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Jana Semrau<p>"Data2Action exists to make emerging technology work harder for humanity, enabling us to co-create a healthier, fairer and more sustainable world for all. [...]</p><p>We’re recruiting *13 funded doctoral fellows from Europe and beyond* to work collaboratively across a range of interconnected cutting-edge research and development projects."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HorizonEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorizonEurope</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/UKResearchAndInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKResearchAndInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/UKRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKRI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MarieCurie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarieCurie</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MSCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSCA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DoctoralNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoctoralNetwork</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhD</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataScience</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Data2Action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Data2Action</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SocialInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SocialImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialImpact</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LivingLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LivingLabs</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CoCreation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoCreation</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Collaboration</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Transdisciplinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transdisciplinary</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Dissemination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dissemination</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Communication</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NetworkBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkBuilding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonGood</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CuttingEdge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CuttingEdge</span></a> <br> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humanity</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Fairness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairness</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SustainableWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableWorld</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PublicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicGood</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SocialPioneers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialPioneers</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ArtificalIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificalIntelligence</span></a> <br> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SectoralExperts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SectoralExperts</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/RealWorldSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealWorldSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aging</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/People" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>People</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Planet</span></a> </p><p><a href="http://www.data2action.eu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">data2action.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
EngagingSTSjournal<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/assetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assetization</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> through <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/paywalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paywalling</span></a> can affect the ecology of automobility in ways that entrench powerful + moneyed interests while undermining <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ConsumerWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerWelfare</span></a> + the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicGood</span></a></p><p>👀Bricolageyumyum.bsky.social &amp; mcforelle.bsky.social: <a href="https://doi.org/pcgp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/pcgp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Mike_V<p>“…the public must be understood as a collective life whose flourishing, as Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor argues, must matter to “citizens for its own sake and not just instrumentally to their several individual goods.” The question is not “what’s in it for me” but “what’s in it for us.” The public good is not a drain on our resources but a source of common purpose.”<br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/publicgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicgood</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/collectivelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collectivelife</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commons</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thewalrus.ca/death-of-big-bird/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewalrus.ca/death-of-big-bird</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>UC Davis: UC Davis Launches ‘From Labs to Lives’ to Highlight Federally Funded Research. “The University of California, Davis, has launched a website and video series titled, ‘From Labs to Lives,’ to highlight federally funded research, describe how the research benefits the public, and share the consequences to the public if funding is reduced or eliminated.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/uc-davis-uc-davis-launches-from-labs-to-lives-to-highlight-federally-funded-research/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/uc-davis-uc-davis-launches-from-labs-to-lives-to-highlight-federally-funded-research/</a></p>
Plinubius<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tante.cc/author/tante_/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tante@tante.cc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tante@tldr.nettime.org</span></a></span> I steadily suggest to apply Mancur Olson's theory of collective action and public goods to get a grip about the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> phenomenon.The incentive to give birth to Free Open Source Software, to provide, maintain and improve it, will not proportionally grow with its user base for economic reasons. Moreover, the work to spread it has also to be discussed by means of the new institutional economics. See <a href="https://plinubius.de/tag/olson1992/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plinubius.de/tag/olson1992/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Kollektivgut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kollektivgut</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/publicgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicgood</span></a></p>
Wim Van Mierlo<p>The libraries at Loughborough University (my institution), University of Leicester and De Montfort University are now open to members from the public.</p><p>I'm proud that we are creating this public good.</p><p>www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HE</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/publicgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicgood</span></a></p>
MidniteMikeWrites<p>With the cuts going on in the name of efficiency and so-called DEI imperialism it's no surprise science YouTube is in trouble. It's sad.</p><p>If you at all understand the progress in the 20th century, you'll know it's the result of a relay race involving both private and public sectors. In the coming week's I'll be talking a lot about "antirival" goods and why we need a better collective understanding of them.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/basicresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>basicresearch</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openscience</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/publicgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicgood</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/LQjFGx9mEPw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/LQjFGx9mEPw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Adam Harangozó<p>"Wikipedia editing is easy and rewarding, and a useful way to contribute to research culture."</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00244-7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-00244-7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicgood</span></a></p>
Labor Party (US)<p>Plans within plans</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/outsiurcing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outsiurcing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privitization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privitization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicgood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justsayno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justsayno</span></a></p>
Drop Bear<p>There are always costs <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theblower.au/@jillL" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jillL</span></a></span> <br>Either we pay the cost of indemnifying people to be where we need them or we pay the costs of people not being where we need them.</p><p>Something similar is true of health care. Unhealthy people don't work as well (among other costs). We either pay the costs of keeping our population healthy or we pay the costs of a less healthy population.</p><p>Same for education and training. Either we pay the costs of educating and training our people or we pay the costs of our people not having the knowledge and skills that the nation needs.<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@Qldaah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Qldaah</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/PublicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicGood</span></a></p>
