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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Universities should support each other across the US! Good to see the solidarity with Harvard here: Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight ↘️ stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...

Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight

The president and provost said Harvard’s rejection of government demands was “rooted in the American tradition of liberty.”

stanforddaily.com

Climate research, storm warnings, astrophysics, you name it: down the drain. www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency

White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

science.org

Canada, pollofpolls. What a chart.

Strong voter reaction on right-wing govt policies in Finland’s local elections.

Europe Elects@europeelects.bsky.social · last yr.

Finland, local election: 100.0% counted, preliminary final result SDP-S&D: 23% (+6) Kok.-EPP: 22% (+1) Kesk.-RE: 16% (+1) Vihr.-G/EFA: 11% Vas.-LEFT: 9% (+1) PS-ECR: 8% (−7) SFP-RE: 5% KD-EPP: 4% Liik.~NI: 0% (−3) +/− vs. 2021 election result ➤https://europeelects.eu/finland

So Musk’s people, who misread $8 million as $8 billion, who counted the same contracts multiple times and counted as savings programs that ended last year, claim that their AI is finding lots of Social Security fraud. Why should anyone worry?

www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

Handlingsregelen må ikke stå i veien for en kraftig økning av Norges støtte til Ukraina

Ved å gi Ukraina det landet trenger, gjør vi nettopp det handlingsregelen var ment å gjøre.

aftenposten.no

At labour movement summit in Oslo today Nordic trade union presidents discuss the Nordic model. samak.info/wp-content/u...

- Europe, Europe, Europe, Europe! Mette Frederiksen at Nordic social democratic summit in Oslo today, with other labour prime ministers and party leaders.

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Generative AI at Work,” by Brynjolfsson (@erikbryn.bsky.social), Li, and Raymond (@lindseyraymond.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Generative AI at Work*

Abstract. We study the staggered introduction of a generative AI–based conversational assistant using data from 5,172 customer-support agents. Access to AI

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Perhaps VP Vance speech in Munich is best understood as his using that event - more or less only - to promote AfD. Not VP but party politician. Expect Trump, Musk adm to keep on blurring roles as political tool.

This is important.

The EU must aim higher than merely copying the US digital economy. It worries about being "uncompetitive" when it should worry about being subordinated. on.ft.com/4gvoCuF

Større og godt skrevet oppslag i svenske Dagens Nyheter om utvalget jeg ledet. www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumente...

NOU 2024: 17

Ved kongelig resolusjon 12. august 2022 ble det oppnevnt et utvalg for å vurdere hvordan kommersiell drift kan fases ut i ulike skattefinansierte velferdstjenester. Utvalget har i tråd med mandatet fo...

regjeringen.no

Ali Esbati@aliesbati.bsky.social · 2y ago

Intressant i Dagens Nyheter om norska avkommersialiseringsutvalget (med surrealistiska kommentarer från Svenskt Näringsliv) www.dn.se/sverige/nors...

Ny på Bluesky. Ledet Støstad-utvalget/Avkommersialiseringsutvalget som lanserte NOU 2024: 17 29. august. www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/u... Mye debatt, sist i dagens Aftenposten.

Utredning om skattefinansierte velferdstjenester overlevert

– Hvordan vi organiserer velferdstjenestene våre er sentralt for den norske samfunnsmodellen. Denne rapporten og den påfølgende høringen vil gi et bredt grunnlag for det videre arbeidet med å sikre st...

regjeringen.no

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