Oscar! "Ainda Estou Aqui", de Walter Salles, acaba de vercer a categoria Melhor Filme Internacional, levando ao mundo uma obra poderosa baseada no livro de Marcelo Rubens Paiva. +
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I'm Still Here just won Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. It has a powerful, unexpected message about life under authoritarianism.
The Year’s Most Urgent Best Picture Contender Is the One Almost No One Has Seen
I’m Still Here has a warning—and a reason for hope.
slate.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I'm Still Here just won Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. It has a powerful, unexpected message about life under authoritarianism.
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Canada needs to quadruple-down on a homegrown vaccine production industry, yesterday.
February 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Canada needs to quadruple-down on a homegrown vaccine production industry, yesterday.
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The research field around „tech workers“, the high paid professionals in the digital economy, is growing! Glad to see this fascinating piece by Kenzo Seto on the sociotechnical imaginaries of tech workers in the Global South out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #techworkers #digitalcapitalism
AI From the South: artificial intelligence in Latin America through the sociotechnical imaginaries of Brazilian tech workers
This article explores the socio-technical imaginaries of Brazilian tech workers involved in artificial intelligence (AI) development, focusing on their views on Brazil's role in the global AI marke...
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February 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The research field around „tech workers“, the high paid professionals in the digital economy, is growing! Glad to see this fascinating piece by Kenzo Seto on the sociotechnical imaginaries of tech workers in the Global South out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #techworkers #digitalcapitalism
"the accusation is already a milestone in Brazilian history. If accepted, it will bring the military and police to stand trial to answer to the civil authorities for crimes committed against democracy, something Brazil has never been able to do."
"Bolsonaro foi o presidente do golpe. Usou os vastos poderes, cargos e estrutura material do Palácio do Planalto com fins ilegais, segundo a denúncia da PGR. Reuniu a cúpula militar para expor o plano de romper com a ordem constitucional."
Por Rafael Mafei
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Por Rafael Mafei
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February 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"the accusation is already a milestone in Brazilian history. If accepted, it will bring the military and police to stand trial to answer to the civil authorities for crimes committed against democracy, something Brazil has never been able to do."
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1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.”
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
February 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.”
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
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BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy.
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy.
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
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Today we launched a new report on how data centres could derail the energy transition in Europe: new data centres risk increasing emissions in Europe - they must be powered by additional renewable energy or they must not be built 🤖⛽
We went to the #AIActionSummit today with an early Valentine’s message for Big Tech & industry execs: It’s time to dump fossil fuels. 👋
Powering data centres with fossil energy? Talk about a toxic relationship. We’re demanding a swift divorce, and a speed date with #renewables.
Powering data centres with fossil energy? Talk about a toxic relationship. We’re demanding a swift divorce, and a speed date with #renewables.
February 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Today we launched a new report on how data centres could derail the energy transition in Europe: new data centres risk increasing emissions in Europe - they must be powered by additional renewable energy or they must not be built 🤖⛽
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Are you looking for historical Telegram data for a new social media research project? Our @communalytic.org computational social science research tool can help. communalytic.org/docs/telegra...
Telegram - Historical Posts Data Collector - Communalytic - A no-code computational social science research tool for studying online communities and public discourse on social media
Communalytic can collect and analyze messages from public Telegram groups, supergroups and channels (including replies to posts) via the Telegram API for any given period (up to 31 days for EDU and an...
communalytic.org
February 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Are you looking for historical Telegram data for a new social media research project? Our @communalytic.org computational social science research tool can help. communalytic.org/docs/telegra...
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"It’s unclear when the website, which lists mostly Black employees who work in agencies primarily within the Department of Health and Human Services, first appeared."
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"It’s unclear when the website, which lists mostly Black employees who work in agencies primarily within the Department of Health and Human Services, first appeared."
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This is a huge tragedy. And it’s also part of a big increase in pedestrian fatalities caused by America’s obsession with SUVs. Hug a sociologist today, and help us build a world where SUVs disappear. www.reuters.com/world/us/tal...
February 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is a huge tragedy. And it’s also part of a big increase in pedestrian fatalities caused by America’s obsession with SUVs. Hug a sociologist today, and help us build a world where SUVs disappear. www.reuters.com/world/us/tal...
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
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Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
INTRODUCTION
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February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
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"É preciso parar de endeusar os magnatas da tecnologia e lembrar que eles só trabalham em benefício próprio”, diz Ailton Krenak search.app/525tWf75N1y1...
"É preciso parar de endeusar os magnatas da tecnologia e lembrar que eles só trabalham em benefício próprio”, diz Ailton Krenak
Para o líder indígena e ativista ambiental, "os jovens precisam parar de se viciar em tecnologia, pois isso faça com que percam totalmente o contato com a realidade"
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February 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"É preciso parar de endeusar os magnatas da tecnologia e lembrar que eles só trabalham em benefício próprio”, diz Ailton Krenak search.app/525tWf75N1y1...
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Don’t forget to remember
January 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Don’t forget to remember
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I wrote about all the ways Jonathan Haidt gets it wrong and how early Haidt would not have been happy with later Haidt.
newrepublic.com/article/1903...
Are Cell Phones Really Destroying Kids’ Mental Health?
Jonathan Haidt once heralded an “ultrasocial” world. Now he’s one of social media’s most prominent critics.
newrepublic.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I wrote about all the ways Jonathan Haidt gets it wrong and how early Haidt would not have been happy with later Haidt.
newrepublic.com/article/1903...
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Ainda Estou Aqui: como Eunice Paiva desconstruiu farsa criada pela ditadura sobre seu marido
Confira:
Confira:
Ainda Estou Aqui: como Eunice Paiva desconstruiu farsa criada pela ditadura sobre seu marido
Ativista e advogada teve trajetória de 25 anos de luta pela memória, justiça e verdade sobre paradeiro de Rubens Paiva
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January 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Ainda Estou Aqui: como Eunice Paiva desconstruiu farsa criada pela ditadura sobre seu marido
Confira:
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COLUMN: As internet search engines degrade and AI spits out wrong answers and replaces human workers, I’m struck by how the 1957 romantic comedy “Desk Set” starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy predicts it all
Column: This movie with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy anticipated anxieties about the internet and AI
In the 1957 rom-com “Desk Set” starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, a fact-checker sees her job threatened by a new computer.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
COLUMN: As internet search engines degrade and AI spits out wrong answers and replaces human workers, I’m struck by how the 1957 romantic comedy “Desk Set” starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy predicts it all