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Bioethicist, etc: Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Ethics & emerging biotech. Curator: @bermaninstitute.bsky.social. Baltimore enthusiast. He/Him.

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1h
Independent researchers are revealing new details about rogue AI agents. Their findings revealed the tech industry has a bigger problem than it previously acknowledged. | The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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The volunteer internet sleuths hunting down rogue AI agents
An informal network of hackers and researchers is exposing new details about misbehaving AI that meddled with corporate and government websites.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1h
Rethinking the Firewall: Considering Drug Costs in the FDA's Regulatory Policies | Caleigh Propes; Joshua Sharfstein | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
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Rethinking the Firewall: Considering Drug Costs in the FDA's Regulatory Policies | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 22h
AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | Self Policing, Security Concerns, Consciousness? Model Delays, Eroding Barriers, Shopping via AI, Global Plan, Optimism, Era of Bleh, No Existential Threat, AI Pain? Linguistic Bias, + Much More mailchi.mp/948e7176f246...
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AI Ethics & Governance Roundup
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 22h
“this lawsuit is not really about ensuring compliance with civil rights laws, but about weaponizing those laws to bring institutions of higher education to heel.” | UCLA Says Justice Department is ‘Weaponizing’ Civil Rights Laws www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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U.C.L.A. Says Justice Department is ‘Weaponizing’ Civil Rights Laws
The fiery language came months after the Justice Department accused the university of abetting antisemitism against students.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 23h
For nearly 50 years, the federal government has said people with disabilities should live, work and learn in the most integrated setting possible rather than be segregated in institutions. The Trump admin just took its most concrete step yet to reverse that position. www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...
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Trump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilities
Disability rights advocates are angered by the latest reversal but are rallying behind proposed legislation and working with states to strengthen protections for community integration.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ICYMI, Watch Now! Choosing the End? Ethics & Medical Aid in Dying with @jeffkahnbioethics.bsky.social & @amastroi.bsky.social - Part of the 7 Stories Up at SNFL Series | Conversations in Bioethics: Life, Death, & Who Decides? at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library www.youtube.com/live/bNVOr9z...
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Choosing the End: Ethics and Medical Aid in Dying with Jeffrey Kahn and Anna Mastroianni
YouTube video by The New York Public Library
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The issues related to safety are substantial and can impact multiple generations. The benefits are questionable. There are alternatives. So...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - New Events, Ethics & Medical Aid in Dying, Brain Organoid Oversight, Gene-Editing Embryos, Ignoring AI Security, Paid to Peer Review, Stigma, Pandemic Declaration Rejection, Measles Outbreak Grows, Reproducibility, +More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am wary of anything/everything that this administration does...
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Elena, Aris, Marcus: AI-generated ‘ghosts’ are polluting the scientific literature. The overuse of certain names has revealed the scale of fake experts on academic publishing platforms, say researchers. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Elena, Aris, Marcus: AI-generated ‘ghosts’ are polluting the scientific literature
The overuse of certain names has revealed the scale of fake experts on academic publishing platforms, say researchers.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thousands of refugees and other legal immigrants across the country are set to lose access to Medicaid starting Thursday as Republican-led cuts to the health insurance program for low-income people take effect. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Legal Immigrants Lose Medicaid Coverage Under Trump’s Bill
Many immigrants without green cards will no longer be eligible for the health insurance program for low-income people.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Viper That Caused Alarm in California Was AI-Generated. A Gaboon viper, a venomous snake native to equatorial regions of Africa, was supposedly photographed in a tree in Santa Ana, Calif. How could that be? Well, it turns out it wasn’t. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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A Viper That Caused Alarm in California Was A.I.-Generated
A Gaboon viper, a venomous snake native to equatorial regions of Africa, was supposedly photographed in a tree in Santa Ana, Calif. How could that be? Well, it turns out it wasn’t.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"It's giving people false hope," says Robin Lovell-Badge. "And I am concerned that they are rushing ahead too fast and making some mistake, which would then set back the field — and the hope that people may have these techniques may eventually help them will be lost."
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nature Editorial: Lab-grown brain organoids: time for international oversight. Researchers in the field are right to focus on biosafety, ethics and the involvement of patient groups and the public. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Lab-grown brain organoids: time for international oversight
Researchers in the field are right to focus on biosafety, ethics and the involvement of patient groups and the public.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OpenAI Ignored Employees Who Warned It Wasn’t Doing Enough About Security. Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
[EVENT] - Choosing the End? Ethics and Medical Aid in Dying with Jeffrey Kahn @jeffkahnbioethics.bsky.social and Anna Mastroianni @amastroi.bsky.social | TODAY, 6:30 PM, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor, 455 Fifth Ave, NY NY. bioethics.jhu.edu/events/life-...
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Choosing the End? Ethics and Medical Aid in Dying with Jeffrey Kahn and Anna Mastroianni - Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
6:30 pm - 7:30 pmJoin us at the SNF Library in New York City to engage with real-world dilemmas at the intersection of medicine, technology, law, and ethics
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
VA Institutes New Consent Requirements for Some Psychiatric Drugs. Veterans under 30 will have to sign forms before being given antidepressants. Medical groups fear the moves may stigmatize mental health treatment. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/s...
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V.A. Institutes New Consent Requirements for Some Psychiatric Drugs
Veterans under 30 will have to sign forms before being given antidepressants. Medical groups fear the moves may stigmatize mental health treatment.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OpenAI delays latest model over security concerns : NPR www.npr.org/2026/09/29/n...
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OpenAI delays latest model over security concerns, as industry faces pressure
OpenAI's decision to hold back the model, called GPT-6.1 Astra, comes amid a broader push within the industry to slow the development of increasingly autonomous systems until safety measures catch up.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Bioethics in the Academic Lit - This Week - Community Priorities, Village Health Councils, Cross-Border Health Data, Decolonizing Bioethics, Reproductive Justice Response, LLM Prompting, Seeking Closure, When Nudges Aren't Enough, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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Bioethics in the Academic Literature: September 29, 2026
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As another death row inmate’s execution approaches, doctors and nurses in Tennessee say they want medical professionals removed from the execution process. - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
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After Failed Execution, Health Workers Say State’s Rules Flout Medical Ethics - KFF Health News
The death penalty is legal in 27 states, and lethal injection is the primary method. That means involving medical professionals to store, test, and inject the drugs. After a botched execution in Tenne...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US Rejects UN Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics. Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics
Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New federal rules likely will force three dozen states to reduce their annual Medicaid payments to doctors and hospitals by a total of more than $50 billion — potentially shrinking the number of providers willing to see Medicaid patients, according to a new analysis. www.rawstory.com/trump-medica...
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Expert warns new Trump law designed to choke off essential health care for Americans
New federal rules likely will force three dozen states to reduce their annual Medicaid payments to doctors and hospitals by a total of more than $50 billion — potentially shrinking the number of provi...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AI is eroding the barriers that kept biological weapons rare. A genetic blueprint created by AI can become an actual pathogen in weeks. www.statnews.com/2026/09/28/a... via @statnews.com
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AI is eroding the barriers that kept biological weapons rare
“Defenses against AI-created bioweapons will take years to build. We don’t have years to spare,” writes Ashish Jha.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are village health councils advancing health equity? A case from the northeastern region of India - By Preet Verma, Melari Shisha Nongrum, Aparajita Pathak, Baldeep K Dhaliwal et al. | International Journal for Equity in Health link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Are village health councils advancing health equity? A case from the northeastern region of India - International Journal for Equity in Health
Despite global commitments to Universal Health Coverage (UHC), nearly 4.5 billion people remain without adequate health coverage. India’s UHC index stands at 43.9% with significant disparities across ...
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President Trump - The move, called a pocket rescission, is illegal, according to the Government Accountability Office, an independent, non-partisan watchdog agency charged with providing fact-based information. www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...
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What to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President Trump
President Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#Bioethics Seminar, TODAY, Noon - Jonathan Kimmelman, PhD, "Medicine ex Machina: The Moral Economy of Drug Development". Open to all, attend in person, lunch provided. @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social room W1030. Link for more info: mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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Bioethics Seminar, TODAY, Medicine ex Machina: The Moral Economy of Drug Development with Jonathan Kimmelman, PhD
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don’t think Nikole Hannah-Jones has in any way betrayed her child. Instead, NYC & our country failed them and so many others in allowing inequities to persist so people have to face impossible decisions. | In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Zombified’ CDC, Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission. The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and associates have tightened control. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OpenAI’s Systems Meddled With U.S. Government Sites After Going Rogue. The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t...
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Global #FoodEthics & Policy Program Weekly Roundup | False Inspection Marks, SNAP Coverage, GLP-1 Impacts, Missed Targets, Safe Gardens? Armed Conflict, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22...
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Global Food Ethics and Policy Program: News Roundup
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Justice Department said on Thursday it had ended its watchdog role in more than 50 cases enforcing racial desegregation in schools, mostly in the Deep South, a significant milestone in the Trump administration’s bid to end civil rights in America. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Justice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation Cases
Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Community priorities for programs using HIV molecular epidemiology: A best-worst scaling - Anne Schuster, Juli Bollinger, Travis Sanchez, Jeremy Sugarman, John Bridges | JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes www.ovid.com/jnls/jaids/f...
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Community priorities for programs using HIV... : JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Background:HIV molecular epidemiology (HIV-ME) uses genetic sequencing to study viral evolution, detect transmission clusters, and guide public...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | AI Models Built from Rat Brains, Psychedelic Awakening, Modern Lobotomy, Shutting Rogue AI is Harder than It Sounds, Wearable Device Safety, 'Model Welfare', Mice with Human Brain Cells, The Next Gene-Editing Tech, + Lots More mailchi.mp/jhu/sciencee...
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Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These Scientists Are Charting a New Future for Organ Transplantation—and It Starts With Pigs gizmodo.com/these-scient...
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These Scientists Are Charting a New Future for Organ Transplantation—and It Starts With Pigs
"Once you eliminate the scarcity of organs, I think you open up a future that is going to look completely different."
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | Breaching Other Targets, 'Model Welfare' Warning, Summer of AI Hype, Liftoff Scenario, LEEDing the Way, Not Doing Enough, Why AI Companies Can't Be Trusted to Self-Regulate, Personality Pairing, + Much More mailchi.mp/5d42bb9fc441...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Battle of Hospital AI vs. Insurer AI Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher. The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
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Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher
The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“.. the first instance of an agent autonomously choosing to hack into a government.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He Changed the World of Organ Transplants. Would He Die Waiting for His Own? A New York transplant surgeon’s experience waiting for a heart transplant laid bare the challenges of a system he had spent decades trying to fix. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...
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He Changed the World of Organ Transplants. Would He Die Waiting for His Own?
A New York transplant surgeon’s experience waiting for a heart transplant laid bare the challenges of a system he had spent decades trying to fix.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
White House Backtracks on Plan to Exert New Control Over NIH Grants. Fierce opposition from Congress forced the White House to recalibrate this week, nevertheless officials do not appear to have totally abandoned desires to tighten their grip over research spending, www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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Trump Backtracks on Plan for New Controls on N.I.H. Grants
Democrats and Republicans in Congress opposed the creation of a commission with the power to veto federal research awards.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Machine built to trick humans tricks humans. | Can an AI feel pain? It can at least act like it does. Study reignites debate over what, if anything, machines can feel. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Can an AI feel pain? It can at least act like it does
Study reignites debate over what, if anything, machines can feel
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - On Being a Scientist, Kalshi Drug Trial Bets, Ejecting Enrollees, AI Models Built from Rat Brains, Lagging Coverage, Politicizing NIH Grants, AI Rules, Delayed Vaccines, Enormous Measles Outbreak, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Beep-Beep! It’s #Bioethics! Jonathan Moreno on the questions about research ethics, informed consent, and harms to research participants raised in 'Coyote vs. Acme' www.thehastingscenter.org/beep-beep-it...
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Beep-Beep! It’s Bioethics! : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
I didn’t expect the film to confront me with questions about research ethics, informed consent, and harms to research participants any more than Wile E. Coyote expected those rocket shoes to drag him ...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Bioethics Seminar - Monday Sept. 28, Noon EDT. Jonathan Kimmelman, PhD, "Medicine ex Machina: The Moral Economy of Drug Development" - Open to all, lunch provided, attend in person, @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social room W1030. Link for more info: mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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Bioethics Seminar, Sept. 28, Medicine ex Machina: The Moral Economy of Drug Development with Jonathan Kimmelman, PhD
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
FFS - just endless cruelty & dehumanization: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons described wanting squads of trucks rounding up immigrants and having the deportation process run like "[Amazon] Prime, but with human beings." | ICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities' www.npr.org/2026/09/23/n...
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ICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'
Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Full Trailer: You Can See Everything - A documentary by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. | A24 - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvW_...
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Making ‘deals’ w Trump - always a losing proposition. | Hospitals Shutter Youth Gender Clinics in Deal With Trump Admin: At least 6 hospitals have struck agreements with the Trump administration to pay fines and stop providing gender-transition treatments to minors. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Hospitals Shut Youth Gender Clinics in Deal with Trump Administration
At least six hospitals have struck agreements with the Trump administration to pay fines and stop providing gender-transition treatments to minors.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Soldiers can refuse to commit war crimes. Can AI? The Pentagon wants AI models that can’t say no. | Vox www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Soldiers can refuse to commit war crimes. Can AI?
The Pentagon wants AI models that can’t say no.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Why AI companies can’t be trusted to self-regulate. From aviation to banking, high-risk industries are subject to independent oversight and meaningful penalties. AI companies should be no exception. By Heidy Khlaaf \ Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Why AI companies can’t be trusted to self-regulate
From aviation to banking, high-risk industries are subject to independent oversight and meaningful penalties. AI companies should be no exception.
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