incredible how time and time again the perfect alignment between the ai industry and far right ideology is revealed yet governments keep treating the technology as a force for public good

Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · last mo.

🔴 NEW: Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK’s Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed By @nafeez.bsky.social, @peterjukes.bsky.social and @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation…

i've tweeted about this before, but i never understand why it's often considered a persuasive move to go 'that attitude can't be racist because it is widely held by americans'. what is it about your observation of the world that makes you confident that racism is vanishingly rare?

Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · last mo.

Rufo has now primed Klein to accept the first step in the radicalisation pipeline of irrational fear over 'large-scale demographic change'. Klein is now openly affirming the 'concerns' underlying the Great Replacement Theory in The New York Times. Great job, Klein! You did it! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Since September I've been working with an international group to develop what we hope can be a response from the mathematics community to artificial intelligence in maths. The Leiden Declaration is now posted and open for signatures: https://leidendeclaration.ai/ #LeidenDeclaration

Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics

This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research.

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Dublin, 20°C

i'll be at the protest outside the dáil tomorrow, against the killing of yves sakila if you're in dublin, come along 1pm

Not just lobbying! our new paper maps 27 mechanisms of regulatory capture used by Big AI + 11 narrative framings that rationalise capture. “Big AI’s Regulatory Capture: Mapping Industry Interference and Government Complicity” will be presented at #FAccT2026 next month arxiv.org/abs/2605.068... 1/

folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI

Very happy to see the last work of Sindre Brattegard’s PhD out on arXiv! 🥳 Around 2 years ago, during a (mostly non-scientific) visit by my friend Stephanie Matern to Dublin, we asked the question of how finite reservoirs could be useful for thermometry 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2604.28155

Optimal current-based sensing of phonon temperature using a finite reservoir

In realistic nanoscale transport set-ups, electron-phonon coupling leads to the exchange of heat between phonon baths and electronic reservoirs with finite heat capacities. Such exchange affects the f...

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Quantum Quest is now available in five languages! 🐈‍⬛ ambercentre.ie/additional-l... For those of you who know me, Bob’s voice might sound a little familiar in Portuguese… www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfIH... #SciComm #STEMEducation #Quantum

Quantum Quest Portuguese Version. An animated short explaining quantum science in an accessible way.

YouTube video by AMBER Centre

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Lol Ah the made up world fascists live in... this is not a left-right issue. Everyone in the Spanish-speaking world sees América as a continent. In fact, several countries even use “estadounidense” (United-Statian). This is about history and cartography. Plus, before 1898 loads of Americans agreed

Our work modelling heat engines driven by finite reservoirs has been published in PRE! 
What I really like about this work is that the reservoir's entropic temperature takes centre stage to explain stochastic engines’ performance🔥 journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

Terrifying. Brave woman

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7mo ago

A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Aq... Leslie Feinberg and Kate Bornstein talking movingly and articulately about the trans liberation movement all the way back in 1996. I think in a time of such rampant transphobia legislatively and culturally it's important to remember what we're fighting for and why.

In the Life: Interview with Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg [unedited footage]

YouTube video by UCLA Film & Television Archive

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Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England

Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England

Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws Caged hens will be a thing of the past in England, the government has announced, as it launches a package of new animal welfare laws. Pig farrowing crates, which campaigners have said are cruel, will also be banned under the welfare changes. These cramped crates are used to stop pigs from rolling over and crushing their young, but once in them sows cannot turn over or move around at all. Continue reading...

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there's essentially no reason to expect in general that people know the answer to the question 'why didn't you get the job?'

Very good points from Jess Wade @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social on the risks caused by lack of diversity in quantum

Chi Onwurah@chionwurah.bsky.social · 8mo ago

On the Committee, I asked Jess Wade from Imperial College London whether a lack of diversity in quantum tech could introduce bias She warned that, just as we have seen with AI, if diverse people aren’t developing these technologies, they won’t benefit the whole of society equally

African leaders push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations

African leaders push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations

Algerian foreign minister says African countries and peoples continue to pay a heavy price for colonialism African leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognised, criminalised and addressed through reparations. At a conference in the Algerian capital, Algiers, diplomats and leaders convened to advance an African Union resolution passed at a meeting earlier this year calling for justice and reparations for victims of colonialism. Continue reading...

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Who can work in Science: A Pie Chart. Quién puede trabajar en la ciencia: un gráfico de torta. Chi può lavorare nella scienza: un grafico a torta. #LGBTQinSTEM #PrideInSTEM

CERN celebrates LGBTQ+ in STEM Day Today we celebrate and highlight the work of and barriers facing LGBTQIA+ people in science, technology, engineering and maths. To mark the date, the Progress Pride flag will fly above the Esplanade des Particules for the third year. 🔗 home.cern/news/news/ce...

Couldn't be more proud of this collab! Watch out for Quantum Quest in Portuguese, Gujarati, and Hindi 🐈‍⬛

Mark Mitchison@mitchison.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Last week I witnessed the birth of a new animation phenomenon: Quantum Quest! Born out of a collab between @aspects-quantum.bsky.social @khalak.bsky.social @saulovmo.bsky.social and our talented friends at Cassette Vision — watch here! cassette.ie/quantum

“A single object can behave like two separate objects at the same time” 😱🤯 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/t...

Always in awe of the University of São Paulo’s architecture

Collaborating in this project was really fun. Congratulations @khalak.bsky.social for the great work! 🥳

Mark Mitchison@mitchison.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Congratulations to @khalak.bsky.social on her first lead-author paper 🥳 in collaboration with @saulovmo.bsky.social and our @aspects-quantum.bsky.social colleagues in Murcia arxiv.org/abs/2510.14926

"Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are reshaping them..." #ClimateCrisis #Migration @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised

Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...

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Had never read Jane Goodall's original 1963 article in Nat Geo on the wild chimpanzees in Tanzania until now. It's a wonderful blend of science and journalism, and well worth your time. www.nationalgeographic.com/pdf/jane-goo...

Céad Míle Fáilte ? Welcome to Ireland 2025

🔍 How uncertain can quantum systems be? Saulo Moreira shares work developing new bounds that show how quantum effects—like coherence and correlations—can break classical limits on uncertainty. This helps us better understand how quantum systems behave when measured.

Hey quantum fans. Here's a slightly different #quantum survey from my mind-boggling one on interpretations, but seems important! This group hopes to understand how to help quantum scientists to stay in the field & thrive. If you have time, you can fill it out here👇 www.diviq.org/survey 🧪⚛️

Great to have (most of!) the ToCQS group visiting me here at King’s. Saulo Moreira is currently telling us about his recent work on precision bounds for correlated currents in open quantum systems journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...