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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 4d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 3d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 3d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Anna Iovine @annaroseiovine.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!

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Anna Iovine @annaroseiovine.bsky.social · 5d

Is Taylor Swift co-opting the term “showgirl” from sex workers?

Thank you @gwenadora.bsky.social and @mssexysaigon.bsky.social for chatting with me for this piece mashable.com/article/shou...

Headline: Should Taylor Swift be calling herself a ‘showgirl'?
Sub headline: Performers are divided.
By Anna lovine on October 7, 2025

Image of Taylor Swift in showgirl garb, in color, surrounded by other showgirls in black and white

Image Credit: lan Moore / Mashable Composite; Edward Holub / Stockbyte / Getty / Taylor Nation LLC

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 6d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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The Verge @theverge.com · 12d

Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

With Biden, AI Mode will provide a summarized answer.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 12d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17d

What's happening could not be more open and explicit. If you displease the regime, they will bring criminal charges against you.

Ask your immigrant friends what it's like to live in a country where the rule of law is a fiction and your freedom depends on the whims of a dictator.

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Sean Howe @seanhowe.bsky.social · 25d

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 27d

Mainstream institutions, including some of the biggest news outlets, have rushed to sacrifice their journalists and the meaning of words like "debate" to placate the people behind clickbait YouTube videos with titles about woke libs and Karens
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Mainstream media surrenders to conservative influencers

Charlie Kirk didn't fight for unity. He fought to silence the truth.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28d

We are at the point in the honoring-Charlie-Kirk's-memory cycle when faculty are being fired for posting, without comment, Charlie Kirk's words. At the behest of politicians sworn to uphold the first amendment, and in public institutions covered by first amendment protections.

Senator Marsha Blackburn tagging a public university for a facebook post where a professor share's Kirk's comments saying gun deaths are worth it.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 28d

You probably failed at "building bridges" if millions of people think that your life's work was destructive and terrible and if your supporters have to threaten people to keep them quiet about said legacy.

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Micah @rincewind.run · Sep 12

going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Sep 12

“I have no idea why he did this.” A young man's descent from model student to suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. on.wsj.com/48gbtoN

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Sep 12

Since Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, people on the left have been censored, punished, and targeted with more violence for telling the truth about Kirk's legacy. The cycle continues: mainstream whitewashing of violence begets more violence and the victims are blamed.
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The national gaslighting about Charlie Kirk

Another pattern of censorship that only hurts the left—and emboldens political violence.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Sep 11

I had no wish for him to be murdered, but I’ll harshly judge anyone who flies their flag at half staff for that hateful extremist or talks about honoring his memory. There was no honor in his life.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Sep 11

I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

A Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Are Lying in State. Next to Them: Their Golden Retriever.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Sep 9

better things are possible!!!!

KRQE News 13 @krqe.com · Sep 9

Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Sep 2

For @spitfirenews.com, I wrote about how the social media trend of hoping that Trump is dead or dying is linked to both his administration's deadly unraveling of rights and institutions and how hard it is for actual news about it to reach people over memes and vibes.
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The push alert everyone is dying to get

This administration wants Americans to die. The feeling is mutual.

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Ziff Davis Creators Guild @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social · Aug 28

ZDCG demands accountability for continued attacks on media workers in Gaza:

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 27

children in minneapolis shot while praying, children in DC passing armed military when they take the metro to school, this country is so sick

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · Aug 26

2025 confirmed best year to get engaged

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · Aug 25

I would urge against referring to what is happening to Kilmar as a deportation. When people are deported, they are sent to their home country or "country of origin." What is happening to Kilmar and many others under the Trump administration is... something else entirely.

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Aug 25

Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained by ICE during Baltimore check-in

The detention, which was expected, happened after Abrego Garcia walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Baltimore for a check-in after being released from custody on Friday.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Aug 19

I wrote about how Harry Potter slop is inescapable and fueling JK Rowling’s anti-trans bigotry—but pushback seems to be growing, too. Case in point: I just opened Reddit and saw another reboot cast announcement, but most of the comments were about boycotting it spitfirenews.com/p/harry-pott...

Harry Potter and the Oversaturated Offensive Franchise

There's a growing fight against J.K. Rowling's anti-trans power source.

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swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · Aug 18

"if big tech companies had shown up and fought against age verification because of the trickle-down effect of this decision, it would've brought more attention to the issue. Instead, people thought it wasn't going to impact them.

Tech companies didn't think about "second-order censorship"

Anna Iovine @annaroseiovine.bsky.social · Aug 18

Censorship of porn is just the test run. Age verification is going to kill the open web mashable.com/article/age-...

Porn censorship is going to destroy the entire internet

Age verification isn't just for adult websites.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Censorship begets censorship ... We've reached the dystopian stage of the internet."

This piece is a vital accounting of how we got where we are and where it's going if more people don't push back against what @ericgoldman.bsky.social calls age-verification's "segregate-and-suppress" laws.

Anna Iovine @annaroseiovine.bsky.social · Aug 18

Censorship of porn is just the test run. Age verification is going to kill the open web mashable.com/article/age-...

Porn censorship is going to destroy the entire internet

Age verification isn't just for adult websites.

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