Warren Pearce
@warrenpearce.bsky.social
Academic.
Digital methods.
Climate change.
Expertise.
Imagery.
Occasional music posts.
#AcademicSky #STS
https://sheffield.ac.uk/spir/people/academic/warren-pearce
Digital methods.
Climate change.
Expertise.
Imagery.
Occasional music posts.
#AcademicSky #STS
https://sheffield.ac.uk/spir/people/academic/warren-pearce
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Warren Pearce
@warrenpearce.bsky.social
· Jul 11
How has computer vision changed Google's knowledge infrastructure? 🤔
*Extremely* happy that our pre-print now up at SocArXiv. Our amazing team dig into Google Images, the #AI technology driving it, and the impacts for users.
osf.io/preprints/so...
#STS #digitalmethods @digitalmethods.net
*Extremely* happy that our pre-print now up at SocArXiv. Our amazing team dig into Google Images, the #AI technology driving it, and the impacts for users.
osf.io/preprints/so...
#STS #digitalmethods @digitalmethods.net
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I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Also some very funny replies
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Also some very funny replies
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steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
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Day 3 Sheffield Uni UCU strike against threat of extensive redundancies. 400 academic staff gone. Nearly 100 more now confirmed. They want another £10m staff saving this year, despite being in a strong position financially. #SheffieldUCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
November 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Day 3 Sheffield Uni UCU strike against threat of extensive redundancies. 400 academic staff gone. Nearly 100 more now confirmed. They want another £10m staff saving this year, despite being in a strong position financially. #SheffieldUCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
Good rally today with @sheffielducu.bsky.social and Sheffield Hallam
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Good rally today with @sheffielducu.bsky.social and Sheffield Hallam
Heading to picket line for day 1 of @sheffielducu.bsky.social strike against compulsory job losses ✊✊🏼✊🏾 www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
Mass strikes to hit University of Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam in November and December over job cuts
A combined 28 days of strike action will hit the city of Sheffield over the next two months in rows over job cuts at Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam universities, UCU announced today.
www.ucu.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Heading to picket line for day 1 of @sheffielducu.bsky.social strike against compulsory job losses ✊✊🏼✊🏾 www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
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RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
www.change.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Monday night's elite-level Clipse gig in Manchester. Almost all the new album and a back cat of certified bangers.
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Monday night's elite-level Clipse gig in Manchester. Almost all the new album and a back cat of certified bangers.
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score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"
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Today I did something I should have done months ago. I went to an 'asylum seeker hotel protest' to speak to all involved. Protestors, live stream vlogger, police, counter-protestors. My main take away is that anyone wishing to understand this movement should do the same. Chat. Listen. Reflections🧵
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Today I did something I should have done months ago. I went to an 'asylum seeker hotel protest' to speak to all involved. Protestors, live stream vlogger, police, counter-protestors. My main take away is that anyone wishing to understand this movement should do the same. Chat. Listen. Reflections🧵
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Striking women!
In or passing through Sheffield before 4 Nov?
Get yourself to the _Winter Gardens_ to check out the wonderful comic and archives from Prof Anitha Sundari's work with Prof Ruth Pearson on the 1976 Grunwick Strike and 2005 Gate Gourmet dispute. sheffield.ac.uk/spir/news/ne...
In or passing through Sheffield before 4 Nov?
Get yourself to the _Winter Gardens_ to check out the wonderful comic and archives from Prof Anitha Sundari's work with Prof Ruth Pearson on the 1976 Grunwick Strike and 2005 Gate Gourmet dispute. sheffield.ac.uk/spir/news/ne...
New exhibition: Striking Women - South Asians Workers' struggles in the UK labour market
Striking Women: South Asians Workers' struggles in the UK labour market, led by Professor Sundari Anitha, with Professor Ruth Pearson, is a fascinating new exhibition in this year’s Festival of Social...
sheffield.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Striking women!
In or passing through Sheffield before 4 Nov?
