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Carl Franzen

@carlfranzen.bsky.social
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late 30s, executive editor @venturebeat.com, fiction writer, AI strategist

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Carl Franzen @carlfranzen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
And to be clear, I don't think any one person can create the future of news. But I hope it points toward a future where humans + AI work together to offer a better way of publishing it. Early days. Many bugs still to fix. Feedback welcome here and carlfranzen at gmail dot com
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Carl Franzen @carlfranzen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I was inspired by the example set by other vibe coding journalists including my former colleague @caseynewton.bsky.social, as well as @kevinroose.com, @weisenthal.bsky.social, Deirdre Bosa. Special thanks to my alpha testers @michaelnunez.bsky.social and Justin Miller — whose counsel was invaluable!
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Carl Franzen @carlfranzen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
All of it was put together using @anthropic.com Claude Code and Opus 4.6! And "this guy" is me — I'm a busy dad/full-time journalist @venturebeat.com covering AI and wanted to test more hands-on myself. So I built One Big Story on nights and weekends. I have NO formal dev/coding experience.
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Carl Franzen @carlfranzen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The tech stack includes: -NewsAPI for sources -Groq + Llama 3.3 70B for filtering -Perplexity Sonar Pro for longform -FLUX Dev for images -OpenAI TTS-1 for narration -Hedra for AI influencer video -Netlify + S3 infra for hosting
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Carl Franzen @carlfranzen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
That's exactly why One Big Story was created. Here's how it works: AI filters content, finds possible stories → Human editor reviews and selects best one → AI auto generates all 4 formats on-demand → User selects the one they want. 📖 Text 🎧 Podcast 🎬 Video 💬 Chatbot
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Carl Franzen @carlfranzen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
What if instead of doing that, we used AI to filter across 150,000+ sources and find the single most important story that everyone on Earth should know about, that day — automatically? AI used to focus rather than flood. Tech that personalizes the format, not the facts.
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Carl Franzen @carlfranzen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
We're facing an information literacy crisis. AI and other tech has made it possible to flood the zone with low quality content — aka "slop." Stuff designed to titillate, inflame, and sell you more stuff rather than inform you. And we're all busy. But AI doesn't have to be used in this way...
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Carl Franzen @carlfranzen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Did this ONE guy just vibe-code the FUTURE OF NEWS? 😱 One site. One story per day — only the most important news on Earth. 1-2 sentences. AI generates formats on-demand: longform article, podcast, AI influencer video, and live chatbot!! ONE BIG STORY: onebigstory.xyz
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One Big Story - The Front Page of Earth
Blizzard hits Northeast, millions affected by travel bans and heavy snow
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Carl Franzen @carlfranzen.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Thanks for reading and sharing/writing in, Jim! Maybe I am too naive but I did ask xAI a bunch of questions about how Grok Biz/Enterprise is different than Grok on X. They have yet to respond. It's a big outstanding "question of trust" as the bard William Joel once said.
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Jim Ray @jimray.net · 05/01/2026
Replace your HR department with Grok for Business. Work is based now. venturebeat.com/ai/musks-xai-...
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The biggest kudos in the world to @leahfeiger.bsky.social, WIRED's unstoppable politics editor, who won the Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year today!
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Front Page Awards — THE NEWSWOMEN'S CLUB OF NEW YORK
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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
the most underrated inspirational Roman Emperor IMO is Zeno, who manages to survive three different usurpations, mass rioting, multiple rampaging enemy armies, massive religious dissension, wild unpopularity & some pretty engrained racism to die peacefully in his bed after 17 years on the throne
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
normal planet [🎁] www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
At least 90 people have died in flooding and landslides in Vietnam, which has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. A few decades ago, five was the average annual number of such storms.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/12/2025
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I’d like to bring you back to a time, just one year ago, when the U.S. government recognized World AIDS Day & President Joe Biden hosted panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt on the White House South Lawn. Compared to today: the Trump admin refuses to acknowledge it. www.advocate.com/news/white-h...
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President Biden to host AIDS Memorial Quilt on White House South Lawn for World AIDS Day (exclusive)
The president and First Lady Jill Biden will host a public display of the Quilt for the first time on the South Lawn that people can visit and view.
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
First use of fusha for a bullet since ~1979 -- daringfawnyball.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 01/12/2025
US agency will charge $45 fee for air passengers without REAL IDs reut.rs/3Mxw7rG
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US agency will charge $45 fee for air passengers without REAL IDs
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it will begin charging air travelers $45 on February 1 if their IDs do not meet stricter federal standards, a move aimed at encouraging travelers to get the enhanced identity documents.
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feral streep @feralstreeep.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
Elizabeth Taylor in an 80s press conference speaking on the stigma of AIDS “…And it so angered me that I finally thought to myself, Bitch, do something yourself.” from the documentary “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes.”
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
President Obama called Zohran Mamdani on Saturday — praising his campaign and offering to be a "sounding board" into the future. Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday. "Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.
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Obama Calls Mamdani to Praise His Campaign and Offers to Be Sounding Board
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
is that billionaire grocery store dude packing up the uhaul
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
In a shocking reality check, @wired.com is not, in fact, bankrolled by “donations from far left organizations.” We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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Piotr Binkowski @piotrbinkowski.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The map we've found unlocks the path to more portals. Stay tuned as we're preparing new visualizations to share soon.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Pettiest man alive.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
To be clear, the President of the United States has declared war on the City of Chicago.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
At the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social / @sanders.senate.gov event at Brooklyn College. The two entered to thunderous applause.
bernie sanders and zohran mamdani
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
checked linkedin to find that my sleep paralysis demon got promoted to sleep paralysis demon L3 two weeks ago
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Rep. Quigley: It's time to watch what this president is doing. It's instructive in history to remember that, often tyrants are elected democratically at first….
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/09/2025
Where do you stand? You can want solutions for the unhoused, you can want safer cities, but you can also be dead set against federalizing them and against military occupation. I stand with DC!
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
My god…
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.
The Onion News Network truck featuring the headline ICE Opens New Supermax Prison for Most Hardened Toddlers stationed outside the ICE facility.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
When even Rand Paul thinks you’re despicable.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The President of the United States just essentially declared a war on Chicago because — wait for it! — Black and Brown people live here. This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.
A TruthSocial post from Donald Trump, featuring an AI generated image of him in front of Chicago burning and under invasion with the words “Chipocalypse Now” near him stylized like the poster for the film Apocalypse Now. The text accompanying the post reads “‘I love the smell of deportations in the morning…’ Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR 🚁🚁🚁”
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The ad campaign criticizing the use of masks by federal agents working in Washington, D.C. has expanded to 115 bus stops, per organizers
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Pritzker: When did we become a country where it's okay for the president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/08/2025
So Kilmar Abrego Garcia walks free from federal custody. Funny how the system manages to move quickly when it wants to, but grinds to a halt when it’s about justice. The bigger story will be when he turns around and sues the Feds for what they put him through.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Fox 17 Nashville reports that Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from criminal detention in Tennessee and is on his way home to Maryland. “Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free,” his attorney, @sean-hecker.bsky.social, said in a statement. fox17.com/news/local/k...
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia free from Tennessee jail and returning home to Maryland, lawyer says
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been freed from Putnam County Jail and is on his way to reunite with his family in Maryland, his lawyer confirms to FOX 17 News.
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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Everyone is a transhumanist when they're getting a life saving organ transplant, and everybody is a biocosmist in the ER.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Okay I guess I can see why this new logo is controversial
The Cracker Barrel logo featuring their new slogan “White people are devils created by the great scientist Yakub”
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state. But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed. D.C. statehood now.
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NashuaWolfy @nashuawolfy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Germany gets 60% of its power from renewables and is shutting down its coal plants. No blackouts. No high bills. Every right wing lie about renewables has been proven false.
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Jordan @gm-jordan.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded. HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”
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