Pluralistic: AI "journalists" prove that media bosses don't give a shit (11 Mar 2026)

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AI "journalists" prove that media bosses don't give a shit: In case there was ever any doubt.
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Pluralistic: Vice surrenders (24 Feb 2024)

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Vice surrenders: Literally the stupidest publishing strategy I've ever heard of (ever).
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Pluralistic: Saving the news from Big Tech with end-to-end social media (13 June 2023)

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Saving the news from Big Tech with end-to-end social media: The final installment in my EFF series on saving the news.
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This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: 05 Jun 2021

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Recommendation engines and "lean-back" media: The failure of "From the Desk of Donald J. Trump" and linear programming.
This day in history: 2006, 2020
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Pluralistic: 25 Mar 2021

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Zuckerpunch: Don't trust Mark Zuckerberg to solve the Facebook problem.
Good news about news co-ops: Save journalism, not media monopolies.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 28 May 2020

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Cuomo legalizes nursing-home murders: Immunity for execs who cut corners, even when it kills someone.
"News" broadcasts air scripted Amazon commercial: Media concentration is a hell of a drug.
Why ammosexuals are REALLY pointing guns at their own dicks: Bottom line: they're pointing guns at their own dicks.
California is setting itself up for a brutal second wave: Months of lockdown, squandered at the barber-shop.
Teardown of an "anti-5g" USB stick: When the conspiracy has a business-model.
Wisconsin cases surge after voting day: Murder at the ballot box.
World video premiere of the Little Brother stage play: A benefit for the Custom Made Theater Co.
Cumgate on blast: Marina Hyde's got Dom's number.
Corporate Dems include military contractors in bailout: Billions for Beltway Bandits.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 27 May 2020

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Youtube is automatically blocking criticism of the Chinese Communist Party: Filternet error, working as intended.
Facebook shelved research that showed they were sowing division: Sort by controversial.
Hertz's bankruptcy was caused by private equity looting: It was debt, not pandemic.
West Virginia's governor Jim Justice: billionaire, deadbeat: It's only theft if you're poor.
Twitter's porn filters are dampening discussions of "cumgate": Dominic Cummings, unofficial mayor of Scunthorpe.
Understanding Bayesian reasoning: Stats for self-defense.
Ammosexuals point their guns at their crotches: Musketfuckers gonna musketfuck.
How to pay artists while fighting censorship and Big Tech: The internet needs blanket licenses.
The Toronto Star's new owners donated to far-right Tories: Canada's largest newspaper is now in the tank for plutes and white nationalists.
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