Roberta Fischli
@leonieclaude.bsky.social
Dr./PhD
I research AI and digital empowerment
Visiting Faculty Researcher @Google
affiliate MINT Lab @sethlazar.org
www.robertafischli.com
I research AI and digital empowerment
Visiting Faculty Researcher @Google
affiliate MINT Lab @sethlazar.org
www.robertafischli.com
absolutely fascinating reporting by @jim.londoncentric.media at London Centric via @FT giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
How Burnham can curb Britain’s tax-dodging shops
The prime minister is missing a simple trick in his campaign to revive high streets: enforcing the basic laws of doing business
giftarticle.ft.com
August 15, 2026 at 7:14 AM
absolutely fascinating reporting by @jim.londoncentric.media at London Centric via @FT giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Dodgy shops on your local high street? They're still paying rent. And what if they're actually *pricing out* the legitimate cafes, restaurants, thanks to the option of "simply not paying your taxes" and therefore having more budget to pay landlords. www.londoncentric.media/p/who-wants-...
July 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Dodgy shops on your local high street? They're still paying rent. And what if they're actually *pricing out* the legitimate cafes, restaurants, thanks to the option of "simply not paying your taxes" and therefore having more budget to pay landlords. www.londoncentric.media/p/who-wants-...
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If you do a lot of searching on the internet (as I do), this is a really useful article. Multiple things I didn’t know and will use going forward.
This is a great list of techniques for getting real information out of a Google search and avoiding AI slop and paid results.
(One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
(One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com
March 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
If you do a lot of searching on the internet (as I do), this is a really useful article. Multiple things I didn’t know and will use going forward.
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OpenAI posted the terms of the deal. Reveals that it absolutely does allow for domestic surveillance. EO 12333 is how the NSA hides its domestic surveillance by capturing communications by tapping into lines *outside the US* even if it contains info from/on US persons.
openai.com/index/our-ag...
openai.com/index/our-ag...
March 1, 2026 at 5:20 AM
OpenAI posted the terms of the deal. Reveals that it absolutely does allow for domestic surveillance. EO 12333 is how the NSA hides its domestic surveillance by capturing communications by tapping into lines *outside the US* even if it contains info from/on US persons.
openai.com/index/our-ag...
openai.com/index/our-ag...
[email protected] captures DC’s AI vibes, where passion is flowing in enthusiasm’s opposite direction. Her “reductive two-line summary is as follows: All the money is on one side and all the people are on the other. We aren’t ready for how much people hate AI.” open.substack.com/pub/jasmine/...
🌻 my week with the AI populists
a Washington DC scene report
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:08 PM
[email protected] captures DC’s AI vibes, where passion is flowing in enthusiasm’s opposite direction. Her “reductive two-line summary is as follows: All the money is on one side and all the people are on the other. We aren’t ready for how much people hate AI.” open.substack.com/pub/jasmine/...
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Bad Bunny “together we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Bad Bunny “together we are America”
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Wait hold up...
Did Bad Bunny just give his Grammy to Liam Conejo Ramos the poor kid who was kidnapped by ICE? If so amazing
The sign beforehand said "Conejo" on it too
Did Bad Bunny just give his Grammy to Liam Conejo Ramos the poor kid who was kidnapped by ICE? If so amazing
The sign beforehand said "Conejo" on it too
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Wait hold up...
Did Bad Bunny just give his Grammy to Liam Conejo Ramos the poor kid who was kidnapped by ICE? If so amazing
The sign beforehand said "Conejo" on it too
Did Bad Bunny just give his Grammy to Liam Conejo Ramos the poor kid who was kidnapped by ICE? If so amazing
The sign beforehand said "Conejo" on it too
The kind of SF content I‘m here for missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-s...
A Bad Bunny look-alike is crowned in S.F., and the crowd goes wild
Hundreds gathered for the "Bad Bunny Lookalike Contest" hosted by Mission Lotería. Only one contestant took home the crown, but all were celebrated.
missionlocal.org
February 7, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The kind of SF content I‘m here for missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-s...
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I’ve spent almost seven years covering Meta and have had a good deal of exposure to internal work product on teen well-being. But a Friday filing in the school district social media litigation breaks some ground on Meta’s causal findings regarding social media harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve spent almost seven years covering Meta and have had a good deal of exposure to internal work product on teen well-being. But a Friday filing in the school district social media litigation breaks some ground on Meta’s causal findings regarding social media harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Excellent piece on AI and student writing by @ruthstarkman.bsky.social :
“One might try hallucinating their way through our conversation, but no one dares show up unprepared.”
open.substack.com/pub/ruth/p/b...
“One might try hallucinating their way through our conversation, but no one dares show up unprepared.”
open.substack.com/pub/ruth/p/b...
Blue Books, Big Models, and Why I’m Still Teaching the Research Paper
Blue books may prevent cheating.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Excellent piece on AI and student writing by @ruthstarkman.bsky.social :
“One might try hallucinating their way through our conversation, but no one dares show up unprepared.”
open.substack.com/pub/ruth/p/b...
“One might try hallucinating their way through our conversation, but no one dares show up unprepared.”
open.substack.com/pub/ruth/p/b...
on.ft.com/4nsRDLP Remember when everyone thought surveillance capitalism was dead?
Meta to mine AI interactions to help target advertising
Changes signal how the social media giant will make money from its costly artificial intelligence efforts
on.ft.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
on.ft.com/4nsRDLP Remember when everyone thought surveillance capitalism was dead?
on.ft.com/3IDjY31
Excellent read. “These figures are impossible to understand if we rely on the political science of recent decades (…). They are characters accustomed to operating in a world without limits, who draw strength from the unexpected, the unstable and the bellicose.”
Excellent read. “These figures are impossible to understand if we rely on the political science of recent decades (…). They are characters accustomed to operating in a world without limits, who draw strength from the unexpected, the unstable and the bellicose.”
How tech lords and populists changed the rules of power
Digital moguls and strongman leaders are more than disrupters of the old liberal order. Together they seek to sweep it away, writes Giuliano da Empoli
on.ft.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
on.ft.com/3IDjY31
Excellent read. “These figures are impossible to understand if we rely on the political science of recent decades (…). They are characters accustomed to operating in a world without limits, who draw strength from the unexpected, the unstable and the bellicose.”
Excellent read. “These figures are impossible to understand if we rely on the political science of recent decades (…). They are characters accustomed to operating in a world without limits, who draw strength from the unexpected, the unstable and the bellicose.”
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Love the idea because I despise what chasing housing wealth has done to everybody's life and brains.
Though I do feel that the success of this sort of thing requires the advanced 'Swiss' civilisation part of it
Though I do feel that the success of this sort of thing requires the advanced 'Swiss' civilisation part of it
September 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Love the idea because I despise what chasing housing wealth has done to everybody's life and brains.
Though I do feel that the success of this sort of thing requires the advanced 'Swiss' civilisation part of it
Though I do feel that the success of this sort of thing requires the advanced 'Swiss' civilisation part of it
What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Swiss co-ops aren’t perfect, but I agree: when working as intended, they take wealth out of the (living) equation and allow people from different social strata to live side by side (and under one roof).
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
A ‘Third Way’ Between Buying or Renting? Swiss Co-ops Say They’ve Found It.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Swiss co-ops aren’t perfect, but I agree: when working as intended, they take wealth out of the (living) equation and allow people from different social strata to live side by side (and under one roof).
