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Scott Klein
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Already living in the future of news at Newspack. Board at @muckrock. Former @propublica. Hoping for the best.
Reposted by Scott Klein
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December 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
So I told it to try again without stealing.

I wouldn't publish it, but it's too dull to be mad about. No shame in not doing as well as Minard did with the same data but this feels like a unintentionally sad powerpoint presentation.
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It simply redrew the Minard map, but with some six-finger-esque AI touches like mangled text. Pretty good to figure out what the data was, but bad form to just pick-pocket old Charles-Joseph.
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
In fairness, Nano Banana Pro was onto me almost immediately...
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I don’t work there any more. I get what you mean. But a position in a union contract negotiation is not the same as management saying they want to publish AI slop. There are other explanations.
December 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I worked there for 15 years. You will never find a group of people less likely to fake a byline, or who sweat accuracy more than they do. You don’t mean to say otherwise, I suspect.
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It literally says their names.
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Why on earth would you think this was written by AI? It literally has a byline (it’s at the bottom — in my day we put those at the top).
December 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
No shame in a little manifesting.
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Small world. I was shouting you out at a conference as you posted this. It was positive, don’t worry.
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
What’s this chart’s name, private?
December 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM