Heidi Tworek

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 255: Grappling with Grok - Heidi Tworek on the Limits of Canadian Law - Michael Geist The Law Bytes podcast is back, starting with an episode on the limits of Canadian law in addressing the concerns associated with Grok AI, the AI chatbot that garnered global attention over the widespr...

Concerns about sexualized deep fakes on Grok weaves together online harms, privacy, AI regulation, and platform regulation. Canada has thus far struggled to respond. Heidi Tworek (@heiditworek.bsky.social) examines why on this week’s Law Bytes podcast.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/01/law-...

Thanks, Tim!

I’m proud of this work with Netheena, @heiditworek.bsky.social and our @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social team.

Congrats! Can’t wait to watch!

Amazing news! Congratulations!!!

Dis:connectivity and Globalisation Globalisation is one of the most contested concepts of our time. From its promise of borderless flows of people, goods, and finance in the 1990s, it embodies today almost the opposite: deglobalisation...

@heiditworek.bsky.social discusses the undulation of communication technologies and their ability to both attract and oppose the energy of globalization in @globaldiscnct.bsky.social's recent volume.

Find Heidi's chapter and the entire open-access collection: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Ugh, I’m so sorry, Sarah. It wasn’t wasted effort to appeal. really hope you find another way to do this important work.

Dalhousie University & U of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia invite applications for Roper-Hannah Chair in History of Healthcare & Health Equity. Deadline apply October 1, 2025. Posting and direct application link see: dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/19481
#HPS

Delighted to be elected as a fellow of @royalhistsoc.org!

Deepest thanks to @davidrarmitage.bsky.social for his support.

For 250 years the USPS has put its stamp on the country’s built environment The United States Postal Service (USPS) turns 250 on July 26, 2025, and since its founding, architecture, transportation, and technology have been integral to how the service operates. Trace the histo...

The USPS "turns 250 on July 26, 2025 📫🎂. Since its founding, architecture, transportation, and technology have been integral to how the USPS operates. Trace the history of the post office’s built forms, and a narrative of an evolving nation unfolds with it."

Impact of Exposure to Health Misinformation on Belief in Health Misinformation: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs Health authorities have labeled health misinformation a major global health threat and academic scholars consider exposure to health misinformation a barrier to an individual’s informed decision-ma...

New paper on impact of #healthmisinformation with the amazing
Hannah Bauer This meta-analysis aims to help fact-checkers identify dangerous misinfo and to help researchers plan studies on health misinformation. doi.org/10.1080/1041...

It was such a fab experience editing with Andy and working with 50 amazing authors! Take a peek!

If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.

Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

How to Confront Canada’s Digital Dependence Even a cursory glance at Canada’s digital providers exposes substantial reliance on foreign firms.

Sovereignty is deeply tied to information ecosystems – from digital platforms to local news. Is Canada truly resilient? This article by
@heiditworek.bsky.social and @lageneralista.ca breaks down Canada's vulnerabilities and what to do about them
www.cigionline.org/articles/how...

📢 Call for Registration!

JGH and the Toynbee Prize Foundation are delighted to announce the Second TPFxJGH Publishing Workshop with @emleake.bsky.social‬ and @heiditworek.bsky.social‬ (July 9 8-9:30 am PST/3-4:30PM GMT via Zoom).

Find out more and register here: toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f...

Awesome new faculty job -- the University of British Columbia is looking for a senior ecosystem scientist to fill a new research chair position.
geog.ubc.ca/job-opportun...

A public alternative to social media It is increasingly clear that private social media companies’ values do not align with maintaining a vibrant information ecosystem.

@heiditworek.bsky.social and @lageneralista.ca argue that we should think about a public option for social media.

Read more about why and what that could look like!
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

A public alternative to social media It is increasingly clear that private social media companies’ values do not align with maintaining a vibrant information ecosystem.

A public alternative to social media. "History has shown it it is possible to change course after allowing private and foreign companies to control a new communications space," write @heiditworek.bsky.social and @lageneralista.ca www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Thank you for sharing your story and this amazing site. Fingers crossed for funds to keep it going from strength to strength.

The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone.

So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment.

It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/

expertvoicestogether.org

A chance to join the editors-at-large team at the Toynbee Prize Foundation! Please circulate to PhDs and early career historians!

toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f...

Tim Naftali's tweet on the termination of the HAC members without cause.

Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/

Foreign interference threats in Canada’s federal election are both old and new Canadians should be alert to foreign interference in the federal election, but the most important thing to do is cast a ballot based on their own well-informed priorities, worries and aspirations.

🌐 In The Conversation, Chris Tenove and Heidi Tworek (@heiditworek.bsky.social) examine how Canada’s foreign interference threats are both new and deeply historical.

🔗 theconversation.com/foreign-inte...

Suggesting the world is “post COVID” contributes to an unwitting shift in research priorities

The US has cut billions of dollars in COVID and pandemic readiness research funding, saying "Americans moved on years ago.”

The public health and broader science community MUST stop aiding this shift in research priorities by referring to COVID in the past tense.

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Testimonials In support of protecting free and open scientific inquiry and publication, we are collecting short testimonials from researchers on the impact of censorship on their work and the broader community. T...

Researchers who have had grants terminated--tell your story! The #DefendResearch team is collecting testimonials about this impact of #censorship on research that we will use as part of a toolkit for contacting elected officials. #NSF, #NEH, #NIH www.defendresearch.org/testimonials

His work on American media remains tremendously illuminating

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Chris Tenove @cjten.bsky.social & Prof @heiditworek.bsky.social write about foreign interference that pose a risk to Canada’s election, including the enduring harm of disinformation campaigns to our nation’s democratic health. More @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/foreign-inte...