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Thom Nagy
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Product Owner www.bs.ch
Former journalist
Interested in too many things
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Wenn du in den Medien arbeitest und du dieses Wochenende deine Stimmung mit der Lektüre eines einzigen Artikels zerstören willst, lies den 🤪
www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
Is the Media Prepared for an Extinction-Level Event?
Ads are scarce, search and social traffic is dying, and readers are burned out. The future will require fundamentally rethinking the press’s relationship to its audience.
www.newyorker.com
February 11, 2024 at 8:29 AM
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Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter.

Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪

www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...
Bluesky is now open. Science Twitter, here’s how to use it!
The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publ…
www.southernfriedscience.com
February 6, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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“Time to see whether Bluesky can prove out a vision for what Twitter might have become: a decentralized service that anyone could build on, over time creating a more open and democratic network.” 🫡
Now that Bluesky is open to the public, I hope developers and publishers give it a second look. It has a lot of good ideas about the future of social networking: www.platformer.news/bluesky-publ...
February 7, 2024 at 3:10 AM
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«Innert eines Jahrzehnts hat sich vieles zum Besseren verändert – und das, obschon sich die meisten Regierungen und Firmen nur halb­herzig engagiert haben. Stellen wir uns vor, was möglich wird, wenn wir uns wirklich dazu verpflichten, das Ruder herumzureissen.»
Mit der Hoffnung hat sich alles geändert
Die Klimakrise lähmt. Doch nur mit Hoffnung können wir etwas bewegen. Ein Essay von Hannah Ritchie.
www.republik.ch
November 9, 2023 at 3:26 PM
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Die letzten Wochen haben mein Vertrauen in journalistische Standards hart erschüttert.

Jeden Tag sehe ich falsche/unbelegte Behauptungen. Von Journis unhinterfragt verbreitet, ohne jedes Gespür für Verantwortung

Thread mit paar Beispielen

(Bild: Mein Gesichtsausdruck seit 4 Wochen)
November 5, 2023 at 2:45 PM
- the decline of customer obsession
- the influence of generative AI
- the stagnation of creativity
- the balance of tech benefits and burden
- people’s new life goals

well worth a read.
Life Trends 2024: Emerging Trends in Business
Accenture Life Trends 2024 highlights 5 emerging trends expected to transform interactions with brands, organizations, & governments in the future. Read more.
www.accenture.com
October 31, 2023 at 5:59 PM
“For a lot of people, the ability to dismiss inconvenient facts is absolutely playing a role in this conflict”
Generative AI Is Playing a Surprising Role in Israel-Hamas Disinformation
Even as some feared the war would be the first in history to be flooded with machine-made fake images, that hasn’t happened. The technology’s impact on the conflict is far more subtle.
www.wired.com
October 31, 2023 at 7:07 AM
Ich kenne keinen besseren bzw. vollständigeren Newsletter zum Thema AI als denjenigen von @thezvi.bsky.social

Wer Übersicht sucht: Hier entlang bitte…
AI #34: Chipping Away at Chip Exports
It did not get the bulk of the attention, but the actual biggest story this week was that America tightened the rules on its chip exports, closing the loophole Nvidia was using to create the A800 and ...
open.substack.com
October 21, 2023 at 8:09 AM
„Was sind die Quellen für eine Behauptung? Werden überhaupt welche genannt? Wenn ja, wie viele sind es? Sind es Quellen, die Ihnen sympathisch sind? Sind es Informationen, die Sie in Ihrer Meinung bestärken? Dann ist besondere Vorsicht geboten.“
Falschinformationen: Geteiltes Leid – oder geteilte Propaganda?
Nach den Attacken in Israel kursieren falsche und unbestätigte Informationen. Das ist ein Problem, zu dem wir alle beitragen.
www.republik.ch
October 20, 2023 at 8:46 PM
“We have definitely lost the battle in the Global South,” said one senior G7 diplomat. “All the work we have done with the Global South [over Ukraine] has been lost . . . Forget about rules, forget about world order. They won’t ever listen to us again.”
Western rush to back Israel erodes developing countries’ support for Ukraine
Backing for Israeli assault on Gaza angers ‘Global South’ after US and EU sought to build consensus against Russia
www.ft.com
October 18, 2023 at 7:11 AM
„Something interesting happens when you realize your generation isn’t the center of the discourse anymore. You just seem to matter less. People are less anxious about you, less mad about you — if anything, they seem slightly annoyed by you. You’re no longer the future. You’re the well-worn middle.“
How Millennials Grew Up and Got Old
What do we do with all this age
open.substack.com
October 15, 2023 at 4:53 PM
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Hey, Datenjournalismus-Community – We're Hiring! Wir suchen eine:n Datenjournalist:in (80-100%) Unbefristet, ab Januar 2024 oder nach Absprache, Standort Zürich. #ddj #datajournalism jobs.srgssr.ch/srf/offene-s...
SRF: Datenjournalist:in
Der Bereich News Digital verantwortet das gesamte digitale Informations-Angebot von SRF. Er gewährleistet aktuelle, hintergründige und investigative Berichterstattung für App, Website und die sozia...
jobs.srgssr.ch
October 12, 2023 at 10:27 AM