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@fieldsmeyer.comReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comI think often of this piece by @cwarzel.bsky.social from 2024. A bit of a Rosetta Stone for the last few years for me.
@fieldsmeyer.comI think often of this piece by @cwarzel.bsky.social from 2024. A bit of a Rosetta Stone for the last few years for me.
@nolore.bsky.socialReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comAs a kid, I participated in remembrance ceremonies a lot. Traveled to Holland and Vimy as a kid to sing at war monuments and memorials, singing Never Again. In 2002, it all changed -- "not so much a vigil as a war rally" was how the ceremonies now went, because Canada was in Afghanistan.
@brucearthur.bsky.socialReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comVery good read on radicalism. We need more shared humanity, not less.
@marisakabas.bsky.socialReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comIt was appalling to see the way protesters taunted those mourning the October 7th victims. That is not activism.
@fieldsmeyer.comMore here:
@fieldsmeyer.comI was at the October 7 vigil in Union Square. Like many who write and think about defeating political repression, I believe in big coalitions—massive ones. They are our best technology for escaping some very complicated social problems. But we need to agree on the most basic fundamentals. My essay:
@fieldsmeyer.comReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comMy next act: learning to get straight to the point.
@fieldsmeyer.comMy next act: learning to get straight to the point.
@fieldsmeyer.comReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comDemocrats need to make the damage visible.
@fieldsmeyer.comReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comI'm doing some organizing with friends for James Talarico here in NYC this Thursday night. A range of ways to help – some direct voter outreach, some fundraising, some other stuff...and a great chance to meet likeminded folks. If you're in NYC and interested, reach out and I'll send you the info.
@fieldsmeyer.comI'm doing some organizing with friends for James Talarico here in NYC this Thursday night. A range of ways to help – some direct voter outreach, some fundraising, some other stuff...and a great chance to meet likeminded folks. If you're in NYC and interested, reach out and I'll send you the info.
@fieldsmeyer.comDemocrats need to make the damage visible.
@alondra.bsky.socialReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comIn the Biden administration, l led the team that developed what was arguably the first White House “AI safety” framework, the AI Bill of Rights. David Robinson, author of this forthright and sobering essay about risk culture at OpenAI and in Silicon Valley was on that team.
@fieldsmeyer.comReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comDr. Oz is on my flight right now. He is sitting in the very first seat, front row. I saw him get on the plane. So when I stepped off the jetway onto the plane I approached him and put my hand out. What the man in charge of healthcare for the people on the very margins of society said…was revealing
@fieldsmeyer.comReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comPeople know when they’re being robbed. We need to show them who’s getting rich.
@crampell.bsky.socialReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comwhen your country's new accord on “super intelligence” misspells the country's name
@fieldsmeyer.comPeople know when they’re being robbed. We need to show them who’s getting rich.
@fieldsmeyer.comReposted by @fieldsmeyer.comFour years since the AI Bill of Rights under @alondra.bsky.social , 24 hours since Trump announced the AI companies would do "tremendous self-policing."
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