Mike Ananny
@mikeananny.bsky.social
ananny.org
- Media technologies & production cultures
- How sociotechnical systems enact theories of press freedom & “the public”
- GenAI as a public problem
Associate Professor of Communication & Journalism, USC Annenberg
Always 🇨🇦
- Media technologies & production cultures
- How sociotechnical systems enact theories of press freedom & “the public”
- GenAI as a public problem
Associate Professor of Communication & Journalism, USC Annenberg
Always 🇨🇦
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Mike Ananny
@mikeananny.bsky.social
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Hiya, just arrived.
I research, teach, & write about how people make communication technologies. In doing so, they often reveal what they think “expression”, “journalism”, & “the public” mean.
I crave media systems that fight climate collapse, technocratic power, & fascism.
Writing @ ananny.org 👋
I research, teach, & write about how people make communication technologies. In doing so, they often reveal what they think “expression”, “journalism”, & “the public” mean.
I crave media systems that fight climate collapse, technocratic power, & fascism.
Writing @ ananny.org 👋
Just today, more signs of authoritarianism & US universities lacking backbones:
Texas A&M: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana University: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana University: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just today, more signs of authoritarianism & US universities lacking backbones:
Texas A&M: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana University: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana University: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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This Veterans Day, Americans may like to know a wide coalition of Dutch political parties in Limburg are fighting back against the removal of 2 panels commemorating black veterans at Margraten US WOII cemetery ↘️ www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/call...
Calls for permanent memorial in Limburg to black US liberators - DutchNews.nl
Provincial councillors in Limburg have called for a permanent memorial to black American servicemen to be erected next to the US war cemetery in Margraten after it emerged that panels commemorating th...
www.dutchnews.nl
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This Veterans Day, Americans may like to know a wide coalition of Dutch political parties in Limburg are fighting back against the removal of 2 panels commemorating black veterans at Margraten US WOII cemetery ↘️ www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/call...
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
“‘Behind the scenes, we were desperately hoping that USC and OpenAI could come to an institutional level agreement about the use of AI on campus, and we did that.’”
Sigh, desperate indeed.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/11/12/u...
Sigh, desperate indeed.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/11/12/u...
USC is joining forces with OpenAI
Free ChatGPT for all students, faculty and staff.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
“‘Behind the scenes, we were desperately hoping that USC and OpenAI could come to an institutional level agreement about the use of AI on campus, and we did that.’”
Sigh, desperate indeed.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/11/12/u...
Sigh, desperate indeed.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/11/12/u...
CBC:
- quickly concludes emails “appear to reveal nothing new or substantive connecting Epstein” to T;
- foregrounds “AI-assisted search” tool “that converts image files into searchable documents” (?)
How exactly does “AI” support “nothing new” finding?
Kinda muddled.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
- quickly concludes emails “appear to reveal nothing new or substantive connecting Epstein” to T;
- foregrounds “AI-assisted search” tool “that converts image files into searchable documents” (?)
How exactly does “AI” support “nothing new” finding?
Kinda muddled.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
Trump is named 1,500 times in the Epstein document dump. Here's why that number doesn't matter | CBC News
Donald Trump's name appears at least 1,500 times in documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein made public Wednesday by Republicans in the U.S. Congress, according to an AI-assisted search of the ma...
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
CBC:
- quickly concludes emails “appear to reveal nothing new or substantive connecting Epstein” to T;
- foregrounds “AI-assisted search” tool “that converts image files into searchable documents” (?)
How exactly does “AI” support “nothing new” finding?
Kinda muddled.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
- quickly concludes emails “appear to reveal nothing new or substantive connecting Epstein” to T;
- foregrounds “AI-assisted search” tool “that converts image files into searchable documents” (?)
How exactly does “AI” support “nothing new” finding?
Kinda muddled.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Major new @knightcolumbia.org initiative will address the role of the legal profession in the defense of democratic values and institutions. Excited to have the chance to work with Prof Madhav Khosla on this. knightcolumbia.org/content/new-...
New Knight Institute Initiative Will Explore the Role of the Legal Profession in an Age of Authoritarianism
knightcolumbia.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Major new @knightcolumbia.org initiative will address the role of the legal profession in the defense of democratic values and institutions. Excited to have the chance to work with Prof Madhav Khosla on this. knightcolumbia.org/content/new-...
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These pardons are not backward looking, but forward, telling the next group of election conspirators that they will be pardoned too www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump pardons Giuliani, Meadows and others over plot to steal 2020 election
Federal clemency towards president’s close allies largely symbolic as some still face legal exposure at state level
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
These pardons are not backward looking, but forward, telling the next group of election conspirators that they will be pardoned too www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“This was a very very bad vote”
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“This was a very very bad vote”
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Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
I mean, sure, nice idea.
A more interesting essay (from these authors in particular) would be:
“Why Did We Ignore Voices That Continually Told Powerful People Like Us Not To Build AI Like We Have — And What Does This Teach Us About How Power & Money Work In U.S. Universities?”
That’d be a banger.
A more interesting essay (from these authors in particular) would be:
“Why Did We Ignore Voices That Continually Told Powerful People Like Us Not To Build AI Like We Have — And What Does This Teach Us About How Power & Money Work In U.S. Universities?”
That’d be a banger.
"The question is whether we will rebuild the institutions of open science that made AI possible in the first place — or instead allow them to be eroded by concentrated commercial power."
hai.stanford.edu/news/univers...
hai.stanford.edu/news/univers...
Universities Must Reclaim AI Research for the Public Good | Stanford HAI
With corporate AI labs turning inward, academia must carry forward the mantle of open science.
hai.stanford.edu
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I mean, sure, nice idea.
A more interesting essay (from these authors in particular) would be:
“Why Did We Ignore Voices That Continually Told Powerful People Like Us Not To Build AI Like We Have — And What Does This Teach Us About How Power & Money Work In U.S. Universities?”
That’d be a banger.
A more interesting essay (from these authors in particular) would be:
“Why Did We Ignore Voices That Continually Told Powerful People Like Us Not To Build AI Like We Have — And What Does This Teach Us About How Power & Money Work In U.S. Universities?”
That’d be a banger.
"The chatbot said to my son, 'Why don't you send me some nudes?'"
“Tesla did not respond to CBC's questions about Nasser's experience. However, xAI provided what appeared to be an automated reply, stating, "Legacy media lies."”
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
“Tesla did not respond to CBC's questions about Nasser's experience. However, xAI provided what appeared to be an automated reply, stating, "Legacy media lies."”
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
This mom’s son was asking Tesla’s Grok AI chatbot about soccer. It told him to send nude pics, she says | CBC News
A Toronto woman is sounding the alarm about Grok, Tesla's generative AI chatbot that was recently installed in Tesla vehicles in Canada. Farah Nasser says Grok asked her 12-year-old son to send it nud...
www.cbc.ca
October 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"The chatbot said to my son, 'Why don't you send me some nudes?'"
“Tesla did not respond to CBC's questions about Nasser's experience. However, xAI provided what appeared to be an automated reply, stating, "Legacy media lies."”
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
“Tesla did not respond to CBC's questions about Nasser's experience. However, xAI provided what appeared to be an automated reply, stating, "Legacy media lies."”
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Don’t look away from this country’s cruelty. Don’t let these scenes be normalized.
😲 SEATTLE: Shackled at his wrists and ankles, an elderly man struggles in the cold rain to mount the slippery stairs to this Avelo jet, which will fly him to another detention facility in Texas 👀
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Don’t look away from this country’s cruelty. Don’t let these scenes be normalized.
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How do you possibly learn to think critically about—investigate, protest, boycott, historicize, hold accountable—big tech *power* when your uni culture & leadership says to embrace these companies?
When tech employees teach classes & you need their favour for jobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
When tech employees teach classes & you need their favour for jobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How do you possibly learn to think critically about—investigate, protest, boycott, historicize, hold accountable—big tech *power* when your uni culture & leadership says to embrace these companies?
When tech employees teach classes & you need their favour for jobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
When tech employees teach classes & you need their favour for jobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
How do you possibly learn to think critically about—investigate, protest, boycott, historicize, hold accountable—big tech *power* when your uni culture & leadership says to embrace these companies?
When tech employees teach classes & you need their favour for jobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
When tech employees teach classes & you need their favour for jobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How do you possibly learn to think critically about—investigate, protest, boycott, historicize, hold accountable—big tech *power* when your uni culture & leadership says to embrace these companies?
When tech employees teach classes & you need their favour for jobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
When tech employees teach classes & you need their favour for jobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
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“Cloud infrastructure from American companies, whether located in Europe or Canada, is incompatible with sovereignty…These companies fall under US jurisdiction &, therefore, are subject to the 2018 CLOUD Act, which enables US authorities to access data they hold, even if that data is stored abroad.”
Canada is waking up to the risks of relying on US tech giants for its digital infrastructure, writes Emily Osborne. As Canada pursues a sovereign cloud, clarity and control —not marketing—should guide the path to digital independence.
What Does a 'Sovereign Cloud' Really Mean? | TechPolicy.Press
Emily Osborne discusses approaches to building a "sovereign cloud" for Canada.
buff.ly
October 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“Cloud infrastructure from American companies, whether located in Europe or Canada, is incompatible with sovereignty…These companies fall under US jurisdiction &, therefore, are subject to the 2018 CLOUD Act, which enables US authorities to access data they hold, even if that data is stored abroad.”
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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I can’t wait for the media to tell us in 2029 all about Trump’s steep cognitive decline and psychosis while he was president, with numerous examples that they just discovered through extensive research and sourcing.
October 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I can’t wait for the media to tell us in 2029 all about Trump’s steep cognitive decline and psychosis while he was president, with numerous examples that they just discovered through extensive research and sourcing.
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As tragic as it is, the country should see (1) such destruction, & (2) the hideous, corruption-funded tackiness that will take its place.
It should be an ugly monument to an ugly time, a constant reminder of this era’s failures.
The constant human violence doesn’t seem to sink in, maybe this will.
It should be an ugly monument to an ugly time, a constant reminder of this era’s failures.
The constant human violence doesn’t seem to sink in, maybe this will.
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As tragic as it is, the country should see (1) such destruction, & (2) the hideous, corruption-funded tackiness that will take its place.
It should be an ugly monument to an ugly time, a constant reminder of this era’s failures.
The constant human violence doesn’t seem to sink in, maybe this will.
It should be an ugly monument to an ugly time, a constant reminder of this era’s failures.
The constant human violence doesn’t seem to sink in, maybe this will.
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This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
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A new report from a global alliance of public broadcasters says AI chatbots make mistakes with news content nearly half of the time. The study looked at how AI chatbots answer questions about news and current affairs.
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/10/22/a...
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/10/22/a...
AI chatbots make mistakes with news content nearly half of the time, says study
OTTAWA — A new report from a global alliance of public broadcasters says AI chatbots make mistakes with news content nearly half of the time. The study, which looked at how AI chatbots answer question...
halifax.citynews.ca
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A new report from a global alliance of public broadcasters says AI chatbots make mistakes with news content nearly half of the time. The study looked at how AI chatbots answer questions about news and current affairs.
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/10/22/a...
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/10/22/a...
As tragic as it is, the country should see (1) such destruction, & (2) the hideous, corruption-funded tackiness that will take its place.
It should be an ugly monument to an ugly time, a constant reminder of this era’s failures.
The constant human violence doesn’t seem to sink in, maybe this will.
It should be an ugly monument to an ugly time, a constant reminder of this era’s failures.
The constant human violence doesn’t seem to sink in, maybe this will.
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As tragic as it is, the country should see (1) such destruction, & (2) the hideous, corruption-funded tackiness that will take its place.
It should be an ugly monument to an ugly time, a constant reminder of this era’s failures.
The constant human violence doesn’t seem to sink in, maybe this will.
It should be an ugly monument to an ugly time, a constant reminder of this era’s failures.
The constant human violence doesn’t seem to sink in, maybe this will.
Reposted by Mike Ananny
Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.