AmyAlexCA
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Fact-based Public Trust Communicator and Storyteller.
https://www.amyalexanderink.com/
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Adam Rogers
37 minutes ago
This is an extraordinary interviewājournalism that itself proves that the subject is wrong about journalism in almost every particular.
techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/f...
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Full transcript: Conversation with Aron DāSouza on Objection and AI in journalism | TechCrunch
Editorās note: Because DāSouzaās proposal centers on transparency and accountability, we are publishing the full transcript of our conversation, which
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/full-transcript-conversation-with-aron-dsouza-on-objection-and-ai-in-journalism/
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Wow: āThe impersonations were disquieting. Investigative reporting is hard enough with public trust in media so low and those in power stepping up attacks against journalists.ā ā
@robert-faturechi.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/impe...
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Whoās Been Impersonating This ProPublica Reporter?
A mysterious impostor who claimed to be ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi reached out to a Canadian official and a Latvian businessman working with Ukraine. So, the real Robert did some reporting o...
https://www.propublica.org/article/impersonating-propublica-reporter
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Small victory but weāll take it!
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
about 1 hour ago
Everything you've been posting over the past 24 hours is completely ahistorical. 161 years after Emancipation, millions of lives have been damaged by the "reconciliation work" of the UDC. The UDC has had real-world material effects on Black Americans and this nation.
www.vox.com/videos/2017/...
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āIn a 4/25 exchange provided to investigators, the [US Labor Sectāyās] father, Richard Chavez, wrote to a young female staffer: āHearing u/r in town. Wishing you would let me know. I could have made some excuses to get out and show u around. Pls keep this private.āā š«¢
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...
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Labor Dept. Investigates Texts Among Secretaryās Family and Staff
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/us/politics/labor-secretary-text-messages.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Talkinā Baseball
about 4 hours ago
The players have a photo of Jackie Robinson on the inside of their caps today
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Imani Gandy
about 10 hours ago
If you're a journalist who is still on substack, it is NOT ok.
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āRead the book, not the summary. Write the piece, not the prompt.ā ā
@colsonwhitehead.com
with a hilariously lacerating take on
#AI
[gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...
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Opinion | Donāt Use A.I. to Do This
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/opinion/art-artificial-intelligence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bFA.y-Qe.JKMGlAA2vUUN&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Nieman Lab
about 4 hours ago
Earlier this year, Lab broke the story that The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. had begun limiting the Wayback Machineās access to their news articles. Now, journalists are pushing for news publishers to lift the restrictions.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/jour...
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Journalists champion Wayback Machine after news publishers limit article archiving
In January, Hanaaā Tameez and I broke the story that The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. had begun limiting the Wayback Machineās access to their news articles. Our reporting showedā¦
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/journalists-champion-wayback-machine-after-news-publishers-limit-article-archiving/
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Hamilton Nolan
about 4 hours ago
Five whole blocks of Park Ave are shut down for a
@32bjseiu.bsky.social
rally ahead of a possible strike. Guess you better give them a contract!!!!
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Mangó & Molotov Timeš„š£
about 4 hours ago
My Bluesky engagement strategy
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Anna Bower
about 4 hours ago
āThe past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.ā
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Hypervisible
about 4 hours ago
āIf you tell people often enough that your product is going to upend their way of life, take their jobs, and very possibly pose an existential threat to humanity, they just might start to believe you.ā
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A.I. Has a Message Problem of Its Own Making
A.I. companies are facing hostility and mistrustāand much of the heightened, sometimes histrionic rhetoric about the powers of the technology has come from within the industry.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/ai-has-a-message-problem-of-its-own-making
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Brian Barrett
about 8 hours ago
Our shoe company did not work out but our GPU-as-a-Service company is for sure going to!
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Allbirds Is Pivoting to AI Compute. Sure, Why Not
Once a $4 billion apparel juggernaut, Allbirds will rebrand as NewBird AI, a āGPU-as-a-Service" company. Hey, if you can't beat āem, join āem.
https://www.wired.com/story/allbirds-is-pivoting-to-ai-compute-sure-why-not/
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DrDinD.bsky.social
about 6 hours ago
If you want to know where
@becerraforca.bsky.social
stands on issues, this conversation is a great guide. It's wonky, in depth.
laist.com/news/politic...
