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I’m remembering this @radleybalko.bsky.social piece from last year because he was one of the few prominent journalists who laid out what this would look like. open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...

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Please don't let the people who have me speaking on global security in the second half of the week know I'm also speaking at this in the first half of the week. I have some weird hobbies. www.joannajbryson.org/artificial-c... #AIEthics

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“74% of Europeans think the EU serves their own country well” (and they’re right :-)

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Competitive language models trained on fully openly licensed data is possible! Don’t let for profit orgs tell you otherwise.😉 Incredible work by some of my favorite folks across organizations.

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Apple cares more about privacy, and apparently people. I disagree that its AI is “bare minimum” — good AI has long been core to Apple’s usability.

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📢2025 DMA Enforcement Symposium: Call for Abstracts 📢 The call for abstracts for our 3rd annual Brussels symposium is LIVE. We’re looking for critical assessments of gatekeepers’ compliance with obligations and their impact on users' rights, enforcement structure and procedural issues, and more.

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Does anyone know why "informed consent" was cool for like 20 years, and then uncool? 1994 to 2014. #marking #procrastination

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IMO AI makes it more essential than ever that individuals curate their unique skills and combinations of knowledge. The biggest threat to universities is government funders believing these lines. Though to be fair, the current scale of 4 year education demand may have been a bubble.

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lovely little essay on "karwata" in Ganzeer's latest newsletter

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Trump has claimed sanctuary cities experience more crime. But research consistently shows no link between sanctuary policies and rising crime rates. These cities tend to experience decreases in property crime and homicide rates.

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The most striking thing about the LA protests is how many people just dropped everything to show up and yell at federal agents. There are people in suits, and carrying dogs, and wearing flip flops or bike helmets. These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.

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These are the proactive steps states need to be taking right now. Another thing: every Democratic governor needs to have a sit-down now with the state adjutant general to carefully review that person's understanding of their responsibilities to their state, its citizens and the federal constitution.

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Keep hearing people say protests against first Trump administration were ineffective. Evidence suggests otherwise.

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Don't wear goggles to a protest unless they're rated shatter resistant. You're better off with NO eye protection than eyewear that will send shards of plastic into your eye. If you can't find shatterproof goggles, get lacrosse goggles. Cheap and effective eye protection from larger munitions.

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Is it supposed to be a feature of @safety.bsky.app that you can't even see the URL of a deleted post you'd replied to or quoted, so you can't even look to see if the person you were responding to made a correction or comment on what they chose to delete? (unless you have a better memory than me.)

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Last year's edition of this workshop got so much love by its participants that they simply wanted more. Here we will offer more! We'll force theoreticians to say (final slide of talk) what they wished empiricists would now do & vice versa. Isn't that a cool idea?

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Strongly support what Fiona Hill says here, and not just for the UK, for most countries. In fact, some paragraphs echo conversations we had when she was on sabbatical in Berlin during the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Strongly support what Fiona Hill says here, and not just for the UK, for most countries. In fact, some paragraphs echo conversations we had when she was on sabbatical in Berlin during the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Great figure!

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The other new bad part of the moratorium is that it also changes the BEAD program to be an AI subsidy program. BEAD is meant for broadband deployment to low income and rural areas. Cruz added the option for states to spend the money instead on AI deployment. It’s a giveaway to Silicon Valley.

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Fwiw, America lost its lead on social mobility to Europe decades ago, which may also explain some things. Below via @alenabuyx.bsky.social

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THREAD: An ex-DOGE engineer with no government or medical experience used AI to identify which Veterans Affairs contracts to kill, labeling them as “MUNCHABLE.” @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social and I got the code. Here’s what it tells us 1/

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“Being back feels like a funeral,” she said. “Morale is terrible. Everyone is stressed and feels the absence of our colleagues. … I’m looking for another job.”

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The blowup between Musk and Trump is a perfect excuse to report on the list of 130 benefits Musk got with his access. www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/06/t...

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I learned a lot writing this, and there is a lot more here to pick at. Ukraine has seen nearly one-fifth of its Internet space come under Russian control or sold to Internet address brokers since February 2022, a new study finds. The analysis indicates […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

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🚨BIG STORY: Senators put a line into the crypto bill requiring bankrupt banks to prioritize remunerating crypto investors over depositors. The provision could require banks to take cash from your savings account & use it to pay senators' crypto donors. www.levernews.com/cryptos-new-...

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The Distraction Divorce as we lose state's rights to laws about AI use. Don't believe their words. Believe their actions.

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Completely idiotic decision to take detainees to Djibouti: counterproductive, inhumane, & waste of money. According to Solicitor General Sauer: the action is "disrupting the base’s operations, consuming critical resources intended for service members, and harming national security” wapo.st/4kPIACX

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Study on London 20 mph limits shows: - collisions ⬇️ 35% - casualties ⬇️ 36% - fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34% - child casualties ⬇️ 46% - child deaths ⬇️ 75% - walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28% etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

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@himself and I never war gamed the US becoming the victim of weaponized interdependence by its own firms… www.amazon.com/Underground-...

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Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program!

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This is what we call fantastic lawyering

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Delighted to announce our CogSci '25 workshop at the interface between cognitive science and design 🧠🖌️! We're calling it: 🏺Minds in the Making🏺 🔗 minds-making.github.io June – July 2024, free & open to the public (all career stages, all disciplines)

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