This is a great article about how AI effects small independent media outlets. It’s also way more informative about how the US issues social security numbers than you would expect any article about AI to be.
My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
QUT will take over famous literary magazine Meanjin, after the journal was closed by Melbourne Uni Publishing last year.
This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
"the productivity explosion we’ve been promised" is just us, working harder, working nonstop.
"Workers slipped small amounts of work into moments that had previously been breaks. Many prompted AI during lunch, in meetings, or while waiting for a file to load."
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
As the search for work gets more desperate, queer and trans workers often see the worst sides of work. But they also come with brilliant solutions.
@desaima.bsky.social introduces the five stories in On the Clock, written by this year’s Ken Popert Media Fellows
I keep reposting this article because it needs to be seen. This is what responsible journalism on a discriminatory act against trans people looks like. Jo put in the work.
It's no longer just my and others' personal accounts vs. random men with opinions.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
What you have to fundamentally internalize as an indie media maker is that what you are building is countercultural.
All systems will fight you the whole way through. Many people will tell you it can’t be done. No one will see the full vision but you.
And you have to do it anyway.
Black-led communities for entrepreneurs and creators you should know about in the US, Canada and the UK.
15+ communities, collectives and memberships for and by Black entrepreneurs. Make suggestions for great ones to include.
www.revenuerulebreaker.com/list-of-blac...
Most of the freelance editors I follow market to authors. Are there any that specialize in editing for indie publications?
A pie chart, with the following values: Profit: 32.1% Printing: 35.0% Shipping: 16.8% Platform fees: 10.2% Ads: 3.7% Processing: 2.2%
New on the blog: "Financial Transparency: Print Sales Edition"
In which I explain my experience in the business of selling maps online.
somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/f...
KO_OP is hiring a QA Analyst to help test live service games with a 4-day workweek and a fully remote setup!
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The #pyconau 2026 CFP is now open!
We've refreshed our site with all new guidance for 2026, so visit 2026.pycon.org.au/cfp to get all the details.
Attend CFP workshops around the country in February and March to help polish up that idea you've been sitting on!
Submissions close 29 March 2026, AOE
I'm looking for guest contributors I can trust! My publication is about solo and micro businesses. I need stories with perspectives we haven't heard everywhere else and I need people who are legit who they say they are.
www.revenuerulebreaker.com/contributor-...
Love travel and telling global stories that matter? Don’t miss this live virtual masterclass taught by a seasoned travel journalist this February.
You’ll get 10 years of industry knowledge distilled into actionable steps to turbocharge your work and walk away […]
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Our January newsletter is out! 🎉 New location, open Calls for Proposals, and all the updates you need. 👀
👉️ Link in the first comment.
We’re just over 3 months out from Write the Docs ✏️
Check out our Visiting Portland page, for information on tons of food recommendations, and our hotel partners.
⏰ Opportunity Grant applications close Feb 4.
🙌 Sign up to Volunteer, as spots are filling up quick!
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Bookshop.org is SIX today. 🥳
In these six years, we’ve raised over $44 MILLION for local bookstores—and we have all of YOU to thank for that.
Thank you for loving and supporting indie bookstores as much as we do.
So I wrote a thing... its been a hustle and a half and we're only getting started!
www.jackskinner.com.au/rebooting-co...
This annual survey, run by the Write the Docs community, aims to gather data about salaries for people working in documentation and related fields around the world.
The 2025 survey deadline has been extended until the end of January, 2026. Get onto it right away!
Courier Newsroom is hiring: Site Reliability Engineer. . Full-time.
📣 Job Alert: Courier Newsroom is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer!
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PyCon US is offering Travel Grants to those who might otherwise not be able to attend, as well as support diversity, inclusion, and outreach to speakers, students, and other attendees. Apply to PuCon US’ travel grant by February 25, 2026.
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Where are all the queer illustrators? 👋Looking to get some fun stickers made for my super queer book launch later this spring!
It's not just about mental health anymore. The reasons business owners are bailing on social include AI-powered thieves, deep fakes, copyright infringement and surveillance.
Where they're going and why we should maybe leave too in today's story
Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results
https://voteyesornoai.com
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Ah got it, I should tell my local library chain to divest from using Libby.
Got a Specialist Track idea for PyCon AU 2026, or half of one?
We’re hosting our next Specialist Tracks office hours on Thursday 15 January at 6:00pm AEDT
This is a relaxed, open discussion session with the PyCon AU organising team. Find out more: 2026.pycon.org.au/posts/call-f...
