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stacy-marie ishmael
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not the one.

i am a journalist and i work for Bloomberg News. Obligatory disclaimers about opinions.

No DMs for reporting tips. Signal at @s_m_i.99

don’t expect posts to stick around.
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who has written about the way Bad Bunny is framed as a foreign artist by American media?
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I legit witch-cackled when I got the latest @mcsweeneys.net in the mail. How they pull it off, I do not know.

But the dream of the 90s lives on.
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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😈 Maleficent, the evil queen, had her goblins searching for Sleeping Beauty for 16 years.

🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!

🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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last chance to see it this year! STRANGE DAYS in 35mm tonight at BAM at 7pm!
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
'banking apps reshuffle funds to prevent overdrafts before they happen.'

I think a lot about payments For Work and because for most of my life having multiple accounts didn't mean I had money in any/all of them.

So: who's doing the most interesting research on payments for 'underbanked' people?
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new number two leader at the CDC.
New leader tapped for CDC had stopped pushing vaccines amid flu surge
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Need something to watch this week? In this keynote I discuss:
1. The thinking behind passkeys; _why_ my team at Apple worked with others to evolve FIDO authentication
2. Using passkeys to replace passwords + traditional 2FA
3. Passkey data export/interoperability (putting "vendor lock-in" to rest)
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Just got booked for two performances this holiday season!!!

They saw this old ass video and had the money ready 😭
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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between "study on honesty appears to have used fabricated data," "study on cognitive dissonance after thwarted expectations may not show what it was believed to" and possibly "data for study on use of AI generated by LLM" we're pretty close to either a Dramatic Irony bracket or a trend piece
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
'i won't link to this thing i'm critiquing with selective screenshots and outrage because i don't want to give them the pageviews'

information ecosystem brain rot
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
thank you to the PR email hosting provider who allows the option to check "never email me again"
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Anyone have DND one shot recs that I could run for my elementary schooler cousins?
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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ITS CYBER MONDAY
ITS GIVING TUESDAY
ITS MENTAL BREAKDOWN WENDESDAY
ITS THANKSGIVING THURSDAY
ITS BLACK FRIDAY
ITS EXISTENTIAL DESPAIR SATURDAY
ITS SMALL BUSINESS SUNDAY

i would like all of this to stop
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Reminded today by @imaniperry.bsky.social of the Ida B. Wells quote “The people must know before they can act…”; the second half of which is “…and there is no educator to compare with the press.”

Reflecting on the gap between knowing and doing, and the enormous variability of the press.
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Avoiding public WiFi, QR codes, or public USB chargers doesn’t prevent you from being hacked. Happy to sign onto this open letter alongside 80+ cybersecurity veterans urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. www.hacklore.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
'When we talk about press freedom, we are really talking about your freedom. Reporters ask questions, photographers take pictures, and video journalists record history on your behalf to ensure that you are informed'

apnews.com/article/asso...
OpEd: Executive Editor Julie Pace on why AP is standing for your right to speak freely
The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by the government.
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
RIP, Jimmy Cliff.

youtu.be/BpQrLUopf-k?...
The Harder They Come
YouTube video by Jimmy Cliff - Topic
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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we already figured out the ideal computer shape and must retvrn
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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I have already seen Black Friday ads, Black Week ads, Cyber Week ads... the week hasn't started yet!
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Kaitlyn Greenidge siren!
“Authoritarian governments view culture as a threat because in the writing+ music +acting, you can sometimes glimpse alternatives to the current reality. We live in a timeline that says AI domination is inevitable, there will be no future except constant war.”

www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
three weeks before thanksgiving: black friday sale
two weeks before thanksgiving: cyber week sale
days before thanksgiving: even bigger sale

tis the season to unsubscribe
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
@peark.es “driven partly by AI company treasury allocations”

a sentence designed to give me a stroke
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM