Absolutely infuriating that the “AI”’s default threshold for awarding you the biography of a convicted sex offender is if you happen to share a surname

My last story of the year: an update on the woman who fell in love with ChatGPT. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...

Old Mark Anthony stuck in my head

Pivot to video

looking for recommendations for your favorite(s) article-length work that is either about interpretive research; or employs interpretive methods and reflects on doing interpretive research... ?? 🙏 #academicSky #STS

😑 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

A different kind of facial recognition: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Gringo Hunters on @netflix.com (Also @netflix.com where’s season 3 of Kingdom?)

Attack the Block

A critical geography of the Lost Cause…

Are these the same cattle ranchers who sued Oprah back in the day?

Hello canary…

Who doesn’t love a good scam story - a mix of geopolitics, statecraft, crypto and public relations by @tfa.ng asteriskmag.com/issues/11/sc...

Thanks to @techpolicypress.bsky.social for publishing our essay on the need for governance of GenAI use in health campaigns aimed at African audiences. It speaks to the larger issue of the necessity of good governance of technology general, but especially AI.

AI’s potential in health is real, write Yewande O. Addie and Jasmine E. McNealy. But by implementing stronger governance now, African countries can ensure AI serves communities rather than displacing the cultural knowledge that sustains trust in health systems.

One of the greatest living Americans.

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If the Supreme Court were right that the President has an essentially unlimited power to disregard Congressional legislation and appropriations, ours would not be a constitution deserving of respect. Fortunately, the Court is wrong, and it is the Court that deserves no respect.

Looking forward to this Tuesday in NYC.

Will she have her Alan Keys, circa 1996, moment?

Language folks - is there a “Destinos” for every language?

Carved bullet casings? Everyone watches too many movies…

There is something nefarious about this business model

Because as Jesus said, “sometimes you gotta smack a bitch.” 1 Pimps 22:12 Or something. Anyway, that’s what Hegseth told him.

Really shouldn’t have missed 4S this year.

Example 1250 of a company getting off cheap for spying…

"South Korea’s largest daily, Chosun Ilbo, struck a similar tone, framing the arrests as a betrayal and a harsh blow to South Korea. 'After Investing in ‘Trump MAGA,’ What Came Back Was the Arrest of 300 Koreans,' the headline read." ...

I want to thank all of the tech/media orgs for the examples you’re providing for my media law class this semester

Yuval Noah Harari Explains How to Protect Your Mind in the Age of AI

In the latest episode in her series of podcasts, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Navaroli talks with Jasmine McNealy & Naomi Nix about the evolving role of journalism in tech accountability and what it will take to reimagine trust in media in the age of influencers and AI.

ATL, AMS and BKK

Academic friends: I'm going to be teaching a new graduate level seminar in media policy in the spring, and I'm looking for reading suggestions and or sample syllabi. Thanks in advance for suggestions.

So excited to be able to partner with the amazing folks at @proton.me (especially Chris Cannucciari and Julia Jade Duffy) for this project on privacy and mass surveillance! youtu.be/QpFw7dk9l-0?...

What the heck was this press conference?

2 of the worst things we’ve done to college students: 1) made them believe that their major restricts them to specific jobs; 2) made them believe that only certain parts of their chosen professions (think Big Tech) are good jobs

Ya'll - ya girl might have a good syllabus...

Seaweed brought fishers, farmers, and scientists together. Trump tore them apart. A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars. grist.org/food-and-agr... #Seaweed #Policy #Politics #USDA #Agriculture

With Cynthia Conti-Cook and Sawyeh Esmaili, I wrote for @convergencemag.com about how expanding digital ID systems threaten to increase government power to police people’s movement and access to medical care, especially as more people cross state lines to seek essential health services.

I'm making a registry of punk ass bitches. Looks like some punk ass bitches just volunteered to be first.

Listen: data are sociotechnical objects. The socio part is the problem that the technical amplifies. Data - thru the PEOPLE interacting with it - wants to leak. What will law/policy finally do about it?

The Michigan @aclu.org is looking to hire a senior staff attorney. These jobs don't come around that often, and they've got a great team -- wanted to make sure folk saw it! www.aclumich.org/en/jobs/staf...

You’ve inherited a movie theater, what’s your first double feature? Attack the Block (2011) and The Outlaws 범죄도시 (2017)

Really great 🧵on the importance of oral histories and communal memory. In a time when many policymakers only listen when there is data (read quant/comp) community expertise is so important to truly understanding change/impact and needs.

Sending this to everyone who tells me “students are going to use it no matter what.”

In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water, creating problems for those living nearby. https://trib.al/t6uceuq

Story Lords

This. Especially since we’ve seen the results of this in public services already.