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Joanna Bryson
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Professor of Ethics & Technology @ Hertie School, Berlin. Interests: Artificial & Natural Intelligence; Behavioural Ecology; Cooperation; Digital Governance. Social media policy: https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2024/10/guidance-to-my-social-media.html .. more

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Joanna Joy Bryson is professor at Hertie School in Berlin. She works on Artificial Intelligence, ethics and collaborative cognition. She has been a British citizen since 2007.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · Feb 19
thread. correct numbers and data backing them come later, but this is the thrust.
j2bryson.bsky.social Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · Feb 5
One thing I learned last week was that if you don’t count the BS market capitalisation bubble of 7 “AI” firms, the US economy as measured by the s&p 500 didn’t go up 13% last year; it went down 7%.

The EU may be a larger economy already. We need to get our own O2 mask on, then start helping others.
garymarcus.bsky.social Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · Feb 5
Guess why there was no reporting of AI revenue?

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 8h
Not quite but bsky.app/profile/ande...
andersaslund.bsky.social Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 4d
"The Day of the Endangered Lawyer, an annual event to raise awareness of risks to members of the profession, has in recent years picked Belarus, Iran and Afghanistan as its subject. For 2026, it has chosen the US."
This is Trump's USA.
www.ft.com/content/cf5d...
Lawyers are ‘endangered’ in Trump’s America, international group warns
Citation places US alongside Belarus, Iran and Afghanistan as places that have threatened the rule of law
www.ft.com

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 8h
whose headline???

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h
via @wmbr late risers' club https://eu.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/01/22/dropkick-murphys-t-shirt-jack-smith-hearing-michael-fanone-dropkick-murphys-tshirt/88306356007/ Fanone stood out at the Thursday, Jan. 22 hearing beyond wearing the Dropkick Murphys T-shirt. He got into a […]
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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 10h
Exclusive: A cyberattack targeting Poland's energy infrastructure in December used wiper malware that would have erased grid computers and rendered them inoperable had it not been thwarted, a researcher at @ESET told me. The researcher calls the attack "unprecedented" for Poland and "substantial"
Cyberattack Targeting Poland’s Energy Grid Used a Wiper
A cyberattack that targeted power plants and other energy producers in Poland at the end of December used malware known as a “wiper” that was intended to erase computers and cause a power outage and o...
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11h
Burns: On 9/11, when I was U.S. Ambassador to NATO, the very first country that came to our defense was Canada. Canadian forces then fought with us in Afghanistan. Lesson for Americans: Treasure our allies. Respect them. They’re on our side.

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Çağlar Akçay @caglarakcay.bsky.social · 12h
a recent article on the cute little bundles of anger that also features our research www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/... our paper can be found here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Robins are more aggressive than we think – and why it may be our fault
Beloved by the nation, robins have a darker side – but humans play their part in it
www.countryliving.com

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Runa Sandvik @runasand.bsky.social · 12h
If you store your BitLocker key with Microsoft, Microsoft can and will hand the key over to law enforcement in response to valid court orders. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw
The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.
www.forbes.com

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 12h
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 14h
Over one million Ukrainians are without electricity, water and heating in freezing temperatures following Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.

The 447 new generators will restore power to hospitals, shelters and critical services.

More: link.europa.eu/Xw3Y3B
The Ukrainian flag and the European Union flag flying in front of a modern EU building. Overlaid text reads, ‘Energy for Ukraine: 447 emergency generators deployed to restore power to critical services,’ alongside the European Commission logo.

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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · 15h
Eurostat data against the narrative...

