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Allison Arieff

@aarieff.bsky.social
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Editorial Director of Print, MIT Technology Review.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
No you cannot determine which drugs are safe and effective with machine learning. You cannot. It will not work. People will die.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain  economist.com/science-and-...
website views of PhD programmes up in Netherlands. canada, sweden etc website views from outside the US down massively in the US, up elsewhere
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
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Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 17/04/2025
The Amatron was one of my favorite toys as a kid. It turns out that Hiroyuki Watanabe also had invented some of the most clever handheld pre-digital toys such as Blip, Digital Diamond, Digital Derby, and Missile Strike. Thanks to @aarieff.bsky.social for letting me tell this story! ter.li/JKeegan
Watanabe at work at Tomy in Tokyo in 1982.The Armatron’s inventor, Hiroyuki Watanabe, in Tokyo in 2025
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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
What a wonderful article by @aarieff.bsky.social in Dwell about the early years of modern prefab, it was so exciting! My heart bumped with every name of people I knew, we were going to change the world. apple.news/AyOVIVoOERau...
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Why I Still Believe Prefab Homes Are a Good Idea — Dwell
More than 20 years after I first promoted the building method at Dwell, it has yet to live up to its promise—but it can.
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Jason Dove Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
It's cold out here, people. Cold ... "The usual rate for freelance journalists is 50 cents to $1 per word — the same as it was 25 years ago." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Gen X Career Meltdown
Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
That'll really help the brand's climate-friendly upscale image.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
“Companies are trying to convince us that robotic cars are better because they are more technologically sophisticated, as if technological sophistication is itself the measure of a transport mode’s value, rather than its practical utility for people.”
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 06/12/2024
I’m sorry, almost *1 in 10 U.S. journalists work at the NYTimes?* Not because of its size, but because so many other newspapers have died? That is…wild. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...
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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
A gallery person told me I should paint things SF art buyers want in their house. So I asked myself what does someone who drives a Tesla with a HARRIS/WALZ sticker want? I think I nailed it. This is _Political Painting for a Centrist to Hang_, 18x24. Wax and razor blades. #artadventcalendar
Camo painting with bright orange letters that say I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS SHIT DIDN’T WORK
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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This, exactly this! And parents (mostly mothers) who are doing the chaufeuring should be able to get behind this. @cambridgemass.bsky.social @boston.gov @jfh01.bsky.social
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The tsunami scare today in the Bay Area illustrates how Elon Musk has changed X for the worse in emergencies. This is the real account of Berkeley PD. But changes in verification means it no longer has a verified badge. Anyone searching for immediate info might be uncertain if this post is legit.
A post from the @berkeleypolice account calling for an evacutation order due to a potential Tsunami. And another post calling the warning canceled.
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Alexis Madrigal @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
QuakeSky activated
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
"the owner of The Los Angeles Times says his product team is working on a new tech-driven “bias meter” to add to articles on the paper’s website as soon as next year." www.yahoo.com/news/los-ang...
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Los Angeles Times Owner Plans to Launch Tech-Driven “Bias Meter” On Articles Next Year
Patrick Soon-Shiong says that his team is building a product where "the reader can press a button and get both sides" of a story.
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I'm into this theme for the Venice Biennale www.porchusavenice2025.org/open-call
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Open Call — Porch: An Architecture of Generosity
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
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Why misogyny is at the heart of South Korea's presidential elections
Disgruntled young men who resent feminism are the focus of candidates vying to be president.
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Donations to @ppfa.bsky.social are matched $1 for $1 today. Great day to give: www.plannedparenthood.org
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Planned Parenthood | Official Site
Planned Parenthood Federation of America is a nonprofit organization that provides sexual health care in the United States and globally.
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Nominate someone to our 2025 list of Innovators Under 35 Every year, MIT Technology Review recognizes 35 young innovators who are doing pioneering work across a range of technical fields including biotechnology, materials science, AI, computing+more. 35innovators.secure-platform.com/a
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
from Orwell's Rose
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Rachel Courtland @rachelcourtland.com · 18/11/2024
Announcing a new call for pitches from @technologyreview.com! The print theme this time is Creativity. More here (including a note about AI pitches 🙂) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Seems like people wanna talk about all the locked-up stuff at chain pharmacies and big box stores today. Here’s a gift link to a feature I published a few months ago about why retailers started putting so much stuff behind plexiglass and how badly it’s backfired. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Retailers Locked Up Their Products—and Broke Shopping in America
CVS, Target and other chains have barricaded everything from toiletries to cleaning supplies. It’s backfired in almost every way.
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Really @sfstandard.com? Was the family killed by a car while waiting for a bus to blame? Why not cover the things that actually cause pedestrian deaths: massively huge SUVs that eliminate pedestrian visibility, poor road design, complete lack of traffic enforcement. sfstandard.com/2024/11/28/r...
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These San Franciscans blame pedestrians for traffic deaths
San Francisco’s Vision Zero data suggest that in recent years, motorists were at fault in most pedestrian deaths by car. Still, some readers think city safety measures do more to inconvenience drivers...
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
"To stop women from having rights, in other words, it’s necessary for Congress to codify who and what we are, as defined by our genders, so they can completely control us and all our choices by telling us what to do and who to be." insanethingschristianssay.substack.com/p/the-bill-t...
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The Bill That Will Turn America Into The Handmaid's Tale
Project 2025 is starting before Trump's inauguration
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 02/12/2024
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 26/11/2024
If you’re flying during this busy Thanksgiving travel period, you might notice some of your fellow passengers skipping the general security line in favor of the Clear line. Go inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport: www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/20/1...
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Inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport
The company that has helped millions of people cut security lines wants to give you a frictionless future—in exchange for your face.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
It’s extremely concerning that Fox News is positioning Elon Musk’s mother as an expert on US politics.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
“We don't right now have any information about who put them up. We do know that they're very professionally designed signs. They're very large. They're very well done. So someone went to a lot of trouble to put these large signs up.”
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Boulder’s explicit traffic safety signs are the latest real-looking fakes on Colorado roads
Several of the signs were concentrated along 28th Street, a busy north-south thoroughfare that the city has identified as being particularly dangerous.
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Heidi Lim (she/they) @heidiheidilim.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
As a climate person, I'm highly skeptical of AI, and shudder when I hear tech execs say it will "solve" climate change as a justification to invest in it. Here are my recent thoughts from Tik Tok, feat. a shoutout to @jtemple.bsky.social and his recent piece in @technologyreview.com. (2 part video)
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Four ways to protect your art from AI www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/21/1...
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Four ways to protect your art from AI
Fight back against tech companies that use your work to train their AI systems without your consent.
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
We should redesign cities for autonomous kids, not autonomous cars.
two kids, one pushing a bike, on a woonerf in Haarlem. grown ups sitting at a bar.
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Samantha Schoech @samanthaschoech.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I know it's a little early in our relationship for this, but you can preorder my book, MY MOTHER'S BOYFRIENDS from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social and support an indie bookstore and an indie author in one fell swoop. greenapplebooks.com/book/9798987...
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Clear, the company that has helped millions of people cut airport security lines, wants to give you a frictionless future—in exchange for your face. www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/20/1...
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Inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport
The company that has helped millions of people cut security lines wants to give you a frictionless future—in exchange for your face.
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Important research on NIMBYism. The most disheartening finding is that "commission votes are correlated with commenters’ preferences". By now, commissioners should know that commenters are not representative of the population, and yet they tend to follow the sentiments of a few selected busybodies.
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
"The insidious idea that women’s bodies are, above all else, vessels for growing children has plenty of negative consequences for us all. But it has also set back scientific research and health policy." www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/15/1...
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Why the term “women of childbearing age” is problematic
New movie The Substance showcases how women are thought about in terms of youth and fertility. That idea makes for bad research and health guidance.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
the city of paris under @annehidalgo.bsky.social remains the most visionary and transformative leader when it comes to climate action, the mobility transition, public health, and livability - and it's not even close. not one US city is even moving the needle, in comparison
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 18/11/2024
Trump is going to nominate Sean Duffy as DOT Secretary. His experience in the field includes meeting his future wife on the set of MTV’s “Road Rules: All Stars” in 1998. Trump's announcement here; note the lack of mention of railroads or transit.
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Winner, Best Headline of the Day Award! www.wired.com/story/these-... Now let's teach those rats how to ride bikes.
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These Rats Learned to Drive—and They Love It
Driving represented an interesting way for neuroscientists to study how rodents acquire new skills, and unexpectedly, rats had an intense motivation for their driving training.
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Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Yes! San Francisco friends, what are your favorites? Shout out to @greenapplebooks.bsky.social!
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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
When I was at the National Trust for Canada convention in Montreal I was so impressed with some of the technologies they have now, from 3D laser scanning to automatic brick cleaning to vacuum glass. Amazing stuff! lloydalter.substack.com/p/how-techno...
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How technology is changing heritage restoration
Oh, I wish I had these tools when I was an architect!
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Writers! @technologyreview.com is seeking pitches on the theme of Creativity. Perhaps you have a story about a creative solution to a problem. Or about an area that impacts or is impacted by creativity. Pitch guide here: www.technologyreview.com/how-to-pitch...
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How to pitch MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review welcomes pitches from freelance writers across a broad range of topics. We encourage writers of all skill levels, and from all backgrounds, to pitch us. We are especially interes...
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Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
"The NIMBYism that is the biggest blind spot of many liberals is going to sap their political power on a national scale." @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social gets right to the point in today's newsletter www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/more-housi...
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
New issue of @technologyreview.com out: Farming on Mars, the perils of refrigeration, Terminator-like weeds and more! www.technologyreview.com/magazines/th...
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Alexis Madrigal @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Is there a Bay Area starter pack?
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Allison Arieff @aarieff.bsky.social · 19/08/2023
The rise of the tech ethics congregation: In a world where tech has become a transcendent force, people are always looking for guidance. www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/15…
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 18/08/2023
Gee. That's a shame. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08…
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Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment
Lawsuit: Sotheby's $24M sale to FTX gave Bored Ape NFTs "an air of legitimacy."
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 13/05/2023
"Word up!" It is I, TR, the 124 year-old tech “zine” from Cambridge Massachusetts, with a "shoutout" to all my hip young friends. Just wanted you to know I’ve added a Bluesky feed.
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