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Brilliantly combining military, media and tech experience to bring transparency and accountability to the deployment of US troops within America... Journalism geeks may be particularly interested in this...

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

All credit to Andy for 'fessing up here.. and a cautionary tale for all of us on recognising what AI is, and isn't, good at...

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

“Propaganda doesn’t work. No one changes their mind that easily or is that subject to influence.”

submitted 16 hours ago • 26 comments

Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.

submitted 1 day ago • 106 comments

World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns

submitted 1 day ago • 405 comments

I was thinking that maybe, more than 20 years after the start of the Iraq war, media coverage would be more skeptical and less sycophantic No such luck

submitted 2 days ago • 1006 comments

Probably a good moment to point out that US Homeland Terrorism Prevention is being led by an unqualified 22 year old kid who's one year out of college. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 1 day ago • 98 comments

Exactly this

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😂👌

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Irony

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

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submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

hottest day of the year

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

submitted 4 days ago • 103 comments

Many genuine experts with vast resources of knowledge, experience and insight are available to be guests on discussion shows like Question Time. But contrarian self-publicists will almost invariably be picked instead.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Why does James Vance insist everyone call him JD when he is against people having a right to choose to be called a different name?

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

A lot of libs who underestimate Elon’s genius don’t understand that he’s just in stealth mode to launch the world’s most spectacular fireworks company

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

And again with a need for journalists to put all these promises in a diary file and report on things that _don't_happen as well as what does

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

I guess he's just giving them a bit more time to send over the bitcoin and make it all go away?

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

On a less serious note, looks like Zuckerberg is about to announce a remake of Annie Hall

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

If the UK government could explain how on earth Palantir are allowed to run UK government services I think we would all be very grateful. I am really hoping that there is a massive reset programme underway from HMG to tackle the massive risk from US techbros… Sigh, yes I know…

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

The words I dread from every app I use.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Norman Solomon's 2006 list of recurring US war propaganda talking points never gets old

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments