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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

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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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 2d

Every time I watch Cheers it makes me laugh but god damn do I wish the cast were even remotely Bostonian. Rhea Perlman has a Brooklyn accent for chrissakes!

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 3d

Seeing some comments giving Biden and the Dems the benefit of the doubt - from where I'm standing, they chose to only go after the foot soldiers in the Jan 6th attempted coup because they are extremely corrupt. This makes them complicit, so let's not let them off the hook so easily

The Origins of Anti-Litter Campaigns

MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 3d

So many powerful actors - elected officials, gov regulators, the FBI - had every opportunity to stop Trump for decades, but chose not to. I'm tired of liberals (and even some Leftists) giving those powerful people and institutions the benefit of the doubt instead of demanding answers 6/6

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump elections were no different. Tbc you can get angry at whoever you want - I'm not trying to tell anyone how to feel. But assigning blame goes beyond that and gets into the realm of taking action, like spending time and energy going after voters instead of those most responsible /5

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 3d

And the biggest polluters know that in-fighting amongst us commoners is better for their bottom line, which is why they've engaged in a well-funded media campaign to shift the blame onto individuals since the 1950s

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www.motherjones.com/politics/200...

I've never known anyone who was objectively pro-litter. Litter's awful. It's disgusting. We're all agreed. But it seems that the...

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The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing

MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 3d

Do folks who buy gas-guzzling cars bear zero responsibility for climate change? Of course not, but focusing on individual choices distracts from the much bigger responsibility of corps like ExxonMobil, who've pushed well-funded climate change denial for decades /3 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Since the 1980s, fossil fuel firms have run ads touting climate denial messages – many of which they’d now like us to forget. Here’s our visual guide

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 3d

Source on that figure

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016

Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal

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The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West

MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 3d

Since a few people have brought up the responsibility of voters, I want to clarify that I see this issue as analogous to climate change - going after your neighbor for buying a gas-guzzling car is easier than organizing against the handful of companies responsible for 80% of CO2 emissions /1

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 3d

YES. Also, I’m so tired of people blaming voters instead of the fact that Trump was allowed to be on the 2024 ballot in the first place. He honestly should have been in jail before he could run in 2016!

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 3d

You can talk (and should) about all the issues with poor white people voting against their own interests without reveling in glee when poor people in general are harmed.

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 4d

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 4d

While I haven't read all of these books, they've either been written by journalists I trust or cited by them, so I feel confident in this list. Of course, I'll make any corrections/adjustments if need be

MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 4d

The Plot to Destroy Democracy by Malcolm Nance

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How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West

Trump: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Deals, the Downfall, and the Reinvention

MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 4d

Trump: The Greatest Show on Earth by Wayne Barrett

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Trump: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Deals, the Downfall, and the Reinvention [Barrett, Wayne] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Trump: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Deals, the Downfall, and the Reinvention

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 4d

Collusion by @lukeharding1968.bsky.social

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Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win

Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win

Without Compromise: The Brave Journalism That First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the American Epidemic of Corruption

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 4d

Without Compromise, a collection of investigative journalism by the late great Wayne Barrett
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The Brave Journalism That First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the American Epidemic of Corruption

American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery

MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 4d

American Kompromat by @craigunger.bsky.social

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How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery

House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 4d

House of Trump, House of Putin by @craigunger.bsky.social

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The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia

They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 4d

They Knew by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

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How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America

MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 4d

Hiding in Plain Sight by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

bookshop.org/p/books/hidi...

The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America