Michelle Manafy
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Michelle Manafy
@michellemanafy.bsky.social
I spend a fair amount of time thinking about digital media. I write and speak about media industry topics, ethical tech & the future of work. Researching the impact of AI on journalism.
Personally, I adore it when some teen or 20-something explains technology to me as if they are spoon feeding me tepid porridge
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
June 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A new report details that the click-through rates for AI chat bots are 95.7% lower than traditional Google search, with a referral rate of just 0.37%. tollbit.com/bots/24q4/
March 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Good morning Bluesky
February 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
January 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
January 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
January 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
January 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
OMG
Guys!
It’s a skirt!
November 27, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Progress! (But oh the gathering on these remaining tiers)
November 23, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Eeeee! tell us who (and honestly if you don’t have Loops already, now’s a perfect time to get some)
November 23, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Progress! But so
Many tiers ahead
November 17, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Same
November 17, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Believe it or not. This is going to be a skirt
November 17, 2024 at 3:35 PM

Sending wishes for a spectacular start to your day from the woods of Connecticut
November 12, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Very Halloween energy here in CT this morning
October 30, 2024 at 12:10 PM
There are few upsides to insomnia but
September 28, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Woah: Microsoft in deal for Three Mile Island nuclear power to meet AI demand. The 20-year power supply deal will entail Constellation reopening Unit 1 of the nuclear facility which was shuttered in 2019, in what would be the second such reopening of a plant in the US www.ft.com/content/ddcb...
September 23, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Good morning from a bunny that lives in our hedge
July 17, 2024 at 1:07 PM
June 6, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Share your kiddie nightmare fuel...

(Snuck this one off the bookshelf and spent a summer certain I would be possessed because I was such a crap catholic)
June 4, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Good morning & happy Friday. Here are three bears that tried to get to our bird feeders yesterday evening
May 17, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Just checked out pi.ai/discover. Listened to the Daily News Briefing (upper left) and then asked the AI about the sources it used. The response was... not so great:
March 12, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Also: today i met some lemurs strolling about
December 27, 2023 at 11:32 PM
Sometimes cloudy skies are the best
December 27, 2023 at 11:22 PM
December 5, 2023 at 1:30 PM