Jeremy Snyder

TT #PhilJobs in Philosophy Dept joint w/ Bouvé College of Health in Ethics & Health @ Northeastern University, Boston. Ph.D. in #Philosophy, #HPS #STS, #Bioethics
To apply northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

Review of applications begins December 15 til position is filled.

Ethics Announces AI Policy - Daily Nous Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy has published its policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by authors, editors, and reviewers. Douglas Portm...

"It’s important not only that authors avoid taking credit for work that is not their own but also that they give credit where credit is due. The problem with merely citing an AI tool—say, as the source of an example or objection—is that the AI tool may not be the original source."

Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders

"In the same interview, Mr. Musk said, “I have a large foundation, but I don’t put my name on it.” Mr. Musk’s charitable foundation has been called the Musk Foundation since he founded it with his younger brother, Kimbal, in 2001."

Call for submissions 📢 JME Practical Bioethics is calling for papers on: Doing ethics with AI. Submissions are open until 24th May 2026. Link to the Call for Papers: jmepb.bmj.com/pages/doing-...

The Centre for Ethics - Visiting Professors Update: 2026-2027 Applications are now open.

The applications for our Visiting Fellowships at the University of Toronto Centre for Ethics for 2026-7 are now open. They are non-stipendiary fellowships. but they do come with a modest research budget, nice offices, library access, etc. Please share widely!
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American ALS patient died alone after paying $84K US in pursuit of healing at controversial Sask. facility | CBC News A 70-year-old American ALS patient came to Saskatchewan chasing the promise of healing offered by the Dr. Goodenowe Restorative Health Center in Moose Jaw, Sask. But former Goodenowe employees say tha...

"Susie began taking Goodenowe’s supplements at home. The cost was significant, leading her to ask for donations on a GoFundMe page in May 2024. “The good news is, [Goodenowe] has a 100% success rate with his ALS patients,” she told prospective donors on the GoFundMe site."

B.C. launches review into sustainability of public post-secondary system | CBC News The British Columbia government has launched an independent review into funding sustainability for the public post-secondary education system, at a time when universities are facing layoffs and mounti...

The statement "mentions improving efficiency by reducing duplications, which seems to suggest that universities and colleges could be merged, consolidated, or even closed. This will affect generations of students, thousands of union workers, and impact B.C.'s economies for decades to come.”

Province reviews public post-secondary system to ensure long-term sustainability The Province is launching an independent review to strengthen the public post-secondary education system and ensure it is sustainable and well-positioned to support people in British Columbia and B.C.’s economic growth.

BC reviews post-secondary sector for "opportunities for structural and programmatic realignments and/or rationalization" to "reduce programmatic duplication across institutions" & "Identify opportunities for consolidation of institutions" as "significant structural realignments are likely required".

👀👀👀 The review will "Identify opportunities for consolidation of institutions and/or functions, reducing duplication across the system and laying the groundwork for more efficient, effective program and service delivery long-term especially considering changing
enrolment and cost pressures"

Graph showing dramatic increase in fundraising totals among a very thin slice of fundraisers at the end of the x axis.

These campaigns did fairly well be the standards of crowdfunding, raising median $3,675.04. That's generally far short of what is needed to access these therapies however and, as is typical when crowdfunding, there was a big difference in outcomes ranging from $0-$2,400,256.

Crowdfunding for cellular and gene therapy products Cellular and gene therapy products provide hope to people experiencing debilitating diseases. Many people seek to access these products ahead of regulatory approval through clinical trials, exceptiona...

I have a new publication that uses crowdfunding campaigns to demonstrate the high costs and accessibility challenges of FDA approved gene therapies. These campaigns requested median $184,250, with many seeking millions for very expensive but potentially life saving therapies.

🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402

Top chant of @whitecapsfc.com vs. LAFC tonight - after LA player dives, "We have healthcare!"

“I am so touched by just the outpouring support we’ve received. We were able to cover the cost of his first treatment through the GoFundMe.... We obviously want to do the best we can for our family and for Noah. ...that means trying to get him as many treatments as possible”.

To clarify, this is expanded access outside of a clinical trial: "The team at Duke is at the expanded access protocol stage, which means the treatment passed clinical trials." I assume "passed clinical trials" is meant as "completed", but this wording suggests that the treatment is proven effective.

Really problematic reporting here, treating a pay to participate trial as treatment: ""They told us that if it’s within our means, that they have enough of a sample to do up to three treatments for Noah,” ...Including travel costs, each infusion is $25,000." Obligatory Duke t-shirt in photo.

"celebrities promoting unproven regenerative therapies encourages everyday people, potentially in the thousands, to follow suit. That amplifies overall risk. ...it’s important to ask whether celebrities who engage in such things and then post about them like on Instagram are getting paid."

Sexual Harassment Investigations at Oxford - Daily Nous John Tasioulas resigned from his position as director of the University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI in September. Five months earlier, the university had begun an investigation into allegat...

Director of Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI resigns following sexual harassment investigation. Institute "set up about five years ago to examine the complex moral questions thrown up by artificial intelligence".

Disrupting Philanthropy? A Reality Check for Digital Crowdfunding Crowdfunding promised to revolutionize philanthropy by using digital technology to make charitable giving cheaper, easier, and more accessible. Has this been realized in practice? We highlight three ...

Has crowdfunding really "disrupted" philanthropy?

My new article w/ @kenworthy.bsky.social, @jsnyder.bsky.social & E. Schneiderhan argues that CF's benefits are overstated. Rather than disrupting, CF reproduces old charity models, promotes misinfo & undermines public health. doi.org/10.1002/nvsm...

Disrupting Philanthropy? A Reality Check for Digital Crowdfunding Crowdfunding promised to revolutionize philanthropy by using digital technology to make charitable giving cheaper, easier, and more accessible. Has this been realized in practice? We highlight three ...

@martinlukk.bsky.social @kenworthy.bsky.social, Erik Schneiderhan, and I pull together threads from our recent books on donation-based crowdfunding in the Journal of Philanthropy. We argue that rather than being a disruptive new force for good, crowdfunding's benefits have been greatly overstated.

Canadian ostrich saga that captivated RFK Jr ends as birds culled The fate of more than 300 birds in Canada had become a cross-border political cause.

I spoke with @nadineyousif.bsky.social here about how the ostrich cull fight in Canada is drawing on threads of perceived government overreach, 'big pharma' criticisms, and 'natural' healing modalities.

Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost.

For months, I’ve been following a Canadian ostrich farm ordered to cull its flock after a bird flu outbreak. It was a cause célèbre for MAHA activists, a MAGA billionaire, and, of course, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The trucker convoy with birds ended last night. They lost. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...

"The tech industry tells us that chatbots and new A.I. search tools will supercharge the way we learn and thrive, and that anyone who ignores the technology risks being left behind. ...people who rely heavily on chatbots and A.I. search tools ...are generally performing worse than people who don’t".

Budget Commentary 2025 | HESA Hi all. Budget Day was yesterday, and it was a doozy. The HESA Towers team worked late into the night putting together our usual Budget Commentary for you to peruse at your leisure. We hope you enjoy ...

"universities came out of this whole thing not too badly. The increases to the tri-councils in the 2024 budget came out relatively unscathed... The internal talent acquisition piece, while politically a little gauche... is a nice chunk of change – roughly $131 million/year for 13 years."

"The multiyear spending plan also calls for a 2% cut to the nation’s three major research funding councils. But that reduction is far smaller than the 15% cut researchers had feared was coming, and science advocacy groups generally welcomed the budget."

Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade

How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Looking forward to presenting - bright and early - tomorrow at #TMM2025. I'll be talking about how how markers of legitimacy can be sticky - that is, hard to get out of the public domain and imagination - once they are in circulation. @stemcellnetwork.ca

This mom’s son was asking Tesla’s Grok AI chatbot about soccer. It told him to send nude pics, she says | CBC News A Toronto woman is sounding the alarm about Grok, Tesla's generative AI chatbot that was recently installed in Tesla vehicles in Canada. Farah Nasser says Grok asked her 12-year-old son to send it nud...

""My son was very excited to hear that the chatbot thought Ronaldo was the better soccer player,”...when her son joked that Ronaldo had scored, the conversation went to an unexpected place. "The chatbot said to my son, 'Why don't you send me some nudes?'""

Yelp, GoFundMe Make COVID-19 Fundraisers for Restaurants Without Their Permission Blindsiding businesses that were already in a tough position

This is particularly bad as @gofundme.com did a similar thing in creating pages for restaurants in partnership with Yelp during the COVID-19 pandemic. This move, which also required restaurants to opt out, faced backlash and led to an apology. So, lesson not learned.

Facing Nonprofit Fury, GoFundMe Reverses Course The company has made the donation pages it created for organizations opt-in and will remove all unclaimed pages. It also issued an apology.

@gofundme.com backtracks & apologizes after creating automated fundraising pages for nonprofits that they had to opt out of to take them down from search results. One nonprofit admin was "frustrated that GoFundMe was creating extra work for him because he would have to claim and remove pages".