Jeremy Cohen
@jeremyfcohen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ McMaster University.
Anthropologist of religion. Immortality, transhumanism, conspiracy theories and technology.
Vegan. Dad. ADHD haver. TalkDeath.com co-founder.
Anthropologist of religion. Immortality, transhumanism, conspiracy theories and technology.
Vegan. Dad. ADHD haver. TalkDeath.com co-founder.
This! We will soon have a generation of engineers and doctors who never read anything beyond an AI summary, and never wrote an original thought. We are cooked.
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This! We will soon have a generation of engineers and doctors who never read anything beyond an AI summary, and never wrote an original thought. We are cooked.
She lost 5 children during the war in Gaza — now she’s raising 36 grandkids in a tent
She lost 5 children during the war in Gaza and is now raising her 36 grandkids | CBC News
Reda Aliwa, 60, is caring for her 36 grandchildren in Gaza City after five of her own children were killed this September. Statistics suggest there are some 40,000 children in Gaza who’ve lost one or ...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
She lost 5 children during the war in Gaza — now she’s raising 36 grandkids in a tent
They need a bigger metaphor.
CHCH News will be airing a report shorting on the new sidewalk curtain that was erected this morning in front of the Salvation Army Booth Centre earlier today.
Watch them live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KXl...
(People were asking me about this today) #HamOnt
Watch them live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KXl...
(People were asking me about this today) #HamOnt
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
They need a bigger metaphor.
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🚛 Gaza NGOs coordinator, Eyad Amawi, tells Drop Site that the situation in Gaza remains one of genocide and “engineered suffering.” More than a month into the ceasefire, he says nothing has meaningfully improved: aid is still choked off, UNRWA is blocked from operating at full capacity, and only...
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚛 Gaza NGOs coordinator, Eyad Amawi, tells Drop Site that the situation in Gaza remains one of genocide and “engineered suffering.” More than a month into the ceasefire, he says nothing has meaningfully improved: aid is still choked off, UNRWA is blocked from operating at full capacity, and only...
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You might remember the B.C. white nationalist conference I covered a few months back, Exiles of the Golden Age.
Well, @antihate.ca just identified 18 attendees -- and CBC got two more.
Naturally, these dudes have been crashing out.
So I gathered some favourites for your viewing pleasure:
Well, @antihate.ca just identified 18 attendees -- and CBC got two more.
Naturally, these dudes have been crashing out.
So I gathered some favourites for your viewing pleasure:
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
You might remember the B.C. white nationalist conference I covered a few months back, Exiles of the Golden Age.
Well, @antihate.ca just identified 18 attendees -- and CBC got two more.
Naturally, these dudes have been crashing out.
So I gathered some favourites for your viewing pleasure:
Well, @antihate.ca just identified 18 attendees -- and CBC got two more.
Naturally, these dudes have been crashing out.
So I gathered some favourites for your viewing pleasure:
"Man who took Hamilton bus on joy ride 'did a great job' driving, left no dings, say police"
HSR needs to hire this man.
HSR needs to hire this man.
Man who took Hamilton bus on joy ride 'did a great job' driving, left no dings, say police | CBC News
He made several stops along the way, allowing passengers to get on and off, police say. He was then arrested.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Man who took Hamilton bus on joy ride 'did a great job' driving, left no dings, say police"
HSR needs to hire this man.
HSR needs to hire this man.
Hamilton man steals bus with passengers inside - follows traffic signals and makes every requested stop - refuses entry to person with expired bus ticket.
Man takes Hamilton city bus on a joy ride — making stops to let passengers on and off, say police | CBC News
He made several stops along the way, allowing passengers to get on and off, police say.
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Hamilton man steals bus with passengers inside - follows traffic signals and makes every requested stop - refuses entry to person with expired bus ticket.
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It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
As long as it's not Beyonce country music fans are fine with this development
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
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Punktendo, a set of punk-themed NES ROM hacks playable on your phone. Fun stuff!
