I was able to go out for a shorter run around Tokyo yesterday, and while taking in the sights I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/6)

Next Monday, 11/10, 12-1 pm ET: We are excited to feature our Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Brian Rogers, speaking on "City of Commuters: Work and Mobility in Tokyo, 1890-1973, moderated by Ian Miller (History). Please join us in-person and online! us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/city-c...

Another instance of an organization, in this case @mozilla.org, destroying their supporting community by forcing AI into everything. (1/2) support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums...

I'm back in Japan! I'm looking forward to catching up with friends and collaborators in person over the next week, and on the way over I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)

Landed from my flight to Japan and very pleased to see some freaking good news for once

On November 12th at 11 AM, we will host a Worlding Feminist Political Economies Event. This conversation will focus on The Black Social Economy and Capital, exploring how we move beyond superficial understandings of financial inclusion. To join, email me before Nov 12th [email protected]

What makes dialogue 💬 constructive 🫂? We address this question in our #EMNLP2025 paper investigating how **responsivity** can characterize conversation quality ✨ Brandon Roy will be presenting our work (Oral) on Nov 7, Room A109 at 10:30. 🧵👇 ​​https://aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-main.1798/

I was running around town today as I packed in the meetings before my trip to Japan for, among other things, the Japan People Analytics ＆ HR annual conference (peopleanalytics.or.jp/lp/), and while kissing goodbye to a normal sleep schedule I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/5)

It would be great if we didn't mangle our clocks twice a year, but at least I made use of the extra hour to listen to some books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! Remember that you can subscribe to these playlists here - academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com (1/3)

As I promised, here's my new Harvard Data Science Review commentary (on Leonelli's 'Environmental Intelligence'). It summarises my Royal Society argument that AGI is a confused concept with no demonstrable scientific merit and needs to be tossed in the bin if we want to get our heads straight again:

Well Ohtani only got a no decision but what a game! And before watching that nail-biter I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)

Happy Halloween! I had a great time dressing up as one of today’s great TV/manga characters, and before doling out candy I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/8)

I beg your pardon?

Didnt realise this was out but I read an early draft and it was the best thing i've read on neurodiversity in years. It surely got a lot better by the time it was published. I'm excited to read the final version.

Remember folks that if you join an academic institution that agreed to explicitly racist policies you will be judged accordingly www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Q: "Why is every tech firm so gung ho about baking their AI into every feature of their products?" A:

“It’s much easier for a company to say, ‘We are laying workers off because we’re realizing AI-related efficiencies’ than to say ‘We’re laying people off because we’re not that profitable or bloated, or facing a slowing economic environment, etc’” www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

It was mostly a writing day for me, and after lunch I went for a shorter run and listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/6)

fascinating that this is being chalked up to AI — to me it looks like a negative economic indicator. companies tightening belts and laying off expensive middle managers? that predates AI by a lot www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

After teaching my session on AI for the MIT Technology Leadership program (with spirited discussion of many of the themes from @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social's essential book, "The AI Con"), I shuttled between meetings and listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/6)

Academic version: scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2546/ TLDR version: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...

Finally someone said it. Do not use multivariate regression to support claims about 'risk factors' for some outcome.

I ran over to the @harvardusjapan.bsky.social for a great talk by Miyajima Hideaki on Japanese corporate governance (video will hopefully be posted soon), and on the way I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/5)

Clearest example I can see of how the court is fundamentally broken and we need a true Reconstruction that includes the court system - even Sotomayor thinks things will just magically change back in 2029 www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...

I guess “we don’t have any choice, we have to object to keep our TM rights” is untrue (insert *always was* meme here)

10/10, no notes

I had a relaxing but chilly weekend, and while staying warm inside I listened to talks and read books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)

GDP isn't a great growth metric example #527

Come on guys just use the robot, pay money to use the robot. You can trust the robot, just believe what the robot says. Nothing could go wrong, just give money to the people who make the robot work so they can fire you it'll be fine nothing could go wrong.

慶応大の研究紹介セッションはいつも面白くて、今回もそうでした。特に体育研究の紹介(須田芳正所長)と外国語教育研究の紹介(山下一夫所長)が参考になりました。 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtT0...

We had a gorgeous end to the week after some light showers, and to go along with the view I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/8)

I could just stop doing interviews and send this

the weak Anglo mind cannot comprehend "building more houses"

I was pretty sick today, but at least I had this guy to keep me company as I rested up and listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/7)

Someone must already be working on a movie script for this www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...

It's such an obvious kill two birds with one stone situation, I've been shocked that they haven't been faster on this. With concerns about over tourism and tax revenue, why they don't just tack on a few hundred dollar tax for international flights is beyond me

The hero we need

The jihanki have hot drinks, it’s officially winter in Japan (I don’t make the rules)

Given the amount of time spent on writing grant applications, they're almost certainly economically negative for science by a wide margin.

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

The sun came out after the morning rain, and while taking in the New England fall I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/9)

💔 www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-11-02/i...

ADP data wasn't well understood. Their partnership with the Fed helped them and others understand their data & how it relates to free official estimates of important economic variables. The pause in official stats raised their data's market value tremendously, no longer giving it away.

I had a lot of writing to get through today, but I was still able to get out for a shorter run and listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! Here's my periodic reminder that you can get these playlists delivered directly to your inbox (for free!) here - academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com (1/5)

Our constitutional culture (and our courts) will need recognize efforts by governments overthrown by the United States to resist that illegal annexation. The schools aim to preserve their nation by teaching the language and culture to their citizens. Resistance to colonialism is not discrimination.

The FT wrote a story on my article with Rory Van Loo and Lane Miles showing that more than one in six companies have potentially illegal interlocking boards of directors www.agendanews.com/lead/c/49966...

「この先、日本には3パターンの未来がある。1つは受け入れた外国人に対して、日本語教育などを積極的に行うことで、彼らの生活が安定し、地域の活力になっていくパターン。2つめは、外国人の教育レベルや賃金が低いままで固定化され、日本人による偏見が強まり、外国人たちも壁を作ってしまうパターン。これが進むと、文化的にも社会的にも分断や対立が進む可能性があります。最後は移民の受け入れそのものを拒否してしまい、活力が失われ、人口が減って国が衰退していくパターンです」 gendai.media/articles/-/1...

At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.

The weather did not cooperate, so while hanging out inside and watching the Jays win I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/7)