Regina Tuma
@obspsy.bsky.social
Social and Media Psychology; Critical Media Psy; Psy of Social Media, Psy of AI and Big Data, Faculty in Media PSY PhD, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara CA
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The new book “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” aims to explain why superintelligent AI would eliminate humanity. But along the way, the authors “fail to make an evidence-based scientific case for their claims,” Adam Becker argues:
The Useful Idiots of AI Doomsaying
Those who predict that superintelligence will destroy humanity serve the same interests as those who believe that it will solve all of our problems.
bit.ly
September 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The new book “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” aims to explain why superintelligent AI would eliminate humanity. But along the way, the authors “fail to make an evidence-based scientific case for their claims,” Adam Becker argues:
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The accelerationists and the doomsayers are two sides to the same coin and neither should be heeded
The new book “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” aims to explain why superintelligent AI would eliminate humanity. But along the way, the authors “fail to make an evidence-based scientific case for their claims,” Adam Becker argues:
The Useful Idiots of AI Doomsaying
Those who predict that superintelligence will destroy humanity serve the same interests as those who believe that it will solve all of our problems.
bit.ly
September 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The accelerationists and the doomsayers are two sides to the same coin and neither should be heeded
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A majority of undergraduate students use AI for classwork, several studies show. Ian Bogost spoke with college students to explore their motivations behind using the tool—and the painful revelation professors may face this in classrooms this fall.
College Students Have Already Changed Forever
Members of the class of 2026 have had access to AI since they were freshmen. Almost all of them are using it to do their work.
bit.ly
August 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A majority of undergraduate students use AI for classwork, several studies show. Ian Bogost spoke with college students to explore their motivations behind using the tool—and the painful revelation professors may face this in classrooms this fall.
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For decades, a group of Argentinian women led an extraordinary campaign to find their stolen grandchildren.
Searching for the Children of the Disappeared
A new book examines the extraordinary decades-long campaign by Argentinean women to find their grandchildren.
www.newyorker.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
For decades, a group of Argentinian women led an extraordinary campaign to find their stolen grandchildren.
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AI chatbots lean slightly leftwards - despite what Grok has been doing lately. My latest for @economist.com Espresso
July 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM
AI chatbots lean slightly leftwards - despite what Grok has been doing lately. My latest for @economist.com Espresso
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Late Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials are retiring under worse conditions than Early Baby Boomers. Later generations will likely face even worse retirement conditions due to pending and proposed policy changes
economicpolicyresearch.org/resource-lib...
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Retirement Then, Now, and Next - The New School SCEPA
by Teresa Ghilarducci and the SCEPA Team Download the PDF here. This policy note is part of SCEPA’s “Tracking the Retirement Crisis” series. This series was made possible in part through the gene...
economicpolicyresearch.org
July 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Late Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials are retiring under worse conditions than Early Baby Boomers. Later generations will likely face even worse retirement conditions due to pending and proposed policy changes
economicpolicyresearch.org/resource-lib...
economicpolicyresearch.org/resource-lib...
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The New York Times' "coverage of anything remotely political is poisoned by its obsession to prove its neutrality by taking cheap shots at the left, no matter the cost to its obligation to accuracy and fairness."
@froomkin.bsky.social hits the 🎯 as usual weighing on NYT's recent hitjob on Mamdani.
@froomkin.bsky.social hits the 🎯 as usual weighing on NYT's recent hitjob on Mamdani.
The sad, sad state of the New York Times | Press Watch
Trolling the libs is par for the course
presswatchers.org
July 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The New York Times' "coverage of anything remotely political is poisoned by its obsession to prove its neutrality by taking cheap shots at the left, no matter the cost to its obligation to accuracy and fairness."
@froomkin.bsky.social hits the 🎯 as usual weighing on NYT's recent hitjob on Mamdani.
@froomkin.bsky.social hits the 🎯 as usual weighing on NYT's recent hitjob on Mamdani.
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There were 28 nationwide injunctions against Biden, and the Supreme Court didn't have an issue with any of them.
I wonder what changed.
I wonder what changed.
June 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
There were 28 nationwide injunctions against Biden, and the Supreme Court didn't have an issue with any of them.
I wonder what changed.
I wonder what changed.
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If you're interested in seeing what the conversation on X looked like on Saturday morning, as the information warriors there went to work framing the shootings of Democratic lawmakers for political gain, I made an interactive graph: faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Spot...
June 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you're interested in seeing what the conversation on X looked like on Saturday morning, as the information warriors there went to work framing the shootings of Democratic lawmakers for political gain, I made an interactive graph: faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Spot...
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What's the Future of Media under Trump 2.0? | LIVE with Tara McGowan of @couriernewsroom.bsky.social & Lincoln Square Executive Editor @sjdemas.bsky.social www.lincolnsquare.media/p/whats-the-...
What's the Future of Media under Trump 2.0? | LIVE with Tara McGowan & Susan Demas
Here's a hint: The mainstream national media won’t save us.
www.lincolnsquare.media
June 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What's the Future of Media under Trump 2.0? | LIVE with Tara McGowan of @couriernewsroom.bsky.social & Lincoln Square Executive Editor @sjdemas.bsky.social www.lincolnsquare.media/p/whats-the-...
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🧵 I’ve talked a lot about disordered discourse, conspiracies, polarisation, denialism. But maybe the better question is: why does this keep happening? Why does our shared reality keep fracturing? What are the drivers I talk about as a dimension of disordered discourse?
I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
Belllingcat CEO Eliot Higgins, on how disordered discourse is destroying democracy
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
www.youtube.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🧵 I’ve talked a lot about disordered discourse, conspiracies, polarisation, denialism. But maybe the better question is: why does this keep happening? Why does our shared reality keep fracturing? What are the drivers I talk about as a dimension of disordered discourse?
