Yesterday, federal funding for public radio ends as CPB support disappears nationwide. It’s a moment that hits home—not just for stations like Radio Milwaukee, but for audiences who rely on public media for culture, discovery, and connection.

Anyone know why my prompt to fetch ingredient prices works perfectly in Perplexity, but not in my food app? Perplexity shows stores and prices as expected, but my app’s results look nothing like it (see screenshots). Any ideas? #kirohackathon#kirohackathon #AIdev #AI

Working on my hackathon project called platewise. platewise is an AI-powered web application that helps families optimize their grocery budgets while preserving their culinary cultural heritage.This platform makes nutritious, culturally authentic meals accessible regardless of budget constraints.

What happens when you adapt software development AI frameworks for public radio management challenges? The challenge: Public radio stations manage complex operations—fundraising, marketing, programming, partnerships—with skeleton crews and shrinking budgets.

Public Radio's Pivotal Moment: Will It Become Blockbuster or Netflix? open.substack.com/pub/tarikmoo...

Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy can check out copies of “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler but not “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

Isaac Asimov Describes How Artificial Intelligence Will Liberate Humans & Their Creativity in His Last Major Interview (1992)

A National Park Service web page about the Underground Railroad appeared to have been restored on Monday to prominently show the abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman, after it had been changed in recent months to remove a large photo and quotes from her.

So cool... Read more: lnkd.in/e_jUfyT3

The Best Photographer You’ve Never Heard Of: An Introduction to Tseng Kwong Chi

One of my favorite professors EVER wrote a piece about how attacks on DEI are a trojan horse to resegregate #highered. @mwkraus.bsky.social is the gift that keeps on giving. #blacksky

“Britta Späth has dedicated her career to proving a single, central conjecture. She’s finally succeeded, alongside her partner, Marc Cabanes.” www.wired.com/story/after-...

I'm testing out OpenAI 4o image tool. It is quite impressive. Here are some samples. I had it create an infographic of the Harlem Renaissance. Then I had it turn a photo of me with TV On The Radio into an anime.

Marc Bamuthi Joseph, pictured in the thumbnail, was most recently the artistic director of Kennedy Center’s social impact team. He was fired Tuesday. If you know Marc/have followed his work, you know he’s made remarkable contributions to arts and culture and created opportunities for countless folks

Netflix's The Residence found an amazing way to build a compelling drama about the support staff who maintain the White House: center them in a funny, smart murder mystery. Hear me join the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast to dish on why it worked so well: loom.ly/qeGNXOo

Milwaukee’s Dad Doula finds permanent space at Sherman Phoenix https://www.europesays.com/1943707/ MILWAUKEE — In just a few weeks, Joshua Liston-Zawadi will begin teaching classes at Dad Doula University in…

oh this is a big mystery

A definite must-read from The New York Times on AI progress... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...

Very insightful... www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Ow...

Once thought of as a byproduct of collard greens, brothy, complex potlikker takes on new life as a wonderful base for a Japanese staple. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/d...

After Years of Controversy, Assembly Recognizes Black History Month

Thanks for everyone’s patience while we transitioned to an independent company on the Open Collective platform. Also thank you to our previous fiscal host @oscollective.org for their support. You can once again sponsor Blacksky’s work with a monthly contribution using the link below.

Transparency? www.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...

Over my mostly private-sector career, I’ve heard the suggestion that government is incompetent and the private sector is efficient and effective. Many times I’ve seen the opposite, with the private sector often shockingly incompetent but largely un-scrutinized like the public sector is. Until now.

Example number who even knows anymore of why move fast and break things is not desirable in the operation of the government, particularly when the things in question include nukes!

uggh... this weather is mentally exhausting.

Even more reasons not to vote for Bryant Junco, #Milwaukee www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

A church ousts progressive pastor who emphasized racial justice www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...

My first comment after seeing the trailer: “Wow we were all so young” 😩😂😬

it is a segregation campaign www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

as a playwright, I feel a lot of big feelings about seeing organizations like the Playwrights Center and New Harmony - nonprofits which incubate, develop and support new plays and support living playwrights - bravely call out the NEA’s cowardice and defend diverse voices in the American theatre

Terms like "DEI" are being weaponized as modern slurs, giving bigots plausible deniability while tricking moderates into normalizing discriminatory language. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dihu...

More Milwaukee Schools Getting Tested for High Lead Levels

Roland, ain't wrong

duh...

LOL

No, disrespect to Pharrell, but why is he on the panel at the Paris AI summit. Why do we have a celebrity when there so many amazing Black people in AI who do this for a living?

Keep things like this in mind as you enjoy a sporting event in New Orleans like the Superbowl. Louisiana put millions into sweeping homeless people off the streets so they would be free of the unsightly poor for visitors & putting them into warehouses in inhumane conditions.

so disgusting.

This week albums sees veteran artists joining forces across genres: Larry June, 2 Chainz, & The Alchemist unite for hip-hop excellence, Traxman drops his third footwork volume, Confucius MC and Bastien Keb deliver jazz-rap intimacy, & Anthony Joseph crafts Afrofuturistic jazz poetry. via @hyfin.org

AI agents race to replicate OpenAI's Deep Research in 24 hours! 🚀🤖 #OpenSource #AIChallenge Source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/02/06/216251/hugging-face-clones-openais-deep-research-in-24-hours

A staff member on DOGE led by tech billionaire Elon Musk resigned after the Wall Street Journal asked the White House about a social media account that advocated for racism and eugenics.

90% of participants don't trust BBC to tell the truth. They see journalism as a form of oppression - on par with police - and view BBC as an arm of the state. They understand newsroom dynamics & want embedded journalists who report big stories through their community lens.

💡.. WAKE UP #BLUE ‼️ This ketamine addict thinks he is taking over the galaxy! He truly does! He owns the #USA - Military lockdown with ARMED Optimus robots & AI Agents in months.. CCP owns Elon with Epstein footage. We Protest tomorrow at Noon- SHUT DOWN at 7pm. NO VIOLENCE 🙏🇺🇸🙏

I'm sick of non-electronic artists winning the Grammy for best electronic albums.

Navigate through environments of property, business, wealth, health, and more as Perry quantifies Black Americans' power and identifies key investment opportunities to close the racial gap. #blacksky