@orangutom.bsky.social
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This is just beyond parody. Even New York Times stories about Trump's authoritarianism are framed around Biden's age.
February 13, 2024 at 3:27 AM
WTF I am in TechCrunch?
February 13, 2024 at 5:35 AM
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"The 'God’s Army' convoy was supposed to be a mighty force of 700,000 or more people from every corner of America. It wound up being maybe a couple hundred vehicles parked at a rural ranch in Quemado, Texas"

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Goofy 'God's Army' convoy on Texas border shows Trump's MAGA movement is just one long con
It's time for Americans and the media at large to accept something: former President Donald Trump's 'MAGA movement' is a tissue-paper tiger.
www.usatoday.com
February 6, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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always a good sign
China replaced the head of its securities regulator, a surprise move that may foreshadow more forceful measures by Xi Jinping’s government to end the rout in the country’s $8 trillion stock market
China Replaces Top Markets Regulator as Xi Tries to End Rout
China replaced the head of its securities regulator, a surprise move that may foreshadow more forceful measures by Xi Jinping’s government to end the rout in the country’s $8 trillion stock market...
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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Detailed insights on #journalism and #AI in 35 news organizations in the US, UK and #Germany based on 134 interviews with news workers: "The concentration of control over AI by a small handful of major technology companies must — and will — remain a key area of scrutiny." www.cjr.org/tow_center_r...
Artificial Intelligence in the News: How AI Retools, Rationalizes, and Reshapes Journalism and the P...
<p>Download the pdf here. Executive Summary Despite growing interest, the effects of AI on the news industry and our information environment — the public arena — remain poorly understood. Insuffic...
www.cjr.org
February 7, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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February 7, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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It appears a Republican Party operative from Texas was behind those illegal AI New Hampshire voter interference calls. We'll see where the trail goes from here... www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/u...
February 7, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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Well I've had a mini-mini-influx of followers, maybe 40 since the invite system was dropped. But not a deluge exactly. And it's petering out. Not much talk about the change on the Twitter, none on Threads. Not checked Mastodon, which I hardly use now.
February 7, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Really dark. Nothing makes me less optimistic about American democracy than the rise in right-wing vigilantism and the near-silence from mainstream news sources about it.
February 7, 2024 at 2:31 PM