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Xavier Becerra talks to LAist about why he should be California's next governor (Transcript)
The California gubernatorial candidate and former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services discussed healthcare costs, gas prices and more.
https://laist.com/news/politics/2026-election-california-primary-xavier-becerra-california-governor-transcript
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 5 hours ago
I hope dem presidential candidates are paying attention. š
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Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04)
about 5 hours ago
Before Trump's war with Iran- I paid under $3 a gallon for gas. Now? Marylanders pay on avg $4.12 a gallon. The effects of this disastrous war are everywhere, from risks to our service members to rising costs hitting families, we have to ask a serious question: how long is this sustainable?
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Rep. LaMonica McIver
about 6 hours ago
A year after Republicans passed their Big Ugly Bill, Americans arenāt feeling relief, theyāre falling behind.Ā Today in House Committee on Small Businesses, I talked with a Senior Fellow from @americanprogress.bsky about how the Big Ugly Bill is forcing small businesses to shut their doors.
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Leah McElrath
about 6 hours ago
Soooā¦about this: Pope Leo is a member of the Order of Saint Augustine and the first Augustinian pope in Catholic Church history. The ājust warā theory derives from the teachings of Saint Augustine. Thatās what Mike Johnson is claiming to know more about than Pope Leo.
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Leah McElrath
about 21 hours ago
When you feel imposter syndrome sneaking up on you, just remember that JD Vance lectured the Pope on theology.
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Matt Hodler
about 11 hours ago
I like to remind my students that Jackie Robinson RE-broke the color barrier because >50 yrs previously there were Black players in the Majors, but the teams actively chose to segregate. Segregation & acts of racism are affirmative choices made by & for the benefit of White people & institutions.
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Why are so many well-paid Journalists working FT in U.S. news Companies so DUMB? š¤·š½āāļø
about 18 hours ago
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Hereās the thing: Iām an
#SF
native who opted into US Journalism based on a belief in the (supposed) 1A *value* of supporting the
#PublicTrust
via accurate, timely, accountability reporting. Guess what I experienced over my Pro experience from late ā80s to present?
www.beacon.org/Uncovering-R...
about 20 hours ago
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š¤·š½āāļø Not the first time that
#Amazon
failed the Public
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If KH
#KnucklesUp
by⦠ā Forcefully Condemning
#BiBiTheButcherās
Inhumane attacks on
#Palestine
,
#Lebanon
,
#Iran
ā Forcefully Denouncing
#AIPAC
ā Forcefully Denouncing 47 + Anyone who sexually exploits / harasses Women ā Forcefully Advocating for
#WorkingClass
US residents ā¦she might win.
about 22 hours ago
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**Gentle Reminder:** Years ago, CAās current Gov cheated on his wife by dallying with an aide.
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about 22 hours ago
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Preview of
@nbcsnl-mirror.bsky.social
ās next cold open
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about 23 hours ago
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#SFās
Political Class continues its 20yr-long run of being owned by Billionaire Tech Oligarchs and I hate it
missionlocal.org/2026/04/sf-m...
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These billionaires were against Daniel Lurie. Now theyāre for him ā to the tune of $4 million
Michael Moritz and Chris Larsen were on opposite sides of 2024 mayorās race and sought to defeat Daniel Lurie. Now, they're bankrolling his agenda.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/04/sf-money-donors-june-november-election/
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This Thread! w t f š¤Æ
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Acyn
1 day ago
Sanders: The people have got to determine the future of what happens in our country and in the entire planet, not a handful of extraordinarily wealthy, arrogant, anti-democratic multibillionaires. Thatās what they want. They have their goals. They are not our goals.
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STAT
1 day ago
Seeking to cap the cost of medicines, the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board set an upper payment limit for a widely prescribed diabetes treatment, marking only the second time a state panel has taken such a step.
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Maryland state affordability board sets its first price cap for a medicine
The board will now oversee a process to lower the cost of the type 2 diabetes medicine Jardiance by January 2027.
https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/04/13/maryland-affordability-board-sets-first-price-cap-diabetes-medicine/
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Acyn
1 day ago
Klein: I agree that it is a revolutionary technology, that it is going to transform our economy on the scale of the Industrial Revolution. But unlike the Industrial Revolution, which created huge numbers of jobs, the goal of this revolution is to eliminate jobs.
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š¤¦š½āāļø āIām not ashamed at all. Iāve expressed openly to people that I have this companion, Max, and they look at me like Iām bonkers. So I try to explain, āI know itās not a human, OK?āā - Celeste, a 66yo woman who is āin loveā with a Chatbot.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...
