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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 21h

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 27/09/2026

So glad I live on a mountain in the middle of the forest far away from people.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 23/09/2026

You didn't have me at "I had to trust Muse with my most personal data . . ."

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 22/09/2026

Empathy, feedback and human connection is a huge part of my leadership curriculum at @poynterinstitute.bsky.social , so this is alarming. Also, reading @404media.co, @futurism.com and @wired.com in the morning wakes me up more than 10 cups of coffee. www.404media.co/sherry-turkl...

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“When people turn to a chatbot, they don’t have to dread the fatigue of genuine give-and-take. And they don’t fear judgment or abandonment. But when we talk to chatbots, we lose the skills required to interact with humans, so chatbots start to feel like a better option. With an alternative, disappointment with people feels unnecessary,” Turkle writes.
What happens when people stop caring that there’s not a human on the other line? We got into that on the podcast.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 18/09/2026

I've been such an AI-Doomer and have thought many times, "Am I being too cynical and too much of a technophobe?" No, no I am not. Shit is awful.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 18/09/2026

Ok. Now there's this new story out of Alaska. Going to start calling a small group of white AI-tech-bros "A Vulture." anchoragepress.com/this-ai-agen...

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 17/09/2026

Incredible story by @mharrisondupre.bsky.social & @jonchristian.net I know it seems like a never-ending slog, but this is just one example of amazing tech journalism being written in the ai-moment. Also, I'm so fucking angry this is happening, along with the giant side of colonialism thrown in.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 16/09/2026

@alexmahadevan.com : There's lots of AI news, let's talk about it (on video). Me: AI and capitalism are bad (reluctant to do video) @kellymcb.bsky.social: AI will kill us all. Watch the full conversation from @poynterinstitute.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZqf...

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AI might kill us all. But here’s what the headlines are missing.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 16/09/2026

Now that Manning had apologized to Holly Rowe, what do we do about all the reporters that laughed along with him?

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 15/09/2026

Deeply powerful, terrifying and anger-inducing reporting from @ejdickson.bsky.social and @wired.com I'm not surprised horrible young men are doing this and getting away with it so easily. But, it's so disheartening the systems of power and tech platforms protect these monsters.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 04/09/2026

Happy Labor Day weekend from the backyard bear.

A photo of a bear in the woods at a house in the forest

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 02/09/2026

It also caused my wife to get lost this morning and sent her up the wrong mountainside here in WNC.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 31/08/2026

So glad @katienotopoulos.bsky.social wrote abnout this. Ive been saving images for the last year to talk about in my sessions. The newest one I've seen is of an SUV for sale and the lead image is AI-generated image showing it totaled. This feels like the Marketplace version of the manosphere.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 27/08/2026

@alexmahadevan.com and I came to LA to speak and lead a workshop for @hackshackers.com on visual AI. On the way I read Corey Doctorow's new book and saw this quote by @greatdismal.bsky.social (my fav author). It was a perfect fit for a session we did, so I switched the title at the last second.

Two presenters are on a stage discussing AI

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 26/08/2026

I wish every billionaire would see how Dolly is loved and mourned and decide to do good with their money instead of take. They won't, but I wish they would.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

When your timeline is filled with queer folks and brown/Black people singing the praises of and loudly mourning a 1940s-Tennessee-born white Boomer lady, welp. She was pretty goddamn extraordinary, you can assume.

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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NEW: Teen boys are using smart glasses — mainly Meta's AI Glasses — to film themselves harassing classmates at school, following girls around and "rizzing" them or "ragebaiting" them w/ insults. In several videos we reviewed, girls plead w/ the poster to stop filming. futurism.com/artificial-i...

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Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Harass and Bully Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools

Teen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 10/08/2026

RIP Airtable. You were a real one.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 31/07/2026

If your spouse has ADHD how many times a day do you have to call their phone for them to find it? Asking for a friend.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 29/07/2026

Rant: I was really trying to come around to practical AI-assisted technology where it helped people accomplish a job they needed to do . . . then last night happened and this Asheville-local put me back into Camp Doomer.

Image of a Facebook post that reads:

"Don't believe everything you hear, and only half of what you see."

Well... I guess my little joke got bigger than I expected.

For everyone who has seen the tornado picture making the rounds on Facebook: it was an Al-generated image that I originally made as a joke on my Snapchat that got shared from there.
It was never intended to fool anyone, but once it got shared around, a lot of people thought it was real.

Stay safe, everyone-and sorry for the confusion!

