Reposted by Alys BrooksChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3hThe Tennessean: Christa Pike still alive after administered drugs, attorneys say www.tennessean.com/story/news/c... 2232793
Reposted by Alys BrooksAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 11hThere is a lot of "oh dear" to go around in the results of this very thorough Pew study on the issues with synthetic samples, but this strikes me as particularly "oh dear" www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20... 7422149
Reposted by Alys BrooksRachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hearing a non-Jewish public figure cite Talmud respectfully is SO REFRESHING. 1598
Reposted by Alys BrooksAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/09/2026Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgDemocrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned MediaInsiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights. 291061298
Reposted by Alys BrooksI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026“Three people dying in one day is an amplification of what we’ve already seen,” said Andrew Free, a former immigration attorney and investigative journalist who has for years extensively worked on ICE-related death cases.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comThree deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surgeThese men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign 14029
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think it‘s safe to assume most people don‘t understand as much about stigmatized and undervalued jobs as they think, but the responses to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social‘s commentary on AI make me wonder if people understand as much about any job as they think, their own included. 000
Reposted by Alys BrooksLuke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks! 7442270
Reposted by Alys BrooksKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 27/09/2026You don't have an inalienable right to be an antisocial dipshit because you're doomscrolling all day and it makes you feel terrible. There are no qualifiers to this. You are not released from the obligation to try to be decent just because Elon Musk is lighting the world on fire. 9852199
Reposted by Alys BrooksRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Campus rape is really widespread; statistics suggest a significant percent of women who go to college will be raped there; feminism opened up a good conversation about it around 2012-13; it's weird when people treated Cornell like an isolated rather than dramatic example of a pervasive problem. 412406521
Reposted by Alys BrooksHugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026TRUMP will meet Anthropic’s Dario Amodei for one on one dinner tonight, per person familiar and confirming Axios 3516768
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sometimes extremist ideas diffuse through the right wing, other times their advocates are invited in by Trump and his officials, but either way, extremist rhetoric and ideas repeatedly find a home in the White House. 000
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A small point in favor of the Globe story about The Last Ditch Bar being inspired by Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog's podcast is that the author follows both (but not the podcast) on X. I say a small point because she follows 1,367 other people and doesn't seem terribly active. 041
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Excellent advice for anyone discussing LLMs and other AI systems, journalist or not. 010
Reposted by Alys BrooksBowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026William Claxton, "Coltrane at the Guggenheim," 1960 112832
Reposted by Alys BrooksProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 410113476033
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I really liked @evanurquhart.bsky.social's piece today. It was partly about Parker Molloy. But it was really about marginalized voices getting picked off one by one with no system to replace them. (A problem even if you assign some blame to writers themselves.) assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgThe Subtraction Game - Assigned MediaWe're losing prominent trans writers much faster than we can replace them. 140
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A recent poll by the Center for Strategic Politics found Democratic voters tend to oppose the party moving right on trans issues, with 42 percent against, 35 percent in favor, and 23 percent undecided. 140
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The condescension in much of the criticism of "stochastic parrots" (the paper and the term) is truly off the charts. The authors are definitely worth a follow if you're interested in the technology, its societal implications, or both. 090
Reposted by Alys BrooksWIRED @wired.com · 21/09/2026You don’t need to listen to a three-hour podcast to find the manosphere; it’s right there in the conference room. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-... 131148
Reposted by Alys BrooksKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 22/09/2026Kaptur loses the support of a local LGBTQ group 739767
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026AI detectors, including Pangram, are not perfect, but I think the student journalists at the Dartmouth did a good job validating their work and describing what we know about the accuracy of such tests. 120
Reposted by Alys BrooksAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 21/09/2026Holy smokes they actually did it www.cnbc.com/2026/09/21/t...cnbc.comWhite House TV press pool won't cover Trump after CNN ban 1245984
Reposted by Alys BrooksElise Gould @elisegould.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New data alert 🚨 - CEO pay surged in 2025, rising 14% to an average $27.9 million - CEOs are paid 325 times as much as the typical worker in their industry - Between 1978 and 2025, top CEO pay rose 1,316% compared to only a 28% increase for typical workers www.epi.org/blog/ceo-pay... #EconSkyepi.orgCEO pay surged in 2025: CEOs are paid 325 times as much as the typical workerKey findings: CEO pay at the top 350 U.S. firms rose 14.0% in 2025 to an average of $27.9 million. CEOs made 325 times as much as the typical worker in 2025. It hasn’t always been this way. In 1965, C... 28441
Reposted by Alys BrooksAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 16/09/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep Thomas More Society sends letter to Wake County NC school system demanding Middle Creek Elementary Christian kids be allowed to out of a trans music teacher’s class and requirement that use their correct pronouns.newsobserver.comParents threaten lawsuit unless Wake lets them opt out of trans teacher’s classThe conservative law firm representing the parents is giving Wake 15 days to respond or face legal action. 31912
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Will Stancil has been saying a lot about AI, but suffice it to say, the idea that "reasoning" traces reflect what the model is doing internally is simply incorrect. The "reasoning" probably correlates to what it's doing and leads to better results but it's certainly not its thought process. 130
