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Dave

@dbeat.bsky.social
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Hamilton guy. Currently work in adult education. Formerly: writer/videographer in news, & counsellor social services.

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
the big AI danger is not companies suddenly inventing skynet - that's marketing rubbish, musk promising mars colonies by 2030 type stuff. the danger is companies claiming to have invented skynet and then putting what they actually have, a chatbot, in charge of stuff that's important
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Truthout @truthout.org · 06/05/2026
Reporters Without Borders warns press freedom has fallen to its lowest level since the group began publishing its annual World Press Freedom Index in 2002. The U.S. was ranked 17th in the world in 2002. In the latest index, the U.S. is down to 64th, falling seven places since last year.
truthout.org
Press Freedom Plummets in US, Reaches Crisis in Middle East and North Africa
“This isn’t just a Trump problem,” says Clayton Weimers, the North America director for Reporters Without Borders.
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Miranda Green @mirandagreen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
My latest investigation, and first in a series for @towcenter.bsky.social : How ‘Pink Slime’ Publishers Are Weaponizing FOIA In the past year, we found a news-appearing network called Metric Media filed more than nine thousand Freedom of Information Act requests across all fifty states.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 16/01/2026
This is a major story that journalists need to keep tracking (great job Liz!)
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I wrote about Bari Weiss doing the hard work of defending the rich and powerful www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
Bari Weiss's Counter-Journalistic Crusade Targets "60 Minutes"
The new editor-in-chief at CBS News has shown she's not merely stupendously unqualified--she's ideologically opposed to the practice of good journalism.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 07/11/2025
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund: pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
pressprogress.ca
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 07/11/2025
Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
(screaming at my computer) IT'S POOP! SAY POOP! www.404media.co/trump-no-kin...
404media.co
News Outlets Won't Describe Trump's AI Video For What It Is: The President Pooping on America
Major outlets said the President dumped "brown liquid" that "appeared to be feces" in an AI-generated video. They refused to call a spade a spade, or poop, poop.
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14/10/2025
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
consumerreports.org
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 22/09/2025
I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities: At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Wrote about the week. How the shooter's ID didn't appear to matter to ppl. How the discourse takes place in very same spaces that incubate/perpetuate hate & violence. How shooters now know that their acts will be flattened, analyzed, argued over & amplified. How all of this feels so dark & poisonous
theatlantic.com
Something Is Very Wrong Online
Our political conversations take place in very same spaces that incubate and perpetuate unthinkable violence.
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The hypocrisy never ends, but be advised that MAGA world is going after people who dare to express their contempt for Charlie Kirk, a supposed champion of free speech, in the wake of his assassination.
rollingstone.com
People Are Losing Their Jobs for Criticizing Slain 'Free Speech' Advocate Charlie Kirk
The MAGA right says Charlie Kirk is a martyr for freedom of expression, but still want people to lose their jobs for criticizing his rhetoric.
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Tony Ho Tran @tonyhotran.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
cnn.com
At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 05/09/2025
This long read in The Verge does a remarkable job of describing how Wikipedia's editing community works, the project's strengths and weaknesses, and the threats it faces. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
theverge.com
Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive
The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.
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Andreas Schmittner @andreasschmittner.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Human-caused warming makes wildfires more likely. www.politico.eu/article/clim...
politico.eu
Climate change made summer wildfires in southeastern Europe 10 times more likely, scientists say
More than 1 million hectares have gone up in flames this year, making 2025 the worst wildfire season on record in Europe.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 29/08/2025
What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
nytimes.com
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
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Dave @dbeat.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
This makes me feel sick with grief.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 22/08/2025
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
This will break you
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I have precisely zero patience for anyone who hears stories of people materially struggling as a result of AI and corporate automation and blithely makes some hackneyed crack about horse-drawn buggies or candlestick makers. Have some empathy even if you are a Schumpeterian hack. Eat shit
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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 12/08/2025
Disclaimer xkcd.com/3126/
Comic. [long message with unreadable text that includes lots of punctuation marks like semi colons and em dashes as well as citations.] Highlighted line at the bottom zoomed in reads: Not ChatGPT output—I’m just like this. [caption] I’ve had to start adding this disclaimer to my messages.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 08/08/2025
I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Experts have called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ a concentration camp. The Canadian company GardaWorld is helping to staff it. In a reported column for @thetyee.ca, @rachelgilmore.bsky.social reveals the company has received millions in Cnd government contracts this year. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
thetyee.ca
The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | The Tyee
Carney’s government awarded GardaWorld millions in contracts and isn’t ruling out more.
