"Thinking Together: The Promise and Peril of Human-AI Co-Intelligence" Keynote by Cody Turner, postdoctoral fellow on AI and Human Cognition at the Applied Ethics Center and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies at UMass Boston. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoHa...

Join me in 45 minutes: www.zef21.de/veranstaltun...

WHO calls for efforts to increase availability of GLP1 drugs. In the next few years some 100 million people are expected to have access to the drugs—less than 10 percent of people with obesity. www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-...

"Campism has rotted much of the international left’s analysis of Taiwan. In the name of anti-imperialism, leftists dismiss Taiwanese self-determination as a US weapon, excuse PRC authoritarianism, and subordinate 23mil people to great-power calculations." www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?art...

If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?

Way too much leftist discourse is polarized into denunciations vs defenses of Zohran A more useful & important debate is how to organize enough New Yorkers to win Zohran's agenda — and to counteract the inevitable pressures on him from capital and the political establishment

"Left, right and center – quietly agreed to ditch wokeness and embrace common-sense appeals to American solidarity and equality... the left pulled moderates toward populism, while centrists won debates on cultural issues." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'm watching Pluribus as a meditation on moral enhancement and the Virtues. The Hive is compassionate, flourishing (?) and may have a grand plan. But they demonstrate no practical wisdom, and their paternalism trumps respect for individualism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opdn...

Another reason to get rid of billionaires - they screw up measures of central tendency

"I predict that with the rise of democratic socialism in the US and western Europe, there will be an increase in ... democratic socialist ideology... previous followers of the Communist ideology (in the Philippines) will convert to democratic socialism." www.philstar.com/opinion/2025...

Modi as a successful populist: "By building a robust welfare architecture — delivering pensions, housing, health and income support — the BJP has occupied the social-justice terrain that was once the exclusive preserve of left-wing parties." www.businessworld.in/article/righ...

TODAY: Nov 22, 2025 📷 9am PST/Noon EST/6pm CET How Can Cities Support Healthy Longevity? Join us for a live online discussion with Matteo MacDermant, winner of the IEET Technoprogressive Doctoral Dissertation Award. Link: us06web.zoom.us/j/83141006956 ieet.org/event/how-ca...

Elise Stefanik went from being Trump’s main ally to getting passed over for UN ambassador, defending racist Republicans and now discarded in favor of a “communist” And Stephen Miller’s attacks on NYC were completely undercut by Trump Maybe Zohran Mamdani should visit the White House every day

Stokes connected income inequality with democratic backsliding through increased partisan polarization: Inequality encourages polarization, and a polarized public is more tolerant when their leaders attack the press, the courts and other institutions. news.uchicago.edu/story/new-bo...

TOMORROW: How Can Cities Support Healthy Longevity? Join us for a live online discussion with Matteo MacDermant, winner of the IEET Technoprogressive Doctoral Dissertation Award. 📷 Nov 22, 2025 📷 9am PST/Noon EST/6pm CET ieet.org/event/how-ca...

Having pride in national culture isn't inherently reactionary. But we have needed new internationalist identities to transcend nationalist ones for a long time. The first step is recognizing that you can learn from other people.

Danish SocDems lose Copenhagen to Red-Green Alliance due to "voter fatigue over the prime minister’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration, which have partly inspired a newly unveiled asylum and migration policy in Britain." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Sylvan Esso - Keep On (Official Video) youtu.be/45F_OjNLgjc

We are committed to simplifying laws to make the lives of citizens and businesses easier, but we will not support a deregulation agenda that would recklessly undermine the EU’s digital legal framework. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sds...

Epstein release vote passes with no Nays. What are abstentions trying to say here?

"Although liberals and centrists remain a powerful force within the Democratic Party, especially among its leadership, they have for years now been engaged in dialogue with social democrats (who) broadened the party’s agenda and sparked serious discussions..." foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/17/m...

