# back brink (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover back brink. Page: Feed: --- ## [Words matter. Damnit.](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/08/15/words-matter-damnit/) _2026-08-15 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ On this week’s Intelligent Machines, we cohosts had a spirited disagreement about Anthropic’s watermarking of text, as required by EU regulation. The company just released more detail about how it will work, and now I’m upset for a different reason than I first thought. I’m angry as a writer. Anthropic’s method will alter its models’ word choices in a pattern \[ \] The post Words matter. Damnit.… ## [MASS LIVE – Peace groups mark Hiroshima-Nagasaki week in Pioneer Valley](https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2026/08/peace-groups-mark-hiroshima-nagasaki-week-in-pioneer-valley.html#new_tab?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mass-live-peace-groups-mark-hiroshima-nagasaki-week-in-pioneer-valley) _2026-08-07 · Maya Holm · Back from the Brink_ Coverage of the various events, vigils, commemorations and educational events held across the state in remembrance of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, cosponsored by the Western Massachusetts Back from the Brink Hub. The post MASS LIVE – Peace groups mark Hiroshima-Nagasaki week in Pioneer Valley first appeared on Back from the Brink . ## [Athol Daily News – ‘The danger is greater than ever’: State Senate urges federal action on nuclear disarmament](https://atholdailynews.com/2026/08/07/massachusetts-senate-passes-nuclear-treaty/#new_tab?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=athol-daily-news-the-danger-is-greater-than-ever-state-senate-urges-federal-action-on-nuclear-disarmament) _2026-08-07 · Maya Holm · Back from the Brink_ Coverage of the Massachusetts Senate passing S.3247, a bipartisan resolution urging federal leaders to support the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and adopt the Back from the Brink campaign platform. The post Athol Daily News – ‘The danger is greater than ever’: State Senate urges federal action on nuclear disarmament first appeared on Back from the Brink . ## [Common Dreams – 81 Years on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation](https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/81-years-brink-nuclear-war#new_tab?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=common-dreams-81-years-on-the-brink-of-nuclear-annihilation) _2026-08-06 · BftB · Back from the Brink_ As the world marks 81 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, BftB's Dr. Bob Dodge reflects on the growing dangers of a renewed global nuclear arms race. He argues that today's geopolitical tensions demand urgent action to reduce nuclear risks, honoring the mantra of the hibakusha: "never again." The post Common Dreams – 81 Years on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation first… ## [Daily Hampshire Gazette – Steps toward peace: Region remembers Hiroshima and Nagasaki](https://gazettenet.com/2026/08/06/steps-toward-peace-region-remembers-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/#new_tab?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-hampshire-gazette-steps-toward-peace-region-remembers-hiroshima-and-nagasaki) _2026-08-06 · Maya Holm · Back from the Brink_ Coverage of a commemorative event of the August 6 and 9 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, cosponsored by the Western Massachusetts Back from the Brink Hub. The post Daily Hampshire Gazette – Steps toward peace: Region remembers Hiroshima and Nagasaki first appeared on Back from the Brink . ## [WWLP – Massachusetts calls for U.S. to join nuclear treaty](https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/massachusetts-calls-for-u-s-to-join-nuclear-treaty/#new_tab?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wwlp-massachusetts-calls-for-u-s-to-join-nuclear-treaty) _2026-08-06 · Maya Holm · Back from the Brink_ Coverage of the Massachusetts Senate passing S.3247, a bipartisan resolution urging federal leaders to support the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and adopt the Back from the Brink campaign platform. The post WWLP – Massachusetts calls for U.S. to join nuclear treaty first appeared on Back from the Brink . ## [The Davis Enterprise – Atomic Anniversary](https://preventnuclearwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/The-Davis-Enterprise_Genevieve-Colborn-LTE.webp#new_tab?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-davis-enterprise-atomic-anniversary) _2026-07-29 · BftB · Back from the Brink_ BftB Hub Leader Genevieve Colborn writes a letter to the editor about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki anniversaries. The post The Davis Enterprise – Atomic Anniversary first appeared on Back from the Brink . ## [AI Communism](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/07/27/ai-communism/) _2026-07-27 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ In response to the spectre of Chinese open-weight AI models haunting America, Dean Ball, OpenAI’s director of strategic futures \[are there directors of strategic pasts?