Reposted by Alys BrooksMaanvi Singh @maanvisingh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NEW: ICE is arresting and detaining a record number of pregnant women and teens. At the same time, it has lost count of how many had miscarriages, according to a Guardian review of internal ICE documents. w/ @amyqin.bsky.social, @wcraft.bsky.social and Flávio Pessoatheguardian.comRevealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant womenICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b... 28714447
Reposted by Alys BrooksTransgender World @transgenderreport.com · 15/09/2026Governor Abigail Spanberger quietly ended a rulemaking process initiated in the waning days of former-governor Glenn Youngkin’s administration. The rule would have limited transgender students' ability to play sports and use facilities. www.wvtf.org/news/20... #transgender wvtf.orgSpanberger quietly kills Youngkin-era transgender rulemaking effort“There’s no legal authority to move forward with rulemaking and prior administrations may have tried to create lanes and we’re not doing that,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger said. 7769188
Reposted by Alys BrooksStephanie Harkin @saharkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Come chat with me about feminine computer creativity :) Did you make experimental hobbyist games? Did you mod the sims? Did you make Neopets fan sites? Are you Australian and over 18yo? 45240
Reposted by Alys BrooksAlys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I'm looking to interview LGBTQ people who’ve participated in surveys administered by their state or federal government, especially Household Pulse or the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (either the youth or adult version). 002
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026With the caveat I'm not a security expert (although I do have expertise in software development), this matches what I've seen when I looked into the Anthropic hack. 082
Reposted by Alys BrooksTerence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 422052926
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Democrats' disavowal of gender-affirming care, trans rights, or trans people is often framed as a political necessary. However, in a piece I wrote last October, opinion polls on the topic are often read selectively and without considering their limitations: assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgPolls on Trans Issues Ignite a Debate That Ignores Their Many Limitations - Assigned MediaThe surveys, and the political stances pundits build from them, lack essential context on how firmly Americans hold their beliefs and how knowledgeable they are. 051
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026AI safety is a big topic on X (formerly Twitter) today. To get ahead of the discourse, my read is that the risks of large-scale harm from AI have less to do with speculative scenarios of it "getting out of control" and more to do with the enormous amount of capital that's been poured into it. 100
Reposted by Alys Brookslucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New analysis from @propublica.org: Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans. www.propublica.org/article/ecto... 10296164
Reposted by Alys BrooksAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/09/2026Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors 354749125
Reposted by Alys BrooksSteve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Summer 2026 (Jun-Aug) has set the new record for warmest in the Continental US dating to the late 1800s; surpassing 1936. NOAA data confirms what consensus climate change scientific literature tells us: Yes, max highs are getting hotter. But MUCH warmer min lows are driving temperature trends. 512737
Reposted by Alys Brooksrudetuesday @rudetuesday.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I have several addicts in my family and close friends circle. We've been talking about ChatGPT and the like, warning people against its use. It pushes all the same buttons. Don't start. Anyone can become an addict. Anyone. Article: www.404media.co/austin-gordo... ALT text: 26634
Reposted by Alys BrooksCiarán @ciaransaunders.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The worst video I've seen this week on the cybercab, and it comes from Tesla themselves. So errm, what if they need to use mobility aids to get into the Car Elon? Who then puts the mobility aid in the boot afterwards Elon? 2843698
Reposted by Alys BrooksChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/09/2026When I say that critics of Black Studies readily show that they don't understand it I mean things like Ben Ryan, who is not qualified to evaluate a dissertation in any topic, writing a whole *substack* (which means no editorial guardrails) purporting to analyze the quality of one 115835
Reposted by Alys BrooksMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 03/09/2026to my knowledge, Gloria Steinem never went back on her opposition to sex workers' rights—such as when she urged Amnesty International to not support decriminalization, despite all the evidence that criminalization harms sex workerstheguardian.comActors call on Amnesty to reject plans backing decriminalisation of sex tradeMeryl Streep, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson and Lena Dunham among signatories of letter arguing that policy change would ‘legalise pimping’ 630999
Reposted by Alys BrooksBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026ok I had to force down a tear with this one reskeeting with alt text 191924497
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is a flagrant violation of Sion Jewell's dignity and the trust they put in the BBC and the reporter. 050
Reposted by Alys Brookss. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 26/08/2026Self publishing and hybrid publishing comrades! I'm working on a piece about market shifts around self publishing, how self pub is influencing trab pub, and so much more. I would LOVE to talk to you. sesmith at realsesmith dot com 36266
Reposted by Alys BrooksLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis. 7779161852
Reposted by Alys BrooksBaffler United @bafflerunited.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Later this month, we’ll mark one year since we first sat down at the bargaining table with management. We’d like to share an update on how things are going (1/4): 13713
Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I'm looking to interview LGBTQ people who’ve participated in surveys administered by their state or federal government, especially Household Pulse or the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (either the youth or adult version). 002
Reposted by Alys BrooksMatt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Looking for stories about how Tim Curry's work affected you, to use in an upcoming video. If you have a story or memory to share, please reply below! 1912325
Reposted by Alys BrooksSahil Bajaj will BRB (for real this time) @sahilbajaj.dev · 31/08/2026Hey y'all, My buddy at WIRED Middle East is looking to comission a games journalist familiar with the Middle East for a particular story and I was wondering if any of y'all would be open to covering this or know someone who would? If so, DM me and I can tell you more about this. 496128
Reposted by Alys BrooksEmily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I'm a staff writer at @wired.com and I'm looking to speak with parents of immunocompromised kids, especially those in areas with measles outbreaks, and how you're dealing with back to school with rising cases. emily_mullin@wired.com 25904619