Tyler Dukes
@mtdukes.bsky.social
Lead editor, AI innovation in journalism at McClatchy. Former News & Observer I-team. Duke University adjunct. 2017 Nieman Fellow. Powered by gas station coffee and eastern NC barbecue.
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🧵Ecstatic + GRATEFUL to share the cover of my first book, The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in A Segregated Nation (HarperCollins June 2026). I can’t wait to share this in community with you. Pre-orders are available today, wherever books are sold : bookshop.org/beta-search?...
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🧵Ecstatic + GRATEFUL to share the cover of my first book, The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in A Segregated Nation (HarperCollins June 2026). I can’t wait to share this in community with you. Pre-orders are available today, wherever books are sold : bookshop.org/beta-search?...
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At the risk of starting the flame war to end all flame wars...
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
At the risk of starting the flame war to end all flame wars...
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
I’m not a great baker. But this mango pie slaps.
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I’m not a great baker. But this mango pie slaps.
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Quick, they can’t have gotten far
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Quick, they can’t have gotten far
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Journalists and researchers we have a resource for you!
The second part of “How To Track Ships Like a Pro Using OSINT” is published!
This a step to step guide will show you how to uncover leads on vessels and ports.
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/43iCtkt
The second part of “How To Track Ships Like a Pro Using OSINT” is published!
This a step to step guide will show you how to uncover leads on vessels and ports.
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/43iCtkt
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Journalists and researchers we have a resource for you!
The second part of “How To Track Ships Like a Pro Using OSINT” is published!
This a step to step guide will show you how to uncover leads on vessels and ports.
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/43iCtkt
The second part of “How To Track Ships Like a Pro Using OSINT” is published!
This a step to step guide will show you how to uncover leads on vessels and ports.
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/43iCtkt
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U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis wrote the footnote in a 223-page opinion issued last week, noting that the practice of using ChatGPT to write use-of-force reports undermines agents’ credibility and “may explain the inaccuracy of these reports.”
Judge’s Footnote on Immigration Agents Using AI in Chicago Area Raises Accuracy and Privacy Concerns
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis wrote the footnote in a 223-page opinion issued last week, noting that the practice of using ChatGPT to write use-of-force reports undermines agents’ credibility and “ma...
news.wttw.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis wrote the footnote in a 223-page opinion issued last week, noting that the practice of using ChatGPT to write use-of-force reports undermines agents’ credibility and “may explain the inaccuracy of these reports.”
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💬 Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations - Nieman Reports
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes Johanna Wild, an open source researcher for Bellingcat.
niemanreports.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
💬 Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
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DHS claimed immigration authorities arrested “the worst of the worst” during recent NC detention operations.
Evidence shows that wasn’t always the case and federal officials arrested people with no criminal records.
my latest for @newsobserver.com
www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
Evidence shows that wasn’t always the case and federal officials arrested people with no criminal records.
my latest for @newsobserver.com
www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
Evidence shows DHS didn’t arrest only ‘worst of the worst’ in NC detention surge
DHS alleged it focused on dangerous criminals during operations in NC but has not released proof. Very few names have been made public among hundreds of people seized this month.
www.newsobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
DHS claimed immigration authorities arrested “the worst of the worst” during recent NC detention operations.
Evidence shows that wasn’t always the case and federal officials arrested people with no criminal records.
my latest for @newsobserver.com
www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
Evidence shows that wasn’t always the case and federal officials arrested people with no criminal records.
my latest for @newsobserver.com
www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
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I wrote about something that’s been bugging me for a long time: “hallucination” is the wrong metaphor for LLM error.
Better to think about AI output, and its failure, as multiversal (because I know you love that stuff).
Better to think about AI output, and its failure, as multiversal (because I know you love that stuff).
Welcome to the Slopverse
Generative AI isn’t hallucinatory. It is multiversal.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I wrote about something that’s been bugging me for a long time: “hallucination” is the wrong metaphor for LLM error.
Better to think about AI output, and its failure, as multiversal (because I know you love that stuff).
Better to think about AI output, and its failure, as multiversal (because I know you love that stuff).
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Boats already stopped in the water. People about to die. Clues to drone and manned aircraft fighting systems.
