Joy Brennan
@joybrennan.bsky.social
Reading and writing Buddhist philosophy, esp Yogacara & Zen. Teaching religion and philosophy at Kenyon College, leading Kokosing Zen Center (https://www.kokosingzencenter.org/), raising my daughter, learning the native trees & plants of central Ohio
"Nothing refracts the light of being like music. Nothing reflects the health of a culture and nothing predicts its durability better than how well it treats its song-makers."
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
Meet the woman who set out to save tribal music when the U.S. government set out to erase indigenous culture, traveling far and wide with her cylinder phonograph, trousers, and bow tie www.themarginalian.org/2022/11/03/f...
The Woman Who Saved Native Song
“We understand the people better if we know their music, and we appreciate the music better if we understand the people themselves.”
www.themarginalian.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"Nothing refracts the light of being like music. Nothing reflects the health of a culture and nothing predicts its durability better than how well it treats its song-makers."
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
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“Reflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm. Critical reflection without appropriate action is thus quintessentially critical washing.”
Suarez [et al. (2025, par. 7)]
zenodo.org/records/1567...
Suarez [et al. (2025, par. 7)]
zenodo.org/records/1567...
Critical AI Literacy: Beyond hegemonic perspectives on sustainability
How can universities resist being coopted and corrupted by the AI industries’ agendas? Originally published here: https://rcsc.substack.com/p/critical-ai-literacy-beyond-hegemonic
zenodo.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“Reflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm. Critical reflection without appropriate action is thus quintessentially critical washing.”
Suarez [et al. (2025, par. 7)]
zenodo.org/records/1567...
Suarez [et al. (2025, par. 7)]
zenodo.org/records/1567...
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I can't speak for everyone on Bluesky, but this by @anthonymoser.com speaks for me.
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I can't speak for everyone on Bluesky, but this by @anthonymoser.com speaks for me.
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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This is very encouraging testimony and jibes entirely with what I've observed traveling and speaking about More Than Words. 1. Students want to learn. 2. They can be suspicious about school as a place for learning. 3. Making class and experiences more human works. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is very encouraging testimony and jibes entirely with what I've observed traveling and speaking about More Than Words. 1. Students want to learn. 2. They can be suspicious about school as a place for learning. 3. Making class and experiences more human works. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Soon to be one of Delhi's hottest cultural attractions. The replica of the gateway (torana) from Sanchi indicates that this building is about to take on the role of a stupa -- i.e., a burial mound and shrine to venerate the mortal remains of a saintly person. Here, that will be the Buddha himself.
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Soon to be one of Delhi's hottest cultural attractions. The replica of the gateway (torana) from Sanchi indicates that this building is about to take on the role of a stupa -- i.e., a burial mound and shrine to venerate the mortal remains of a saintly person. Here, that will be the Buddha himself.
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Reagan’s trickle-down theory failed for many reasons. Big Wellness functions under the same illusion—and will certainly yield the same results.
derekberes.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
derekberes.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from a wellness summit
My weekend at Eudemonia
derekberes.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Reagan’s trickle-down theory failed for many reasons. Big Wellness functions under the same illusion—and will certainly yield the same results.
derekberes.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
derekberes.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
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You may be interested in this piece I wrote about liability and the disingenuous indemnity offered by AI companies, including but not limited to OpenAI.
@joybrennan.bsky.social
@joybrennan.bsky.social
When double indemnity means double jeopardy: An examination of Google/Microsoft/OpenAI’s…
by Neil Turkewitz
medium.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You may be interested in this piece I wrote about liability and the disingenuous indemnity offered by AI companies, including but not limited to OpenAI.
@joybrennan.bsky.social
@joybrennan.bsky.social
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“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
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Note from my notebook (2018). Still relevant.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Note from my notebook (2018). Still relevant.
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Charles Godfrey Leland, Fusang, or the Discovery of America by Chinese Buddhist Priests in the Fifth Century (London: Trübner, 1875):
books.google.de/books?id=_ZT...
books.google.de/books?id=_ZT...
Fusang, Or, The Discovery of America by Chinese Buddhist Priests in the Fifth Century
"Each September, up to 5,000 of the most amazing pieces of British architecture, engineering and heritage are opened up to the public. The main event and the focus of the series is the London Open Hou...
books.google.de
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Charles Godfrey Leland, Fusang, or the Discovery of America by Chinese Buddhist Priests in the Fifth Century (London: Trübner, 1875):
books.google.de/books?id=_ZT...
books.google.de/books?id=_ZT...
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This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
Is Your Health Care Premium Going Up? Share Your Story | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
www.warren.senate.gov
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
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Saturday, Nov. 8, is Dorothy Day’s birthday. Day, with the title “Servant of God,” is currently in the first formal stage in the canonization process.
religionnews.com/2025/11/07/o...
religionnews.com/2025/11/07/o...
On Dorothy Day’s birthday, the life and work of the last living Catholic Worker who knew her
NEW YORK (RNS) — Jane Sammon is the only Catholic Worker still living in one of the original Houses of Hospitality who worked with Dorothy Day, now a candidate for sainthood.
religionnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Saturday, Nov. 8, is Dorothy Day’s birthday. Day, with the title “Servant of God,” is currently in the first formal stage in the canonization process.
religionnews.com/2025/11/07/o...
religionnews.com/2025/11/07/o...
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Karma Yonten Gyatso concludes his excellent series on Buddhist publishing in our modern age, bringing it all back home...
"The Dharma is not the sole refuge. You need the Buddha, represented by the teacher, and the sangha, your community of spiritual friends."
www.buddhistdoor.net/features/so-...
"The Dharma is not the sole refuge. You need the Buddha, represented by the teacher, and the sangha, your community of spiritual friends."
www.buddhistdoor.net/features/so-...
So, You Want to Be a Buddhist Author, Eh? Part Six: Bringing It All Back Home - Buddhistdoor Global
What happens when the Dharma meets AI? In the final installment of his series on Buddhist publishing, John Negru explores the irreplaceable role of living teachers in transmitting wisdom beyond words
www.buddhistdoor.net
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Karma Yonten Gyatso concludes his excellent series on Buddhist publishing in our modern age, bringing it all back home...
"The Dharma is not the sole refuge. You need the Buddha, represented by the teacher, and the sangha, your community of spiritual friends."
www.buddhistdoor.net/features/so-...
"The Dharma is not the sole refuge. You need the Buddha, represented by the teacher, and the sangha, your community of spiritual friends."
www.buddhistdoor.net/features/so-...
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
"Questions the company hoped the seminars would answer for the fellows included: What is the West? What are its challenges and how do we think through them? And, perhaps most important, is the West worth defending?—which Palantir sought to answer in the affirmative."
It's indoctrination...
It's indoctrination...
November 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Questions the company hoped the seminars would answer for the fellows included: What is the West? What are its challenges and how do we think through them? And, perhaps most important, is the West worth defending?—which Palantir sought to answer in the affirmative."
It's indoctrination...
It's indoctrination...
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Are you thinking about running for office in #Ohio?
Apply for this FREE @leadohio.bsky.social campaign academy!
www.leadohio.org/campaignacad...
Apply for this FREE @leadohio.bsky.social campaign academy!
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October 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Are you thinking about running for office in #Ohio?
Apply for this FREE @leadohio.bsky.social campaign academy!
www.leadohio.org/campaignacad...
Apply for this FREE @leadohio.bsky.social campaign academy!
www.leadohio.org/campaignacad...
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CAIL = prerequisite knowledge for a critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims. For example, the idea that human-like systems are a sensible or possible goal is the result of circular reasoning and anthropomorphism. olivia.science/ai
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October 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
CAIL = prerequisite knowledge for a critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims. For example, the idea that human-like systems are a sensible or possible goal is the result of circular reasoning and anthropomorphism. olivia.science/ai
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. We obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
(Published Nov. 2024)
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. We obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
(Published Nov. 2024)
(Published Nov. 2024)
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Excellent 4 part series by @pbs.org looking at how global cities are coming to grips with the real-time effects of rising seas and extreme weather.
Episodes linked in the following 🧵
#ClimateEmergency
Episodes linked in the following 🧵
#ClimateEmergency
Sinking Cities | Official Preview | PBS
YouTube video by PBS
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Excellent 4 part series by @pbs.org looking at how global cities are coming to grips with the real-time effects of rising seas and extreme weather.
Episodes linked in the following 🧵
#ClimateEmergency
Episodes linked in the following 🧵
#ClimateEmergency
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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A 3,000-pound ice sculpture spelling out the word “DEMOCRACY” was seen melting on the National Mall within view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
October 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A 3,000-pound ice sculpture spelling out the word “DEMOCRACY” was seen melting on the National Mall within view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
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LLMs have convincingly demonstrated that coding is the easiest activity, maths is medium hard, and having taste is the hardest
October 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
LLMs have convincingly demonstrated that coding is the easiest activity, maths is medium hard, and having taste is the hardest