#Technological

Lorna Richardson

lornarichardson

I start by acknowledging the horrific human cost of the Corvid-19 pandemic & the dedication of our underfunded, under resourced healthcare services. My paper today is about digital tech &

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

In most of the world, the lockdown has destroyed small businesses while increasing the profits of Big Tech intermediaries like Amazon, who control access to customers on one side, and

Tobias Brunner 😊

TB_TB_TB_TB_TB

1/ COVID is finished. A vitally important thread. As Belgium has entered a third lockdown (which in itself is interesting as we were supposedly in the middle of a second

Meaghan Walker

slopclothes

I wish someone would tell these scientists about how we did this already in the 1970s and 1980s. It was even called Cliometrics.https://twitter.com/lottelydia/status/1194158496343822337 I have a weird relationship with Cliometrics

Josh Michaud

joshmich

Is contact tracing getting enough attention in U.S. coronavirus response? The answer may…not surprise you. @jenkatesdc and I have a new post about this.https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-policy-watch/is-contact-tracing-getting-enough-attention-in-u-s-co

Matt Barnum

matt_barnum

1/So long-time followers know I'm a bit of an obsessive about the "future of work" conversations and myths in education. Gonna elaborate a little on why, beyond this piecehttps://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2019/11/06/xq-new-york-city-sc

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

You've probably heard Zuboff's excellent coinage "Surveillance Capitalism" and perhaps you've read the paper it was introduced in, or the book that it led to. Today, I've published a response

Vulture

vulture

Animators continue to fool us into believing still images can move and breathe, and we in turn remain delighted to live between the frames. From Bugs Bunny to Spike Spiegel

(((James Acton)))

james_acton32

Last week, I published my new report on the risks of pre-launch warhead ambiguity. TL;DR? Here’s a summary in 13 tweets! https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/04/09/is-it-nuke-pre-launch-ambiguity-and-inadvertent-escalation-pub-81446 (1/13

Ken Bensinger

kenbensinger

Just hours after the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, Oath Keeper founder & leaders Stewart Rhodes found himself on the defensive to other members. "Look, I WAS THERE.

Abel Wajnerman Paz, guest curator

neuroethicsinfo

Hello everyone! Today’s thread is a teaser for tomorrow’s Webinar. Samir Das, Stephen Rainey (@krummemholze), Fruszina Molnár-Gábor and Philipp Kellmeyer (@neuroastics) will discuss different aspects of #braindata governance and #neur

WarNuse

WarNuse

From Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidential Farewell Address January 17, 1961, The Part That Keeps Being Brought Up Is The Warning Of The Rise Of The Military-Industrial Complex. However, This Speech

Deborah Brown

deblebrown

Are #Covid19 tracking programs an expansion of the surveillance state in public health disguise? A new @hrw publication examines key privacy & human rights concerns with global push to adopt

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Shes_Gabrielle

The weird thing about the e-thot movement is it's being framed as empowering/exploring your sexuality, and cool, every human since the dawn of time has done romantic exploration in their

Harry Allen

harryallen

Hi, @andrewschulz:Thanks for the interesting, funny work that you and @cthagod are doing on @BrilliantIdiots.I'm writing about a video you posted, nearly a month ago. I've just seen it, which

Sarah Knowles

dr_know

Was asked the deceptively simple question "what is co-design?" earlier and thought my "erm well it depends but here's what I think" answer might help others, or indeed might help