https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.socialhttps://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/3msta53ckbc26https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3msbhsyon2s24In “Prompts for a Perfect Daughter,” this month’s Future Tense Fiction story, writer @aijiang.bsky.social takes this idea literally, imagining a brain implant system that allows parents to embed a sort of operating manual for living. Read here: https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/prompts-for-a-perfect-daughter-ai-jiang/04 Aug 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbhsyon2s24https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mrscjpq4n22tIn their revised emissions standards for stationary combustion turbines, “EPA estimated the costs the regulation would impose on industry but did not estimate the health benefits of reducing exposure to air pollution,” writes Jana B. Milford, professor emerita at the University of Colorado Boulder. https://issues.org/epa-cost-benefit-clean-air-milford/29 Jul 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrscjpq4n22thttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mrn6ulcuis2m“Surveillance used to be associated with the work of trench-coated government agents conducting wiretaps from vans. It now hides inside sleek packaging, personalized recommendations,” Big Tech accountability advocate J.B. Branch writes. https://issues.org/data-self-surveillance-review-branch/27 Jul 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn6ulcuis2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mre5dy4x222aM. Anthony Mills, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, looks at the recent firing of the National Science Board as an opportunity to “establish a new balance between democratic accountability and protection from partisan meddling.” Read the piece here: https://issues.org/nsb-nsf-democratic-accountability-mills/24 Jul 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mre5dy4x222ahttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mquej47fsk2j“I am an unabashed optimist when it comes to thinking about the long-term future of science,” Neil Shubin, the new president of the National Academy of Sciences says. “When you look at what science has been able to accomplish, increasingly so over the millennia it’s truly stunning and remarkable.” https://issues.org/nas-president-interview-shubin/17 Jul 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquej47fsk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mqtwa4t62k26Join Future Tense Fiction and Andrés Martinez for a live conversation about how once-fictional technology is coming to life in the World Cup, from video-assisted refereeing to AI agents that make match-tailored recommendations and analyze opponents. Register Here: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/27799217 Jul 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtwa4t62k26https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mqpjvdtius2tJoin Future Tense Fiction and Andrés Martinez for a live conversation about how once-fictional technology is coming to life in the World Cup, from video-assisted refereeing to AI agents that make match-tailored recommendations and analyze opponents. Register Here: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/27799215 Jul 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpjvdtius2thttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mqmio45hrs2nDucking out of the path of delivery robots has become part of normal life in cities across the United States. As these devices integrate into urban landscapes, local officials must ensure that they merge safely. Which existing rules in cities should apply to robots?14 Jul 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmio45hrs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mpmzf546ts2vISSUES editor Megan Nicholson discusses open research infrastructure—its disaggregated nature and vulnerable financial position—and working with Jennifer Gibson and Kaitlin Thaney on their essay and podcast about creating a more stable model. Read: https://issues.org/open-data-research-%20infrastructure-gibson-thaney/02 Jul 2026 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmzf546ts2v