https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mzgbsukgbk22What happens to abandoned technology after conflict? In “Critical Functions” by Troy L. Wiggins, when two cousins encounter an abandoned autonomous military system, they’re shown a side of their world that calls into question the sacrifices we’re willing to make for family. https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/critical-functions-wiggins/03 Nov 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzgbsukgbk22https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3myxdm3wiuc25Quantum computing makes it possible to create powerful algorithms that can help tackle a huge range of problems. But running these algorithms is no easy task. https://issues.org/genesis-mission-quantum-computing-chow/28 Oct 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxdm3wiuc25https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mys6l7mwck2rAs AI arrives at the forefront in the geopolitics of scientific research, Europe is embracing a strategy centered on “public values, accountability, and trustworthiness,” anthropologist Kyriaki Papageorgiou writes. But what does it mean to build trustworthy infrastructure for AI? https://issues.org/cern-earns-trust-raise-ai-papgeorgiou/26 Oct 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mys6l7mwck2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mykvhycrgc2w“As the rest of us doomscroll through a mix of hot takes, misinformation, and moral outrage, we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg in terms of what most people believe,” @jayvanbavel.bsky.social writes. https://issues.org/social-media-van-bavel-david-lecture/23 Oct 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykvhycrgc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3myi5pcslyk2gAs the United States prepares to update its biosecurity governance, how should the risks of AI be understood? Can they be mitigated by policy—or by the technology itself? Join us today for this month’s Open Editorial Meeting at 3 PM ET. Register here: https://luma.com/1l8hgekd?tk=w17LRH22 Oct 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3myi5pcslyk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3myfkxyhlpk2c“When our community is thriving, we thrive, and when our community is suffering a challenge, we suffer as well,” DeRionne Pollard, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, says. https://issues.org/community-colleges-pollard-interview/21 Oct 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfkxyhlpk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3myamwsaja224As the United States prepares to update its biosecurity governance, how should the risks of AI be understood? Can they be mitigated by policy—or by the technology itself? Join us for this month’s Open Editorial Meeting on October 22 at 3 PM ET. Register here: luma.com/1l8hgekd19 Oct 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3myamwsaja224https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mxtysnepj22m“Today’s biosecurity approach is still grounded in a foundation laid nearly two decades ago,” writes Edward You, a former FBI special agent specializing in bioweapons and emerging technologies. https://issues.org/biosecurity-ai-you/14 Oct 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxtysnepj22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mxpgq7vsmc2kThe Fall 2026 ISSUES is off to press! In it, contributors explore how AI might affect public policy in a variety of domains, including how it can uncover bad actors in biosecurity, how Canada’s proposed AI sovereign wealth fund can equitably distribute profits from this technology, and much more!12 Oct 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpgq7vsmc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mwwbcff4ds26American astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt received little recognition during her lifetime, Alana Quinn at the National Academy of Sciences writes. Only decades after Leavitt’s death would “her central role in revealing the scale of the universe” be recognized. Read: https://issues.org/henrietta-swan-leavitt-archives/02 Oct 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwbcff4ds26https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mwoohtjjxc2lWhat does it look like to search for truth across ideological bubbles? “Sunshine Hills Reality Edit”—this month’s Future Tense Fiction story by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social—takes us to a remote cabin where an encyclopedia editor struggles to curate a library of “truthful” information. https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/fiction-sunshine-hills-reality-edit-connolly/29 Sep 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoohtjjxc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mw4wjfam2c2pProfessor of history Nikhil Menon writes that “The sharp inequalities in wealth generated by the computing revolution have less to do with technology and innovation itself than with the matrix of global politics and capitalism in which computing emerged in the second half of the twentieth century.” https://issues.org/india-computing-self-reliance-review-menon/22 Sep 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4wjfam2c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mvnl3unadk2mIn our Summer issue, authors Katherine Loh and Imad Aad from the Center for Digital Trust at EPFL, the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, examine how “the Swiss e-ID system ignited a national debate about how [public] trust is built and how such a system should be used.” https://issues.org/switzerland-national-digital-id-loh-aad/16 Sep 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnl3unadk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mv44rntjnk2zGwen Ottinger, a professor at Drexel University, asks, “How can scientists and research institutions contribute to social justice?” In contrast to the science in which "scientists are granted sole authority to establish and uphold norms for knowing,” Ottinger suggests “reparative science.” https://issues.org/reparative-science-social-justice-ottinger/09 Sep 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv44rntjnk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3munebvl4ds2kISSUES senior editor Megan Nicholson introduces transmission line engineer Joseph M. Spadoro’s piece on the struggle to represent and modernize the national grid, and how his deep, personal experience in the field informs the piece. Read the full piece here: https://issues.org/grid-data-infrastructure-spadoro/03 Sep 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3munebvl4ds2khttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3muk74lr7sc2bAs more and more data centers crop up across the country, the tradeoffs they entail are often viewed as unfavorable by local communities. The question that’s pressing now is: How can communities negotiate with Big Tech over data centers to win tangible benefits? Read: https://issues.org/data-centers-big-tech-communities-hochard-bogus/02 Sep 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk74lr7sc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mu5zsv7w6k2eWhat would it look to construct a house whose walls, roof, and very scaffolding were all made up of living plants? In this month’s Future Tense Fiction story, writer Osahon Ize-Iyamu brings us to a Nigerian housing development pushing the idea of green architecture to new extremes. https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/where-the-wild-things-grow-osahon-ize-iyamu/28 Aug 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5zsv7w6k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mtytvfbcss2gResearch Nova Scotia CEO Stefan Leslie spent 15 years managing fisheries, working to “put research to use” and bring about real, practical improvements. “The approach we’d taken to fisheries research applies in other areas: Solving a practical problem has merit as an organizing principle.” https://issues.org/nova-scotia-focused-research-investments-leslie/26 Aug 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtytvfbcss2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mttmcahkpk2qIn December 1968, Apollo 8 became the first crewed mission to leave Earth’s orbit and circle the Moon. After the spacecraft’s fourth orbit around the Moon, astronaut Bill Anders scrambled to capture the moment. The photograph came to be known as “Earthrise.” Image credit: NASA24 Aug 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttmcahkpk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3msyaka2j422rBenchmarks and measurements for AI oversight can be valuable, but “they also share a critical structural vulnerability that AI governance has not yet adequately absorbed,” authors Urs Gasser, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, and Fabienne Marco write. Read: https://issues.org/ai-measurement-oversight-gasser-mayer-schonberger-marco/13 Aug 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyaka2j422rhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3msta53ckbc26“A century ago, the arrival of the automobile threw cities out of balance,” Lina Moe and Clinton J. Andrews from Rutgers University write. Today, urban centers are being disrupted by another new technology: urban robots. Read: https://issues.org/urban-robots-moe-andrews/11 Aug 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msta53ckbc26