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2026-01-12 17:03:54 UTC

A reminder from @sarahbecan.bsky.social of one of the many ways immigration makes our lives better
https://buttondown.com/sarahbecan/archive/tacos-al-pastor/

2026-01-09 03:10:13 UTC

I love this so much
@/tuyo.art on insta
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSXmrKqgmUG/ https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/3f82e6016d1d8f93eb07d6b67109c3744b7543e65c118a75b020775542ffeb90.webp

2026-01-07 15:34:02 UTC

“…the images create an almost surreal air. It felt as if a group of twelve-year-old boys in a basement had been handed control of the most lethal military in history—and were using it to boost their online brands.”
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under-a-clicktatorship

2026-01-06 17:08:53 UTC

“The Trump Administration is an autoimmune disorder sabotaging the things that actually made America if not great at least powerful”
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/notes-on-unbearable-stupidity-january-6-2026-edition/

2025-12-09 17:04:21 UTC

“We've compiled 12 of the biggest disputed allegations by DHS officials and the evidence or court actions that overturned them.”
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/12/08/dhs-claims-contradicted-video-court

2025-12-05 03:13:50 UTC

https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/cc80f0fb45464ef98de48b47a196954e96dc44e3ff183b3ac5d7681686faa0e0.webp

2025-12-01 16:18:30 UTC

“The beast lashes out when he's cornered, and good on them for cornering him.”
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/an-insult-is-a-confession-notes-on-journalism-in-the-time-of-trump/

2025-11-30 17:13:41 UTC

Good closer to this segment from @onthemedia.bsky.social (repeated from earlier this year) https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/64439384f2aae72ba2c9266dc55e7a8e82d17479b3c1110f03a834a1532698fb.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/3be8fc972f0bb8990472934601acd0b576dc69179d71201f76cb65f4dec661f0.webp

2025-11-19 15:22:56 UTC

not only is Chicago lucky to have so many great independent newsrooms—but they collaborate!
@blockclubchi.bsky.social Cicero Independiente, the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, @invisible.institute @southsideweekly.bsky.social @thetriibe.com
https://chicagoreader.com/news/border-patrol-ice-tear-gas/

2025-11-19 13:04:00 UTC

“Of the 614 immigrants arrested in the Chicago operation, which began in September, just 16 had significant criminal histories, according to federal data submitted to the court by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of a lawsuit.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/19/trump-chicago-immigration-raid?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

2025-11-14 21:41:44 UTC

“Anyone who’s been involved with higher ed in America, particularly at the elite level that Bowdoin College inhabits, should already know that no one at the Times whose job is to “cover debates over freedom of speech and expression” on campus can be trusted”
https://www.todayintabs.com/p/no-one-trusts-the-new-york-times

2025-11-13 15:45:43 UTC

Here’s a small ridiculous thing that made me smile this morning
3 Friends Visit Every CTA ‘L’ Stop In 9 Hours In Effort To Set Guinness World Record
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/13/3-friends-visit-every-cta-l-stop-in-9-hours-in-effort-to-set-guinness-world-record/

2025-11-10 16:08:56 UTC

“At the Bean, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!'””
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/border-patrol-agents-pose-at-the-bean-for-apparent-photo-op/

2025-11-08 14:39:53 UTC

Phoebe Judge goes on migrawatch ridealong with Protect Rogers Park (Chicago)
https://overcast.fm/+AA2ilcGhSJM

2025-11-06 19:13:47 UTC

happy to see this collection of service journalism articles from @thedailynu.bsky.social
https://apps.dailynorthwestern.com/know-your-rights/

2025-11-04 16:05:57 UTC

“at this point anyone uncritically reporting statistics or narratives proposed by DHS is not really in the journalism business, if the journalism business is anchored on discovering and disseminating facts. Simply saying “The DHS said” is not a reasonable qualifier unless the media has more detail to report.”
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threatening-who

