Tonight, October 21, 2025 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, I'll be having a conversation on Zoom with Stephen Paff, author of the Ethnodata blog and host of the new podcast Democracy Demythologized. See the bottom of this post for information about how to join.| The Maurin Academy for Regenerative Studies
As AI tools become common workplace fixtures, legal teams need governance frameworks that balance innovation with responsibility & guidance.| Thomson Reuters Institute
Euphemisms and soft reporting let misinformation walk right in the front door.| ideatrash
“We have concluded a Faustian pact with our science and technology generally, and with the computer in particular. So it seems to me. And in such a pact with Mephistopheles both partners gain somet…| LibrarianShipwreck
"I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested." The post Guillermo del Toro on Using AI: “I’d Rather Die” appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"I don’t think I’ve had a call for a woodpecker in probably three or four years, maybe five years." The post AI Is Even Putting Animal Actors Out of Work appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"We don't need as many roles in some areas as we once did." The post Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"The feeling is once bugs are worked out that AI will begin to have major impact on storyline direction." The post The WWE Says It’ll Use AI to Write Storylines, in the Latest Case of Forcing AI Into Everybody’s Lives appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
It's the last thing they needed. The post Amazon Reveals Smart Glasses That Effectively Turn Its Delivery Drivers Into Cyborg Drones appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"Building AI tools to fix the world's most pressing challenges is an unprofitable waste of time." The post Bystanders Horrified by Slightly-Too-Honest AI Billboard appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
A jury of your peers — right? The post Law School Tests Trial With Jury Made Up of ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
You are what you eat. The post OpenAI’s Copyright Situation Appears to Be Putting It in Huge Danger appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"It's a way that we can touch our community in a way we really have never done before." The post Florida Unleashes Autonomous Police Cruisers That Deploy Thermal Imaging Drones appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"Trust no AI." The post OpenAI’s New AI Browser Is Already Falling Victim to Prompt Injection Attacks appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"Very few agree with the hype bubble that the tycoons have been trying to puff up." The post What Tech Insiders Actually Think of AI Is Extremely Revealing appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
It's agonizingly slow — and a ticking time bomb. The post OpenAI’s New AI Web Browser Is a Bit of a Mess appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"This is absolutely sickening." The post OpenAI Makes Bizarre Demand of Family Whose Son Was Allegedly Killed by ChatGPT appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"Simply put, Friday's election is now cancelled." The post Meta Allows Deepfake That Irish Presidential Election Is Canceled to Go Viral appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"We expect to prove to a jury that OpenAI's decisions to degrade the safety of its products were made with full knowledge that they would lead to innocent deaths." The post OpenAI Faces New Allegations in Teen’s Death appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"I really can't tell which one is the real and which one is the AI." The post Alan Hamel Says He’s Created an AI Clone of His Deceased Wife Suzanne Somers That’s So Good He Can’t Tell the Difference appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
Many organizations are merging their HR and IT functions under unified leadership to create a more integrated & data-driven organization.| Thomson Reuters Institute
How much would you have to be paid to risk a bout with a disease that most Americans associate with the Oregon Trail?| STAT
It seems like there’s a belief that virtue only shines through when faced with temptation. Some might even think that women should be sheltered from these challenges, assuming they might be too weak or inclined to vice. But let’s consider this: while it’s true that keeping someone in ignorance may protect them temporarily, it doesn’t […]| Coffee shots
The first pregnant woman with malaria was enrolled in a clinical trial in Mali to compare three different malaria treatment regimens earlier this month – a| Health Policy Watch
When watching street debates with the vegan activists Earthling Ed and Joey Carbstrong, it becomes apparent to me that one of the biggest barriers that they (and other activists) face is personality differences. This is because certain personality traits shape our receptivity to veganism. There are indeed general cognitive biases that can make some people… The post How Personality Shapes Our Receptivity to Veganism appeared first on Sam Woolfe.| Sam Woolfe
