Chris Allbritton
@christopherallbritton.com
Founder of Back-to-Iraq.com, OG crowdfunded war correspondent, former Time Magazine reporter in Iraq and Reuters Bureau Chief in Pakistan and lover of cats (and dogs). https://www.linkedin.com/in/callbritton/
@bskyttrpg.bsky.social listancestries
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Live photo from NYC of all the billionaires fleeing
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Live photo from NYC of all the billionaires fleeing
squadron of six fighter jets just flew over DC. Any idea why?
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
squadron of six fighter jets just flew over DC. Any idea why?
Thanks @thebulwark.com for one of the clearest distillations I’ve ever read of how we got to the this crisis in journalism. The moment you mention Craigslist and how it decimated classifieds I knew it was going to be good.
The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future.
We drink their milkshake.
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Thanks @thebulwark.com for one of the clearest distillations I’ve ever read of how we got to the this crisis in journalism. The moment you mention Craigslist and how it decimated classifieds I knew it was going to be good.
The $3,000-per-work settlement could set a new benchmark for future copyright negotiations between AI companies, publishers and creators.
Anthropic’s Record Settlement Marks the Moment AI Companies Lost Their Free Lunch
Anthropic just paid $1.5 billion to settle a copyright case, in a case that might change everything about how AI gets built
open.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The $3,000-per-work settlement could set a new benchmark for future copyright negotiations between AI companies, publishers and creators.
In my years as a journalist and my recent deep dive into the world of AI and media, I’ve been thinking long and hard (much like GPT-5 these days) on some of the key takeaways from recent AI and media news. They are:
September 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In my years as a journalist and my recent deep dive into the world of AI and media, I’ve been thinking long and hard (much like GPT-5 these days) on some of the key takeaways from recent AI and media news. They are:
@cloudflare.social CEO points out the ratio of web pages crawled to visitors ballooned from 2:1 (2015) to 18:1 (6/25).
@similarwebinsights.bsky.social reports zero-click searches grew from 56%>69% year-on-year in May. Meanwhile, Google says that's based on flawed methodologies.
@similarwebinsights.bsky.social reports zero-click searches grew from 56%>69% year-on-year in May. Meanwhile, Google says that's based on flawed methodologies.
September 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
@cloudflare.social CEO points out the ratio of web pages crawled to visitors ballooned from 2:1 (2015) to 18:1 (6/25).
@similarwebinsights.bsky.social reports zero-click searches grew from 56%>69% year-on-year in May. Meanwhile, Google says that's based on flawed methodologies.
@similarwebinsights.bsky.social reports zero-click searches grew from 56%>69% year-on-year in May. Meanwhile, Google says that's based on flawed methodologies.
Flattery, name-dropping, peer-pressure... AIs can be just as susceptible to these things as humans.
Flattery will get you everywhere... Including past AI guardrails
How name-dropping Andrew Ng got ChatGPT to synthesize drugs.
mediacopilot.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Flattery, name-dropping, peer-pressure... AIs can be just as susceptible to these things as humans.
On Trump’s say-so, the U.S. military killed 11 people in international waters. No formal declaration of war, no UN Security Council authorization, and no evidence of any imminent threat to American lives. Then Trump took a grisly victory lap on social media.
Trump's War Crimes in International Waters are a Wake Up Call for the World
A president can't just order extrajudicial executions at sea and calls it "counter-terrorism"
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
On Trump’s say-so, the U.S. military killed 11 people in international waters. No formal declaration of war, no UN Security Council authorization, and no evidence of any imminent threat to American lives. Then Trump took a grisly victory lap on social media.
How am I supposed to work in these conditions?
August 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
How am I supposed to work in these conditions?
That NYT op-ed aged well....
August 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
That NYT op-ed aged well....
Just saw this at the @nationalpress.bsky.social in dc. Fantastic and deeply affecting (and enraging, if you care about justice and accountability). Shoutout to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social , @dionnissenbaum.bsky.social and @conorpowell.bsky.social for an important commitment of journalism
EXCLUSIVE: Watch Our Explosive New Documentary, ‘Who Killed Shireen?’
Zeteo uncovers the hidden identity – and fate – of the Israeli soldier who killed the famous Palestinian-American journalist in 2022.
zeteo.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Just saw this at the @nationalpress.bsky.social in dc. Fantastic and deeply affecting (and enraging, if you care about justice and accountability). Shoutout to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social , @dionnissenbaum.bsky.social and @conorpowell.bsky.social for an important commitment of journalism
I was in Lebanon in 2006 when Hizballah and Israel went at it, and the US, which wasn't an official party to the conflict, sent Sailors and Marines from the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to evacuate some 15,000 US nationals.
UPDATE The US said it will close its embassy in Jerusalem until Friday amid the growing military conflict between Israel and Iran, as speculation mounts about possible American intervention.
