Gillian Gower, PhD
@medievaliste.bsky.social
your least favorite professor’s least favorite professor
research: music, political culture, and identity in medieval England and beyond
academic editing and historical consulting ⤵️
glgower.com
research: music, political culture, and identity in medieval England and beyond
academic editing and historical consulting ⤵️
glgower.com
If you’ve never lived in a food desert—if you’ve never had to take the bus or subway just to get one edible onion—this conversation is not for you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
If you’ve never lived in a food desert—if you’ve never had to take the bus or subway just to get one edible onion—this conversation is not for you.
Reposted by Gillian Gower, PhD
Imagine conceiving cheap delivery as something that just naturally and spontaneously happens independently of labor exploitation
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Imagine conceiving cheap delivery as something that just naturally and spontaneously happens independently of labor exploitation
Especially when that delivery has to arrive via six flights of stairs, no elevator
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Especially when that delivery has to arrive via six flights of stairs, no elevator
If you have a novel, reliable use case for LLMs that will help a significant number of humans, great. Let’s see some peer-reviewed evidence.
If you’re using an LLM to look up info that can be easily obtained through other means and want to tell me how awesome it is for you personally, hard pass.
If you’re using an LLM to look up info that can be easily obtained through other means and want to tell me how awesome it is for you personally, hard pass.
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If you have a novel, reliable use case for LLMs that will help a significant number of humans, great. Let’s see some peer-reviewed evidence.
If you’re using an LLM to look up info that can be easily obtained through other means and want to tell me how awesome it is for you personally, hard pass.
If you’re using an LLM to look up info that can be easily obtained through other means and want to tell me how awesome it is for you personally, hard pass.
Loud and Wrong AI Haters unite
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Loud and Wrong AI Haters unite
not in my house lol
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
not in my house lol
the new 360 deal once again managing to be worse than the old 360 deal
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
the new 360 deal once again managing to be worse than the old 360 deal
ah yes, the shame of being American-coded in England! I know it well
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
ah yes, the shame of being American-coded in England! I know it well
oh fuck this
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
oh fuck this
Reposted by Gillian Gower, PhD
Randos on the internet: “it has use cases if you’re careful!”
The biggest insurance companies in the country:
techcrunch.com/2025/11/23/a...
The biggest insurance companies in the country:
techcrunch.com/2025/11/23/a...
AI is too risky to insure, say people whose job is insuring risk | TechCrunch
Major insurers including AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley are asking U.S. regulators for permission to exclude AI-related liabilities from corporate policies. One underwriter describes the AI model...
techcrunch.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Randos on the internet: “it has use cases if you’re careful!”
The biggest insurance companies in the country:
techcrunch.com/2025/11/23/a...
The biggest insurance companies in the country:
techcrunch.com/2025/11/23/a...