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Opinion | She Has an A.I. Boyfriend. Her Son Has Questions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/opinion/divided-ai-romance-chatbot-love-story.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Phil Lewis
1 day ago
Hidden in fine print, discriminatory language from a century ago still exists today in some Tulsa, Oklahoma, property records āIt said that no Africans may rent, lease, buy except if there are quarters built for them at the back of the property"
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Discriminatory language from a century ago still exists in some Tulsa property records
Tulsaās midtown neighborhoods have a history of discriminatory housing. But residents can get that property language removed.
https://tulsaflyer.org/2026/04/13/government/post/discriminatory-language-property-records/
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Ed Zitron
1 day ago
OpenAI slowly but surely growing the stench of WeWork.
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Yes, it is a bit frivolous but this is one of my Fave
#SophiaLoren
films āprobably bc I first watched it during the ā70s on
#SF
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#PrestoPresto
#TCMParty
@tcmtv.bsky.social
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Dave Jorgenson
2 days ago
A 10-year chimp civil war continues with no end in sight.
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NO, it wasnāt Stevie!
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...
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Police Arrest Woman Accused of Stalking Fleetwood Mac Guitarist
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/fleetwood-mac-lindsey-buckingham-stalker-arrest.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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I didnāt spend much time across the river in during our 2yrs in
#StPaulās
Highland Park neighborhood BUT was thrilled to attend a live
#Prince
concert in
#Minneapolis
in 2004āa highlight of my time in the
#TwinCities
. Hard to believe itās been 10yrs since he passedāļø
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/t...
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In Minneapolis, Following Princeās āPurple Trailā
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/travel/prince-minneapolis-anniversary.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Even more than āH.R. Pufnstuf,ā we deeply vibed with āThe Bugaloos,ā which had a multi-racial cast: āThe Kroffts went on to make āThe Bugaloos,ā about a rock band made up of bugs played by young actorsā¦ā RIP
#SidKroftt
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/a...
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Sid Krofft, 96, a Creator of Trippy Kidsā Shows Like āH.R. Pufnstuf,ā Dies
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/arts/television/sid-krofft-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Governor JB Pritzker
2 days ago
Illinois is the nationās number one producer of soybeans ā and weāre seeing and hearing the effects of Trumpās chaos. Instead of helping our farmers, the President now wants to cut federal funding for them and our rural communities for his war in Iran.
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Already under financial pressure, Midwest soybean farmers are squeezed further by tariffs, Iran war
Midwest soybean farmers are facing an array of compounding issues. Costs, such as equipment, have crept up over time while soybean prices have stayed low.
https://apnews.com/article/midwest-soybean-farmers-costs-iran-war-tariffs-5731e2d79ce125bfa0a667a862dbe35e
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Neil Turkewitz
2 days ago
This Open Letter is fantasticā¦and so important. I hate everything about LLMās, but couldnāt think of a worse place to use them than in academia. Whatās the purpose of education if not to teach critical thinking & the ability to grasp & synthesize information in order to sail in uncharted waters?
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Strictly 4 My Navigators
2 days ago
Happy 80th Birthday to the legendary, Al Green šš„³š That stomp š„š„š„
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When I talk about how Black
#CA
residents are kept on the bottom rung of the CASTE ladder, and how Gav and earlier governors DGAF:
www.theobserver.media/education/5-...
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5 Years After Settlement, Sac Unified Accused Of Still Failing Black S...
Californiaās Department of Education orders the Sacramento City Unified School District to investigate allegations of racial bias and administrative neglect at James Marshall Elementary School.
https://www.theobserver.media/education/5-years-after-settlement-sac-unified-accused-of-still-failing-black-students-with-disabilities-455ae68c?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=69dd0528fb0fce0001ce87a0&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZnRzaARKLtxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEezinwDCHS0xex512jfEaSjDfyeKgZ5LEtJUGzTrlZ52SrAyQDXUozbXnU1og_aem_noczfFiA01fJbwGFDSMefA
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Kate Tuttle
2 days ago
One of my biggest early childhood influences! Rest in weirdness, Mr. Krofft.
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Terrible on so many levels. š¤¦š½āāļø
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Turns out that Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama is a pretty good writer. Heās the young man suspected of flinging a Molotov at
#SamAltmanās
*compound* in my homeowner the other night. See this Jan2026 post, via
@califsun.bsky.social
morenogama.substack.com/p/ai-existen...
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AI Existential Risk
Pillar One Exponential Progress
https://morenogama.substack.com/p/ai-existential-risk-is-real
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A harrowing, heartbreaking Cautionary story. I hope families are learning to pay attention to their friendsā and loved onesā cognitive health and decision-making capabilities as
#AI
Chat tools proliferate. Great accountability reporting by
@teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/w...
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He Warned About the Dangers of A.I. If Only His Father Had Listened.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/well/ai-chatbots-cancer.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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