Russell Brandom (@russellbrandom) 's Twitter Profile
Russell Brandom

@russellbrandom

I want to talk very plainly to you, so that we are both comforted by the honesty.

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calendar_today23-08-2010 20:09:43

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Reports around the country today that some people who showed up for their immigration court hearings were told that ICE prosecutors had dismissed their cases — and then were arrested moments later by ICE officers and taken to detention centers for unknown reasons.

Rob Wiblin (@robertwiblin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Recent Pew polling on AI is crazy: 1. US public wildly negative about AI, huge disagreement with experts 2. ~2x as many expect AI to harm as benefit them 3. Public more concerned than excited at ~4.5 to 1 ratio 4. Public & experts think regulation will not go far enough 1/

Recent Pew polling on AI is crazy:

1. US public wildly negative about AI, huge disagreement with experts

2. ~2x as many expect AI to harm as benefit them

3. Public more concerned than excited at ~4.5 to 1 ratio

4. Public & experts think regulation will not go far enough 1/
Hunter📈🌈📊 (@statisticurban) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I do think it's insane DOGE ultimately cut, nearly exclusively, the government's cheap, inredibly high ROI projects (foreign aid, NSF, CDC, etc.) while leaving literally everything that actually costs money untouched.

Adrianna McIntyre (@adrianna.bsky.social) (@onceupona) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I want to emphasize that this is 18,000 avoidable deaths per year *of Medicare enrollees.* They aren't in CBO's "uninsured" count — they're older people and folks with disabilities on Medicare who won't get extra financial help because of a proposed moratorium on a regulation.

Shakeel (@shakeelhashim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In MIT Technology Review, @RussellBrandom examined how we measure AI progress. As AI capabilities advance, understanding the shortcomings in our measurement is crucial for both technical progress and public oversight. technologyreview.com/2025/05/08/111…

Brian Tashman (@briantashman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hostage families say Ron Dermer, who Netanyahu tasked to run negotiations, is "leading the enormous efforts currently being made to torpedo any agreement that might return all the hostages and end the war" He previously leaked news about negotiations in order to block a deal

Hostage families say Ron Dermer, who Netanyahu tasked to run negotiations, is "leading the enormous efforts currently being made to torpedo any agreement that might return all the hostages and end the war"

He previously leaked news about negotiations in order to block a deal
Matthew Herper (@matthewherper) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This comment from HHS on the decision to stop funding the $MRNA bird flu vaccine is honestly shocking: "This is not simply about efficacy—it’s about safety, integrity, and trust. The reality is that mRNA technology remains under-tested, and we are not going to spend taxpayer

Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NYC 2025: Masked ICE agents inside immigration courthouses arresting people showing up for legal proceedings, and the NYPD outside arresting protesters angry about that.

Arya Sundaram (@arya_sundaram) 's Twitter Profile Photo

DHS agents just denied me entry to the immigration court on Varick St. I identified myself as a member of the press and said I was there to observe. They still didn't let me in, saying I had "no business" there.

Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (@repdexteror) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I just conducted unannounced oversight of the Northwest Detention Center, which serves my district, and what I witnessed was devastating. One woman, who has called this country home for 20 years, was detained just days before her wedding to a U.S. citizen. Another man, a legal

Atul Gawande (@atul_gawande) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is no credible justification for this. Trump administration terminating a broad swath of HIV vaccine research. “This is a setback of probably a decade for HIV vaccine research,” one scientist said. cbsnews.com/news/trump-adm…