Scott Shuey
@scottshuey.bsky.social
Expat in Malaysia. Journalist at Tech in Asia.
Loves licorice, durian, and burritos.
Nerd.
Loves licorice, durian, and burritos.
Nerd.
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
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Fun fact!
15 years on from Deepwater Horizion, BP still refers to money it makes for shareholders as "replacement cost profit", which represents the amount of money there *would be* if they weren't paying off $62 bn in fines for one of the worst ecological disasters ever
www.ft.com/content/bb87...
15 years on from Deepwater Horizion, BP still refers to money it makes for shareholders as "replacement cost profit", which represents the amount of money there *would be* if they weren't paying off $62 bn in fines for one of the worst ecological disasters ever
www.ft.com/content/bb87...
Pressure mounts on BP chief as investor patience wanes
Oil major has underperformed its biggest rivals since Murray Auchincloss formally took charge a year ago
www.ft.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Fun fact!
15 years on from Deepwater Horizion, BP still refers to money it makes for shareholders as "replacement cost profit", which represents the amount of money there *would be* if they weren't paying off $62 bn in fines for one of the worst ecological disasters ever
www.ft.com/content/bb87...
15 years on from Deepwater Horizion, BP still refers to money it makes for shareholders as "replacement cost profit", which represents the amount of money there *would be* if they weren't paying off $62 bn in fines for one of the worst ecological disasters ever
www.ft.com/content/bb87...
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Remain eternally angry that AT LEAST six years ago I started pitching multiple editors about a looming insurance crisis in California and was told it wasn't a real story, or if it was it would affect a small number of people, and even if then, it would be a negligible policy issue.
January 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Remain eternally angry that AT LEAST six years ago I started pitching multiple editors about a looming insurance crisis in California and was told it wasn't a real story, or if it was it would affect a small number of people, and even if then, it would be a negligible policy issue.
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I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
December 8, 2024 at 3:21 AM
I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
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Last year UnitedHealth fired its intake team & used AI to process claims. The AI rejected more than 90% of claims for senior citizens, resulting in several preventable deaths.
My thoughts on American healthcare after the killing of the UnitedHealth CEO
www.qasimrashid.com/p/americas-v...
My thoughts on American healthcare after the killing of the UnitedHealth CEO
www.qasimrashid.com/p/americas-v...
America’s Violent Health System
An unknown assailant killed the UnitedHealth CEO in broad daylight—and the majority of people watching laughed. Why?
www.qasimrashid.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Last year UnitedHealth fired its intake team & used AI to process claims. The AI rejected more than 90% of claims for senior citizens, resulting in several preventable deaths.
My thoughts on American healthcare after the killing of the UnitedHealth CEO
www.qasimrashid.com/p/americas-v...
My thoughts on American healthcare after the killing of the UnitedHealth CEO
www.qasimrashid.com/p/americas-v...
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Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.
November 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.
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Looks like Democrats will end up ~7500 votes short of winning the House majority across three districts. That's the difference between having the power of the purse, subpoenas etc — or not — in a nation of 330+ million.
November 27, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Looks like Democrats will end up ~7500 votes short of winning the House majority across three districts. That's the difference between having the power of the purse, subpoenas etc — or not — in a nation of 330+ million.
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Trump promises to target journalists, news anchors & broadcasters. The first to go will be the non-profits like NPR & ProPublica. Support & protect journalism by subscribing to your favorite news outlet, magazine, or journalist's writing platform.
#ProtectFreePress #SupportJournalism
#ProtectFreePress #SupportJournalism
November 28, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Trump promises to target journalists, news anchors & broadcasters. The first to go will be the non-profits like NPR & ProPublica. Support & protect journalism by subscribing to your favorite news outlet, magazine, or journalist's writing platform.
#ProtectFreePress #SupportJournalism
#ProtectFreePress #SupportJournalism
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And believe me, we hear from all of them.
The United States now has:
• 45,020 reporters
• 275,550 public relations specialists
For every reporter, there are now six PR people.
(data via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• 45,020 reporters
• 275,550 public relations specialists
For every reporter, there are now six PR people.
(data via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
November 19, 2024 at 3:23 AM
And believe me, we hear from all of them.
Please tell me I'm hallucinating
Trump Picks Fox host Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary.
November 13, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Please tell me I'm hallucinating
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We don't know who's going to win tomorrow. But we do know that Elon Musk will promote false claims of voter fraud to tens of millions of people — and that X will be a central clearinghouse for conspiracy theories in the days ahead www.platformer.news/x-election-e...
November 5, 2024 at 1:14 AM
We don't know who's going to win tomorrow. But we do know that Elon Musk will promote false claims of voter fraud to tens of millions of people — and that X will be a central clearinghouse for conspiracy theories in the days ahead www.platformer.news/x-election-e...
