It's #Irish #Book Day! (aka my favorite day of the year.) Today with @solasnuadc.bsky.social & @bansheepress.bsky.social at the @heurichhouse.bsky.social until 6 or whenever books run out. Choose between poetry and short stories.

So...we've all just stopped talking about the end of healthcare subsidies? Or...?

The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine Get tickets for the virtual screening of The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine

Really cool even here, and you can join it virtually, from our friends at @diplomaticaglobal.com
kinema.com/events/The-A...

My dear friend @four4thefire.bsky.social wrote about what it means to become a statistic for @westvirginiawatch.com. It's well worth your time.

The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine Get tickets for the virtual screening of The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine

Please join me on on Thursday, January 29 for a special virtual screening of The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding #Ukraine; and a post-screening discussion. kinema.com/events/The-A...

As Mamdani and Hochul unveil plans for free #childcare in NYC, here's the piece I wrote for CityLab about the global legacy of Quebec's subsidized child daycare after twenty years.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Researchers find flaw exposing billions of WhatsApp numbers Researchers discovered phone numbers and, in some instances, associated profile photos and names through WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool

Recently, researchers found a significant privacy flaw that enabled them to uncover phone numbers associated with 3.5 billion accounts.

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Deepfake scammers are increasingly targeting journalists to sell fraudulent products on social media, but the platforms hosting these ads are struggling to respond effectively.

🔗: www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scammers-are-usi...

Postal Service delays are making the already tight newspaper business even harder. Subscribers report delays of as long as two months.

Postal Service Delays Are Making the Already Tight Newspaper Business Even Harder. Read @riddhisetty.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/pos...

It's 6:30 on Thursday in autumn at the Metro Center station and trains are the days of "is Metro on fire"-levels of empty.

Haines, Skagway and Juneau to vote on seasonal sales tax proposals Each proposal looks slightly different, but they all seek to take advantage of the busy summer season to generate local tax revenue.

Haines might soon join communities across Southeast Alaska that have tweaked their tax policies to shift the local tax burden off year-round residents and onto tourists.

Oof. I felt this.

Also the offers I get to use my voice to train AI. Because that couldn't possibly go wrong.

‘All the trees are dead’: An ancient California forest has been wiped out Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic example in California.

Teakettle held enormous scientific value because of the sheer amount of data collected over the past 30 years.
“That being lost is a tragedy to science,” Scott Stephens @natureatcal.bsky.social told @jjreport.bsky.social. “You can’t recreate that.”
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

Marineland asks Canadian government for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent The Marineland park near Niagara Falls has asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent.

The Marineland park near Niagara Falls has asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent.

I'm at the Embassy of Austria for an anniversary screening of Sound of Music with Salzburg Global and if you think I didn't turn it into a sing along we've never met in real life.

On Orange Shirt Day, descendants of boarding schools survivors sing to remember what wasn’t lost In Juneau, people came together to educate young people about the history of residential schools and to celebrate Native languages and cultures that thrive despite that history.

In Juneau, people came together to educate children and teens about the history of boarding schools and to celebrate Native languages and cultures that thrive despite that history.

Scammers are using video deepfakes of journalists to peddle products online Broadcast journalists around the world are being targeted amid an explosion in deepfake scams. Are social media platforms doing enough to counter them?

Deepfakes of broadcast journalists are spreading across social media. Many of them are ads selling cryptocurrencies, gambling apps, and snake oil medicines.

Meanwhile, social media companies like Meta profit off the ad dollars. My latest @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scam...

Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.

The FTC and five states are suing Zillow and Redfin, saying Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to shut down its apartment rental advertising business and transfer its clients to Zillow.

This would constitute an illegal scheme to stop competition in the online housing rental market.

Join us in D.C. for #MediaFest25! After participating in sessions on freelancing and entrepreneurship alongside @timherrera.bsky.social, @nicoledec.bsky.social and @stacieoverton.bsky.social, we’ll host a meetup for freelancers on Oct. 16! RSVP for more details: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Yes!!

Exclusive: Levi’s to reopen its waterfront S.F. museum that’s been closed to the public for years The museum’s reboot will begin with an exhibit that highlights Levi’s influence in music, such as a pair of patched-up jeans worn by Kurt Cobain and a bodysuit made for Beyonce.

How odd that this fawning review of Levi's reopening its museum doesn't mention SF's current mayor is a Levi's heir. www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...

FBI Director Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials illegal firearms during his visit to the country earlier this year, authorities say.

In compliance with local firearms laws, the 3D-printed pistols have been destroyed
u.afp.com/SWHg

I would post a screenshot but the exchange involved some salty language.

How it started - Spent the last year learning AI and prompt engineering like it was my actual job.
How it's going - Just threatened to build a machine to Weird Science ChatGPT so I could murder it.

It was a strip club. Then a church. Now it’s Anchorage’s newest homeless shelter. The former Fantasies on Fifth property is now a 100-bed shelter, part of a larger strategy to provide multiple smaller shelters scattered around town.

The former Fantasies on Fifth property is now a 100-bed shelter, part of a larger strategy to provide multiple smaller shelters scattered around Anchorage.

Gavin Newsom signs first-in-nation AI safety law Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation AI safety bill into law — ending a lobbying battle with big tech and setting a potential national precedent.

Newsom just signed a California law that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols, setting a potential national standard for big tech.

Sudan, Madagascar, Cuba. Today's three stories you should know.

Today in Proximities:

- At least 23 people, including children and pregnant women, have starved to death in Sudan's el-Fasher this month
- Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Antananarivo
- Black liberation activist Assata Shakur dies in Cuba

www.proximities.news/p/sudan-mada...

Half of my threads with ChatGPT are just all caps obscenities.

New Census data reveals rising poverty among older adults—over 9 million seniors (15%) live in poverty, with rates higher in communities of color. These aren’t just stats; they’re our parents, grandparents, neighbors, and keepers of our culture, all deserving to age with dignity.