The crimes you’re convicted of should determine your punishment, not who you are. But even in Norway – one of the “fairest” criminal justice systems – @lhreports.bsky.social & NRK reveal that there are disparities in sentence length by income and gender
www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/...

Ah well, it had a good innings: traintimes.org.uk/map/tube/

For more on this, see @saffron.bsky.social's excellent account here: www.cip.org/blog/predist...

@matteonebbiai.bsky.social on AI and disinformation, after this year of elections. Building (also) on top of @sayash.bsky.social & @randomwalker.bsky.social to say that “regulators should NOT focus on AI disinformation”. Clear and interesting 💡

You should def subscribe to his Substack!

"For those who can afford AI agents, life will become far more convenient. The majority will remain stuck in endless queues, their time undervalued & wasted by outdated bureaucratic processes. Both groups will lose faith in the public sector" rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/ai-agen...

Pleased to share the latest version of my paper with Arthur Spirling and @lexipalmer.bsky.social on replication using LMs

We show:

1. current applications of LMs in political science research *don't* meet basic standards of reproducibility...

AI amplifying biorisk has been a major focus in AI policy & governance work. Is the spotlight merited?

Our recent cross-institutional work asks: Does the available evidence match the current level of attention?

📜 arxiv.org/abs/2412.01946

This is a wonderful program from @isi.it! I was a Lagrange Fellow in 2023-24 and I learnt soooo much.

Highly recommended for anyone curious about data science for social impact, especially if thinking about a PhD. Apply!

And kudos to @ccattuto.bsky.social and the whole team for organizing it!

"Sort it out." (Central government does not keep a list of public services, let alone who's accountable for them.)

Yup! This integration of conversation-centered communities is very good. Happy to see more of this practice with shared tooling — possibly with Frankly.org as a mezzo level between wikisurvey and in-person assemblies. @lessig.bsky.social

Been talking a lot recently with people in government about how to spread innovation. Just reminded myself of this Nesta report with lots of great practical tips. It's worth reading if you work in this space / share with followers who might.

media.nesta.org.uk/documents/20...

I know people will be irked by the word ‘start-up’ here but I do think this is a meaningful step in the right direction. The basic principles they’re gesturing to must be right. 1/n

Went to the speech this morning. A few thoughts. TL;DR - I thought it was really good, but of course lots of tricky challenges to work through. 🧵

It’s 5yrs and waiting since the EU boasted that a €142mn “smart borders” system would see it biometrically track people in/out of the bloc. Atos, a French IT firm cosy with Brussels, was supposed to do the bulk of the job.

Documents obtained by @lhreports.bsky.social @bloomberg.com reveal a fiasco

good piece on how Madrid built out a massive metro expansion for like 1/20th of what it costs in NYC worksinprogress.co/issue/how-ma...

I’m looking for a right-hand intern to work closely with me to prepare for the upcoming Beta launch of @agoracitizen.network. It’s a paid #internship (remote or in Paris). If you know someone who'd be interested, help me spread the word! 🙏 jobs.stationf.co/companies/zk...

Zero-sum thinking is a key mindset that shapes how we view the world. A little thread to highlight our work on its roots with @sahilchinoy.bsky.social,
@nathannunn.bsky.social, Sandra Sequeira.🧵1/23 scholar.harvard.edu/files/stantc...