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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 · 10h
my grandmother bryson had one, first push button phone I'd seen.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 13h
Losing one member isn’t dying.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h
It appears that the White House edited this image using AI

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j2bryson.bsky.social Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 22h
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 · 1d
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 · 15h
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 · 15h
I found the numbers for estonia on your main suicide page. Thanks for what you do!

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 15h
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).
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
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 · 20h
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 · 20h
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 · 21h
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 · 21h
Apropos bsky.app/profile/j2br...

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 21h
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 · 21h
Haha coincidentally (via awesome follow @yoshikoherrera.bsky.social )

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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 · 21h
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.
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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 22h
I wish you started in 1970 (or earlier), I suppose the data isn’t reliable?

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 22h
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 · 1d
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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Yann Wernert @wernertyann.bsky.social · 23h
Isn't it a beautiful day to celebrate long-term commitment, partnership, cooperation, overcoming grievances, and thinking about a brighter future together?

Happy Franco-German Day everyone!

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 23h
The EU stands firm as the leading global donor.

As global crises leave 239 million people in crisis, we are providing €1.9 billion in humanitarian aid in 2026, including €557 million for Africa, €448 million for Gaza and the Middle East, and €145 million for Ukraine.

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An infographic showing the European Union's initial humanitarian aid budget for 2026, totaling €1.9 billion. A world map features five color-coded circles of varying sizes representing funding for different regions. Regional Funding Breakdown: Sub-Saharan Africa (Green): €557 million (the largest allocation). Middle East and Northern Africa (Orange): €463 million. Non-geographical allocations (Blue): €415 million. Asia, Latin America, Pacific, and the Caribbean (Red): €294 million. Ukraine, Western Balkans, and the Caucasus (Purple): €153 million. The European Union logo is in the bottom right corner.

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 1d
Large Swedish pension fund Alecta exits U.S. treasuries. Total sale about $7bn.
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Pensionsjätten har sålt av amerikanska statspapper | Placera.se
Pensionsjätten Alecta har sålt merparten av sina amerikanska statsobligationer, skriver Dagens Industri som erfar att det handlar om försäljningar i storleksordningen 70-80 miljarder kronor.
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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
paperbasket.org

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d
In-depth story on @uwmadison.bsky.social that illustrates how the Trump admin is kneecapping America's most globally competitive export industry: higher education. A depressing but true quote 👇 from my Ph.D. student. The number of foreign students in my classes has dropped precipitously this year.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d
But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.

What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d
One court decision, two different headlines.

Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protestors in Minnesota Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state.

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 1d
2026. Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare. "Distress calls are consequently an important consideration in farms, where young are raised at high density and one individual is heard by many." url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... via @royalsocietypublishing.org
Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare
Abstract. Social signals about current environmental risks can shape development in young animals. Distress calls made by young chickens (Gallus gallus dom
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UW Human Centered Design & Engineering @hcde.uw.edu · 1d
HCDE Professor Kate Starbird has been named an ACM Fellow, one of the highest honors in computing. She's recognized for contributions to understanding and improving information ecosystems, including during crisis events and addressing misinformation. www.hcde.washington.edu/news/article...
Professor Kate Starbird named ACM Fellow for advancing research on misinformation and information ecosystems
HCDE Professor Kate Starbird has been named an ACM Fellow, one of the highest honors in computing, for her groundbreaking research on misinformation and online information ecosystems. The honor recogn...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d
How do you pause an injunction barring cops from using retaliatory violence against **peaceful** protesters?

That's . . . already illegal.

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Live: Appeals court sides with ICE over its tactics against protesters
A federal judge previously issued an injunction meant to prevent immigration agents from detaining and pepper-spraying ‘peaceful’ observers.
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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 1d
For the 1st time, archaeologists have direct proof of far-flung social networks during the last Ice Age. “In times of climate crisis, cooperation—not conflict—was a successful strategy,” says @cnrs.fr's @solangerigaud.bsky.social. “It’s good to recall that as a lesson from our past.” 🏺 @science.org
Ice age Europeans imported tools from distant lands, perhaps as souvenirs
Mementos may have reinforced vast social networks during turbulent times
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