Personal Digest: When sci‑fi becomes battlefield reality
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reported deaths from fully autonomous combat drones — The battlefield saw what was once fiction as reports emerged of deaths caused by fully autonomous combat drones, intensifying treaty and ethical debates.
 | Informed ConsentConsent under pressure: money, machines and heartbeat mandates Clinical Trial (hklaw.com) · Abortion (elciudadano.com) · Vaccination (kmvt.com) |
 | Sexual MinorityPolitics of identity: class, nation, and queer strategy Identity Politics (countercurrents.org) · Nationalism (ca.news.yahoo.com) |
| FictionSci‑fi bleeds into reality: killer drones and sentient sidekicks Autonomous weapons (worldpoliticsreview.com) · Cyborg (wsj.com) |
 | SexualityAuthenticity on set: Hollywood's quieter victories |
 | WritingWorkshops under the microscope: power, pedagogy, and harm |
 | gender diversityTalk is cheap; promotion and policy need to catch up law enforcement (timesunion.com) · STEM education (timeshighereducation.com) · Corporate Governance (independentaustralia.net) |