More on this issue. NPR host David Greene is suing Google because its voice product sounds very much like him. The key here is going to be if attorneys can prove Notebook LM was trained on NPR data. Which is what McConaughey’s strategy is looking to address. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

open.substack.com/pub/stephani... #journalism #washingtonpost

Companies using AI to interview candidates? A terrible use of the technology. For both the applicants…and the brand. stephaniemsmith.substack.com/p/ai-job-int...

In the past year, CEOs backed off corporate activism. With the killing Saturdayin Minneapolis, we are at a tipping point. Corporations have tools at their disposal. Consumers and employees are watching. It's time for CEOs to stand up and meet the moment: stephaniemsmith.substack.com/p/tipping-po...

Her videos are gold. She Found a New Way to Sell High-End Houses: Mock the Rich www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/b...

An incredible piece, well worth your time ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

Face to Face, Powell Told Trump He Was Wrong About a Construction Project www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...

‘I Want to Clear My Name’: Deported Migrant Takes First Step to Sue the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...

What?! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...

[email protected] AP footage of raid. ICE attempts to arrest a landscaper while medical personnel stand in the way, demanding warrant & agent identify himself. You can hear immigrant in the background hyperventilating. It is, in miniature, the cruelty of the policy and the budding resistance to it.

For Deadline Whitehouse @nicollewallace.bsky.social AP footage out of California of a disturbing ICE raid at a medical facility. It, is in miniature, the cruelty of the policy, and the budding resistance to it. There are many Americans who are standing up to help but who need guidance...

AI is increasingly where people turn to find information and solutions. But as AI learns from trusted sources—earned media—there’s a blind spot with major implications for how brands show up—or don’t—in AI-powered discovery. Read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

HR using AI to interview candidates? A terrible use of the technology. Read more here. open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

HR using AI to interview candidates? A terrible use of the technology. Read more here. open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

AI is increasingly where people turn to find information and solutions. But as AI learns from trusted sources—earned media—there’s a blind spot with major implications for how brands show up—or don’t—in AI-powered discovery. Read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

U.S. job growth appears strong on the surface, but the underlying pace has been slowing www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead. — Molly Ivins

Tillis is channeling McCain vibes.

nonzero chance that neither the World Cup nor the 2028 Summer Olympics take place in the United States the way things are going

very important article!!

Debacle. Incompetence across the board. The D.N.C. Is in Chaos and Desperate for Cash www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

Can we file suit to force law enforcement to remove masks? @gtconway.bsky.social

AI is reshaping how people discover and trust brands. In the GEO era-Generative Engine Optimization-your brand lives or dies by what the model remembers. If you’re not in the model, you're not in the conversation. open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.

AI is reshaping how people discover and trust brands. In the GEO era-Generative Engine Optimization-your brand lives or dies by what the model remembers. If you’re not in the model, you're not in the conversation. open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

The first civilian detained by U.S. Marines in Los Angeles was an ARMY VETERAN on his way to a VA APPOINTMENT

BONKERS.

A dating app, but one that refuses photos taken in bathroom mirrors or cars. Give me funding please. This is a billion dollar idea.

Live Updates: Judge Blocks Trump From Deploying National Guard in Los Angeles www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Lesson 13 of "On Tyranny": Practice corporeal politics. Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.

A terrifying escalation:

A dating app, but one that refuses photos taken in bathroom mirrors or cars. Give me funding please. This is a billion dollar idea.

Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...

You can see the moment an officer appears to aim directly at the TV news crew.

for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle

ICE shot a reporter... "Nick Stern, a British news photographer based in Los Angeles, is set to undergo emergency surgery for a wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday."

If you’re feeling exhausted from all the ICE news, you’re not alone. That’s the point of authoritarianism and fascism. But you better fucking believe I’ll have a video tomorrow on this. Everyone, media and otherwise, needs to be loud as hell about what’s happening right now.

Posting this here for apparent reason. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Just to recap, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of federalizing 2000 member of the California National Guard — over the objections of the state’s governor — in response to a protest that currently involves A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE AT A HOME DEPOT