synapticbits.bsky.social
• society/law/politics: (re)building? • health: neuroscientist, cancer diagnostics, dash of immune/chronic disease. 📍PNW
👤 Joined on 01 December 2023
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@synapticbits.bsky.socialI’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
Show PostFor The New York Times, I wrote about how Rod Serling create The Twilight Zone in part because it was the only way in the 1950 and 60s for him to comment on the subjects he cared about most, and how that's a good blueprint for contemporary media to deal with our surreal current moment:
Show PostKant’s Categorical Imperative includes the Formula of the Universal Law and the Formula of Humanity. Act as if your choice/act will be repeated by everyone; treat other people as an end not a means. AI is the perfect tool to violate both laws.
Show PostHow is it possible that we’re still here twelve years later
Show PostAt the station today I spoke with an asylum seeker who had been in Berlin for four years since moving here from Ghana. It was utterly heartbreaking - the racism he had faced, his desperation to get his papers, to get work. “There is no love here for us. Take care, brother”, he said as we parted.
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