Andrew Peterson @andrew_nyu

NYU PhD. Machine learning, causal inference, text analysis. From the US, living in France. elenchos.ai Joined September 2013

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Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande

6 months ago

Yesterday, Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressional mandated. They've saved millions of lives. 🧵

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Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO

8 months ago

“The devastating escalation in the use of explosive weapons is a new and dangerous development in a three-decade conflict already rife with human rights and humanitarian law violations, - @AgnesCallamard #6MillionVoices for #Justice4Congo #DRCongo #Rwanda bit.ly/4h2m20i

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Andrew Peterson @andrew_nyu

a year ago

if humans rely on data generated by AI, and so on over generations (or iteratively across technologies). A lot of people right now are building such tools for education, etc. But humans aren't passive AI models - 4/

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Brett Murphy @BrettMmurphy

8 months ago

There is a ceasefire deal, so I want to share this story from my past year reporting inside the State Dept. trying to answer the central question of Biden’s foreign policy: How did the U.S. let Israel get away with widespread horrors in Gaza? 1/

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Erika Guevara Rosas @ErikaGuevaraR

9 months ago

Our new @amnesty report, 'Operation “Keba”: Massacre by the Army in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Goma City,' details how security forces went on a killing spree, opening fire on protestors demanding the departure of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC The former…

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Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO

10 months ago

"Through this shameful veto by Russia, once again, politics has stood in the way of civilian protection with the UNSC failing to fulfil its mandate." #KeepEyesonSudan amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @ThierryAaron

10 months ago

"We conclude that a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation cannot be considered a low-probability event anymore." - Prof. Sybren Drijfhout et al. #ClimateEmergency

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President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive

11 months ago

The Federal Indian Boarding School Era is one of the darkest chapters of American history. The trauma experienced in those institutions haunts our conscience to this very day. Today, I'm in Arizona to issue a long overdue presidential apology for this era – and speak to how my…

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Joeri Rogelj @JoeriRogelj

11 months ago

LT;DR: the gap is large and virtually unchanged from last year. NDCs are not adding up to a pathway in line with 1.5 or 2C (see orange & red lines compared bottom ranges). /15