"Public services are inefficient"
Nope, neoliberalism fools us by dismantling public good, and blame it after. "Break it, blame it, sell it".
#neoliberalism #publicgood #services #publicservice #publicsystems

The Conversation: Here’s why the public needs to challenge the ‘good AI’ myth pushed by tech companies. “My current research is partly explained in a new book called the The Myth of Good AI. This research shows that the data feeding our AI systems is biased, as it often over-represents privileged sections of the population and mainstream attitudes. This means that any AI products that […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/25/the-conversation-heres-why-the-public-needs-to-challenge-the-good-ai-myth-pushed-by-tech-companies/

Live from #UNOpenSourceWeek!

In our breakout session on Public Interest and Open Source today, we examined whether open source, in its very structure, constitutes a #publicgood.
The discussion connected open source to #education,#research, digital #sovereignty, and resistance to extractive models—raising important questions for institutional #policy and international #cooperation.

Yale News: Yale, other universities file brief in case aiming to preserve research funding that benefits America. “Yale and 23 other research universities filed a legal brief Monday to aid judicial review in a lawsuit about the federal government’s freeze on research funding. The suit aims to preserve critical support that has fueled American innovation, economic growth, and key medical […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/yale-news-yale-other-universities-file-brief-in-case-aiming-to-preserve-research-funding-that-benefits-america/

Anil Dash: The Internet of Consent. “There’s a common thread that ties together concerns about privacy, security, even just basic usability for so many of the tech products we use today. It just boils down to whether the people who make the technology that we use believe that we should be in control. It’s simple: Technology should only ever do exactly what we have explicitly given it our […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/14/anil-dash-the-internet-of-consent-2/

Washington University in St. Louis: New Medicaid policy lab brings data to the debate. “Launched earlier this year, the Medicaid Policy Analysis Lab has begun releasing a series of timely policy briefs showing how policy decisions hit home — especially in Missouri, where Medicaid enrollment is among the highest in the nation. The lab is housed in WashU’s Center for Advancing Health […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/25/washington-university-in-st-louis-new-medicaid-policy-lab-brings-data-to-the-debate/

Notre Dame News: Notre Dame to convene government, industry and academic leaders to set regulatory roadmap for responsible social media. “Led by Notre Dame’s Democracy Initiative, this National Convening on Social Media and Democracy will gather May 27-29 at Notre Dame and will bring together leaders and scholars around misinformation, technology, social media and democracy to collaborate […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/17/notre-dame-news-notre-dame-to-convene-government-industry-and-academic-leaders-to-set-regulatory-roadmap-for-responsible-social-media/