LaVonne Roberts

FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.

A clear and appalling sign that this administration will set no limits on its acts of aggression against an independent press. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

5/5: This is especially powerful for accessibility, where technology serves not to replace human agency but to amplify it, creating bridges that connect people with capabilities regardless of physical limitations.

4/5: The most promising future isn't a race against some arbitrary timeline, but the emergence of enhanced human capabilities through thoughtful collaboration with these systems.

3/5: The binary choice presented (rush to beat AI or be left behind) misses a crucial third path: humans evolving alongside AI into something new and powerful.

2/5: Calculators didn't eliminate mathematicians—they elevated reasoning above computation. Word processors didn't eliminate writers—they enhanced editing and distribution.

1/5: I just saw a tweet claiming we have only one year left before AI becomes our replacement instead of our advantage. But technology transitions are rarely absolute cutoffs. Let's look at history...

I'm in the Berkshires and Brooklyn and spend inordinate amounts of time in Paris. I just ordered your book and am looking forward to reading this gem. Winter seems better already!

Hi Brigitte--Could you please add me?

Hi Eryk--I'd like to join your group of journalists who write about AI, my expertise. Thanks--LaVonne

I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.

Fascinating @Nature piece on why scientists are flocking to Bluesky - user base jumped from 14M to 21M in just two weeks post-US election. What's interesting for us journalists is that it's becoming a high-signal space for expert sources and research discussions.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Adding myself @lavonne.bsky.social

found my people--thanks for setting up camp for us members!

How can I join this group as a nonfiction author, health, tech, and science journalist?

Very helpful!

According to Pew. Research, Around seven-in-ten U.S. journalists (69%) use Twitter for their job. I would create an advisory council of journalists to better understand what features would enable better journalism. I’d create an ecosystem built by journalists.

Sunday recap--Did you read about the NJ noodle mystery-50 wheelbarrows? What interesting news gave you a break from this week’s happenings?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/us/new-jersey-pasta-dump.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwAR2C3w20g7UerbpkvlX8ZLIwZTdVVeWwda76Psl3NYUlr2PLiSGKaIZwdQo

Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases. A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

Launched a Bluesky Resources Hub to help with ecosystem discoverability. I'll keep improving it during the weekend

👉🏼 https://f3rr4n.notion.site/Bluesky-Resources-Hub-485003a09531429cabb5cf4ec73714d5

Already added an awesome list w/ apps: @assaf.bsky.social, @johnspurlock.com, @adhdjesse.com,...

@bluejay.bsky.social

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could forgo blue checks and just be designated as founding villagers?

Hello, new world! What a refreshing post!

An era has ended.