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John Quain

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As a #philosopher I can no longer ethically remain on a platform that spreads antisemitic messages, misinformation that costs lives, and assaults a free press.

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Pincher movement of #ElonMusk and #RFKjr violates basic bioethical principles: lack of informed consent and lack of transparency in order to reduce #Medicaid and medical research: cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-tran…
RFK Jr. rolls back transparency policy on Medicaid and NIH changes

RFK Jr. rolls back transparency policy on Medicaid and NIH changes

The move supercharges RFK Jr.'s authority to implement health policy changes.

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#ElonMusk lied to #Trump's cabinet about #ebola outbreak. (Big surprise.) nytimes.com/2025/02/27/healt…
U.S. Canceled Work to Contain a Serious Ebola Outbreak (Published 2025)

U.S. Canceled Work to Contain a Serious Ebola Outbreak (Published 2025)

The contracts financed Ebola screening at airports and protective gear for health workers, among other measures. Work had been held up for weeks, contrary to Elon Musk’s claim on Wednesday.

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Something Canada should do and can do is revoke #ElonMusk's Canadian citizenship. Canadians can help by signing a government petition. (Yes, that guy illegally firing all those U.S. researchers, nuclear oversight workers, etc., is Canadian.) ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/P…
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#ElonMusk's incompetence is showing. (By the way, how's that self-driving car coming?) nytimes.com/2025/02/21/upsho…

DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes (Published 2025)

The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations.

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The corruption of #ElonMusk
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It's the Gulf of Mexico, but if you say the truth, Trump will ban you. ap.org/the-definitive-source…

AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press

The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs

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The naked corruption of #ElonMusk: nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/po…
Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up (Published 2025)

Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up (Published 2025)

Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.

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As a #philosopher I can no longer ethically remain on a platform that spreads antisemitic messages, misinformation that costs lives, and that assaults a free press. Thds jqontech BluS jqbioethics ontheroadtoautonomy.com
OntheRoadtoAutonomy self-driving cars, New York

OntheRoadtoAutonomy self-driving cars, New York

John Quain is the editor-in-chief of OntheRoadtoAutonomy.com covering self-driving cars, autonomous vehicles, and related issues and technology. Follow us for car reviews and travel tech.

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This Week in #Bioethics: Is the barbarian now through technology's gates? Possessing little knowledge, should he be the figurehead of #AI? nytimes.com/2023/12/09/techn…
Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence (Published 2023)

Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence (Published 2023)

Split over the leadership of Sam Altman, board members and executives turned on one another. Their brawl exposed the cracks at the heart of the A.I. movement.

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The most dangerous #Christmassong to drive to? Frosty the Snowman, followed by.... Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. Nuff said. (Based on beats per minute.) 🎄
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This Week in #Bioethics: Texas #antiabortion law could kill the mother and child. AG fights the medical exemption. texastribune.org/2023/12/07/…
Texas judge allows Kate Cox to abort fetus with lethal abnormality

Texas judge allows Kate Cox to abort fetus with lethal abnormality

Kate Cox, 31, at 20 weeks pregnant, has learned her fetus has a lethal abnormality that is almost always fatal at birth.

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OntheRoadtoAutonomy self-driving cars, New York

OntheRoadtoAutonomy self-driving cars, New York

John Quain is the editor-in-chief of OntheRoadtoAutonomy.com covering self-driving cars, autonomous vehicles, and related issues and technology. Follow us for car reviews and travel tech.

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This Week in #Bioethics: Should #philosophers continue to use #Twitter? Or is it no longer an ethically tenable position? nytimes.com/2023/11/30/techn…
Advertisers Say They Do Not Plan to Return to X After Musk’s Comments (Published 2023)

Advertisers Say They Do Not Plan to Return to X After Musk’s Comments (Published 2023)

Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times’s DealBook Summit.

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Another example of how #privateequity is incompetent when it comes to the #media (won't they ever learn?). Anyone want to join me in offering to take #PopularScience off of #RecurrentVenture's hands and restart the online mag? nytimes.com/2023/11/28/busin…
Popular Science Shuts Online Magazine in Another Sign of Decline (Published 2023)

Popular Science Shuts Online Magazine in Another Sign of Decline (Published 2023)

The decision came three years after the publication ended its storied print edition, which began in 1872. It will still publish articles and videos on its website.

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How to carve a turkey for #philosophers: Carve at the joints: nyti.ms/3RcgVQR via @nytvideo
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It's all happening at the Met museum. Tours tomorrow at 1:30 and Tuesday at 3:30. Tree is up! Happy Thanksgiving!
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The last book Bernard Williams published in his lifetime, Truth and Truthfulness (2002), contains this brief passage on the internet.
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This Week in #Bioethics: Disinformation about #cultivatedmeat spreads in Italy and the government bans lab-grown meat (which is actually safer than the meat derived from slaughtered animals and is not "synthetic"). bbc.com/news/world-europe-67…
Italy bans lab-grown meat in nod to farmers

Italy bans lab-grown meat in nod to farmers

The government has hailed the new law, which came as a farmers' group scuffled with two MPs.

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This Week in #Bioethics: Why did Sam Altman get fired from #OpenAI? They opened up #ChatGPT and found a bunch of hamsters running on wheels inside
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It's world #PhilosophyDay! Philosophy touches every part of life, from art to xenotransplantation. I'll be covering the ethics of human genetic engineering in January at the American Philosophical Association conference in New York. Be there and be square. 🙂
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