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Jasmine Zou

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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you are bored, you should eat beats and forget that you ate beets, and poop.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
scary
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UBC Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Stronger regulations are needed, Tenove says, to “reset the playing field so you're not at a disadvantage for avoiding doing stuff that seems unethical or undemocratic.” Read the full article: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/24/i...
nationalobserver.com
Politicians are being sold AI-powered 'digital fighters'
A new app gets around bot bans by recruiting real people to post political messages generated by AI.
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UBC Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Do Canadians still care about climate change? Our panel on April 29th at the Vancouver Public Library explored how affordability pressures, misinformation, and geopolitical tensions are reshaping climate politics in Canada. Read more about the panel: democracy.ubc.ca/news/do-we-s...
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Do We Still Care About Climate Change?: Expert Panel - Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Economic anxiety and geopolitical tensions may be dampening Canadian support for climate action. A recent poll found that 61% think energy policies should prioritize economic growth over environmental...
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
关于AI,技术和社会,我还有很多要写。上面的很多想法都需要进一步的考证、研究和反思。但不管怎样,我很高兴自己终于动笔了,边写边想。这只是个开始。
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为啥要用金子修马桶 - 关于AI的一些想法
别再造金水管去修马桶了
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I will write more about my thoughts on AI and technology. A lot of my thoughts here require further examination, research and reflection. I am glad I have finally started writing to think out loud. This is just a start. 
jasmine-pyz.leaflet.pub
Why the heck are we cuffing ourselves to gold toilet pipes -  some thoughts about AI 
No more golden toilet pipes, please 
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Ouhoooo!! 🎉 this makes Semble’s value so much clearer! Esp to ppl outside of the atproto ecosystem
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Let’s give everyone the choice of wearing shoes.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I was also lucky that someone was kind enough to run at my pace to keep my company. Many of us run without shoes alone.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The run was fun and wasn’t too bad bcuz it’s my first time doing it. But tomorrow I have the choice of just wear my shoes. It’s an experience. Not my reality.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I wasn’t forced into this ofc. I chose to just run in barefoot and later gifted socks b/c I was too lazy to walk to my tent to get my running shoes. But to some, shoes aren’t always a given and the startling lines aren’t always the same.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My body was so tense and nervous while running to avoid branches and rocks that I was only looking at ground running at almost half speed of my normal pace. There’s no enjoying the view comparing to when I am wearing shoes. Simply keep going takes all my attention.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I never thought I would run in socks for more than 3k. It happened today at #dwebcamp, and it reminded me about privileges and cosmic luck in life.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I'm going to "at:// DWeb Camp Berlin".
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at:// DWeb Camp Berlin
DWeb Camp is happening this year July 8th - 12th in Alte Holle, about an hour and a half drive outside of Berlin, Germany. Yes, there's actual camping! Are you part of the atproto community or interested in learning more, and planning to attend? Let us know you're coming by RSVP'ing, and get involved in coordinating in the community forum. DWeb Camp has lots of unconference spaces and time, we can bring many of our beloved stickers, and share what we're building. Note as well that Local-First Conf https://www.localfirstconf.com/ is right after, and after THAT we're considering a July 15th one day hack session in Berlin Community Forum coordination https://discourse.atprotocol.community/t/coordinating-around-dweb-camp-local-first-conf-and-possible-atproto-hack-day/847
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Hey no! Being a full time student is a totally valid lifestyle and there’s so much to enjoy being a student. Cherish the time as a student and live your best life now as a student. You don’t have to wait to start enjoying life until you have a job. #bikethoughts
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The best time is now. Being back in school again and noticed a typical student mentality (maybe just my own) - anxiety about the future, constantly chasing future opportunities, prepping for next steps, or feeling that being back in school is taking a pause from real life.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
That’s poor indexing, no? too many duplicated keys that created needs for wide composite keys. Think about all the additional space required everywhere name is needed. #bikethoughts
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I asked my partner earlier on a bike ride - why do white people have middle names? Is it because having the same first name and last name is so common so we need one more unique identifier?
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
what's the funding structure?
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Coming out of my political and social philosophy final, I am emotional. I am genuinely grateful of the knowledge I gained through the course and proud of everything I’ve written. I still can write well-structured/ argued essays 😛. And most importantly, I am coming out of my inner citadels.🦋
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
“In the human body, rapid cellular changes are more likely to be cancer than progress.”
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
“Grand societal challenges are rarely intelligence-limited problems but systems-limited ones.” curecancer.ai?utm_source=n...
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AI vs Cancer
How AI Can, And Can't, Cure Cancer
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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 28/03/2026
“Technology has democratized access. It has not democratized economic value.” 🎯
slide “Technology has democratized access.
It has not democratized economic value.”
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 14/02/2026
Yes! What if we treated extremely normal human variation as something other than a "disorder"??? www.positive.news/society/yout...
positive.news
Rethinking ADHD as ‘hypercuriosity’
What if ADHD isn’t a deficit of attention, but an intensified curiosity? A new study explores how reframing ADHD could transform education
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
justice is about social institutions, not nature Anderson agrees with Rawls on this.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Negative aim: End oppression (socially imposed hierarchies) Positive aim: Create a community where people relate as equals Focus: Capabilities needed to function as equal citizens in democratic society Basis: What citizens owe each other, not cosmic justice
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
"The proper negative aim of egalitarian justice is not to eliminate the impact of brute luck from human affairs, but to end oppression, which by definition is socially imposed. " by Anderson - www.jstor.org/stable/10.10...
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Cohen - equal access to advantage - a review academic.oup.com/book/9949/ch...
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G.A. Cohen: Equality of What? on Welfare, Goods and Capabilities Amartya Sen: Capability and Well‐Being
These two papers propose ways to understand and measure certain important aspects of the quality of life. Gerald Cohen is concerned specifically with equal
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
"Equality of opportunity exists when policies compensate individuals with disadvantageous circumstances so that outcomes experienced by a population depend only on factors for which persons can be considered to be responsible." hceconomics.uchicago.edu/sites/defaul...
hceconomics.uchicago.edu
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Sen's stance - ophi.org.uk/sites/defaul...
ophi.org.uk
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"And the problem does not end with hard cases. The primary goods approach seems to take little note of the diversity of human beings. In fact, people seem to have very different needs varying with health, longevity, climatic conditions, location, work conditions, temperament, and even body size."
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"I assume throughout that the persons in the original position are rational and mutually disinterested... and that they have all the capacities necessary to engage in social cooperation and lead an independent life. Thus I am excluding those with serious physical or mental defects." also Rawls (TOJ)
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"The natural distribution is neither just nor unjust; nor is it unjust that persons are born into society at particular positions. These are simply natural facts. What is just and unjust is the way that institutions deal with these facts." - Rawls, A theory of Justice #phil
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
#china There’re dedicated fruit stores in almost all neighbourhoods in Chinese cities I’ve lived in. They often offer sampling as well as free peeling and cutting services… even at fruit vendors in traditional markets or roadside, you’re welcome to try a fruit before you buy. I’ll miss that.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
In certain Chinese apps, you can @ the app’s bot and say “stop showing me this type of content, start showing xxx” when you see content you don’t like. I think that’s pretty cool!
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
My grandma might not remember which day we ate dumplings last but she remembered that I liked her dipping sauce and she’s making it again for me.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I've often found ai safety fellowships to be centred around technical / governance side and not much on the important communication side!! So i'm really excited for this fellowship - apply even if you don't think you qualify!!
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Anyone who creates or wants to create, filmmakers, YouTubers, journalists, science communicators, animators, podcasters, and storytellers of all kinds inform the world about the implications of AI on society - this fellowship is for you! framefellowship.com.
framefellowship.com
FRAME Fellowship
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Cosmik Network @cosmik.network · 27/10/2025
Great read on "science enshittification" and the better futures possible with new open social networks like bsky! Also 🎯 re pivotal role of institutions - "real change depends on institutions investing in tech that puts community before shareholders." www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... h/t @bmann.ca
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Science Must Decentralize
Knowledge production doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Every great scientific breakthrough is built on prior work, and an ongoing exchange with peers in the field. That’s why we need to address the threat o...
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Wesley Finck @wesleyfinck.org · 07/11/2025
Semble alpha is ready! Give it a try and let us know what you think. Read more about setup and roadmap in the leaflet 🚀
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Congrats guys!!! Excited to use semble on a daily basis! 🥳🎉🎉
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Uh-oh. “More than one-third (36.3%) of the global public reports having already felt that an AI truly understood their emotions or seemed conscious. This is not a niche occurrence. It is already.” open.substack.com/pub/collecti...
open.substack.com
People are starting to believe that AI is conscious.
And this is already affecting the world, regardless of whether or not AI ever actually is.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
all of the magic of the internet is powered by electricity and its underlying infrastructure, supply chain and governance. I think I don't remember this fact enough.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
secure.unicef.ca/page/137694/... 2X match on your donation to Gaza children!
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UNICEF’s humanitarian response to the Gaza crisis | UNICEF Canada
Children And Families In Gaza Are Facing Hunger, Disease and Fear. Make a MATCHED donation to help UNICEF stay and deliver.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The tea ice cream of my dream with 云南沱茶 - strong earthy aromatic with a touch of saltiness
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R "Nearest" Nabors @nearestnabors.com · 02/07/2025
It's happening! @cloudflare.social is on top of micropayments. Pay-per-crawl today, pay for agentic access tomorrow: blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-... Payments, identity, and auth are the three key pieces of technology that will transform (and save) the web. PROGRESS!
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Introducing Pay per crawl- enabling content owners to charge AI crawlers for access
Pay per crawl is a new feature to allow content creators to charge AI crawlers for access to their content.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
@ronent.bsky.social @wesleyfinck.org take a read if you guys have only heard the news 🙂‍↔️
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I rly enjoyed reading this - browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-..., as someone who never rly used arc. The product vision is explained clearly, and why the pivot. Data is used sparsely yet widely to support the mismatch of internal excitement vs usage. “Truth will set you free”
browsercompany.substack.com
Letter to Arc members 2025
On Arc, its future, and the arrival of AI browsers — a moment to answer the largest questions you've asked us this past year.
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Jasmine Zou @jasmine-pyz.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
“ I’m not just typing commands faster—I’m operating at a fundamentally higher level of abstraction.” 👀
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