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Dave @dbeat.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Recently was trying to figure out if a generative AI could do a specific thing. Couldn't find clear documentation so I asked the AI itself. AI: Yes I can do that. Me: Ok, please do it. AI: Actually I can't. Me: You just said you could. AI: Sorry, lied. I can. Me: Do it plz. AI: I can't lol
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/08/2025
Reuters found that major US law firms, fearing political backlash, have pulled back or hidden pro-bono and civil-rights work that could conflict with the Trump administration reut.rs/4l8V7kE
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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Zohran didn't win by relying on standard turnout patterns. We had to fundamentally transform the Democratic electorate. I was part of a group of NYC-DSA members that applied lessons from our previous campaigns to design the “universe” of voters to talk to. Here's how we won 🧵
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Jaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Shit @rusty.todayintabs.com nailed it www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to...
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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Vtuber talent agency VShojo, who represent(ed) some of the largest streamers in the world, has been self-destructing over the last couple days in a scandal of check-kiting and a six digit charity donation that just kinda went missing in a passive voice accident.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 24/07/2025
🟥 The Associated Press, AFP, BBC News and Reuters on Thursday issued this joint statement about journalists in Gaza:  We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families.
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Bobsession @bobservo.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
love when a paywall sounds like it’s drawing a gun on you
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I would love if there was a functioning news and communications ecosystem that could tell 340 million Americans that when their child is missing in floodwaters the federal government is first and foremost worried about the “financial oversight” of search and rescue
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
How can we call on this when we are still sending Israel weapons?!
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Still thinking about this illiterate line in the Trump WSJ lawsuit
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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Honestly at this point, if PP had won, at least Liberals would be preformatively mad about it. This swine is selling the country for spare parts and the boot lickers are scolding people for noticing.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 17/07/2025
During the election campaign, Mark Carney pledged to increase the CBC’s budget by $150 million dollars a year. Now that he’s in government, he’s telling the public broadcaster to find up to $198 million in annual cuts. He can’t claim to defend the country when he’s gutting its media and culture.
thestar.com
Suggest your own spending cuts, Carney government tells CBC, Via Rail and other Crown corporations
Nearly all government departments and federally-funded organizations are expected to propose "savings" of up to 15 per cent of their spending in the next three years.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Media outlets can't pivot to AI to save themselves. It's not a business strategy and it's not going to work. The only path forward is for journalists to lean into their humanity, to do things AI can't, and to make clear they are writing for people, not algorithms: www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
404media.co
The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work
AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 11/07/2025
did a twitch politics streamer meet one of the highest profile political prisoners of the trump regime before schumer and hakeem could be bothered
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Dave @dbeat.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
"You silly child, Americans are too conservative for the politics of Bernie Sanders."
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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The singularity is awesome
Google search for “all you can eat buffet near me”
Al Overview
To find an all-you-can-eat buffet near you, you can use online search engines like Google or Yelp, specifying "all you can eat buffet near me". These searches will typically provide a list of nearby restaurants offering buffet-style dining, including their addresses, contact information, and customer reviews. You can also refine your
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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base. This man has no citizenship now.
austinchronicle.com
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I guess you could say the people who thought Andrew Cuomo ran a better campaign than Zohran Mamdani were sequestered in echo chambers and out of touch with what people offline wanted out of a candidate
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I can’t fucking believe we’re doing this.
Analysis: US strikes mark a stunning demonstration of military might and presidential power
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This is shocking. Pure totalitarianism from DHS, and also blatantly unconstitutional. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
newyorker.com
How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
This is a good moment to recognize @thecity.nyc, a nonprofit newsroom that covers stuff that other organizations (even really large ones that are based in New York City) often miss www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...
Mr. Lander repeatedly asks the agents whether they have a judicial warrant and walks behind them, according to one of the videos, which was posted on social media by a reporter from The City, a digital news outlet.
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 16/06/2025
Millennials. Born too late to own a home Born too early to be spry enough for the coming revolution
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