Gabriel Pereira (@gabrielopereira) and Bruno Moreschi (Bruno Moreschi) Living with Images from Large-Scale Data Sets: A Critical Pedagogy for Scaling Down From The Politics and Practices of Computational Seeing. doi.org/10.1080/175407…

My paper on speaking machines, AI imaginaries and the brilliant work of Erin Gee, Sofian Audry and Holly Herndon is out in the latest issue of Afterimage ! doi.org/10.1525/aft.20…

Although widespread middle-class access to homeownership is supposed to reduce the need for social supports by fostering wealth redistribution and providing lifelong security, recent evidence suggests otherwise. jacobin.com/2023/09/housin…

Delighted to receive physical copies of the new McGill-Queen's University Press collection I edited, Variable Conditions: Para-computational Arts in Canada, 1965-1995, with fantastic contributions from a long list of distinguished contributors—book launch coming soon mqup.ca/variable-condi…

If I must die, let it be a tale. #FreePalestine #Gaza

nplusonemag.com/issue-47/the-i… Something I've given a lot of thought to lately... particularly with regards to the operational -invisual- function of these images and the role they play in platform capitalism and machine learning/AI. *Sigh*

A must-read for those keeping track of health care shortages in Alberta, written by my incredible colleague, Ghada Alatrash. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/… #abhealth

Solidarity with students protesting in the US.

Richard Scary’s 1984 Dune

Hey, Jyoti Gondek ?? theguardian.com/news/article/2…

Anyone know of dataset audits/analyses that consider inclusion/use/role of non-photographic images within machine vision modelling?

From one of Ukraine's most prominent news outlets: "It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up." kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-pr…

New publication with Philosophy of Photography questions what it means to look at images of atrocity within contexts defined by their financialization, instrumentalization, and deployment within machine learning and AI applications. intellectdiscover.com/content/journa…

Powerful scene of unity amongst Treaty chiefs, Treaty holders and allies at Alberta legislature this afternoon rallying against Premiere Smith’s Danielle Smith Bill 54 (which was passed yesterday). The Bill threatens Indigenous rights, sovereignty and the very Treaties this

Gaza right now

*Slavoj Zizek sniffs loudly touching his nose* Ah yes yes the corporate pastoral. This is a perfect ideological object. You see, you see here Sam, he pretends to give us a modest, one could say intimate conversation between two friends. No. This is a mythopoetic act of

Excellent piece here from University Affairs from Letitia Henville, summarizing peer review perspectives on SSHRC Insight Grants / Insight Development Grants. University Affairs universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/…

While #Madleen must be released immediately, every Mediterranean port should send boats with aid, solidarity, and humanity to Gaza. They shall sail together—united, they will be unstoppable. #BreakingTheSiege is a legal duty for states, and a moral imperative for all of us.

When oil and gas companies are unable, or unwilling, to pay their land rent, the provincial government will pay it for them. More than 99% of the time, the government never gets its money back thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-an…