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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 2d

Starting in 2026, startups seeking government-backed innovation programs will need to demonstrate compliance with worker welfare standards, including active participation in Korea’s retirement pension system koreatechdesk.com/korea-startu...

Korea Links Startup Policy to Worker Welfare: New ESG Standard for Innovation - KoreaTechDesk | Korean Startup and Technology News

Korea ties startup funding to employee welfare, setting a new ESG benchmark that reshapes innovation policy and investor confidence in Asia’s tech ecosystem.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 11d

A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped

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Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News

YouTube video by BBC News

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11d

“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”

Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism

The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.

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Cecilia Rikap @ceciliarikap.bsky.social · 8d

What can we learn from @awscloud.bsky.social and @microsoft.com recent cloud blackouts?

The extent of dependency is so deep & widespread that we must develop #digital #sovereignty

This is what @paologerbaudo.bsky.social & I explain for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social

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Why Digital Sovereignty Matters

Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud blackouts paralysed public services across the globe this autumn — a warning of what happens when essential infrastructure is left in the hands of private US monopolies.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 14d

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.

Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.

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Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning

Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 14d

From 2020

“It’s frustrating to me when I see Bill Gates held up as this hero of climate change when you know that he’s benefitting from all of these investments that are directly contributing to climate change,” said Justin Mikulka

Bill Gates Says He's Fighting Climate Change While Cashing in on Oil

The billionaire's investment portfolio includes millions of shares of companies contributing to the climate crisis.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 21d

Yesterday's AWS outage, which affected a range of websites and applications—from Signal to key UK government services—reveals the dangers of relying on a handful of Big Tech firms, write Article 19's Corinne Cath and Don Le. Here's a thread with some key quotes!

Read the full piece here:

Amazon Cloud Outage Reveals Democratic Deficit in Relying on Big Tech | TechPolicy.Press

The AWS outage demonstrates the need for a fundamental shift in how we think about digital infrastructure, write Article 19's Corinne Cath and Don Le.

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 26d

Generative AI is literally destroying knowledge

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26d

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 26d

Today is a good day to remind everyone that the US narrative claiming the President of Venezuela is a drug trafficker is 100% lies. The Trump administration knows this, the Nobel committee knows this... it is a campaign to manufacture consent for invasion. Don't fall for it.

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Annika Joeres @annikajoeres.bsky.social · 27d

Aktuell fordern einige CDUler und Andreas Rödder, die Brandmauer zur AfD fallen zu lassen. @gabrielakeller.bsky.social und ich haben Rödders Thinktank R21 schon im Januar als "Rechtstreiber" der CDU beschrieben - im Text, den die CDU in ihrer kleinen Anfrage kritisierte
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Die Rechtstreiber der CDU

Einige Wirtschaftslobbyisten und Denkfabriken untergraben aktiv die Brandmauer. Der nächste mögliche Tabubruch: eine Minderheitsregierung

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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · Oct 5

Zur Erinnerung: DAS ist das Problem der deutschen Automobilindustrie. (Grafik von Ember) Sie hat die Elektro-Revolution verschlafen und will jetzt verzweifelt Zulieferer retten, die nur Teile für Verbrenner herstellen können. Innovator's Dilemma in Reinkultur.

Autoexporte - Deutschland stagniert, China hat Deutschland durch gigantisches Wachstum in 2022 überholt und exportiert schon jetzt 2,5 Mio Autos mehr pro Jahr.

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Dr J. Rosenbaum @jrosenbaum.com.au · Oct 12

This is sickening, I knew generative AI was a fascist tool, I've been researching that extensively, but I don't think enough people know that. This is heart breaking. Trying to destroy the legacy of good people for the cheap lulz

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Oct 12

ai is a fascist tool. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ilyasah Shabazz didn’t want to look at the AI-generated videos of her father, Malcolm X. The seemingly realistic clips — made by OpenAI’s new video-maker Sora 2 — show the legendary civil rights activist making crude jokes, wrestling with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and talking about defecating on himself.

“It is deeply disrespectful and hurtful to see my father’s image used in such a cavalier and insensitive manner when he dedicated his life to truth,” Shabazz, whose father was assassinated in front of her in 1965 when she was 2, told The Washington Post. She questioned why the developers were not acting “with the same morality, conscience, and care … that they’d want for their own families.”

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Oct 12

California Governor Gavin Newsom "vetoed a bill on Saturday that would have provided more transparency around the water usage of data centers, which regularly require millions of gallons of fresh water to cool their computers."

Gavin Newsom blocks effort to make CA data centers disclose water use. Why?

Data-center water usage can vary from 110 million gallons to 1.8 billion gallons per year.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Oct 12

“It feels like there’s been a real shift over the last six months or so in terms of the public just becoming aware of what data centers are,” said Ben Green, assistant professor of information at the University of Michigan. “And becoming increasingly skeptical.”

Towns are saying no to AI data centers. One got sued over it.

A developer sued a Michigan township after it voted against a data center proposal. Cities in Ohio and Missouri have explored data center bans.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Oct 12

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Oct 9

AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.

This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.

Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.

Be warned.

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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · Oct 5

China’s new global initiatives aren’t just diplomacy, they’re strategy. By tackling climate, food, and AI challenges, Beijing is filling gaps the U.S. once led, while boosting its soft power.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Oct 7

In the Indian state of Bihar’s voter roll purge, the Election Commission claims “privacy” to limit scrutiny—yet keeps public voter rolls exposing personal data, writes Tech Policy Press contributing editor Amber Sinha. The real conflict isn’t privacy vs. transparency, but power vs. accountability.

Tensions Between Privacy and Transparency Re-emerge in India’s Electoral Regulations | TechPolicy.Press

Amber Sinha explains how the ECI’s voter roll cleanup in Bihar raises concerns over privacy, transparency, and disenfranchisement ahead of state elections.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Oct 4

Amidst a violent crackdown, the Trump administration has set its sights on anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations—and it’s turning to major tech companies to help, writes Free Press advocacy director Jenna Ruddock.

Amidst Violent Immigration Raids, DHS Turns to Big Tech to Silence Dissent | TechPolicy.Press

Free Press advocacy director Jenna Ruddock says the Trump administration is targeting anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Oct 3

The images that will stick in my mind from this week include jackbooted thugs rappelling from a Blackhawk helicopter to rip children from their beds in Chicago and yet another indiscriminate murder from the sky, both events celebrated by a lawless administration in videos shared on social media.

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · Oct 3

Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Oct 3

Parental controls address short-term risks but not the deeper issue of unchecked AI use. European policymakers warn that stronger rules are needed to address the growing risks of AI on teen mental health, reports Raluca Besliu.

EU’s Role in Teen AI Safety as OpenAI and Meta Roll Out Controls | TechPolicy.Press

European policymakers warn that stronger rules are needed to address the growing risks of AI on teen mental health, reports Raluca Besliu.

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Maximilian Mayer @maximilianiras.bsky.social · Sep 30

‚The Trump administration is pressuring Taiwan to rapidly move 50 percent of its chip production into the US if it wants ensured protection against a threatened Chinese invasion, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told NewsNation this weekend.‘

Taiwan pressured to move 50% of chip production to US or lose protection

Trump official plots “impossible” deal moving Taiwan’s chip supply chain into US.

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Dr. Sanam Roohi @sanamroohi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our new article
'Cumulative Precarity in Times of Polycrisis:..South Asian Students in Finland', that shows how precarity is cumulative, temporal and transnationally accumulated, while strategies of resilience are more situated, can be accessed here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/glob.70033

Cumulative Precarity in Times of Polycrisis: Transnational Insecurities and Geo‐Spatialized Resiliences Among South Asian Students in Finland

On the basis of ethnographic research among South Asian students in Runolahti (anonymized), this article explores their experiences during a time of compounded crises. It examines how COVID-19 polici...

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Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social · Sep 30

“Neoliberalism and Race shows that racial themes have always pervaded neoliberal thinking… neoliberal thought is constitutively racialized—its racial motifs cannot be extracted from neoliberalism without rendering it theoretically and politically incoherent.”

Neoliberalism and Race | Stanford University Press

Lars Cornelissen argues that the category of race constitutes an organizing principle of neoliberal ideology. Using the methods of intellectual history and drawing on insights from critical race studi...

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