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First the billionaires caved, and I did not speak out for I was not a billionaire. Then the universities caved, and I did not speak out because I was not a university. The law firms caved, and I did not speak out because I was not a law firm. And now there’s the rest of us. We are still many.

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Just asking for a friend: Who are these random school kids in the background with Trump when he announced the dismantling of the Department of Education?

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“Don’t panic, organize” by 4th Ave Yarn Collective

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Excited to welcome @bsky.app COO @rose.bsky.team to the @hackshackers.com AI x Journalism House. She brought “Mundus Sine Caesaribus” stickers!

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Wrapping up the day with Der Spiegel at the @hackshackers.com AI x Journalism House during SXSW. We have a full day coming up tomorrow, join us: lu.ma/aj74ayou

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MAGA’s nostalgia for the past apparently includes pulling stock prices down to their previous levels as well

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All-star panel @rubinafillion.nytimes.com @aimeetwoee.bsky.social & Elin Wieslander moderated by @pcheung630.bsky.social at the @hackshackers.com AI x Journalism House during SXSW

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Kicking off our AI x Journalism House here during @sxsw.com at @texastribune.org with @cnti.bsky.social. Join us if you’re in Austin: lu.ma/aj74ayou

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I've been an Apple fan for decades, and always get the latest iPhone. But I'm starting to feel like the delays with Apple Intelligence mean I'm falling further behind the latest technology and wondering if I should switch ... daringfireball.net/2025/03/appl...

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Remembering the @apnews.com win last year at the Academy Awards for telling the story of the Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol www.ap.org/media-center...

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18F staffers- who were summarily fired en masse overnight- issue statement expressing shock, bewilderment: "18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated."

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Stay strong, @apnews.com! The attempt to censor the AP Stylebook is against everything the U.S. Constitution and First Amendment are about.

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Principles don’t change based on how the political winds blow. When people do make changes, they reveal what their true principles are.

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🚨 Last chance for early bird pricing! The @hackshackers.com #AI x #Journalism Summit 2025 brings together leading journalists, technologists, and innovators to explore how AI is reshaping news and information.

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[Early-bird tix end on Sun, Feb 15] Our 1st-ever AI x Journalism Summit is in Baltimore May 7-8. Tracks include 1) Reporting on AI 2) Using AI 3) Building with AI -- all aimed at giving reporters, editors, product managers, technologists practical skills. Tix: www.hackshackers.com/join-us-for-...

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Never found myself needing to review the text of the U.S. Constitution as much as in recent days ... 😢

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The US Constitution states clearly that Congress has the power “to coin money.” Why does @nytimes.com not write this, rather than hedging that it’s “unclear” if Trump has the power to stop penny production? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

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This is such massive government overreach by the UK, and also highlights why we need decentralized options: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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“We don’t need any more irony-poisoned hot takes or cathartic, irreverent snark. We need to collectively decide what kind of world we actually do want, and what we’re willing to do to achieve it.” www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...

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Musk's X playbook is being run on the U.S. government, beds in offices and all: www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

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Thank you corporate leaders at CBS, Meta & ABC/Disney for making it very clear where your true principles stand (or rather … kneel) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...

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Amused that Tim Apple in latest earnings says iPhone sales did better in countries where Apple Intelligence is available. As if China sales would be better if they had … wait what AI features again are driving sales elsewhere? Genmoji? Notification summaries? Um, no

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Phew, what a relief - I was REALLY worried about Meta’s ad spend when the fact-checking decision was announced. I’m all good now techcrunch.com/2025/01/29/m...

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First, ABC News, now Meta, totally caving on lawsuits that have zero merit. There can be no "censorship" by Meta -- it's not a government and they can do whatever they want on their private platform within the law. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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I’m not sure what the value is of OpenAI’s Operator, having to babysit it slowly navigating the web through a human interface. Wouldn’t a more functional AI agent avoid the user interface altogether and just have my robots talk to your robots?

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Vertical video will not save CNN's business, worrying to see the focus on this as a hoped-for measure that will halt the decline of CNN's core audience aging and dying. What user need does CNN actually serve and how does it do it better than anyone else? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/b...

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Whenever the far corners of Murdoch’s media empire face judgment and the burden of truth, he caves in at the last second apparently knowing he will lose in court

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The Washington Post didn't invent the phrase "BHAG" (big hairy audiacious goal) as some media commentators seem to imply. This is a entrepreneurial phrase that has been around a while. But the Post's 200 million subscriber goal is virtually so far-fetched as to be useless

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The TikTok issue feels like a huge distraction as we are on the cusp of the new US administration, there will be many more. Let’s not lose sight of the bigger issues around democracy and risks to the constitution

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On a day where many tech stocks are down, Meta is up and also positive for the week ... why could that be

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It’s only January 8 … and it’s been a year

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One of the ways I’ve noticed to spot where AI may have been used: a written composition that feels far longer than needed to suit its purpose. The ingrained obsequiousness of LLMs shows in their verbosity

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Thank you @taylorlorenz.bsky.social for putting this together so we don’t have to go to that other place to follow the meltdown www.usermag.co/p/a-maga-civ...

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Oh, the hypocrisy of “conservatives” pursuing this when there is a blatant thumb on the scales at the former Twitter ... but pursuing Elmo for that would be more hypocrisy. The fight for true freedom of speech is going to get very real in 2025 www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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When a former NY police officer is elevated to the mayorship, you don’t get a city that’s tougher on crime - you permeate the corruption and problems of the police force even wider into the city government. NY deserves much better than this

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Apple’s Siri won’t get a real conversational AI interface until iOS 19.4 in 2026, according to @markgurman.bsky.social. I know Apple is usually not the first to implement new technology, but this seems especially late when Google Gemini is moving so fast and coming to Android

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For decades, the media failed to treat the climate crisis with the urgency it deserved. Journalism’s failure has undoubtedly led the public to take the issue much less seriously than they should have. I fear we're repeating the same mistake with AI. My new piece for @niemanlab.org argues why:

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Hey @niemanlab.org - I figured out your Prediction IDs on this year’s posts are a hexadecimal string spelling out the author’s name in ASCII. Does this mean I get some tokens in your crypto scheme?

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Is there another time in the history of any country where the main political leader worked closely with the wealthiest person? Curious if there are other examples, doesn’t have to only be democratic nations (and perhaps more often isn’t?)

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So…much…efficiency…

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