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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 6d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Josh Cohen @jcohenwrites.bsky.social · 12d

We are deeply upset with Cascade PBS execs' decision to eliminate the news operation and lay everyone off. It's been wonderful to see the outpouring of support and anger folks have shown this week. If you want to share that anger with the bosses, we'd appreciate it. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Cascade PBS Union @cascadepbsunion.bsky.social · 12d

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A press release condemning Cascade PBS’s decision to lay off its News and Investigations teams.

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Cascade PBS Union @cascadepbsunion.bsky.social · 13d

Nine Guild-represented journalists and their editors have also lost their livelihoods as a consequence of this decision. We are crowdfunding to support our affected colleagues, and you can help by donating to our layoff fund. tinyurl.com/LayoffFund

Donate to Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed, organized by Isabella Breda

On Monday, Sept. 22, Cascade PBS announced that it would be s… Isabella Breda needs your support for Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed

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Genna Martin @photogenna.bsky.social · 13d

A terrible time for Seattle to lose another independent news source that has spent the last two decades holding the powerful accountable. Absolutely devastating.

Cascade PBS Union @cascadepbsunion.bsky.social · 13d

It’s difficult to find the words to express how our unit is feeling right now, but we’ll take a stab at it: shocked, disappointed, angry, gutted. @cascadepbs.bsky.social’s choice to eliminate long-form written reporting is a massive loss for our community in a critical moment. tinyurl.com/LayoffFund

Donate to Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed, organized by Isabella Breda

On Monday, Sept. 22, Cascade PBS announced that it would be s… Isabella Breda needs your support for Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed

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Hannah Krieg @hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is boycotting KOMO until Sinclair reinstates Jimmy Kimmel. Instead of joining her, Harrell's calling her advocacy for free speech opportunistic and hypocritical. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayoral...

Mayoral Candidate Katie Wilson Won’t Participate In KOMO Debate Unless They Bring Back Jimmy Kimmel

In a press conference at KOMO PLAZA Thursday, progressive Seattle Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson told the press she will not agree to any appearances on KOMO until the network brings back Jimmy Kimmel...

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

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Josh Cohen @jcohenwrites.bsky.social · 16d

It's been a bad day! For now I'll just say I can't think of a worse time to have fewer reporters and editors on the job and that I'm very glad to have a union on our side.

KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 16d

The move, attributed to the loss of federal funding for public media, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions.

Seattle's Cascade PBS announces layoffs, end of online long-form journalism

The move, attributed to the loss of federal funding for public media, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions, station President and CEO Rob Dunlop told KUOW.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16d

Uuuugh. You can pitch "AI for nose hair removal" and have a billion dollars dumped on your head overnight, but perhaps the most important civic function in democratic politics is starving to death.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: Cascade PBS, which operates the website Crosscut, is laying off 19 people, reportedly including its entire news staff. In an email to staff, CEO Rob Dunlop blamed federal cuts, saying the nonprofit is "winding down our longform, written journalism."

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Genna Martin @photogenna.bsky.social · 16d

Any rich folks in Seattle have an extra $3.5 mil lying around and want to be a hero? This is your moment! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Cascade PBS slashes Seattle newsroom, citing federal cuts

Formed in 2015 by the merger of KCTS 9 TV and Crosscut, Cascade PBS will continue making video programs but will stop making "long-form written journalism."

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Katie Campbell, KUOW @katiecampbell.bsky.social · 16d

Devastating news for local journalism.

Seattle's Cascade PBS announces layoffs, end of online long-form journalism

The move, attributed to the loss of federal funding for public media, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions, station President and CEO Rob Dunlop told KUOW.

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 18d

had to read the article to understand wtf was going on here which is that Meta is literally feeding Instagram pictures parents took of their teenage daughters to middle aged men as ads for Threads

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 18d

“Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting.”

Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil.

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Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 18d

Every statistic about how bad the economy is getting is going to be buried or cooked by the end of the year.

Quarterly earnings reports shifting to semi-annual earnings will ensure private companies don’t inject reality too often by talking about declining sales, etc.

Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey

The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s, but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18d

entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster

Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 18d

oh fuck off

Fox News will offer special programming starting at 6am ET on
Fox News Channel.
• ABC News Live plans to livestream
Kirk's service across all programs and platforms.
• MSNBC will cover Kirk's funeral with reporters and correspondents providing insight throughout the day.
• Reps for CNN and NBC did not immediately respond to Axioos' requests for comment on programming

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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.

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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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Nate Sanford @sanfordnate.bsky.social · 22d

I talked with @poynterinstitute.bsky.social about how to get copies of government officials' ChatGPT histories.

FOIA around and find out:
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Is your mayor using ChatGPT? Here’s how to FOIA around and find out - Poynter

Seattle PBS reporter Nate Sanford investigated how city officials throughout Washington are using generative AI. Here’s how he did it.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23d

November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...

MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) - Charlie Kirk stood 80 miles from where George Floyd was murdered, faced an overwhelmingly white audience, and declared he was going to say things "no one dares say out loud."
What followed was an avalanche of aspersions and debunked claims about Floyd, the Black man whose death at the hands of a
Minneapolis police officer set off a global reckoning over racial injustice and broad calls for change. But the white conservative agitator had a counter view: Floyd was a "scumbag," he said, unworthy of the attention.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 23d

Former GU professor Andrea Brower was subjected to an investigation for her Palestine solidarity activism, but the charges were found to be unsubstantiated. Still, Brower felt the university was attempting to silence her. Read her resignation letter.

Dear Gonzaga: A Letter from Assistant Professor Andrea Brower – RANGE Media

‘What are we actually preserving in higher education if we are contorting ourselves to fly under the radar of fascism?’

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Genna Martin @photogenna.bsky.social · 23d

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In police youth program, abuse often starts when officers are alone with teens in cars

A quarter of sexual misconduct allegations in law enforcement Explorers programs involve officers grooming or abusing young people during ride-alongs.

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Josh Cohen @jcohenwrites.bsky.social · 26d

Come for the chat with the anonymous artist behind @theseattlechannel.bsky.social puppet show on his motivations, goals, and process for the episodes. Stay for @photogenna.bsky.social's amazing behind-the-scenes photos. www.cascadepbs.org/politics/202...

On this show, Seattle’s City Council is a bunch of sock puppets

Bug eyes, blast balls and a singing SPD plant monster are all part of ‘The Seattle Channel’’s satire shining a light on city politics.

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Genna Martin @photogenna.bsky.social · 28d

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A guide to navigating the immigration court system in WA state

How do you locate someone in ICE custody? Who has the right to an immigration hearing? Attorneys and advocates answer common questions.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · Sep 2

Teens calling Idaho's suicide hotline are being told they can't proceed with the conversation without parental consent. Many of the callers are then hanging up.

Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · Aug 26

Reading these two stories back to back is a trip.
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A Teen Was Suicidal.
ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
More people are turning to general-purpose chatbots for emotional support. At first, Adam Raine, 16, used ChatGPT for schoolwork, but then he started discussing plans to end his life.

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Nate Sanford @sanfordnate.bsky.social · Aug 26

When a senior citizen in Bellingham emailed about not being able to afford utilities, a city official fed his email into ChatGPT and said “write a sympathetic response.”

“Thank you for taking the time to share your concerns so clearly and thoughtfully,” their reply read. “I hear your frustration.”

The left side of the images shows a user's ChatGPT conversatin history. They pased an email from a senior citizen concerned about utility bills into the chatbot and asked it to "write a sympathetic response."

The left side of the images shows the reply the city official sent to the constituent, with highlights showing that the vast majority of the email was copied verbatim from ChatGPT's suggested output.

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Genna Martin @photogenna.bsky.social · Aug 26

definitely some good fodder for the Needling in here

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