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Sushmita @sushmitaw.bsky.social · 15h

🚨Exclusive: "How can a person who doesn't even live in the country, now be updated as an owner and cultivator both?" asks tribal farmer Lakshman Rao

Andhra Pradesh's land digitalisation is excluding tribals and Dalits from land & welfare
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The Xylom @thexylom.com · Sep 25

EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions

A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · Sep 8

Going to #ONA25? This interactive workshop will provide the basics of solutions journalism and best practices for covering a climate crisis, helping participants draw the climate connection in their reporting and build the foundations of good climate journalism. ona25.journalists.org/schedule

Join Us at ONA 25 - Saturday, Sept. 13 from 10am to 2pm

Covering Climate Solutions Workshop
Angela Evans, Solutions Journalism Network
Andrew McCormack, Covering Climate Now

This interactive workshop will provide the basics of solutions journalism and best practices for covering a climate crisis, helping participants draw the climate connection in their reporting, including solutions where possible, and build the foundations of good climate journalism.

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Politico @politico.com · Aug 29

California lawmakers reach an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions.

This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.

California reaches deal with Uber, Lyft to allow gig worker unions

The deal brings Uber and Lyft on board with a pathway to unionization for ride-hailing workers after the companies spent years fighting against the idea.

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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · Aug 15

Amazon, Google y Microsoft han establecido sus centros de datos en el estado mexicano de Querétaro.

Estos centros extraen agua de acuíferos clave que sustentan la agricultura y las comunidades locales.

Por @pjarandia.bsky.social y @dandiba.bsky.social para @elpais.com. bit.ly/4oCBgx8

El patio trasero de la IA

Un mapa de la fiebre del oro del siglo XXI Una investigación de El País y el Centro Pulitzer revela cómo los gigantes de internet extraen recursos básicos y acaparan terrenos para la construcción de.....

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Pablo Jiménez Arandia @pjarandia.bsky.social · Aug 18

An English version of our investigation alongside @pulitzercenter.org on the local impacts of Big Tech's AI infrastructure was just published by @elpais.com

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AI’s backyard: A map of the 21st-century gold rush

Internet giants are extracting basic resources and grabbing land to build their new data centers in Mexico, Chile, and Spain. This is a look at the impacts of several projects by Microsoft, Amazon, an...

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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · Aug 21

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft's data centers are consuming water in drought-ridden areas and seizing land in Chile, Mexico, and Spain.

AI Fellow @pjarandia.bsky.social, @dandiba.bsky.social, and Muriel Alarcón, reveal –for @elpaiscyt.bsky.social– how these centers are built. bit.ly/4lADqe3

The Backyard of AI

A Map of the 21st Century Gold Rush An investigation by El País and the Pulitzer Centre reveals how internet giants are extracting basic resources and grabbing land to build their new data centers in....

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · Jul 17

Last week, CNN ran a story that inadvertently underscored the fact that most journalism is still not getting across the full truth about climate change.

Are Americans Afraid of Climate Change? — Covering Climate Now

Last Thursday, CNN ran a story that inadvertently underscored the fact that most journalism is still not getting across the full truth about climate change. Harry Enten, CNN’s polling analyst, display...

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Zoë Schlanger @zoeschlanger.bsky.social · Jul 17

incredible timing www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

NOAA was developing a tool to help communities prepare for future rainfall. Trump officials stopped it.

The tool would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity in communities across the nation.

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · Jul 12

Journalists, do you believe even small impacts from your reporting, like someone sharing a story or signing up for a newsletter, are worth cataloguing? You should. Every step is valuable. @tomt.social shares tips and resources in this #ClimateBlueprint chapter.

Reporting Impact - Climate Changes Everything

On a topic as pressing as the climate crisis, understanding the extent to which journalists are succeeding in our mission is fundamental.

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Sushmita @sushmitaw.bsky.social · Jul 13

What's an AI story?

I see many notions about what an AI story is.
Here are some things that are AI stories too
*On data centers
*On data to be fed into AI systems
*Governance stories on tech
*Stories on big tech as well as smaller companies
*FRT
*Ethics
*Regulations
*Welfare systems

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Sushmita @sushmitaw.bsky.social · Jul 13

What's an AI story?

I see many notions about what an AI story is.
Here are some things that are AI stories too
*On data centers
*On data to be fed into AI systems
*Governance stories on tech
*Stories on big tech as well as smaller companies
*FRT
*Ethics
*Regulations
*Welfare systems

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Sushmita @sushmitaw.bsky.social · Jun 24

I was recently in Tblisi, Georgia to speak about AI systems and data along with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social AI nw fellows

Have you wondered how data makes a difference? How can the data being used lead to false or even problematic outputs? How is this data being collected?

#tblisi #Georgia

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Sushmita @sushmitaw.bsky.social · Jun 24

Apply for a life changing experience at @pulitzercenter.bsky.social 's AI Accountability network as the new season begins

A great opportunity for Global South journalists to dig into funny and curious aspects of AI. Go wild with creativity here . No project is too big, no idea too small 🌹💖✔️

Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · Jun 24

Join our AI Accountability Network!

We are recruiting journalists from around the globe to report on the impacts of algorithms and automated systems. We are seeking to support projects on transparency and governance in relation to #AI.

Apply now!
👉 bit.ly/4nfIFlv

The AI Accountability Network - Pulitzer Center

Call For Proposals - Apply to Join the Pulitzer Center's fourth cohort of Fellows reporting on the impacts of algorithms and automated systems worldwide - Applications due August 11, 20205

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Sushmita @sushmitaw.bsky.social · Jun 24

Time and again we've to address that afforestation, especially on indigenous lands is not the alternative to fossil fuel emissions reductions.

Not only is this marred by a lack of land, but also that these are tribal lands

Here's a latest study that reiterates this
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Carbon offsetting of fossil fuel emissions through afforestation is limited by financial viability and spatial requirements - Communications Earth & Environment

The spatial requirements for offsetting current fossil fuel reserves would require converting to forest a land area equivalent to the entirety of North and Central America, according to an analysis of...

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Kuek Ser Kuang Keng @kuangkeng.bsky.social · Mar 1

First part of the series:
www.mekongeye.com/2024/12/16/f...

Fruits of spoil: Laos' forests disappearing as fruit farms flourish

The country’s improved railway connectivity facilitates fruit exports to China but has also sparked a boom in foreign-owned banana and durian farms, leading to forest clearance

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 13

“We live in a time where AI is sold to us as the major revolution — and we need to challenge that narrative. It’s a narrative sold to us by the AI companies themselves and we can’t just take it at face value.”
Clém Pouré @clembezard.bsky.social at #ZEG2025.

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Sushmita @sushmitaw.bsky.social · Jun 24

What an incredible experience to be among these thinkers and demystify aspects of AI that are more hype and less substance. Thank you Coda Story!

Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 4

From Joseph Stiglitz to Volodymyr Yermolenko, Alejandro Aravena to Sara Hossain, 120 global thinkers are coming to ZEG to debate how we shape the narratives of tomorrow. Explore the full program and join the conversation. #ZEGFest2025

The Laboratory for the Day After Tomorrow - Coda Story

At our annual festival, 800 people, including 120 speakers from around the world, will gather to experiment with stories, challenge conventions, and build a new kind of community

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 15

“Privacy is the foundation of your ability to craft who you are,” Christopher Wylie on why you should think twice before handing over your data. From "The Elephant in the Algorithm" convo with @aiannucci.bsky.social, Adam Pincus & @alixdunn.com. #ZEG2025

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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · Dec 12

Pulitzer Center Executive Editor @marinawg.bsky.social highlights grantee Madeleine Baran's @newyorker.com reporting project “In the Dark: The Killings of Iraqi Civilians by U.S. Marines” as her selection for the #PulitzerStaffPicks 2024.

👉 bit.ly/2024YISpc

"Podcast: 'In the Dark' Examines a Crime That Went Unpunished" - by Madeleine Baron for The New Yorker - "An investigative podcast that exposed not only how US Marines killed 24 innocent men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq, but also the failure of the military justice system that allowed each one of the perpetrators to avoid prison. A first-of-its-kind database created by the reporters showed that the impunity of the Haditha massacre is not an outlier but the norm in the US military." - Marina Walker Guevara, Executive Editor

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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · May 8

ICYMI yesterday: Cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are now degrading the datasets used to monitor the most rapidly warming parts of the planet. insideclimatenews.org/news/0705202...

Trump Administration Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Sounded an Alarm on Arctic Climate Change - Inside Climate News

Cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are now degrading the datasets used to monitor the most rapidly warming parts of the planet. More such moves are coming, NOAA has warned.

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Sushmita @sushmitaw.bsky.social · Jun 24

Happy to help you with the application process. 📝📝📝

Sushmita @sushmitaw.bsky.social · Jun 24

Apply for a life changing experience at @pulitzercenter.bsky.social 's AI Accountability network as the new season begins

A great opportunity for Global South journalists to dig into funny and curious aspects of AI. Go wild with creativity here . No project is too big, no idea too small 🌹💖✔️

Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · Jun 24

Join our AI Accountability Network!

We are recruiting journalists from around the globe to report on the impacts of algorithms and automated systems. We are seeking to support projects on transparency and governance in relation to #AI.

Apply now!
👉 bit.ly/4nfIFlv

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Sushmita @sushmitaw.bsky.social · Jun 24

I was recently in Tblisi, Georgia to speak about AI systems and data along with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social AI nw fellows

Have you wondered how data makes a difference? How can the data being used lead to false or even problematic outputs? How is this data being collected?

#tblisi #Georgia

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