Molly McCluskey
@mollymccluskey.com
Award-winning investigative journalist & editor. Founder & Publisher: Diplomatica Global Media. International literature enthusiast. Local news advocate.
https://www.mollymccluskey.com/
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Deepfake scammers are increasingly targeting journalists to sell fraudulent products on social media, but the platforms hosting these ads are struggling to respond effectively.
🔗: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scammers-are-using-video-deepfakes-of-journalists-to-peddle-products-online/
🔗: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scammers-are-using-video-deepfakes-of-journalists-to-peddle-products-online/
October 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Deepfake scammers are increasingly targeting journalists to sell fraudulent products on social media, but the platforms hosting these ads are struggling to respond effectively.
🔗: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scammers-are-using-video-deepfakes-of-journalists-to-peddle-products-online/
🔗: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scammers-are-using-video-deepfakes-of-journalists-to-peddle-products-online/
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Postal Service Delays Are Making the Already Tight Newspaper Business Even Harder. Read @riddhisetty.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/pos...
Postal Service delays are making the already tight newspaper business even harder.
Subscribers report delays of as long as two months.
www.cjr.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Postal Service Delays Are Making the Already Tight Newspaper Business Even Harder. Read @riddhisetty.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/pos...
It's 6:30 on Thursday in autumn at the Metro Center station and trains are the days of "is Metro on fire"-levels of empty.
October 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It's 6:30 on Thursday in autumn at the Metro Center station and trains are the days of "is Metro on fire"-levels of empty.
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Haines might soon join communities across Southeast Alaska that have tweaked their tax policies to shift the local tax burden off year-round residents and onto tourists.
Haines, Skagway and Juneau to vote on seasonal sales tax proposals
Each proposal looks slightly different, but they all seek to take advantage of the busy summer season to generate local tax revenue.
akpub.io
October 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Haines might soon join communities across Southeast Alaska that have tweaked their tax policies to shift the local tax burden off year-round residents and onto tourists.
Oof. I felt this.
Also the offers I get to use my voice to train AI. Because that couldn't possibly go wrong.
Also the offers I get to use my voice to train AI. Because that couldn't possibly go wrong.
Yeah, freelance journalism was a brilliant career choice....
October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Oof. I felt this.
Also the offers I get to use my voice to train AI. Because that couldn't possibly go wrong.
Also the offers I get to use my voice to train AI. Because that couldn't possibly go wrong.
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Teakettle held enormous scientific value because of the sheer amount of data collected over the past 30 years.
“That being lost is a tragedy to science,” Scott Stephens @natureatcal.bsky.social told @jjreport.bsky.social. “You can’t recreate that.”
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
“That being lost is a tragedy to science,” Scott Stephens @natureatcal.bsky.social told @jjreport.bsky.social. “You can’t recreate that.”
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
‘All the trees are dead’: An ancient California forest has been wiped out
Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic example in California.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Teakettle held enormous scientific value because of the sheer amount of data collected over the past 30 years.
“That being lost is a tragedy to science,” Scott Stephens @natureatcal.bsky.social told @jjreport.bsky.social. “You can’t recreate that.”
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
“That being lost is a tragedy to science,” Scott Stephens @natureatcal.bsky.social told @jjreport.bsky.social. “You can’t recreate that.”
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
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The Marineland park near Niagara Falls has asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent.
Marineland asks Canadian government for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent
The Marineland park near Niagara Falls has asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent.
bit.ly
October 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Marineland park near Niagara Falls has asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent.
I'm at the Embassy of Austria for an anniversary screening of Sound of Music with Salzburg Global and if you think I didn't turn it into a sing along we've never met in real life.
October 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I'm at the Embassy of Austria for an anniversary screening of Sound of Music with Salzburg Global and if you think I didn't turn it into a sing along we've never met in real life.
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In Juneau, people came together to educate children and teens about the history of boarding schools and to celebrate Native languages and cultures that thrive despite that history.
On Orange Shirt Day, descendants of boarding schools survivors sing to remember what wasn’t lost
In Juneau, people came together to educate young people about the history of residential schools and to celebrate Native languages and cultures that thrive despite that history.
akpub.io
October 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In Juneau, people came together to educate children and teens about the history of boarding schools and to celebrate Native languages and cultures that thrive despite that history.
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Deepfakes of broadcast journalists are spreading across social media. Many of them are ads selling cryptocurrencies, gambling apps, and snake oil medicines.
Meanwhile, social media companies like Meta profit off the ad dollars. My latest @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scam...
Meanwhile, social media companies like Meta profit off the ad dollars. My latest @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scam...
Scammers are using video deepfakes of journalists to peddle products online
Broadcast journalists around the world are being targeted amid an explosion in deepfake scams. Are social media platforms doing enough to counter them?
www.niemanlab.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Deepfakes of broadcast journalists are spreading across social media. Many of them are ads selling cryptocurrencies, gambling apps, and snake oil medicines.
Meanwhile, social media companies like Meta profit off the ad dollars. My latest @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scam...
Meanwhile, social media companies like Meta profit off the ad dollars. My latest @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scam...
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BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.
Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.
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The FTC and five states are suing Zillow and Redfin, saying Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to shut down its apartment rental advertising business and transfer its clients to Zillow.
This would constitute an illegal scheme to stop competition in the online housing rental market.
This would constitute an illegal scheme to stop competition in the online housing rental market.
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The FTC and five states are suing Zillow and Redfin, saying Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to shut down its apartment rental advertising business and transfer its clients to Zillow.
This would constitute an illegal scheme to stop competition in the online housing rental market.
This would constitute an illegal scheme to stop competition in the online housing rental market.
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Join us in D.C. for #MediaFest25! After participating in sessions on freelancing and entrepreneurship alongside @timherrera.bsky.social, @nicoledec.bsky.social and @stacieoverton.bsky.social, we’ll host a meetup for freelancers on Oct. 16! RSVP for more details: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Join us in D.C. for #MediaFest25! After participating in sessions on freelancing and entrepreneurship alongside @timherrera.bsky.social, @nicoledec.bsky.social and @stacieoverton.bsky.social, we’ll host a meetup for freelancers on Oct. 16! RSVP for more details: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
How odd that this fawning review of Levi's reopening its museum doesn't mention SF's current mayor is a Levi's heir. www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
Exclusive: Levi’s to reopen its waterfront S.F. museum that’s been closed to the public for years
The museum’s reboot will begin with an exhibit that highlights Levi’s influence in music, such as a pair of patched-up jeans worn by Kurt Cobain and a bodysuit made for Beyonce.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
How odd that this fawning review of Levi's reopening its museum doesn't mention SF's current mayor is a Levi's heir. www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
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FBI Director Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials illegal firearms during his visit to the country earlier this year, authorities say.
In compliance with local firearms laws, the 3D-printed pistols have been destroyed
u.afp.com/SWHg
In compliance with local firearms laws, the 3D-printed pistols have been destroyed
u.afp.com/SWHg
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
FBI Director Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials illegal firearms during his visit to the country earlier this year, authorities say.
In compliance with local firearms laws, the 3D-printed pistols have been destroyed
u.afp.com/SWHg
In compliance with local firearms laws, the 3D-printed pistols have been destroyed
u.afp.com/SWHg
How it started - Spent the last year learning AI and prompt engineering like it was my actual job.
How it's going - Just threatened to build a machine to Weird Science ChatGPT so I could murder it.
How it's going - Just threatened to build a machine to Weird Science ChatGPT so I could murder it.
October 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
How it started - Spent the last year learning AI and prompt engineering like it was my actual job.
How it's going - Just threatened to build a machine to Weird Science ChatGPT so I could murder it.
How it's going - Just threatened to build a machine to Weird Science ChatGPT so I could murder it.
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The former Fantasies on Fifth property is now a 100-bed shelter, part of a larger strategy to provide multiple smaller shelters scattered around Anchorage.
It was a strip club. Then a church. Now it’s Anchorage’s newest homeless shelter.
The former Fantasies on Fifth property is now a 100-bed shelter, part of a larger strategy to provide multiple smaller shelters scattered around town.
www.adn.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The former Fantasies on Fifth property is now a 100-bed shelter, part of a larger strategy to provide multiple smaller shelters scattered around Anchorage.
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Newsom just signed a California law that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols, setting a potential national standard for big tech.
Gavin Newsom signs first-in-nation AI safety law
Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation AI safety bill into law — ending a lobbying battle with big tech and setting a potential national precedent.
www.politico.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Newsom just signed a California law that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols, setting a potential national standard for big tech.
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Today in Proximities:
- At least 23 people, including children and pregnant women, have starved to death in Sudan's el-Fasher this month
- Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Antananarivo
- Black liberation activist Assata Shakur dies in Cuba
www.proximities.news/p/sudan-mada...
- At least 23 people, including children and pregnant women, have starved to death in Sudan's el-Fasher this month
- Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Antananarivo
- Black liberation activist Assata Shakur dies in Cuba
www.proximities.news/p/sudan-mada...
Sudan, Madagascar, Cuba.
