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Alondra Nelson
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Scholar, author, policy advisor alondranelson.com Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 28d
🧵 The summer of 2025 has been AI's "cruel summer"—wrongful deaths, dangerous therapy chatbots, medical misinformation, facial recognition failures. These aren't isolated glitches but predictable harms from systems deployed without adequate oversight. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An ELSI for AI: Learning from genetics to govern algorithms
In the United States, the summer of 2025 will be remembered as artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) cruel summer—a season when the unheeded risks and dangers of AI became undeniably clear. Recent months h...
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 25m
“One of his clients is a job recruiting company that uses A.I. to sift through candidates. ‘Which is great, but you can now discriminate at a scale we’ve never seen before,’ Mr. Kvist said. ‘It’s a breeding ground for class-action lawsuits.’”
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 30m
“In September, scientists at Stanford reported they had used A.I. to design a virus for the first time.”
Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World
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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 2h
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 1h
High-profile departures from the US - congrats to @econ.uzh.ch
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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 1h
We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.
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Sarah Brayne @sarahbrayne.bsky.social · 9d
Stanford Sociology is fortunate to have an open senior search this year! More info in the job announcement here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Senior appointment in the Department of Sociology at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 13h
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 7h
The White House is using footage from Florida to make propaganda about the supposed “chaos” in Chicago, Illinois. As the National Guard troops have entered Chicago to work with Immigration and Cust...
White House’s Chicago “Chaos” Video Is Really From a Red State
The White House has been caught faking unrest in Chicago.
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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 7h
This is enough carbon-free energy to power maybe two thirds of Vegas btw
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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 7h
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 10h
The Rutgers University professor who was doxed, harassed and threatened after being targeted by Turning Point USA has safely departed the country with his family.

Their tickets for their original flight were mysteriously canceled after they cleared security last night.
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 10h
Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
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John Palfrey @palfrey.org · 20h
It will be my privilege to join @timnitgebru.bsky.social and @ karenhao.bsky.social for this discussion on centering our humanity in the age of AI at @sxsw.com. I hope you can join us! #SXSW2026
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SXSW @sxsw.com · 8d
From an iconic 2000s band sharing their secrets on selling out tours to a futurist covering the biggest tech trends, there's something for everyone in this first round of #SXSW2026 Conference speaker announcement. ⬇️
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 15h
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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James Woodfield @jameswoodfield.bsky.social · 1d
“If democracy is about how we forge a common life together, then my work focuses on how we equip people with the skills and motivations they need to work with others from all different backgrounds to do the hard work of democracy.”
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Hahrie Han @hahrie.bsky.social · 1d
Totally, completely flabbergasted. #MacFellow

hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/h...
Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant
Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 20h
We need and want your help: If you know of specific book bans/orgs/local groups pushing for book bans and trying to get teachers fired etc, please let me know so I can request docs about what's going on / investigate further
From our proposal: “Book banning and educational censorship (the banning of LGBTQIA+ studies, the study of slavery and systemic racism, the war on “DEI” and trans people) has become a political cudgel and core rallying point for the current administration. These bans have been pushed through by organized groups such as Moms for Liberty and high-profile politicians, and impact the daily lives, careers, and future prospects of students, their families, and teachers, while simultaneously managing to become a core part of the culture war. These documents about censorship are themselves difficult to obtain and are at risk of being memory holed and forgotten about without a systematic effort to obtain, publish, and archive them. This project will show how censorship works and will shed light on the sheer scale of these censorship efforts, at a time when public trust in the government is at an all-time low.” Over the next few weeks, we will be filing hundreds of public records requests with state, local, and federal governments and school districts with the hope of unearthing more information about the groups, politicians, and monied interests that have been pushing book bans and educational censorship on American public schools and libraries. As we get these documents back over the course of the next few months, we will be making them available to the public through Document Cloud, with the hopes of creating an enduring archive of public records about educational censorship in the United States. We will also, of course, be reporting on the documents we get back and will be turning them into articles that you can read on 404 Media.
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 1d
Big piece in POLITICO asking about the independence of Ireland's process of appointing people to its Data Protection Commission. There is deep unease in Brussels about Ireland appointing a former Meta lobbyist as Meta's watchdog. Now questions about who was involved.

www.politico.eu/article/big-...
Big Tech lawyer played key role in picking Ireland’s new privacy regulator
Former Meta lobbyist Niamh Sweeney will co-lead the Irish Data Protection Commission from mid-October.
www.politico.eu
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Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social · 1d
You will:
🔴 identify how to balance the needs of people, communities, frontline professionals and services
🔴 identify where technology could be adopted or curtailed
🔴 build evidence of how tools are used on the ground
🔴 develop relationships with stakeholders in policy, politics and public services.
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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 1d
Dearest mother,
I take my phone in hand to dm u a few texts from the Portland front. The battle is lost. We have been forced to retreat by a giant frog, several furries, and a dance party. Please send TikToks to lift our spirits.
Your son
[Violin plays mournfully]
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 1d
I think people are still unprepared for a world where you cannot trust any video content, despite years of warning.

Even when Google & OpenAI include watermarks, those can be easily removed, and open weights AI video models without guardrails are coming. www.404media.co/sora-2-water...
Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web
Bypassing Sora 2's rudimentary safety features is easy and experts worry it'll lead to a new era of scams and disinformation.
www.404media.co
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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 1d
The MacArthur Fellowship is a life-changing award. I'm glad to see two of them go to the artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen and the novelist Tommy Orange.
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Ruth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social · 1d
Political scientist Hahrie Han has just been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow. Here's my 2024 review of her excellent book "Undivided": www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/b...
What Happened When an Ohio Megachurch Decided to Tackle Racism (Published 2024)
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 1d
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/m... My colleague and friend, @hahrie.bsky.social has won a MacArthur
MacArthur 2025 ‘genius grant’ winners include a Chicago photographer
Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · May 22
'Reimagining "AI's" Environmental and Sociotechnical Materialities' afutureworththinkingabout.com?p=6406
Reimagining “AI’s” Environmental and Sociotechnical Materialities
There’s a new open-access book of collected essays called Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and Creativity, and I happen to have an essay in it. The collection is made of contributions…
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 1d
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d
JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 1d
In other good news—and we need all we can get these days! congratulations to the excellent Stacie Bloom on her appointment as the next President of @sloanfoundation.bsky.social. The philanthropy and the research communities are fortunate to have her at the helm.
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation @sloanfoundation.bsky.social · 3d
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Stacie Bloom as the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, effective January 2026!
Headshot of Stacie Bloom.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 1d
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations to the brilliant @hahrie.bsky.social on her richly deserved @macfound.org Fellowship! Her research exemplifies social science that matters--work that is both rigorous and urgently needed for this moment.
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Hahrie Han @hahrie.bsky.social · 1d
Totally, completely flabbergasted. #MacFellow

hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/h...
Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant
Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition
hub.jhu.edu
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