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Emily J Gertz

@ejgertz.bsky.social
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Journalist, author, knitter. "If you want to know what the first great AI apocalypse is, we're already living it. It's total information collapse." — Carole Cadwalladr

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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A choice right up there with Meta using Bowie’s “Five Years” to score its AI ad.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As ever, UKLG nailed it … in this instance a half-century in advance.
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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I wrote this to try and bear witness; I hope you'll read it. If you do, I hope you'll later find some quiet to think about this man, pray for him if you'd like, and then find out what you can do to help those impacted by this violence and terror in your community.
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His car is still sitting there
An ICE kidnapping in Austin
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Strangely enough, we revolted against a king exactly 250 years ago for this reason, among others. White House Says Access Is a ‘Privilege’ in Court Filing Defending Media Ban www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...
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White House Defends Trump’s Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico in Court Filing
President Trump determined that CNN, MS NOW and Politico were in “violation of the standards of professionalism and decorum” expected at the White House.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Well, on the plus side, we won’t need the free and independent press once those who survive are living inside silos www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"No matter how well-intentioned the members of these committees may be, if David Ellison wants to get around them, he will. It’s an artificial set of rules that a billionaire owner will inevitably circumvent. These 'independent' boards are PR gestures, not vehicles for editorial protection."
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David Ellison will get control of CNN after all (and don’t pretend an “independent editorial board” will mean otherwise)
In exchange for dropping their lawsuit against Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, state AGs have negotiated "independent" oversight of CNN. You shouldn't expect much oversight.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“I assume it will be a shitshow," a CNN staffer told me about the Paramount merger being back on. "This is a sad day in America. Truly," a CBS News senior staffer said after Rob Bonta caved to the Ellisons. Read more in today's First Draft with @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/scoop-isra...
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SCOOP: Israel Is Funding AI Chatbot Propaganda
Yet another website appears precision-engineered to propel favorable AI narratives. Plus: Justin Baragona on the Democratic AGs who caved to the pro-Trump Ellisons and greenlit their takeover of CNN.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Well, on the plus side, I don’t think there are any climate or environmental reporters left to lay off at CBS News or CNN.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hahaha ha ha ha ha hahahahahaha a a a
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Three least credible words in vertically integrated media ownership: editorial independence board
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Plausible.
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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Media outlets often report on indigenous issues incompletely or inaccurately, writes Debra Utacia Krol in her 2019 article, where she provides tips for avoiding those pitfalls. #TONarchives www.theopennotebook.com/2019/06/18/c...
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Covering Indigenous Communities with Respect and Sensitivity - The Open Notebook
Mainstream media often face challenges when reporting on tribal communities. Indigenous journalist Debra Utacia Krol offers advice on reporting in Indigenous communities and on the intersection of…
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Imagine if this AI freakout was instead about climate change, which has already killed tens of thousands of people; destroyed homes, communities and livelihoods; cost $billions; altered agriculture; while a small yet politically powerful group of elites gets wealthier and blocks solutions.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
‘Documents obtained during the court proceedings found that OpenAI created “a hack to get around nytimes paywall,” to which OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman said “ah, nice.” ‘ www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A friend of mine was put on administrative leave from her job in the federal government for over a year, making her full salary to do literally nothing. And then, out of the blue, she was called back to work. What efficiency! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“This article was updated on 15 September 2026 to reflect Jabal’s return to the bodega.” 🥲🥲🥲 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Catnapped bodega cat in Brooklyn reunited with owner after intense grassroots campaign
Three-month-old Jabal was returned to Park Slope bodega after community rallied to rescue purloined kitty
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Now HERE’s a headline you don’t see every … oh, wait. “Ohio Republican in Key Senate Race Fires Campaign Aide, Citing Social Media Photo of Nazis” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...
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Ohio Republican in Key Senate Race Fires Campaign Aide, Citing Social Media Photo of Nazis
Senator Jon Husted dismissed his political director because of activity displaying a “complete lack” of judgment, according to a spokeswoman.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For a story i'm working on, if you're a trans voter in Texas with thoughts about James Talarico's stance on trans athletes or Gina Hinojosa's pronouns ad yesterday, i'd love to hear from you. I did this story 2 years ago with Colin Allred, time flies. www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Colin Allred won't use the word 'transgender.' That bothers some voters.
As Ted Cruz attacks Colin Allred with anti-trans ads, transgender voters and advocates see a "spineless" candidate.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"What’s less obvious is how exactly these AI fears will come to pass and what the world is supposed to do...Coxon, who also worked at OpenAI, tells WIRED that threats could manifest through AI-enabled biological threats or cyberweapons." - www.wired.com/story/anthro...
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The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’
Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Okay, but HOW? How does AI do it? Nuclear bombs? Terminators? Mass hypnosis? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030
One researcher who resigned said many in industry believe that without regulation AI could kill off humanity
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404 Media @404media.co · 05/09/2026
Using an advanced new instrument, scientists observed Einstein’s equivalence principle on a free-falling quantum object, demonstrating that this prediction of general relativity also holds up in quantum physics.
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Breakthrough Quantum Test Resolves a Major Cosmic Mystery
Using an advanced new instrument, scientists observed Einstein’s equivalence principle on a free-falling quantum object, demonstrating that this prediction of general relativity also holds up in quantum...
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 03/09/2026
Same, Saturday Evening Post, same
“We’ve been dealing with it for over a decade,” Ms. SerVaas said in an interview. “We continued hoping it would turn around or life would get better. Now we’re pretty sure it’s not going to get any better.”