Today's three stories you should know.
www.proximities.news
September 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today in Proximities:
- At least 23 people, including children and pregnant women, have starved to death in Sudan's el-Fasher this month
- Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Antananarivo
- Black liberation activist Assata Shakur dies in Cuba
www.proximities.news/p/sudan-mada...
- At least 23 people, including children and pregnant women, have starved to death in Sudan's el-Fasher this month
- Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Antananarivo
- Black liberation activist Assata Shakur dies in Cuba
www.proximities.news/p/sudan-mada...
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New Census data reveals rising poverty among older adults—over 9 million seniors (15%) live in poverty, with rates higher in communities of color. These aren’t just stats; they’re our parents, grandparents, neighbors, and keepers of our culture, all deserving to age with dignity.
Seniors are the only age group with growing poverty. It could get worse
Seniors are the only age group that saw a rise in poverty in 2024, Census Bureau data show. Without government help, it could get worse, experts say.
www.usatoday.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New Census data reveals rising poverty among older adults—over 9 million seniors (15%) live in poverty, with rates higher in communities of color. These aren’t just stats; they’re our parents, grandparents, neighbors, and keepers of our culture, all deserving to age with dignity.
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911 emergency services are DOWN all across Mississippi and in parts of Louisiana and Alabama, apparently due to one single fiber line being cut.
@nickjudin.bsky.social has the latest updates from Mississippi + alternative emergency numbers: www.mississippifreepress.org/911-emergenc...
@nickjudin.bsky.social has the latest updates from Mississippi + alternative emergency numbers: www.mississippifreepress.org/911-emergenc...
911 Emergency Services Down Statewide in Mississippi
911 lines have gone down across Mississippi, limiting access to emergency services.
www.mississippifreepress.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
911 emergency services are DOWN all across Mississippi and in parts of Louisiana and Alabama, apparently due to one single fiber line being cut.
@nickjudin.bsky.social has the latest updates from Mississippi + alternative emergency numbers: www.mississippifreepress.org/911-emergenc...
@nickjudin.bsky.social has the latest updates from Mississippi + alternative emergency numbers: www.mississippifreepress.org/911-emergenc...
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It happened to me.
Thankfully it also brought me an enormous amount of growth and an ability to know the hardships of others in a way that only living through it can bring. But it’s inexcusable for our country to allow inequality of this magnitude.
Thankfully it also brought me an enormous amount of growth and an ability to know the hardships of others in a way that only living through it can bring. But it’s inexcusable for our country to allow inequality of this magnitude.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
I really wish yall would understand this can happen to any one of us.
I really wish yall would understand this can happen to any one of us.
Priced out of traditional housing, more Americans are living in RVs
Moving into an RV may seem like a way to save money, but it can come with unexpected costs and trap families in a cycle of debt.
www.nbcnews.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It happened to me.
Thankfully it also brought me an enormous amount of growth and an ability to know the hardships of others in a way that only living through it can bring. But it’s inexcusable for our country to allow inequality of this magnitude.
Thankfully it also brought me an enormous amount of growth and an ability to know the hardships of others in a way that only living through it can bring. But it’s inexcusable for our country to allow inequality of this magnitude.
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FRIDAY: Join the NASW Institutional Communicators Committee in conversation with university communications professionals for NASW's first #SciWriSpotlight "Communicating the importance of university research during challenging times."
Register for Friday's free event:
Register for Friday's free event:
SciWriSpotlight: Meeting the moment
All interested professionals and students are invited to register for the upcoming, free #SciWriSpotlight webinar “Meeting the Moment: Communicating the importance of university research during challenging times” scheduled for Friday, Sept. 26, at 1 p.m. Eastern.
www.nasw.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
FRIDAY: Join the NASW Institutional Communicators Committee in conversation with university communications professionals for NASW's first #SciWriSpotlight "Communicating the importance of university research during challenging times."
Register for Friday's free event:
Register for Friday's free event:
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I have a couple of small updates on this story, in case y'all have been wondering about any fallout since its July publication! 🧵
Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector
If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...
defector.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I have a couple of small updates on this story, in case y'all have been wondering about any fallout since its July publication! 🧵
"...forensic investigation has already revealed the involvement of at least one foreign nation, as well as several bad actors already known to law enforcement."
The Secret Service said it found over 300 SIM servers, 100,000 SIM cards and other illicit materials in multiple sites surrounding New York City ahead of the U.N. General Assembly.
Devices seized near U.N. meeting could have shut down cellphone networks
The Secret Service said it found over 300 SIM servers, 100,000 SIM cards and other illicit materials in multiple sites surrounding New York City ahead of the U.N. General Assembly.
n.pr
September 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"...forensic investigation has already revealed the involvement of at least one foreign nation, as well as several bad actors already known to law enforcement."