Byron
@cogneurobyron.bsky.social
Learner and builder. California.
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The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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AI companies: We can't have 50 state AI laws. There has to be just one rulebook for AI
EU: Here you go
AI companies: not like that
EU: Here you go
AI companies: not like that
December 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
AI companies: We can't have 50 state AI laws. There has to be just one rulebook for AI
EU: Here you go
AI companies: not like that
EU: Here you go
AI companies: not like that
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“This is not about the American people. This is not about democracy… This is just pigs at the trough.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“This is not about the American people. This is not about democracy… This is just pigs at the trough.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
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WALZ: “.. Donald Trump’s calling our Somali neighbors ‘garbage’ and calling the state of Minnesota a ‘hellhole’. I’m assuming it’s unprecedented for a United States President. .. We’ve got little children going to school today, their president called them ‘garbage’.”
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
WALZ: “.. Donald Trump’s calling our Somali neighbors ‘garbage’ and calling the state of Minnesota a ‘hellhole’. I’m assuming it’s unprecedented for a United States President. .. We’ve got little children going to school today, their president called them ‘garbage’.”
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"Much of the reality-based press is doing a poor job of even acknowledging that they have a role in saving democracy, much less doing anything about it."
Thank you, @sulliview.bsky.social. Yes, we need the media to do better!
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Thank you, @sulliview.bsky.social. Yes, we need the media to do better!
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Do better, Big Journalism. Please do much, much better
Low points from the New York Times, the BBC, the Washington Post and the New Yorker. And some highs.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Much of the reality-based press is doing a poor job of even acknowledging that they have a role in saving democracy, much less doing anything about it."
Thank you, @sulliview.bsky.social. Yes, we need the media to do better!
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Thank you, @sulliview.bsky.social. Yes, we need the media to do better!
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
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Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models
"Furthermore, when generating and evaluating resumes, ChatGPT assumes that women are younger and less experienced, rating older male applicants as of higher quality."
No surprise, but now documented:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Furthermore, when generating and evaluating resumes, ChatGPT assumes that women are younger and less experienced, rating older male applicants as of higher quality."
No surprise, but now documented:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
www.nature.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models
"Furthermore, when generating and evaluating resumes, ChatGPT assumes that women are younger and less experienced, rating older male applicants as of higher quality."
No surprise, but now documented:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Furthermore, when generating and evaluating resumes, ChatGPT assumes that women are younger and less experienced, rating older male applicants as of higher quality."
No surprise, but now documented:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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He is correct, we are being screwed by HIS tariffs.
TRUMP: WE'RE THE KING OF BEING SCREWED BY TARIFFS
October 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
He is correct, we are being screwed by HIS tariffs.
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The Republican president of Utah's Senate managed to change consent laws after a relative was accused of raping a 13-year-old. www.rawstory.com/utah-republi...
GOP Senate chief changed consent law as relative faced rape charge involving 13-year-old
The Republican president of Utah's Senate managed to change consent laws after a relative was accused of raping a 13-year-old. Newsweek reported a Salt Lake City Tribune piece that Senate President J....
www.rawstory.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Republican president of Utah's Senate managed to change consent laws after a relative was accused of raping a 13-year-old. www.rawstory.com/utah-republi...
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Shame on the Smithsonian.
Shame on any institution unwilling to resist this administration. Capitulation will not save you and I sincerely hope the people remember.
Shame on any institution unwilling to resist this administration. Capitulation will not save you and I sincerely hope the people remember.
Artist Amy Sherald cancels major Smithsonian exhibition, citing censorship | CNN
The artist Amy Sherald has canceled a major exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing censorship over one of her paintings depicting the Statue of Liberty modeled a...
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July 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Shame on the Smithsonian.
Shame on any institution unwilling to resist this administration. Capitulation will not save you and I sincerely hope the people remember.
Shame on any institution unwilling to resist this administration. Capitulation will not save you and I sincerely hope the people remember.
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we are currently watching an entire political party run cover for the most notorious sex trafficking ring in modern human history
July 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
we are currently watching an entire political party run cover for the most notorious sex trafficking ring in modern human history
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Shameless, racist, homicidal fucks, the whole lot of them.
A Justice Department actively working against its populace and against justice itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
A Justice Department actively working against its populace and against justice itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Shameless, racist, homicidal fucks, the whole lot of them.
A Justice Department actively working against its populace and against justice itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
A Justice Department actively working against its populace and against justice itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
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SUMMERS: “.. The cruelty of these cuts is matched only by their stupidity. Medicaid beneficiaries will lose, but so will the rest of us.”
@larrysummers.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
@larrysummers.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
July 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
SUMMERS: “.. The cruelty of these cuts is matched only by their stupidity. Medicaid beneficiaries will lose, but so will the rest of us.”
@larrysummers.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
@larrysummers.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
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To be clear, this is what actual antisemitism looks like.
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner says she "100%" questions the faith of Jewish politicians who endorse Zohran Mamdani.
"The same way I would question Chuck Schumer, who works against the interests of his own people at times for the politics."
Emily Compagno then accuses Mamdani of Holocaust denial!
"The same way I would question Chuck Schumer, who works against the interests of his own people at times for the politics."
Emily Compagno then accuses Mamdani of Holocaust denial!
June 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
To be clear, this is what actual antisemitism looks like.
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Just a reminder that while her ex nonstop soils himself in public with tasteless displays of wealth and look-at-me, thirsty nonsense, Mackenzie Scott has given away close to $20 billion to 1,600 charities, no strings attached and without any need for recognition.
June 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Just a reminder that while her ex nonstop soils himself in public with tasteless displays of wealth and look-at-me, thirsty nonsense, Mackenzie Scott has given away close to $20 billion to 1,600 charities, no strings attached and without any need for recognition.
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Nice look for you, Facebook! Thanks, hometown paper! And more thanks to the people who advocated for the "permanently disabled" status of my account there to be overturned. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
S.F. author temporarily banned on Facebook after writing about L.A. riots
San Francisco writer Rebecca Solnit’s Facebook page was temporarily shut down after she posted an essay on the Los Angeles protests.
www.sfchronicle.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Nice look for you, Facebook! Thanks, hometown paper! And more thanks to the people who advocated for the "permanently disabled" status of my account there to be overturned. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
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![The self-enrichment of the second Trump administration is different from old-fashioned corruption. [underline] There is no evidence that Mr. Trump has received direct bribes, [/underline] nor is it clear that he has agreed to specific policy changes in exchange for cash. Nonetheless, he is presiding over a culture of corruption. [underline] He and his family have created several ways for people to enrich them — and government policy then changes in ways that benefit those who have helped the Trumps profit. [/underline] Often Mr. Trump does not even try to hide the situation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreifno645bait35vfv5v3pxra7rl5jn2e67jwwrsb3op3nl5z4kivwm@jpeg)
June 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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NYT and WaPo bending over to write sanitizer articles for Musk after the incalculable damage he’s wrought and the unrepentant Nazi propaganda he continues to spew this speaks directly to how broken they are as news organizations.
May 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
NYT and WaPo bending over to write sanitizer articles for Musk after the incalculable damage he’s wrought and the unrepentant Nazi propaganda he continues to spew this speaks directly to how broken they are as news organizations.
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico on Friday said her government had sued Google over the company’s decision to label the Gulf of Mexico as “Gulf of America” — a clash going back to February, when the Trump administration issued an executive order to rename the gulf.
Mexico Sued Google Over Gulf of Mexico Name Change, President Says
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico on Friday said her government had sued Google over the company’s decision to label the Gulf of Mexico as “Gulf of America” — a clash going back to February, when the Trump administration issued an executive order to rename the gulf.
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Just finished my op-ed for the Tulsa World describing the impacts these cuts in federal funding and the erasing of Native American history off federal websites is doing to our communities.
It was gut wrenching to write. I'll let you all know when or if they decide to publish it
It was gut wrenching to write. I'll let you all know when or if they decide to publish it
March 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Just finished my op-ed for the Tulsa World describing the impacts these cuts in federal funding and the erasing of Native American history off federal websites is doing to our communities.
It was gut wrenching to write. I'll let you all know when or if they decide to publish it
It was gut wrenching to write. I'll let you all know when or if they decide to publish it
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oh hello there, Streisand Effect.
The Tell-All Book That Meta Doesn’t Want You to Read www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
The Tell-All Book That Meta Doesn’t Want You to Read www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
Opinion | The Tell-All Book That Facebook Doesn’t Want You to Read
The “free speech” champion Mark Zuckerberg tries to shut up a critic.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
oh hello there, Streisand Effect.
The Tell-All Book That Meta Doesn’t Want You to Read www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
The Tell-All Book That Meta Doesn’t Want You to Read www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
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It's just enormously important to understand that the goal of this tariff policy isn't to raise money or to increase manufacturing in the United States. The goal is to make some of the nation's largest companies subject to Trump's personal discretion and dependent on his favor.
March 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
It's just enormously important to understand that the goal of this tariff policy isn't to raise money or to increase manufacturing in the United States. The goal is to make some of the nation's largest companies subject to Trump's personal discretion and dependent on his favor.
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
March 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.