Allison Arieff
@aarieff.bsky.social
Editorial Director of Print, MIT Technology Review.
No you cannot determine which drugs are safe and effective with machine learning. You cannot. It will not work. People will die.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last yr."At FDA we're accelerating drug approvals so that you don't need to use primates or even animal models. You can do the drug approvals very, very quickly with AI."
This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
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The Amatron was one of my favorite toys as a kid. It turns out that Hiroyuki Watanabe also had invented some of the most clever handheld pre-digital toys such as Blip, Digital Diamond, Digital Derby, and Missile Strike. Thanks to @aarieff.bsky.social for letting me tell this story! ter.li/JKeegan
What a wonderful article by @aarieff.bsky.social in Dwell about the early years of modern prefab, it was so exciting! My heart bumped with every name of people I knew, we were going to change the world. apple.news/AyOVIVoOERau...
Why I Still Believe Prefab Homes Are a Good Idea — Dwell
More than 20 years after I first promoted the building method at Dwell, it has yet to live up to its promise—but it can.
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It's cold out here, people. Cold ... "The usual rate for freelance journalists is 50 cents to $1 per word — the same as it was 25 years ago." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gen X Career Meltdown
Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.
nytimes.com
That'll really help the brand's climate-friendly upscale image.
WIRED@wired.com · 2y agoGuess who showed up to defend Tesla? The Proud Boys, armed militias, and at one event in Idaho, and a guy dressed as Hitler. More on the "Tesla Takedown" protests here:
This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
“Companies are trying to convince us that robotic cars are better because they are more technologically sophisticated, as if technological sophistication is itself the measure of a transport mode’s value, rather than its practical utility for people.”
I’m sorry, almost *1 in 10 U.S. journalists work at the NYTimes?* Not because of its size, but because so many other newspapers have died? That is…wild. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...
A gallery person told me I should paint things SF art buyers want in their house. So I asked myself what does someone who drives a Tesla with a HARRIS/WALZ sticker want? I think I nailed it. This is _Political Painting for a Centrist to Hang_, 18x24. Wax and razor blades. #artadventcalendar
This, exactly this! And parents (mostly mothers) who are doing the chaufeuring should be able to get behind this. @cambridgemass.bsky.social @boston.gov @jfh01.bsky.social
Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️🌈 🌁@jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 2y agoImagine if every SF middle schooler could safety bike to school every teenager could skate to every rec center every senior could shop on their mobility assistance device... Comment on our first draft of our Biking and Rolling Plan at www.sfmta.com/projects/bik... 6/
The tsunami scare today in the Bay Area illustrates how Elon Musk has changed X for the worse in emergencies. This is the real account of Berkeley PD. But changes in verification means it no longer has a verified badge. Anyone searching for immediate info might be uncertain if this post is legit.
"the owner of The Los Angeles Times says his product team is working on a new tech-driven “bias meter” to add to articles on the paper’s website as soon as next year." www.yahoo.com/news/los-ang...
Los Angeles Times Owner Plans to Launch Tech-Driven “Bias Meter” On Articles Next Year
Patrick Soon-Shiong says that his team is building a product where "the reader can press a button and get both sides" of a story.
yahoo.com
I'm into this theme for the Venice Biennale www.porchusavenice2025.org/open-call
Open Call — Porch: An Architecture of Generosity
porchusavenice2025.org
Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Why misogyny is at the heart of South Korea's presidential elections
Disgruntled young men who resent feminism are the focus of candidates vying to be president.
bbc.com
Donations to @ppfa.bsky.social are matched $1 for $1 today. Great day to give: www.plannedparenthood.org
Planned Parenthood | Official Site
Planned Parenthood Federation of America is a nonprofit organization that provides sexual health care in the United States and globally.
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Nominate someone to our 2025 list of Innovators Under 35 Every year, MIT Technology Review recognizes 35 young innovators who are doing pioneering work across a range of technical fields including biotechnology, materials science, AI, computing+more. 35innovators.secure-platform.com/a
Announcing a new call for pitches from @technologyreview.com! The print theme this time is Creativity. More here (including a note about AI pitches 🙂) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Seems like people wanna talk about all the locked-up stuff at chain pharmacies and big box stores today. Here’s a gift link to a feature I published a few months ago about why retailers started putting so much stuff behind plexiglass and how badly it’s backfired. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Retailers Locked Up Their Products—and Broke Shopping in America
CVS, Target and other chains have barricaded everything from toiletries to cleaning supplies. It’s backfired in almost every way.
bloomberg.com
Really @sfstandard.com? Was the family killed by a car while waiting for a bus to blame? Why not cover the things that actually cause pedestrian deaths: massively huge SUVs that eliminate pedestrian visibility, poor road design, complete lack of traffic enforcement. sfstandard.com/2024/11/28/r...
These San Franciscans blame pedestrians for traffic deaths
San Francisco’s Vision Zero data suggest that in recent years, motorists were at fault in most pedestrian deaths by car. Still, some readers think city safety measures do more to inconvenience drivers...
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"To stop women from having rights, in other words, it’s necessary for Congress to codify who and what we are, as defined by our genders, so they can completely control us and all our choices by telling us what to do and who to be." insanethingschristianssay.substack.com/p/the-bill-t...
The Bill That Will Turn America Into The Handmaid's Tale
Project 2025 is starting before Trump's inauguration
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If you’re flying during this busy Thanksgiving travel period, you might notice some of your fellow passengers skipping the general security line in favor of the Clear line. Go inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport: www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/20/1...
Inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport
The company that has helped millions of people cut security lines wants to give you a frictionless future—in exchange for your face.
technologyreview.com
It’s extremely concerning that Fox News is positioning Elon Musk’s mother as an expert on US politics.
“We don't right now have any information about who put them up. We do know that they're very professionally designed signs. They're very large. They're very well done. So someone went to a lot of trouble to put these large signs up.”
Boulder’s explicit traffic safety signs are the latest real-looking fakes on Colorado roads
Several of the signs were concentrated along 28th Street, a busy north-south thoroughfare that the city has identified as being particularly dangerous.
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