In a recent article, I looked at how important management is for remote working to succeed (again). The article highlighted how tempting it can be for bad managers to use Orwellian surveillance technology to snoop on remote workers. It’s an approach that has a predictably disastrous impact on the relationship between managers and employees, as […]| The Horizons Tracker
The New York Times reports that Trump has asked the Department of Justice to pay him $230 million for investigating him in the past. The decision about paying him will be made by people in the Justice Department who were Trump’s defense attorneys during these investigations. President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay […]| Diane Ravitch's blog
Garry Rayno, veteran journalist, explains how New Hampshire’s politicians of both parties have failed to approve equitable taxes to educate the state’s children. The libertarians, who play a large role in the state legislature, would prefer to have no taxes at all. The Koch machine has funded candidates who oppose fair state funding. This does […]| Diane Ravitch's blog
Well, it’s not often we get to say this — in fact, it may be the first and last time — but thank you, President Donald J. Trump. No, not for wrecking international alliances, raising our taxes through tariffs, starting an international trade war, and increasing the national deficit, but for something truly unexpected: Taking Bill […]| Daily Montanan
In today’s post, I am looking at a question that is rarely asked in management. What if the most responsible course of action is not to maximize benefit, but to minimize harm? In decision theory, this is expressed as the minimax principle. The idea is that one should minimize the worst possible outcome. In human […]| Harish's Notebook – My notes… Lean, Cybernetics, Quality & Data Science.
Oh, it's bad bad. The post Former OpenAI Researcher Horrified by Conversation Logs of ChatGPT Driving User Into Severe Mental Breakdown appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"Nobody developing these AI systems has been asking humanity if this is OK." The post Hundreds of Power Players, From Steve Wozniak to Steve Bannon, Just Signed a Letter Calling for Prohibition on Development of AI Superintelligence appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"Discover Weekly is unusable now cause it is just full of AI slop." The post AI Slop Now Invading Spotify’s Discover Weekly Lists appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
Despicable. The post Charities Using AI-Generated Photos of Starving Children to Raise Money appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
Our 79-year-old commander in chief, folks. The post President Trump Posts AI Video of Himself Spraying Explosive Diarrhea on Peaceful Protestors appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
It's a disaster waiting to happen. The post Inventor of Vibe Coding Admits He Hand-Coded His New Project appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
Penny for your thoughts? The post The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
The post DMV’s AI System Says Woman Doesn’t Have a Human Face appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
A chatbot doesn't care if you live, die or become an addict. The post Reddit’s AI Suggests That People Suffering Chronic Pain Try Opioids appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
Part 3 of this series looks at the ethics around some of the efforts to overcome 'vaccine hesistancy'. When does encouragement become coercion? The post HPV Vaccines and Ethics appeared first on HART.| HART
Part 4 of The Psychedelic Syndicate reveals PSFC’s strategy to manufacture spiritual and moral authority through academic capture — even as some members align with far-right ideologies that deepen the very crises psychedelics are meant to heal. The post The Psychedelic Syndicate: Part 4 appeared first on Psymposia.| Psymposia
Part 3 of The Psychedelic Syndicate exposes how Silicon Valley's "move fast and break things" mentality infected psychedelic therapy, creating a culture where leaders rationalized patient harm as unavoidable for progress and ultimately embraced Trump administration officials who promised regulatory shortcuts. The post The Psychedelic Syndicate: Part 3 appeared first on Psymposia.| Psymposia
Part 2 of The Psychedelic Syndicate exposes the compromised foundation of PSFC's influence network — from the abuse scandals that undermined their preferred therapy model, to undisclosed ties with the sole FDA advisory committee member who voted unequivocally for MDMA approval. The post The Psychedelic Syndicate: Part 2 appeared first on Psymposia.| Psymposia
Part 1 of The Psychedelic Syndicate reveals how the Psychedelic Science Funders Collaborative (PSFC) — a wealthy network of Silicon Valley elites and Burning Man devotees — systematically captured| Psymposia
Even with his federal criminal case dismissed over six months ago, Mayor Eric Adams has seen his legal bills continue to climb — leaving a trust he set up under city rules to pay those bills with over $4.5 million in unpaid expenses, according to the latest filings. Adams set up a trust that in […] The post Eric Adams’ Unpaid Legal Bills Tied to Federal Indictment Climb to $4.5 Million appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
"I never, ever, ever, ever could have won this appeal without AI." The post Woman Wins Court Case by Using ChatGPT as a Lawyer appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"A lesson learned for me." The post Two People Almost Drown After Asking ChatGPT When Low Tide Was appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
This is embarrassing. The post It’s Still Ludicrously Easy to Generate Copyrighted Characters on ChatGPT appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"We want to be clear: this behavior is not a 'prank' — it is a crime." The post Police Issue Warning About “AI Homeless Man” Prank appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
It took his estate filing a complaint for OpenAI to do anything. The post OpenAI Bans MLK Deepfakes After Disaster appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
"We are not the elected moral police of the world." The post Sam Altman Pushes Back on OpenAI’s Foray Into Smut appeared first on Futurism.| Futurism
The assassination last month of Charlie Kirk brought many Americans face-to-face with a gruesome reality encountered all too often across the globe: namely, that a man might be killed simply for expressing what he believes to be true. In this age of growing incivility, may we reaffirm the foundations for liberty of conscience. The post Amid incivility, reaffirm liberty of conscience appeared first on Pathway.| Pathway
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved another generic abortion drug, to much protest from pro-life advocates. The post Pro-life leaders respond as another abortion drug enters the market appeared first on Pathway.| Pathway
On Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Chiles v. Salazar, a case that strikes at the heart of free speech, religious liberty, and the proper boundaries of government regulation in mental health. Counselor Kaley Chiles wants to help young people distressed about their gender achieve their chosen goal to grow comfortable with their bodies and avoid harmful drugs and procedures. But a Colorado law forbids her from doing so, and Attorney General Salazar wants to enforce the ...| Pathway
This is a big moment for the podcast. A few months ago Rhema Newcastle (rhemafm.com.au ) approached me to talk about the possibility of doing a show with them. Initially we were thinking of a separate show but then I suggested that we just develop Quantum of the Wee Flea into a new show […]| TheWeeFlea.com
In this weeks Quantum I look at 12 times I have changed my mind about something…..the EU; Israel and the Jews; Democracy; Scottish Independence; Immigration; Socialism; Education; Climate Change and Al Gore; Islam; Transgender Ideology; Equality before the Law; Netflix. And the final word from Acts 28. with music from Europe, Dave Alvin, Leonard Cohen; […]| TheWeeFlea.com
The Danger of the Middle Road A Review of Os Guinness and Krish Kandiah on Unbelievable In the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination, Premier Unbelievable had a fascinating discussion hosted…| TheWeeFlea.com
Lawmakers and the governor killed ethics bills that would have made lobbyists’ pay public and banned nepotism in state offices.| Mountain State Spotlight
What is revolutionary about restorative justice is that it seeks a complete shift in the ideological foundation of how we think about crime, harm, community, safety, and the common good. The post Restorative Justice, Lived Religion, and the Theopolitics of Abortion appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
A Waterbury HR probe says recruits used phones, split screens and Google during an unsupervised final test| EMS1
In today’s global economy, supply chains often stretch across borders and industries, making them vulnerable to unethical recruitment and labor exploitation. From forced labor to deceptive recruitment fees, workers worldwide…| All Things Supply Chain
Demagogues use rhetorical tricks to manipulate people.| Insight
Just two months ago, Altman boasted that OpenAI hadn't "put a sexbot avatar in ChatGPT yet." Now, it announced that it will allow for that.| Futurism
Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would've required AI companies to prevent minors from engaging with dangerous AI content.| Futurism
Researchers have found that posting as few as 250 "poisoned" documents online can introduce "backdoor" vulnerabilities in an AI model.| Futurism
N.L. Commissioner for Legislative Commissioner Ann Chafe says Liberal MHAs Elvis Loveless and Lisa Dempster and PC MHA Lloyd Parrott are non-compliant with their public disclosure statements, which were due in April| News Archives – The Independent
Editor’s Note: In recent months, there has been a renewed national conversation around in vitro fertilization (IVF), as politicians debate insurance coverages for the procedure on a national level. Many have pushed back against this, advocating for other methods of infertility care that do not come with the moral questions of IVF. Amid all this conversation, Lutherans may well wonder what we ought to think about IVF.Recently, Dr. Donna Harrison wrote a piece unpacking the ethics of IVF from...| The Lutheran Witness
Editor’s Note: In recent months, there has been a renewed national conversation around in vitro fertilization (IVF), as politicians debate insurance coverages for the procedure on a national level. Many have pushed back against this, advocating for other methods of infertility care that do not come with the moral questions of IVF. Amid all this conversation, Lutherans may well wonder what we ought to think about IVF.In this article, Dr. Donna Harrison, a retired board-certified OB-GYN, dire...| The Lutheran Witness
I'm attempting to apply for a job with a major US company. The job application requires an assessment performed by a third party. In this assessment is a (in my opinion very long and legal) Data Privacy Notice, which I must confirm I have read and understood. I do not want to read it. Even if I read it, I will probably feel dishonest claiming I have read and understood it. Yet I have just "certif[ied] that all of the information I have provided on this application and in the hiring process is...| Recent Questions - The Workplace Stack Exchange
The world lost Jane Goodall last week, but her legacy of advocacy for non-human animals will have a lasting impact. Many people have lamented her death, posting tributes and professing to share her values. In 2017, Jane Goodall wrote: “There are three main reasons why we should eat less – or preferably no – meat. […]| Vegan Practically
I recently celebrated my birthday by spending the day at Thermea Spa Village in Whitby, Ontario. These Nordic-style spa villages are a thing now, where different temperature pools and saunas are interspersed among loungers and hammocks and wood-burning fire pits. You’re encouraged to do a “thermal cycle” of heat (sauna or hot pool), cold plunge, […]| Vegan Practically
Vegandale is a vegan festival with lots of vegan food options, some information about cruelty in animal agriculture, and a very small (disappointingly small) amount of non-food vegan merch. The Toronto event in Woodbine Park is also adjacent to a coffee rave, which means the entire time a DJ is spinning loud dance music with […]| Vegan Practically
McDonald’s Canada has been trying out a new veggie offering. According to the McD’s website, the McVeggie “features a breaded veggie patty made with a blend of vegetables (including carrots, green beans, zucchini, peas, soybeans, broccoli and corn) and seasoning, topped with shredded lettuce and mayo-style sauce served on a toasted sesame bun.” PETA says […]| Vegan Practically
Awhile back I foreshadowed some future topics for the blog, all of which took up the intersection of ethics and etiquette in a way I find interesting. I find it interesting because mostly I think it’s a matter of ethics and environmentalism; but since so many people don’t consider the ethical or environmental impact of […]| Vegan Practically
A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.| Futurism
The Chacruna Institute’s Foundations of Plant Medicine Facilitation, Integration, and Ethics course (October 20–December 22, 2025) offers 10 weeks of live, online training. Designed for facilitators, guides, chaplains, and clinicians,| Chacruna
Here’s the kitchen sink for October 10, 2025 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week – with another brand-new meme from Gates Dogfish! The post The Kitchen Sink for October 10, 2025: Legal Tech Trends appeared first on eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin.| eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin
What a great topic! Lexbe has a webinar this Friday discussing techniques for persuading judges to like you and trust you! The post Techniques for Persuading Judges to Like You and Trust You: eDiscovery Webinars appeared first on eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin.| eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin
Here’s the kitchen sink for October 3, 2025 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week – with another brand-new meme from Gates Dogfish! The post The Kitchen Sink for October 3, 2025: Legal Tech Trends appeared first on eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin.| eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin
People all over Hollywood are talking about “actress” Tilly Norwood. But that’s not necessarily a good thing as she isn’t real, she’s AI-generated. The post Tilly Norwood is the New Actress Everyone is Talking About. Except She Isn’t One: Artificial Intelligence Trends appeared first on eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin.| eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin
Here, the Court denied without prejudice the parties’ joint motion for entry of an Order adopting the parties’ ESI Stipulation.| eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin
A viral video made on OpenAI's Sora 2 that looks like a 1990s toy ad makes fun of financier Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump.| Futurism
If Nāgārjuna, the great Madhyamaka Buddhist philosopher, is known for anything, it’s his doctrine of the emptiness (śūnyatā) of all things. But in his most famous work, Nāgārjuna warns his audience about emptiness: “Misperceived emptiness ruins a person of dull intelligence, like a snake wrongly grasped.” (MMK XXIV.11) If you know how to pick up a poisonous snake properly, you can move it to a place where it will do less harm, or even milk it to help produce an antidote. But if y...| The Indian Philosophy Blog
Ethical sourcing matters in both slow fashion and fine jewelry. Conflict-free diamonds protect people and communities.| unsustainable
Mercury use in artisanal and small scale mining in Malawi is common, but not many people are aware of the deadly consequences that can result from exposure.| unsustainable
This article explores how environmental awareness and sustainability can be incorporated into sober living homes, and some challenges and opportunities.| unsustainable
The cost of data in Malawi had been a cause for concern to many consumers where, in 2020, consumers were paying US$25 per one gigabyte.| unsustainable
Despite Trump’s relentless demand to win the Nobel Peace Prize, he did not. He says he ended 6 or 8 wars in his few months in office. Just days ago, he brokered a ceasefire in Gaza. But consi…| Diane Ravitch's blog
Most adults say they care deeply about animals. Yet, many continue to consume meat regularly — a contradiction known as the meat paradox. Interestingly, this paradox doesn’t emerge overnight. It begins to take shape during adolescence, a critical developmental stage when moral values, social norms, and personal identity start to collide. Recent research from the UK sheds light on how adolescents, compared to adults, may … The post Why Adolescents May Be More Speciesist Than Adults appea...| Wise & Shine
How AI tools like GPT and Perplexity are supporting — not replacing — collaborative work in research, writing, and systems facilitation.| learningforsustainability.net
Jay Dyer explains the Orthodox position on the death penalty.| Patristic Faith
“Don’t take Tylenol,” President Trump told pregnant women last week. Despite his claims, there is no evidence that Tylenol taken during pregnancy increases the risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual... The post Better Safe than Sorry? Tylenol, Pregnancy, and Ethics appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
When we think of someone spraying bullets through stained glass windows into a Catholic church where young children are observing morning mass, we should feel horrified. In an effort to make sense of our horror, however, we should not resort to psychological categories like “mental illness.” If we do, then, sadly, we’ve failed to reckon […]| Andrew Taggart, Ph.D.
Free Permaculture Permaculture is based on three social and environmental ethics| Free Permaculture
In Moral Ambition, Rutger Bregman argues that traditional activism and altruism don't create change. Learn his alternative in our overview.| Shortform Books
If you read only one article about what happened to the students, teachers and schools in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, this is the one. Ashana Bigard is a parent of students in New Orleans. …| Diane Ravitch's blog
This essay introduces some of the core philosophical issues about atheism: what it is, how and why people accept atheism, and the relationships between atheism and meaning in life and ethics.| This essay introduces some of the core philosophical issues about atheism: wh...
Screenshot from Tax Policy Associates. Secrecy in professional regulation is starting to become the focus of more attention. Two cases this week throw that into sharp relief. One is the story of Ro…| Lawyer Watch
Evaluating Your Work Product and Professional Services The author states that over the past year, he has seen clients use AI tools to “check” his work, draft their own valuation commentary, and even generate critique his reports. While he welcomes their curiosity, some encounters have been alarming. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a […] The post Clients Turning to AI appeared first on QuickRead | News for the Financial Consulting Professional.| QuickRead | News for the Financial Consulting Professional
This was the central question that experts debated at a special CAN-SG webinar earlier this week (16th Sept) and their answer was a resounding ‘no’. They agreed that the government’s plan to r…| Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender
