@gijournalist.bsky.social
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
Missing half a billion dollars here or there? Never you mind. The real treasure is the friends we made along the way. www.globalsecurity.org/military/lib...
Final SIGAR report finds decades of US corruption, waste in Afghanistan
www.globalsecurity.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Missing half a billion dollars here or there? Never you mind. The real treasure is the friends we made along the way. www.globalsecurity.org/military/lib...
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
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“Today is a defining moment for our country,” @mtosterholm.bsky.social, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.”
🧪 #giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
🧪 #giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“Today is a defining moment for our country,” @mtosterholm.bsky.social, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.”
🧪 #giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
🧪 #giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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the humanities are going to have the last laugh on this one, i think
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
the humanities are going to have the last laugh on this one, i think
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‘Star Trek’ actor recalls boyhood detention during WWII in camp for Japanese-Americans
‘Star Trek’ actor recalls boyhood detention during WWII in camp for Japanese-Americans
George Takei was among the Japanese-Americans detained at camps after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
www.stripes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
‘Star Trek’ actor recalls boyhood detention during WWII in camp for Japanese-Americans
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New post today. When public information changes or books disappear from shelves, the gaps show up in AI tools. I explain how this affects students and share ready-to-use lessons for elementary and secondary classrooms. #aied #ai #TLSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...
The Quiet Collapse of Information Access
How disappearing federal support, shrinking databases, and uneven digitization limit what students and AI can access.
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New post today. When public information changes or books disappear from shelves, the gaps show up in AI tools. I explain how this affects students and share ready-to-use lessons for elementary and secondary classrooms. #aied #ai #TLSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...
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I wake up every Monday morning deeply jealous of people who do and make actual things in the world and who do not have to pay attention to the "news" or "media" or "content."
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I wake up every Monday morning deeply jealous of people who do and make actual things in the world and who do not have to pay attention to the "news" or "media" or "content."
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Human intelligence comes through years of supporting individuals and communities with the investment of resources. Some proponents of AI seem to have rejected these costs in hopes of replacing people with something faster and cheaper. This risky strategy is cruel and will have deep consequences.
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Human intelligence comes through years of supporting individuals and communities with the investment of resources. Some proponents of AI seem to have rejected these costs in hopes of replacing people with something faster and cheaper. This risky strategy is cruel and will have deep consequences.
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Pope Leo turned to and quoted extensively from Hannah Arendt in his remarks, endorsing her detailed analysis of the factors that give rise to authoritarianism and totalitarian rule. He made clear that this analysis is again appropriate to developments found around the world, and notably in the US
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Pope Leo turned to and quoted extensively from Hannah Arendt in his remarks, endorsing her detailed analysis of the factors that give rise to authoritarianism and totalitarian rule. He made clear that this analysis is again appropriate to developments found around the world, and notably in the US
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So they didn't let me use any barnyard epithets, but here's a fuller discussion of why it would be illegal to deny pay to furloughed federal workers at the end of a shutdown. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
So they didn't let me use any barnyard epithets, but here's a fuller discussion of why it would be illegal to deny pay to furloughed federal workers at the end of a shutdown. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.
October 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.
I certainly hope the courts uphold the laws and protect federal employees. More tests and trials are to come.
NEWS
A federal judge SUSPENDS the reduction in force announced by Kari Lake of 500+ U.S. Agency for Global Media workers, largely from Voice of America.
Ruling storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge SUSPENDS the reduction in force announced by Kari Lake of 500+ U.S. Agency for Global Media workers, largely from Voice of America.
Ruling storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I certainly hope the courts uphold the laws and protect federal employees. More tests and trials are to come.
My co-workers did not always sit at desks.
FROM THE ARCHIVES | Pfc. Adam Ross, 19, wants to change the placement of the turret handle so it is easier to turn when sitting, at Camp Speicher, Iraq, on Oct. 7, 2005.
Gunning for a change, 2005
This 2005 image from the Stars and Stripes archive shows a soldier examining the placement of a turret handle at Camp Speicher, Iraq.
www.stripes.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My co-workers did not always sit at desks.
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Appreciate these insights from @emollick.bsky.social.
But the "wizard problem" isn't that AI is too opaque. It's that we're designing systems that hide their processes. We could build AI that shows its work, explains, and lets us intervene. Instead we're choosing black boxes and calling it magic.
But the "wizard problem" isn't that AI is too opaque. It's that we're designing systems that hide their processes. We could build AI that shows its work, explains, and lets us intervene. Instead we're choosing black boxes and calling it magic.
Mollick argues we are drifting from co-intelligence to wizards. Strong results, opaque steps. I try to ask for receipts and name what must stay in my hands. Worth reading for #AI practice.
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/on-working... #Writing
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/on-working... #Writing
On Working with Wizards
Verifying magic on the jagged frontier
www.oneusefulthing.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Appreciate these insights from @emollick.bsky.social.
But the "wizard problem" isn't that AI is too opaque. It's that we're designing systems that hide their processes. We could build AI that shows its work, explains, and lets us intervene. Instead we're choosing black boxes and calling it magic.
But the "wizard problem" isn't that AI is too opaque. It's that we're designing systems that hide their processes. We could build AI that shows its work, explains, and lets us intervene. Instead we're choosing black boxes and calling it magic.
How to read the news:
[reads headline]
[audibly groans]
[repeats forever]
[audibly groans]
[repeats forever]
September 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How to read the news:
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Today's media apocalypse makes it a good day for everyone to watch this 1998 SNL animation that Robert Smigel and Adam McKay managed to get on national TV once, before it was yanked off the air forever.
www.cracked.com/article_4100...
www.cracked.com/article_4100...
September 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Today's media apocalypse makes it a good day for everyone to watch this 1998 SNL animation that Robert Smigel and Adam McKay managed to get on national TV once, before it was yanked off the air forever.
www.cracked.com/article_4100...
www.cracked.com/article_4100...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"...and sometimes, he learns the hard way." www.youtube.com/watch?v=76_q...
Speed Graphic 45: The Army Photographer
YouTube video by call0031
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"...and sometimes, he learns the hard way." www.youtube.com/watch?v=76_q...
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I'm saying, once again, that this incident is exposing how dangerously poisoned our global information environment has become. The sheer amount of consequential misinformation mainstream media outlets have rushed to publish is alarming.
Y'know that Guardian article which cited an anonymous friend of Tyler Robinson claiming he was the only "leftist" in his family?
It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted
It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted
September 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I'm saying, once again, that this incident is exposing how dangerously poisoned our global information environment has become. The sheer amount of consequential misinformation mainstream media outlets have rushed to publish is alarming.
I suspect early unconfirmed reports from a certain news agency may have contributed to the fear and confusion.
A law enforcement officer shot a student at the U.S. Naval Academy on Thursday during a lockdown that was prompted by online threats from someone who had been kicked out of the institution, a source said.
www.nbcnews.com/news/militar...
www.nbcnews.com/news/militar...
Student shot after mistaken ID mishap with officer during Naval Academy lockdown
The institution in Maryland was placed on lockdown after a former student made threats online that appeared as though they were on campus, a source said.
www.nbcnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I suspect early unconfirmed reports from a certain news agency may have contributed to the fear and confusion.