Brian Whitton
@noslouch.bsky.social
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Computer journalism @wsj My latest:
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/brian-whitton
it's a wonderful thing when a friend does something amazing.
@johnwest.bsky.social
looks deeply at link rot and what it means for our lives and times. there's beauty in these words! buy it!
herebelowbooks.com/978080288542...
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13 days ago
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John West
13 days ago
Presenting THE INTERNET WILL DIE, AND SO WILL YOU, out in September from
@herebelow.bsky.social
, a new imprint doing awesome things. Here's the cover, a lil' excerpt, and the tagline of the press: "Books for the subversive work of being human."
herebelowbooks.com/978080288542...
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The Trump administration says American “terrorists” and “rioters” are assaulting immigration agents. A WSJ investigation found none have been convicted at trial.
www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...
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Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/immigration-protests-noem-minneapolis-0b8bd496?st=tzXZqF&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
about 1 month ago
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The Wall Street Journal
2 months ago
Current and former prosecutors say they can relate to the government lawyer who told a judge in open court that she was exhausted and “this job sucks.”
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Justice Department Struggles Under Weight of Immigration Crackdown
Current and former prosecutors say they can relate to the government lawyer who told a judge in open court that she was exhausted and “this job sucks.”
https://on.wsj.com/4kkDxLG
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There are so many emails
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2 months ago
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DOJ left the names of over 40 of Epstein's victims fully visible in Friday's massive file dump. For some names we found over 100 appearances as of Sunday evening. Nearly 30 were minors. Gift link. With
@khadeejasafdar.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | Epstein Files Release Exposes Names of at Least 43 Victims, WSJ Review Finds
The Justice Department was required to redact all victims’ names prior to releasing the files.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/epstein-files-release-exposes-names-of-at-least-43-victims-wsj-review-finds-ba4ff95e?st=LJVeEw&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
2 months ago
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@jackgillum.bsky.social
@brennasmith.bsky.social
Emma Scott and Belle Cushing If you're not following them you should. If you haven't subscribed this is one is worth it
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2 months ago
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An important story from some of the best
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
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Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents
See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation on Saturday.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/videos-contradict-u-s-account-of-minneapolis-shooting-by-federal-agents-fbe1e488?st=BSmC15&reflink=article_copyURL_share
2 months ago
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Joanna Stern
2 months ago
Shenaniganing, combobulating, julienning, hullaballooing, whatchamacalliting, flibbertigibbeting. According to Anthropic, there are 184 verbs that can show up when Claude Code is working.
@bzcohen.bsky.social
and I got the full list and VERB coded this for our
@wsj.com
vibe-coded column:
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@joannastern.bsky.social
and
@bzcohen.bsky.social
vibed up an interactive article and, like many vibe coders, called in a computer guy to bring it across the finish line. I had to do surprisingly little! But I did add a couple features by request Happy to report my job is secure. For now
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We Have No Idea How to Code. So We Got Claude to Code This Article for Us.
Two WSJ columnists with no formal programming background vibe coded the article you’re reading—chat bubbles, Easter eggs and all.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-vibe-coding-experiment-a4a3bb0f?st=MWtNWH&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
2 months ago
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I must say it's surreal
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5 months ago
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John West
5 months ago
I couldn't stop thinking about this perfect Borges idea from
@marcusjmerritt.com
. So I made it:
internaut.club
. (N.B., if you want write access, you'll have to DM me.)
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@wnyc.org
the live stream on google home is glitching out
11 months ago
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come ON javascript
11 months ago
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the local paper reporting on right-wing backlash to a 30-minute lesson on gender (annual) used a group byline for coverage
over 1 year ago
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Just setting up my blsky
over 1 year ago
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