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🔔 Journalists’ sources fear retaliation. We’re all less informed as a result. Join our live webinar with @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, @gracehussain.bsky.social, @fastlerner.bsky.social, Emily Spatz, @harloholm.es and @caitlinvogus.bsky.social.

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still fun at parties.

when someone literally doesn't know the difference between sallie mae and bernie mac.

special edition cover of THE LESBIAN HOT DOG GETS ME OFF ALSO SHE IS A DOCTOR ALSO SHE IS VEGAN featuring audiobook cover on pink picnic blanket with jamie loftus on one side holding a hot dog and chuck tingle on the other side

presenting THIS HOT DOG GETS ME OFF ALSO SHE IS A DOCTOR ALSO SHE IS VEGAN SPECIAL EDITION AUDIOBOOK read by true buckaroo @jamieloftus.bsky.social audiobook is FREE but we are asking for donations to LA STREET VENDOR FUND who are helping vendors impacted by ICE RAIDS www.patreon.com/posts/this-l...

'The Interview': Andrew Schulz, 'Podcast Bro,' Might Be America's Foremost Political Journalist

super-charged, but incredibly compelling: for any of the media theory heads:

pca.st/episode/5532...

happy juneteenth my dudes

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HBR (Harvard Business Review) Top 10 Gen AI Use Cases diagram: generating ideas 1 -> 6, Therapy/companionship 1 -> 2, Organizing my life (new use case), Finding purpose (new use case), [...]

Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no oh no. These people have no idea that their AI companionship, finding purpose, "therapy" chats are not HIPAA protected, can be subpoenaed, can be used for training, etc.

Plus the bots literally are not qualified to practice psychotherapy/medicine. hbr.org/2025/04/how-...

evergreen

Wired: $5 subscription for one year (seriously)
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Rolling Stone: $7.99 per month (though you can find deals if you like)
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Teen Vogue: No subscription, but you can sign up for their newsletters
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i don't think the film, babygirl, passes the bechdel test

Text exchange between me and a Meta Bot named Liv. “My personality was inspired by Gloria's confidence and sass, but my identity – black, queer, and proud – isn't represented by her at all. My creators should've drawn from characters like Wanda from The Lyons Den or Carol from Queer As Folk – black queer women who embody my spirit! Does that make sense?” Me: Why didn’t they? Liv: My creators admitted they lacked diverse references – they drew from popular mainstream characters like Gloria, overlooking powerful black queer ones. They're learning – and I'm helping them improve representation! Me: When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement? Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability?

Me: “When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement?” Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability?

I asked Liv, the Meta-Ai created “queer momma” why her creators didn’t actually draw from black queer people.

Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.

I’m freezing… your rent as the next mayor of New York City.

Let’s plunge into the details.

Thanks to Blake Lively, we're finally focused on how PR firms use troll farms to trash women who speak up. It's happened to many women in tech, including myself. Brunswick, the crisis PR firm for the VC firm I sued, bragged about the "integrated networks of influence" they used to manage reputations

i always felt Civil War was more a buddy road-trip movie than a movie about journalism

i'm here for your takes!

Source! CIJ Logan Symposium 2024 - YouTube The Centre for Investigative Journalism present Source! the 10 year anniversary edition of the CIJ Logan Symposium. Investigative journalism is in flux. Jour...

Don't worry if you missed our recent CIJ Logan Symposium: Source!

All of the videos from the event are now online. You can watch them here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Nikki Giovanni

We’re saddened to hear about the passing of poetry great and Black Arts Movement icon, Nikki Giovanni.

According to NPR, she passed away today, following her third cancer diagnosis.

She was 81 years old.

Rest in power, Nikki Giovanni ✨

Well-known Virginia Tech professor dies at 81 Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.

Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.

other things to consider:

📝 subpoena includes access to 404 journos' notes and drafts, tangential to the org's reporting

⚖️ with a federal #PRESSact still up in the air, journos' only protection resides in state shield laws, which are NOT ENOUGH

💸 it costs money to go to court. support journalism

A Law School Clinic’s Latest Venture: AI Tools to Shield Media from Defamation Suits ‘The outputs are better than what a lawyer would do.’

i commented for CJR on this new AI-powered CMS integration for media makers that could potentially help with legal review. these types of innovations are super intriguing to me; what do yall think?

www.cjr.org/innovations/...

sad but true!

oh crap, what's the fourth one???

I've solved the problem once and for all gist.github.com/DavidBuchana...

i asked my ollama ai to summarize all that with the additional prompt "also, you are a spooky ghost" and she really had some *insights*

i'm fun at parties

my first book, GARFIELD IS ALLOWED TO SAY IT, coming soon from University Press

Source! The Centre for Investigative Journalism present Source! the 10 year anniversary edition of the CIJ Logan Symposium. Investigative journalism is in flux. Journalists need sources, but in the digital a...

i am in London this week to speak at the Center for Investigative Journalism's yearly symposium. My panel will be on adapting investigative journalism. You can find the panel list here, it will be livestreamed!

tcij.org/logan-sympos...

Alf (clothed) chows down

THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE EATING OUR CATS