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Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup

Reposted by Alan Regenberg

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 9h

Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | Knowing Enough, Mini-Brains to Power Computers, Chatbots Don't Want to Say Goodbye, Faking Crowds, Editing to Fix Failures, Meaningful Public Participation, Stem Cells In Space, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/sciencee...

AI Ethics & Governance Roundup

Reposted by Alan Regenberg

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 14h

AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | Subway Ad Debate, Kids Shouldn't Be Friends with ChatGPT, Europe's Digital Sovereignty, VR/AI -> Kindness, AI in Education, Kiss Reality Goodbye, Hated Coalition, LLMs in Clinical Reasoning, Explainability, + More mailchi.mp/3a11e6241e72...

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 1d

As schools embrace AI, more students are using it as a friend : NPR www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1d

Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - Cases in Bioethics, Duty to Warn, Hitting a Wall Seeking COVID Vaccines for Kids, Ethics Advisors No Longer Wanted, Gain-Of-Function, Busy ERs, Facing Vaccination Choices, Weaponizing Uncertainty, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...

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Scientists Just Reversed Alzheimer’s in Mice. Could They Do It in Humans?

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1d

Scientists Just Reversed Alzheimer’s in Mice. Could They Do It in Humans? gizmodo.com/scientists-j...

Instead of targeting neurons, the researchers specifically sought to repair a critical part of the brain that keeps disease-inducing toxins out.

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Reposted by Alan Regenberg

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1d

As Supreme Court weighs conversion therapy, conservative justices question medical authority: If the court strikes down Colorado ban, the effects on medical regulation could be wide-ranging. www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/c... via @statnews.com

As Supreme Court weighs conversion therapy, conservative justices question medical authority

At the Supreme Court, a majority of justices seemed poised to rule against a Colorado law banning so-called conversion therapy.

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Empirical research related to the ethics of pragmatic clinical trials: A scoping review

Reposted by Alan Regenberg

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1d

Empirical research related to the ethics of pragmatic clinical trials: A scoping review - Kayla R. Mehl, Stephanie R. Morain, Jeremy Sugarman | Learning Health Systems onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Background Pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) offer insights into real-world intervention effectiveness, but they may involve challenging ethical issues. Empirical ethics research may inform deliberat...

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s Education Department Is Working to Erode the Public School System — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/educ...

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 1d

AI models that lie, cheat and plot murder: how dangerous are LLMs really? Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. What does this mean for the future? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AI models that lie, cheat and plot murder: how dangerous are LLMs really?

Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. What does this mean for the future?

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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar | AP News apnews.com/article/myan...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d

AG Pam Bondi had pre-prepared attack lines to use to deflect from answering questions posed by Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov at today’s hearing, including a note to respond to questions about Epstein by saying Whitehouse took money from Reid Hoffman.

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Photo of Bondi holding a folder with her notes about attack lines to use against Senator Whitehouse

Details of the notes are in the linked story.

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Opinion | What Civil Society Can Do to Beat Trumpism - You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That. By By Henry J. Farrell | The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Funding Cuts Hit Particularly Hard for Deaf and Blind Children www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Trump Funding Cuts Hit Particularly Hard for Deaf and Blind Children

Programs supporting students with rare, complex disabilities have lost millions of federal dollars.

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 1d

6 US surgeons general: RFK Jr. threatens the health of Americans - We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today. By Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello and David Satcher. | Washington Post (Gift Link) wapo.st/3J3MR8F

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls

Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 1d

A Debate About AI Plays Out on the Subway Walls: An ad campaign for a wearable AI companion has blanketed New York City, starting conversations and inspiring vandalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 2d

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers. The action would be illegal under a 2019 law. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 2d

ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk: Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies. 19thnews.org/2025/10/preg... via @19thnews.org

ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 2d

"As a federal worker, I am here to tell you that every awful thing that would happen in a shutdown — shuttering programs that Americans rely on, damaging our economy, firing federal workers — all of this is already happening" www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...

Why some federal workers aren't scared by the threat of shutdown layoffs

Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 2d

They advised federal health agencies on the ethics and impact of scientific research. They’re no longer wanted. Trump administration has dismissed experts and patient advocates on dozens of committees. www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/h... via @statnews.com

They advised federal health agencies on the ethics and impact of scientific research. They’re no longer wanted

The Trump administration has been shedding scientific expertise and patient perspectives in the name of slimming down the federal government.

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Reposted by Alan Regenberg

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 2d

#Bioethics in the Academic Lit - This Week - Whose Burden? Whose Benefit? EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Food Systems, Bioethics as Emerging Moral Tradition, Listening to Lost Voices, Meaningful Public Involvement, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...

Bioethics in the Academic Literature: October 7, 2025