It's pretty amazing that I've played more than 200 hours of Civilization VI (say nothing of previous versions) and am still incredibly shit at it

Got to nerd out a little about world maps. www.npr.org/2025/08/21/n...

Superman (2025) gets extra journalism points for this. @mccartney.bsky.social punched each other and cheered when we saw separate buttons for "Copy Ready," "Web Ready," and "Publish" on The Daily Planet's CMS

Big news at @biglocalnews.bsky.social! So excited to be working with @ryanpitts.bsky.social biglocalnews.org/content/news...

Because this database is for everyone. Victims of police violence, law enforcement hiring officials, civil rights advocates, researchers, attorneys and journalists can now investigate these once-secret records for themselves. 6/

Hey! I helped make this and you should check this out. Interested in expanding this to your state? Reach out to @biglocalnews.bsky.social

Redwood City’s slogan of “Climate Best by Government Test” turns 100 years old this year and it still goes hard

Great to see @sharonlurye.bsky.social’s incredible @apnews.com reporting on missing students across the US at the @biglocalnews.bsky.social conference projects.apnews.com/features/202...

Hello, it's me, talking about getting data from PDFs again. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/w...

Here's the handout for my "Cutting-edge web scraping techniques" workshop at #NICAR2025 this morning github.com/simonw/nicar... Plus some extra notes on the custom software I built to support the workshop: simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/8/c...

Kicking off #NICAR25 by learning more about @biglocalnews.bsky.social with @zstumgoren.bsky.social, @gerald.bsky.social & co

I think everyone who has an opnion, good or bad, about LLMs, should read how @simonwillison.net has summer up what’s happened in the space this year. He’s the most credible, most independent, most honest, and most technically fluent person watching the space. simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/...

"If you’re producing news, people aren’t going to like you. Like, literally," writes @juliachanb.bsky.social

Uhhh tsunami warning for the Bay Area?

If you also did not know this, I highly recommend reading @oriion.bsky.social's incredible profile on Sarah McBride and Andy Cray. It is comprehensive, compassionate, and well worth your time: 19thnews.org/2024/10/sara...

still one of my favorite sessions that i share with colleagues often

Thanks to JSK alum @dansinker.com for jumpstarting this starter pack. #journalism bsky.app/starter-pack...

Damn it’s good to see journos online again. What are some good packs folks have found so far?

May the Fourth be with you!

OMG @jeremybowers.bsky.social do you know @eesomonu.bsky.social (AP, fmr NPR)? I introduced her to Harvey's, and she's getting into cooking sweets with duck fat. What recipes you got?

What’s the song that goes, “Come my lady. You’re my sugarfly, butter baby”?

Hey New York. Some news: @mccartney.bsky.social and I are moving to Oakland this weekend. We’ll be in and out of NYC for work, but we’re excited to be calling the West Coast home and be closer to family 🥰🌁

happy 10th anniversary to this piece of incredibly useful news nerd documentation, originally written by @gerald.bsky.social and continually updated ever since! https://blog.apps.npr.org/2013/06/06/how-to-setup-a-developers-environment.html

Asked AI to imagine Captain Picard with hair and it did not disappoint

LLMLM or “lemelm” 🤣

Ah yes it’s that time in the corporate calendar

I love big boat stuck days ☺️ https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/freighter-runs-aground-at-belle-isle

Woke up still feeling like last night’s Succession was a personal attack on @mccartney.bsky.social and me 🤣

When you god dang it bobby

"Word up!" It is I, the Bald & Gray Jewish Lady, with a "shoutout" to all my hip young friends. Just wanted you to know I've added new specialized feeds.