@atfblindpost.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 11:32 PM
January 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Should scientists apply to OpenAI's fund for research on AI & mental health? Should policymakers consider it a credible safety effort?
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
Beware of OpenAI's 'Grantwashing' on AI Harms | TechPolicy.Press
J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps say OpenAI's announced research funding is the perfect corporate action to make sure we don't find answers for years.
www.techpolicy.press
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Should scientists apply to OpenAI's fund for research on AI & mental health? Should policymakers consider it a credible safety effort?
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
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Why do the promises of technology ring not just hollow, but hostile? We look at the political economy of tech and hype, and argue that the powers that be literally can't distinguish between the good and the awful. 👇
Don’t Believe the Hype — or Doom — About AI
For America’s VC-dominated tech industry, AI hype isn’t just a crazy by-product — it’s a structural part of the US economy in which capital tries to write our destinies. We shouldn’t let it.
jacobin.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Why do the promises of technology ring not just hollow, but hostile? We look at the political economy of tech and hype, and argue that the powers that be literally can't distinguish between the good and the awful. 👇
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The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants: toxic pesticides could stay on the market forever, with no safety tests at all. Yes, forever approvals. Yes, this is real. Sign now to stop it. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...
Protect Our Food From Toxic Pesticides
The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants, and a nightmare for the rest of us. A new proposal could let toxic pesticides, including glyphosate, stay on the market forever.Yes, forever approvals....
action.wemove.eu
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants: toxic pesticides could stay on the market forever, with no safety tests at all. Yes, forever approvals. Yes, this is real. Sign now to stop it. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...
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This is a must read, on the threat to democracy by @francescabria.bsky.social:
mondediplo.com/2025/11/02tech
mondediplo.com/2025/11/02tech
Takeover by Big Tech
Open access // by Francesca Bria (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, November 2025)
mondediplo.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This is a must read, on the threat to democracy by @francescabria.bsky.social:
mondediplo.com/2025/11/02tech
mondediplo.com/2025/11/02tech
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Missed Signal’s President @meredithmeredith.bsky.social on #Buitenhof?
About #Signal, the power of Big Tech, and why privacy matters.
Watch it back here🍿: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTD5...
Not using Signal yet? Try it out for free: signal.org/install
#signalapp #signalmessenger #privacy #whatsapp
About #Signal, the power of Big Tech, and why privacy matters.
Watch it back here🍿: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTD5...
Not using Signal yet? Try it out for free: signal.org/install
#signalapp #signalmessenger #privacy #whatsapp
About the power of Big Tech and the importance of privacy | Meredith Whittaker | Buitenhof
YouTube video by Buitenhof
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Missed Signal’s President @meredithmeredith.bsky.social on #Buitenhof?
About #Signal, the power of Big Tech, and why privacy matters.
Watch it back here🍿: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTD5...
Not using Signal yet? Try it out for free: signal.org/install
#signalapp #signalmessenger #privacy #whatsapp
About #Signal, the power of Big Tech, and why privacy matters.
Watch it back here🍿: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTD5...
Not using Signal yet? Try it out for free: signal.org/install
#signalapp #signalmessenger #privacy #whatsapp
Dear @parismarx.com
appreciate your work a bunch, but I am taken aback hearing you do ads for Hello Fresh. They are deluded, they feed on hyperindividualism & isolation, they send out packages for a single dish which is complete madness, its use – while maybe fun – is nothing less than degrading.
appreciate your work a bunch, but I am taken aback hearing you do ads for Hello Fresh. They are deluded, they feed on hyperindividualism & isolation, they send out packages for a single dish which is complete madness, its use – while maybe fun – is nothing less than degrading.
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Dear @parismarx.com
appreciate your work a bunch, but I am taken aback hearing you do ads for Hello Fresh. They are deluded, they feed on hyperindividualism & isolation, they send out packages for a single dish which is complete madness, its use – while maybe fun – is nothing less than degrading.
appreciate your work a bunch, but I am taken aback hearing you do ads for Hello Fresh. They are deluded, they feed on hyperindividualism & isolation, they send out packages for a single dish which is complete madness, its use – while maybe fun – is nothing less than degrading.