\], issued a warning more shrill even than the New York Post’s alerts about Mamdani’s bus-and-grocery socialism. One probable outcome of an open-weight-model-dominant world is full AI communism, which is precisely \[ \] The post AI… ## [81st Commemoration Events](https://preventnuclearwar.org/81st-commemoration-events/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=81st-commemoration-events) _2026-07-20 · Maya Holm · Back from the Brink_ ## [Hope, Resilience, and Acting Locally in Dark Times](https://preventnuclearwar.org/hope-resilience-and-acting-locally-in-dark-times/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hope-resilience-and-acting-locally-in-dark-times) _2026-07-20 · Maya Holm · Back from the Brink_ Ingrained into the Back from the Brink campaign are two core principles: The abolition of nuclear weapons is both necessary and possible Nuclear weapons are a local issue Words we repeat quite often. Think of them as our campaign’s mantras. But it’s not always easy to believe or understand these words. In these dark times \[…\] The post Hope, Resilience, and Acting Locally in Dark Times first… ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nq1wPsOct5Pm) _2026-07-20 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Common Dreams – Don’t Pull the Trigger: Say ‘No!’ to New Plutonium Pits](https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/no-new-plutonium-pits#new_tab?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=common-dreams-dont-pull-the-trigger-say-no-to-new-plutonium-pits) _2026-07-15 · BftB · Back from the Brink_ In this op-ed, BftB's Dr. Bob Dodge argues that expanding U.S. plutonium pit production is unnecessary, costly, and dangerous, increasing risks to workers, frontline communities, and the environment while fueling a new nuclear arms race. He proposes that the entire expansion plan should be put on hold and a more complete and transparent PEIS process that addresses the entire environmental,… ## [California’s squandered opportunity](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/06/26/californias-squandered-opportunity/) _2026-06-26 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ California is about to hand out $20 million — half from Google, half from the state — to news organizations, and it is wasting a golden opportunity. Instead of building a new and more competitive landscape of news, instead of creating services to benefit the entire news ecosystem, instead of investing in innovation, instead of embracing new \[ \] The post California s squandered opportunity appeared… ## [The Boston Globe – ‘Don’t give AI the bomb’: A ‘Boston brain trust’ seeks papal backing in new push for nuclear disarmament](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/23/metro/boston-brain-trust-pope-leo-ai-war/#new_tab?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-boston-globe-dont-give-ai-the-bomb-a-boston-brain-trust-seeks-papal-backing-in-new-push-for-nuclear-disarmament) _2026-06-23 · Maya Holm · Back from the Brink_ A coalition of Nobel laureates, scientists, and disarmament advocates, including BftB's Dr. Ira Helfand, is convening a global summit with Pope Leo XIV to address the growing risks posed by artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons. The effort seeks to elevate global action as AI becomes increasingly integrated into military decision-making. The post The Boston Globe – ‘Don’t give AI the bomb’:… ## [CHAPTER 2: Brain-dump & Label](https://piercello.substack.com/p/chapter-2-brain-dump-and-label) _2026-06-19 · Piercello · Piercello’s Progress_ Getting started with BLING ## [Book Announcement](https://piercello.substack.com/p/book-announcement) _2026-06-18 · Piercello · Piercello’s Progress_ Coming in September ## [To redefine progress](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/06/13/to-redefine-progress/) _2026-06-13 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ In an urgent and provocative essay in Die Zeit, journalist Georg Diez calls for a redefinition of progress in the time of AI. Taking lessons from the genesis of progressivism — a response to the Industrial Revolution and the (first) Gilded Age — we cannot now surrender the power to decide society’s future to present technologists. “A notion of \[ \] The post To redefine progress appeared first on… ## [(The) Public(‘s) Media: The New Jersey Model](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/06/05/the-publics-media-the-new-jersey-model/) _2026-06-05 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ I am delighted that Montclair State University (MSU) has won its bid to take over New Jersey public television, for in this moment I see an opening to reimagine and reinvent public media in a new image — as the public’s media. And nowhere better for that to happen than in New Jersey, where threads have been \[ \] The post (The) Public( s) Media: The New Jersey Model appeared first on BuzzMachine . ## [AI has a communication problem](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/06/03/ai-has-a-communication-problem/) _2026-06-03 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ Artificial Intelligence, though more than a half-century old as a technology, has occupied front-of-mind cultural consciousness for only a few years, since ChatGPT. Yet AI is already profoundly disliked and distrusted in both media meme and apparently in public opinion. The techlash against the internet and then social media took at least two decades to ferment, while \[ \] The post AI has a… ## [Mourning that which never was](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/05/30/mourning-that-which-never-was/) _2026-05-30 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ Eddie Glaude, Jr., holds a mirror up to America. Look, he tells us, look! How often I have heard him on television, invited to the camera by Nicolle Wallace to lament another American tragedy and sin: racist murders, the shooting deaths of mere babies, the abuse of immigrant children, the bigotry of the president. Do \[ \] The post Mourning that which never was appeared first on BuzzMachine . ## [Don Newhouse](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/05/26/don-newhouse/) _2026-05-27 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ I am terribly saddened at word of the death of Donald Newhouse, the last great gentleman of the newspaper business. Soft-spoken, unassuming, humble, kind, and generous, Don Newhouse was at the same time a publisher of vast experience, universal respect, and great strength. I had the great privilege of working for him via his sons, \[ \] The post Don Newhouse appeared first on BuzzMachine . ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0pkbkp3p5CLL) _2026-05-27 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Pope Leo and human intelligence](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/05/26/pope-leo-and-human-intelligence/) _2026-05-26 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical, Magnifca Humanitas, is a learned, wise, eloquent, and useful document that is only partly about artificial intelligence. Its lessons should be helpful to many modern institutions — including my own, journalism. For those expecting the Pontiff to declare holy war on AI and Silicon Valley, they will be disappointed. Those who wish to \[ \] The post Pope Leo and human… ## [CHAPTER 1: ENTMOgraph](https://piercello.substack.com/p/chapter-1-entmograph) _2026-05-24 · Piercello · Piercello’s Progress_ From frustration to hope ## [Ted Turner](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/05/06/ted-turner/) _2026-05-06 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ We will not see Ted Turner s visionary likes again. He broke free of the bounds of broadcast scarcity and recognized the opportunity to use satellite and cable to build national then international networks and brands: not just CNN but his superstation. He invented 24-hour news. Out of nonstop, round-the-clock news came a host of good and bad outcomes. We \[ \] The post Ted Turner appeared first on… ## [Technology Does Not Belong to the Technologists](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/04/27/technology-does-not-belong-to-the-technologists/) _2026-04-27 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ Sam Altman just published a set of principles for OpenAI, in which he asserts, “AI will dwarf what people could do with steam engines or electricity.” Uh, history would like a word, Sam. Sam believes that his talkative tool will dwarf powered transportation, powered industry, lighting, electronic communication, amplification, even computation. This is the hubris \[ \] The post Technology Does Not… ## [Announcing ‘Intelligence: AI and Humanity’](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/03/18/announcing-intelligence-ai-and-humanity/) _2026-03-18 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ Bloomsbury Academic is announcing the launch of a new book series: Intelligence: AI and Humanity. I’m humbled, delighted, and honestly amazed to say that I will be the series editor. Intelligence is a venue for writers from a wide array of fields and areas of expertise to reflect on artificial intelligence as a mirror to \[ \] The post Announcing Intelligence: AI and Humanity appeared first on… ## [Habermas and his coffeehouses](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/03/16/habermas-and-his-coffeehouses/) _2026-03-16 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ Jürgen Habermas has died. In memory of the great philosophical provocateur, is a section of my book, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, grappling with his idea of the public sphere and the coffeehouse. Writing and conversation came together in a new institution built for the purpose: the coffeehouse. There, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, especially in England, varied \[ \] The post Habermas… ## [Rethinking intelligence](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/03/16/rethinking-intelligence/) _2026-03-16 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ Here is an excellent paper that clearly explains the philosophy that guides Yann LeCun’s research in AI and his new company, AMI Labs. It also perfectly expresses my complaints about the trope of artificial general intelligence — AGI, or BS for short. LeCun et al reject the idée fixe that obsesses the Promethean dreams of too many \[ \] The post Rethinking intelligence appeared first on BuzzMachine… ## [The Lesson of Banzai Cliff](https://piercello.substack.com/p/the-lesson-of-banzai-cliff) _2026-02-04 · Piercello · Piercello’s Progress_ We CAN pull each other back from the brink ## [Back from a brink](https://buzzmachine.com/2026/01/27/back-from-a-brink/) _2026-01-27 · Jeff Jarvis · BuzzMachine_ I m back. Here s where I ve been. Most of you should not care, but for those wanting a medical update, here s the tale. Two weeks ago, on Sunday, Jan. 11, I lost a test of strength with bedding on laundry day. As I ve already recounted, My feet flew out from under me; I flew up and \[ \] The post Back from a brink appeared first on BuzzMachine . ## [“And the Pursuit of Happiness”](https://piercello.substack.com/p/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness) _2025-12-22 · Piercello · Piercello’s Progress_ (a poem) ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6rH8nggS1Z9T) _2025-12-22 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [EMBODIMENT](https://piercello.substack.com/p/embodiment) _2025-12-18 · Piercello · Piercello’s Progress_ (an exercise in concision) ## [Persuade Your Piñatas III: Fixing Opportunity](https://piercello.substack.com/p/persuade-your-pinatas-iii-fixing) _2025-10-29 · Piercello · Piercello’s Progress_ Part three of a (developing) course in solving stuck problems ## [Persuade Your Piñatas II: the Road Map](https://piercello.substack.com/p/persuade-your-pinatas-ii-the-road) _2025-10-28 · Piercello · Piercello’s Progress_ Part two of a (developing) course in solving stuck problems ## [How To Persuade Your Piñatas](https://piercello.substack.com/p/how-to-persuade-your-pinatas) _2025-10-27 · Piercello · Piercello’s Progress_ Part one of a (developing) course in solving stuck problems ## [Back from the Brink](https://piercello.substack.com/p/back-from-the-brink) _2025-09-19 · Piercello · Piercello’s Progress_ Steps toward de-escalation