Get yourself to the _Winter Gardens_ to check out the wonderful comic and archives from Prof Anitha Sundari's work with Prof Ruth Pearson on the 1976 Grunwick Strike and 2005 Gate Gourmet dispute. sheffield.ac.uk/spir/news/ne...
In or passing through Sheffield before 4 Nov?
Get yourself to the _Winter Gardens_ to check out the wonderful comic and archives from Prof Anitha Sundari's work with Prof Ruth Pearson on the 1976 Grunwick Strike and 2005 Gate Gourmet dispute. sheffield.ac.uk/spir/news/ne...
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I'm excited to finally have a preprint of this paper up, a few years in the making.
In it we argue that industry-driven manipulation of social media research is well underway and that norms and institutions in the field are ill-prepared to resist tech's influence.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
In it we argue that industry-driven manipulation of social media research is well underway and that norms and institutions in the field are ill-prepared to resist tech's influence.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I'm excited to finally have a preprint of this paper up, a few years in the making.
In it we argue that industry-driven manipulation of social media research is well underway and that norms and institutions in the field are ill-prepared to resist tech's influence.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
In it we argue that industry-driven manipulation of social media research is well underway and that norms and institutions in the field are ill-prepared to resist tech's influence.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
Early train->Skegness (with some keen sunseekers ☀️ ) en route to York for the White Rose DTP Welcome Event
Reconnecting with our fantastic students, hearing their hopes & fears for the coming year and unveiling our Digital Tech, Communication & AI training programme wrdtp.ac.uk/training/tra... 🤓
Reconnecting with our fantastic students, hearing their hopes & fears for the coming year and unveiling our Digital Tech, Communication & AI training programme wrdtp.ac.uk/training/tra... 🤓
Training and Events Calendar – White Rose DTP
wrdtp.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Early train->Skegness (with some keen sunseekers ☀️ ) en route to York for the White Rose DTP Welcome Event
Reconnecting with our fantastic students, hearing their hopes & fears for the coming year and unveiling our Digital Tech, Communication & AI training programme wrdtp.ac.uk/training/tra... 🤓
Reconnecting with our fantastic students, hearing their hopes & fears for the coming year and unveiling our Digital Tech, Communication & AI training programme wrdtp.ac.uk/training/tra... 🤓
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"We focus on Israel during 2023, a period marked by intense political polarization...We find that exposure to toxic behavior by ingroup members is the primary driver of contagious toxicity, compared to smaller, less consistent associations with outgroup toxicity."
Social media users adopt the toxic behaviors of ingroup members
An analysis of 7 million tweets from over 700,000 accounts finds that exposures to toxic behavior by ingroup members is the primary driver of contagious toxicity online academic.oup.com/jcmc/article...
An analysis of 7 million tweets from over 700,000 accounts finds that exposures to toxic behavior by ingroup members is the primary driver of contagious toxicity online academic.oup.com/jcmc/article...
October 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"We focus on Israel during 2023, a period marked by intense political polarization...We find that exposure to toxic behavior by ingroup members is the primary driver of contagious toxicity, compared to smaller, less consistent associations with outgroup toxicity."
Gillian Tett: is AI a cargo cult? www.ft.com/content/f202...
AI has a cargo cult problem
Spending vast sums and inflating an investment bubble is no guarantee of unleashing technological magic
www.ft.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Gillian Tett: is AI a cargo cult? www.ft.com/content/f202...
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At #aoir2025 I’m presenting on what I term “platformed nostalgia”, which I explore via an analysis of Automattic-era Tumblr’s efforts to commercialise historical social media nostalgia in its marketing (particularly in response to the X-odus). I’m in the Memes panel at 9am tomorrow. Sneak peak 👀
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
At #aoir2025 I’m presenting on what I term “platformed nostalgia”, which I explore via an analysis of Automattic-era Tumblr’s efforts to commercialise historical social media nostalgia in its marketing (particularly in response to the X-odus). I’m in the Memes panel at 9am tomorrow. Sneak peak 👀
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Trailer for Synthetic Sincerity which I wrote , directed by Marc Isaacs which will have its world Premiere in competition at IDFA in November
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Trailer for Synthetic Sincerity which I wrote , directed by Marc Isaacs which will have its world Premiere in competition at IDFA in November
Great evening of knowledge, wordplay and truths from Chuck D at Leeds International Festival.
“They treating the masses like them asses” 🫡
#LIFI25
“They treating the masses like them asses” 🫡
#LIFI25
October 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Great evening of knowledge, wordplay and truths from Chuck D at Leeds International Festival.
“They treating the masses like them asses” 🫡
#LIFI25
“They treating the masses like them asses” 🫡
#LIFI25
On way home from superb Cultural Climate Models meeting in Graz with @davidhiggins.bsky.social @caroschwegler.bsky.social et al. Looking forward to seeing in print the new approach to modelling from this truly interdisciplinary international collab
gewi.uni-graz.at/en/unsere-fo...
gewi.uni-graz.at/en/unsere-fo...
October 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
On way home from superb Cultural Climate Models meeting in Graz with @davidhiggins.bsky.social @caroschwegler.bsky.social et al. Looking forward to seeing in print the new approach to modelling from this truly interdisciplinary international collab
gewi.uni-graz.at/en/unsere-fo...
gewi.uni-graz.at/en/unsere-fo...
Excellent analysis of the dilemmas presented to the IPCC by AI! The question of whether there should be an IPCC chatbot is crucial. Given close control over communication products in the past, an “official” chatbot would signal a v different attitude to risk.
How can the #IPCC navigate generative AI?
What does it mean for scientific assessment more broadly?
New working paper looks at scenarios for AI adoption & resistance, w/ @dralaaclimate.bsky.social @shinasayama.bsky.social and Oliver Geden
Reflections welcome!
www.swp-berlin.org/publications...
What does it mean for scientific assessment more broadly?
New working paper looks at scenarios for AI adoption & resistance, w/ @dralaaclimate.bsky.social @shinasayama.bsky.social and Oliver Geden
Reflections welcome!
www.swp-berlin.org/publications...
www.swp-berlin.org
October 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Excellent analysis of the dilemmas presented to the IPCC by AI! The question of whether there should be an IPCC chatbot is crucial. Given close control over communication products in the past, an “official” chatbot would signal a v different attitude to risk.
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New working paper out: "Four scenarios for an @ipcc.bsky.social navigating Artificial Intelligence"
Led by @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social, with @shinasayama.bsky.social and Oliver Geden
Thread 🧵
1/13
Led by @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social, with @shinasayama.bsky.social and Oliver Geden
Thread 🧵
1/13
September 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
New working paper out: "Four scenarios for an @ipcc.bsky.social navigating Artificial Intelligence"
Led by @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social, with @shinasayama.bsky.social and Oliver Geden
Thread 🧵
1/13
Led by @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social, with @shinasayama.bsky.social and Oliver Geden
Thread 🧵
1/13
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How can the #IPCC navigate generative AI?
What does it mean for scientific assessment more broadly?
New working paper looks at scenarios for AI adoption & resistance, w/ @dralaaclimate.bsky.social @shinasayama.bsky.social and Oliver Geden
Reflections welcome!
www.swp-berlin.org/publications...
What does it mean for scientific assessment more broadly?
New working paper looks at scenarios for AI adoption & resistance, w/ @dralaaclimate.bsky.social @shinasayama.bsky.social and Oliver Geden
Reflections welcome!
www.swp-berlin.org/publications...
www.swp-berlin.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
How can the #IPCC navigate generative AI?
What does it mean for scientific assessment more broadly?
New working paper looks at scenarios for AI adoption & resistance, w/ @dralaaclimate.bsky.social @shinasayama.bsky.social and Oliver Geden
Reflections welcome!
www.swp-berlin.org/publications...
What does it mean for scientific assessment more broadly?
New working paper looks at scenarios for AI adoption & resistance, w/ @dralaaclimate.bsky.social @shinasayama.bsky.social and Oliver Geden
Reflections welcome!
www.swp-berlin.org/publications...