I argue that we need to design the next wave of wearables for equity, agency, and the public interest - not just self-improvement, for-profit efficiency, and social control. ieet.substack.com/p/wired-for-...

Preventive is just one of a “growing number of startups” in the area of germline gene editing funded by wealthy tech billionaires, WSJ reports. Herasight claims it can predict an embryo’s IQ, and Nucleus offers polygenic screening at the price of just $10K. futurism.com/health-medic...

This is could well be a historic midterm for Democrats. Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives. You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.

From the Wall Street Journal

Turns Christian nationalism is bad for Christianity news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...

This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J chat with @josemarichal.bsky.social (California Lutheran, PoliSci) author of You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem. We discuss algorithmic power and citizen agency. prostheticgods.podbean.com/e/algorithms...

The Mob Boss threatens Republicans who may want to vote to release the Epstein files.

Nationally, every single one of Zohran Mamdani's policies has higher "strong support" than "strong opposition." But tell me again how pro-worker policies only work in NYC.

Wisdom of an architect of our kleptocratic oligarchy: unfettered capitalism drives people to the Left www.thefp.com/p/peter-thie...

"The history of globalisation over the past four centuries suggests that the presence of a global superpower – for all its negative sides – has brought a degree of economic stability in an uncertain world... mercantilism is a recipe for perpetual conflict." www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?art...

"Those who sincerely love their countries, and yet who are inclined to abandon their country because they judge it to have betrayed its ideals...critical patriotism, a commitment to a nation’s ideals w/o the need to love one’s country unconditionally." philpapers.org/archive/MERW...

Even for a Kardassian

People with higher reasoning are better at mental mapping, integrating separate pieces of information into a structured whole. Mental maps of the world help guide flexible thinking and decision making. @arenamontanus.bsky.social www.psypost.org/higher-fluid...

Now that the fascists are throttling FEMA, and socialists are taking over cities, I wanna re-up my Covid-era essay on a socialist strategy for focusing on disaster preparedness, FEMA and preppers. More disasters are coming, and socialists can explain why and what to do. medium.com/after-the-st...

Genes tilt us towards choosing specific occupations by making us better at, or more interested in, two key dimensions: technical versus social jobs, and practical versus abstract jobs. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Biotechnologies that we wear, ingest, or allow to watch over us can improve health. But what ethical questions do they raise? 🧠 Join the @cobioethics.bsky.social Research Ethics Conference Nov. 13 to explore these issues. Featuring a keynote by @citizencyborg.bsky.social! #Bioethics

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Criminals posing as ICE have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns the FBI. The FBI urges ICE to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and to cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity. www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

This book looks ahead to a progressive algorithmic future and to alternatives that resist surrendering sovereignty to consultants and Big Tech. Taking back control means reclaiming not just oversight, but also the real promise of technology.  feps-europe.eu/publication/...

🔴🤖Join LIVE! "Understanding the power of AI over decisions" at the @eesc.bsky.social in collaboration w/ @workers-eesc.bsky.social. #AIatWork 🔗 link.europa.eu/GGQC4q Amid discussions around the need for horizontal legislation on AI in the workplace, this event launches the 🆕book “Algorithmic rule"🇸🇪

Mamdani wins: How a democratic socialist toppled the Empire State machine

Someone who had been threatening to kill Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) was arrested today after trying to enter the Capitol complex after telling Garcia's office he was coming to kill him.

If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

Congratulations to Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani!!! Great job New York!!!

Outside the US union membership reduces appeal of right-wing populist parties. But not in the US. Here better-educated union members adopt positions of class solidarity, while less-educated union members have become increasingly isolated. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Be like Ted Cruz. Choose the Democrat, in this case Zohran Mamdani. We all have to contribute according to our ability.

Re #FutureOfWork. I totally buy the suggestion that AI is often used to cover up downsizing for other reasons. You claim you've created a new job category, so people are "made redundant" [UK; 'laid off' US], but really you are just exploiting an #AGI narrative to downsize on the cheap. #AIEthics