In @thestar.com today I wrote about the dreamy rekindling of space travel coinciding w Toronto’s terrestrial tear down of a communal place to share the Dark Side of the Moon.

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In the early 1990s, Bruno Latour was not hired at the Institute for Advanced Study. I wrote an article about that decision and what it reveals about the science wars and the history of science studies, now live @histsocialscience.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/article/985884

It's time to play "Who Said It? AI Edition" aka "AI Researchers Say The Darndest Things." First three correct submissions win a copy of my new book from @uoftpress.bsky.social #AI #STS www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-ti...

Come and hear a conversation between @danbrownefilm.bsky.social and me at the U of T Bookstore on May. 26. 6-8 PM FREE. @uoftpress.bsky.social @torontosri.bsky.social srinstitute.utoronto.ca/news/underst... TICKETS: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc...

Inspiring to hear @karenhao.bsky.social talk about the power citizens have in rising up against toxic empires. At @rotmanschool.bsky.social

Join us for the launch of #HumansOfAI at the University of Toronto Bookstore, where @josephwilsonca.bsky.social will be in conversation with Dan Browne. March 26, 6–8pm EDT Reserve tickets here: bit.ly/4cqKr0h @UofTBookstores #FreeEvent

Join me for the launch of Humans of AI from U of T Press with @danbrownefilm.bsky.social on March 26 in Toronto #AI #Anthropology #STS #LLMs www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc...?

@shawnmicallef.bsky.social blurbed my new book and it has, so far, made three people laugh out loud, especially in the context of the other blurbs: "AI... may, or may not, change our entire lives and world" is like a British way of saying "you guys don't know wtf you're talking about."

Big thanks to @gretchenmcculloch.com and her post on Public Lending Rights. My new book #HumansofAI is in libraries all across Canada and now I get paid for that! Registration is open: publiclendingright.ca My book from @uoftpress.bsky.social utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

Another gem from @dushkopetrovich.bsky.social at @nplusonemag.com n + 1: The Second-Term Aesthetic www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/ess...

My book Humans of AI: Understanding the People Behind the Machines is out today from Aevo U of T Press! www.linkedin.com/pulse/meet-h... If you’re interested in: #humans #anthropology #AI #language #LLM #labor check it out. Review copies avail.

Help take A Call to Address Humanity’s Cosmic Footprint (Nature Astronomy) to the UN. Endorse & share today: www.cosmicfootprint.org/openletter.h... #SpacePolicy #ScienceDiplomacy #STS

An excerpt from my upcoming book #HumansofAI for @uoftpress.bsky.social "Pay No Attention to Those Engineers Behind the Curtain: The Hidden Infrastructure that Runs AI" #STS @americananthro.bsky.social @cas-sca.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2025/08...

My own school, @uoft.bsky.social has advised against all non-essential travel to the US, including for conferences like this. Insisting on in-person attendance to @americananthro.bsky.social is antithetical to the principles we adhere to as social scientists; pleaser reconsider. #anthropology

I've made some gentle requests but haven't heard anything back. @americananthro.bsky.social Please reconsider your policy to hold an in-person only conference this year. You're alienating all non-US members who aren't comfortable travelling to the US this year. #anthropology

Hi all: Q for the #anthropology community. Any suggestions for programs for creating diagrams for a (ling anth) dissertation? I need to do two things: 1. create a map of my field-site (a science lab); and 2. turn photos/video stills into black-line drawings. cc @ethnolectures.bsky.social

@nickseaver.website did you see this in the Atlantic? #Attention ftw. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt... from @alv9n.com

Join us Dec. 3 at 12 PM EST for our last Paper Club of 2024, with Leshem Choshen from MIT CSAIL/IBM "Future of Open Human Feedback". #AI #NLP #LLM #ML #STS Open to all! paperclub.aitinkerers.org/p/join-our-p...

Police departments across U.S. are starting to use #AI to write crime reports "legal experts are raising concerns over accuracy, transparency, and potential bias — challenges that could significantly shape the future of AI... in #policing..." www.cnbc.com/2024/11...

My latest for the Globe and Mail argues that "The whole notion that AI will overtake humanity relies on a false premise" #AI #NLP #ML #LLM www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Thrilled that @parismarx.com of the brilliant @techwontsave.us and King Ludd himself, @bcmerchant.bsky.social are now teaming up to give us an extra weekly dose of tech-critcial insight and wisdom with System Crash - Timely and neccesary - first episode here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

A reminder that Spectacles of Waste is now available 'everywhere', it seems. From Polity/Wiley or your preferred book provider. Sad to say, I'm already working on the sequel: waste in space, or spaceshit earth! www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... #STS #histSTM

The #SciComm starter pack is almost full. Make sure to revisit it as l’ve added lots of folk this week. Do share it and flag up if you’d like added. go.bsky.app/VJQzace

Anybody have any good #starterpacks for #Anthropology #STS #AI eager to get back into the community!

My latest for the Globe and Mail argues that "The whole notion that AI will overtake humanity relies on a false premise" #AI #NLP #ML #LLM www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...