Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

The final stop for my Micronesia trip was Guam, a U.S. Arriving on Guam felt like coming back to the United States, although it's more like Hawaii than the mainland! Guam has a huge American military presence: the armed forces control about a third of the island. The military and tourism are Guam's two big industry.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 18, 2007

Although we are well known in the national and international disability field, it's been about ten years since I spent much time in DC (last time was the original Section 508 federal advisory committee in the 90s). We spent time talking with OSEP and our new partners from the University of Guam. caused quite a stir.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

But, she's a teacher with a national reputation and a fierce dedication to improving and reforming the system for educating blind children. She's even been to Pingelap with Mary Kidd from Guam, taking the ship Micro Glory for 24 hours, sleeping on a straw mat on one of the upper decks. I'm dedicated, but not that dedicated!

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The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2020

If successful, the FTC’s case — which was joined by 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam — could force the company to divest itself of Instagram and WhatsApp, radically reshaping the digital economy. The idea that these apps are not interchangeable would be news to Facebook.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As a result, and in agreement with the National Labor Relations Board, Google soon thereafter posted a list of employees’ rights in all of its offices, underscoring workers rights to organize, talk to the press without permission, and discuss wage and labor issues. New Mexico protects employees’ rights to express “political opinions”.

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Within months, U3 is running inside of the data centers of the most cyber-capable nations: Israel, the PRC, and Russia. If you read the ending and your reaction is, But the experiments would take too long, or nation-states would just do X, remember the difference between the Sunday afternoon blogger and the ascendant GPU nation.

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