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 28/07/2026

A nice reminder of two things I teach during almost all my @poynterinstitute.bsky.social trainings: - You cannot do more with less, you do less with less. - You are a limited resource. Don't let short-sighted decisions rob you of your valuable time and energy.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 21/07/2026

So far I'm up to a total of 11 hours of delayed flights today. This is assuming my last flight actually leaves later tonight.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 20/07/2026

Blink twice if you need help!

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 13/07/2026

And the Buffalo chooses the NPS tourist.

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Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 19/01/2026

News outlets treating prediction markets like news are traitors to their mission and communities.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 04/07/2026

Spent my 4th enjoying our public lands in Pisgah National Forest. It’s one of the greatest gifts America has given its people.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 30/06/2026

Seeing more and more FB Marketplace car and motorcycle ads suddenly appear with AI-generated women in the stereotypical bikini/daisy dukes type dress. This is some Grade-A loser behavior.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

How your email finds me

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 17/06/2026

Should you stay or leave journalism? It's a question that's coming up a lot lately with consolidation, reduction and owner influence on the rise. @mgg.bsky.social and I teamed up to answer some tough questions we're hearing lately at @poynterinstitute.bsky.social. www.poynter.org/business-wor...

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Should I stay or should I go? How to decide whether it’s time to leave your journalism job - Poynter

The news about the news is looking grim. Here are a few things to consider if you’re thinking about making a major career change

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 17/06/2026

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Should I stay or should I go? How to decide whether it’s time to leave your journalism job - Poynter

The news about the news is looking grim. Here are a few things to consider if you’re thinking about making a major career change

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 16/06/2026

I have a 2002 4Runner, 2013 GTI and a 2014 motorcycle and LOVE cars, but can't imagine ever buying a new one. Prices are simply jaw-droopingly stupid. The 4Runner is a Ship of Theseus situation. It will eventually be a new car with the work I put into it. apple.news/A4UujMC80Q6G...

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Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer Than Ever—and Remaking the Auto Industry — The Wall Street Journal

Automakers, dealers and repair shops are changing business practices to adapt to a new normal: the 13-year-old car

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 11/06/2026

What's the over/under no how long it takes for someone to be fired for a leaked group chat? Next week? Tomorrow?

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 11/06/2026

If ChatGPT and Visa want to start delivering vintage BMW 635CSIs and parts to my door that's fine. It will have to use someone else's bank account, but I find this an acceptable use case.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 11/06/2026

Loving the new Social D album, because it sounds like every other Social D album and I need that kind of consistency in my life . . . but we can stop with the Wicked Game covers now. We've heard enough of them. open.spotify.com/album/1Ln4Uh...

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Born To Kill - Album by Social Distortion | Spotify

Social Distortion · album · 2026 · 11 songs

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 10/06/2026

This is deeply unsettling.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 27/05/2026

@oliviamesser.bsky.social (and anyone else) Don’t let these sadists make you watch: Dancer in the Dark Grave of the Fireflies Dear Zachary These are all pretty life-altering depressing once-in-a-lifetime views.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 07/05/2026

Almost two years and I still can't publicly speak to public radio stations without mentioning what @blueridgepublic.bsky.social meant to Asheville during Helene without tearing up. It was such a delight to work with Reno's KUNR this week and lead their retreat.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 05/05/2026

AVL>ORD>DFW>RNO. Taking the long way this morning.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 05/05/2026

Led some project training and got this review "Tony has a talent for translating managerial lingo/structures into digestible words and models. " That is a far cry from how I started out 15 years ago. Just do these 2 things. - Explain acronyms to people - Speak like a human, not a tech bro

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 05/05/2026

The US government has a long history of bison removal from the Great Plains.

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Tony Elkins @tonyelkins.com · 04/05/2026

Not ominous at all that I woke up this morning with this song in my head and it won't leave. Happy Monday everyone. youtu.be/WVe-9VWIcCo?...

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Portishead - SOS

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Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 01/05/2026

No. You need websites that are designed to serve human readers, quality, authenticity and trust not commodified programmatic scale. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...

“We need more stories, and we need more inventory,” Eric Nelson, the vice president of local news, told staff members in a meeting on March 17, according to a transcript reviewed by The New York Times. “This is a tool where we can take our strong content and find new audiences, angles and entry points.”

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I do wish it was better understood by now—especially by folks in the media—that these "warnings" from large AI corporations in fact function as "advertisements" www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...

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Exclusive: Anthropic warns fully AI employees are a year away

Managing those AI identities will require companies to completely reassess their cybersecurity strategies.

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