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@beehaw.orghttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/magazine/museum-problematic-artist-ethics.html
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the responsibility an institution assumes once it exhibits an artist’s work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/calvert-city-kentucky-epa-pollution-westlake-sacrifice-zones
Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ai-doesnt-learn-like-people-do
Some argue that bots should be entitled to ingest any content they see, because people can.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/20/1076525/future-of-batteries-materials/
Lithium and other key metals are shaping the future of battery technology.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/60-000-people-died-from-blistering-european-heat-waves-new-analysis-finds/
Tens of thousands of people died during intense heat waves in Europe last summer, indicating that heat prevention plans aren’t protecting vulnerable populations