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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
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Journalism tip: If someone says drop the story, that’s a sign to keep reporting.

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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29 1946 Peter Green (B-Day).

He was the 1967 founder/guitarist/singer/songwriter of Fleetwood Mac.

Black Magic Woman, Oh Well, Albatross,
Peter Green At Work.

He d. at 73, 2020.
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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the over-arching implications are sad, but I can't say the death of CBS at the hands of weird nepopbabies and trust fund brunchlords will lack entertainment value
This is Olivia Reingold trying to get back at John Oliver for the blistering takedown they did of the Free Press.

It’s actually worse than you’re thinking.
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Idaho state motto (old): Let it be perpetual
Idaho state motto (new): Let it be contagious
South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.

That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...
www.propublica.org
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Saul Leiter, Diane Arbus in her Studio, 1970.
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David Godlis.

New York.
1970s.
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A new show, "Down Cemetery Road", by the producers of "Slow Horses" is coming on Oct 29, to Apple TV. Stars Emma Thompson. Maybe you will get your wish.
Excellent track! One of my all time favorites.
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A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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Dem media policy historically involves paying empty lip service to journalism and rubber stamping shitty mergers

barring the election of a real modern media literate progressive reformer that's simply not going to change

corruption and regulatory capture brought us here
So, imagine a 2028 that ends with a normal election and a Democratic president.

Does that president punish CBS? Does he kick it out of the Brady room's front row? Does his FCC go after its licenses? Does his FTC probe the Skydance deal?

No, probably not. No fear of reprisal if power shifts back.
Do CBS News executives understand that MAGA will not be in power forever? I genuinely think this is lost on a lot of people. They've gotten scammed by bad actors into believing Trump's 2024 win represented something seismic and even permanent. I predict they'll look back on this as a serious error.
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Priztker: if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters, when unprovoked, what would we call it? 

I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism. 

So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.