Andrew Kuklewicz
@andrew.kuklewicz.com
Coder, tap dancer, CTO at @prx.org, #podcasts, #privacy, probably online, mediocre parent
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Andrew Kuklewicz
@andrew.kuklewicz.com
· Nov 15
Hey! Here's a Feed for "Public Media", enjoy!
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Come for the incredible reporting, stay for the “I think I felt like shitting my pants or something”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You
YouTube video by Mother Jones
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Come for the incredible reporting, stay for the “I think I felt like shitting my pants or something”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
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If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.
I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.
I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.
www.pbs.org
October 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.
I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.
I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.
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"His car is blaring Hilary Duff." - KELSEY MCKINNEY, Sexy Mushrooms with Avery Trufelman, Normal Gossip #NormalGossip #HilaryDuff #HappyBirthdayHilaryDuff #KelseyMckinney
September 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"His car is blaring Hilary Duff." - KELSEY MCKINNEY, Sexy Mushrooms with Avery Trufelman, Normal Gossip #NormalGossip #HilaryDuff #HappyBirthdayHilaryDuff #KelseyMckinney
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1. Bluesky doesn’t downrank links
2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands
3. The whole app is open source
This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site.
We 💙 the open web.
2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands
3. The whole app is open source
This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site.
We 💙 the open web.
September 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
1. Bluesky doesn’t downrank links
2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands
3. The whole app is open source
This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site.
We 💙 the open web.
2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands
3. The whole app is open source
This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site.
We 💙 the open web.
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There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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"NPR is taking this very seriously.
We'll be working with other news organizations to push back.
We're big fans of the 1st Amendment and transparency and we want the American public to understand what's being done in their name."
We'll be working with other news organizations to push back.
We're big fans of the 1st Amendment and transparency and we want the American public to understand what's being done in their name."
Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
www.npr.org
September 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"NPR is taking this very seriously.
We'll be working with other news organizations to push back.
We're big fans of the 1st Amendment and transparency and we want the American public to understand what's being done in their name."
We'll be working with other news organizations to push back.
We're big fans of the 1st Amendment and transparency and we want the American public to understand what's being done in their name."
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Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase from companies working in the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigation has found.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... #spéirghorm
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... #spéirghorm
Security concern as tens of thousands of phone locations for sale
Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase within the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigati...
www.rte.ie
September 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase from companies working in the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigation has found.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... #spéirghorm
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... #spéirghorm
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We cooperated with RTE PrimeTime over the last year on this very significant story about RTB data exposing the movements of Irish people, including military and political personnel.
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
September 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
We cooperated with RTE PrimeTime over the last year on this very significant story about RTB data exposing the movements of Irish people, including military and political personnel.
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
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When you find out about Libro.fm, an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible that’s 100% employee owned, a Certified B Corporation, and shares profits with 4,000+ independent bookshops 😍
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When you find out about Libro.fm, an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible that’s 100% employee owned, a Certified B Corporation, and shares profits with 4,000+ independent bookshops 😍
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Excited to announce that Season 2 of Altered States begins next week!
This season we're examining the spiritual side of psychedelics, and how that side has been interacting with the more science-oriented side of psychedelics. In other words: This is gonna be good.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Lq1...
This season we're examining the spiritual side of psychedelics, and how that side has been interacting with the more science-oriented side of psychedelics. In other words: This is gonna be good.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Lq1...
Coming Soon: Altered States Season 2
open.spotify.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Excited to announce that Season 2 of Altered States begins next week!
This season we're examining the spiritual side of psychedelics, and how that side has been interacting with the more science-oriented side of psychedelics. In other words: This is gonna be good.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Lq1...
This season we're examining the spiritual side of psychedelics, and how that side has been interacting with the more science-oriented side of psychedelics. In other words: This is gonna be good.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Lq1...
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There are simple, effective techniques you can take in your every day life, right now, to protect yourself from the nearly-universal surveillance that so many of us live under. Here's a set of resources from @eff.org that you can start with. ssd.eff.org
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a member-supported non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty-five years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting ...
ssd.eff.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There are simple, effective techniques you can take in your every day life, right now, to protect yourself from the nearly-universal surveillance that so many of us live under. Here's a set of resources from @eff.org that you can start with. ssd.eff.org
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More broadly, listening to communities with experience enduring widespread surveillance is always a best practice; there is nearly always a deep historical reason for folk knowledge that is passed down. It is also almost always useful to complicate one's digital footprint when risk is present.
September 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
More broadly, listening to communities with experience enduring widespread surveillance is always a best practice; there is nearly always a deep historical reason for folk knowledge that is passed down. It is also almost always useful to complicate one's digital footprint when risk is present.
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"They already have all your data anyway" is never a useful reason to not try to reduce data exposure, nor is "other platforms do worse". It also matters if data are being gathered for, say, participating in a neutral/generic platform vs. for a specific event or purpose targeted by authorities.
September 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"They already have all your data anyway" is never a useful reason to not try to reduce data exposure, nor is "other platforms do worse". It also matters if data are being gathered for, say, participating in a neutral/generic platform vs. for a specific event or purpose targeted by authorities.
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People are talking past each other in a really ugly way about data sharing, and as someone who has both written terms of service for large-scale digital platforms, and built infrastructure for gathering data for campaigns, it's important to understand the context of threats people are speaking to…
September 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
People are talking past each other in a really ugly way about data sharing, and as someone who has both written terms of service for large-scale digital platforms, and built infrastructure for gathering data for campaigns, it's important to understand the context of threats people are speaking to…
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Nearly all – 99% – of coffee consumed in the United States is imported, according to the National Coffee Association. Trump’s tariffs have caused a 21% spike in coffee.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/f...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/f...
Coffee prices haven’t surged this much in decades | CNN Business
Coffee drinkers are in for a jolt long before their first sip.
www.cnn.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Nearly all – 99% – of coffee consumed in the United States is imported, according to the National Coffee Association. Trump’s tariffs have caused a 21% spike in coffee.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/f...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/f...
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"Y'all, librarians are the best!" - HANS BUETOW, Rescuing Public Datasets the U.S. Gov't Deletes, Never Post #NeverPost #LibrariesRememberDay #HansBuetow
September 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Y'all, librarians are the best!" - HANS BUETOW, Rescuing Public Datasets the U.S. Gov't Deletes, Never Post #NeverPost #LibrariesRememberDay #HansBuetow
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The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Edgardo Ochoa, a dive specialist and director of the dive program at Conservation International, about the removal of the largest individual piece of “ghost gear” ever from the ocean.
Divers remove 'ghost gear' the length of a soccer pitch from marine-protected area in Mexico - The World from PRX
The World's Marco Werman speaks with Edgardo Ochoa, a dive specialist and director of the dive program at Conservation International, about the removal of the largest individual piece of "ghost gear" ...
theworld.org
September 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Edgardo Ochoa, a dive specialist and director of the dive program at Conservation International, about the removal of the largest individual piece of “ghost gear” ever from the ocean.
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The newsroom is working on something great 👀👂
September 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The newsroom is working on something great 👀👂
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We're looking for a journalist with development chops (or a developer with journalism chops) to join our news apps team and build new web-based interactive stories, databases, and experiences. It's a remote role; candidates must be eligible to work in the US. job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
News Applications Developer
Remote, United States
job-boards.greenhouse.io
September 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We're looking for a journalist with development chops (or a developer with journalism chops) to join our news apps team and build new web-based interactive stories, databases, and experiences. It's a remote role; candidates must be eligible to work in the US. job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
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Pretty sure an "involuntary resignation" means fired.
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Pretty sure an "involuntary resignation" means fired.
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I curate the history series at public media's journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR & PBS, educational, community, and affiliate stations. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate! current.org/series/rewind/
August 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I curate the history series at public media's journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR & PBS, educational, community, and affiliate stations. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate! current.org/series/rewind/
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Everyone is building the same tools and inventing the same processes over and over and over.
Open source, open protocols, open processes can save us from so many headaches.
Open source, open protocols, open processes can save us from so many headaches.
August 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Everyone is building the same tools and inventing the same processes over and over and over.
Open source, open protocols, open processes can save us from so many headaches.
Open source, open protocols, open processes can save us from so many headaches.
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Attention chumps: If you, despite all our dire warnings, decided to put your newsletter on Substack, the untrustworthy asses who run the company just did what we all knew they would, and made it impossible to take your subscribers with you if you want to leave. support.substack.com/hc/en-us/art...
Can my subscribers pay on the Substack iOS app?
Substack now includes external links in the iOS app that take readers to the web to complete their purchase. Subscriptions made this way are treated like standard web purchases—creators receive the...
support.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Attention chumps: If you, despite all our dire warnings, decided to put your newsletter on Substack, the untrustworthy asses who run the company just did what we all knew they would, and made it impossible to take your subscribers with you if you want to leave. support.substack.com/hc/en-us/art...