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I know there are lots of serious & important things going on in the world right now but I just learned I completely missed this show on Long Island last year of George Grosz's 1940s "Stick Men" series & as someone who loves Grosz's late work I'm just totally gutted😞 www.heckscher.org/exhibitions/...
George Grosz: The Stick Men - The Heckscher Museum of Art
George Grosz (1893–1959) created the “Stick Men” series in Huntington, New York, where he lived from 1947 until shortly before his death. Featuring hollow figures in an apocalyptic landscape, this…
www.heckscher.org
June 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I know there are lots of serious & important things going on in the world right now but I just learned I completely missed this show on Long Island last year of George Grosz's 1940s "Stick Men" series & as someone who loves Grosz's late work I'm just totally gutted😞 www.heckscher.org/exhibitions/...
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Here is the official Harvard University website!
www.harvard.edu
Here is their # if you'd like to speak to someone there!!
+1 617-495-1000
The link to the Free Government courses is ...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
www.harvard.edu
Here is their # if you'd like to speak to someone there!!
+1 617-495-1000
The link to the Free Government courses is ...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
May 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Here is the official Harvard University website!
www.harvard.edu
Here is their # if you'd like to speak to someone there!!
+1 617-495-1000
The link to the Free Government courses is ...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
www.harvard.edu
Here is their # if you'd like to speak to someone there!!
+1 617-495-1000
The link to the Free Government courses is ...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
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Very glad to see this out:
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Special Issue
Misinformation: Current Directions and New Insights
psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Special Issue
Misinformation: Current Directions and New Insights
psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
May 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Very glad to see this out:
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Special Issue
Misinformation: Current Directions and New Insights
psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Special Issue
Misinformation: Current Directions and New Insights
psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...
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The GOP now seems to be made up of people who’d have survived the Milgram experiment without much stress. I can’t get over their ability to justify ever-more-horrifying shocks Trump is giving to human beings, the system—and they’re coming up with more ever-more-horrifying versions of their own.
May 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The GOP now seems to be made up of people who’d have survived the Milgram experiment without much stress. I can’t get over their ability to justify ever-more-horrifying shocks Trump is giving to human beings, the system—and they’re coming up with more ever-more-horrifying versions of their own.
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🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨
TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.
MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.
Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid
TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.
MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.
Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid
Save Medicaid
Please call your Representative right now and leave a voicemail, or first thing on Monday morning before the mark up session begins.
OcasioCortez.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨
TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.
MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.
Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid
TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.
MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.
Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid
Dear @nytimes.com There can be NO DISAGREEMENT on Canadian sovereignty. The correct answer on a test would be that Canada is a sovereign country. The unwillingness to recognize that fact merits a failing grade for the student questioning that fact. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
May 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Dear @nytimes.com There can be NO DISAGREEMENT on Canadian sovereignty. The correct answer on a test would be that Canada is a sovereign country. The unwillingness to recognize that fact merits a failing grade for the student questioning that fact. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
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NotebookLM was already one of the best AI apps for academic work.
Now it supports 50+ languages.
• Summarize papers
• Generate audio overviews of papers
• Ask question about papers
• Prepare study guides
All this in your own language and that too for free.
Now it supports 50+ languages.
• Summarize papers
• Generate audio overviews of papers
• Ask question about papers
• Prepare study guides
All this in your own language and that too for free.
April 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
NotebookLM was already one of the best AI apps for academic work.
Now it supports 50+ languages.
• Summarize papers
• Generate audio overviews of papers
• Ask question about papers
• Prepare study guides
All this in your own language and that too for free.
Now it supports 50+ languages.
• Summarize papers
• Generate audio overviews of papers
• Ask question about papers
• Prepare study guides
All this in your own language and that too for free.
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Sen. Cory Booker's marathon speech on the Senate floor won the floundering Democratic Party something it has desperately needed in the Trump era: attention and the applause of its base.
Cory Booker's epic Senate speech puts Democrats back in the spotlight
Democratic voters grown impatient with leaders who won't counter Trump more aggressively.
www.axios.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sen. Cory Booker's marathon speech on the Senate floor won the floundering Democratic Party something it has desperately needed in the Trump era: attention and the applause of its base.
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This piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement
AOC, solidarity, and people power.
www.thebulwark.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.
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"The most jarring aesthetic in this burgeoning MAGA stagecraft is the unbridled embrace of face-altering procedures: plastic surgery, veneers, and injectables like Botox and fillers. The overall look has since been disparagingly referred to as 'Mar-a-Lago face.'"
In your face: The brutal aesthetics of MAGA
Does proximity to power rely on a specific look?
www.motherjones.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"The most jarring aesthetic in this burgeoning MAGA stagecraft is the unbridled embrace of face-altering procedures: plastic surgery, veneers, and injectables like Botox and fillers. The overall look has since been disparagingly referred to as 'Mar-a-Lago face.'"
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I’ve now watched this clip like 10 times and it’s instant first ballot hall of fame. One of the most comically out of touch things I’ve ever heard heard from a public official.
Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick says if Social Security skipped a check, his mother-in-law wouldn’t complain—and if you would, it indicates you are probably a fraudster. Insane.
March 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I’ve now watched this clip like 10 times and it’s instant first ballot hall of fame. One of the most comically out of touch things I’ve ever heard heard from a public official.
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AP: Weekslong lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America apnews.com/article/bord...
Weekslong lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America
U.S. authorities have arrested and detained Canadian and European travelers at U.S. borders in recent weeks.
apnews.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
AP: Weekslong lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America apnews.com/article/bord...
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⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
March 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