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Victor Galaz
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🇸🇪 🇨🇱 🌎 Associate Prof Pol Sci Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm Uni + Beijer Institute at Royal Swe Academy of Sciences. Politics, AI, nuclear and new tech in the Anthropocene.
👨🏽‍💻ibland för Svenska Dagbladet Kultur.
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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · Nov 25
This took me a while to finish. My new book "Dark Machines - How Artificial Intelligence, Digitalization and Automation is Changing our Living Planet" can now be pre-ordered at Routledge (UK/US).

www.routledge.com/Dark-Machine...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d
At the same time Trump is bringing back confederate statutes and base names, he is erasing attention to persons of color in American military history. From earlier this year:
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Whitewashing American history
The Trump Presidency as a project of erasure
open.substack.com

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 1d
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 2d
Extremely disturbing article, and the scale of this problem is really concerning. I’ve felt for a long time that many have underestimated the deep influence of the mindless rollout of AI-chatbots on peoples’ emotions at scale.

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 3d
ffs
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d
The Labor Department launched a social media campaign with illustrations that appear to be AI-generated and that almost exclusively feature White men — part of an effort to promote the hiring of American citizens over foreign workers.
Labor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforce
The campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying it is not realistically portraying the country’s diversity and is sending messages that feel exclusionary.
www.washingtonpost.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d
The Labor Department launched a social media campaign with illustrations that appear to be AI-generated and that almost exclusively feature White men — part of an effort to promote the hiring of American citizens over foreign workers.
Labor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforce
The campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying it is not realistically portraying the country’s diversity and is sending messages that feel exclusionary.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 3d
I think about this widely shared and cited paper by the prominent economist Nicholas Stern a lot (and especially this paragraph in yellow) whenever I read news like this.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 3d
Nvidia ❤️ Big Oil at #COP30, apparently

www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/n...
Nvidia Flogged AI for Brazilian Oil and Gas on Eve of COP30
As world leaders prepared to descend on the small city of Belém in the Brazilian Amazon for the COP30 climate summit, artificial intelligence (AI) chip-manufacturer Nvidia was instead peddling its ene...
www.desmog.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3d
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

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 3d
A U.S. firm led by former Israeli government physicists, Stardust seeks to patent its proprietary sunlight-scattering particle.

heatmap.news/climate-tech...
Exclusive: Stardust Solutions Raises $60 Million to Build a Solar Geoengineering System by 2030
A U.S. firm led by former Israeli government physicists, Stardust seeks to patent its proprietary sunlight-scattering particle — but it won’t deploy its technology until global governments authorize s...
heatmap.news

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 4d
“Hur mycket ska vi betala egentligen?” Ja, kanske så mycket som behövs för att säkra en bra framtid åt alla? Och för att kompensera för de irreparabla skador som de rika ländernas utsläpp åsamkat fattigare länder? Inte svårare än så 👑

www.sverigesradio.se/play/artikel...
Klimatmötet igång – kungen tveksam till om länderna kommer enas - Ekot
På torsdagen inleddes toppmötet i brasilianska Belém, där ledare från hela världen samlas för att debattera hur klimatmålen ska uppnås.Ulf Kristersson ...
www.sverigesradio.se

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4d
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com

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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.bsky.social · 4d
In some US states data centres consume more than one-third of power supply
• Power use from data centres is becoming sensitive issue as some argue AI is driving up electricity prices
• Some utility firms now require data centres to pay upfront for electricity, even if they end up using less

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 7d
Had not thought about this before, but of course...

time.com/7328281/disi...
The Threat Posed by Deepfake Satellite Images
AI has made it easier than ever to generate fakes that undermine satellite imagery's traditional role as a source of irrefutable truth.
time.com

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 8d
”I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests," Wright said in an interview with Fox News. "These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call non-critical explosions."

I think?!?

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Reuters @reuters.com · 8d
US not planning nuclear explosions at this time, energy secretary says reut.rs/3JHLqNs
US not planning nuclear explosions at this time, energy secretary says
The nuclear weapons testing ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump will not involve nuclear explosions at this time, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday.
reut.rs

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 8d
Helt sant!

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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 9d
Nvidia is helping facilitate ICE investigations, federal procurement records show theintercept.com/2025/11/01/i...
ICE Investigations, Powered by Nvidia
ICE’s investigative division, increasingly involved in street-level immigration enforcement, struck a software deal with Nvidia.
theintercept.com

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 9d
Musikpaus i det vanliga flödet om klimatkris, auktoritära ledare, och atombomber - Mwana 🔥

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 10d
Australian anti-renewables lobby group uses AI for everything, and the results are just as crappy as you would expect.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says
Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm
www.theguardian.com

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 10d
Timely collection of short expert interviews: do new nuclear weapon tests remain an actual possibility? Do the benefits now outweigh their costs for countries? And what can be done to remove the spectre of nuclear testing from the present international climate?

www.apln.network/analysis/the...

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 11d
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 11d
Look no further than this website with resources

betterimagesofai.org
Better Images of AI
We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as insp...
betterimagesofai.org

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 11d
we need better images of AI, exhibit #1
🤔

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 11d
Seems like Nature journals need to update their 404 Not Found web page.

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 11d
Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica - Photos
Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
Melissa made landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
apnews.com

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 11d
Vilken vecka ändå. Vet inte vad som är farligast egentligen. Bill Gates intellektuella komocka om klimatfrågan, eller amerikanska hot om att återuppta kärnvapentester.

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 12d
Vansinne.

www.svd.se/a/4B6kGg/tru...
Trump: USA ska testa kärnvapen
USA:s president Donald Trump uppger att USA kommer att genomföra kärnvapentester ”omedelbart”.
www.svd.se

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 12d
A poll by Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country
youtu.be/yLvO070E_dI?...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 12d
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 12d
And one of the world's leading scientists on the Amazon, on the topic in a lecture here in Stockholm

www.stockholmresilience.org/news--events...
Tackling social challenges and supporting local solutions to avoid tipping points in the Amazon
Seminar with Eduardo S. Brondizio, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University-Bloomington and the University of Campinas, Brazil.
www.stockholmresilience.org