Against my will I watched part of an AI conference yesterday. Over four hours these were the only notes I took.
The National Media Sector of @withmeaa.bsky.social put this statement together yesterday in the wake of Sarah being attacked by Hanson at the press club. We need to call out attacks on press freedom when we see them. It's journalists standing together against this stuff that is going to stop it.
It's a technology for cheats and know-nothings. No wonder the executives love it.
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Astonishing!
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Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we talk to Jeff Sparrow about his essay on @ahjohnson.bsky.social's, How to Sell a Genocide: the Media's Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza. And boy do we have some local examples. 7pm with @rachelwithers.bsky.social.
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Interesting article reflecting on the state of the avant-garde novel
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Almost all major human rights organisations agree the destruction of Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide. Yet liberal news outlets still do not use the word.
With the inexorable rise of AI – in everyday tech, in public and private communications, in our universities – the value and distinctness of the written word is under siege
