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Virvey
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Language & comms specialist, translator and writer in Finnish and English at capecontext.com
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Fascinating study, casting much doubt on the ubiquity of the "overdiagnosis" myth www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed, study says
By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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Here's everything I've done so far on broligarchy, all in one place, starting with my Inauguration Day interview on @thedailyshow.com with Jon Stewart, through multiple BlueSky threads on the subject, some other interviews & a couple articles in @theatlantic.com. 1/9
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvCm...
Brooke Harrington - Trump’s “Broligarchy” of Tech Billionaires | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Google’s artificial intelligence now wants to access your Gmail, photo library and search history.

Here's what to know and what to be wary of with Gemini’s new Personal Intelligence:
Analysis | Google wants your emails and photos to ‘personalize’ its AI. Should you let it?
What’s good – and scary – about Gemini’s new Personal Intelligence.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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On #HumanRightsDay, @alexreevegivens.bsky.social and Karen Kornbluh remind us that AI innovation must not come at the expense of human rights. Governments and companies have a responsibility to embed safeguards into AI systems, so that the technology is not used for surveillance or repression.
AI Must Not Ignore Human Rights
Alexandra Reeve Givens & Karen Kornbluh worry that the industry is not being held to the same standards as others.
www.project-syndicate.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Huomiseen asti on aikaa vastata tuotantoeläimiä koskevaan kyselyyn. sey.fi/eu-elainlaki...
Tavoitteena eläimille parempi Eurooppa - SEY Suomen eläinsuojelu
EU:n eläinsuojelulainsäädäntöä uudistetaan parhaillaan. Vastaa EU:n julkiseen kuulemiseen sivuillamme ja auta lukemattomia eläimiä
sey.fi
December 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck is the first exhibition to showcase the work of the artist in a major United States museum. www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This is the first major U.S. exhibition of Helene Schjerfbeck, featuring 60 works that highlight her unique voice in modernism.
www.metmuseum.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The entirety of the AI discourse is ripe with humanizations, starting with the term “AI” itself: the notion that artificial systems are “intelligent” appears to imply that they possess cognitive abilities.
iai.tv/articles/don...
Don't blame AI for its mistakes
<p><em>As AI systems are increasingly used to inform major decisions, from AI ministers to the Swedish prime minister admitting to using it for a second opinion, some public figures have begun to impl...
iai.tv
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The authors of 'Trans Historical: Gender Plurality before the Modern' encourage us to rethink periodization in relation to plural gender. The book was reviewed by @katesw.bsky.social at sateenkaarihistoria.fi/trans-histor...
Trans Historical: Gender Plurality before the Modern - Sateenkaari­historian ystävät
Trans Historical is a fascinating exploration of gender-nonconforming lives lived before Enlightenment gender binaries.
sateenkaarihistoria.fi
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Given the complex physical machinations of the brain, whence arises the conscious experience of remembering?
iai.tv/articles/mem...
Memory is not stored in the brain
<p><em>The leading theories of memory describe it as being stored in the brain – similarly, some argue, to the way a computer stores memory. But this assumption relies on materialist assumptions and p...
iai.tv
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM