Alondra Nelson
@alondra.bsky.social
Scholar, author, policy advisor
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Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
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Alondra Nelson
@alondra.bsky.social
· Sep 11
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...
www.science.org
🧵 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/...
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RealPage allegedly helped landlords price-fix and jack up the cost of rent.
Instead of cracking down, Trump's Justice Department struck a “deal” that lets them continue to rip off renters.
Is that the art of the deal or a sham? RealPage called it "an endorsement."
Instead of cracking down, Trump's Justice Department struck a “deal” that lets them continue to rip off renters.
Is that the art of the deal or a sham? RealPage called it "an endorsement."
Justice Department to Settle Lawsuit Over Apartment Rental Pricing
The case had alleged that RealPage’s software allowed landlords to unfairly coordinate prices.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
RealPage allegedly helped landlords price-fix and jack up the cost of rent.
Instead of cracking down, Trump's Justice Department struck a “deal” that lets them continue to rip off renters.
Is that the art of the deal or a sham? RealPage called it "an endorsement."
Instead of cracking down, Trump's Justice Department struck a “deal” that lets them continue to rip off renters.
Is that the art of the deal or a sham? RealPage called it "an endorsement."
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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AND running unpermitted, polluting gas turbines AND sited in the predominantly Black Memphis community of Boxtown, which already faces some of the highest rates of asthma in the nation time.com/7308925/elon...
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
AND running unpermitted, polluting gas turbines AND sited in the predominantly Black Memphis community of Boxtown, which already faces some of the highest rates of asthma in the nation time.com/7308925/elon...
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"If business-as-usual policies worked, America would not be reliant on foreign countries for critical minerals, semiconductors and other products that are key for our national and economic security."
@anaswanson.bsky.social goes deep on the new state capitalism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
@anaswanson.bsky.social goes deep on the new state capitalism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"If business-as-usual policies worked, America would not be reliant on foreign countries for critical minerals, semiconductors and other products that are key for our national and economic security."
@anaswanson.bsky.social goes deep on the new state capitalism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
@anaswanson.bsky.social goes deep on the new state capitalism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Openness and human agency don’t need to disappear in the age of AI. There’s a blueprint for building technology that keeps those principles at the center.
Check out Mark Surman’s blog post outlining the evolving mission to do for AI what Mozilla did for the web.
Check out Mark Surman’s blog post outlining the evolving mission to do for AI what Mozilla did for the web.
We’re steering AI in a different direction — with open source building blocks, community-led datasets, and trustworthy products. Mark Surman on our next era, our double bottom line economic model and our optimism.
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/r...
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/r...
Rewiring Mozilla: Doing for AI what we did for the web | The Mozilla Blog
AI isn’t just another tech trend — it’s at the heart of most apps, tools and technology we use today. It enables remarkable things: new way
blog.mozilla.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Openness and human agency don’t need to disappear in the age of AI. There’s a blueprint for building technology that keeps those principles at the center.
Check out Mark Surman’s blog post outlining the evolving mission to do for AI what Mozilla did for the web.
Check out Mark Surman’s blog post outlining the evolving mission to do for AI what Mozilla did for the web.
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That's a pretty awesome group of people
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
That's a pretty awesome group of people
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Congratulations!!! Let me know how I can support! 🤩❤️
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Congratulations!!! Let me know how I can support! 🤩❤️
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This is one of the most positive and hope-inspiring signs that incoming Mamdani administration will be even more impactful and meaningful than the campaign was.
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is one of the most positive and hope-inspiring signs that incoming Mamdani administration will be even more impactful and meaningful than the campaign was.
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Another American leader turning to the great Alondra Nelson for counsel on building a more just future. A wise choice!
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Another American leader turning to the great Alondra Nelson for counsel on building a more just future. A wise choice!
