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Jonathan Forney (JB 🕵🏾)
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Chemistry magazine editor 🧪 freelance journalist & grad student. 📚, puns, 🏀, supporting good journalism, art, and 🎮. I be posting links, yes ma'am. Trying to be a little less wack every day (he/they) | Texas ➡️ (D)MV | linktr.ee/jb4nay | Signal: j_forney.85
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Jonathan Forney (JB 🕵🏾) @jb4nay.bsky.social · Aug 5
Did some tweaking on my portfolio site. You can find my previous work and subscribe to my free newsletter! forneys-findings.beehiiv.com/authors
Forney's Findings
Essays and published work by Jonathan (JB) Forney
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talkingbiznews.bsky.social
@wired.com has hired a features editor and an AI reporter: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/w...
Wired hires features editor, AI reporter - Talking Biz News
Wired executive editor Brian Barrett sent out the following to the staff: Hi all, I’m delighted to announce that Alana Hope Levinson will be joining us as a features editor, and Maxwell Zeff as a seni...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
jb4nay.bsky.social
About time. Let’s see where this vote goes www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
Rep. Adelita Grijalva is finally sworn in as the House’s newest Democrat, paving way for Epstein files vote | CNN Politics
After 50 days of waiting, Rep. Adelita Grijalva was sworn into Congress Wednesday, bringing an end to a contentious chapter in the US House of Representatives that included a lawsuit and rising tensio...
www.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
jb4nay.bsky.social
We're really losing recipes, y'all www.theverge.com/column/81574...
Artists, especially new ones trying to break through, actually started changing how they composed to play better in the algorithmically driven streaming era. Songs got shorter, albums got longer, and intros went away. The hook got pushed to the front of the song to try to grab listeners’ attention immediately, and things like guitar solos all but disappeared from pop music. The palette of sounds artists pulled from got smaller, arrangements became more simplified, pop music flattened. In a world where most content is being served up to us algorithmically, whether that’s on Spotify, YouTube, or TikTok, music discovery has suffered. Market research firm MIDiA published an alarming study in September that said, “the more reliant users are on algorithms, the less music they hear.” It found that while new music discovery is traditionally associated with youth, “16-24-year-olds are less likely than 25-34-year-olds to have discovered an artist they love in the last year.” Gen Z might hear a song they like on TikTok, but they rarely investigate beyond that to listen to more music from the artist. More companies will probably start offering off-ramps as algorithm fatigue grows. But, eventually, companies will figure out how to create the illusion of serendipitous discovery. They will serve up algorithmic recommendations, but package them in a way that feels more natural. It’s not hard to imagine a future where ostensibly human-curated playlists are algorithmically tailored to exclude songs that don’t match your listening history exactly. Or one where algorithmic recommendations are placed subtly in easy-to-discover places, making you feel like you stumbled across a new record all on your own. You’ll still be manipulated by an algorithm; it will just be harder to spot.
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
jb4nay.bsky.social
It is with a heavy heart that I must report that I’ll be locked in today
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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kromandavid.bsky.social
Katie Wilson has been elected Seattle's next mayor
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Katie Wilson elected Seattle’s next mayor
Wilson took a 1,976-vote lead over Bruce Harrell. With a maximum of 1,320 ballots remaining, it is mathematically impossible for Harrell to catch up.
www.seattletimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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mississippifreepress.org
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November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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nbcwashington.com
President Trump signed legislation that reopens the federal government and ends the 43-day shutdown, the longest in American history.
Trump signs funding bill into law, ending record-long government shutdown
Trump’s signature, which restores funding that has been frozen or halted for weeks, came shortly after the House voted to send him the measure.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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🤨 www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, blasted the provision in a statement Tuesday. "The Senators may not like being treated like the rest of America, but these phone-record subpoenas and non-disclosure orders are routine in grand jury investigations at the state and federal level," he said. "No one has an absolute right to be notified that their call records have been subpoenaed, much less the right to a million bucks if it happens. This provision would not give any Americans other than U. S. Senators these rights."
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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jaypeters.net
NEW: The Verge found a video spilling info about a new, currently unannounced MMO in the Horizon series: Horizon Steel Frontiers. The game is designed "specifically for mobile."

www.theverge.com/news/819657/...
Sony is making a Horizon MMO — here’s all the details
The new game is called Horizon Steel Frontiers.
www.theverge.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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wcp.bsky.social
At Theater Alliance, Furlough’s Paradise follows cousins reunited to grieve a family loss. They're living different lives, but both are searching for freedom.

The play’s “greatest victory is its dedication to empathy,” writes Douglas Corzine. Read the review:
Furlough’s Paradise Offers “Paradise” on Borrowed Time
At Theater Alliance, a.k. payne’s intimate two-hander turns a one-bedroom apartment into a world of grief, tenderness, and fleeting utopia.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Finally, there’s the more immediate, enshittifying reality of AI’s actual effects on our daily lives, which bear so little resemblance to the tech-utopian tall tales that Big Tech has been spinning. We were promised cures for cancer. What we got instead was a technology that’s impoverishing millions of artists; undermining the economic foundations of journalism; filling the internet with unbearable slop; forcing itself into every nook and cranny of our digital landscape; damaging public trust in our elections; exacerbating the epidemic of loneliness and alienation among adolescents; inspiring genuine psychosis in users; undermining our critical thinking skills; exposing children to sexual content; and even, in far too many instances, egging on young people to kill themselves.
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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mjtoma.bsky.social
New Column: OK, this can't go on forever? But why cave NOW? Really politically tone deaf. newrepublic.com/article/2029... via @newrepublic.com
Once Again, Senate Democrats Show They Don’t Get Who They Represent
The party was riding high on election wins, a fractured GOP, and a flailing Trump. And then the Senate Surrender Caucus handed Republicans a win.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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currentaffairs.bsky.social
Chuck Schumer has failed utterly. In any functional organization, a leader who had failed as often and badly as Schumer would have been ousted long ago. If the party is to have a future, it needs to rid itself of the burden of this man’s weak leadership.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-is-...
Why Is This Man In Charge of Anything?
Chuck Schumer, the feckless Democratic Senate leader, embodies everything about the party that needs to be jettisoned if they are going to be popular and effective.
www.currentaffairs.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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aallyahpatrice.bsky.social
As the nation focused on New York City’s mayoral election and gubernatorial races in New Jersey & Virginia, there was an intergenerational movement of Black people, particularly millennial women, in small cities & rural towns shaking up local elections, too.

capitalbnews.org/rural-electi...
Black Women Sweep Local Elections in Small Towns
Millennial candidates made sweeping gains in rural towns and small cities — making history and achieving several firsts.
capitalbnews.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
jb4nay.bsky.social
The article just being what she said and no commentary makes it even funnier
peltzmadeline.bsky.social Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 23h
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
jb4nay.bsky.social
With the penny on life support, I will expect fewer takes out of you lot www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
The penny, America's oldest and most iconic coin in circulation, dies at 232
The penny will be remembered by tycoons and panhandlers alike as an iconic piece of America that stayed in our pockets for over two centuries.
www.usatoday.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Nice to see more opportunities to available to kids east of the river and their families afro.com/dc-mayor-bow...
Ward 8 Advanced Technical Center opens, giving students new career and college opportunities
Discover how the new Ward 8 Advanced Technical Center and D.C. HEAL program are transforming high school education and creating healthcare career opportunities for D.C. students.
afro.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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peltzmadeline.bsky.social
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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sahilkapur.bsky.social
Hakeem Jeffries says the ACA fight ends one of two ways: Either Republicans relent and accept a funding extension to prevent premium hikes, "or the American people will throw Republicans out of their jobs next year and end the speakership of Donald J. Trump once and for all."
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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alexctaliadoros.bsky.social
Good DC news: food and beverage workers at 9:30 Club, The Anthem, The Atlantis, and Lincoln Theater just won voluntary union recognition!

Now, box office and production staff at the venues are fighting for union recognition too as separate bargaining units.

Congrats to the workers!
Staffers At 9:30 Club, Other Iconic D.C. Concert Venues Win Voluntary Union Recognition From IMP
Workers at the 9:30 Club and several other iconic D.C. concert venues have won union recognition from management at Independent Concert Promotions
deadline.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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talkingbiznews.bsky.social
@theinformation.com seeks a Meta reporter: talkingbiznews.com/biz-news-hel...
The Information seeks a Meta reporter - Talking Biz News
The Information is looking for an experienced, ambitious reporter to cover Meta Platforms at a pivotal moment in its history. The world’s most dominant social media company is racing to catch up in ar...
talkingbiznews.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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grist.org
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice.

Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.

grist.org/updates/gris...

#Rural #News #Media #Grants #Climate #Environment
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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capitalb.bsky.social
It’s a new time, and we have a new plan. Introducing Capital B in the Next Three — our three-year vision to expand access to trustworthy news for Black communities across the country.
Capital B in the Next Three: Our 2025-2028 Strategic Plan
A mirror and a window.  After launching in 2022, Capital B’s first few years were characterized by a sense of discovery and possibility. Our staff has worked hard to learn how to best serve and reach…
capitalbnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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talkingbiznews.bsky.social
@propublica.org seeks a senior editor for business coverage: talkingbiznews.com/biz-news-hel...
ProPublica seeks a senior editor for business - Talking Biz News
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. We are seeking an investigative editor to help launch, oversee and elevate a new team on...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
jb4nay.bsky.social
On digital blackface in the AI era www.teenvogue.com/story/digita...
And an old story of America. Minstrelsy, after all, is as American as chattel slavery. It laid the foundation for American pop culture, standardizing the vaudeville format that later shaped musical theater and television. The more authentically Blackness can be mimicked or mocked, the more lucrative. And so it follows, rather inevitably, Black culture has often served as the testing ground in the tech realm for new products, platforms, and so-called innovations that very rarely benefit those who created the culture. "It's important to remember that Meta said they weren't doing this to increase people's trust in reality," she adds. "They weren't doing this because they wanted to educate people. Their term was engagement. And what does engagement mean? It means more money, more eyes on their platform. So if they can use Blackness to extract our attention, even if it's negative attention, they still win." And that is the crux of the situation, isn't it? What feels like an inevitability is, really, just marketing. While these companies urge us to believe that the rise of Al influencers, deepfakes, and digital blackface is an unstoppable tidal wave, a stage in our evolution (and eventual extinction), it's not. That is, perhaps, the most uncanny thing about this valley that we're in. Not the avatars themselves, but what they say about the imagination of those behind them. America is, perhaps, the uncanniest valley of all. Repeating the same mistakes, endlessly, turning away from the lessons of the past, and calling that innovation.
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM