Barbara Iverson
@biverson.bsky.social
Professor Emerita Digital Journalism - Columbia College Chicago. Emerta Director at Voqal. Org. Interests: Democracy, biking, swimming, painting, progressive politics. Like Persephone, I split my time between Chicago and Florida.
Saw this at the garden store.
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Saw this at the garden store.
"Perhaps the president recognises a fellow savant when it comes to insurgent election campaigns. Or perhaps two New Yorkers sitting in a room and saying I ❤ NY is a language no one else can quite understand."
#strange-but-true
I ❤ NY: Queens recognises Queens www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#strange-but-true
I ❤ NY: Queens recognises Queens www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I ❤ NY: Queens recognises Queens as Trump gives Mamdani warm reception
No fists, no fire – the president and the mayor-elect met in Washington, and things went bewilderingly, bizarrely well
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"Perhaps the president recognises a fellow savant when it comes to insurgent election campaigns. Or perhaps two New Yorkers sitting in a room and saying I ❤ NY is a language no one else can quite understand."
#strange-but-true
I ❤ NY: Queens recognises Queens www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#strange-but-true
I ❤ NY: Queens recognises Queens www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Columbia Journalism Review recently interviewed Betsy Reed, editor of the Guardian's U.S. edition. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
She says: "If we regard it, for good reason, as being extreme and out of line with basic humane values, we won’t treat it as part of the normal discourse in America."
She says: "If we regard it, for good reason, as being extreme and out of line with basic humane values, we won’t treat it as part of the normal discourse in America."
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Columbia Journalism Review recently interviewed Betsy Reed, editor of the Guardian's U.S. edition. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
She says: "If we regard it, for good reason, as being extreme and out of line with basic humane values, we won’t treat it as part of the normal discourse in America."
She says: "If we regard it, for good reason, as being extreme and out of line with basic humane values, we won’t treat it as part of the normal discourse in America."
Maybe AI will go for inferior products
They need to start teaching "if your product sucks people won't buy it" in business school again
Once the top U.S. fast-casual chain, Panera has dipped to number three, falling behind Chipotle and Panda Express.
Now, to try to win back consumers, the chain plans to reinvest in the business and undo many previously implemented cost-cutting measures, it said Tuesday.
Full story: cnb.cx/487BuFk
Now, to try to win back consumers, the chain plans to reinvest in the business and undo many previously implemented cost-cutting measures, it said Tuesday.
Full story: cnb.cx/487BuFk
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Maybe AI will go for inferior products
In 1975, politics was chaotic, sometimes violent. Look what film arts masterpieces were produced by humans
Somehow, I don't see AI making sense of our culture in an interesting or profound way.
www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...
Somehow, I don't see AI making sense of our culture in an interesting or profound way.
www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...
Jodie Foster Narrates Morgan Neville’s Newest Documentary, All About the Iconic Movies of 1975
Neville's film features talking heads, from Martin Scorsese to Ellen Burstyn, to track how the culture of the mid-'70s led to some of our best films.
www.indiewire.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
In 1975, politics was chaotic, sometimes violent. Look what film arts masterpieces were produced by humans
Somehow, I don't see AI making sense of our culture in an interesting or profound way.
www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...
Somehow, I don't see AI making sense of our culture in an interesting or profound way.
www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...
Yes my sense of decorum is slipping
Larry Summers Announces He Will Step Down From Chair With Belt Around Neck
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yes my sense of decorum is slipping
Want to search the Epstein files for yourself? Here is one database you can tryout. couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
#diyepsteinfiles #looknow
#diyepsteinfiles #looknow
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Want to search the Epstein files for yourself? Here is one database you can tryout. couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
#diyepsteinfiles #looknow
#diyepsteinfiles #looknow
“The premise that foundational ideas don’t need to be learned anymore is a recipe for idiocracy.” And if AI hallucinates, these people won't know how to check for truth. #education #wishingandhoping #triumphofignorance
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’
What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“The premise that foundational ideas don’t need to be learned anymore is a recipe for idiocracy.” And if AI hallucinates, these people won't know how to check for truth. #education #wishingandhoping #triumphofignorance
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Another AI power and resource grab. This one is about nuclear power.
#stopAIReourcesteal
www.eenews.net/articles/ric...
#stopAIReourcesteal
www.eenews.net/articles/ric...
Rick Perry-led company eyes DOE loan for massive AI project
Fermi America wants to build one of the nation's largest gas and nuclear complexes at its "HyperGrid" campus near Amarillo, Texas.
www.eenews.net
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Another AI power and resource grab. This one is about nuclear power.
#stopAIReourcesteal
www.eenews.net/articles/ric...
#stopAIReourcesteal
www.eenews.net/articles/ric...
That's interesting.
"We're playing notes and patterns for the sake of getting into a dream state and transporting our consciousness," says @phish.com bassist @mike-gordon.com. Now, he's funding scientific research to better understand what he calls "flow state": buff.ly/AnTxWBy
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
That's interesting.
Block it now
A Tennessee judge has blocked the use of National Guard in Memphis under a crimefighting operation by President Donald Trump, but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal.
Tennessee judge blocks Trump's use of National Guard in Memphis but gives time for government appeal
A Tennessee judge has blocked the use of the National Guard in Memphis under a crimefighting operation by President Donald Trump but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Block it now
Reposted by Barbara Iverson
Tech companies scraped copyrighted material without consent to train AI models. Yet universities penalize students for using those same models in papers. A sociologist argues the ethical blame shouldn't fall on students alone: buff.ly/Et5yVBr
Student cheating dominates talk of generative AI in higher ed, but universities and tech companies face ethical issues too
A sociologist who researches AI’s impact on work and education argues there are ethical dimensions to generative AI that institutions are not considering.
theconversation.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Tech companies scraped copyrighted material without consent to train AI models. Yet universities penalize students for using those same models in papers. A sociologist argues the ethical blame shouldn't fall on students alone: buff.ly/Et5yVBr
He's a bad actor
Senator Elizabeth Warren says Harvard should sever ties with Summers, who teaches economics at the university.
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says he's stepping away from public life after Epstein emails surface
Senator Elizabeth Warren says Harvard should sever ties with Summers, who teaches economics at the university.
www.businessinsider.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
He's a bad actor
Wikipedia, more important than ever
@wikipedia.org is where facts go to live
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Wikipedia, more important than ever
Reposted by Barbara Iverson
Again before we go praising MTG… and if shes truly changed great, but can somebody please ask her about January 6? Have her address that to see if this is real
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Again before we go praising MTG… and if shes truly changed great, but can somebody please ask her about January 6? Have her address that to see if this is real
AI Data center power grab #savecleanwater #stopdatacenters
How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans share.google/WDuCABgDUG9k...
How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans share.google/WDuCABgDUG9k...
How Big Tech uses NDAs to hide AI data center details from Americans
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
share.google
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
AI Data center power grab #savecleanwater #stopdatacenters
How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans share.google/WDuCABgDUG9k...
How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans share.google/WDuCABgDUG9k...
Reposted by Barbara Iverson
BREAKING:
WEASEL ASSIGNS FOX TO SEARCH HENHOUSE FOR RATS
In a yawningly classic deflection, Trunt has sicced lapdog Epstein girl Bondi on anyone except himself with 'Operation: Yeah But,' vowing to get to the bottom of a bottomless barrel of shitmonkeys, while brown-nosing nutless enablers applaud.
WEASEL ASSIGNS FOX TO SEARCH HENHOUSE FOR RATS
In a yawningly classic deflection, Trunt has sicced lapdog Epstein girl Bondi on anyone except himself with 'Operation: Yeah But,' vowing to get to the bottom of a bottomless barrel of shitmonkeys, while brown-nosing nutless enablers applaud.
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
BREAKING:
WEASEL ASSIGNS FOX TO SEARCH HENHOUSE FOR RATS
In a yawningly classic deflection, Trunt has sicced lapdog Epstein girl Bondi on anyone except himself with 'Operation: Yeah But,' vowing to get to the bottom of a bottomless barrel of shitmonkeys, while brown-nosing nutless enablers applaud.
WEASEL ASSIGNS FOX TO SEARCH HENHOUSE FOR RATS
In a yawningly classic deflection, Trunt has sicced lapdog Epstein girl Bondi on anyone except himself with 'Operation: Yeah But,' vowing to get to the bottom of a bottomless barrel of shitmonkeys, while brown-nosing nutless enablers applaud.
Good summary of Megyn Kelly's assessment of pedophiles
Republicans have gone from bathroom bills for genital checks to Megyn Kelly suggesting puberty checks as proof of pedophilia.
In Florida, they aren't even old enough to read a banned book about what's happening to them.
#ReleaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles
In Florida, they aren't even old enough to read a banned book about what's happening to them.
#ReleaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Good summary of Megyn Kelly's assessment of pedophiles
Reposted by Barbara Iverson
ORLANDO! Care about building transit, affordable housing, reducing traffic, and protecting the environment? Then listen up. We have an election coming up in City Council District 3 and I've endorsed Mira Tanna. Vote on or before December 9th.
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
ORLANDO! Care about building transit, affordable housing, reducing traffic, and protecting the environment? Then listen up. We have an election coming up in City Council District 3 and I've endorsed Mira Tanna. Vote on or before December 9th.
Epstein texting with a Representative during Congressional hearing? That's a strange one.
#epsteintrump www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#epsteintrump www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Epstein was texting US House member during 2019 hearing with Michael Cohen
Newly revealed documents show sex offender messaging lawmaker, and may have influenced their questioning
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Epstein texting with a Representative during Congressional hearing? That's a strange one.
#epsteintrump www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#epsteintrump www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Barbara Iverson
Forty years of study by economists around the world come to the same conclusion: high tariffs coupled with a discretionary regime of exemptions is a growth matrix for the crudest sort of corruption.
Trump Administration Prepares Tariff Exemptions in Bid to Lower Food Prices
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Forty years of study by economists around the world come to the same conclusion: high tariffs coupled with a discretionary regime of exemptions is a growth matrix for the crudest sort of corruption.
Fever in the Heartland by Tim Egan is a true story about populist Nazis who dominated Indiana politics, nearly elected a Nazi as a Senator but were taken down by a courageous woman. Hear the author read the book youtu.be/uueWXKD_xF0?...
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's… by Timothy Egan · Audiobook preview
YouTube video by Google Play Books
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November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Fever in the Heartland by Tim Egan is a true story about populist Nazis who dominated Indiana politics, nearly elected a Nazi as a Senator but were taken down by a courageous woman. Hear the author read the book youtu.be/uueWXKD_xF0?...
Reposted by Barbara Iverson
Orlando City Council District 3! I want you to know that I’m very proud to be supporting Mira Tanna in the runoff election.
She’s ready to champion bold ideas because she knows that business as usual won't solve the challenges we face. Vote Mira Tanna on or before December 9th!
She’s ready to champion bold ideas because she knows that business as usual won't solve the challenges we face. Vote Mira Tanna on or before December 9th!
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Orlando City Council District 3! I want you to know that I’m very proud to be supporting Mira Tanna in the runoff election.
She’s ready to champion bold ideas because she knows that business as usual won't solve the challenges we face. Vote Mira Tanna on or before December 9th!
She’s ready to champion bold ideas because she knows that business as usual won't solve the challenges we face. Vote Mira Tanna on or before December 9th!
Reposted by Barbara Iverson
Well if Senate Dems won’t shut this regime down, we will! Don’t buy from Target, Home Depot, or Amazon from Black Friday through Cyber Monday. Let’s inflict some pain on those capitulating to Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Well if Senate Dems won’t shut this regime down, we will! Don’t buy from Target, Home Depot, or Amazon from Black Friday through Cyber Monday. Let’s inflict some pain on those capitulating to Trump.