Drop Bear<p>Do we <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://twit.social/@Sandrew" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Sandrew</span></a></span> ?</p><p>Take Lismore in NSW. The town was established at the site of a homestead that had already flooded several times. The location was chosen for economic reasons. The nation (colony of NSW) needed a town there.</p><p>Structures generally require approval. The approving authority (government) is therefore responsible. And government is us.</p><p>If we need to put people in harm's way, then we have responsibilities to those people.<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@Qldaah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Qldaah</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/PublicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicGood</span></a></p>
Drop Bear<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@Qldaah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Qldaah</span></a></span> <br>I've long thought that insurance is not a natural commercial market. If the nation needs people to take risks, then the nation should indemnify them. People living in the riskiest circumstances are often those least able to afford insurance. Anyone harmed by someone who couldn't afford public liability insurance is disadvantaged.</p><p>In short, Insurance should be considered part of the public good.<br><a href="https://david.boxall.id.au/Insurance.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">david.boxall.id.au/Insurance.h</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/PublicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicGood</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>"[<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikipedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikipedia</span></a></span>] has officially been recognized as a digital public good [...] by the Digital Public Goods Alliance [which is] endorsed by the United Nations Secretary-General in support of open source technologies that contribute to the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals."</p><p><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/02/12/wikipedia-recognized-as-a-digital-public-good/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wikimediafoundation.org/news/2</span><span class="invisible">025/02/12/wikipedia-recognized-as-a-digital-public-good/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PublicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicGood</span></a></p>
Impish4249<p>Has it occurred to anyone that the lunacy of electing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> 1.0 because he is a great <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/businessman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>businessman</span></a> (despite so many <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> filings) is being exceeded by the bad <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusinessPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessPractices</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> 2.0?</p><p>Once again <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> is NOT a business. It is not designed to turn a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a>, we do not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizens</span></a>, government is for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicgood</span></a>.</p>
Evan Genest<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4WZ_k0vUDM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=F4WZ_k0vUD</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/publicgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicgood</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a></p>
Yorgos Saslis<p>Really excited to be starting to focus more and more of my time into building a better home for <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a>, on top of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.radicle.xyz/@radicle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>radicle</span></a></span> - a peer-to-peer forge ! </p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> (or any $megacorp) cannot be trusted as the sole hosts of any <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PublicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicGood</span></a>, like <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a>. </p><p>It's time to take back some of that control, before it's too late. </p><p>With <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Radicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radicle</span></a>, you can seed projects, like you seed <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/torrents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torrents</span></a> - ensuring that they stay available, despite corporate agendas.<br> <br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a></p>
Dave Fenichel<p>Evidently some MAGA puppets are denying the health crisis in <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Kansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kansas</span></a>. <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/tuberculosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tuberculosis</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/healthnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthnews</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/disinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinfo</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/headlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>headlines</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/epidemiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epidemiology</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/factChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factChecking</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicHealth</span></a> is a <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicGood</span></a> and <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/theftOfPublicGoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theftOfPublicGoods</span></a> is the entire point of the plutocratic <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/shouldRingABell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shouldRingABell</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ImLookingAtKushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImLookingAtKushner</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/verify/health-verify/yes-there-is-a-tuberculosis-outbreak-in-kansas/536-fe71b0a6-6799-4a54-854d-aed1f8170be7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kgw.com/article/news/verify/he</span><span class="invisible">alth-verify/yes-there-is-a-tuberculosis-outbreak-in-kansas/536-fe71b0a6-6799-4a54-854d-aed1f8170be7</span></a></p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@mittechreview" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mittechreview</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@mittechreview/mit-technology-review-5mg2cguuz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mit-technology-review-mittechreview</span></a></span> <br>As we have observed from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligopolistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligopolistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> in the past two decades, these unbridled <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalistic</span></a> endeavors do not lend themselves to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfregulation</span></a> for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicgood</span></a>. Likewise, it will be naive to carry-on hoping that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> and the other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> players will <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfregulate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfregulate</span></a>. That's the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duty</span></a> of elected <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governments</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agencies</span></a>, and the promulgation of effective <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> is now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longOverdue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longOverdue</span></a>!</p>
Lorena Jaume-Palasí<p>„Reimagining <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> for the <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/PublicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicGood</span></a> “ sounds to me like „reimagining racism for the public good“. It’s pretty obvious we need system change, not reform</p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Kyushu University: Are we ready for the ethical challenges of AI and robots?. “Artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-enabled robots are becoming a bigger part of our daily lives. Real-time, flexible interactions between humans and robots are no longer just science fiction. As robots become smarter and more human-like in both behavior and appearance, they are transforming from mere tools to […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/28/kyushu-university-are-we-ready-for-the-ethical-challenges-of-ai-and-robots/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/28/kyushu-university-are-we-ready-for-the-ethical-challenges-of-ai-and-robots/</a></p>