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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 24/07/2026

Just wrapped my #NAHJ26 session — Creating Interactive News Apps with AI — where journalists built immersive news apps in 90 minutes with no developers, budget or prior coding skills required. Get slides & materials here: tinyurl.com/pachecovibe #JournalismInnovation #VibeCoding #AIinJournalism

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Creating Immersive News Apps with AI

Welcome to the world of Vibe Coding, where AI becomes your creative coding partner. Even if you're new to coding, this approach can help you build impressive projects. By the end of today's session, ...

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 07/07/2026

My 360 Hotspot Creator just leveled up into WebXRIDE 2.8, a browser-based IDE for immersive web storytelling. 360° tours, 3D models, A-Frame, HTML pages. Try in Guest Mode with no login! danpacheco.com/the-360-hotspot-tool-is-now-webxride-2-8/ #WebXR #EdTech #OpenSource

The welcome screen for WebXRIDE. It features a guest mode login, sign-in for a student in a class, and several sample templates guests can try locally without signing in.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 26/06/2026

As a true GenXer who was part of the Blogosphere revolution, I've decided algorithmic social media is for the birds. (And for the record — I like birds! 🐦) Going full anachronistic: I'm blogging once a week again. Follow me at danpacheco.com. You can even RSS-subscribe. Feedly still slaps, btw.

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DanPacheco.com – Tasty morsels of thought.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 25/06/2026

What if students had to build VR stories using only old iPads and spotty WiFi? Meet the newly open-sourced 360 Hotspot Creator — a browser-based tool for interactive 360° tours, no coding required. danpacheco.com/introducing-th...

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Introducing the Open Source 360 Hotspot Creator Tool – DanPacheco.com

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 22/05/2026

I deleted my old Twitter account a while ago after you-know-who bought and destroyed the platform before going on to Doge the world. I won’t be spending time there, but I did decide to finally establish a new profile on what is now X, only for promoting my professional work.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 27/04/2026

I know several people who were at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. I have read and heard their accounts, and in some cases even seen the video they captured on their cell phones. This was was a real event. We need to focus on facts right now and be thankful that nobody was injured or killed.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 08/03/2026

Just completed my fourth annual Peabody Awards juror session for interactive and immersive titles. Some awesome nominees have been chosen from an impressive lineup of games, social videos, VR and AR pieces and other digital narrative projects that approach stories that matter in powerful new ways.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 28/02/2026

“We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into. My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier.” Add that to his long list of lies. responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-inaugu...

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Trump: 'our power will stop all wars'

While raising the specter of American expansionism, the newly inaugurated president nevertheless says he wants to be 'a peacemaker and a unifier'

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 28/02/2026

Donald Trump is dragging the United States into a war the American people do not want. Let me be clear: I am opposed to a regime-change war in Iran, and our troops are being put in harm’s way for the sake of Trump’s war of choice. Read my full statement:

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 25/02/2026

For the last time: tariffs are not paid by foreign countries. They are paid by importers, American businesses, who then typically pass that cost to American consumers. They are a tax on American consumers.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 06/01/2026

Taking my first #Waymo self-driving taxi from the airport to downtown Phoenix for an AI conference. It did a good job.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/01/2026

President Trump shocked the nation and the world early Saturday when he announced that the U.S. had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and intended to “run the country.” Here’s what we know.

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What We Know About the U.S. Operation in Venezuela

U.S. forces carried out an audacious raid on the country’s capital, seizing President Nicolás Maduro. President Trump said the United States now intends to “run” Venezuela.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 12/09/2025

The most interesting presentation I saw yesterday at #ONA25 was from two Tow center researchers on "confidently wrong" AI. They are also studying AI's citations and can prove that it often regurgitates plagiarized stories without citing the original sources. Slides: docs.google.com/presentation...

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Navigating the shift to generative search | ONA 2025

Navigating the shift to generative search ONA 2025 | Thursday, September 11, 2025 Klaudia Jaźwińska & Aisvarya Chandrasekar 1

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 13/08/2025

For all the AI-hating out there, I have to think that some new “killer app” will show up that makes everyone decide this thing is OK. I predict that will be expense reports. Where’s the app that lets you plop all your receipts in and send the report Immediately? That will be a game changer.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 22/06/2025

The United States has been involved in war in the Middle East for 25 years — most often against the will of its citizens. I’m against this new unconstitutional war with Iran, and against all military involvement in that region. The world needs to get out of this destructive cycle.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 22/06/2025

Matthew 26:52, New International Version: “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.”

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 21/05/2025

Through the Jay Graber WIRED interview, I learned about some other cool apps that you can integrate with your Bsky space: Skylight as alt to TikTok, and Flashes as alt to Instagram.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 21/05/2025

This WIRED interview with Bluesky’s CEO Jay Graber explains the power of the AT protocol and its decentralized approach. “The long-term vision is not just for a new form of social apps but a new layer for the web—what Web3 aspired to be, without the blockchain.” www.wired.com/story/big-in...

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Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet

All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 20/05/2025

I've restarted blogging for the first time in over a decade with a post about day one of the ONA x Newsroom Robots AI Leadership Summit. This is a great event! danpacheco.com/onas-newsroo...

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ONA’s Newsroom AI Leadership Summit – DanPacheco.com

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 13/05/2025

Looking forward to being part of the two-day ONA x Newsroom Robots AI Leadership Summit early next week in Detroit. Not only is it the first conference fully-dedicated to AI and journalism I will have attended, but it will be my first time in Detroit. journalists.org/programs/ai-...

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ONA x Newsroom Robots AI Leadership Summit – Online News Association

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it. www.wwltv.com/article/news...

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Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles

The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 08/05/2025

Christian nationalists may be onto something. Many of them say Trump was put in power by God for higher reasons. Now it appears the result is the Catholic Cardinals / Holy Spirit electing the first American Pope — who is a moderate liberal. Not sure that’s what they had in mind.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Trump poses as the Pope in full holy garments and gets a pass. Obama puts on a tan suit and they lose their frigging minds. See how that works?

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 22/04/2025

Pope Francis was a humble leader for peace. He had so much power, but always used it to speak for the powerless. Those with influence and resources who claim to speak for Jesus should take a minute to consider what their religious role model really meant in His words. Francis lived it.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 18/04/2025

The third year of Immersive and Interactive Peabody nominees are now public. Congrats to “1000xRESIST”, “Body of Mine”, “Failures to Act”, “Inside the Deadly Maui Inferno”, “One Day in Gaza”, “Tchia”, “Venba”, and “What Does Racial Bias in Medicine Look Like?” peabodyawards.com/stories/nomi...

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Nominees in Entertainment, Kids, Arts, Interactive Announced - The Peabody Awards

The Peabody Awards and Center for Media & Social Impact Launch We Disrupt This Broadcast, New Podcast Featuring Interviews with Quinta Brunson, Damon Lindelof, Ramy Youssef, Pamela Adlon, Charlie Broo...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/03/2025

DOGE is crippling the Social Security Administration. SSA’s website crashed four times in 10 days and Americans who depend on Social Security have flooded congressional offices with angry phone calls. The AARP says it has been getting 2,000 calls a week.

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Social Security Is Falling Apart Thanks to Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts

DOGE cuts have sent the Social Security Administration crashing.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

“I’m doing good things,” I tell myself as I delete the military service of a dead woman. “I’m still a good person.”

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 14/03/2025

Has anyone considered trying a 30-Day social media blackout? Wouldn’t it be interesting to see what happens if we all did that? I know it’s crazy, but social media didn’t even exist not that long ago, and we all still got things done.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 12/03/2025

You know what my favorite thing about Canada is? That it’s Canada, a sovereign nation on the border of the United States. I also love the Canadians who co-exist with my border state of New York. I’m sorry for how our country’s current lack of leadership is treating you lately.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 09/03/2025

I first shared this two years ago. It’s sad that I feel a need to share it again, but maybe this needs to be a perpetual anthem. Support love, always. youtu.be/XMHYrVoa1xY?...

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Lea Salonga - "Love Who You Love" Broadway Backwards 2023

YouTube video by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 05/03/2025

Out of all eligible voters, 68.1% either voted for candidates other than Donald Trump or did not vote at all. - Trump: 31.8% - Harris: 30.6% - Other: 1.3% - Did Not Vote: 36.3%

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 03/03/2025

I’m feeling the convergence of The Wiz and Wicked energy at Oscars 2025.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 23/02/2025

Flying back from Atlanta after an incredible time with my fellow Peabody Interactive Board jurors. We reviewed an amazing range of submissions, and I’m looking forward to the nominees being announced this spring.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 17/02/2025

Apple “Intelligence” is useless. Can anyone who uses Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) and has “intelligence” on tell me how it really helps them? I’m saying this as someone who teaches AI. Convince me, please.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 10/02/2025

Congrats, Philly! City of Brotherly Love ❤️

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 10/02/2025

I love Perplexity AI. It helps me make good decisions about how to focus my energy, attention and resources. I will be creating new custom GPTs around this for my own use. Here's a snapshot from today.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 09/02/2025

I just canceled my Amazon Prime membership for the first time in many years. Feels good to flush that company down the toilet. In an age of oligarchy, it's always good to remember that you have power over how you spend your money, as well as where you put your attention.

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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Hundreds of thousands of Germans are on the streets demonstrating against right-wing extremism. (This photo from Munich.) Let's get off our asses, America. Hunderttausende gegen Rechtsextremismus www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 04/02/2025

As Tim Walz said, “Nobody asked for this.” But I hope those that did enjoy dealing with all the fires, floods and cancers they will get to face because the Environmental Protection Agency was no longer around to protect them.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 04/02/2025

Had a very unique data journalism class today where we looked at data sets students had found two weeks ago which have since been deleted by the Trump administration. Then I showed them how they can find archived versions in the Internet Archive’s Way Back machine.

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 03/02/2025

Here are a few articles that compare WhatsApp to Signal: allaboutcookies.org/signal-vs-wh...

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 03/02/2025

People are asking me for more context of why I don’t trust WhatsApp anymore and am only using Signal for private communication. It’s too long to explain in a post, but go to your favorite AI model with this question:

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Dan Pacheco @danpacheco.com · 03/02/2025

I no longer consider Meta’s WhatsApp to be secure from the standpoint of encryption and privacy (also Messenger, but that’s old news). If you use WhatsApp for private communication, I suggest exercising caution and ideally moving to something else, such as Signal.

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