Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 4hBack in February, the Auschwitz Memorial criticized Facebook in very strong terms for its refusal to act on the problem of AI-generated images of the Holocaust on the platform. Read the Memorial's post here: www.facebook.com/auschwitzmem... Just a dreadful company. 263
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 4hGood lede: "New England Patriots QB Drake Maye has revealed he isn’t quite sure a famous touchdown really happened. During an appearance on WEEI on Monday, the topic of conspiracy theories came up and Maye said he was skeptical that the United States actually did land on the moon in 1969."boston25news.comPatriots QB Drake Maye reveals he is unsure if United States landed on the moon in 1969New England Patriots QB Drake Maye has revealed he isn’t quite sure a famous touchdown really happened. 251
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 4hI got to Essex County a bit early for my library talk tonight, which gave me time for a stroll around the Castle Hill Estate, in Ipswich. Nice house + yard. 081
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 11hThis doesn't happen in healthy democracies.theguardian.comUS book bans in public schools reach record annual high of 12,000Texas tops list with 8,100 bans while Stephen King is again most banned author, PEN America finds 054
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 11hMorning listening. Helluva album.youtube.comLong FaceYouTube video by BOBBY CHARLES - Topic 030
Reposted by Philip EilChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 13hGood Morning BlueSky, user #600,771 reporting for duty. 1134145
Reposted by Philip EilTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14hLook at this, a nation state, nationing and stating. 81563270
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 13hRoses are red, A note can be called an "epistle":wpri.comDead sturgeon found on moored sailboat in BristolThe Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol had an unexpected visitor on its dock last Friday. 082
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 14hDeep cut? Dan, "Cooler and Warmer" is never far from my mind. 130
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 14hHere's some info about my "Understanding AI and Misinformation" talk tonight, in Georgetown, Mass.georgetownpl.assabetinteractive.comUnderstanding A.I. and MisinformationThe Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library will welcome Providence-based journalist Philip Eil as a guest speaker at their annual meeting on Wednesday, October 7 at 6:30PM. Eil will present 062
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Tomorrow is the day that I venture off into the unknown (Essex County, Mass.). I shall report back what I see there. 250
Reposted by Philip EilMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026with each passing day it feels more surreal to be an independent journalist. like playing with a toy train while vanderbilt owns the railways. 231089148
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The accompanying PSA here is that there are a lot of great reasons to write books -- and I'm very glad I wrote mine. But "I'm going to make money from this" should not factor strongly into your decision*. *some exceedingly rare exceptions apply 0100
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I got a royalty check for $34.83 the other day, covering the last six months of sales for my book. This was actually good news, since my previous period's royalty statement was a negative balance, after factoring in books that had been returned. #publishing 2100
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This really happened! It wasn't even that long ago!cnn.comMegyn Kelly leaves NBC with all of her $69 million contract intact | CNN BusinessTwo years after she signed with the network amid much fanfare, Megyn Kelly and NBC have officially parted ways. 220
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Semi-regular reminder that NBC signed a contract worth more than $65 million to have this person on the air. 182
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And you can read @aidanryan.bsky.social's excellent Boston Globe coverage of Uprise RI's pivot to AI -- which inspired my op-ed -- here.bostonglobe.comA Rhode Island website was once an influential progressive blog. AI avatars now write most of its stories. - The Boston GlobeThe shift at Uprise RI comes at a time when Rhode Island progressives, led by state Representative David Morales, are politically ascendant. 030
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026ICYMI: Over the summer, a Rhode Island news site began publishing stories by AI reporters with human-sounding names, human-looking faces, and vaguely human-sounding bios. I shared some thoughts on Uprise RI's venture into LLM-driven journalism in an op-ed for @rhodeislandcurrent.com.rhodeislandcurrent.comCommentary: Can AI agents produce real news reporting in Rhode Island? A human journalist has some thoughts. • Rhode Island CurrentA human journalist shares thoughts about Uprise RI’s use of AI-generated “LLM reporters,” which raise broader questions about transparency, trust and what it means when machines begin reporting the ne... 1113
Reposted by Philip EilMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Two minutes after I took this picture, she tried to convince me that she was positively dying of hunger, just withering on the vine. 3241
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Mr. Ellison now controls...Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Skydance...Paramount+, HBO Max...CBS News, CNN...Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TNT, TBS, HBO, MTV, [and] Food Network." 332
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Great reporting, Ed and @amandamilkovits.bsky.social! 060
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"'Our rescue crews come back and tell us that the people that work there say that they can’t call in sick, or they’ll risk being fired,' [Johnston] Fire Chief Calci said. 'So they come to work sick and then call us, and the rescue has to go pick them up.'” 063
Reposted by Philip EilPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 06/10/2026ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 331055546
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026January 6th is another example I cite of the harms of misinformation. PolitiFact has done great reporting on the role misinformation played in J6.politifact.comHow election misinformation fueled the Jan. 6 insurrectionEditor’s note: PolitiFact has reviewed court filings and other information for hundreds of defendants facing charges related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in an ongoing effort to document wha... 062
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's not that we don't have effective vaccines for measles -- we do. It's not that we lack access to those vaccines -- we do. It's an information problem: people aren't trusting the safe, accessible treatments that exist. 1111
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026When I give library talks about misinformation, the rise/return of measles is one of the first examples I cite of the stakes. 12815
Reposted by Philip EilJesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026it’s been ten years easily but the song title “Take a Knee My Ass (I Won’t Take a Knee)” is still the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in my life and I think about it weekly 2757
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This specific Providence block -- Bowen Street, between Brook and Thayer -- always puts on a show in the Fall. I love it. Photo from today. 0151
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Wow. If this goes through, that'll mean that both the Providence mayor and city council prez will be 28 years old. 3152
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026No fun sounds. But I do feel lighter with each one closing. 010
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just submitted a feature I've been working on for a while. Which means I get to hold a Closing Of The Tabs ceremony. 1170
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026She was mad I didn't give her editing privileges in the Google Doc. 🐾 120
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I printed out a draft of a feature for some final copy-edits before submission. But someone has other plans. 1100
Reposted by Philip EilMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As always, when a devastating new report about book bans in America is published, I challenge you to think less about the most banned author — Stephen King is fine — and more about the banned authors who are trying to scrabble together a living from their art. pen.org/report/book-...pen.orgA Spotlight on School Book BansNearly 12,000 books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans. 215467
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026static.klipy.comMan Drunk and Falling DownAlt: Man Drunk and Falling Down 030
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026**speaking softly to myself** "She grew up in East Greenwich." 2100
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Don't forget this instant classic.nytimes.comOlivia Nuzzi Did It All for LoveThe former political journalist has written a combustive portrait of America, President Trump and the scandal with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that upended her career. 0290
Reposted by Philip EilJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 05/10/2026I’d suggest the genre of profile journalism has some shortcomings 31189270