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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4h

#giftarticle so what do automobiles do?
https://wapo.st/4od1but

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7h

https://bsky.app/profile/katzish.bsky.social/post/3m2ohepezjc2

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 12h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

@martinrust Berlin ist auch in Deutschland :-)

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

https://bsky.app/profile/bernybelvedere.bsky.social/post/3m2cejykwjk2

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 5d

Criticizing Charlie Kirk is a fireable offense that incites domestic terrorism. But calling political opponents "the party of hate, evil, and Satan" is proper and good. Got it.

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h

I helped too. I posted in German on LinkedIn, everyone must have known THAT was serious!! https://mastodon.social/@mfeilner/115335365263865209

Markus Feilner (@[email protected])

#chatcontrol is fallen and I helped. "Facing a wave of calls and emails from the public, the Social Democrats held their ground, and for the first time, even the conservative opposition leadership is voicing criticism." https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/citizen-protest-halts-chat-control-breyer-celebrates-major-victory-for-digital-privacy/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRVPLPFoJL0

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Jakob @jdw.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Can we do the thing we did about #chatcontrol about #wealthtax next?

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h

I still haven't read about #chatcontrol. Oh, I could check the #tag! Anyway, with Poland on this one.

Poland pushes back on German Nord Stream extradition request

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says it's not in Poland's interest to extradite a man wanted by Germany over the Nord Stream […]

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 22h

Here’s video of the incident

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Chicago is definitely a dystopia, not of its own making. America is a creeping rather quickly dystopia of its own making. https://mastodon.social/@ErikJonker/115336912646609065

Erik Jonker (@[email protected])

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning. " https://southsideweekly.com/federal-agents-storm-south-shore-building-detaining-families-and-children/ #ice #trump #chicago

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Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

*Curing Alzheimer's in mice

*Skeptics will go, "heyn that's in mice," and rightly so, but curing it at all, that's a big deal

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-025-02426-1

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Good morning. Is Germany a tech dystopia or a champion of #privacy?

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Fair given how much US$ is dependent on the genAI “hyperscalers” overvaluation/bubble https://journa.host/@w7voa/115334439051358277

Steve Herman (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Gold has gone above $4,000/oz. for the first time. https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2025-10-07/gold-hits-record-high-surpasses-key-4000-mark

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

1/3 of Cambodians were killed in their genocide before Vietnam invaded and helped halt it. Apparently 100% of refugees from Cambodia that lived in Chicago in the 1980s had lost a at least one immediate, nuclear family member to the #genocide. #niewieder #neveragain

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d

Back to the actually quite #AIEthics related question of the new #apple #OSX upgrade #tahoe and whether it is buggier than usual, I note that my home-work @hertieschool.bsky.social desktop did not upgrade as directed after I went to work yesterday, and no longer believes an upgrade is available.

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

I am not a #Merkel fan (as many of you know), but the headlines following her interview with Partizan are complete nonsense.

She does not blame Poland or the Baltics at all.

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 2d

We do not hate merkel enough

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2d

“California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy. More drastic action is required."

Read @clarajeffery.bsky.social on how powerful states can fight back against Trumpism. After all, California has the 4th largest economy in the world.

It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 2d

Is there any legal action happening against Albania's purported AI minister? I know the opposition refused to attend, but is there a transnational organisation or domestic watchdog taking legal action?

Given the UN gave appointments to a PR stunt "honorary citizen" I doubt they'll help? Who should?

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 2d

'At 9:00 a.m. today, [Chicago mayor] Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free Zones” on city-owned property and with participating private businesses.'

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

NEW — Today, Illinois and Chicago jointly filed a federal lawsuit, asking a judge to block Trump’s efforts to federalize and deploy troops to Illinois, and to declare the actions unlawful.

The lawsuit includes a history of Trump’s “animus” toward a Chicago, as well.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/live...

LIVE: Illinois, Chicago sues Trump to block National Guard deployment; Pritzker and Johnson to speak at presser today • The TRiiBE

The plaintiffs are asking a judge to block Trump’s efforts to federalize and deploy troops to Illinois, and to declare the actions unlawful.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d

Somehow a year ago I didn't hear that all 53 (!) US governors worked together to defend their national guards. Completely reasonable that the same should happen now.

Pritzker's letter and the short Mother Jones editorial by @clarajeffery.bsky.social are truly essential reading for all in the US.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 2d

Sense of sentience

I've revised my blogpost for people who have discovered AI "people"; hopefully it's better (more clear) this time joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2025/09/sens... #AIEthics #AGI #genAI

Sense of sentience

artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

How much of Gaza has been destroyed since October 7, 2023?

78% of buildings. I wonder what proportion of households have suffered death or life-altering injury? In fact I wonder what the average number of household members killed, and average number maimed is?

Analysis of satellite imagery […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Reminder: students can be a source of joy!

#paperclipcollection #paperclips #catsofmastodon #catodon

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

“Pluralism is not guaranteed, nor is it inherited. It must be chosen, defended and renewed in every generation.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/05/synagogue-attacks-interfaith-history-pluralism/