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I've been studying AI image spam on Facebook for about a year now, and I thought I was being ridiculous and paranoid for thinking that Meta was trying to replace genuine social interaction with AI sludge.
Sometimes one's worst suspicions are correct, however, and Zuckerburg just confirmed mine.
Sometimes one's worst suspicions are correct, however, and Zuckerburg just confirmed mine.
Exciting news: Mark Zuckerberg confirms AI spam is part of the strategy, more is coming, and Instagram & FB will become even less about your friends and who you interact with and more about shoving AI slop into every corner of every product
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-t...
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-t...
Zuckerberg: The AI Slop Will Continue Until Morale Improves
"I think we’re going to add a whole new category of content, which is AI generated."
www.404media.co
November 3, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I've been studying AI image spam on Facebook for about a year now, and I thought I was being ridiculous and paranoid for thinking that Meta was trying to replace genuine social interaction with AI sludge.
Sometimes one's worst suspicions are correct, however, and Zuckerburg just confirmed mine.
Sometimes one's worst suspicions are correct, however, and Zuckerburg just confirmed mine.
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Eat the rich
October 26, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Eat the rich
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The Washington Post has capitulated to the man who enabled the killers of their columnist Jamal Khashoggi to get away with murder.
October 26, 2024 at 12:38 AM
The Washington Post has capitulated to the man who enabled the killers of their columnist Jamal Khashoggi to get away with murder.
Democracy dies in cowardice.
October 26, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Democracy dies in cowardice.
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Angelenos, Washingtonians,
Citizens of the American Republic,
Greetings from Houston.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
Citizens of the American Republic,
Greetings from Houston.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
October 25, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Angelenos, Washingtonians,
Citizens of the American Republic,
Greetings from Houston.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
Citizens of the American Republic,
Greetings from Houston.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
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This is literally the job.
In her Morning Edition interview, the Wall Street Journal’s editor in chief dismisses criticism of the paper’s coverage of Trump, saying they don’t want to be “truth nannies”
October 22, 2024 at 11:13 PM
This is literally the job.
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The New Yorker sent the country's best (male) interviewer to talk to one of the best (male) election analysts about how Kamala Harris changed the race. It’s 3256 words long. They did not mention “abortion,” “Roe,” or “Dobbs” once.
Two things are abundantly clear:
1. Republicans don’t want this election to be about abortion rights.
2. This election is about abortion rights.
1. Republicans don’t want this election to be about abortion rights.
2. This election is about abortion rights.
This is the first election since the MAGA Supreme Court ended Roe—why are we talking about anything else?
If dozens of states were allowed to ban guns, you'd never hear the end of it
My first inkling of the backlash to the end of Roe that I hoped to see in the world came in July 2022 in my home state o...
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October 20, 2024 at 12:24 PM
The New Yorker sent the country's best (male) interviewer to talk to one of the best (male) election analysts about how Kamala Harris changed the race. It’s 3256 words long. They did not mention “abortion,” “Roe,” or “Dobbs” once.
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Update: Apparently, the journalist (Gold) had included this in the original article, but the NYT Editors pulled it out. This was apparently a senior editorial decision, raising a lot more questions about what is going on at the TImes.
October 20, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Update: Apparently, the journalist (Gold) had included this in the original article, but the NYT Editors pulled it out. This was apparently a senior editorial decision, raising a lot more questions about what is going on at the TImes.
“The students most susceptible to inaccurate accusations are those who write in a more generic manner…”
New line in prompt: spice up my copy to avoid AI detection tools.
Thanks Bloomberg.
New line in prompt: spice up my copy to avoid AI detection tools.
Thanks Bloomberg.
Teachers are using AI detection tools to catch students who are cheating. But they’re not always accurate, and consequences are piling up.
AI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating—With Big Consequences
About two-thirds of teachers report regularly using tools for detecting AI-generated content. At that scale, even tiny error rates can add up quickly.
www.bloomberg.com
October 20, 2024 at 11:08 AM
“The students most susceptible to inaccurate accusations are those who write in a more generic manner…”
New line in prompt: spice up my copy to avoid AI detection tools.
Thanks Bloomberg.
New line in prompt: spice up my copy to avoid AI detection tools.
Thanks Bloomberg.
Why is this surprising? The wires have specialized in accurate reporting for decades. I’ll take AP over NYT any day.
Incredible how the fucking wire services at AP can write a better summary of the Trump rally than New York Times political reporters:
October 20, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Why is this surprising? The wires have specialized in accurate reporting for decades. I’ll take AP over NYT any day.
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My entire feed is Arnold Palmer's schlong and Elon buying votes. I have constructed an excellent bubble.
October 20, 2024 at 2:29 AM
My entire feed is Arnold Palmer's schlong and Elon buying votes. I have constructed an excellent bubble.