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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 4d

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 8d

if the state of journalism and its capture by the right wing also has you in despair, a real, tangible thing you can do to push back is support/subscribe to worker-owned indie news media!!

@coyotemedia.org (bay area)
@51st.news (dc)
@racketmn.com (mn)
@autonomynews.co
@505omatic.bsky.social (nm)

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 11d

“The injections Suza needed had traveled thousands of miles to the Central African nation, USAID and other records show, only to be stranded in a regional distribution warehouse in the same city where she was gasping for air.” wapo.st/489jGvd

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

wapo.st

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 11d

New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising

www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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AW (Abby) Ohlheiser @abbyohlheiser.bsky.social · 17d

thank u for this, ive enjoyed being mad about something online for a moment thats not The Horrors

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 17d

Response from @karenattiah.bsky.social counsel, @normeisen.bsky.social et al, at @democracydefendersfund.org:

"She did precisely the job you hired her to do as an opinion writer ... She spoke truthfully and forcefully about ... difficult truths at a challenging time"

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404 Media @404media.co · 18d

YouTube removed a channel that was dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being shot in the head following 404 Media’s request for comment. The videos were clearly generated with Google’s new AI video generator tool.

🔗 www.404media.co/ai-generated...

AI-Generated YouTube Channel Uploaded Nothing But Videos of Women Being Shot

YouTube removed a channel that posted nothing but graphic Veo-generated videos of women being shot after 404 Media reached out for comment.

www.404media.co

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 22d

If someone goes from a media outlet to a government agency and then implements a policy attempting to prevent the media from reporting on the agency, what does that tell you about their media outlet?

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 22d

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.

www.washingtonpost.com

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AW (Abby) Ohlheiser @abbyohlheiser.bsky.social · 22d

An example might be: seeing a Fox News group recommended to you when you aren't a member of other news or political groups, etc.

AW (Abby) Ohlheiser @abbyohlheiser.bsky.social · 22d

If you use Facebook and are seeing surprising recommendations in your suggested groups when they come up in the News Feed, could you do me a favor and 1) screenshot them 2) click through to see if those groups show up on your full list of suggested groups and 3) DM me? I'm curious about something.

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Nicole Clark @nicoleclark.bsky.social · 22d

it feels so good to write again, to play games again, after the worst year of my life. i picked a ridiculous game (that i love!) to relearn controller skills with, but taking my time makes it possible
aftermath.site/silksong-hol...

A Condition Took Away The Use Of My Hands. Silksong Helped Me Rehab Them - Aftermath

Last year I woke up with the hands of an alien. Every item I grasped fell to the floor like so many grains of sand; every doorknob became a lock I couldn’t open. It didn’t hurt, but hundreds of dollar...

aftermath.site

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 24d

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 29d

This is a book everyone should read, ASAP.

Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics [Reeve, Elle] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

www.amazon.com

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 29d

internet culture desks aren't just for cute meme trend stories. ever since gamergate, understanding how and why info moves online is critical to seeing how we got *here*

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 29d

National political reporters: consult your gaming desk. You likely have a massively blind spot — this isn’t a dig at anyone, because I have this blind spot too b/c I’m not a gamer and am trying to adjust for it in real time — covering this very important moment if u don’t game & don’t know the memes

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · Sep 11

I wrote about Charlie Kirk and the viral content machine that sprang to life in the wake of his shooting — and how this time, even people running the country are partaking in the churn.
www.theverge.com/analysis/776...

How Charlie Kirk’s death fed the content machine

Moments after the news broke, the content started

www.theverge.com

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AW (Abby) Ohlheiser @abbyohlheiser.bsky.social · Sep 11

Most of the people whose thoughts I want to hear about this right now have either left the beat or quit journalism

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Aug 30

“Vulnerable people turning to AI chatbots instead of professional therapists for mental health support could be ‘sliding into a dangerous abyss’, psychotherapists have warned.”

‘Sliding into an abyss’: experts warn over rising use of AI for mental health support

Therapists say they are seeing negative impacts of people increasingly turning to AI chatbots for help

www.theguardian.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · Aug 25

Here in Baltimore this morning, where clergy and activists have gathered in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is set to check in with ICE this morning.

Heavy faith presence in addition to, just, a lot of people for 6:45am.

Kilmar himself is about to speak.

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404 Media @404media.co · Aug 25

Citizen Is Using AI to Generate Crime Alerts With No Human Review. It’s Making a Lot of Mistakes

🔗 www.404media.co/citizen-is-u...

Citizen Is Using AI to Generate Crime Alerts With No Human Review. It’s Making a Lot of Mistakes

Three sources described how AI is writing alerts for Citizen and broadcasting them without prior human review. In one case AI mistranslated “motor vehicle accident” to “murder vehicle accident.”

www.404media.co

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AW (Abby) Ohlheiser @abbyohlheiser.bsky.social · Aug 19

2 is absolutely spot on please use it

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · Aug 19

This is the inside story of how Tea's male founder convinced millions of women to share their most intimate secrets on his app, then exposed those secrets in devastating security breaches www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...

How Tea’s Founder Convinced Millions of Women to Spill Their Secrets, Then Exposed Them to the World

A 404 Media investigation reveals how the man who started Tea, the ‘women dating safety’ app, tried to hire a female ‘face’ for the company and then hijack her grassroots community.

www.404media.co

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · Aug 17

Going on vacation tomorrow so spent Saturday night making maps of all the places in Ohio, West Virginia and South Carolina with higher violent crime and murder rates than D.C. Perhaps better places for those governors to focus resources!
www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than do people in D.C.

Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in...

www.pbump.net

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · Aug 6

SCOOP from me: FEMA is planning to order states to immediately stop activities intended to combat domestic violent extremism - the latest in a broad federal move to downplay the threat:

Combating Domestic Violent Extremism Is No Longer a FEMA Priority

Documents obtained by WIRED show FEMA plans to direct states and tribes to halt activities intended to combat domestic violent extremism so as to align with "current administration priorities."

www.wired.com

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AW (Abby) Ohlheiser @abbyohlheiser.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is propaganda that uses the image and voice of someone who is unable to consent, seems like a basic thing journalists shouldn't do, but what do i know man

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AW (Abby) Ohlheiser @abbyohlheiser.bsky.social · Jul 31

I guess none of the 4 bylines on the NYT story about Brown's deal with the Trump admin thought that its exclusion of trans women from all women's housing, facilities, programs and activities was worth more than a single reference to requirements to comply on "matters like transgender athletes"

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