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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The U.S. military almost started a war with China due to "AI error" An entirely hallucinated report almost started a US-China war Today, CNN lost their White House access reporting things like this Officials need to understand the limitations of AI: those in positions of power have a duty of care

cnn.com

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

AI companies who attempt to hack should face legal ramifications: hiding behind "agents" isn't legitimate. It is a federal crime to not only succeed in hacking but also to conspire or attempt to commit hacking (US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) - 18 U.S.C. § 1030). They are not above the law.

theguardian.com

Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies

Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Democracy needs freedom to dissent & private wire tapping is illegal "Anthropic is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI The firm is also implementing a “pre-crime” approach, attempting to predict incidents before they happen."

prospect.org

Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect

New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fear being a high chance (>10%) of human extinction this decade They have agency in choosing to pursue Agentic AI but are acting like they have none. It's half a dozen US companies trying to secure individual enrichment through inflated IPO offers, while pretending they can't stop because "China"

wsj.com

Exclusive | Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears

Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”. The name is over 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada & the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. @mark-carney.bsky.social

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms.

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If more people with power and influence operated like Dolly Parton we’d be in a good place. Thanks for all the books, vaccines, and LGBTQ+ love in the face of growing American hate.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The Economist loved Acemoglu when he wrote about institutions, but now that he’s speaking sense on AI they publish a hit piece. Regulations and safeguards for AI are necessary. A tool is used to benefit our communities and keep our environment livable. We need more pro-human AI voices.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The rhetoric of "excellence" is a lie No one's super human: challenges set you back The privileged are afforded mediocrity: the threshold for minorities makes them fail or exaggerate It's a toxic, delusional culture for the under privileged expected to achieve impossible feats RIP Arday

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Shame on those (esp on X) who participated in the Jason Arday mass pile on This story shouldn’t have ever been international breaking news: I’ve seen more grace given to hard criminals Mob joy always goes this way, but those “racial realist” bullies won’t care because of his ethnic background

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Jason Arday, former Cambridge University professor, found dead

The former academic was found unresponsive in Battersea. Police said they were treating his death as unexpected, but it is not believed to be suspicious

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Bigotry of low expectations should be dismantled, not entrenched. Children meet the expectations given to them. The risks of systemic bias and discrimination by teachers/administrators is real. I really hope they reconsider this approach.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Social media is full of claims that China is doing AI "right" and China is claiming that youth unemployment is falling Yet, in 2023 Peking Prof. Dandan argued that real youth unemployment 46.5% China has produced record university grads, threatening elite overproduction Propaganda isn't reality

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This warrants a national investigation and media reporting

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Casey would not qualify for disability support but would appear as disabled in the Family Resources Survey, does this mean we need to deliver better data to assess how to deliver social care? Maybe, but this is a data question not a welfare question.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Baroness Casey demonstrates internalized ableism here She can’t handle a reality that her health conditions could make her disabled because it’s a “bad” thing Disabled people can sit down for an interview Disabled people do work Disabled people do live The whole review is called into question

thetimes.com

‘Even I would qualify as disabled’: Baroness Casey calls for tough questions on welfare

Baroness Casey of Blackstock, who is leading a review of social care that will conclude by 2028, says nation must ask ‘who should we be looking after, and how’

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Hundreds of thousands have already lost their lives because of USAID cut: millions more expected over the next 4 years. The system rewarded the architect with over a trillion dollars, on a set of companies that produces next to no profit and survive off subsidies. The system is broken.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Capitalism can’t function with monopolies and oligopolies. What we have is a plutocracy. Billionaires doubling their wealth in a couple years (ie Taylor Swift) and the first Trillionaire (Musk) are just the ones written about. Tax reform needs to happen as a matter of priority.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Every media outlet is groveling at Musk’s feet about SpaceX’s IPO. Regardless of whether it’s Aljazeera or the BBC. No mention of how Musk encouraged race riots that have terrorized the United Kingdom. A dereliction of journalistic duty.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

@raulpachecovega.bsky.social death is under investigation as there were reported signs of violence. Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega deserved so much better. I hope justice is served. Original spanish article: www.am.com.mx/leon/2026/06... English translation: www-am-com-mx.translate.goog/leon/2026/06...

am.com.mx

Investigan muerte de Raúl Pacheco Vega, académico de la FLACSO

Héctor Pacheco Vega fue encontrado sin vida en un motel de León. La investigación avanza tras la identificación del cuerpo.