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We need our policymakers everywhere to be attuned to the needs of the people, not the whims of CEOs -- and especially not CEOs in the grip of TESCREAList fantasies.
Thank you @abeba.bsky.social and @krisshrishak.bsky.social for speaking up
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
Thank you @abeba.bsky.social and @krisshrishak.bsky.social for speaking up
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
AI Hype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course | TechPolicy.Press
Kris Shrishak and Abeba Birhane say policymakers should stop peddling in unscientific discourse about "AGI" and "superintelligence."
www.techpolicy.press
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We need our policymakers everywhere to be attuned to the needs of the people, not the whims of CEOs -- and especially not CEOs in the grip of TESCREAList fantasies.
Thank you @abeba.bsky.social and @krisshrishak.bsky.social for speaking up
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
Thank you @abeba.bsky.social and @krisshrishak.bsky.social for speaking up
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
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With the Franco-German Summit on European Digital Sovereignty happening in Berlin today, the EU must decide how it will confront Big Tech’s concentrated power and what real action fits within its sovereignty agenda, write Sofia Calabrese and Roy Virah-Sawmy.
If Europe Wants Digital Sovereignty, It Must Reinvent Who Owns Tech | TechPolicy.Press
Sofia Calabrese and Roy Virah-Sawmy argue Europe doesn’t need to replicate Big Tech; it needs to build something better.
www.techpolicy.press
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
With the Franco-German Summit on European Digital Sovereignty happening in Berlin today, the EU must decide how it will confront Big Tech’s concentrated power and what real action fits within its sovereignty agenda, write Sofia Calabrese and Roy Virah-Sawmy.
„If AI mirrors make human operations in the space of reasons seem too inefficient, unreliable, and unnecessary to be tolerated, then AI‘s impact on the moral and political maturity of humanity may be more damaging than that of the worst dictator.“ – Shannon Vallor
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
„If AI mirrors make human operations in the space of reasons seem too inefficient, unreliable, and unnecessary to be tolerated, then AI‘s impact on the moral and political maturity of humanity may be more damaging than that of the worst dictator.“ – Shannon Vallor
„It’s hard to demand an explanation from someone in power if they don’t have it and couldn’t get it even if they wanted to give it to you. For that reason, opaque AI decision systems are highly attractive tools for those in power; they offer a virtually bulletproof accountability shield.“ – S.Vallor
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
„It’s hard to demand an explanation from someone in power if they don’t have it and couldn’t get it even if they wanted to give it to you. For that reason, opaque AI decision systems are highly attractive tools for those in power; they offer a virtually bulletproof accountability shield.“ – S.Vallor
Hörenswertes Gespräch mit Harald Welzer über die gegenwärtige Situation #HotelMatze :
hotelmatze.podigee.io/486-harald-w...
hotelmatze.podigee.io/486-harald-w...
Harald Welzer – Wie können wir Deutschland neu erfinden?
Harald ist Soziologe, Sozialpsychologe und Autor.
Zuletzt war er vor genau zwei Jahren, im September 2025, im Hotel Matze zu Gast.
Gerade ist sein neues Buch “Das Haus der Gefühle” erschienen, in dem ...
hotelmatze.podigee.io
September 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Hörenswertes Gespräch mit Harald Welzer über die gegenwärtige Situation #HotelMatze :
hotelmatze.podigee.io/486-harald-w...
hotelmatze.podigee.io/486-harald-w...
Palantir is Thriving Under Trump w/ Caroline Haskins - Tech Won’t Save Us
techwontsave.us
September 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#technofascism #ai
“They know what they want, they know what they’re doing, and they know where it leads.” – Hagen Blix and Ingeborg Gimmer
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
“They know what they want, they know what they’re doing, and they know where it leads.” – Hagen Blix and Ingeborg Gimmer
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
Deflating “Hype” Won’t Save Us
The problem with AI isn’t hype. The problem is who and what it’s useful for.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
#technofascism #ai
“They know what they want, they know what they’re doing, and they know where it leads.” – Hagen Blix and Ingeborg Gimmer
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
“They know what they want, they know what they’re doing, and they know where it leads.” – Hagen Blix and Ingeborg Gimmer
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
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"Fascism ... is committed to a play of power and aesthetics that regards a desire for truthfulness as an admission of weakness. It loves a bullshit generator, because it cannot conceive of a debate as anything but a fight for power..."
Great piece from @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer.
Great piece from @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer.
Deflating “Hype” Won’t Save Us
The problem with AI isn’t hype. The problem is who and what it’s useful for.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Fascism ... is committed to a play of power and aesthetics that regards a desire for truthfulness as an admission of weakness. It loves a bullshit generator, because it cannot conceive of a debate as anything but a fight for power..."
Great piece from @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer.
Great piece from @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer.
“We are up against an ideology that has given up … on the livability of our shared world …. The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.” – Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein
September 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“We are up against an ideology that has given up … on the livability of our shared world …. The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.” – Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein
„This is because the conviction that #technology is neutral is not itself neutral; it paradoxically functions as the conviction that this #neutrality is itself a good thing, so as to sanction the technological development of more neutral tools.“ – Anton Barba-Kay, @HedgehogReview
September 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
„This is because the conviction that #technology is neutral is not itself neutral; it paradoxically functions as the conviction that this #neutrality is itself a good thing, so as to sanction the technological development of more neutral tools.“ – Anton Barba-Kay, @HedgehogReview
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We know that #BigTech consumes tons of energy & water. What was missed is that they are also attempting to control ecological transition paths turning govs & societies even more dependent on them
This is the main finding of my new paper w @silviaweko.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This is the main finding of my new paper w @silviaweko.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
We know that #BigTech consumes tons of energy & water. What was missed is that they are also attempting to control ecological transition paths turning govs & societies even more dependent on them
This is the main finding of my new paper w @silviaweko.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This is the main finding of my new paper w @silviaweko.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Hi @nafeez.bsky.social I am reading Alt Reich & it is fantastic. I‘ve been reading Susanne Kaisers Backlash parallel. Another book of her Political Masculinity is out in English. If you haven’t heard about her work, please check her out. Best regards!
www.politybooks.com/search?s=Pol...
www.politybooks.com/search?s=Pol...
www.politybooks.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hi @nafeez.bsky.social I am reading Alt Reich & it is fantastic. I‘ve been reading Susanne Kaisers Backlash parallel. Another book of her Political Masculinity is out in English. If you haven’t heard about her work, please check her out. Best regards!
www.politybooks.com/search?s=Pol...
www.politybooks.com/search?s=Pol...
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Today the OpenAI Nonprofit Commission released a report asserting OpenAI is ‘positioned to be a force of good in this Age of Intelligence’. The report also claims that AI Now was among the orgs participating in the listening process that led to this report. We did not.
July 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Today the OpenAI Nonprofit Commission released a report asserting OpenAI is ‘positioned to be a force of good in this Age of Intelligence’. The report also claims that AI Now was among the orgs participating in the listening process that led to this report. We did not.
New report on teens and #AICompanions by @CommonSense
3 of 4 teenagers age 13 to 17 used #AI companions.
1 of 3 teen-users think their AI relationship is as satisfying or more satisfying as contact with friends.
1060 surveyed across the #US.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QqPgP8…#redflagag
3 of 4 teenagers age 13 to 17 used #AI companions.
1 of 3 teen-users think their AI relationship is as satisfying or more satisfying as contact with friends.
1060 surveyed across the #US.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QqPgP8…#redflagag
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QqPgP8…
July 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
New report on teens and #AICompanions by @CommonSense
3 of 4 teenagers age 13 to 17 used #AI companions.
1 of 3 teen-users think their AI relationship is as satisfying or more satisfying as contact with friends.
1060 surveyed across the #US.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QqPgP8…#redflagag
3 of 4 teenagers age 13 to 17 used #AI companions.
1 of 3 teen-users think their AI relationship is as satisfying or more satisfying as contact with friends.
1060 surveyed across the #US.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QqPgP8…#redflagag
July 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM