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James Widman
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People are supposed to help each other. It's the only job worth doing, and we could probably do it a lot more efficiently.

he/him or they/them.
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jameswidman.bsky.social
(oops; i should link to the bsky thread: bsky.app/profile/phil...)
December 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
jameswidman.bsky.social
it's been uploaded to youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lenF...
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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dryad.technology
As a US national living in Canada, the fact I'm in Canada means I can access news reporting about the crimes my government back in the US is committing. If I were in the US, it would be censored.

This is a straightforwardly factual comment I can make on December 22, 2025.
jasonparis.bsky.social Jason Paris @jasonparis.bsky.social · 2h
Canadians, behold! (And Americans on a VPN.) The cancelled 60 Minutes story has appeared on the Global-TV app—almost certainly by accident. Watch fast, before Corus gets a call from Paramount-Skydance. #60Minutes
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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404media.co
Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, Flock’s Condor cameras track people, not vehicles.

The exposure highlights the fact that Flock is not just surveilling cars—it is surveilling people, and in some cases it is doing so in an insecure way.

LINK: www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
jameswidman.bsky.social
think jonestown.

if that seems unrealistic, visit a megachurch.

i recommend taking a cab/lyft/whatever, because you may want the next destination to be the nearest bar.
December 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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dryad.technology
CBS News is state media. This isn't even the usual spin or trying to paper over a political embarrassment we get from biased media, they are literally acting to cover up a concentration camp
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 19h
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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utopia-defer.red
ezra klein: why bari weiss is running CBS the right way
December 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
jameswidman.bsky.social
(fwiw, both doug and i have worked on front-ends that support both C modes and C++ modes. Compiler implementors use "C/C++" wherever the overall sentence applies to both languages!)
December 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
jameswidman.bsky.social
this is a common mis-parse of "c/c++" tho:
mastodon.social/@JamesWidman...
James Widman (@[email protected])
them: C/C++ isn't a language. me [as someone who knows what the "/" character means in english]: ah, so you're saying, "C isn't a language, and also, C++ isn't a language". Well, given all the undefi...
mastodon.social
December 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
jameswidman.bsky.social
(i might be misinterpreting the title, but i think it should be very clear that the act of forming/evolving C++ syntax over time was 100% committed by ordinary, mortal human beings)
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
jameswidman.bsky.social
if it's going to be a christian analysis, then surely C++ syntax should be viewed as growing out of the original sin of backward source-compatibility?
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran CBS news reporter who led the story: “I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight.”
The reality is that she is much more likely to be fired than Weiss, and that should tell you all you need to know about CBS now.
In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security. “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient,” Ms. Alfonsi wrote. “We have been promoting this story on social media for days,” Ms. Alfonsi added. “Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.”
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM