Dr Chris Norrie

I mean, what's the bloody point? Are they all mad? All utterly ignorant? This is existential. Where is the leadership? The accountability? #ClimateEmergency

Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

Why Tim Berners-Lee gave the world wide web away for free:
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Petition: Create a National Strategy for Childhood Apraxia Of Speech (CAS) We want the Government to create and fund a National Strategy for CAS, which should include: - Increase education of CAS. - Set up and fund a working group of experts and families to advise Government...

please resend @9000lives.org @UKSRG2 @SloanMattinson @GemLJones10 @GovenderRoganie @ChatterboxesSLT @MarissaGPWebb @talkingoutcomes @chrisnorrie.bsky.social @jodeeslt.bsky.social @csdrnetwork.bsky.social@SteveHermonhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/738899 @bristol-sltru.bsky.social

Statement on AI Risk | CAIS A statement jointly signed by a historic coalition of experts: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear...

When multiple Nobel Prize winners warn that AI could be the end of humanity you’d expect a strong government response.

So… where is it?
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Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris A landmark book exposes the history of loathing that underpins scandals like Winterbourne View. It has received next to no attention, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris

Human-level AI is not inevitable. We have the power to change course | Garrison Lovely Technology happens because people make it happen. We can choose otherwise

Human-level AI is not inevitable. We have the power to change course | Garrison Lovely

Now is the time for scientists to stand up against Trump’s repressive agenda | Daniel Malinsky The administration is attacking research, health and the environment. We might seem unlikely activists – but we have a duty to dissent

Now is the time for scientists to stand up against Trump’s repressive agenda #Science www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Better at everything: how AI could make human beings irrelevant The end of civilisation might look less like a war, and more like a love story. Can we avoid being willing participants in our own downfall?

“What place will humans have when AI can do everything we do — only better?”

In The Guardian today, SRI Chair @davidduvenaud.bsky.social explores what happens when AI doesn't destroy us — it just quietly replaces us.

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#AI #AIEthics #TechAndSociety

We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so often, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

Latest from me: Two weeks ago, Mountain Rescue England & Wales published figures showing a record number of annual callouts. For the first time, teams had been called out on every day of the year...

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With mainstream media broken, citizens themselves grabbing the mechanisms of professional journalism is a powerful way to change the whole dynamic.

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Older people who use smartphones ‘have lower rates of cognitive decline’ Analysis of over-50s who engage with phones, tablets and other devices challenges fears of ‘digital dementia’

Older people who use smartphones ‘have lower rates of cognitive decline’ #Ageing #Cognition www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz - EUROPE SAYS Like many scientists, I came to the US as a young adult, driven by idealism and ambition. I arrived with all my belongings contained in two suitcases, and

We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz

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Like many scientists, I came to the US as a young adult, driven by idealism and ambition. I…

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate. The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks, said Günther Thallinger, on the board of Allianz SE, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies. He said that without insurance, which is already being pulled in some places, many other financial services become unviable, from mortgages to investments. Continue reading...

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer

Trump’s tariffs will be paid by the poor – while his tax cuts help the rich | Robert Reich The math doesn’t work in the president’s economic promises, which will create a giant upward transfer of wealth

Trump’s tariffs will be paid by the poor – while his tax cuts help the rich | Robert Reich

Self-Created Film as a Resource in a Multimodal Conversational Narrative When access to natural speech is limited or challenging, as is the case for people with complex communication needs, self-created digital film can be practical to use as one of the resources within a ...

Delighted to promote our new publication in @MDPI_MTI journal, showcasing the incredible work of lead author Mascha Legel exploring the use of film in assisted conversational narratives, and her multimodal coding model www.mdpi.com/2414-4088/9/...
#Semiotics #AAC #AugComm

In the global clash between democracy and oligarchy, the US is switching sides | Robert Reich As Trump empowers Russia and the far right, he is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world

As Trump empowers Russia and the far right, he is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/20/trump-musk-oligarchy-russia-far-right

Netflix potentially preying on the vulnerable to make a quick buck here. #Neurodiversity #DisabilityRights

Elon Musk put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain. Now he can move things with his mind. Should we be amazed - or terrified? An accident left Noland Arbaugh paralysed, but Musk’s Neuralink brain implant allows him to control computers with his thoughts. Is it a life-changing innovation that could help millions – or the start of a dystopia where a billionaire can access our…

Elon Musk put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain. Now he can move things with his mind. Should we be amazed - or terrified?

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This anti-science, greed-crazed administration of big oil zealots are criminal incompetents who MUST be held to account. They will take us all down. #ClimateAction

The tragic air collision revealed Trump’s rancid, irredeemable character once again | Sidney Blumenthal Trump’s pretense as king has quickly devolved into his strutting insult routine. He will always exploit tragedy to display his self-regard Outrages of Donald Trump’s rancid character topple over each other so rapidly and in such volume that they long ago…

The tragic air collision revealed Trump’s rancid, irredeemable character once again | Sidney Blumenthal

EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review

US science is getting trashed.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) in combing through $billions in already awarded grants to find anything that might displease Trump.

Grantees are blocked from accessing funds while the review is ongoing, wreaking havoc across the academic research community.

Look at Labour’s acts of environmental vandalism and ask: did I vote for this? | George Monbiot Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP – and mocking our objections, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

In my column today I argue that, unbelievably, Labour are worse on environmental issues than the Conservatives.
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The west is already losing the AI arms race | Larry Elliott Whatever the truth about DeepSeek, China’s tech sector is light years ahead on strategy and investment For once, Donald Trump was not guilty of hyperbole. The arrival of a budget Chinese chatbot called DeepSeek to rival ChatGPT really is a wake-up call.…

The west is already losing the AI arms race | Larry Elliott

Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist | Robert Reich America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10…

Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist | Robert Reich

Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves | George Monbiot Across the world, societies are reverting to oligarchies. How to resist? Fight for democracy with all we’ve got, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot

1. There have been plenty of debates about whether or not Trump and his circle are fascists. In this column, I argue that the debate solves nothing. What we’re seeing is a reversion to the default state of politics in centralised societies: autocratic tyranny. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yes. The UK Government is "attempting to save or claw back money by targeting particular groups of people, while averting its eyes from the human consequences" #Neurodiversity #SEND #AugComm

‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 years Geoffrey Hinton says there is 10-20% chance AI will lead to human extinction in three decades, as change moves fast

‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
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