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
So inspiring to see @karenhao.bsky.social in conversation with @rajiinio.bsky.social at the AI and Society event @ Berkeley. We need more formats like this in the Bay Area! (and beyond)
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
So inspiring to see @karenhao.bsky.social in conversation with @rajiinio.bsky.social at the AI and Society event @ Berkeley. We need more formats like this in the Bay Area! (and beyond)
So inspiring to see @karenhao.bsky.social in conversation with @rajiinio.bsky.social at the AI and Society event @ Berkeley. We need more formats like this in the Bay Area (and beyond).
September 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
So inspiring to see @karenhao.bsky.social in conversation with @rajiinio.bsky.social at the AI and Society event @ Berkeley. We need more formats like this in the Bay Area (and beyond).
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January update from the normative philosophy of computing newsletter: new CFPs, papers, workshops, and resources for philosophers working on normative questions raised by AI and computing.
Normative Philosophy of Computing - January
Happy New Year!
mintresearch.org
January 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
January update from the normative philosophy of computing newsletter: new CFPs, papers, workshops, and resources for philosophers working on normative questions raised by AI and computing.
„Though still rare in America, the model reflects the striking idea that fundamental problems of politics—polarization, apathy, manipulation by special interests—can be transformed through radically direct democracy.“
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
What Could Citizens’ Assemblies Do for American Politics?
An Oregon county is looking for solutions to youth homelessness—so it convened a random selection of residents to come up with ideas.
web.archive.org
January 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
„Though still rare in America, the model reflects the striking idea that fundamental problems of politics—polarization, apathy, manipulation by special interests—can be transformed through radically direct democracy.“
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
„We noticed something (…). Wherever in the world we’d sent a reporter, whichever corner of the technology landscape we were covering, the holders of all of that money? Men. All of them. Every. Single. One.“
@katie-drummond.bsky.social link.wired.com/view/5cf8230...
@katie-drummond.bsky.social link.wired.com/view/5cf8230...
Rich men rule the world
link.wired.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
„We noticed something (…). Wherever in the world we’d sent a reporter, whichever corner of the technology landscape we were covering, the holders of all of that money? Men. All of them. Every. Single. One.“
@katie-drummond.bsky.social link.wired.com/view/5cf8230...
@katie-drummond.bsky.social link.wired.com/view/5cf8230...
Interesting side note: „The three words most associated with AI by the public are “robot”, “scary” and “worried”, according to government research last month.“https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/12/mainlined-into-uks-veins-labour-announces-huge-public-rollout-of-ai
January 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Interesting side note: „The three words most associated with AI by the public are “robot”, “scary” and “worried”, according to government research last month.“https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/12/mainlined-into-uks-veins-labour-announces-huge-public-rollout-of-ai
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Something from our story on Meta’s content moderation rollback: the groundwork for it was being established before the 2024 election. And employees say a key push was Zuckerberg’s grievance that Meta had inadvertently restricted the virality of a post he wrote about blowing out his ACL.
January 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Something from our story on Meta’s content moderation rollback: the groundwork for it was being established before the 2024 election. And employees say a key push was Zuckerberg’s grievance that Meta had inadvertently restricted the virality of a post he wrote about blowing out his ACL.
weird
Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles, here on Instagram
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
January 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
weird
Smearing is caring in Hollywood. Once more terrifying to see how coordinated media attacks and well-oiled PR machines are deployed to alter public perception.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’ (Gift Article)
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to smear Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Smearing is caring in Hollywood. Once more terrifying to see how coordinated media attacks and well-oiled PR machines are deployed to alter public perception.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
« The motion filed Tuesday, which draws from years of speeches at exclusive gatherings, depositions and internal university reports, shows officials bowing to financial pressures to admit wealthy students over potentially more qualified candidates » www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Lawsuit Reveals How Colleges Really Talk About Rich Applicants
A lawsuit alleging universities colluded on financial aid provides a glimpse into the ways top schools assess and discuss children of privilege.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:39 AM
« The motion filed Tuesday, which draws from years of speeches at exclusive gatherings, depositions and internal university reports, shows officials bowing to financial pressures to admit wealthy students over potentially more qualified candidates » www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...