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Brian Kelly is an American historian and a lecturer in US history, teaching at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland.… more

H-index: 20
Political science 27%
Sociology 23%
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darthbluesky.bsky.social
AI fans always seem puzzled why some people have a revulsion to AI and one issue is the people in charge of AI are repulsive
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wsj.com
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
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Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Lisa W. Fazio, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 1 more

razzball.bsky.social
A guy on tik tok onside kicks into random things
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adamrothman.bsky.social
"The lack of affordable housing and available jobs is contributing to broader economic immobility."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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by Jacob T. Levy — Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Gavin A. Schmidt, Michael A. Clemens , and 5 more

jacobtlevy.bsky.social
An absolute clown show.

Avoiding chaos like this is one of the many reasons a for *not* having EOs be the normal method of legislating or regulating. You really want more careful review than “Steve Miller doodled it on a napkin and Trump signed it with a sharpie.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Trump administration tries to tamp down panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul
The president announced Friday that H-1B visas will now come with a $100,000 annual fee, but a U.S. official said it will only apply to new visa applicants.
www.politico.com
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Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Richard Price, Elizabeth Stokoe , and 4 more

teamcanadaforever.bsky.social
Disney has lost nearly $4 Billion in three days from combined stock price collapse and cancelled subscriptions.
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Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Scott A. Imberman, Timothy D. McBride

gregsargent.bsky.social
As corrupt and appalling as the ouster of this career prosecutor for refusing to prosecute Trump's enemies truly is, I strongly encourage folks to also understand this as evidence that Trump's authoritarian designs are facing serious institutional resistance:
gregsargent.bsky.social
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18d
A disorienting moment: Trump is consolidating autocratic power in areas where there's an easy path to do so. But in other areas he's facing deep institutional resistance and people are refusing to abandon the rule of law. Here he's weak and failing.

Thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
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Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Jennifer A. Richeson, Steve Peers , and 7 more

sifill.bsky.social
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
mlpoole.bsky.social
ML @mlpoole.bsky.social · 24d
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esqueer.net
This is why you don't hire podcast hosts to lead the FBI. Complete amateur hour over there and it could lead to a murderer getting away.
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jsweetli.bsky.social
This is unreal
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Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Olga Oliker, Anna O. Law , and 12 more

strngwys.bsky.social
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
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americanstudier.bsky.social
So for my new @satevepost.bsky.social Considering History column, the relationship between the Big Easy & Motor City. From the Great Migration & the evolution of American music to challenges, crises, & resurgence, tracing our story from NOLA to Detroit! 🗃️

www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/09/cons...
Considering History: Tracing the Story of America from New Orleans to Detroit | The Saturday Evening Post
The interconnection between two of our great but endangered historic cities also exemplifies a multilayered American story, one with a lot to tell us in 2025.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
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Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Shannon Vallor, Anna O. Law , and 1 more

garethw1.bsky.social
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thetattooedprof.bsky.social
Major League Baseball: riding high with a range of compelling and recognizable stars, better pace of games, and increased viewership and interest
MLB ownership: lets do a new tv deal and shoot ourselves in the dick.
If my reading of this is correct, you'll have to pay $360 a year for ESPN's streaming service plus the same $149.99 a year for the baseball streaming product, which would represent a 239% increase in price over and above what people who pay for MLB.tv pay now. If, however, the ESPN streaming product is going to include the old MLB.tv out-of-market games, you'll still be paying $360 a year, which is more than double what you're paying now for MLB.tv. Though I suppose you could just subscribe to ESPN for the baseball season only and unsubscribe once it's over, so call it $180? Or, given that that the season starts in March now, $210? At present it's unclear, I guess. But it seems pretty obvious that there will be a price increase to watch what we can now watch on MLB.tv. Maybe a $30-60 one, maybe a much, much bigger one, which will no doubt cause a lot of people to simply give up watching games. Rob Manfred and the owners, meanwhile, will pocket a massive one-time payment from ESPN.
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the-downballot.com
Somehow, we're already celebrating The Downballot's first anniversary today! It's been *quite* the year, and our fiercely loyal readers have made it all possible.

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Morning Digest: The Downballot rings in its first anniversary today!
We're celebrating with a special 25% off sale for our readers
www.the-downballot.com
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Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Rebecca Tushnet, David R. Miller , and 5 more

oah.org
📢 The OAH has issued a Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian. Read the statement: ow.ly/hgLR50WGhfQ
National Museum of American History
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Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Brendan Nyhan, Christopher Wright , and 7 more

garethwatkins.bsky.social
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
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by Brian Kelly

briankellyrh.bsky.social
As someone who lives with an actual PhD - rather than one of Sam Altman’s robot pals - I do not believe or his legions of boosters are terribly familiar with what it feels like to talk to a PhD-level expert in any topic.

by Seth Masket — Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Anna O. Law, Peter Thorne , and 18 more

nbcnews.com
OpenAI releases the newest version of the AI model that powers its popular ChatGPT chatbot, with CEO Sam Altman promoting it as like having a “team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket.”
OpenAI releases GPT-5, calling it a ‘team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket’
OpenAI says its latest version of the popular AI model is better at coding, more accurate and less deceptive than previous versions.
nbcnews.to
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by Brian Kelly

briankellyrh.bsky.social
Ask your little AI friend how Labour's polling, you defeatist clanker-loving numpty.

Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Rosemary A. Joyce, Vu , and 1 more

biblioracle.bsky.social
The Appendix on an AI policy is actually quite bad. Having an AI deliver a summary before reading has major implications in terms of the experience of student learning. What we want students to do and how they do it is the question. The experience of reading is not the same as reading a summary.
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biblioracle.bsky.social
The assumption that generative AI could be a "valuable partner" is unevidenced and the example activity is critical thinking work that could better be done in the absence of AI. It's thinking of something you COULD do with AI. Rather than what students SHOULD do to learn.
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by Adam Bonica — Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Anna O. Law, Marc Lynch , and 19 more

adambonica.bsky.social
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
The set of conditions to be met for Canada to recognize the state of Palestine is the most responsible suggestion I’ve seen by now
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americanstudier.bsky.social
Here it is, my 235th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
#ScholarSunday Thread 235
Published on July 27, 2025
americanstudier.substack.com
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Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Jacob Montgomery, Shelly Lundberg

chrislhayes.bsky.social
This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
gelliottmorris.com
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Jun 15
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!

Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
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Reposted by: Brian Kelly, Elaine Treharne, Amy W. Ando

theatlantic.com
“On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists.” @lilashroff.bsky.social reports on how the chatbot was easily prompted to offer instructions for murder, self-mutilation, and devil worship: https://theatln.tc/Up7Ycoli
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minakimes.bsky.social
New installment in Lenny’s Book Club: AMERICAN KINGS: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE QUARTERBACK by @sethwickersham.bsky.social. Can’t wait to read this. Preorder now:

www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/789617...
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robkendt.bsky.social
Alexandra Petri's writing has such punch to it, not only in terms of content but form. In her best stuff, you can *hear* her voice, and this is one of her best.
Are You Laughing Yet?
Everyone can say exactly what they want, free of the fear of censorship, except by the government.
www.theatlantic.com
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hadas.bsky.social
“too many sociology majors” do you think your latte is gonna make itself
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