On our @spacingradio.bsky.social housing series The Overhead, we talk about decommodifying housing. Housing is big money, and it’s leading to unaffordable rents and displacement. Is there an alternative? spacing.ca/national/202...

I wrote a comprehensive introduction to basic information theory, with added context from social scientists of the cybernetics movement (Gregory Bateson) & later (Katherine Hayles). It covers everything from bit encoding to comparative metrics like cross-entropy. mikaelbrunila.com/information-...

What an amazing and terrifying story from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social !

Really thought we might see a George Bell drop kick there!

"For housing-first to succeed, we need housing first"—key insight from our BSH panel at #CAEH2025 With fed budget next week and $13B committed to affordable #housing and homelessness, the sector is mobilized. Full reflections:

If you are interested in data, large language models (LLMs), and historical/critical accounts of technology, go check out @mikaelbrunila.bsky.social's new article out in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social!

Chapter three from my thesis is finally out in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social! I explore the parallels between the "bit" and the "embeddings" that are a foundational structure in Large Language Models, showing how the latter endow tech companies with what I call "cosine capital." bsky.app/profile/bigd...

New article: Martine August and I's paper on financial landlords and rents in Toronto is out in @economyandspace.bsky.social! We show how financial landlords charge the highest rents, rent premiums, and rent increases out of all types of landlords. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In my new role at Dal Legal Aid, I’ve been thinking a lot about evictions lately. And what I’ve been finding is that there is a dearth of data in Canada about the level and nature of evictions in Canada. This podcast episode is all about what we *do* know…(it’s not great) bsh.ubc.ca/episode-11-t...

So well deserved!!! Congrats, Craig!

Looks awesome, and proud to see 66.7% of panelists are McGill MUP grads!

We have a new episode of The Overhead for you! How do evictions change from province to province? Are evictions caused by poverty, or do they cause poverty? All that and more: spacing.ca/national/202... @bshnode.bsky.social

What can we learn about eviction policy by comparing provinces and municipalities? Be the first to hear from experts Alexandra Flynn and @davidwachsmuth.bsky.social on the challenges of tracking evictions in our latest episode of the Overhead with @spacingradio.bsky.social. https://buff.ly/3D78t0W

This is such an excellent and perceptive essay on the politics of AI. Historicization and politicization in one package. Highly recommended!

I'm so happy to see my dear friend @sethjprins.bsky.social;;s new book! When it comes to measuring cause and effect, Seth is one of the clearest, more rigorous thinkers out there. Don't sleep on this text!

Huge congrats, @jasonthorne.bsky.social !

We put together a starter pack of some of our favourite commentators and policymakers on housing in Canada (those who have made the jump to bluesky!) Follow these folks for meaningful engagement on housing in Canada. go.bsky.app/LrYY3kV

Another revised All Things Urban and Housing @bsky.app Starters Pack 3.0!...at least from my perspective + bias Welcome @davidwachsmuth.bsky.social + @jdhulchanski.bsky.social !!! go.bsky.app/3hpC7aT