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Julian Lucas

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Julian Lucas @jcljules.bsky.social · Feb 24

I dove to the wreck of Brazil’s last slave ship—and wrote about the global network of maritime archaeologists excavating the Middle Passage www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships

A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.

www.newyorker.com

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 18h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5d

Google has determined that ICE agents are a vulnerable group and has used this designation as pretext to delete an app that helped communities determine where ICE raids were happening

www.404media.co/google-calls...

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 7d

america, baby: someone shot the internet

www.404media.co/a-bullet-cra...

A Bullet Crashed the Internet in Texas

A ‘stray bullet’ 25,000 people offline near Dallas.

www.404media.co

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 7d

Good night and good luck everyone.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8d

According to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social in tonight's Status, Paramount's purchase of The Free Press is imminent and will be announced in the next few days, with Bari Weiss being named the editor in chief of CBS News.

www.status.news/p/washington...

WaPo’s Ad Chief Wavers

Johanna Mayer-Jones, the executive tasked with helming The Post’s ad business, has been weighing her future at the paper—raising the prospect of another high-profile departure at a precarious moment.

www.status.news

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Julian Lucas @jcljules.bsky.social · 8d

“Google Translate, for instance, says the Fulfulde word for January means June, while ChatGPT says it’s August or September.”

AI-translated Wikipedia articles are putting small languages in a “linguistic doom loop.” Great!

www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...

How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral

Machine translators have made it easier than ever to create error-plagued Wikipedia articles in obscure languages. What happens when AI models get trained on junk pages?

www.technologyreview.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 9d

By inventing the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee unleashed everything from A.I. slop to tech monopolies. Can the 70-year-old computer scientist rescue his creation from the forces that now dominate it?

Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It

In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.

www.newyorker.com

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 9d

As announced in @newyorker.com, Sir Tim Berners-Lee will receive the 2025 Internet Archive Hero Award!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It

In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.

www.newyorker.com

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Julian Lucas @jcljules.bsky.social · 9d

I profiled Sir Tim, the mild-mannered Pandora who invented the Web, and asked about his plans to save us from Big Tech. (They involve a trustworthy chatbot named “Charlie.”) Read to find out what went wrong between dot-com utopianism and “MechaHitler”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It

In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.

www.newyorker.com

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 10d

Perfect, 10/10

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/n...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15d

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

www.bostonreview.net

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maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social · 16d

happy autumn equinox from me and prince rogers nelson.

prince, the legendary musician, is center in frame around an autumnal paradise of orange hued trees. his glare pierces through the camera as he stands in front of a vintage maroon colored car. it’s one of my favorite photos.

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 20d

I wrote about what the desperate attempt to find a trans connection to the Charlie Kirk assassination tells us about the deep psychological impulses at work in Trumpism. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/o...

Opinion | The Fallout From Charlie Kirk’s Killing Reveals Two Truths of Trumpism

www.nytimes.com

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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 20d

The new Monroe Doctrine.

Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 20d

foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/18/t...

Trump Is Ushering in the Era of the Strongman

The U.S. president is promoting iron-fisted rule throughout the Western Hemisphere.

foreignpolicy.com

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22d

Book bans get headlines, but the bigger threat to books is hiding in plain sight: A handful of companies control how ebooks reach readers, and they can cut off access with a click.

New from @mariabustillos.com in @columjournreview.bsky.social ⤵️

Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 23d

There's a bigger threat to books than bans: monopoly of distribution, by @mariabustillos.com.
www.cjr.org/analysis/the...

There's a bigger threat to books than bans.

Access to e-books relies entirely on private distributors that have the power to shut them off at any moment.

www.cjr.org

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404 Media @404media.co · 22d

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25d

Chicago folks, the Art Institute's exhibition of Elizabeth Catlett's work is open and I highly encourage you to visit. I saw the exhibition 3 times when it was at the Brooklyn Museum. You will thank me later. www.artic.edu/articles/121...

Meet Elizabeth Catlett in 11 Facts | The Art Institute of Chicago

For Elizabeth Catlett, art was activism. 

www.artic.edu

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 28d

For @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about the significance of Bari Weiss's reportedly imminent role steering CBS News. Her publication, The Free Press, has often been the Trump administration's de facto ally in its war against liberal institutions.

Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?

After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into a unshakeable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump’s ally among media elit...

www.theguardian.com

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maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social · Sep 8

a really wonderfully considered piece from @nymag.com.

cultural criticism is the heartbeat of american cultural production and its history. the form gives tangibility to how we remember and how critique brings us to a place of societal betterment…. there is no life worth living without it.

Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism?

The grim calculations involved in publishing traditional written reviews.

nymag.com

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museo_ghosts @noahangell.bsky.social · Sep 1

Derek Walcott on storm season, reminding me that we're in the thick of it

Excerpt from poem:

"In the grey vertical forest of the hurricane season,
when the dirty sea returns the wreaths of the dead,
all the village could do was listen to the gods in session,..."

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Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · Aug 31

An example of how we’ve let LLM companies dictate the terms of this conversation. using this Image that implies machines and LLMs are capable of feelings and then using this term “slur” to describe insulting…a complicated search algorithm.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · Aug 30

admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in this world without being of it.

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