—Findings of our freeze-frame study of the Trump administration’s promotional videos of its bombing campaign on suspected drug smuggling boats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
—Findings of our freeze-frame study of the Trump administration’s promotional videos of its bombing campaign on suspected drug smuggling boats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Boats already stopped in the water. People about to die. Clues to drone and manned aircraft fighting systems.
—Findings of our freeze-frame study of the Trump administration’s promotional videos of its bombing campaign on suspected drug smuggling boats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
—Findings of our freeze-frame study of the Trump administration’s promotional videos of its bombing campaign on suspected drug smuggling boats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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BREAKING: Federal judge deals legal defeat to CoreCivic in bid to open Kansas ICE prison. A story via @bymatthewkelly.bsky.social
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
Federal judge deals legal defeat to CoreCivic in bid to open Kansas ICE prison
The ruling ensures an injunction blocking CoreCivic from accepting detainees will remain in place at least until a February hearing.
www.kansascity.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
BREAKING: Federal judge deals legal defeat to CoreCivic in bid to open Kansas ICE prison. A story via @bymatthewkelly.bsky.social
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
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The tech giant has pledged to build a 3,000-worker campus in Research Triangle Park under a
NC gives Apple 4 additional years to meet hiring, investment goals for RTP campus
The tech giant has pledged to build a 3,000-worker campus in Research Triangle Park under a
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The tech giant has pledged to build a 3,000-worker campus in Research Triangle Park under a
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"America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Welcome to the Gerrymandering Apocalypse
America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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To try to avoid the Trump administration’s ire, Duke has instructed faculty not to speak to reporters dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
Duke has sought to tighten faculty media engagement to minimize federal scrutiny
The messages reflect a broader University strategy: keeping Duke out of the national spotlight by exercising caution at the faculty level when it comes to politically sensitive topics.
dukechronicle.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
To try to avoid the Trump administration’s ire, Duke has instructed faculty not to speak to reporters dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
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Federal prosecutors dismiss charge against Charlotte ICE protester | By @oehrli.bsky.social
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
Federal prosecutors dismiss charge against Charlotte ICE protester
The CMS bus driver recently released footage from the protest at the Tyvola Centre Drive ICE office where she was arrested.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Federal prosecutors dismiss charge against Charlotte ICE protester | By @oehrli.bsky.social
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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The student-run Daily Tar Heel is doing stellar reporting on deep struggles over #UNC's School of Civic Life and Leadership, created by the legislature, here's the latest from reporter Aidan Lockhart: www.dailytarheel.com/article/inve...
'Dictatorial powers': SCiLL dean ignored vote of the School's advisory board
New evidence obtained by The Daily Tar Heel gives weight to claims made by professors who resigned from the School of Civic Life and Leadership.
www.dailytarheel.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The student-run Daily Tar Heel is doing stellar reporting on deep struggles over #UNC's School of Civic Life and Leadership, created by the legislature, here's the latest from reporter Aidan Lockhart: www.dailytarheel.com/article/inve...
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The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
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Viola Fletcher, one of the last two known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations for the attack — one of the worst episodes of racial violence in American history — has died. She was 111.
Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 111
A century after a White mob destroyed her prosperous Black community in 1921, she became a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Viola Fletcher, one of the last two known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations for the attack — one of the worst episodes of racial violence in American history — has died. She was 111.
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1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
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Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
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Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop. n.pr/49BGqEL
Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
n.pr
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop. n.pr/49BGqEL
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As Border Patrol arrived in Charlotte, DHS falsely said a Honduran man charged with murder was released under NC’s “sanctuary policies.”
DHS quietly corrects inaccurate information after Charlotte Observer report
As Border Patrol arrived in Charlotte, DHS falsely said a Honduran man charged with murder was released under NC’s “sanctuary policies.”
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As Border Patrol arrived in Charlotte, DHS falsely said a Honduran man charged with murder was released under NC’s “sanctuary policies.”
This ain’t a surfing movie!
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This ain’t a surfing movie!
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News & Observer photojournalist Ethan Hyman goes to great heights for a novel view of the annual holiday parade.
Here’s your Santa’s-eye view of the Raleigh Christmas Parade
News & Observer photojournalist Ethan Hyman goes to great heights for a novel view of the annual holiday parade.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
News & Observer photojournalist Ethan Hyman goes to great heights for a novel view of the annual holiday parade.