Rennie Svirnovskiy
@rennieys.bsky.social
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A DOGEr with no government or contracting experience used an LLM to identify contracts for cancelation — or “munching,” in his terms — at the VA. It did not go well. We have the scoop:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts
We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...
www.propublica.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A DOGEr with no government or contracting experience used an LLM to identify contracts for cancelation — or “munching,” in his terms — at the VA. It did not go well. We have the scoop:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Columbia canceled my class on Race and Media, but I'm teaching it anyway.
All thanks to people power and community support-- especially from you all on Bluesky!
Happy to announce I'll be teaching Race Media and International Affairs 101 online-- hosted by D.C.'s MLK Jr. Memorial Library!
All thanks to people power and community support-- especially from you all on Bluesky!
Happy to announce I'll be teaching Race Media and International Affairs 101 online-- hosted by D.C.'s MLK Jr. Memorial Library!
June 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Columbia canceled my class on Race and Media, but I'm teaching it anyway.
All thanks to people power and community support-- especially from you all on Bluesky!
Happy to announce I'll be teaching Race Media and International Affairs 101 online-- hosted by D.C.'s MLK Jr. Memorial Library!
All thanks to people power and community support-- especially from you all on Bluesky!
Happy to announce I'll be teaching Race Media and International Affairs 101 online-- hosted by D.C.'s MLK Jr. Memorial Library!
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WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
March 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
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Across the Sahel, juntas are limiting freedom of speech. Journalists, activists & politicians have been arrested, disappeared and even sent to fight
Finding examples wasn’t hard but finding people who still dared speak was
Mohamed Attaher was clear—he wanted his story told…
Finding examples wasn’t hard but finding people who still dared speak was
Mohamed Attaher was clear—he wanted his story told…
March 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Across the Sahel, juntas are limiting freedom of speech. Journalists, activists & politicians have been arrested, disappeared and even sent to fight
Finding examples wasn’t hard but finding people who still dared speak was
Mohamed Attaher was clear—he wanted his story told…
Finding examples wasn’t hard but finding people who still dared speak was
Mohamed Attaher was clear—he wanted his story told…
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Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
February 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
Reposted by Rennie Svirnovskiy
Personal liberties:
* Women making their own health care decisions
* Children reading the books they want in school
* Freedom of identity
* Freedom of opinion
* Women making their own health care decisions
* Children reading the books they want in school
* Freedom of identity
* Freedom of opinion
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Personal liberties:
* Women making their own health care decisions
* Children reading the books they want in school
* Freedom of identity
* Freedom of opinion
* Women making their own health care decisions
* Children reading the books they want in school
* Freedom of identity
* Freedom of opinion
Reposted by Rennie Svirnovskiy
📢 ProPublica is looking for 5 newsrooms to join our Local Reporting Network!
These newsrooms will be part of our 50 State Initiative. Newsrooms in 40 states (in blue) are eligible to apply: https://propub.li/41270AQ
Here's what this would mean for your newsroom 👇
These newsrooms will be part of our 50 State Initiative. Newsrooms in 40 states (in blue) are eligible to apply: https://propub.li/41270AQ
Here's what this would mean for your newsroom 👇
February 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📢 ProPublica is looking for 5 newsrooms to join our Local Reporting Network!
These newsrooms will be part of our 50 State Initiative. Newsrooms in 40 states (in blue) are eligible to apply: https://propub.li/41270AQ
Here's what this would mean for your newsroom 👇
These newsrooms will be part of our 50 State Initiative. Newsrooms in 40 states (in blue) are eligible to apply: https://propub.li/41270AQ
Here's what this would mean for your newsroom 👇
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A mother and her children fleeing paramilitary violence. A gay man who had received death threats from an armed group.
Samantha Schmidt spoke to a few of the hundreds of asylum seekers deported under Trump. Officials said none had been charged of a crime.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Samantha Schmidt spoke to a few of the hundreds of asylum seekers deported under Trump. Officials said none had been charged of a crime.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
The asylum seekers deported in the first days of Trump’s presidency
Some of the hundreds of Colombians deported in the first weeks of Trump’s presidency said they had only seen the United States from the inside of detention centers.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A mother and her children fleeing paramilitary violence. A gay man who had received death threats from an armed group.
Samantha Schmidt spoke to a few of the hundreds of asylum seekers deported under Trump. Officials said none had been charged of a crime.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Samantha Schmidt spoke to a few of the hundreds of asylum seekers deported under Trump. Officials said none had been charged of a crime.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Reminder number 56,239 of how gobsmackingly good my colleagues are at exposing the truth.
Even in the midst of tough times for the paper, Post journalists like @davidnakamura.bsky.social, Lisa Rein and Matt Viser are relentless and essential.
wapo.st/4azdaNb
Even in the midst of tough times for the paper, Post journalists like @davidnakamura.bsky.social, Lisa Rein and Matt Viser are relentless and essential.
wapo.st/4azdaNb
January 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reminder number 56,239 of how gobsmackingly good my colleagues are at exposing the truth.
Even in the midst of tough times for the paper, Post journalists like @davidnakamura.bsky.social, Lisa Rein and Matt Viser are relentless and essential.
wapo.st/4azdaNb
Even in the midst of tough times for the paper, Post journalists like @davidnakamura.bsky.social, Lisa Rein and Matt Viser are relentless and essential.
wapo.st/4azdaNb
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"This is about trying to take away some of the last places that people can feel safe.“ www.washingtonpost.com/education/20... @laurameckler.bsky.social @bellwak.bsky.social @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
Schools brace for immigration arrests, try to reassure terrified parents
Schools try to calm parents’ fears and keep their kids in school after Trump eases the way for immigration enforcement at schools.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
"This is about trying to take away some of the last places that people can feel safe.“ www.washingtonpost.com/education/20... @laurameckler.bsky.social @bellwak.bsky.social @hannahnatanson.bsky.social