Too, listening to the attacks on Fauci earlier this week, I suddenly realized how analogous this was to 9/11. A disaster that gave rise to great social solidarity and pro-social behavior is a threat to a regime with authoritarian aspirations.
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Maybe they were one of the dozens of people worldwide who are not lads 😉
"I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." -- James Baldwin, born #OTD 1924
"[moderates] tend to offer compromises that aren’t particularly useful: AI is just a tool, and everything depends on how you use it. That’s true enough, for almost everything. But will people use it wisely? Do they know how? Are we teaching them?" berthub.eu/articles/pos...
AI: Considerations for people who make decisions - Bert Hubert's writings
Recently I gave two presentations in quick succession to the Dutch Network of Government Service Providers and the Dutch Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation about AI. In these two ...
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I have two cigars from Fidel Castro’s humidor.
Kayla Cromer Official@kaylacromer.bsky.social · 5mo agoTell me a random fact about yourself that sounds fake but is 100% true.
‘Consumer-facing AI is basically a sex worker’ is a great metaphor
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d agoI realize these are all things that sex workers have told us and could tell us better. Consumer-facing AI is basically a sex worker so of course it’s personalizing various iterations of financial domination for men because that’s what they want.
I am outraged, and also despairing, that child sec abuse and trafficking continues. I wish grace and compassion to the survivors described here
Nick Kristof@nickkristof.bsky.social · last wk.Kanisha Hamilton was trafficked at 12 and endured years of rapes, so when she hears about Jeffrey Epstein, "it triggers me," she told me. That's because there's so much outrage at Epstein but so little serious effort to help actual victims. A gift link to my column: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
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If God suffers alongside the suffering, as we do, which I believe, then God mourns that LG could have done and been better and did not Harm reduction means he cannot do harm with his platform anymore, and there is celebration in that for God’s people
New fave phrase ‘algorithm frotting’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who dares ridicule Gianni Infantino as the World Cup boss creates global peace? Not me: is it you? | Marina Hyde
If you thought he was just a shady rule-dodging reprobate, the Fifa boss’s latest 15-page Instagram rant might make you think again, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Co-signing here and I wish just *one* of these articles would point out the history of authoritarian regimes attacking sociology specifically because it makes authoritarians uncomfortable.
Lisa Wade@lisawade.bsky.social · 2w agoSociology is amazing. Our biggest problem is bad-faith actors who maliciously spurn the field because we teach people how societies work and they'd rather we all stay in the dark. Not today, Satan!
Far and away, the most common example of this is sexual violence. It is likely the most critical and crucial and common shared concern that women have with regards to their interactions with men. For this reason, one must be aware, self-conscious, sensitive
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat do most women have in common with most women that they don’t share with men? What do most men have in common with most men that they don’t share with women? ☝️the answers to those questions are potential keys to the trouble you may be having with one another
Shout out to UK’s AISI I guess openai.com/index/huggin...
OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation
OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.
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Ed Milliband “ “My parents came to Britain as Jewish refugees from the Nazis. To them, Britain was both a sanctuary and a beacon of hope in the global fight against fascism. I will carry my parents’ faith in that spirit of Britain to my role representing our country.”
All you people that don’t know jackshit about Detroit and don’t care about Detroit until it’s time for Black people to vote.. We see you.
I am sick today and feel awful, so trying this again. Hello! Teacher wishlist time! I teach high school science. I share most things with my department. There are some dream items on here I don’t expect to get, but anything helps, including shares! Thank you! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
#OtD 18 Jul 1864 4000 workers in Troy, New York, attended a labour movement picnic where women workers in the recently victorious Collar Laundry Union gifted an elaborate full-colour banner to the Troy Iron Moulders Union as thanks for their support stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8987...
Sensible advice: “if you work in the fire service and need money to stop a puppy from catching fire, just lie. It’s fine. History will forgive you. Add a $10,000 AI chatbot to your project, exclusively discuss that part in meetings, whatever. Save that puppy.”
Bert Hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦@berthubert.bsky.social · 3w agoReading AI-news is quite upsetting if you try to square it with observed realities of what people are actually achieving (not much). This piece assures us that we are not wrong. The world of business is no longer able to to talk about AI coherently: ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mani...