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Page in an original 1972 printing of Wonder Woman, a Ms. Book, with an illustration of Wonder Woman and “introduction by Gloria 
Steinem”
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My students do such great work! "We’re looking at conditions that are violating individuals’ constitutional rights to receive adequate healthcare, to receive food that is sufficient and that does not cause them to become ill,” said Charlotte Weiss, an immigration attorney based in El Paso.
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ICE Contractor for Controversial Camp East Montana Is Trailed by Fraud Allegations
To continue running the deadly El Paso detention center, the feds turn to a company that’s faced numerous lawsuits from labor unions and former employees and is actively fighting a whistleblower in co...
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What a disgrace.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My new band is named "Kinetic Phase."
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: Sullivan’s Beer Run
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: The Signal Problems of Pelham 123
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops
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Colin McGowan @csmcgowan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Love when you get an Uber driver who's clearly a former cabbie. Car smells like Camels and air freshener. Drives like a maniac. Steering with one hand, eating an apple with the other. This is what they took from us.
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Mary Stuart (she/her) @marylouisestuart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New from me in @desmog.com: a Canadian intelligence brief on climate change and violent extremism found that climate conspiracy theories could increase the "threat of serious violence". While not named in the brief, the actions of one conservative MP were described. www.desmog.com/2026/08/24/c...
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Canadian Intelligence Warned About Climate Conspiracies. This MP Kept Spreading Them.
As wildfires rage across the country, Cheryl Gallant continues to spread climate misinformation after a CSIS report said her conspiracy theories could increase the “threat of serious violence”.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Citroen! Citroen! #fatmarmweek
Day 1 bracket of Fat Marmot Week 2026.
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Fat Marmot Week is here Fun new wildlife contest that also aims to boost donations for long term ecological research funding that was recently cut by the regrettable US government 🧪 So if you missed fat bear week, get fat over here: sites.google.com/view/fatmarm...
The largest of the true hibernators, marmots bulk up all summer to survive the winter. Fat Marmot Week is an opportunity to get folks excited about yellow-bellied marmots, one of our favorite alpine residents, and to share the science behind their weight gain.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
No. They probably did it so the kids could avoid capital gains taxes. They may also be trying to avoid the Medicaid spend-down — one may disagree with that, but it speaks to how precarious old age is in the US. What a conspiracy mindset.
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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Perhaps no journalist has endured such a sustained sequence of violence, prosecution, and imprisonment at the hands of the U.S. government."
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Community activist and doula Kenya Hunter on the freedom of expression she enjoys after leaving journalism. Listen to The Kicker with @greenwell.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“For Anthropic, stealing was a smart business expense.”
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Opinion | Even Millions of Stolen Books Cannot Satisfy Ravenous A.I. Chatbots
The model collapse scenario threatens to wipe out whatever gains chatbots like Claude enjoyed from being trained on books in the first place.
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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 21/08/2026
Sources: the Pentagon gave separation notices to Stars and Stripes' publisher and EIC, citing insubordination; the publisher had retirement planned for Sept. 30 (Jennifer Jacobs/CBS News) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In a blow to press freedoms within the US military, the Pentagon has forced out several top staffers at Stars & Stripes, the military publication with a long record of editorial independence. Full story: www.cnn.com/2026/08/21/m...
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Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders amid Hegseth pressure campaign | CNN Business
In a blow to press freedoms within the US military, the Pentagon has forced out several top staffers at Stars & Stripes, the military publication with a long record of editorial independence.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I'm sorting my metric ton of errata. Came across this Calvin & Hobbes strip I lovingly clipped out of the comics page in the newspaper decades ago — though I don't remember which paper in which state. 🌎 A GOOD FIXER UPPER. 🌍
A three-frame Calvin & Hobbes strip clipped from the comics page of a daily newspaper, possibly dating back to the 1980s. Frame 1: Calvin and Hobbes are talking with two childsize, one-eyed beings in conical hats, clearly creatures from another world. Calvin: What can I do for you? Alien with star on his hat: WE ARE TAKING OVER YOUR WORLD. Frame 2: Calvin (with googly eyed surprise): You are?? What for?? Star Hat Alien: EARTH IS PRIME REAL ESTATE. Crescent Moon Hat Alien: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. Frame 3: Calvin (making a hmmm gesture): I guess I'd never thought about that. Star Hat Alien: CHARM, ATMOSPHERE, QUIET GALAXY.. Hobbes, standing next to him: Actually, the atmosphere needs cleaning. Moon Hat Alien: A GOOD FIXER UPPER.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Today is pub day for my new book, Hot Type. To celebrate, I spoke with the inimitable Miranda Melcher at the great @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Here's the conversation. newbooksnetwork.com/hot-type
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Jeff Jarvis, "Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine that Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Mad" (Bloomsbury, 2026) - New Books Network
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Trump’s relationship with a much younger aide raise his new question about Joe Biden’s advanced age
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 19/08/2026
The Bronx River is the only freshwater river in NYC
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 19/08/2026
Happy World Photo Day! To celebrate, we asked you to send us photos you've taken throughout the transit system. After reviewing over 500 submissions, we've posted our favorites on our Instagram: instagram.com/mta 📸
Image of person in subway station featuring light activation on the ceilingImage of people walking up the stairs of a subway stationImage of people hugging on a subway platformBlack-and-white image of person waiting for the train on a platform with other people
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yes.
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Emily J Gertz @ejgertz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Compare this to Bloomberg’s mallification of Manhattan!
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