Caleb Wellum
@calebwellum
Assistant prof @ McMaster University. Senior Researcher @ ICES/U of T. Author of Energizing Neoliberalism. Researching energy cultures of the New Economy. Writer. EH [@energyhumanities.bsky.social] Editor. HigherEd Teacher. Lives in Hamilton.
Never loved the study spaces inside Robarts Library (except for the Fisher Rare Book Library), but the exterior is wonderful. Wishing that more new university architecture was this interesting….
The incomparable @samamidon.bsky.social and @jakexerxesfussell.bsky.social sharing the stage in Toronto last night. Wonderful!
It takes way, waaayyy too long to take a @viarailcanada.bsky.social train from Toronto to Quebec City in 2026. Way too long. #Canada #transit
Canadian national treasure Doug Paisley was in fine form at the Cameron House in Toronto last night. Backed by some players from Blue Rodeo!
I'm almost honored to be targeted by the book club scam that @danbarry58.bsky.social wrote about for the @nytimes.com on Sunday.
She probably knows most of our code words and spelled-out words, too.
Really looking fwd to Joel Duncan's new book, Poetic Drive, from @uvapress.bsky.social. He wrote a little preview for EH recently: www.energyhumanities.ca/news/there-i...
Great point from Marwa Abdul re education and training: what kind of workforce are we expecting if we are learning pathways? CSA Policy Pathways: Building a Thriving Canadian Economy.
I somehow missed the whole Anthropic buying and destroying millions of books to train their Claude AI thing. Major orc vibes... arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/a...
Perhaps not the best msg for a subway entrance, despite the qualification…
Really glad to have played a part in this set of provocative little essays re how to shift our thinking and doing on energy, climate, and the human. powershiftbook.com
It's great to be back in the classroom w/ sharp UTM / @utm-hs.bsky.social students for a new #history course on "The Environment." We talked about environmental history, Earthrise, attention, and climate crisis. Tomorrow, "A Brief History of Capitalism" begins! #envhist #university #postsecondary
Looking fwd to reading this and Worringer's future work about herding dogs. But won't be calling Bonnie an "enlightened wolf" to her face--that'll go right to her head! #bordercollie #envhist
It's already been a year since my book, Energizing Neoliberalism, came out. Thanks to James Allison and Technology & Culture for the review! muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Has there ever been a cuter #puppy than our Bonnie "Prints" Border Collie was in her youth?
Tanner Mirrlees does a nice meta-review of Imre Szeman's latest, Futures of the Sun (w/ @uminnpress.bsky.social). Read it on EH: www.energyhumanities.ca/news/futures.... Follow EH/Petrocultures on Instagram: www.instagram.com/petrocultures/