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 16h
If it's launched where is it it? Couldn't they have called it Witter?

www.lawyer-monthly.com/2026/01/w-ve...
W launches as a verified alternative to X in Europe
W launches in Europe as a verified alternative to X, operating under EU data protection and digital platform laws.
www.lawyer-monthly.com

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 17h
Oh, the EP thing is here! Live now! www.youtube.com/c/Europ%C3%A...
European Parliament in Germany
Welcome to the channel of the European Parliament's Liason Office in Germany. Our mission is to inform about the European Parliament's work and its 96 German MEPs. In Germany the European Parliament h...
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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 17h
There is a rally in front of #Berlin 's US Embassy by the Berlin Rechtsanwaltskammer (RAK) (the Berlin Bar Association) at 1pm today. I had expected to be there, following an important @europarl.europa.eu panel debate on hybrid threats to European Democracies nearby but I am down & out with the flu.
andersaslund.bsky.social Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 4d
"The Day of the Endangered Lawyer, an annual event to raise awareness of risks to members of the profession, has in recent years picked Belarus, Iran and Afghanistan as its subject. For 2026, it has chosen the US."
This is Trump's USA.
www.ft.com/content/cf5d...
Lawyers are ‘endangered’ in Trump’s America, international group warns
Citation places US alongside Belarus, Iran and Afghanistan as places that have threatened the rule of law
www.ft.com

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 23h
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.

In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
my grandmother bryson had one, first push button phone I'd seen.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
Losing one member isn’t dying.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d
It appears that the White House edited this image using AI

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
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j2bryson.bsky.social Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
Was #greenland about distracting wef / davos conversation from Ukraine, Venezuela, or US domestic crimes against humanity?

It was also about testing limits with the eu, which is great since it seems to help the eu get organised (and recognised).
garius.bsky.social John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 2d
Smallbones was horrified. In Germany he witnessed increasing state violence against Jews. He wrote constant warnings to the Foreign Office.

The Nazis officially complained, after Smallbones daughter horse-whipped a Gestapo officer to try and stop the abduction of a Jewish man on the street. /3

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
Except he’s entirely right. SOMEONE had to call bs on this davos getting entirely dictated by the global oligarchy.

I mean I know it’s what wef is about but

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
I found the numbers for estonia on your main suicide page. Thanks for what you do!

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 1d
This could not be more timely, given the upcoming referendum on PSM funding in Switzerland.

I'm very happy that our article on the (non-)crowding-out of private media by SRG's online news offer was just published in the International Journal on Media Management (open access).
www.tandfonline.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
JD Vance: "I'm headed to Minneapolis where we're gonna talk with ICE agents and local officials about how we turn down the chaos. My simple piece of advice to them is going to be if you want to turn down the chaos in Minneapolis, stop fighting immigration enforcement."

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Ivo Jacobs @ivojacobs.bsky.social · 1d
Mute swan

#photography #birds
Side profile of a the head of a mute swan, gazing up, against a water background.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d
The is the implementation of new hiring processes introduced last year. It is the first time that federal job candidates are obliged to explain how they would serve a particular President. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-politi...

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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 1d
the phrase "earned settlement" is in the same category with "hostile environment" -- can't accuse them of not saying what they mean

take a moment to respond to the consultation on this here:
www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
Apropos bsky.app/profile/j2br...

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
Probably, tbh. There’s a lot of data centres there. I’ve been thinking he meant Iceland for some time from what he’s been saying about “greenland”

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
Haha coincidentally (via awesome follow @yoshikoherrera.bsky.social )

bsky.app/profile/oluf...
Empire of Vice In a perverse twist on virtue signaling, the Trump administration is training Americans in the politics of raw domination. Olúfémi O. Táíwò Trump, War and National Security JANUARY 8, 2026 This essay appears in our next print issue. Subscribe to get a copy. C ongresswoman and MAGA acolyte turned antagonist Marjorie Taylor Greene let something revealing slip na recent interview with the New York Times: "Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you're wrong."

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
Just as a total aside on an interesting conversation — this is exactly what academic conversations are about: stating beliefs, correcting each other, making progress. Twitter was great for putting this where it could be observed. I feel way too many people shy away from risk & disagreement now.
 Thomas Dietterich @tdietterich.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, I am mistaken, and you are absolutely correct. An author including LLM-generated text must verify that the ideas in the text are original and not copied either verbatim or at a conceptual level from earlier work. There is at least one research effort (paperbasket.org) working on this.
pb-frontend
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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
I wish you started in 1970 (or earlier), I suppose the data isn’t reliable?