Today I asked ChatGPT about the topic I wrote my PhD about. It produced reasonably sounding explanations and reasonably looking citations. So far so good – until I fact-checked the citations. And things got spooky when I asked about a physical phenomenon that doesn’t exist.

What happens when jobs are guaranteed? Excited that the The New Yorker feature story is out on the #Marienthal #JobGuarantee and our evaluation (with Maximilian Kasy). newyorker.com/news/annals-of…

Science ran a big experiment on itself for the last ~60 years. It didn't work out. experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-and…

Let's not forget, whichever Team wins tonight, both countries have an ongoing colonial present. Though different in quality, obviously...

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August 2022. Hans Peter Doskozil macht in einem Interview mit der „Kleinen Zeitung“ einen bemerkenswerten Vorschlag: die Abschaffung der ÖGK. Warum hat das nichts mit Sozialdemokratie zu tun? Ein Thread.

Anyone out there with good literature on bureaucratisation as a tool for e.g. workers control? (Could also be on social service exclusion etc.) Looking for anything where inefficiencies are at least accepted, if not wanted…

Democratising the means of production is a climate policy 🧵 (1/7)

This morning chapter 7 of Mau’s Mute Compulsion, on the relation between class oppression and other forms of difference, mainly gender and race. 🧵

Now chapter 8 from Mau's Mute Compulsion in tweet summary. Here, Mau elaborates his approach to the value-form and commodity fetishism. 🧵

A summary of chapter 10 of Søren Mau’s Mute Compulsion. This discusses power in the workplace and will be a treat to fans of labor process theory. 🧵

Hi, all. I write jokes for TV, but not long ago I was a financial analyst. I had my Series 7. For those who say Fran Drescher or any SAG-AFTRA member should stop whining and appreciate what they have, let me give you a lesson in capitalism. 🧵

my takeaway from @StaleHolgersen: lets drop the obsession with *growth & replace it with capital accumulation? even-handed analysis, though 2 key principles in the end conflate the analytical (contra ecomodernism) with the political (contra degrowth)🤔 spectrejournal.com/neither-produc…

Tim, you weren't supposed to be that open about it in public!

📢 OUT NOW: Our latest issue, "Seeds of Struggle"! 🌱 With the rising threat climate change presents hanging over our heads, this issue brings together a range of workers inquiring into food production and distribution today. 👇 Read and share now below! notesfrombelow.org/issue/seeds-st…

Anyone got an invite for me?

In Österreich ist eine politische Kampagne gegen mich und andere Wissenschaftler_innen am Laufen. Die rechtsextreme FPÖ und ihr faschistisches Umfeld versuchen alle Stimmen einzuschüchtern, die sie beobachten und analysieren. Die Waffen sind dabei sehr ungleich verteilt.

World politics and science meet on the big screen in Bern 28-29th October. 📽️🎞️ Kino Rex In collaboration with the Swiss Science Film Academy, the mLAB presents the 5th Global Science Film Festival. 🎓🎥 Screenings and discussions with filmmakers and experts +info: mlab.unibe.ch/5gssf-bern/

Anyone in need of a 🟦☁️ code?