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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Last thing for now: He never directly said the keynote was written by Claude. What he admitted was worse--an entire current book authored by AI. We were all left to infer what it meant for him to "work closely with AI" in relation to the keynote itself. And none of this was mentioned until I asked.

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Interestingly, the intuition I felt and spoke from -- that embodied knowing -- is precisely the kind of thing AI, for all of its performative anthropomorphic gesturing at the simulacrum of personhood, can't do. Tech billionaires want us to believe that our embodied/human ways of knowing are useless!

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I did actually find the talk thought provoking and brilliant, albeit in a diabolical way. It raised many reflections for me, but more than anything, an embodied feeling -- a sense that something wasn't right. And to receive that confirmation in real time was one of the wildest moments in my career..

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm still not angry like many of my colleagues in the digital humanities who were deeply offended to realize they sat through a talk by a scholar who confessed, ONLY when asked, to "writing" his entire book with AI and proudly proclaiming that his goal was to not write a single word himself..

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

As I walked away, I had another funny feeling. What if this "book" and his entire "experiment" is funded by an AI company? This is exactly the kind of "scholarship" tech bro overlords want -- influential academics, preferably men, telling the rest of us that we are now useless in the age of AI.

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I actually had a conversation with the keynote speaker afterwards, and told him what a shame it was that he allowed an LLM to make him believe in his own worthlessness. I tried to reason with him: "That's exactly what these companies want you to believe, and it's ridiculous." He was unmoved..

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Anyway. Back to this man telling the audience he felt useless. It's actually worse than that. He said he felt we would all be rendered useless by AI's computational prowess. This reminded me immediately of the Ivy-league professor who recently penned an op-ed calling himself useless in the age of AI

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

.. and impose ever-increasing mechanisms of social control. He didn't answer that question. In fact, he was not able to answer most questions colleagues asked in the Q&A. Someone asked him about Heidegger since he talked at length about phenomenology. He had no response. Did he need to ask Claude?

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I said as much in the Q&A, pointing out this pattern of mystification in his talk, asking why he didn't frame any of the phenomena he was describing in terms of a Marxist analysis of the ways in which tech companies are seizing the means of mental production to enrich a tiny power hungry minority +

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

He kept coming back, repeatedly (in the way AI often loops) to this idea of AI (specifically Claude) representing "a position without an address", and it became increasingly clear to me that there was some odd mystification happening. Of course LLM products have an address. It's a corporate address.

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'd been interested in some of what he said at the beginning of his talk about feminist standpoint theory, the fact that all knowledge is situated despite efforts of those pushing AI to assert technological neutrality. There was a passing reference to the Western-bias of algorithms, etc, and yet +

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Perhaps he was uncomfortable with being clocked. After all, he did not share at any point in the talk that he "works very closely with Claude". But I notice that he strangely encouraged the audience to work with AI as much as possible, romanticized "getting better" with prompts the "more you use it"

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I could scarcely believe my intuition was right. I sort of said it as a joke -- "How do we know your talk wasn't written by AI?" But in truth, something in the rhetoric, argumentation, possibly even the tone, felt AI-ish. When he shifted in his seat, I thought he was offended by the implication..

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The moment was shocking for us in the audience. I was surprised at the level of anger expressed by colleagues - many of whom are experts in digital humanities - who came up to me afterwards, appalled to have sat through a keynote in which the speaker belatedly confessed to "authoring a book" with AI

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🇨🇦LisaFellarinaAgainst Fascism📎 @lisafellaantifa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I’d say he is definitely useless as an intellectual I even question if he’s an “intellectual” at all Only mediocre people need AI to write anything

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room +

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Still more on the money we aren’t giving to Iran…. A $300 billion private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the US-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters reut.rs/4xCIdTK

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Exclusive: Iran deal includes $300 billion fund, more than half of which already committed, source says

A $300 billion private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the U.S.-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with ‌direct kno...

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ilDav 🇮🇹 🫶 🇺🇦🇹🇼 @davidedesantis.me · 17/06/2026

7 tanks and 7 ACVs is not bad 👀 Almost 500 vehicle being disabled as well 🚛

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The immense economic power of the richest Americans allows them to wield immense political power, too. They can pour millions into our elections to elect politicians that will continue to rig the system in their favor. We must end this vicious cycle.

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👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 17/06/2026

We all keep saying "He must be stopped. This must be stopped." But the critical mass to stop him/this is never reached. Albania stuffed Kushner in a locker in 10 days. We've had 10 years. What if it's an "Us" problem.