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Conrad Copeland @conradcopeland.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The court has effectively ruled that severely disabled people are not entitled to the same standards of liberty because they allegedly can't experience it fully. A bizarrely regressive ruling on rights It even implies non-resistance as possible consent: an extremely dangerous view for all victims

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I can’t express how shocked and sad this news makes me. I met Raul in the early 2010s as an undergrad at UBC, Vancouver. We moved to different continents, but continued to be engaged online and link up when possible. He helped shape me as both an academic and climate policy work. Gone too soon.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The current AI push is a self defeating race to the bottom. There is a deep cultural and environmental anxiety among the super rich. They seem to be scrambling to build massive infrastructure projects not to better our lives but to be in control of the emerging world order. Credit: @rushkoff.com

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Maximalism > landlord’s special Credit: sarah Andersen

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

UN backs historic climate crisis ruling The 141-8 vote adopts a resolution backing a world court opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address climate change The US, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Israel, Iran, Yemen, Liberia and Belarus voted against. The UK voted in favour of the resolution

theguardian.com

UN backs historic climate crisis ruling, despite US attempts to stop resolution

The US, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia – some of the highest oil-producing nations and major greenhouse gas emitters – opposed the measure

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Given that inequality is one of the driving forces stifling growth and undermining social cohesion, it makes sense that this policy cuts across all political parties. In a normal political environment progressive parties would start debating the "optimal" ratio but embrace the general premise.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

93 million Iranians carry on their ancient civilization. It’s unimaginable to threaten to wipe out one the world’s oldest continuous civilization. It’s barbaric to threaten a hundred million people with genocidal language.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Extreme global climate outcomes may occur even under "moderate" 2 °C warming This research challenges current approaches focused on 3 °C or 4 °C models thresholds: they indicate that a 2 °C world may entail severe impacts in several sectors This underlines the urgency for mitigation and adaptation

nature.com

Moderate global warming does not rule out extreme global climate outcomes - Nature

Extreme global climate outcomes may occur even under moderate 2 °C warming and may turn out to be more extreme than model-averaged projections at 3 °C or 4 °C warming.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI. AI is starting a death spiral for human knowledge. We won't know what is fake and what is trust worth. This will lead us to make wrong decisions and cause substantial harm. AI risk centuries of progress.

nature.com

Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?

Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This is demonstrating that if climate change is an emergency then we should move to a 4 day work week.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

@thecccuk.bsky.social's supplementary analysis of the 7th Carbon Budget is out. It's found that each pound invested in reaching net zero yields between £2.2 and £4.1 in benefits. By 2050, avoiding climate damages is estimated to save between £40bn to £130bn. A smart transition just makes sense.

theccc.org.uk

Supplementary analysis of the Seventh Carbon Budget - Climate Change Committee

This report, complementing the Committee’s advice on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget, tests the Committee’s cost and energy…

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

"Adopting renewable energy and green technologies, such as electric vehicles and heat pumps, would be the best and most cost-effective option for the future economy, @thecccuk.bsky.social found. Doing so would prevent the kind of shock that consumers are experiencing from the Iran war."

theguardian.com

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’

Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The Me Too movement is a revolution built upon women not willing to shut up. Keep going.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

In 2015, the main criticism of bitcoin was that it would finance organized crime and human trafficking. Anyone who is pretending that they didn't know is either a liar or ignorant.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

An alternative hypothesis: if Millennials, Gen X and boomers were sitting exams like Gen Z we’d find a drop in intelligence across the board. It’s almost like a novel virus that causes cognitive decline emerged 5 years ago.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The social contract supporting academia is broken: its gamification is leading to everyone being worse off.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The social contract is broken. After this insanity, any reform needs to tackle wealth inequality as a priority.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.” - Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos 2026

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Is 2026 the year media starts catching up with the Covid science? Dementia risk has long been associated with Covid19 infections. We’re facing a mass disabling event that could be mitigated by proper public health measures. We can’t afford to keep ignoring the elephant in the room.

dailymail.co.uk

Warning as Alzheimer's proteins found in long Covid patients' blood

Persistent brain fog, headaches and changes in smell or taste following Covid infection could signal an increased risk of Alzheimer'sdisease later in life, scientists have warned.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Tomorrow is going to be one for the history books: Greenland, Iran, Venezuela, ICE and now the Fed

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

How to help save globally overwhelmed healthcare systems: upgrade the PPE. “Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient.”

theguardian.com

Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised

Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Geriatric men playing politics like a game of risk will doom us all

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

2025 was the dumpster fire I expected. If you’re looking for more control over 2026 may I recommend investing in high quality masks to wear in crowded spaces. The dumpster fire may keep burning in 2026, but it’s a whole lot easier to handle healthy.

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