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Academic, AI, privacy

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Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

06.09.2025 23:09 — 👍 1012    🔁 479    💬 18    📌 105
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Osman Kavala 2 bin 868 gündür hapiste - Diken 07/09/2025 - Sivil toplum ve insan hakları aktivisti Osman Kavala 7 Eylül 2025 itibariyle 2 bin 868 gündür hapiste.

Osman Kavala 2 bin 868 gündür hapiste

www.diken.com.tr/osman-kavala...

07.09.2025 05:15 — 👍 18    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Dijksma bij protest in Istanbul tegen gevangenschap burgemeester Imamoglu Een delegatie Europese burgemeesters ging naar een grote protestmars in Istanbul tegen de arrestatie van Imamoglu.

Als Utrechter, geboren en getogen in Istanbul, was ik ongelooflijk trots om #Dijkma gisteren op het protestpodium te zien. #FreeImamoglu

nos.nl/artikel/2580...

28.08.2025 08:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Osman Kavala 2 bin 858 gündür hapiste - Diken 28/08/2025 - Sivil toplum ve insan hakları aktivisti Osman Kavala 28 Ağustos 2025 itibariyle 2 bin 8578gündür hapiste.

Osman Kavala 2 bin 858 gündür hapiste

www.diken.com.tr/osman-kavala...

28.08.2025 05:03 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Primari europeni, în sprijinul lui Ekrem İmamoğlu, la Istanbul. Dominic Fritz, singurul edil din România Primari din marile orașe europene au mers la Istanbul pentru a protesta față de arestarea lui Ekrem İmamoğlu, edilul metropolei turce. Printre ei, și Dominic Fritz, primarul Timișoarei, singurul reprezentant din România.

Primari europeni, în sprijinul lui Ekrem İmamoğlu, la Istanbul. Dominic Fritz, singurul edil din România

27.08.2025 15:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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19 Mart sonrası 50’nci eylemde meydana sığmayan Beyoğlu halkına teşekkür ediyorum.

9 dalga değil, 99 dalga operasyon yapsalar da durmayacağız!

50 değil 150 eylem yapmamız gerekse de durmayacağız!

Bu milletin hakkını darbecilerden söke söke alacağız!

27.08.2025 19:15 — 👍 102    🔁 15    💬 4    📌 0
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📢 Sofya, Madrid, Temeşvar, Barselona, Zagreb, Atina, Budapeşte ve Utrecht Belediye Başkanları, Ekrem İmamoğlu'na destek için CHP'nin Beyoğlu Mitingi'ne katıldı

27.08.2025 19:12 — 👍 40    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 1

Şırnak’ta sağlık hizmetleri çökmüş durumda! 550 bini aşan nüfusa tek onkolog düşüyor, o da izne ayrılınca yüzlerce kanser hastası tedavisiz kaldı. Anayasa’nın 56. maddesi açık: Sağlık hakkı devletin görevidir! Halkın yaşam hakkı ihmal edilemez, gasp edilemez

23.08.2025 13:22 — 👍 104    🔁 23    💬 7    📌 1
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Now out in @natneuro.nature.com

What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?

Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation

www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7

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21.08.2025 09:19 — 👍 108    🔁 44    💬 7    📌 10
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Osman Kavala 2 bin 850 gündür hapiste - Diken 20/08/2025 - Sivil toplum ve insan hakları aktivisti Osman Kavala 20 Ağustos 2025 itibariyle 2 bin 850 gündür hapiste.

Osman Kavala 2 bin 850 gündür hapiste www.diken.com.tr/osman-kavala...

20.08.2025 16:30 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Even though we know that data centers use a lot of water, seeing the numbers like this is mind blowing.

20.08.2025 05:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What is ‘AI psychosis’ and how can ChatGPT affect your mental health? Mental health experts say cases of people forming delusional beliefs after hours with AI chatbots are concerning and offer tips on how to help someone affected.

"Keith Sakata, a psychiatrist at the University of California at San Francisco, said he has admitted a dozen people to the hospital for psychosis following excessive time spent chatting with AI so far this year."

20.08.2025 03:04 — 👍 117    🔁 58    💬 7    📌 9
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GroenLinks-PvdA en D66 willen recht op dubbele nationaliteit voor Nederlanders in de wet De partijen willen met het wetsvoorstel voorkomen dat Nederlanders in het buitenland zonder paspoort kunnen komen te zitten wanneer een land besluit om de nationaliteit van mensen af te pakken.

GroenLinks-PvdA en D66 willen recht op dubbele nationaliteit voor Nederlanders in de wet

20.08.2025 04:03 — 👍 37    🔁 6    💬 4    📌 2
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CHP'li Yavuzyılmaz "Yüce Divan dosyasına girecek" diyerek belge paylaştı: AKP'nin uluslararası anlaşmalara aykırı olarak taşıdığı ham petrol için IKBY'den 2 milyar 320 milyon dolar taşıma ücreti aldığ... CHP'li Yavuzyılmaz, 2023 tarihli Uluslararası Tahkim Mahkemesi Nihai Kararı, Irak Bölgesel Kürt Yönetimi Deloitte Resmi Petrol Raporları ve BOTAŞ Sayıştay raporlarını paylaştı

🔴CHP'li Yavuzyılmaz "Yüce Divan dosyasına girecek" diyerek belge paylaştı:

📌AKP'nin uluslararası anlaşmalara aykırı olarak taşıdığı ham petrol için IKBY'den 2 milyar 320 milyon dolar taşıma ücreti aldığını tespit ettik
t24.com.tr/haber/chp-li...

19.08.2025 21:49 — 👍 25    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0
August 19, 2025 PA-2025-16
Policy Alert
SUBJECT: Clarifying Discretionary Factors in Certain Immigration Benefit Requests
Purpose
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS
Policy Manual regarding the factors that officers may consider in certain benefit requests where an
exercise of discretion is required, including factors relating to aliens’ past requests for parole and
any involvement in anti-American or terrorist organizations.
Background
For certain immigration benefit requests, such as adjustment of status, the alien bears the burden of
proof to demonstrate that a favorable exercise of discretion is warranted.1 For these benefit requests,
the discretionary analysis is a separate component of adjudicating the benefit request which occurs
after an officer determines whether all threshold eligibility requirements have been met. The act of
exercising discretion involves weighing positive and negative factors and considering the totality of
the circumstances in each case. There are various factors officers may consider when conducting a
discretionary analysis, including facts relating to an alien’s conduct, character, family ties,
immigration history, and any humanitarian concerns.
USCIS guidance provides that an alien’s compliance with immigration laws is a relevant factor when
determining if a favorable exercise of discretion is warranted. USCIS is updating the Policy Manual
to provide additional guidance for officers on the significant negative discretionary weight USCIS
assigns in circumstances where an alien has endorsed, promoted, supported, or otherwise espoused
the views of a terrorist organization or group, including those who support or promote anti-American
ideologies or activities, antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations, and antisemitic
ideologies, in any case involving an exercise of discretion.2
In cases where the alien has engaged in such activities, USCIS will enforce all relevant …

August 19, 2025 PA-2025-16 Policy Alert SUBJECT: Clarifying Discretionary Factors in Certain Immigration Benefit Requests Purpose U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the factors that officers may consider in certain benefit requests where an exercise of discretion is required, including factors relating to aliens’ past requests for parole and any involvement in anti-American or terrorist organizations. Background For certain immigration benefit requests, such as adjustment of status, the alien bears the burden of proof to demonstrate that a favorable exercise of discretion is warranted.1 For these benefit requests, the discretionary analysis is a separate component of adjudicating the benefit request which occurs after an officer determines whether all threshold eligibility requirements have been met. The act of exercising discretion involves weighing positive and negative factors and considering the totality of the circumstances in each case. There are various factors officers may consider when conducting a discretionary analysis, including facts relating to an alien’s conduct, character, family ties, immigration history, and any humanitarian concerns. USCIS guidance provides that an alien’s compliance with immigration laws is a relevant factor when determining if a favorable exercise of discretion is warranted. USCIS is updating the Policy Manual to provide additional guidance for officers on the significant negative discretionary weight USCIS assigns in circumstances where an alien has endorsed, promoted, supported, or otherwise espoused the views of a terrorist organization or group, including those who support or promote anti-American ideologies or activities, antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations, and antisemitic ideologies, in any case involving an exercise of discretion.2 In cases where the alien has engaged in such activities, USCIS will enforce all relevant …

NEW: McCarthyism returns to immigration law, as @USCIS announces that it will begin screening applicants for immigration benefits for "Anti-America ideologies or activities." The term has no prior precedent in immigration law and its definition is entirely up to the Trump admin.

19.08.2025 19:34 — 👍 2667    🔁 1420    💬 95    📌 105
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Podcast Episode: Separating AI Hope from AI Hype If you believe the hype, artificial intelligence will soon take all our jobs, or solve all our problems, or destroy all boundaries between reality and lies, or help us live forever, or take over the w...

Great @eff.org podcast with @randomwalker.bsky.social, touching on his AI as Normal Technology paper w/ @sayash.bsky.social for our @knightcolumbia.org AI & Democratic Freedoms project. Short 🧵 of a few other papers related to this podcast discussion:
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

15.08.2025 17:30 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Proud to be an instructor at the Global Justice Investigations Lab at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social 👇

19.08.2025 14:53 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Bu ne kadar acayip bir durum. Tutuklu gazeteci, tutuklu politikacıyla röportaj yapıyor; biz okuyoruz; elimizden birşey gelmiyor.

19.08.2025 14:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ahmet Necdet Sezer, oğlunun düğününde Çankaya Köşkü’nün elektrik ve su parasını cebinden ödedi. Bugün ise bakan yardımcısının düğünü için Ankara felç! Kamu kaynakları özel düğünlere değil, halka hizmete kullanılmalı! Bu düzenin adı devlet değil, ayrıcalık rejimidir!

20.04.2025 06:07 — 👍 1259    🔁 281    💬 24    📌 10

Last week, I decided to suspend all upcoming US travel including the 2026 ASSA in Philly (was looking forward to seeing old friends again) and a seminar talk. I find the US to be an amazing place, personally and professionally, but the risk of arbitrary detention is not worth it.

14.04.2025 05:43 — 👍 49    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 1
Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1

Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1

Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2

Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

11.04.2025 23:11 — 👍 26048    🔁 9932    💬 2270    📌 1448
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I think this one is my favorite!

06.04.2025 11:52 — 👍 3881    🔁 608    💬 46    📌 23

Ülkemizin 301 sayısıyla bitmek bilmeyen imtihanı #GençleriSerbestBırakın

07.04.2025 11:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Mahir’in 8 güzel çocukla aşağıdan çekilmiş siyah beyaz bir fotoğrafı. Eser sahibini bilmediğim için ekleyemedim affetsin ama çok güzel bir fotoğraf.

Mahir’in 8 güzel çocukla aşağıdan çekilmiş siyah beyaz bir fotoğrafı. Eser sahibini bilmediğim için ekleyemedim affetsin ama çok güzel bir fotoğraf.

Mahir Polat yeni operasyon geçirmiş kalbi ve yüksek tansiyonuyla, HİÇBİR SUÇU OLMAMASINA RAĞMEN, 19 gündür esir.

Bugün Adli Tıp kontrolü yapıldı.

1 dakika daha bekletecek, oradan oraya sürükleyecek lüksünüz yok bu insanı!

YETER.

Hemen, derhal, bugün👇🏽

#MahirPolatıSerbestBırakın

07.04.2025 09:56 — 👍 5042    🔁 1507    💬 61    📌 127
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İtalya'nın Bologna kentinde belediye binasına Ekrem İmamoğlu posteri asıldı.

Belediye Başkanı Matteo Lepore, "İstanbul'da 1 milyon kişi onun serbest bırakılmasını talep ediyor" dedi. 🇹🇷

#bıraklançocukları

05.04.2025 22:00 — 👍 76    🔁 14    💬 3    📌 1
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Hollanda üniversitelerinde okuyan arkadaşlar bugün Utrecht'te bir protesto düzenliyorlar. Biz de ailecek orada olacağız.
@pinar.bsky.social

06.04.2025 09:36 — 👍 28    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
Fotograph shows a table with covers of books translated into German:
back row: 5 books by Sarah J. Maas
middle row: Toni Morrison, Bluest Eyes; Steven Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Orwell, 1984; Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants;
Front row: Jay Asher, 13 Reasons Why; Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian; Art Spielman, Complete MAUS; Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid‘s Tale; John Green, For Alaska.

Fotograph shows a table with covers of books translated into German: back row: 5 books by Sarah J. Maas middle row: Toni Morrison, Bluest Eyes; Steven Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Orwell, 1984; Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants; Front row: Jay Asher, 13 Reasons Why; Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian; Art Spielman, Complete MAUS; Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid‘s Tale; John Green, For Alaska.

Freiburg, Germany, Central Station Bookshop (right @the center of the shop‘s entryway):
“This is a selection of books which are banned at schools in the US“.
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#FreedomToRead
@ala-pla.bsky.social
@librarypolicy.bsky.social

04.04.2025 15:55 — 👍 7088    🔁 2027    💬 209    📌 139
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Harvard’s moment of truth - The Boston Globe The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.

“Harvard now faces one of the most consequential choices in its history: Submit to extortion and make itself complicit in the most profound assault on academic freedom and constitutional governance of our time—or go to court. The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.” (Fixed link)

04.04.2025 19:44 — 👍 2991    🔁 858    💬 137    📌 66
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BPT on X: "Cem Küçük: “Yarın büyük gün, boykot çağrısı yapanlar ifadeye çağrılacak. Murat Daltaban, Emre Kınay ve Aybüke Pusat boykot çağrısı üzerine çağırılacak isimler arasında.” https://t.co/ZpI0DZz4Pe" / X Cem Küçük: “Yarın büyük gün, boykot çağrısı yapanlar ifadeye çağrılacak. Murat Daltaban, Emre Kınay ve Aybüke Pusat boykot çağrısı üzerine çağırılacak isimler arasında.” https://t.co/ZpI0DZz4Pe

Before you compare Le Pen’s political ban to İmamoğlu’s arrest, consider this: in Turkey, pro-Erdogan journalists go on live TV to announce tomorrow’s interrogation list—before the summons are even issued. That’s the kind of “rule of law” we’re talking about. x.com/bpthaber/sta...

02.04.2025 13:07 — 👍 18    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Oyuncu Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu dahil 11 kişi adli kontrol şartıyla serbest bırakıldı Sosyal medyadan boykota destek veren oyuncu Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu dahil 11 kişi gözaltına alınmış, Saraçhane ve Maltepe mitingi paylaşımları da dosyasına eklenen Üzümoğlu ile birlikte 10 kişi adli kontro...

Adli kontrol şartıyla serbest bırakılan oyuncu Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu'ndan ilk açıklama:
“Anayasal hakları hatırlatmak dışında yapabileceğimiz hiçbir şey yok. Mücadele etmeye devam edeceğiz. Kurtuluş yok tek başına ya hep beraber ya hiçbirimiz"
www.birgun.net/haber/oyuncu...

03.04.2025 16:59 — 👍 309    🔁 73    💬 2    📌 3

@pinar is following 20 prominent accounts