Burt Herman
@burtherman.com
Intersection of journalism, technology and community. Founder @hackshackers.com, leading conversations about the potential of AI. Former AP correspondent, co-founder Storify
This angle from The Verge seemed missing from much of the other coverage
www.theverge.com/policy/78370...
www.theverge.com/policy/78370...
Despite crowning himself the headliner, Trump couldn’t win over Charlie Kirk’s mourners
At Kirk’s memorial service, Christian nationalism upstaged the president’s vindictiveness.
www.theverge.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This angle from The Verge seemed missing from much of the other coverage
www.theverge.com/policy/78370...
www.theverge.com/policy/78370...
Apple found a new person to say “a-loo-min-ee-um”
September 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Apple found a new person to say “a-loo-min-ee-um”
Spotted in the neighborhood recently, whose car could this possibly be? @semafor.com @semaforben.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Spotted in the neighborhood recently, whose car could this possibly be? @semafor.com @semaforben.bsky.social
Spotted in front of the Cobble Hill funeral home. I wonder who died?
August 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Spotted in front of the Cobble Hill funeral home. I wonder who died?
The AI overview feature in Google is so shockingly bad, it’s amazing that the company has released it to users. It regularly confabulates and hallucinates results, mixing facts together, undermining confidence in Google altogether — and likely is driving people even more to other AI products.
August 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The AI overview feature in Google is so shockingly bad, it’s amazing that the company has released it to users. It regularly confabulates and hallucinates results, mixing facts together, undermining confidence in Google altogether — and likely is driving people even more to other AI products.
Some of the best writing about the self-sabotaging and hypocritical acts of the current US administration come from @electrek.co and specifically @jamesondow.bsky.social electrek.co/2025/07/29/e...
EPA's chief saboteur, Lee Zeldin, announces plan to delete climate science
Zeldin announced plans to end the EPA's "endangerment finding," which is the scientific recognition that climate pollution harms humans.
electrek.co
July 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Some of the best writing about the self-sabotaging and hypocritical acts of the current US administration come from @electrek.co and specifically @jamesondow.bsky.social electrek.co/2025/07/29/e...
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A sad day for press freedom in the United States. This was a frivolous lawsuit and the payment being described as a “settlement” is more accurately labeled a payoff. Trump’s presidential library will be a permanent monument to Paramount’s surrender. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A sad day for press freedom in the United States. This was a frivolous lawsuit and the payment being described as a “settlement” is more accurately labeled a payoff. Trump’s presidential library will be a permanent monument to Paramount’s surrender. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
Nothing new here that rising authoritarianism eventually leads to a clash between the regime and oligarchy -- see Russia in the early 2000s, Khodorkovsky: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Nothing new here that rising authoritarianism eventually leads to a clash between the regime and oligarchy -- see Russia in the early 2000s, Khodorkovsky: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail...
After AI can do all the jobs, at least us humans will still have CAPTCHAs to keep us busy
June 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
After AI can do all the jobs, at least us humans will still have CAPTCHAs to keep us busy
This looks like what Apple Intelligence should have been by now: www.macstories.net/stories/sky-...
From the Creators of Shortcuts, Sky Extends AI Integration and Automation to Your Entire Mac
Over the course of my career, I’ve had three distinct moments in which I saw a brand-new app and immediately felt it was going to change how I used my computer – and they were all about empowering peo...
www.macstories.net
May 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This looks like what Apple Intelligence should have been by now: www.macstories.net/stories/sky-...
What a tool Eric Adams is for just getting free plane tickets. Next time he should’ve just asked for the whole plane.
May 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What a tool Eric Adams is for just getting free plane tickets. Next time he should’ve just asked for the whole plane.
We are live at the first-ever @hackshackers.com AI x Journalism Summit! Thanks to @therealnews.com for hosting us in Baltimore. Here’s our program for the next two days: bit.ly/hh-ai-journa...
May 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We are live at the first-ever @hackshackers.com AI x Journalism Summit! Thanks to @therealnews.com for hosting us in Baltimore. Here’s our program for the next two days: bit.ly/hh-ai-journa...
The words “policy structure” are doing a lot of work here …
“It’s impossible to commit capital to an economy that is unstable and unknowable because of policy structure.”
stocks.apple.com/Ah5l2eW48RRu...
“It’s impossible to commit capital to an economy that is unstable and unknowable because of policy structure.”
stocks.apple.com/Ah5l2eW48RRu...
Dow Headed for Worst April Since 1932 as Investors Send ‘No Confidence’ Signal — The Wall Street Journal
Few think administration’s negotiations with trade partners will yield results soon enough to ease the strain
stocks.apple.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The words “policy structure” are doing a lot of work here …
“It’s impossible to commit capital to an economy that is unstable and unknowable because of policy structure.”
stocks.apple.com/Ah5l2eW48RRu...
“It’s impossible to commit capital to an economy that is unstable and unknowable because of policy structure.”
stocks.apple.com/Ah5l2eW48RRu...
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“A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection... But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection... But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
This is not The Onion: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Makes America’s Showers Great Again
UNDOING THE LEFT’S WAR ON WATER PRESSURE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure and make
www.whitehouse.gov
April 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is not The Onion: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
The only certainty is that nothing is certain. The only stability is the lack of stability. The only principle is there are no principles. The only way to make sense of things is to assume nothing makes sense. We are living in the upside down world.
April 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The only certainty is that nothing is certain. The only stability is the lack of stability. The only principle is there are no principles. The only way to make sense of things is to assume nothing makes sense. We are living in the upside down world.
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There's no logical or moral or strategic defense for what we're doing right now. It's an idiotic plan being implemented with a level of incompetence that has no possible explanation.
Cars from Mexico and Canada are being hit with tariffs *now*, even if they are compliant with the USMCA. US officials saying don't worry, trust us, we'll refund you the amount associated with any US content when we all work out how to calculate it.
Trust us...
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Trust us...
on.ft.com/4cvyVPi
April 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
There's no logical or moral or strategic defense for what we're doing right now. It's an idiotic plan being implemented with a level of incompetence that has no possible explanation.
Big win for @apnews.com for standing up for the First Amendment, a lesson for many others who bend the knee apnews.com/article/trum...
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
apnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Big win for @apnews.com for standing up for the First Amendment, a lesson for many others who bend the knee apnews.com/article/trum...
National security officials … they’re clueless about tech just like your parents, clicking whatever pops up on devices without reading it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Exclusive: how the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat
Internal investigation cleared the national security adviser Mike Waltz, but the mistake was months in the making
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
National security officials … they’re clueless about tech just like your parents, clicking whatever pops up on devices without reading it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump's tariffs could increase the cost of an iPhone 16 Pro by almost $300. Who pays for it? Us or Apple?
And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone.
We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone.
We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
April 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trump's tariffs could increase the cost of an iPhone 16 Pro by almost $300. Who pays for it? Us or Apple?
And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone.
We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone.
We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
Because the last month as the worst in the markets in years wasn't enough recognition of "America's renewed strength"
Today’s White House tariff announcement schedule includes the time (8pm) when “global markets” will respond to “America’s renewed strength”. 🇺🇸
April 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Because the last month as the worst in the markets in years wasn't enough recognition of "America's renewed strength"
I can hardly wait to be "liberated" today from my own retirement savings and investments, then pay more for everything, so that we can be "liberated" from our allies and friends across the world. The goal is clearly the opposite - to subjugate citizens and isolate the U.S.
April 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I can hardly wait to be "liberated" today from my own retirement savings and investments, then pay more for everything, so that we can be "liberated" from our allies and friends across the world. The goal is clearly the opposite - to subjugate citizens and isolate the U.S.
Heart-wrenching story that shows the real suffering by people who served their country and deserve far better, victimized by the reckless chainsaw of DOGE (also see comments with replies from reporter Eli Saslow): www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
After DOGE Targeted V.A., an Iraq Veteran Faced Uncertainty and Crisis
A veteran who returned from Iraq injured and transformed, Joy Marver is now facing a crisis at home.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Heart-wrenching story that shows the real suffering by people who served their country and deserve far better, victimized by the reckless chainsaw of DOGE (also see comments with replies from reporter Eli Saslow): www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
Does any actual news come from these White House briefings? Are any substantive questions answered or new information revealed? www.axios.com/2025/03/30/w...
Scoop: White House to take charge of briefing-room seating chart
It's the latest effort by the White House to take a heavier hand in shaping who covers Trump.
www.axios.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Does any actual news come from these White House briefings? Are any substantive questions answered or new information revealed? www.axios.com/2025/03/30/w...
I get it, @nytimes.com — you’re supposed to get White House comment. But how do printing these flagrant lies and repetition of the propaganda slogan serve any journalistic purpose?
March 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I get it, @nytimes.com — you’re supposed to get White House comment. But how do printing these flagrant lies and repetition of the propaganda slogan serve any journalistic purpose?