The embassy statement said there was no current announcement about helping Americans leave the "crisis area"
The embassy statement said there was no current announcement about helping Americans leave the "crisis area"
June 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I was in Lebanon in 2006 when Hizballah and Israel went at it, and the US, which wasn't an official party to the conflict, sent Sailors and Marines from the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to evacuate some 15,000 US nationals.
My boy likes books
June 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My boy likes books
Just watched Fountain of Youth on Apple TV. It’s … pretty bad. There are some fun moments - Guy Ritchie, after all — but overall, it’s a chaotic mess. I made it better, however, by imagining all the lines were delivered by Jason Statham in Snatch. It really works.
June 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Just watched Fountain of Youth on Apple TV. It’s … pretty bad. There are some fun moments - Guy Ritchie, after all — but overall, it’s a chaotic mess. I made it better, however, by imagining all the lines were delivered by Jason Statham in Snatch. It really works.
Has anyone checked on how Truth Social is doing?
June 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Has anyone checked on how Truth Social is doing?
“Mountainhead” is one of the most disturbing movies I’ve ever scene. It depicts the moral bankruptcy and intellectual shallowness of Silicon Valley tech bros so perfectly. It’s not a satire, it’s a vivisection of modern tech culture.
June 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“Mountainhead” is one of the most disturbing movies I’ve ever scene. It depicts the moral bankruptcy and intellectual shallowness of Silicon Valley tech bros so perfectly. It’s not a satire, it’s a vivisection of modern tech culture.
The fact that Ukraine targeted exclusively military targets vs the Russian practice of indiscriminate civilian bombing *should* make it clear to everyone who the good guys are in this fight.
5/ You can read my initial assessment on impacts that may arise from the attacks here: mickryan.substack.com/p/ukraines-b...
Ukraine’s Big Day: Russian Bombers Have “Justified & Deserved” Smoking Accidents
An initial assessment of the impacts of Ukraine’s strikes on multiple Russian airbases for the trajectory of the war in Ukraine, and for the direction of war more broadly.
mickryan.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The fact that Ukraine targeted exclusively military targets vs the Russian practice of indiscriminate civilian bombing *should* make it clear to everyone who the good guys are in this fight.
Exactly right. Such an impressive op.
Your key takeaway from the brilliant Ukraine attack with small drones into Russia shouldn’t be “wow, small drones make it so easy to score huge hits,” it should be “wow, Ukrainians are insanely good at covertly planning and executing extraordinarily difficult missions of which drones are one part”.
1. The FPV drone tech Ukraine used here has been around for a while, though it was used very ingeniously.
2. The Ukrainian attack using these drones relied upon what sounds like over a year of extraordinarily precise logistics, planning, and training. This is not something just anyone could do.
2. The Ukrainian attack using these drones relied upon what sounds like over a year of extraordinarily precise logistics, planning, and training. This is not something just anyone could do.
June 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Exactly right. Such an impressive op.
Happy Pride Month!
happy pride month, friends 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
this is a time to celebrate us being ourselves and fighting for our rights.
i would like to share resources for helping Ukrainian queer people!~
all links and descriptions are below ↓
#PrideMonth #UkrainianView
this is a time to celebrate us being ourselves and fighting for our rights.
i would like to share resources for helping Ukrainian queer people!~
all links and descriptions are below ↓
#PrideMonth #UkrainianView
June 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Happy Pride Month!
Absolutely true. 100%.
👏 👏 Ukraine's Pavutyna operation: 18 months in planning, 41 Russian bombers hit – photos
June 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Absolutely true. 100%.
Absolutely gobsmacked (in a good way) by #Ukraine's massive attack on Russian air assets. What a logistical and military tour de force. Let them into NATO *now* and put them in charge of strategy development for future war fighting.
Slava Ukraine!
Slava Ukraine!
June 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Absolutely gobsmacked (in a good way) by #Ukraine's massive attack on Russian air assets. What a logistical and military tour de force. Let them into NATO *now* and put them in charge of strategy development for future war fighting.
Slava Ukraine!
Slava Ukraine!
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🕊️ The epilogue is here.
Emily Chen stands beneath the digital map of the resistance, no longer leading—just remembering.
The struggle was human. The victory was collective.
The work continues.
Emily Chen stands beneath the digital map of the resistance, no longer leading—just remembering.
The struggle was human. The victory was collective.
The work continues.
The Provincial Spark: Epilogue
Democracy’s greatest vulnerability is taking it for granted. Its greatest strength is a commitment to its renewal
open.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🕊️ The epilogue is here.
Emily Chen stands beneath the digital map of the resistance, no longer leading—just remembering.
The struggle was human. The victory was collective.
The work continues.
Emily Chen stands beneath the digital map of the resistance, no longer leading—just remembering.
The struggle was human. The victory was collective.
The work continues.