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Dr. Merri 🐸 @merri24.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Eat the rich

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I had a pony! @meghancolleen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Look at those big ol feet! 🥹🥹🥹🥹

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OKKat Photography @okkatphoto.com · 16/06/2026

I often see people here recommend books and almost as often, I pop into my Libby app, locate the book, and tag it “wish list”. When I finish one, I move on to the next. So far, they’ve all been worthwhile. I will never get bored and there will always be an intimidating TBR “pile”.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 17/06/2026

Ukraine’s 422nd Unmanned Systems Regiment and the 17th Army Corps struck and destroyed a Russian fuel tanker with a Bulava drone nearly 100 km behind the front line. #Ukraine

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🇨🇦LisaFellarinaAgainst Fascism📎 @lisafellaantifa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I really, really hate the russians 💔😭🕯️💔😭🕯️💔😭🕯️

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🐝🇺🇦 "Now we are starting to purchase the first 150 thousand middle strike drones (!) through tenders. And then there will be deep strike, FPV, all kinds and types of drones," — Defense Minister Fedorov

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The G7 countries pledged to increase sanctions pressure on the Russian economy, in particular in the oil and gas sector. 3/3

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The partners agreed to increase the supply of air defense systems, interceptor missiles, as well as long-range weapons. Ukraine will be provided with additional support to protect and restore the energy system on the eve of the next winter. 2/3

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🇺🇦 The G7 countries will increase supplies of air defense systems to Ukraine and are ready to consider the possibility of granting licenses for their production. Leaders of G7 noted Ukraine's successes on the battlefield and emphasized that a new impetus for the fight has now appeared. 1/3

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🙏 The moment of the attack on Cathedral of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra two days ago

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UH @uh8.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

ruZZians 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

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🇨🇦LisaFellarinaAgainst Fascism📎 @lisafellaantifa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I’m so glad I live in a peach producing area! Where I live now, I can see right across Lake Ontario to Stoney Creeks’s peach orchards. And when they’re in season, I go a bit crazy and eat peaches 3 to 4 times daily. And nectarines.

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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

Who else says "Fake Polls" all the time? Oh, yeah, #Trump! #DougFord is to #Ontario as Donald Trump is to the USA. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug… #ONPoli #CDNPoli

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

Today Rogers have added national insult to our telecommunication oligarchy injury. They taken away Hockey Night in Canada and Bell and Telus continue to fleece Canadians. Enough is enough. The privatization and deregulation experiment has failed […] [Original post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

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elcanaco.bsky.social @elcanaco.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

NovaRed Mining is located at 905 Pender Street, 5th floor, in Vancouver. Phone: 604-805-6340 Email: info@novaredmining.com Ya know, if you would like to express your displeasure of their poor decision. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #Trump #Noem #ICE #fascism

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Photography by Douglas 🍁 @darkwaterphotos.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Canadians do not want this fugly puppy killer up here or involved in any Canadian's business. Full Stop! Immediate detain and deport! #CdnPoli #CBSA

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Toronto Tenant Union @tenantsunionto.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Last night, we rallied to protect Renee & her family from an illegal eviction at 2777 Kipling We need everybody to call the President of Q Residential at 416-843-6815 & demand Renee gets her home back! Spread the word & keep up the pressure #TOPoli #ONPoli #TenantPower #StrongerTogether

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Tobique Mike🇨🇦 @tobiquemike.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

If you are pro-choice you can’t be anti-MAID. “My body, my choice” doesn’t apply just to fetuses. If someone wants to die with dignity, it’s their choice and we need to respect that or governments and millionaires need to step up to help people. You can’t have both. #cdnpoli

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Bryan Crockett 🇨🇦 @bryancrockett.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The Alberta Separatists want independence from Canada except for all the hard parts #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The Alberta separatists want to keep their Canadian Passports Putting aside my outrage for a minute It is up to the country issuing the passport to decide if you qualify for one, not a separate Alberta If you want to keep your Canadian passport remain Canadian #idiots #ableg #abpoli

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 15/06/2026

As Carney attempts to fast-track dirty gas megaprojects, First Nations leaders have a warning: Any investors in LNG Canada will be complicit in grave violations of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, title and sovereignty. 📣 Listen to Hereditary Chief Na’Moks’ powerful message for financiers. 📣 #GreenSky

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/06/2026

I guess a G7 meeting that ends without a social media meltdown or a public fight now counts as a major success

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Meanwhile in Russia: one month ago, state TV host Vladimir Solovyov explained why the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra should be destroyed along with the rest of Kyiv. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh21...

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Vladimir Solovyov said that Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra should be destroyed along with all of Kyiv

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Experts alarmed as Trump launches broad-front attack on US voting rights With election denialists installed in key positions, officials using series of measures to change voting rules www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Experts alarmed as Trump launches broad-front attack on US voting rights

With election denialists installed in key positions, officials using series of measures to change voting rules

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

What you have to understand is that for Starmer's team, the right is not the enemy. The left is. Its driving mission, from the moment Starmer took over, was to stamp out first the Labour left, then the wider left. It hates us, deeply and viscerally, with a passion never directed at the right.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

You may well ask yourself what the hell is going on. I do. But it becomes comprehensible only when you set aside the thought that this is a Labour government. If we saw this anywhere else, we'd know exactly what to call it. Rightwing authoritarianism. So why is Labour imposing it on the UK?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The government is actively encouraging this direction of travel, treating protesters' sincere motivation - hitherto regarded as a mitigating factor - as an *aggravating* factor, to prove that they are *terrorists*. Yet at the same time, it will neither name nor prosecute far-right terrorism.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Then, when the defendants have been convicted of ordinary crimes and the jury's gone home, the judge decides to sentence them for something else entirely. Because it seems to me, when you come down to it old boy, that these revolting little people are really terrorists. Judge, jury and executioner.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

What this means is that anyone involved in direct action protests could be sentenced as terrorists, whether or not they belong to a banned group and whether or not terrorism is *even mentioned at the trial*. Without informing the jury, the judge secretly marks the case as "terrorism connection".

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