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Doing my best re: therulesofcivilconversation.org/just-berkhout-5407d388
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Something I've really noticed among institutional "responses" to generative technologies is that "DO NOT USE THIS TOOL, IT'S COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE" is fudamentally erased from any possibility of ever being an option
Often paired with fatalist stuff like "this isn't going away"
Often paired with fatalist stuff like "this isn't going away"
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Something I've really noticed among institutional "responses" to generative technologies is that "DO NOT USE THIS TOOL, IT'S COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE" is fudamentally erased from any possibility of ever being an option
Often paired with fatalist stuff like "this isn't going away"
Often paired with fatalist stuff like "this isn't going away"
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
This is a bone chilling read about OpenAI chatGPT trolling a young man into suicide.
(Trigger warning, btw)
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
(Trigger warning, btw)
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This is a bone chilling read about OpenAI chatGPT trolling a young man into suicide.
(Trigger warning, btw)
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
(Trigger warning, btw)
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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This is the kind of outcome the National Electricity Market, combined with smart meters and retail competition, was supposed to deliver. Instead, the government has had to impose it. Yet another patch on a failed system #auspol
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is the kind of outcome the National Electricity Market, combined with smart meters and retail competition, was supposed to deliver. Instead, the government has had to impose it. Yet another patch on a failed system #auspol
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In their darkest moments, too many Australians are being met with lethal force instead of love and care | Lorena Allam
In their darkest moments, too many Australians are being met with lethal force instead of love and care | Lorena Allam
Police are often not equipped to deal with mental health callouts. Alternative first responders are better placed to de-escalate tension and reduce harm
When police tasered and killed Clare Nowland – a 95-year-old aged care resident with dementia – after her nursing home called triple zero for help managing her behaviour, her family were devastated and the public was shocked.
How could a frail and elderly woman on a walking frame, albeit grasping a steak knife, die in such a violent way? Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In their darkest moments, too many Australians are being met with lethal force instead of love and care | Lorena Allam
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Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down deepfakes, discusses the time a deepfake video tricked Terry Crews, and learns about how AI is used to deceive with the help of Bitdefender Chief Security Strategist, Alex Cosoi.
November 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down deepfakes, discusses the time a deepfake video tricked Terry Crews, and learns about how AI is used to deceive with the help of Bitdefender Chief Security Strategist, Alex Cosoi.
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What's the net population health population impact of vapes? @profglantz.com provides 10 slides (+ narrated commentary) to explain it's bad news. profglantz.com/2025/10/31/e...
E-cigarettes increase harm to smokers, so should not be promoted as a harm reduction strategy (in 10 slides)
The tobacco industry has used claims of reduced harm to sell its products since the 1950s with its efforts to promote “safe cigarettes.” “Harm reduction” claims have been central to marketing of e-…
profglantz.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
What's the net population health population impact of vapes? @profglantz.com provides 10 slides (+ narrated commentary) to explain it's bad news. profglantz.com/2025/10/31/e...
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Forget about ghost stories this Halloween. Here's something truly terrifying: Lies about our economy that just won’t go away.
Or as I call them, "zombie myths." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vbYwZecFU
Or as I call them, "zombie myths." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vbYwZecFU
Zombie Myths: The Economic Lies that Just Won't Die | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Forget about ghost stories this Halloween. Here's something truly terrifying: Lies about our economy that just won’t go away.
Or as I call them, "zombie myths." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vbYwZecFU
Or as I call them, "zombie myths." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vbYwZecFU
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"There's this added strain while you're there in Gaza, knowing that you are a target, even as an international aid worker, because you are a doctor."
Our sincere thanks to Dr Mohammed Mustafa for joining our Delivering Healthcare in Gaza webinar.
#gaza
Our sincere thanks to Dr Mohammed Mustafa for joining our Delivering Healthcare in Gaza webinar.
#gaza
October 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
"There's this added strain while you're there in Gaza, knowing that you are a target, even as an international aid worker, because you are a doctor."
Our sincere thanks to Dr Mohammed Mustafa for joining our Delivering Healthcare in Gaza webinar.
#gaza
Our sincere thanks to Dr Mohammed Mustafa for joining our Delivering Healthcare in Gaza webinar.
#gaza
"Maria Corina Machado has shown that the tools of democracy are also the tools of peace. She embodies the hope of a different future, one where the fundamental rights of citizens are protected, and their voices are heard."
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Nobel Peace Prize 2025
The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...
www.nobelprize.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"Maria Corina Machado has shown that the tools of democracy are also the tools of peace. She embodies the hope of a different future, one where the fundamental rights of citizens are protected, and their voices are heard."
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
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Everyone should take the time to read this speech from Trump.
We should not ignore just how f*cking deranged this racist sex pest is.
Read it and remember it is a speech to every General in the US military
www.sofx.com/president-tr...
We should not ignore just how f*cking deranged this racist sex pest is.
Read it and remember it is a speech to every General in the US military
www.sofx.com/president-tr...
President Trump Address to Pentagon Leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico – Full Transcript
(0:00 - 0:19) Ladies and gentlemen, the Secretary of War. Well, you've heard from me. So now it's the main
www.sofx.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Everyone should take the time to read this speech from Trump.
We should not ignore just how f*cking deranged this racist sex pest is.
Read it and remember it is a speech to every General in the US military
www.sofx.com/president-tr...
We should not ignore just how f*cking deranged this racist sex pest is.
Read it and remember it is a speech to every General in the US military
www.sofx.com/president-tr...
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NEW: Something remarkable happened recently and hardly anyone noticed – GB electricity demand was 100% covered by clean power
We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/7
We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/7
September 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
NEW: Something remarkable happened recently and hardly anyone noticed – GB electricity demand was 100% covered by clean power
We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before
🧵
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/7
We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/7
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This is really important.
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is really important.
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One of Austraia’s most controversial gas fired power stations is starting operations. Here is a look back at exaggerated claims, political failures and a hydrogen folly.
reneweconomy.com.au
September 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
One of Austraia’s most controversial gas fired power stations is starting operations. Here is a look back at exaggerated claims, political failures and a hydrogen folly.
Me: "two-party democracies are essentially serial majoritarian tyranny"
Turns out George Washington thinks so too:
"The alternate domination of one faction over another [...] is itself a frightful despotism. "
(www.georgewashington.org/farewell-add...)
Turns out George Washington thinks so too:
"The alternate domination of one faction over another [...] is itself a frightful despotism. "
(www.georgewashington.org/farewell-add...)
George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)
www.georgewashington.org
September 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Me: "two-party democracies are essentially serial majoritarian tyranny"
Turns out George Washington thinks so too:
"The alternate domination of one faction over another [...] is itself a frightful despotism. "
(www.georgewashington.org/farewell-add...)
Turns out George Washington thinks so too:
"The alternate domination of one faction over another [...] is itself a frightful despotism. "
(www.georgewashington.org/farewell-add...)
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5 out of 5 experts on tobacco tax say "no" to half-arsed primary school maths fail calls to lower tobacco tax. theconversation.com/could-making...
Could making tobacco cheaper actually cut down smoking rates? We asked 5 experts
Critics of the tobacco excise argue the tax has stopped working to further reduce smoking rates and should be lowered.
theconversation.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
5 out of 5 experts on tobacco tax say "no" to half-arsed primary school maths fail calls to lower tobacco tax. theconversation.com/could-making...
Quick check-in with Australia's progress toward Vision Zero 2050. Looks about right, don't you think?
September 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Quick check-in with Australia's progress toward Vision Zero 2050. Looks about right, don't you think?
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Has anyone here received offers from "Peer Publicon", a scientific writing 'consultancy' company, offering authorship positions? Please DM me privately. Will keep confidential.
#PaperMills
#PaperMills
August 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Has anyone here received offers from "Peer Publicon", a scientific writing 'consultancy' company, offering authorship positions? Please DM me privately. Will keep confidential.
#PaperMills
#PaperMills
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Past time to move UN out of US (and vice versa)
US revokes visas of Palestinian officials ahead of UN General Assembly
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the U.S. visas of a number of Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization officials ahead of next month’s high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly.
apnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Past time to move UN out of US (and vice versa)
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The evidence is clear - 20mph zones save lives.
In London, they’ve cut deaths and serious injuries by 34% and child fatalities by 75%.
That's why we need to see more 20mph areas.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In London, they’ve cut deaths and serious injuries by 34% and child fatalities by 75%.
That's why we need to see more 20mph areas.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The evidence is clear - 20mph zones save lives.
In London, they’ve cut deaths and serious injuries by 34% and child fatalities by 75%.
That's why we need to see more 20mph areas.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In London, they’ve cut deaths and serious injuries by 34% and child fatalities by 75%.
That's why we need to see more 20mph areas.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We’ve built an exceptional urbanism and city-building community here on Bluesky. The best on any social media platform in my opinion. Thank you, please share this, and please help this keep growing every way you can. #UrbanistShoutOut #UrbanismOnBluesky
August 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We’ve built an exceptional urbanism and city-building community here on Bluesky. The best on any social media platform in my opinion. Thank you, please share this, and please help this keep growing every way you can. #UrbanistShoutOut #UrbanismOnBluesky
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Published today in Science:
“The pace of new interventions is outstripping the capacity to prevent unintended consequences - because governance systems are not yet in place.”
Stop the cowboys before they do even more damage!
Published today in Science:
“The pace of new interventions is outstripping the capacity to prevent unintended consequences - because governance systems are not yet in place.”
Stop the cowboys before they do even more damage!
Governing novel climate interventions in rapidly changing oceans
Marine systems are rapidly changing in response to global heating. The scale and intensity of change are triggering a host of novel interventions to sustain oceans and ocean-dependent societies. Howev...
www.science.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Published today in Science:
“The pace of new interventions is outstripping the capacity to prevent unintended consequences - because governance systems are not yet in place.”
Stop the cowboys before they do even more damage!
Published today in Science:
“The pace of new interventions is outstripping the capacity to prevent unintended consequences - because governance systems are not yet in place.”
Stop the cowboys before they do even more damage!