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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 · 11h
Hasn't the USG been a) deleting some of those data sets and b) shrinking others by deleting anti-protected characteristics like gender from consideration?

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 11h
I was told academics were being advised not to go to airports even for domestic flights some months ago. Even if you don't cross a border, US airports have become dangerous places.
clancyny.bsky.social Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 18h
On Nov. 22, Vahid Abedini, an Iranian Studies professor at University of Oklahoma, was boarding a flight to attend the Middle East Studies Assn mtg in Washington, D.C. when he was detained by ICE.

OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 11h
How had I not heard that China has also had problems with returning people from space stations? The present crew has no return vehicle because the previous crew's broke so they took the present crew's. There's another just launched and hopefully EVERYONE will be able to get back after this mission.

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Grady Booch @booch.com · 13h
Wishing does not make it so.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 15h
Battle of the Planets?

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 15h
We heard a talk @hertieschool.bsky.social a couple months ago about how NYC payphones had been converted into alleged internet hubs but were covered with cameras and who knows what other surveillance and of course they were mostly in the economically disadvantaged areas that still had payphones.

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Axios @axios.com · 16h
James Comey slammed President Trump's attempts to prosecute him as "fundamentally un-American," but the former FBI director said he expects the president to try again in his first statement after a judge dismissed the case today.
"Malevolence": James Comey warns Trump's revenge push isn't over
Comey said his case was dismissed because of "incompetence," a reflection of the DOJ under Trump.
www.axios.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 18h
On Nov. 22, Vahid Abedini, an Iranian Studies professor at University of Oklahoma, was boarding a flight to attend the Middle East Studies Assn mtg in Washington, D.C. when he was detained by ICE.

OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."

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Institute for Strategic Dialogue @isdglobal.org · 18h
ISD is looking for a Hungarian-speaking research consultant to support a new project focused on the April 2026 Hungarian parliamentary elections.

Think you'd be a good fit? More details below!

Deadline: 4 Dec 2025

https://isdglobal.recruitee.com/o/consultant-research-analyst-hungarian
Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) - Consultant Research Analyst (Hungarian)
ISD is a think and do tank that works globally to safeguard public safety, national security, human rights and democracy in the digital age. Combining research and analysis with government advisory wo
isdglobal.recruitee.com

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 19h
May everyone who’s ever done anything clandestine for Russia for money get at least 10 years in jail like this close “lieutenant” of Farage’s.

#brexit #bribery #russia

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 19h
The main/only reason I look forwards to retirement.

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19h
I got interviewed by one of the editors of my local newspaper.
https://toot.berlin/@20percentberlin/115604265816842105
20% Berlin (@[email protected])
"We have relied too long on the fact that there were good platforms from the USA. The operators of these platforms are now in bed with Donald Trump, so that we can no longer trust the platforms." Update Germany #7 https://updategermany.substack.com/p/7-germany-aims-for-sovereign-ai Thanks, @[email protected]
toot.berlin

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Mathias Vermeulen @mathver.bsky.social · 20h
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.
www.bbc.com

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
so why don't any amphibians in our world have dorsal fins? It's obviously fetching on that frog!

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d
Reasonably promising start to a Monday. #giftarticle #ukraine #europe #eu
https://wapo.st/4ihb1cQ

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Joris Frese @fresejoris.bsky.social · 2d
As someone studying unexpected events of all kinds, this was a funny (and unexpected) paper to randomly stumble upon: the presence of a man in a batman costume on a train makes passengers significantly more likely to stand up for a pregnant woman: www.nature.com/articles/s44... Good to know I guess.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 2d
More design

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d
There women go, not ruining science again 🤷‍♀️

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Women seem to retract fewer papers than men — but why?
In an analysis of nearly 900 retracted medical-research studies, the number of female authors is disproportionately low.
www.nature.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d
Pretty well established finding that immigration raids of workplaces reduce student test performance for nearby schools, including for non-vulnerable students. The general DHS surge appears to be doing the same for student performance. www.nber.org/papers/w34452
This study presents the first evidence, to our knowledge, of the effects of the surge in interior immigration apprehensions in 2025 in the United States on student academic performance using detailed student-level administrative records from Florida. We find evidence that immigration enforcement reduced test scores for both U.S.-born and foreign-born Spanish-speaking students while also reducing the likelihood that these students are involved in disciplinary incidents in schools. Both of these effects are more pronounced for students in middle and high schools.

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 3d
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 3d
bsky.app/profile/ryan...

What is America like?? 2009!!

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 3d
um is there a way to play it back faster?

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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 3d
To those of us following human rights in #Tibet, the #Uyghur regions & illegal rare earth mining in #Laos or #Myanmar the fact that #China derailed the inclusion of mining & critical minerals in the #COP30 #JustTransition program is no surprise

for @codastory.com

www.codastory.com/climate-cris...
China’s green energy miracle and a conspiracy of silence - Coda Story
With Beijing indispensable to the global transition away from fossil fuels, questions are no longer being asked about the human cost
www.codastory.com

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 3d
One woman chewed through her umbilical cord after giving birth in jail — another delivered into a cell toilet

'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies are dying in jail
Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.
www.nbcnews.com

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 3d
@ozgursimsek.bsky.social tell Nello?

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Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs.net · 3d
A student recently asked me for academic job market advice and I pulled up a slideshow from a few years ago. I don't think I've shared it, but it might be broadly useful. I think the advice almost entirely holds up.

First part is about my time on the job market
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brief description of my experience and a joke xkcd about selection bias my hit rate on the job market in 2012 (low) my hit rate on the job market in 2013 (low, but got a TT job) my hit rate on the job market as an AP (3/7 offers)