NOW STARTING: “Humanity and Anonymity.” Victoria Noble, Mackenzie Austin, & Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social) join moderator @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social to explore the growing push to verify who’s human online. 📩 Login info after registration: https://foso26.cdt.org/

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Glad to see LSE speaking out on this. Recent government actions are more than just benign neglect. To name a few: taxing a key export sector, whittling away direct funding (was 40% in 2010 now 10%), fees capped in nominal terms, restrictive immigration rules, and an unjust loan system for students.

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Have been very much out of office on a hiking trip for the past two weeks but now I’m back I’m excited to share a bit more about this new research. Short version: electricity demand for heating and cooling (particularly on peak days) looks set to rise basically everywhere in coming decades. (1/n)

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Is it happy? Is it angry? Does it just want to tell you about the freedoms of open source and steal your fries? Never felt more seen by an animal bot account.

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Columbia professor Sandra Matz talks about whether AI is making us boring and cites the "basic b" effect that gen AI had on me when I let it make all my decisions for a week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5aB... That story: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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