āMost of the deaths have been reported in California, where the heat broke daily records late last week in a handful of major cities, including San Jose, Fresno and Oakland.ā Not all of them were elderly or homeless. The number of deaths includes those in Oregon and Arizona. wapo.st/3WgZroZ
Most of the heat-related deaths have been reported along the west coast in California and Oregon, but high temperatures have caused deaths as far east as Maryland.
It's important to note that this single-post analysis above is entirely consistent with a much more comprehensive analysis by @ketanjoshi.co showing that changes in the X algorithm and moderation policies that began in Oct 2022 have massively favoured trolls and penalized climate scientists. See:
I got some data that analyses how climate deniers have changed their audience size, relative to pro-climate accounts, on Musk's Twitter. It's....not good.
JUST IN: Colorado adopted a new law that's a national first: It mandates in-person polling places within local jails, to help people detained there vote. The Governor just signed the bill into law. Key context: People in jails typically already have right to vote but face enormous hurdles.
AI and human rights: 'Domicide' refers to the systematic and deliberate mass destruction of housing during violent conflict. The UN has called out how AI is being used specifically for destroying this human right in Gaza. š§µ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
GENEVA (15 April 2024) ā UN experts today deplored the purported use of artificial intelligence (AI) and related military directives by Israel in occupied Gaza leading to an unprecedented toll on the ...
The final version of the approved EU AI Act even specifically recognizes model cards and datasheets: The work that me and my former Google Ethical AI team co-lead Timnit Gebru spearheaded.
Happy "the EU AI Act has been approved" day! Has so much that people concerned about social impact of AI have been working towards. I'm thankful and impressed to see the ideas put into law. www.consilium.europa.eu/de/press/pre...
Council gives final green light to artificial intelligence act, the first law of such kind in the world.
Here's a great reply to Sen Schumer's industry-centric, "innovation"-focused AI report from last week. For policymakers interested in people-centric, evidence-based policymaking, and those who would hold them to it, it's a great overview of the evidence: senateshadowreport.com
Put the Public in the Driver's Seat: Shadow Report to the US Senate AI Policy Roadmap
"An agent wrote, 'The concern is that Yale University is pro Hamas.'"
NEW: This week's edition of my newsletter, #FOIA Files is out! (Please subscribe!) Federal Surveillance Targeted Israel-Hamas War Protests It's based on emails, photos & videos In one email, an agent wrote, "The concern is that Yale University is pro Hamas." www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Nearly 100 pages of emails, photographs and videos gathered through FOIA show how federal agencies have grown more sophisticated in surveilling protesters.