2025-11-02 02:03:16 UTC

"If you’re not choosing, someone else is. And that person is responding to incentives that might not align with your values or best interest."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/validation-ai-raffi-krikorian/684764/
(aside, Apple News share URLs should go to the original publisher and not Apple News 😡)

2025-11-01 12:52:09 UTC

This New Yorker cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson neatly combines two of my idiosyncratic enthusiasms https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/21fd6feff618eede6461d470dd77687a3be932a7a6ee23736e7224d1248ff448.webp

2025-10-30 17:34:23 UTC

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ddvus7otnqtlh7fdooxm6qat/post/3m4gbeaugns2b https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/7098a28ca9e9c9254a1916ae94c3451cc4b4e08deecbe6f760a9dc604197481c.webp

2025-10-26 14:25:53 UTC

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qoifzbxdd4wurvllqnark4xm/post/3m3xuevhu3k2e https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/8898f8a03fde0b4a15be0add4bcefe2f80e87a30496fe01fb7dc87df4f70d85b.webp

2025-10-20 21:12:07 UTC

“Just another day in an administration that has, from the start, treated roughly half the country with open contempt.”
https://www.readtpa.com/p/trump-keeps-attacking-millions-of

2025-10-18 22:24:41 UTC

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2wyqv44lm72vasmddeqjgy72/post/3m3irzerjes2p https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/15fd2fb09d0b4f6fa470bc0745ef905186cad974418d41e932865c49a0e77771.webp

2025-10-18 16:42:00 UTC

Evanston #nokings inflatable etc census
✔️ frog
✔️ handstanding frog (or diving?)
✔️ cow
✔️ banana
✔️ sea horse
✔️ axolotl
✔️ polar bear
✔️ brown bear
✔️ chicken
✔️ handstanding clown
✔️ T. Rex x2
✔️ Finn
✔️ Jake
✔️ Cookie Monster
✔️ Snorlax
✔️ Gengar
✔️ unicorn x4

2025-10-15 18:28:18 UTC

Chicago: do you like pizza? Are you curious about ranked choice voting?
This @citybureau.bsky.social event brings the two together — next Weds, 10/22/2025
https://www.citybureau.org/events/the-great-chicago-pizza-election-an-exercise-in-ranked-choice-voting

2025-10-08 15:09:15 UTC

“It wanted to signal strength. Instead, it’s revealing its weakness. The administration’s need to break the academy is forcing it to make a desperately risky gamble.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/opinion/trump-universities-compact-civil-society.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r08.aygn.j4mgDd9_EABk&smid=url-share

2025-09-30 14:21:29 UTC

Your tax dollars at work
(you bet I left website feedback)
https://www.hud.gov/ https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/878c6d7f3b252d1fdf2ed876ee99bd7106b5e13fc2b3786d7f2ded135336ed8d.webp

2025-09-29 16:26:16 UTC

"This is what actual terrorism looks like. Not fabricated statistics about trans school shooters, but real people making real threats with real weapons against real targets."
https://www.readtpa.com/p/trump-shared-some-ai-slop-about-miracle

2025-09-24 02:09:53 UTC

“the AACM aesthetic is flexible, capacious, and fends off classification.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/dylan775/p/on-amina-claudine-myers

2025-09-24 02:09:03 UTC

“the AACM aesthetic is flexible, capacious, and fends off classification.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/dylan775/p/on-amina-claudine-myers

2025-09-22 19:16:12 UTC

Today is the last day of the match for donations to City Bureau's Documenters on Duty campaign
https://mailchi.mp/citybureau.org/keep-chicago-documenters-on-duty-0g8cfng9zr?e=9aa8e5054b

2025-09-22 14:44:19 UTC

from "Data is Political" byJoe Reis
https://practicaldatamodeling.substack.com/p/data-is-political https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/af51202158959879beb87f99f25115fe14566aa1c5cd798b53a41e1767877619.webp

2025-09-21 15:59:55 UTC

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sb54dpdfefflykmf5bcfvr7t/post/3lzeaknyv2c26 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/e583b8a7d7bc53464fde77f265dc38cb3a1bbe9fdefa65e11e7cf7b3ae37c258.webp

2025-09-21 02:59:01 UTC

Original post: https://vis.social/@Rougeux/115238454375913548 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/954d5e7bdf6516649e89f8a27a6081f2bc4f6a984d505407cec742148c5a805e.webp

2025-09-20 02:11:02 UTC

"Generally, the inexperienced and dubiously qualified panel did not have a good grasp of how any of their recommendations would translate to real-world practices."
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/09/bonkers-cdc-vaccine-meeting-ends-with-vote-to-keep-covid-shot-access/

2025-09-20 02:10:49 UTC

2025-09-18 02:59:33 UTC

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2025-09-18 02:50:55 UTC

“many participants in the study … tended to agree with dark pronouncements, such as “I need chaos around me” and “When I think about our political and social institutions, I cannot help thinking ‘just let them all burn.’ ”
org/p/all-the-sad-young-terminally-online?triedRedirect=true

2025-09-14 02:03:35 UTC

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nkatjcr76lx7vwrpvx2bp5jb/post/3lyr6g6qiis26 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/53ac6e51b68a252b73d104e3d9de3eb0e15481fd1de0d24ba062f016ed527371.webp

2025-09-08 01:03:29 UTC

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2025-09-06 12:11:40 UTC

This is really good
https://peoples-things.ghost.io/why-do-people-use-technologies-2/ https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/7a4d1981d3453dfae1d35b3c7242b98a7e8d26e85f7f0d4f7877ba6a6bdd5555.webp

2025-09-04 17:32:05 UTC

Northwestern president Michael Schill to resign
https://www.northwestern.edu/leadership-notes/2025/president-michael-schill-announces-resignation.html

2025-09-02 22:31:00 UTC

“There is no reason that streaming platforms with the resources of Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Music cannot distinguish legitimate releases from fraudulent ones.…Yet there is little to incentivize streaming platforms to behave correctly in the situation”
https://dadadrummer.substack.com/p/artificial-labor

2025-09-01 14:37:26 UTC

This article is dense and there’s a lot in not sure I get, but this is 🚀
https://moneyontheleft.org/2025/08/11/coalition-as-credit/ https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/b5cebb844a5ba3b6c9ef34c95e98804f6c71106a9037b2df9fe0af7158b5a31c.webp

2025-08-30 23:53:42 UTC

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uy2jwm7lcofy6ik2itzwbctj/post/3lxlloyy7g22o https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/e8ff085d3cff901027662ebb8af9b647b8c38c9b639daf1b80e5e4aae8bc2e2c.webp

2025-08-30 23:40:09 UTC

“I have no strong feelings about these very wealthy and successful young people, but I do have strong feelings about people who tell us that flowers are bourgeois & we can't take pleasure in what we take pleasure in.”
—Rebecca Solnit on Scold Culture
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/circuses-vs-roses-notes-on-pleasure-and-scold-culture/

2025-08-29 14:35:10 UTC

“I have studied the federal bureaucracy for a quarter century and am not aware of any comparable period in American history where so many public service professionals across different policy domains are sending out SOS signals to the public.”
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/your-government-is-breaking-cdc-edition

2025-08-23 20:02:26 UTC

I'm continuing to think it's really important to spread this "cultural technology" framing, but that term isn't fit for mass market uptake
Here's a low bar for anyone who can do better... "AI ain't people"?
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/large-language-models-are-cultural

2025-08-22 01:09:28 UTC

https://mustafa-suleyman.ai/seemingly-conscious-ai-is-coming https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/da2f5f9a8423ec0fe73c26a96e9d0eed02a0e073108d0c1c00e0a5d4345119f1.webp

2025-08-21 22:09:45 UTC

“he is, it seems, himself trapped in an endless feedback loop of perception-shaping, in which the perception that counts for the most might be his own.”
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/trump_putin_alaska_summit_ukraine_optics_media.php

2025-08-16 17:46:44 UTC

What's the over/under for when boink music is established as an actual music genre?
https://www.reddit.com/r/mixingmastering/s/JRXxXwnxMz

2025-08-15 22:34:09 UTC

The Guardian is not pussyfootin' around
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/15/israeli-military-unit-reportedly-tasked-with-linking-journalists-in-gaza-to-hamas https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/40b03b79329d34164d8b86aa215b05544f0ea6db6aad4f0cef38ee35564a2512.webp

2025-08-11 23:50:34 UTC

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ddc4e2e5gie5qzys5dnr36s3/post/3lw54zt4ut22u https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/91638a8751a0f6f32de371d3edb47d86436ba14d54ec0a605e2bde106f63f861.webp

2025-08-03 13:45:26 UTC

"this is an ideological project to remove local news access from rural communities, which only have one or two news sources. It eliminates access to information within one’s own community. This is about changing the information ecosystem that eliminates local news and replaces it with national news"
link to column: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/column-cpb-winds-down/?share=howbaaio2iocemcniopc
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iqtkxhjp3ler2i3kfcwukuie/post/3lvehe67mz222 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/863318c0609f8b308e25a81343eeae13932e4f46d9beb571e266550f43ea0aa8.webp

2025-08-01 16:36:27 UTC

“You don't need an actual controversy anymore. You just need the idea of one.”
https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-sydney-sweeney-jeans-ad-backlash

2025-08-01 00:18:42 UTC

Original post: https://social.freedom.press/@freedomofpress/114949158384674127 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/294bca01ef516d4c201a22ddb6b4ddd26cd29e30d420d49778aa26552ad68c25.webp

2025-07-30 02:30:00 UTC

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2025-07-29 17:32:52 UTC

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2025-07-29 03:31:43 UTC

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2025-07-29 03:07:30 UTC

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2025-07-29 02:59:33 UTC

Original post: https://ecoevo.social/@sarahdalgulls/114932470199169093 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/b4aad156b02b1c0e0a61bc5ec6c868dcf6ea894c2dfa68b43314055aca63f5f8.webp

2025-07-29 01:42:51 UTC

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2025-07-26 19:56:23 UTC

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‘Has it occurred to you that music might be made to bring more than pleasure? That its mysterious compelling power might be utilized to do you much practical good?’
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/resources/detail/434

2025-07-26 19:49:23 UTC

Reading Liz Pelly's Spotify book and intrigued to learn about the Edison Recording Company's 1921 "mood music," informed by customer-completed "mood change charts"
‘the company also promoted “Mood Change Parties,” where the charts could be distributed’

2025-07-25 02:39:45 UTC

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cj664aaxpew22nljckp4sznv/post/3luq2qeofcxs2 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/96da181511adf38deec934ba68a72bc6f906f92cc7d5266da457fee361159009.webp

2025-07-18 13:21:55 UTC

Just yesterday, I was idly wondering if anyone had compared different AI embedding models to see if they converge, only to find this in the feed today
https://blog.jxmo.io/p/there-is-only-one-model

2025-07-14 16:30:00 UTC

Oh wow, this is totally brilliant! @blaine as principal software engineer for local projects at @newpublic.org
https://newpublic.substack.com/p/he-coded-twitter-now-hes-building

2025-07-14 14:39:25 UTC

“the only AI-related business strategy that makes any sense is one where media companies/journos go to great pains to show their audiences that they are human beings & that the work they are doing is worth supporting because it is human work vital to their audiences.”
https://www.404media.co/the-medias-pivot-to-ai-is-not-real-and-not-going-to-work/

2025-07-14 01:14:58 UTC

“social media is less like a neutral reflection of society and more like a funhouse mirror. … much of that distortion, it turns out, can be traced back to a handful of hyperactive online voices. Just 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets.”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/13/are-a-few-people-ruining-the-internet-for-the-rest-of-us

2025-07-13 14:43:22 UTC

This is so thoroughly nefarious
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6824875

2025-07-13 13:03:43 UTC

“All this suggests that there is a chance for a deep reordering of the earth's power systems, in every sense of the word ‘power.’”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/46-billion-years-on-the-sun-is-having-a-moment https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/92108b834063e66c7ca85deab7eb9052fb6ebfef00e12084d7a3c8b41030e712.webp

2025-07-09 22:02:04 UTC

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p4axlxj4otn2z5aa2h2rxl7b/post/3ltkr6exfyc2y https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/66eb03b9b4173c2d345217f25b73fa3de82c19fb1757c744586632e672a10b29.webp

2025-06-27 01:26:54 UTC

Mailing address is "virtual office in a strip mall that is home to 4000 businesses including money making entities linked to President Donald Trump and family, inc. Trump-branded watches & his famous gold sneakers"
https://www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/a-wyoming-shell-company-and-a-man-who-may-not-exist-who-is-really-behind-the-salt-lake-city-no-kings-protest/
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zvzenefytgpphtsrosmxuy3c/post/3lsjone4gtk2p https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/59c823c059d918396ea5321ed97cb70f7630bca6c8675c07e769a236df771192.webp

2025-06-25 15:40:59 UTC

Rather than refuting any of our reporting, he instead explains that as a result of it, Flock has decided to perform numerous internal audits about how police are using the network that exactly aligns with 404 Media’s reporting, and that Flock has decided to make specific changes to how Flock works to ensure that local police are complying with state data sharing laws, which include disabling the national lookup tool in California.
https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-states-from-national-lookup-tool-after-ice-and-abortion-searches-revealed/

2025-06-24 20:46:05 UTC

Grateful to @rusty.todayintabs.com for introducing me to https://thick-coins.net/ as part of a top-tier edition of Today in Tabs today https://www.todayintabs.com/p/completely-gunked-up-with-cortisol-c288

2025-06-21 17:32:30 UTC

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2025-06-20 12:42:18 UTC

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2025-06-20 01:52:42 UTC

I don't write music but this is really cool
Original post: https://toot.io/@andy_matuschak/114712060184294738 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/9af5e974e4589473c5cbaf627f3fa8b9f63eacf15413b4c63d90858778c705fc.webp

2025-06-19 13:27:43 UTC

Story gift link: https://wapo.st/4l7a1ch
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2025-06-16 17:03:42 UTC

One of my deepest personal music lines is the mostly expat South African jazz scene tracing back to the Blue Notes group. The last surviving member, Louis Moholo, passed last week.
This, his “biggest hit” was a memorial for a bandmate, and is worth a listen today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlP7nX_qtY

2025-06-16 15:34:10 UTC

“In praise of the Mangonada” from Sarah Becan’s newsletter
“So many journeys had to happen to bring this dish into being, and I can just walk up the street and buy one for $4.00 at Paleteria Arco Iris on Belmont.”
https://buttondown.com/sarahbecan/archive/in-praise-of-the-mangonada/

2025-06-12 23:27:42 UTC

In recognition of Northwestern’s announcement that they’re switching our health insurance to UHC next year
https://youtu.be/J_swGiAHhbQ?si=31QvvXPvqQmZaBXD

2025-06-12 15:42:35 UTC

Interesting piece about Wikipedia policy
“by wrong we don't just mean filled with errors—we're talking about deeper structural deficiencies that call into question the legitimacy of the crowd-sourced content development model altogether.”
https://wikify.substack.com/p/does-shaming-wikipedia-work

2025-06-08 22:38:03 UTC

https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/e87fca45604806d4d07666823c85da6e7481172bac770677f07961b85bc4e8f7.webp

2025-06-05 15:19:20 UTC

Excellent analysis of story framing
“who is defined as the protagonist matters a lot to the story about free speech you want to tell.”
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-to-become-a-right-wing-star-harass

2025-06-02 23:07:32 UTC

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although, to be fair, "swats" is not the word. He's very careful in his speech, which is salient to the overall conversation. The overuse of fighting metaphors goes hand-in-hand with the death of empathy.

2025-06-02 22:54:58 UTC

I was leery of this “Death of Empathy” NYT Opinion video for so many reasons, but @jbouie as usual nails it, repeatedly.
Meanwhile, Michelle Cottle embodies exactly the rage-inducing NYT persona from the jump, when JB swats down her opening framing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/opinion/end-of-empathy-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L08.qbLP.sbQNa4l2EKB-&smid=url-share

2025-05-31 18:22:47 UTC

For some reason, from time to time lately, I think about Madeleine L'Engle's "The Wind in the Door," and the nihilistic horde, the echthroi, that want to destroy everything for no reason. But I forgot that the verb for that action is actually X
🤔 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/c601b7d1221b17eb2d5235d4fc8ff3fe80c66727e121044521b6533bde01b850.webp

2025-05-29 19:36:23 UTC

via @citybureau.bsky.social’s Documenters program: “community-powered documentation of public meetings makes a difference”
https://www.citybureau.org/notebook/2025/5/28/bridging-the-civic-information-gap-how-we-record-public-meetings-matters

2025-05-28 18:09:42 UTC

“If you’re a political party, your goal is not just to know where voters stand, but to know how to move them. Instead, Democratic operatives seem content to reduce their platform to a focus-grouped ephemera, drifting whichever way the political winds blow it.”
https://stringinamaze.net/p/the-tyranny-of-public-opinion

2025-05-22 03:21:12 UTC

Even if you're sick of takes on the AI-confabulated summer books list, Martha Bayne is worth reading
https://marthabayne.substack.com/p/journalism-dreams

2025-05-14 15:44:56 UTC

“Everyone’s angry and no one’s listening, and it’s only going to get worse.”
good one from @[email protected]
https://annehelen.substack.com/p/what-do-we-do-with-all-this-consumer

2025-05-13 11:54:49 UTC

After I got past my "of course LLM's aren't for news" reaction, this is pretty good
https://www.cjr.org/feature-2/getting-my-news-from-chatgpt-ai.php

2025-05-08 00:57:37 UTC

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/60-years-ago-congress-warned-us-about-the-surveillance-state-what-happened/ https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/340949aae87e8b1213d598d839cc299c27a251a7d20e7c787d11009de0a1b3f6.webp

2025-04-22 15:57:17 UTC

“Welcome in the strayed sheep, and work on widening the cracks in the other coalition. Leopard-face-eating memes may feel personally satisfying, but they usually do not ease the process of converting disillusioned opponents into active allies.”
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/absolute-power-can-be-a-terrible

2025-04-17 01:58:09 UTC

Plausible explanation of how tariffs will likely strengthen the Chinese economy before the US economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/opinion/trump-tariffs-china-ecommerce.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AU8.fk6a.WjYNBXuLnEiH&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2025-04-15 01:41:39 UTC

2025-04-12 19:23:23 UTC

From Evgeny Morozov's introductory essay in the book AI Futures https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2ef47d0d3f84da865dc96ee9b4044aef443e11e7cbee969572d0abb4962dd7af/613979220f2c53b050956e69c8a8de1383c3bc8ad8ce081c1ce8d086208c0813.webp

2025-04-12 15:45:50 UTC

Good discussion on the Open Source podcast on the critical need for universities to stand strong against authoritarian power plays
https://overcast.fm/+AAAlzmd_eFA

2025-03-27 14:34:22 UTC

As a lover of neologisms I was delighted to learn about the Bureau of Linguistic Reality
https://bureauoflinguisticalreality.com/
via this Long Now talk https://youtu.be/ZKIyyADx-0o?si=4YHfe5MvobqR1bhW

2025-03-25 21:36:52 UTC

music and cooperation, two of my favorite things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ft-ABCPdeA