THE AI CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. Historic, innovative legislation announced today from Ed Markey and Sen. Senator Mazie Hirono to secure people’s rights, liberties, and opportunities in the use of new technologies and into the future. Let’s pass it! Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law American Progress

TODAY at 4pm ET: Join us on Zoom or in person at 152 Bay State Road for a talk by Tim Schwab on his new book, "The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire," from Macmillan Publishers. Learn more: bu.edu/pardee/ghpwfal…

FANTASTIC comments by Katherine Ellena today at The Wilson Center’s event on supervising democracy in #LatinAmericanelections re: the judicialization of elections and the threat this can represent for systemic manipulation by autocrats Sounds familiar….🥸

Tens of thousands of women die every year due to unsafe abortions. Safe #abortion is health care. Safe abortion saves lives.

This is a really important development in US policy from Ambassador Katherine Tai

Will AI Tools Revolutionize Public Health? Not If They Continue Following Old Patterns, Researchers Argue globalhealthnewswire.com/public-health/… #GlobalHealth #HealthTech #AI #UseOurIntel Lucia Vitale @luciavitale.bsky.social

DC-based political scientists on Halloween… Tim Walz Kamala Harris

1/3. Excited to share our new article, "Alternative Archives: Researching Politics with Chunks of Reality". It explores innovative ways to access data amidst surveillance, authoritarianism, and data monopolies Political Studies Association Lucia Vitale @luciavitale.bsky.social @hlmclaug #SAGE journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

What makes the world uncertain? Is uncertainty something we need to overcome? Can uncertainty prompt change? Happening now: youtube.com/live/hnlrl5R82… Thanks to the panelists for such a great discussion! ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS Wissenschaft @TeresaKoloma @CvNegenborn . ShaliniRanderia