Now You're Playing With Punk Power -
punktendo.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Punktendo, a set of punk-themed NES ROM hacks playable on your phone. Fun stuff!
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1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Join TalkDeath’s Book Club as we discuss Achille Mbembe’s Necropolitics. I know sometimes reading “theory” or “academic writing” can be intimidating but it does not have to be! We can read and learn together ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join TalkDeath’s Book Club as we discuss Achille Mbembe’s Necropolitics. I know sometimes reading “theory” or “academic writing” can be intimidating but it does not have to be! We can read and learn together ❤️
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If you are an academic—instructor or grad student—please sign this letter of solidarity for Professor Farhana Sultana who has been vilified by the right for calling CK what he was.
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
forms.gle
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you are an academic—instructor or grad student—please sign this letter of solidarity for Professor Farhana Sultana who has been vilified by the right for calling CK what he was.
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
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Think about these contrasting storylines of the last week:
Zohran Mandani is the face and future of young Dems
Nick Fuentes is the face and future of young Republicans
Zohran Mandani is the face and future of young Dems
Nick Fuentes is the face and future of young Republicans
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Think about these contrasting storylines of the last week:
Zohran Mandani is the face and future of young Dems
Nick Fuentes is the face and future of young Republicans
Zohran Mandani is the face and future of young Dems
Nick Fuentes is the face and future of young Republicans
Can't wait for my family members to suddenly declare that they won't visit New York for no apparent reason.
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Can't wait for my family members to suddenly declare that they won't visit New York for no apparent reason.
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I believe in Kirk
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I believe in Kirk
I'm stress eating over here
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I'm stress eating over here
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I had a long conversation with MIT Tech Review’s @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social about AGI; it fed into this very good read on the rise of AGI orthodoxy
How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies d...
www.technologyreview.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I had a long conversation with MIT Tech Review’s @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social about AGI; it fed into this very good read on the rise of AGI orthodoxy
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ICYMI, I wrote a feature for the MIT Technology Review on my journey of surviving the Eaton Fire while also reporting on and dealing with its myriad scams and conspiracy theories.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
What it’s like to be in the middle of a conspiracy theory (according to a conspiracy theory expert)
Mike Rothschild has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned down, he found himself mired in similarly sticky webs of misinf...
www.technologyreview.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ICYMI, I wrote a feature for the MIT Technology Review on my journey of surviving the Eaton Fire while also reporting on and dealing with its myriad scams and conspiracy theories.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
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The Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research is launching a US-style attack on EDI in Tri-Council funding.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research is launching a US-style attack on EDI in Tri-Council funding.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
I was interviewed for this great piece in MIT Technology Review on the shared mythologies and imaginaries between our search for AGI and conspiracy theories
How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth reminiscent of more explicitly outlandish and fantastical...
www.technologyreview.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I was interviewed for this great piece in MIT Technology Review on the shared mythologies and imaginaries between our search for AGI and conspiracy theories
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Great to see some of the work of my colleague, Jeremy Cohen, highlighted here! #HamOnt
@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social
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@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social
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Who's up for a scavenger hunt... at a cemetery? 'Talk Death' aims to make dying less scary | CBC News
During Halloween season, Talk Death — a group founded by two Hamiltonians which aims to make people more comfortable around death and dying — has been organizing scavenger hunts in cemeteries across...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Great to see some of the work of my colleague, Jeremy Cohen, highlighted here! #HamOnt
@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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NEW: Whether you measure it by number of supporters, fundraising ability, or by the size of its militant groups, the white nationalist movement in Canada has never been larger or more of a threat.
White Nationalism in Canada: Organized, Emboldened, and Growing
Canada’s white nationalist movement has consolidated into a network that includes three key branches: Diagolon, the propaganda arm; the Dominion Society of Canada, an incorporated political arm; and S...
www.antihate.ca
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NEW: Whether you measure it by number of supporters, fundraising ability, or by the size of its militant groups, the white nationalist movement in Canada has never been larger or more of a threat.