Reposted by Rachel GriffinJames Anderson @1jamesanderson.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Developed Nations with the highest homelessness rates per 10,000 citizens: UK 56-110 NZ 21-45 Australia 49 France 30.7 US 19-28.9 Germany 65 Developed Nations with the lowest homelessness rates per 10,000 citizens: Japan 0.2 South Korea 1.7 Finland 7.9 Iceland 9 Switzerland 20 Austria 21.7 032 3
Reposted by Rachel GriffinDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10hInsulating homes and investing in heat pumps would be more effective in reducing living costs, creating jobs, and boosting the economy than drilling for new oil.theguardian.comHeat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggestsWarm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds 15674258 674
Reposted by Rachel GriffinAlexander Hohlfeld @alhohlfeld.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Unfortunately the EU also completely lacks credibility on this issue because it imposes very similar sanction regimes at home. It is hard to criticize the erosion of the rule of law through discretionary sanctions when you are essentially using the same instruments 132 3
Reposted by Rachel GriffinLPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Today, @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social raises some doubts about the idea that capitalism is an irreducibly legal phenomenon.lpeproject.orgWhat Law Cannot Explain (or Solve) about CapitalismIf capitalism is a legal regime above all else, then legal reform is not only necessary but sufficient in order to achieve democratic self-governance, ecological sustainability, and equality. 0166 16
Reposted by Rachel GriffinReuben Binns @rdbinns.bsky.social · 13/10/2026'we need a bajillion million dollars worth of GPUs and data centers to run our AI models! Oh but, also, maybe they could run on a network of smart fridges, toothbrushes and baby monitors' 063 6
Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026The EU does this too btw (from its AI Continent Action Plan) 000 0
Reposted by Rachel GriffinBen Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The German state has arrested people and accused them of hating Jews for wearing Palestine-colored maps of Palestine/Israel that don’t show the borders between the State and the occupied territories. It funds conferences which advertise with identical, but Israel-colored maps. 19028 90
Reposted by Rachel Griffinmichael veale @michae.lv · 13/10/2026'Are EU Kidding Me?', my critique of the EU KIDS Act, the EC's chaotic social media ban, is now forthcoming in the excellent Georgetown Law Technology Review. It's updated w/ some extra bits here files.michae.lv/papers/veale... (You can also respond to the consultation: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...) 46043 60
Reposted by Rachel GriffinMediapart @mediapart.fr · 13/10/2026Elwan Benoît et Soumaya Sarré sont devenus des visages de la mobilisation lycéenne. Dans un entretien à « Mediapart », il et elle expliquent la résilience de ce mouvement malgré un traitement médiatique à charge et une répression policière brutale. Par @mathieu2jean.bsky.social et Garance Forastél.mediapart.frMouvement lycéen : « Ce n’est que le début de cette révolution de la Gen Z »Elwan Benoît et Soumaya Sarré sont devenus des visages de la mobilisation lycéenne. Dans un entretien à « Mediapart », il et elle expliquent la résilience de ce mouvement malgré un traitement médiatique à charge et une répression policière brutale. Et fixent un cap pour le 17 octobre. 410842 108
Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026I reviewed @ceciliarikap.bsky.social's The Rulers for @jlpe.bsky.social, focusing on what tech law and law & political scholars can take away from it + making some connections with other LPE scholarship (wish I had more space to mention everything 😅) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comBook review: Cecilia Rikap, The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI andthe Cloud (Verso, 2026)Cecilia Rikap’s new book, The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud, will be essential reading for anyone interested in the political economy o 182 8
Reposted by Rachel GriffinCamille Polloni @camillepolloni.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Cette semaine, une adolescente de 16 ans a passé 24 heures en garde à vue parce qu'elle avait écrit ACAB sur son ventre au feutre. www.liberation.fr/societe/poli...liberation.frEn marge d’un blocus, une lycéenne en garde à vue pour un «Acab» sur son ventre : «C’était vraiment un moment d’humiliation»Une ado de 16 ans est restée sous contrôle policier vingt-quatre heures pour une inscription au feutre, le 5 octobre. Près d’une semaine plus tard, elle revient sur cet événement marquant alors que l’... 17280222 280
Reposted by Rachel GriffinJoanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Le Monde link for those who subscribe (it's well worth it! but no gift links...) www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...lemonde.frUS announces ICC sanctions and issues ultimatum to member statesAfter threatening to dismantle the International Criminal Court, the US announced Friday that it intends to impose sanctions on it to stop it from operating. Washington is seeking the cancellation of ... 042 4
Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026United for Palestine demo in Berlin today ✌️🍉 030 3
Reposted by Rachel GriffinNils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Restoring liberal democracy in America will require breaking up this media agglomeration 196 9
Reposted by Rachel GriffinDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/10/2026"Absent policy steering, AI’s modeled effects increase the carbon intensity of the global economy and reinforce fossil fuel incumbency—outcomes that current analytical and governance frameworks do not fully capture."nature.comAI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model - npj Climate Actionnpj Climate Action - AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model 414564 145
Reposted by Rachel GriffinJulien Migozzi @jmigozzi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026France is on the edge of fascism. The crackdown on high school students protesting for better conditions is savage. A student lost an eye due to a rubber-bullet shot. The former Minister of the Interior wants to declare illegal the first left wing party. www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/tours/malheu...lanouvellerepublique.frLycéen blessé mercredi 30 septembre à Tours : « Maël a perdu l’usage de son œil »C’est une terrible nouvelle confirmée par plusieurs sources à La Nouvelle République, vendredi 2 octobre 2026 : Maël, lycéen de 16 ans, grièvement blessé mercredi 30 septembre en marge des manifestati... 12614 26
Reposted by Rachel GriffinKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/10/2026back in my day intentionally fabricating data for use in scientific inquiry was sternly frowned upon 19430 94
Reposted by Rachel Griffinlastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Cannot be emphasised enough that Trump II will plausibly cause the kind of death count we associate with the worst dictatorships of the last century. Unspeakably bad that he came to be president of the world's most powerful nation. 5462171 462
Reposted by Rachel GriffinLaureline Lemoine @laureline.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026France: wants to ban minors from social media to "protect" them. Also France: beats minors and violently attacks them for protesting teacher shortages and underfunded schools 011 1
Reposted by Rachel GriffinContre Attaque @contreattaque.bsky.social · 29/09/2026MOUVEMENT LYCÉEN : L’ÉTAT DÉCHAINE SA VIOLENCE CONTRE LA JEUNESSE – Un aperçu de la sauvagerie policière sur des adolescent·es – On dit souvent qu'une société «se mesure à la manière dont elle traite ses enfants»... 1/2 🔽 62591473 591
Reposted by Rachel GriffinJoanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don't doubt you can build this kind of harness for your software threads ('agents'), and I'm glad if any safety system is open source / checkable. But I doubt this is the job of the chip manufacturer? Is this because Nvidia is the only one making money? Are they paying someone to verify it all?theguardian.comNvidia unveils security platform to rein in AI agents and $150bn stock buybackChipmaker says new system was designed to prevent AI agents from going rogue amid incidents at top companies 4125 12
Reposted by Rachel GriffinBlast le souffle de l’info @blast-info.fr · 28/09/2026Blocus lycéens : un adolescent aurait été visé au visage par un tir policierblast-info.frBlocus lycéens : un adolescent aurait été visé au visage par un tir policier 34727 47
Reposted by Rachel GriffinDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 18672083000 7.2K
Reposted by Rachel GriffinJennifer Cobbe @jennifercobbe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Worth noting that the 'white heat' speech (1963) contained a bunch of futuristic assertions about automation that wouldn't seem out of place in a Sam Altman or Jensen Huang speech today 111 1
Reposted by Rachel GriffinClimate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026HUGE UPDATE: we halted Amazon's panel at Climate Week. We shut it down so hard that every guest and every speaker had to leave the premises. No one was able to return. Their whole event lasted less time than their warehouse workers' pee break. 25753257 753
Reposted by Rachel GriffinMartin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 22/09/2026ICYMI: my post on the sheer unhealthiness and groupthink of the culture around AI, "a community of would-be-martyrs, enmeshed in a deep paranoid fantasy that they alone can stave off the end of the world."martinrobbins.substack.comThe AI Apocalypse is Extremely Boring NowElites are obsessed with the end of the world. Most people have bigger problems. 23412 34
Reposted by Rachel Griffinrobin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’m so angry I wrote an article: In Germany, fascist majorities are a real possibility again, but the centrist merger of a revived Red Scare with open racism shows that mainstream media & politics are unable or unwilling to comprehend the seriousness of the crisis tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/germ...tribunemag.co.ukWarning from Germany: It’s Socialism or BarbarismFascism is at the door, and liberals are ushering it in. Only the left offers hope. 14583232 583
Reposted by Rachel GriffinKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/09/2026Least surprising plot twist in the history of pretend-climate-tech. We're deep into the era of every "climate tech" person and company who was insincere in their climate concern whipping the mask off and showing their real selves. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 13911 39
Reposted by Rachel GriffinBeyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There is little evidence to suggest AI can lead to emissions reductions. A new report by @ketanjoshi.co and a consortium of climate groups has found Nvidia’s indirect emissions have risen by a dramatic 725% since 2020. www.euronews.com/next/2026/09... 12714 27
Reposted by Rachel GriffinJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If you're worried about AI's threat to human civilization, this is where you should be looking. 13013 30
Reposted by Rachel GriffinBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026something has gone very, very wrong with the UK 1143332750 3.3K
Reposted by Rachel GriffinPolly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A lot of fascist stuff like this happened in the Aegean over the last decade or so, but it took serious investigative work to uncover it because it was clandestine, meanwhile this is just happening right there in front of the press, the authorities, all without shame, and demanding attention. 04114 41
Reposted by Rachel GriffinKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/09/2026This is going to be a thread of AI greenwashing getting pumped out at New York Climate Week Here's one from today: Siemens, raking in MOUNTAINS of $$ from selling gas turbines to data centres (not mentioned) says: “we are racing to mitigate this as fast as possible" apnews.com/article/clim... 719399 193
Reposted by Rachel GriffinNicholas Beuret @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wild. Not only did Osborne personally reduce Britain's GDP by 2% and cost theUK half a trillion pounds of public spending since 2010, his program of austerity caused at least 190,000 deaths between 2010 and 2019. But yeah, lets build data centres 184 8
Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026This is heartbreaking www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.com‘I lost my children, and I’m afraid of losing my baby again’: a day in the life of a pregnant woman in GazaAlaa lives in a tent pitched on the ruins of her house, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike that killed all three of her children. In one month, she will give birth again. 010 1
Reposted by Rachel GriffinScientist Rebellion Germany @scientistrebger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🚨Disruption of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference🚨 Academia should live up to its responsibility to society and convey urgency. Shouldn’t we turn academic conferences into emergency briefings? Shouldn’t we organize ourselves to face this unbearable situation together? 33421 34
Reposted by Rachel GriffinReuben Binns @rdbinns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Have you tried turning it off and not on again? 141 4
Reposted by Rachel GriffinBrishen Rogers @brishen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hm, pretty sure I can think of a bigger theft of labor in our history www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...nytimes.comMicrosoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in HistoryNewly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems. 2143 14
Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026Merz also seems to think that antisemitism is a scourge but also that it is a form of "prejudice against foreigners" 000 0
Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026Merz to Germany: actually immigration is good if they remain a permanent underclass with no secure right to live here or access to social security 010 1
Reposted by Rachel GriffinChelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026No surprises on climate links in today’s WWA report, but interesting to see this aspect stated so starkly: “no existing early warning system could have provided sufficient lead time” and climate hazards in Himalaya are “exceeding adaptation capacity.” www.worldweatherattribution.org/rapid-warmin... 22919 29
Reposted by Rachel GriffinJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Dave Karpf compares Amodei's embedded-evaluators plan to "Arthur Andersen's relationship to Enron" — a case study in what happens when independent monitoring gets captured by the industry it's watching.techpolicy.pressWho Should Pace the Frontier? Not Dario AmodeiWe should take Dario Amodei’s writing just seriously enough to stop entrusting him with so much power, writes Dave Karpf. 318840 188
Reposted by Rachel GriffinKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/09/2026As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed". Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power. 511941533 1.9K
Reposted by Rachel GriffinJohn Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Facts worth repeating: It would be cheaper to pay the ~40,000 or so people employed by the coal industry $1M a year to do nothing than to pay for the health damages (not including climate change) caused by burning coal in the U.S. publichealth.hsc.wvu.edu/news/story?h...publichealth.hsc.wvu.eduCounting up the costs of coalRegular readers know that WVU’s Dr. Michael Hendryx has done work on that issue (subscription required), reporting that: 520696 206
Reposted by Rachel Griffinrobin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 16/09/2026meanwhile in the german media: 1277 27
Reposted by Rachel GriffinNick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026NVIDIA’s greenwashing tactics and hidden emissions revealed in new Greenpeace research www.greenpeace.org/internationa... via @greenpeace.orggreenpeace.orgNVIDIA’s greenwashing tactics and hidden emissions revealed in new research - Greenpeace InternationalNVIDIA, the world’s most valuable company by market capitalisation, has been using greenwashing tricks to misleadingly mask its staggering emissions impacts, finds a new analysis. 03623 36
Reposted by Rachel GriffinAdrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Öffnet der Kanzler jetzt die strategischen Radwegreserven? 1577 57
Reposted by Rachel Griffinrobin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We, the undersigned academics & researchers from around the world, strongly condemn the mass detention of LGBTI+ human rights defenders in Turkey & urge their immediate release. We stand with our colleagues & with the LGBTI+ movement in Turkey. please sign & share! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comOpen Letter from Academics and Researchers Condemning the Mass Detention of LGBTI+ Human Rights Defenders in TurkeyWe, the undersigned academics and researchers from around the world, strongly condemn the mass detention of LGBTI+ human rights defenders in Turkey and urge their immediate release. In the early morn... 02923 29
Reposted by Rachel GriffinKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/09/2026Mistral is the company that provides generative AI models to @ecosiasearch.bsky.social totalenergies.com/newsroom/tot... 44917 49
Reposted by Rachel GriffinJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I don't know if Matt Levine's theory about what's behind recent calls for AI regulation is correct. But it does sound plausible! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news... 18322120 322