joanne
@joannema.bsky.social
just trying to read more and be online less.
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But by far and away, the biggest priority for a Heritage Foundation-captured CDC is going to be using the agency's legal frameworks for access to medical data, and weaponizing them to control women. *Most* of the Project 2025 plan for CDC is a witch hunt against abortion on an unprecedented scale.
August 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
But by far and away, the biggest priority for a Heritage Foundation-captured CDC is going to be using the agency's legal frameworks for access to medical data, and weaponizing them to control women. *Most* of the Project 2025 plan for CDC is a witch hunt against abortion on an unprecedented scale.
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Caught up with the creator of Anubis, an open-source software that's stopping AI bot scrapers from crashing sites across the internet www.404media.co/the-open-sou...
The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers
Anubis, which block AI scrapers from scraping websites to death, has been downloaded almost 200,000 times.
www.404media.co
July 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Caught up with the creator of Anubis, an open-source software that's stopping AI bot scrapers from crashing sites across the internet www.404media.co/the-open-sou...
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New paper hot off the press www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
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We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
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Computer-vision research powers surveillance technology - Nature
An analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance.
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New paper hot off the press www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
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We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
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Today's phone calls to my reps: Work with @wyden.senate.gov to reintroduce the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act.
What you can do to get data brokers' filthy hands off your PII: use @yaelwrites.com's BADBOOL: github.com/yaelwrites/B...
What you can do to get data brokers' filthy hands off your PII: use @yaelwrites.com's BADBOOL: github.com/yaelwrites/B...
June 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Today's phone calls to my reps: Work with @wyden.senate.gov to reintroduce the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act.
What you can do to get data brokers' filthy hands off your PII: use @yaelwrites.com's BADBOOL: github.com/yaelwrites/B...
What you can do to get data brokers' filthy hands off your PII: use @yaelwrites.com's BADBOOL: github.com/yaelwrites/B...
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Gavin Newsom vetoed a data broker privacy bill that our legislature passed last year that would have allowed Californians to opt out of all data brokers with a single click.
The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
June 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Gavin Newsom vetoed a data broker privacy bill that our legislature passed last year that would have allowed Californians to opt out of all data brokers with a single click.
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1/ Really recommend reading this from @propublica.org, one of the more detailed looks at how DOGE has attempted to use AI to go after government contracts. And below, I recommend further reading.
New: A DOGE staffer developed an AI tool to review Veterans Affairs contracts.
But there was a slight hitch.
It hallucinated the size of those deals.
For example, it concluded that more than a thousand contracts were each worth $34M, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.
But there was a slight hitch.
It hallucinated the size of those deals.
For example, it concluded that more than a thousand contracts were each worth $34M, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.
DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts
We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...
www.propublica.org
June 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
1/ Really recommend reading this from @propublica.org, one of the more detailed looks at how DOGE has attempted to use AI to go after government contracts. And below, I recommend further reading.
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Good news! The same company building the domestic intelligence data panopticon is going to check you out at your local grocery!
Hidden in a bunch of tech and corporate jargon is a simple fact here: Palantir is going to collect data on how you spend your money now.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Bolt and Palantir Partner to Launch Checkout 2.0: The Smartest, Most Personalized Checkout Experience Yet
/PRNewswire/ -- Bolt, a leading checkout technology company, and Palantir Technologies Inc., a leading provider of AI software, today announced a strategic...
www.prnewswire.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Good news! The same company building the domestic intelligence data panopticon is going to check you out at your local grocery!
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Clean, simple, important call-out by Rock Yuren Pang at #chi25 on LLM-ification of HCI research transparency & reproducibility matter! programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
April 30, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Clean, simple, important call-out by Rock Yuren Pang at #chi25 on LLM-ification of HCI research transparency & reproducibility matter! programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
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April 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Do you make custom feeds on Bluesky? We'd love to hear about your experiences as part of a research project at @uofwa.bsky.social @socialfutureslab.bsky.social ! Come chat with us for 45 mins and get $20 gift card. Express your interest here: forms.gle/CtoZTwCovTv8....
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When people hear of Italian tailoring, they imagine an old maestro quietly sewing away, even if the actual production is done in a factory (like anywhere else). Italy sold the idea of romantic craftsmanship—which brought higher prices and a garment industry boom. This is regional branding.
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
When people hear of Italian tailoring, they imagine an old maestro quietly sewing away, even if the actual production is done in a factory (like anywhere else). Italy sold the idea of romantic craftsmanship—which brought higher prices and a garment industry boom. This is regional branding.
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Yes, this is all about phones and the vices they supposedly inculcate, and has nothing to do with the fact that K-12 education has been forced to teach to tests for decades and constant messaging that the humanities are useless indulgences.
Here's a real "national emergency": College kids won't, and often can't, read a book from cover to cover. The rise of what one prof calls "functional illiteracy" in the iPhone Age is happening right when our imploding democracy needs critical thinkers
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/stud...
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/stud...
Young people won’t, or can’t, read a book. Now democracy is dying. Coincidence? | Will Bunch
A viral conversation about the near-death of reading by U.S. college students in the iPhone era reveals a threat to democracy.
www.inquirer.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Yes, this is all about phones and the vices they supposedly inculcate, and has nothing to do with the fact that K-12 education has been forced to teach to tests for decades and constant messaging that the humanities are useless indulgences.
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My way from Pygmalion to AI in Harvard's Colloquy!
"Nina Beguš explores the way
that cultural tropes shape
artificial intelligence and
reveal the creative limits of AI."
gsas.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
"Nina Beguš explores the way
that cultural tropes shape
artificial intelligence and
reveal the creative limits of AI."
gsas.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
March 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My way from Pygmalion to AI in Harvard's Colloquy!
"Nina Beguš explores the way
that cultural tropes shape
artificial intelligence and
reveal the creative limits of AI."
gsas.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
"Nina Beguš explores the way
that cultural tropes shape
artificial intelligence and
reveal the creative limits of AI."
gsas.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
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Fwiw one thing university faculty can do is provide simple explainers for their students on how federal funding works and how cuts to higher ed & endowment taxes will concretely damage their education and possibly spike tuition costs
Many students don’t know how university finances work!
Many students don’t know how university finances work!
March 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Fwiw one thing university faculty can do is provide simple explainers for their students on how federal funding works and how cuts to higher ed & endowment taxes will concretely damage their education and possibly spike tuition costs
Many students don’t know how university finances work!
Many students don’t know how university finances work!
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List includes Harvard University, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, New York University, Northwestern University, the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Southern California.
Trump Pulled $400 million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next.
The administration has circulated a list that includes nine other campuses, accusing them of failure to address antisemitism.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
List includes Harvard University, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, New York University, Northwestern University, the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Southern California.
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So, not burned. Diaspora, defunded, privatized, and finally destroyed by religious zealots.
That's how learning and knowledge was lost in the Classical World.
www.vox.com/politics/202...
That's how learning and knowledge was lost in the Classical World.
www.vox.com/politics/202...
The rising Republican movement to defund public libraries
Libraries bolster democracy. Republicans want to get rid of them.
www.vox.com
May 12, 2024 at 9:12 PM
So, not burned. Diaspora, defunded, privatized, and finally destroyed by religious zealots.
That's how learning and knowledge was lost in the Classical World.
www.vox.com/politics/202...
That's how learning and knowledge was lost in the Classical World.
www.vox.com/politics/202...
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Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach."
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
Computational Journalist
New York, New York, United States
boards.greenhouse.io
March 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach."
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
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Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
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Listen, I'm not going to pretend that I'm even remotely surprised, but I will tell you that this is a slap in the face to every person in the infosec community that has worked to track and thwart Russian APTs for the last several decades.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Listen, I'm not going to pretend that I'm even remotely surprised, but I will tell you that this is a slap in the face to every person in the infosec community that has worked to track and thwart Russian APTs for the last several decades.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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18F was dissolved because it saved money. We pushed back against contractors who tried to screw American taxpayers. We showed how cheap and good government software can be. Musk hates that.
writing by Dan Tangherlini via @donmoyn.bsky.social
writing by Dan Tangherlini via @donmoyn.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
18F was dissolved because it saved money. We pushed back against contractors who tried to screw American taxpayers. We showed how cheap and good government software can be. Musk hates that.
writing by Dan Tangherlini via @donmoyn.bsky.social
writing by Dan Tangherlini via @donmoyn.bsky.social
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The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
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Sam Altman says GPT-4.5 has "a magic to it i haven't felt before."
I'm reminded of Peter Nagy and Gina Neff's article about "the conjuration of algorithms—a strategically deployed narrative device that uses the principles of magic to manipulate the public perception of technologies."
I'm reminded of Peter Nagy and Gina Neff's article about "the conjuration of algorithms—a strategically deployed narrative device that uses the principles of magic to manipulate the public perception of technologies."
Conjuring algorithms: Understanding the tech industry as stage magicians - Peter Nagy, Gina Neff, 2024
In this article, we introduce the term “conjuration of algorithms” to describe how the tech industry uses the language of magic to shape people’s perceptions of...
journals.sagepub.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sam Altman says GPT-4.5 has "a magic to it i haven't felt before."
I'm reminded of Peter Nagy and Gina Neff's article about "the conjuration of algorithms—a strategically deployed narrative device that uses the principles of magic to manipulate the public perception of technologies."
I'm reminded of Peter Nagy and Gina Neff's article about "the conjuration of algorithms—a strategically deployed narrative device that uses the principles of magic to manipulate the public perception of technologies."