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Jonathan D. Moreno

@jonathanmoreno.bsky.social
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Penn professor emeritus who specializes in life sciences policy, bioethics and emerging technologies.

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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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BIOETHICS AND THE INTERNATIONAL RULES-BASED ORDER | BRAINLAND
In conversation with Jonathan D. Moreno
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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In a World with Many Epsteins, Does Ethics Still Matter? : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Considering the epidemic of cruelty, corruption, lying, exploitation, abuse, and vulgarity in public life these days emanating from the highest levels of society, why should anyone care about ethics? ...
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Just published by my physician mentee near the front lines in Ukraine. Extraordinary.
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Bioethics is Not a Luxury in Ukraine : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
On the threshold of the fifth year of full-scale war, we find ourselves in a reality where human life is questioned every day. In a country where the
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The season finale is this Friday. Time to brush up on your neuroethics.
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The Benign Zombies of Pluribus : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Whatever disagreements neuroethicists have, they all presuppose the annoying multiplicity of brains that somehow generate minds. Not so in Vince
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
But not for abject cruelty, it seems.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
This is chilling.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 08/11/2025
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A not guilty verdict, accompanied by many sandwich jokes. “Jurors showed no appetite for the Justice Department's case against "sandwich guy," the D.C. resident who chucked a Subway sandwich at the chest of a federal officer, finding him not guilty on Thursday after several hours of deliberations.”
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Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
“Some days are a crystalized scream. They tell us in no uncertain terms that we have been taken hostage by a malignant force that rejects not only our laws and values, but our history and memories.” www.americaamerica.news/p/confrontin...
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Confronting the Ongoing Onslaught
Trump's East Wing demolition, demands for $230 million and the ongoing murders in the Caribbean Sea are the latest reminders that we must remain vigilant and push back
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.” Awaiting law enforcement.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
“I am already imagining the day when Trump’s billionaires ballroom is removed, the White House Rose Garden and the East Wing are restored, and the lawless leaders of this corrupt and criminal regime are held accountable.” www.americaamerica.news/p/confrontin...
americaamerica.news
Confronting the Ongoing Onslaught
Trump's East Wing demolition, demands for $230 million and the ongoing murders in the Caribbean Sea are the latest reminders that we must remain vigilant and push back
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Great podcast conversation about my book Impromptu Man with host Jon Katz and his other guest Chris Flohr.
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Winning with full scene engagement- Jonathan D. Moreno & Chris Flohr
YouTube video by Jon Katz - Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
A traumatic moment for the American scientific community.
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The Rise and Unraveling of America’s Science Pact
The system of federally funded research gave the U.S. wealth, power, and prestige. Its future is now uncertain.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The fragile relationship between government funding and psychology dates back to World War II.
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Psychology in America, a History
The fragile alliance between government and science.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I try to resist speculation, but I don’t see how global technological developments can be addressed effectively without multilateral organizations framed under terms recognized in international law and more or less respected in practice.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
My quick response: consent to research may be a human rights outlier in authoritarian regimes. But will a different international system be able to sustain unity regarding the ethics of emerging technologies?
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Thanks Phil for helping make this book possible.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Thank you Kelly.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
In case you didn’t notice, Vladimir Putin is really into bioethics. www.thehastingscenter.org/putin-xi-and...
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Putin, Xi, and Me: Bioethics in the New World Order : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Bioethics has been a key beneficiary, even an exemplary product of the post-World War II international order, which is now undergoing an accelerated dissolution.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The post World War II order is over. I write about what that means from the lens of bioethics.
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Absolutely Essential
In Absolutely Essential, Jonathan Moreno explores the field of bioethics as both a creature and a key element of the post–World War II rules-based orde...
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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Disorderly Borderline 🇨🇦 @disorderlybrdrline.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
CBS announces Colbert's replacement.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Thanks to the New York City bar Association for doing this podcast interview about my forthcoming book.
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Dr. Jonathan Moreno on Bioethics and the Rules-Based International Order | New York City Bar Association
Presented by the New York City Bar Copyright and Literary Property Committee and hosted by Theodora Fleurant and Jose Landivar, the podcast discusess the latest developments in copyright law and artif...
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Life is short, science is long. But it can prevail.
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Sweet Vindication for Stem Cell Research, and American Science : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
A small group of people with a severe form of type 1 diabetes have been successfully treated with pancreatic cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. This moment should not pass without recognit...
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
My new book, Absolutely Essential, is now available for pre-order on the MIT Press website. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255337...
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Absolutely Essential
In Absolutely Essential, Jonathan Moreno explores the field of bioethics as both a creature and a key element of the post–World War II rules-based orde...
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Stephen Sekula @steve.mastodon.cooleysekula.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2025
Resources for Researchers and Scholars under Threat in the United States Committee on Human Rights > Resources National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Thx to @petergleick for raise my awareness about this resource […]
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Original post on mastodon.cooleysekula.net
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Jonathan LoTempio @realjlo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
What do you mean when you say that you've #shared your #data broadly? @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social and I published a new data sharing framework in @naturegenet.bsky.social along with #bioethics challenges for #genomics in the #ai era. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @pennmedresearch.bsky.social
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Overcoming challenges associated with broad sharing of human genomic data - Nature Genetics
This Perspective discusses the definitions of ‘broad’ that have been used in the context of sharing of human genomic data and proposes a clarified and reformed terminology for describing genomic data ...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever. Make it go viral but make sure she benefits. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Talk to some standup comedians.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
The night I drew animals with the world's greatest anthropologist.
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Drawing Animals With Margaret Mead
At a conference in 1963, I was 10 years old drawing animals on napkins with the most famous public intellectual in America.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
It's gratifying to see the New York Times pay tribute to Peter Buxtun, who blew the whistle on the Tuskegee syphilis study. He was a remarkable man. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Peter Buxtun Exposed the Notorious Tuskegee Syphilis Scandal
For years, he tried to expose the Tuskegee syphilis study – but no one would listen.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
A thoughtful piece about Russian bioethics.
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Blog - The Danger of Conflating the Russian Scientific Community with Putin's Regime in Global Bioethics - Bioethics Today
The global bioweapons regime stands at a pivotal point where collaboration or conflict can determine the future of bioethical standards and
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
My dad was almost a breakout star in the beginning of commercial TV. Almost. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/impr...
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The Psychodrama TV Show that Never Was
Personal Perspective: Psychodrama therapy was almost a TV show in 1949.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Give me a kiss for me.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Thanks. My plan is to write a whole bunch of short pieces based on some of the gems in his papers at Harvard. There was too much for one book. How’re you ?
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
My dad was almost a breakout star in the beginning of commercial TV. Almost. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/impr...
psychologytoday.com
The Psychodrama TV Show that Never Was
Personal Perspective: Psychodrama therapy was almost a TV show in 1949.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Still waiting for the bioethics consult sketch.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Still waiting for you to do a sketch about the bioethics consult.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Asking this as a non-accountant: what are the maneuvers that can be used to cook the books through transfers or write offs or other accounting tricks to make it appear as though these targets have been reached?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
“Where do you think I lost my legs? In a bar fight?” Tammy Duckworth on CNN is not having this “no women in combat” thing from Sec of Defense pick and war crimes enthusiast Pete Hegseth
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Crucially, “the families of the victims were supportive of The Onion’s bid because it would put an end to Mr. Jones’s control over the site, which has been a front of misinformation for years… they were also supportive of using humor as a tool for raising awareness about gun violence in America”
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The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Any Schopenhauer fans out there? I try to squeeze him into every interview I do.
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Roomba, Tattoo, Consciousness, Schopenpooper, Flow--Pandas Playing Cello #43 with Jonathan Moreno
YouTube video by Cosas de Osos
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
Is election season polling driving you nuts? Consider that psychologists, including some of the most important figures in social science history, were among the…
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Jonathan D. Moreno @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Understood. Thanks
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