jackb
@jackbrighton.bsky.social
Information Scientist & Quantum Mechanic
Here’s the scene today at the Champaign (Illinois) County Courthouse. A little rain won’t stop us.
March 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Here’s the scene today at the Champaign (Illinois) County Courthouse. A little rain won’t stop us.
A note at the bottom of a Wired story about how the federal funding freeze is damaging medical research:
"This story has been written under a pseudonym, as the reporter has specific and credible concerns about potential retaliation."
This is where we are folks.
www.wired.com/story/life-s...
"This story has been written under a pseudonym, as the reporter has specific and credible concerns about potential retaliation."
This is where we are folks.
www.wired.com/story/life-s...
The Damage to Federal Medical Research Is Already Done
Clinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sector—even if the Trump administration’s funding pause is only tempor...
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A note at the bottom of a Wired story about how the federal funding freeze is damaging medical research:
"This story has been written under a pseudonym, as the reporter has specific and credible concerns about potential retaliation."
This is where we are folks.
www.wired.com/story/life-s...
"This story has been written under a pseudonym, as the reporter has specific and credible concerns about potential retaliation."
This is where we are folks.
www.wired.com/story/life-s...
Oh FFS: www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/t...
Google Maps will change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America | CNN Business
Google is complying with President Donald Trump’s executive action that renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Soon, the name change will appear on Google Maps.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Oh FFS: www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/t...
So "the right Trump track" enters the lexicon. Definitely not a cult. www.npr.org/2025/01/20/n...
Trump taps 19 Fox pundits, personalities and producers for second term
President Trump has proposed 19 former Fox News hosts, journalists and commentators for senior positions in his second White House term.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
So "the right Trump track" enters the lexicon. Definitely not a cult. www.npr.org/2025/01/20/n...
Public information infrastructures that center public good rather than shareholder returns? Public governance of platforms like search, computing services without third-party lock-ins, and ending contracts with Big Tech? What madness is this? And where can I sign up?
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
Reclaiming digital sovereignty
Authored by Cecilia Rikap, Cédric Durand, Paolo Gerbaudo, Paris Marx and Edemilson Paraná
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 3, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Public information infrastructures that center public good rather than shareholder returns? Public governance of platforms like search, computing services without third-party lock-ins, and ending contracts with Big Tech? What madness is this? And where can I sign up?
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
The 2024 U.S. federal election is a stark reminder of how far the news industry has fallen as Big Tech platforms ate its lunch. Here's my critical analysis of how we in the industry invited the crisis while also enabling surveillance capitalism: informationsciencejournal.org/2024/10/01/p...
Parasitic Platforms and the Crisis in News
The viability of news has been in rapid decline since the mid-2000s. This post presents a critical analysis of how news publishers themselves helped precipitate the crisis by enthusiastically adopt…
informationsciencejournal.org
November 9, 2024 at 7:47 PM
The 2024 U.S. federal election is a stark reminder of how far the news industry has fallen as Big Tech platforms ate its lunch. Here's my critical analysis of how we in the industry invited the crisis while also enabling surveillance capitalism: informationsciencejournal.org/2024/10/01/p...
Artificial Intelligence: neither artificial nor intelligent. Discuss.
August 27, 2023 at 1:42 PM
Artificial Intelligence: neither artificial nor intelligent. Discuss.