Their “presence at illegal gatherings” had been noted and they were under “intelligence monitoring,” the Iranian authorities texted them. “It is advised that you refrain from attending such illegal gatherings, which are desired by the enemy.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t... via @nytimes.com
The DHS is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose ICE by sending tech companies legal requests for identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency. Does that make this a dangerous post for me? 👀 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t... via @nytimes.com
The Press Is Broken. Billionaires Broke It. 🎙️MON at 10 on @kqedforum.bsky.social: I 💬 w @mattgertz.bsky.social + Jeremy Barr about once-proud newsrooms becoming pale shadows of their former selves w a speed/ferocity meant to stun. How are independent journalists supposed to hold power accountable?
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His future's so bright, he's gotta wear shades. The rest of us, too? 📡 🎙️FRI at 10 am on @kqedforum.bsky.social: I 💬 with @rmac.bsky.social + @nitasha.bsky.social about a man who is arguably the most powerful private citizen on 🌎. We dig into the scale of his power and what it means for (d)emocracy.
Before her firing, Beiermeister told colleagues that she opposed adult mode, and worried it would have harmful effects for users, people familiar with her remarks said. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open... via @wsj.com
Yeah, they're loud, but maybe...respect? 🙌🏼 "We should celebrate them for being successful... Like, they think about how to live with us, we need to think about how to live with them." www.kqed.org/news/1207243... via @kqednews.kqed.org @danbrekke.bsky.social
I don't see how there's another story today more important than this one. 🙆🏻♀️ “He said if you had been seen earlier, we could have preserved your vision... That was the first time it really clicked that the life that I had before was over.” www.kqed.org/science/2000... via @kqednews.kqed.org
“I now had to meticulously fact-check every single thing in the articles. And at least 60% of it would be completely made up. ...So something that would take me two hours when I was writing it by myself now took me four hours, making half the money.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Given the volatility of platform-dependent revenue, many YouTubers are no longer just creators. They’re vertically integrated media companies with parallel businesses, including product lines that can outlast algorithm changes and policy shifts. techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/y... via @techcrunch.com
UPDATE: 1,000+ Google workers “vehemently opposed to Google's partnerships with DHS, CBP, and ICE” signed a petition (acc. to organizers) naming 4 key demands of senior executives, including: host a Q&A about ICE contracts; and provide transparency about and divestment from Google’s involvement.
OK, so it was the #CaliforniaReport and yes, those are MY salted chocolate chip tahini cookies.
#FunFact I got a tour of the plant in 2018 for the #BayCurious podcast ( @kqednews.kqed.org @kqedfood.bsky.social @kqedarts.bsky.social ) and no lie it led to what I consider my best smelling story of all time. 👃🏼 www.kqed.org/news/1170769...
#ICYMI The #NLRB dropped Biden Era unfair labor charges against #SpaceX after concluding that it ... lacks jurisdiction. (The complaint alleged the space transport co unlawfully fired 8 engineers who helped circulate an open letter criticizing CEO Elon Musk.) onlabor.org/february-10-...
📝 Child safety groups are raising red flags about the proposed ballot measure from #OpenAI and #CommonSenseMedia. “Though seemingly well-intended, the measure would exempt #AI companies from the robust framework of laws already established in California to give consumers meaningful protections.”
Letting a robot structure your argument, or flatten your style by removing the quirky elements, is dangerous. It’s a way to flatten the human mind, to homogenize human thought. We know who we are, at least in part, by finding the words. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The human voices "are by far the most convincing part of On This Day, especially when deployed in voiceover, because then you aren’t distracted by the way the movement of their mouths doesn’t quite match up with the noises coming out of them."
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
Martin Baron, the Post’s first editor under its current owner, billionaire Jeff Bezos, condemned his former boss and called what has happened at the newspaper “a case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction.” apnews.com/article/wash... via @apnews.com
“There’s no oversight ahead of time, and there’s no ramifications for having abused it after the fact...We are increasingly in a world where unmasking critics is important to the administration.”
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... via @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
“Social media has become a failed state, a place where laws are ignored, and crime is endured, where disinformation is worth more than truth, and half of users suffer hate speech,” Sanchez said. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/03/s... via @cnbc.com
As part of this push for relevance, xAI embraced making sexualized material, rolling back guardrails on sexual material and ignoring internal warnings about the potentially serious legal and ethical risks of producing such content. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... via @washingtonpost.com
And yes, this is the same Jarvis Givens who wrote "Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching" (2021, Harvard University Press)... 🔥
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📡 🎙️MON at 10 am on @kqedforum.bsky.social: I 🗣️ with Jarvis R. Givens about his new book, "I'll Make Me A World." Givens says Black history has always been political, about power, and a tool for liberation. History has never been neutral, so I'm guessing neither will this conversation.
Oh the heartbreak, but praise, too, for the strength and self-awareness as my So Cal community processes so much grief. ❤️🩹 www.kqed.org/news/1207123... via @kqednews.kqed.org
