@valentin-k.bsky.social
While NGOs face global skepticism and budget cuts, it is tempting to feed donors the simple solutions they crave.
This article challenges that impulse. It offers a sharp, accessible critique of slacktivism and virtue signalling, pushing us instead toward a much-needed root cause analysis.
This article challenges that impulse. It offers a sharp, accessible critique of slacktivism and virtue signalling, pushing us instead toward a much-needed root cause analysis.
Ethics of online health-related philanthrotainment
Online health-related philanthrotainment consists of videos displaying generosity to others and presented in an entertaining way. This practice includes stunt philanthropy where recipients are surpris...
jmepb.bmj.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
While NGOs face global skepticism and budget cuts, it is tempting to feed donors the simple solutions they crave.
This article challenges that impulse. It offers a sharp, accessible critique of slacktivism and virtue signalling, pushing us instead toward a much-needed root cause analysis.
This article challenges that impulse. It offers a sharp, accessible critique of slacktivism and virtue signalling, pushing us instead toward a much-needed root cause analysis.
This is a horrifying report on the consequences of gutting out the largest humanitarian fund in the world: #USAID. It is now estimate that the consequence of suddenly and illegally cutting all contracts / funding to be between 500 000 and 1 000 000 death annually. This is psychopath behaviour.
Update on Lives Lost from USAID Cuts
In this blog, we report on an update to our earlier estimates of the potential mortality impacts of the administration’s aid cuts. A similar approach to our original estimates using financial data to ...
www.cgdev.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is a horrifying report on the consequences of gutting out the largest humanitarian fund in the world: #USAID. It is now estimate that the consequence of suddenly and illegally cutting all contracts / funding to be between 500 000 and 1 000 000 death annually. This is psychopath behaviour.
This is an excellent news. A standard to stop illegal web scraping by AI companies. "The RSL Collective says more than 1,500 media organizations and brands now support RSL."
www.theverge.com/news/841222/...
www.theverge.com/news/841222/...
A pay-to-scrape AI licensing standard is now official
RSL 1.0 helps publishers outline how AI companies should pay for the content they scrape across the web.
www.theverge.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This is an excellent news. A standard to stop illegal web scraping by AI companies. "The RSL Collective says more than 1,500 media organizations and brands now support RSL."
www.theverge.com/news/841222/...
www.theverge.com/news/841222/...
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A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given surprising new insight into the online “America First” movement.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
trib.al
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given surprising new insight into the online “America First” movement.
The mysteries of the gut-brain relationship.
Study of Over 400,000 People Links Gut Bacteria With Insomnia Risk
We're learning more and more about how parts of our bodies are linked and working together – and now a new study reveals connections between gut bacteria and the risk of insomnia.
www.sciencealert.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The mysteries of the gut-brain relationship.
This is the most #paywall homepage that I can think of. Can the reader confirm if they have the same warm welcome when they go to www.meta.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is the most #paywall homepage that I can think of. Can the reader confirm if they have the same warm welcome when they go to www.meta.com
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My latest research on LLM grooming, co-authored with @ninajankowicz.com and @garymarcus.bsky.social, found that OpenAI's so-called "reasoning" o3 model cited Pravda network content 26.8% of the time in response to specific prompts.
This research got cited today in a column by the Financial Times:
This research got cited today in a column by the Financial Times:
Disinformation warriors are ‘grooming’ chatbots - on.ft.com/46hV6qW via @FT
Disinformation warriors are ‘grooming’ chatbots
Russian hackers are exploring ways to inject propaganda into the training data of generative AI models
on.ft.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My latest research on LLM grooming, co-authored with @ninajankowicz.com and @garymarcus.bsky.social, found that OpenAI's so-called "reasoning" o3 model cited Pravda network content 26.8% of the time in response to specific prompts.
This research got cited today in a column by the Financial Times:
This research got cited today in a column by the Financial Times:
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Can't believe I had to issue a request like this, but apparently news outlets are printing completely fabricated quotes now
July 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Can't believe I had to issue a request like this, but apparently news outlets are printing completely fabricated quotes now
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The Trump administration has promised to distribute food aid before it spoils. But 500 tons of emergency food in a U.S. warehouse are about to expire and are slated for the incinerator, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports.
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
bit.ly
July 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The Trump administration has promised to distribute food aid before it spoils. But 500 tons of emergency food in a U.S. warehouse are about to expire and are slated for the incinerator, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports.
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“A patient came to me asking if he should wait to have his cancer that was diagnosed treated in a few years because he believes that AI will customize cancer treatments for patients…I had to convince him why he should have treatment now.”
Why doctors want you to talk to them about ChatGPT medical queries | CBC News
ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence tools can sometimes answer patient questions accurately, but Canadian medical researchers caution that the information needs to be carefully checked before ...
www.cbc.ca
July 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
“A patient came to me asking if he should wait to have his cancer that was diagnosed treated in a few years because he believes that AI will customize cancer treatments for patients…I had to convince him why he should have treatment now.”
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a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes'
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my keynote happening in a few mins. registration here to stream it
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July 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes'
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'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
I rarely share memes, but when I do:
July 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I rarely share memes, but when I do:
Why is this level of misinformation allowed - to advertisers?
A fake picture of the prime minister of Canada and a fake national news article.
The ad makes an a link redirect to another site.
For context, Google usually doesn't like it when a website redirects traffic to another domain.
A fake picture of the prime minister of Canada and a fake national news article.
The ad makes an a link redirect to another site.
For context, Google usually doesn't like it when a website redirects traffic to another domain.
July 4, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Why is this level of misinformation allowed - to advertisers?
A fake picture of the prime minister of Canada and a fake national news article.
The ad makes an a link redirect to another site.
For context, Google usually doesn't like it when a website redirects traffic to another domain.
A fake picture of the prime minister of Canada and a fake national news article.
The ad makes an a link redirect to another site.
For context, Google usually doesn't like it when a website redirects traffic to another domain.
Over 300,000 deaths — already.
A model by health economist Dr. brookeenichols.bsky.social shows that the sudden termination of 83% of USAID’s global health programs has led to massive loss of life — especially among children.
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard
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A model by health economist Dr. brookeenichols.bsky.social shows that the sudden termination of 83% of USAID’s global health programs has led to massive loss of life — especially among children.
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard
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Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
www.impactcounter.com
June 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Over 300,000 deaths — already.
A model by health economist Dr. brookeenichols.bsky.social shows that the sudden termination of 83% of USAID’s global health programs has led to massive loss of life — especially among children.
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard
1/4
A model by health economist Dr. brookeenichols.bsky.social shows that the sudden termination of 83% of USAID’s global health programs has led to massive loss of life — especially among children.
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard
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This is a important step to stop tech giants from taxing the web.
"Gonzalez Rogers also says that Apple “willfully” chose not to comply with her previous injunction from her original 2021 ruling. “That [Apple] thought this Court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation"
"Gonzalez Rogers also says that Apple “willfully” chose not to comply with her previous injunction from her original 2021 ruling. “That [Apple] thought this Court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation"
A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store
The judge called Apple’s insubordination a “gross miscalculation.“
www.theverge.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is a important step to stop tech giants from taxing the web.
"Gonzalez Rogers also says that Apple “willfully” chose not to comply with her previous injunction from her original 2021 ruling. “That [Apple] thought this Court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation"
"Gonzalez Rogers also says that Apple “willfully” chose not to comply with her previous injunction from her original 2021 ruling. “That [Apple] thought this Court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation"
This is one of the most passionate and inspiring interview I heard in a while. Thanks @lexfridman.bsky.social for this amazing insight into a true creator's mind. It reminded me everything I cherished from my years in video production. open.spotify.com/episode/3umq...
#465 – Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking
Lex Fridman Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This is one of the most passionate and inspiring interview I heard in a while. Thanks @lexfridman.bsky.social for this amazing insight into a true creator's mind. It reminded me everything I cherished from my years in video production. open.spotify.com/episode/3umq...
“In 2019 I called out the gods of Silicon Valley. Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk,” I said in my closing statement. “I was wrong. You are not gods. You are men and you are careless … You are collaborators. You are complicit in a regime of fear and cruelty.”
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
It’s not too late to stop Trump and the Silicon Valley broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now | Carole Cadwalladr
In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at Ted, where she gave her first – life-changing – talk six years ag...
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“In 2019 I called out the gods of Silicon Valley. Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk,” I said in my closing statement. “I was wrong. You are not gods. You are men and you are careless … You are collaborators. You are complicit in a regime of fear and cruelty.”
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
Canadian Youtube ads during Trump's yesterday's speech were wild! It's getting worst.
March 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Canadian Youtube ads during Trump's yesterday's speech were wild! It's getting worst.
US got an hostile business takeover and it is firing its employees, suing its critiques and extends its power at unprecedented levels - in the name of freedom. 1/3
The FCC is a now a weapon in Trump’s war on free speech
Decoder with Nilay Patel · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
US got an hostile business takeover and it is firing its employees, suing its critiques and extends its power at unprecedented levels - in the name of freedom. 1/3
I have a question for IT security / infosec folks in US:
Would you qualify the current situation in US as one of the largest security breach in US?
Would you qualify the current situation in US as one of the largest security breach in US?
February 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I have a question for IT security / infosec folks in US:
Would you qualify the current situation in US as one of the largest security breach in US?
Would you qualify the current situation in US as one of the largest security breach in US?
A bit of good #AI news from #Europe.
Unacceptable risks should be unacceptable! They have an example list: techcrunch.com/2025/02/02/a...
Unacceptable risks should be unacceptable! They have an example list: techcrunch.com/2025/02/02/a...
AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU | TechCrunch
Starting February 2 in the EU, AI systems deemed "unacceptably risky" or harmful by the bloc's regulators are being banned from use.
techcrunch.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A bit of good #AI news from #Europe.
Unacceptable risks should be unacceptable! They have an example list: techcrunch.com/2025/02/02/a...
Unacceptable risks should be unacceptable! They have an example list: techcrunch.com/2025/02/02/a...
To American media: please stop inviting legal analysts to understand Trump's noise. This is a dictatorship playbook. You need another line up of experts. They are already covering other authoritarian regimes, they can help out.
February 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
To American media: please stop inviting legal analysts to understand Trump's noise. This is a dictatorship playbook. You need another line up of experts. They are already covering other authoritarian regimes, they can help out.
Waw, we now have #ads that are saying plainly: it's OK to use #AI to cheat at #school. No subtext here, just as simply as possible and targeted to kids.
This is a running a Grammarly ad on YouTube : youtu.be/c7BTS7QOEDM?...
Share and discuss the disgust.
#edtech
This is a running a Grammarly ad on YouTube : youtu.be/c7BTS7QOEDM?...
Share and discuss the disgust.
#edtech
From Notes to Noticed | Write it With Grammarly
YouTube video by Grammarly
youtu.be
January 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Waw, we now have #ads that are saying plainly: it's OK to use #AI to cheat at #school. No subtext here, just as simply as possible and targeted to kids.
This is a running a Grammarly ad on YouTube : youtu.be/c7BTS7QOEDM?...
Share and discuss the disgust.
#edtech
This is a running a Grammarly ad on YouTube : youtu.be/c7BTS7QOEDM?...
Share and discuss the disgust.
#edtech