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let's goooo
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
let's goooo
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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Not beating the “America invades countries to grab their oil” allegations
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Not beating the “America invades countries to grab their oil” allegations
Some good popular sociology here on another important revelation of the Epstein files: elite networks and their mechanics of exchange. The article describes "capital conversion" and laundering across forms-money, prestige, research, access and intel. Echoes of C. Wright Mills, Bourdieu, Shamus Khan.
Well-written essay from Anand Giridharadas, showing how power and influence corrupt completely, regardless of party or affiliation.
Gift article below:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Gift article below:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Some good popular sociology here on another important revelation of the Epstein files: elite networks and their mechanics of exchange. The article describes "capital conversion" and laundering across forms-money, prestige, research, access and intel. Echoes of C. Wright Mills, Bourdieu, Shamus Khan.
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Jimmy Cliff, légende du reggae, est mort
Jimmy Cliff, légende du reggae, est mort
L’auteur-compositeur et interprète de reggae jamaïcain de renommée internationale s’est éteint à l’âge de 81 ans. Il était notamment connu pour « Many Rivers to Cross », « The Harder They Come », « Reggae Night », « I Can See Clearly Now » ou encore « Hakuna Matata ».
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Jimmy Cliff, légende du reggae, est mort
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November 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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This is a big deal bc insurance is one of the strongest levers for changing policy and behavior (the other being taxes).
AI companies may have so much money they can self insure. But their enterprise customers don’t and this will cause them think twice about how they adopt and deploy AI.
AI companies may have so much money they can self insure. But their enterprise customers don’t and this will cause them think twice about how they adopt and deploy AI.
Insurers AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots and to retreat from coverage of AI risk as multibillion-dollar claims mount
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is a big deal bc insurance is one of the strongest levers for changing policy and behavior (the other being taxes).
AI companies may have so much money they can self insure. But their enterprise customers don’t and this will cause them think twice about how they adopt and deploy AI.
AI companies may have so much money they can self insure. But their enterprise customers don’t and this will cause them think twice about how they adopt and deploy AI.
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In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
Insurers are now seeking to exclude AI from corporate policies because the risks are too unpredictable and liability is unclear. This is a signal: we cannot rely on insurance markets or tort law to protect against AI harms. We need actual governance and policy.
Insurers AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots and to retreat from coverage of AI risk as multibillion-dollar claims mount
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Insurers are now seeking to exclude AI from corporate policies because the risks are too unpredictable and liability is unclear. This is a signal: we cannot rely on insurance markets or tort law to protect against AI harms. We need actual governance and policy.
Insurers AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots and to retreat from coverage of AI risk as multibillion-dollar claims mount
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Insurers AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots and to retreat from coverage of AI risk as multibillion-dollar claims mount
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
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This remarkable obit carries a century of American cultural, social, racial, and political history in it. (As H. Rap Brown, Al-Amin has a one-sentence cameo in my book Pictures at a Revolution, describing Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in language not shareable here.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This remarkable obit carries a century of American cultural, social, racial, and political history in it. (As H. Rap Brown, Al-Amin has a one-sentence cameo in my book Pictures at a Revolution, describing Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in language not shareable here.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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Reading. (And ogling the pix, Columbia, etc.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Reading. (And ogling the pix, Columbia, etc.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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NEW: The National Academies release statement saying the revised language on @CDCgov web page on links between vaccines and autism, which cited some of the academies work, did not provide the full context. 1/2
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
National Academies - Statement on CDC’s Updated Vaccine Guidance
National Academies respond to CDC’s updated vaccine guidance, offering scientific context and clarity on vaccine safety.
www.nationalacademies.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
NEW: The National Academies release statement saying the revised language on @CDCgov web page on links between vaccines and autism, which cited some of the academies work, did not provide the full context. 1/2
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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During open enrollment for Obamacare, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Americans Googling Obamacare Are Finding 'Junk Insurance' Instead
During open enrollment, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges.
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
During open enrollment for Obamacare, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...