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Tyler Dukes
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Lead editor, AI innovation in journalism at McClatchy. Former News & Observer I-team. Duke University adjunct. 2017 Nieman Fellow. Powered by gas station coffee and eastern NC barbecue.
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patrickmwilson.bsky.social
Charlotte police said officers ‘immediately’ rendered aid after shooting. Video shows otherwise (Gift Article) | Part Two of an investigative series by @juliacoin.bsky.social

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
CMPD said it ‘immediately’ rendered aid after shooting. Video shows otherwise
Official statements on fatal shooting don’t line up with reality. Part Two of a three-part Observer series.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
Internews' Earth Journalism Network is collaborating with SourceMaterial, the Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Initiative and 14 Asian outlets reporting across 11 countries for "Dark Side of the Boom," a series exploring environmental and social costs of AI. Tech Policy Press is a project partner.
Dark Side of the Boom
earthjournalism.net
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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columjournreview.bsky.social
Building a quote-detection tool for accountability in journalism. Read Bette Dam, Dhrumil Mehta, Sarah Grevy Gotfredsen, Tory Lysik and Sthavir Murthy from the @towcenter.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/tow_center/t...
Toward AI-powered source audits.
Building a quote-detection tool for accountability in journalism.
www.cjr.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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dell.bsky.social
NEW: DHS secretly obtained Chicago police data on 900 residents accused of gang ties. It was quietly deleted after intelligence officers violated rules against domestic spying.

The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
mtdukes.bsky.social
There are few reporters you should trust more on Epstein coverage than @jkbjournalist.bsky.social.
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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jkbjournalist.bsky.social
BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
New Epstein emails claim Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
Democrats on the House Oversight say the emails provide evidence of a cover-up by the White House
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling

www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
For years I've reported on the tech and tools that bounty hunters have access to. I think people would be shocked it is often essentially what cops can have too, w/ less accountability
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
As I’ve reported for years, bounty hunters, private investigators, and skip tracers all have access to powerful surveillance technology and tools. That ranges from automatic license plate reader (ALPR) databases that can easily reveal a car’s movements (and by extension, a person’s movements); the personal data related to someone’s credit report which can reveal their address; and location data harvested from smartphones. In 2019 I reported that bounty hunters were able to pay a few hundred dollars for the realtime location of someone’s phone, via location data T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T were selling. A private investigator source with access previously demoed the ALPR tracking tool to me and I bought the telecom location data myself.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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harmancipants.bsky.social
Please enjoy @evrat.bsky.social's frankly hilarious story of working with AI employees (and then enjoy the next season of his podcast!) www.wired.com/story/all-my...
All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives
Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
mtdukes.bsky.social
"The Flock data do qualify as public records subject to the Public Records Act," Judge Neidzwski said in her ruling. (h/t @404media.co)
www.king5.com/article/news...
Judge orders police to release surveillance camera data, raising privacy questions
The judge's ruling in a Skagit County case could affect dozens of Washington police departments using Flock technology.
www.king5.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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simonwillison.net
Happy beached whale dynamite day for all who celebrate
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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samwalkerobxnews.com
Northern Lights put on a show over Outer Banks and northeastern NC...thanks to everyone for the submissions!
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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theguardian.com
Can OpenAI keep pace with industry’s soaring costs?
Can OpenAI keep pace with industry’s soaring costs?
As investor jitters grow, the loss-making ChatGPT firm’s vast spending commitments test the limits of Silicon Valley optimism
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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“If you want to bully people —particularly the free press — if you want to bully them, there’s a price to pay. And that price is going to be in the millions,” said Eric Meyer, owner and editor of the Marion County Record.
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
Kansas county apologizes, agrees to pay $3M over small-town newspaper raid
“If you want to bully people, particularly the free press ... there’s a price to pay. And that price is going to be in the millions.”
www.kansascity.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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charlesornstein.bsky.social
It’s Getting Harder to Figure Out Whether You Live in a Flood Zone or Not @wsj.com
It’s Getting Harder to Figure Out Whether You Live in a Flood Zone or Not
Incomplete federal maps overlook millions of at-risk homes across the country, leaving banks, builders and homeowners in the dark.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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grice1911.bsky.social
Marion County has issued an apology and agreed to pay $3 million following the raid of a small-town newspaper. Read the latest via @bymatthewkelly.bsky.social

www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
Kansas county apologizes, agrees to pay $3M over small-town newspaper raid
“If you want to bully people, particularly the free press ... there’s a price to pay. And that price is going to be in the millions.”
www.kansascity.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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dylnbkr.bsky.social
Normally "here's an AI robot that talks to kids to teach them a language" would be a hard no from me. But I found one that I think is great, and I want to talk about why.

The SkoBot is a language revitalization robot, led by Ashinaabe engineer @danielleboyer.bsky.social

Here's what I like: 🧵
Danielle Boyer stands in front of a slide that says "Tech Show & Tell". She has a small red robot on her shoulder.
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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dwillis.bsky.social
Had missed this NYT piece on AI in newsrooms, which is pretty decent except for this egregious comment about AI from Stephen Adler of NYU:

"It excels at analyzing large data sets"

It absolutely does not excel at doing data analysis. It's very good at assisting in the code & approach.
A.I. Sweeps Through Newsrooms, but Is It a Journalist or a Tool?
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
DHS is deploying a powerful surveillance data sharing program at college football games
www.404media.co/dhs-is-deplo...
DHS Is Deploying a Powerful Surveillance Tool at College Football Games
Public records show DHS is deploying the "Homeland Security Information Network" at college protests and football games.
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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mikejcorey.bsky.social
Do I know anyone who's pretty darn good at tuning PostgreSQL databases and has a little time to dig? Having some latency issues that don't seem to be improved by basic PG Tune type stuff.
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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polislse.bsky.social
Exciting news! 🎉

Applications are now open for a new edition of the #JournalismAI Innovation Challenge, supported by the Google News Initiative.

Follow this thread to learn more 👇
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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walinchus.bsky.social
To produce this @nbcsandiego.com piece, reporters attended over 400 immigration court hearings, talked to dozens of witnesses, and I spent weeks analyzing millions of rows of case data.

If you watch/read just one news story today, may I humbly suggest this:

www.nbcsandiego.com/news/investi...
Inside San Diego's Immigration Court
An in-depth look at how the Trump administration's policies are changing San Diego’s Immigration Court system and the fallout for local communities.
www.nbcsandiego.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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jameeljaffer.bsky.social
The New York Times has quietly sued for access to video footage of Trump's flagrantly unlawful boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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10 years after the Paris climate pact, there's some good-ish news.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We Are
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
mtdukes.bsky.social
Awesome.
natejohnson.org Nate Johnson @natejohnson.org · 2d
Used today’s 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (and the song of the same name) to workshop how to produce a TikTok/Instagram-style video with my media meteorology class. Kinda wish I’d just told them to run with this for this week’s assignment - some really neat ideas.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM