Fahad Humayun
@fahadhumayun.com
I study emerging tech, representation & professionalism in journalism
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A bystander who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed, whose refugee parents had just arrived from Syria, according to Australian officials and media. https://cnn.it/457RdmU
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A bystander who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed, whose refugee parents had just arrived from Syria, according to Australian officials and media. https://cnn.it/457RdmU
Any how today is my anniversary and I’m not supposed to think about all of this today.
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Any how today is my anniversary and I’m not supposed to think about all of this today.
They’re going to be H1-B visa holders though
The Trump administration launches US Tech Force to recruit ~1,000 staffers from Apple, Meta, xAI, and others for two-year stints to modernize the government (Natalie Alms/Nextgov/FCW)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
They’re going to be H1-B visa holders though
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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The old Twitter was largely optimized to the needs of journalists and its verification procedures embedded ideas about journalistic authority in the platform. Elon stated explicitly that his mission was to end that and he did.
When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Also notice the desperation for journalists to get back on the platform. They know that jurnos were using twitter to feed them stories, but now the platform is just racists, nazis, and bots and as jurnos have slowly stopped navel gazing at their follower count, they’re seeing it and leaving.
Look at the first two bullet points. That's an admission that the algorithm is rigged. Bier is supposedly offering to un-rig it.
Why would he do that? Because Twitter is a cesspool of misinformation and disinformation. Conspiracy theorists are rewarded and own the information environment.
Why would he do that? Because Twitter is a cesspool of misinformation and disinformation. Conspiracy theorists are rewarded and own the information environment.
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The old Twitter was largely optimized to the needs of journalists and its verification procedures embedded ideas about journalistic authority in the platform. Elon stated explicitly that his mission was to end that and he did.
When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
“The cesspool of misinformation and racism and nazism was an intentional decision”. They created that cesspool by putting verification on sale and Meta was desperately waiting for someone to be the first one to do that.
My theory is that they only want the journalists back to troll them.
My theory is that they only want the journalists back to troll them.
Also notice the desperation for journalists to get back on the platform. They know that jurnos were using twitter to feed them stories, but now the platform is just racists, nazis, and bots and as jurnos have slowly stopped navel gazing at their follower count, they’re seeing it and leaving.
Look at the first two bullet points. That's an admission that the algorithm is rigged. Bier is supposedly offering to un-rig it.
Why would he do that? Because Twitter is a cesspool of misinformation and disinformation. Conspiracy theorists are rewarded and own the information environment.
Why would he do that? Because Twitter is a cesspool of misinformation and disinformation. Conspiracy theorists are rewarded and own the information environment.
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“The cesspool of misinformation and racism and nazism was an intentional decision”. They created that cesspool by putting verification on sale and Meta was desperately waiting for someone to be the first one to do that.
My theory is that they only want the journalists back to troll them.
My theory is that they only want the journalists back to troll them.
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Also notice the desperation for journalists to get back on the platform. They know that jurnos were using twitter to feed them stories, but now the platform is just racists, nazis, and bots and as jurnos have slowly stopped navel gazing at their follower count, they’re seeing it and leaving.
Look at the first two bullet points. That's an admission that the algorithm is rigged. Bier is supposedly offering to un-rig it.
Why would he do that? Because Twitter is a cesspool of misinformation and disinformation. Conspiracy theorists are rewarded and own the information environment.
Why would he do that? Because Twitter is a cesspool of misinformation and disinformation. Conspiracy theorists are rewarded and own the information environment.
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Also notice the desperation for journalists to get back on the platform. They know that jurnos were using twitter to feed them stories, but now the platform is just racists, nazis, and bots and as jurnos have slowly stopped navel gazing at their follower count, they’re seeing it and leaving.
I just want to be on an app where people widely share each other’s work—and occasionally read past the introduction.
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I just want to be on an app where people widely share each other’s work—and occasionally read past the introduction.
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What if the social media experience some seek is not post-truth rhetorical combat with the deck stacked against them? What if they prefer conversations and good faith engagement? Why wouldn’t that be okay?
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
What if the social media experience some seek is not post-truth rhetorical combat with the deck stacked against them? What if they prefer conversations and good faith engagement? Why wouldn’t that be okay?
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My new study engages with long-standing debates about Professionalization of Sports Journalism by examining how the industry responded to Sports Illustrated and Fake Author Bios.
Fifty free E-prints here
Fifty free E-prints here
Deprofessionalization of U.S. Sports Journalism? Exploring Metajournalistic Discourse Through the Case of Sports Illustrated and Generative AI
On 27 November 2023, it was reported that Sports Illustrated (SI) was publishing AI-generated content on its website. The writers of this content were listed as humans, had human names and photos, ...
www.tandfonline.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My new study engages with long-standing debates about Professionalization of Sports Journalism by examining how the industry responded to Sports Illustrated and Fake Author Bios.
Fifty free E-prints here
Fifty free E-prints here
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Maybe Nikita Bier can read our study on why journalists left Twitter.
You can’t have trolls and conspiracy theorists mimicking journalists.
The big picture is that tech moguls can’t stand a marketplace of ideas which they can’t control.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
You can’t have trolls and conspiracy theorists mimicking journalists.
The big picture is that tech moguls can’t stand a marketplace of ideas which they can’t control.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Maybe Nikita Bier can read our study on why journalists left Twitter.
You can’t have trolls and conspiracy theorists mimicking journalists.
The big picture is that tech moguls can’t stand a marketplace of ideas which they can’t control.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
You can’t have trolls and conspiracy theorists mimicking journalists.
The big picture is that tech moguls can’t stand a marketplace of ideas which they can’t control.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My new study engages with long-standing debates about Professionalization of Sports Journalism by examining how the industry responded to Sports Illustrated and Fake Author Bios.
Fifty free E-prints here
Fifty free E-prints here
Deprofessionalization of U.S. Sports Journalism? Exploring Metajournalistic Discourse Through the Case of Sports Illustrated and Generative AI
On 27 November 2023, it was reported that Sports Illustrated (SI) was publishing AI-generated content on its website. The writers of this content were listed as humans, had human names and photos, ...
www.tandfonline.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My new study engages with long-standing debates about Professionalization of Sports Journalism by examining how the industry responded to Sports Illustrated and Fake Author Bios.
Fifty free E-prints here
Fifty free E-prints here
Maybe Nikita Bier can read our study on why journalists left Twitter.
You can’t have trolls and conspiracy theorists mimicking journalists.
The big picture is that tech moguls can’t stand a marketplace of ideas which they can’t control.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
You can’t have trolls and conspiracy theorists mimicking journalists.
The big picture is that tech moguls can’t stand a marketplace of ideas which they can’t control.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Maybe Nikita Bier can read our study on why journalists left Twitter.
You can’t have trolls and conspiracy theorists mimicking journalists.
The big picture is that tech moguls can’t stand a marketplace of ideas which they can’t control.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
You can’t have trolls and conspiracy theorists mimicking journalists.
The big picture is that tech moguls can’t stand a marketplace of ideas which they can’t control.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
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i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
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Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
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I sort of wish y'all took this more seriously, because this attitude is a reinforcement of heterosexuality as a hierarchy. It's an acknowledgement and understanding that it's not enough to "be with" a woman, or even to father children.
They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.
They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.
"Everything straight is actually gay" is my favourite kind of ragebait posts by these morons.
December 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I sort of wish y'all took this more seriously, because this attitude is a reinforcement of heterosexuality as a hierarchy. It's an acknowledgement and understanding that it's not enough to "be with" a woman, or even to father children.
They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.
They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.
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Editor In Chief of Quinnipiac's student paper steps back from news coverage in order to not risk her visa. "For her, the irony is sharp. She comes from a country that was once under communist rule, and she viewed the U.S. as a beacon of free expression." nutgrafnews.substack.com/p/internatio...
International student EIC has to 'step back' from news coverage to not risk her visa
'I kind of feel like a hypocrite sometimes,' says a CT student journalist from Slovakia
nutgrafnews.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Editor In Chief of Quinnipiac's student paper steps back from news coverage in order to not risk her visa. "For her, the irony is sharp. She comes from a country that was once under communist rule, and she viewed the U.S. as a beacon of free expression." nutgrafnews.substack.com/p/internatio...
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Our students have raised 90 percent of their $25k goal.
Will you help them cross the finish line?
Will you help them cross the finish line?
Our students are raising money to keep their magazines going after the University of Alabama suspended them for foregrounding the voices of women and African Americans.
If you've got the means, please support them.
givebutter.com/F0LNOA
If you've got the means, please support them.
givebutter.com/F0LNOA
Keep the Free Press Alive at the University of Alabama
By Media Alumni Seeking to Highlight Equity and Diversity
givebutter.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Our students have raised 90 percent of their $25k goal.
Will you help them cross the finish line?
Will you help them cross the finish line?
Movie you've watched more than 6 times with a gif. Hard mode: no star wars no trek, LOTR, marvel, disney animated or pixar
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Movie you've watched more than 6 times with a gif. Hard mode: no star wars no trek, LOTR, marvel, disney animated or pixar
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Australia's social media ban for teens under 16 is now in effect, the first country in the world to do so
December 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Australia's social media ban for teens under 16 is now in effect, the first country in the world to do so
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College is not trade school. Trade school is trade school.
Trade schools are wonderful and important places. But they are a specific thing.
The value of college is more than the job you get when you graduate.
Trade schools are wonderful and important places. But they are a specific thing.
The value of college is more than the job you get when you graduate.
There are a lot of big questions at play here, but the most fundamental might be: what is the point of college?
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
College is not trade school. Trade school is trade school.
Trade schools are wonderful and important places. But they are a specific thing.
The value of college is more than the job you get when you graduate.
Trade schools are wonderful and important places. But they are a specific thing.
The value of college is more than the job you get when you graduate.
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Very happy to have kicked off today's higher ed discourse, would be even happier if all the discourse posts included a link to the story I worked on for months! 🙂
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Very happy to have kicked off today's higher ed discourse, would be even happier if all the discourse posts included a link to the story I worked on for months! 🙂
So in a month’s time CNN’s editorial policies will be dictated by Bari Wiess?
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
So in a month’s time CNN’s editorial policies will be dictated by Bari Wiess?
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential