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Sreekanth Mukku

@sree-mukku.bsky.social

PhD-ing on Global AI Race @Ifp-ude.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social‬ I Critical AI/Tech Policy researcher I Initiator and researcher networkedfutures.org I Interested in International Political Economy of Tech, Sustainability of AI & STS.

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Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 3w ago

Why is Pennsylvania ground zero in the fight over AI data centers? Tech Policy Press editor Justin Hendrix asks Data & Society researchers Maia Woluchem and Ana Carolina de Assis Nunes, authors of "The AI Factory," and organizer Hannah Sassaman of People's Tech Project.

Pennsylvania is a Swing-State Case Study for Data Center Politics

Maia Woluchem, Ana Carolina de Assis Nunes and Hannah Sassaman on why Pennsylvania communities are resisting AI data centers.

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Jeff Colgan@jeffcolgan.bsky.social · last mo.

China is the key reason why the Strait of Hormuz oil 🛢️ crisis hasn't been considerably worse. But China's situation carries with it some important lessons for global climate policy and the reasons why countries go green 🌍 🔌. My talk yesterday @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social youtu.be/KSd63SKWl5M

China Chat — China And The War In The Middle East: Consequences For The Global Energy Economy

YouTube video by Watson School of International and Public Affairs

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Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ellen P. Goodman, a professor at Rutgers Law School and co-Director of the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy & Law, asks what it would take to actually democratize AI at each layer of the stack, starting with compute—the layer Zuckerberg's latest manifesto skips.

Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Lost it at Compute

It's worth asking what it would take to actually democratize AI at each layer of the stack, writes Ellen P. Goodman, starting with compute.

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Maximilian Mayer@maximilianiras.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Chinas Klassiker-Renaissance ist aber nicht allein von oben diktiert. In der Volksrepublik finden durchaus lebendige intellektuelle Debatten statt. Eine Ahnung von deren gedanklicher Tiefe gab Zhong Shus Gespräch mit Nolan. Doch die anschließende internationale Diskussion war eine seltene Ausnahme"

Versteht China die Odyssee besser als der Westen?

Noch vor dem Start der "Odyssee" in der Volksrepublik offenbarten die messerscharfen Fragen einer Podcasterin an Regisseur Christopher Nolan einen Trend: China entdeckt die westlichen Klassiker – auch...

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Labor Tech Research Network@labortechresearchnetwork.org · 3mo ago

You might have heard that our member Dr. Iván Chaar López, a border-surveillance researcher & American studies professor at University of Texas Austin, received a near-unanimous recommendation from faculty and outstanding external support letters but was still denied tenure without explanation.

Prof Denied Tenure: Academic Freedom at UT Being Dismantled

Border-surveillance researcher Iván Chaar López received a near-unanimous recommendation from faculty and outstanding external support letters. Still, he was denied tenure without explanation.

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Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In his 2004 book, The Anatomy of Fascism, historian Robert Paxton identified the passions that had animated fascistic political cultures over the previous 80 years. These may sound familiar.

eelings t hem "mobilizing passions": • a sense of overwhelming crisis beyond the reach of any traditional solutions; • the primacy of the group, toward which one has duties superior to every right, whether individual or universal, and the subordination of the individual to it; • the belief that one's group is a victim, a sentiment that justifies any action, without legal or moral limits, against its enemies, both internal and external; • dread of the group's decline under the corrosive effects of individualistic liberalism, class conflict, and alien influences; • the need for closer integration of a purer community, by consent if possible, or by exclusionary violence if necessary; • the need for authority by natural chiefs (always male), culminating in a national chieftain who alone is capable of incarnating the group's historical destiny; • the superiority of the leader's instincts over abstract and universal reason; • the beauty of violence and the efficacy of will, when they are devoted to the group's success; 219
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 3mo ago

Free newsletter: The $500bn in AI data center debt is the subprime mortgage crisis of the AI bubble. The dangerous financial instruments and SPVs funding the data center buildout pose a systemic risk on the level of the great financial crisis. www.wheresyoured.at/the-subprime-data-center-crisis/

The Subprime Data Center Crisis

Thanks for reading this week’s free Where’s Your Ed At newsletter. Friday’s premium newsletter will ask the simple question: Is Oracle dying?  It’s been one year since I launched the premium newslett...

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Maximilian Mayer@maximilianiras.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Comedy Gold -- wenn LLM-Firmen (deren Modelle nur mit Hilfe des Raubguts aus dem größten Raubzug an geistigem Eigentum in der Menschheitsgeschichte trainiert werden konnten) andere LLM-Firmen des IP-Diebstahls bezichtigen. Zu lustig, wenn Regierungen sich diesen Nonsens auch noch zu Eigen machen.

Bessent warns China could face sanctions over AI IP theft

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Tuesday the Trump administration could sanction China over intellectual property (IP) theft amid concerns about whether Beijing is relying on American AI to …

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Brennan Center@brennancenter.org · 3mo ago

The Trump administration is creating an extensive and invasive surveillance system, with DHS at the center. Here’s what the effort means for privacy and other constitutional rights: bit.ly/44t5Rob

The Dangers of the Trump Administration's Data Consolidation Efforts

Congress and state and local governments must create new safeguards around the collection, integration, and misuse of people’s data to protect privacy and First Amendment rights.

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Astrid Deilmann@astriddeilmann.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Trumps Tech-Oligarchen und ihre Ideologie einer völlig entfesselten, autoritären & marktradikalen Technokratie sind eine unterschätzte Bedrohung unserer Demokratie. Es ist höchste Zeit, sie - und ihre Fans hierzulande - auch endlich so zu behandeln.

Tech-Milliardäre gegen die Demokratie: Wie Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos und Peter Thiel an der Entfesselung der Technologie arbeiten

Der Staat? Muss weg. Demokratie? Braucht keiner. Das Gift der politischen Fantasien der Broligarchen ist in unsere Mitte eingesickert.

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🌶 David Gray Widder@davidthewid.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨Finally published: How does the US Military enlist AI researchers in war? @siree.sh, Lucy Suchman and I examine 7k US Military grant solicitations for AI research, and show how even "Basic Research" enlists researchers in a warfighting agenda. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Basic research, lethal effects: Military artificial intelligence research funding as enlistment - David Gray Widder, Sireesh Gururaja, Lucy Suchman, 2026

In the context of unprecedented U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budgets, this paper examines the recent history of DoD funding for academic research in algorit...

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Samuel Spade@samspade1941.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"As BYD vows to become the largest automaker, it must also defend against allegations that it has ties to the Chinese military." Well, uhm, Tesla also has ties to the Pentagon, so uhm....you know....hypocrisy and so on.... #cdnpoli #ukpol #auspol #uspol insideevs.com/news/798397/...

BYD Says It Will Be The World's Largest Automaker In 5 Years. The Pentagon Is Nervous

Washington has picked a fight against BYD just as the Chinese automaker vows to become the largest car company in the next five years.

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Look at this chart. Tax cuts for the rich are a policy choice. Cutting the social safety net in exchange for them is a policy choice. States like New York have an opportunity to help undo this trickle down nonsense by raising taxes on the rich (who will still be rich). I hope Gov. Hochul does.

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Mariana Mazzucato@mazzucatom.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Tesla received billions in government loans, tax credits and subsidies, making Elon Musk the world's richest person. The public? No equity stake, no profit-sharing, no guarantee of affordable access.

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Iikka Korhonen@iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

“A number of countries . . . don’t want their currencies to weaken further because it pushes up the local currency price of oil — and either means more fiscal subsidies or more pain for households” 🇺🇸 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Foreign central banks sell US Treasuries in wake of Iran war

Foreign central banks sell US Treasuries in wake of Iran war

International official holdings at New York Federal Reserve fall to lowest level since 2012

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Dr. Sanam Roohi@sanamroohi.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Aju John and I write at the NewsMinute about the Opportunity Card that Germany is offering to skilled workers outside of the EU. Touted as an easy migration pathway, we show that it is becoming a migration trap and a pipeline to low wage work: www.thenewsminute.com/voices/why-g...

Why Germany’s Opportunity Card may be a migration trap for Indians

Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links.Priya* a 36-year-old woman from Pune, had spent nine years steadily building a career i

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