This is possibly one of the best Substack blogs around. Father & Son - Prof Lawrence Freedman (War, Foreign Policy) & Sam (detailed UK policy analysis). It rises above the click-bait & quick takes - they write lengthy, thought out, detailed stuff.
This particular piece by Sam I almost filed away for later. But glad I made the time for it.
The jurors for the Peabody Awards, which reward excellence in broadcasting, have announced the nominees in the documentary, news, public service and radio/podcast categories. Deadline has details on who is up for an award, including Oscar winner "20 Days in Mariupol," a look at Clarence and Ginni Thomas's rise to power by "Frontline," and USA Today and The Tennessean's film, "Inside Mississippi’s Maternal Health Crisis."
Horrid new report from @972mag on an "AI" system called Lavender and "Where's Daddy?" used by the IDF. Has a 10% error rate, and acceptable "collateral" from 15 to 100 civilians per target.
This is sick and the future of AI warfare for US Empire.
The Narwhal snags 3 National Newspaper Awards nominations
The National Newspaper Awards celebrate some of the best journalism in Canada. This year, our work is in the running in three categories https://thenarwhal.ca/national-newspaper-awards-nominations-2024/
A secretive committee of senior officials in Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, Oromiya, has ordered extra-judicial killings and illegal detentions to crush an insurgency there, a Reuters investigation has found....
#ProPublica’s further reporting also revealed that Justice #SamuelAlito accepted a luxury Alaskan fishing trip w/ business mogul & #GOP donor #PaulSinger — & didn’t recuse himself when Singer had cases before the court. Following the controversy, the justices pledged to follow a broadly-written code of conduct.
The non profit Syrian Investigative Reporting for Accountability #Journalism (#SIRAJ ) is looking for an investigative journalist in one of the #EU countries, who can work part time, remotely with a team of journalists and editors within the #investigation reports hub of SIRAJ to develop the hypothesis stories and #storytelling sense. Application Deadline: February 28, 2024. #jobs#investigativejournalism
A thread by Carol Cadwalladr, who exposed the Cambridge Analytica scandal, on the corruption in British politics in relation to Brexit and the war in Ukraine.
Carol has been defending a case brought against her in the courts which attempts to suppress her investigative journalism with a formidable legal cost.
Report: Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective.
Wheels falling off cars at speed. Suspension collapsing on brand-new vehicles. Axles breaking under acceleration. Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame drivers for vehicle ‘abuse,’ but Tesla documents show it had tracked the chronic ‘flaws’ and ‘failures’ for years.
virginia_diamondd:
Pieces of junk. In order to get warranty repairs owners must sign an NDA. Tesla has been involved in a cover-up in plain sight
@ZachWeinersmith
Apologies, I only know snippets of colonial history, and at that only through works of purile fiction like "Flashman And The Great Game" (might be a laugh if you're bored), and Kipling's Barrack Room Ballads book (that fellow knew how to write a book for a specific market!). If anyone knows of any Indian equivalent of the book "Putin's People" I'd be all ears too.
The Mother Jones magazine is on the edge and needs readers to support them and their investigative #journalism efforts.
Their plea, at the end of articles starts with: "AN IMPORTANT UPDATE ON MOTHER JONES' FINANCES
We need to start being more upfront about how hard it is keeping a newsroom like Mother Jones afloat these days.
Because it is, and because we're fresh off finishing a fiscal year, on June 30, that came up a bit short of where we needed to be. And this next one simply has to be a year of growth—particularly for donations from online readers to help counter the brutal economics of journalism right now."
It's a sad to see so many #Mastodon accounts left unused, after the big surge of last year. My feed has turned stale, and sometimes it feels people are talking to themselves (in all its weird, quirky or downright #mentalhealth hell). And that is before you see those #crossposting from Birdsite without ever coming on #fediverse. The one lively community is my #climatescience list & I am grateful. Please send recommendations of other accounts to follow: #investigativejournalism#socialjustice 🙏🏽
Between January 2020 and May 2023, there have been at least 35 reported thefts of hospital equipment, drugs, and patients’ possessions across hospital sites run by the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Niche tram #FOI (but may work for other publicly owned transport systems)
In Oct to Mar, there were 469,370 incomplete Metrolink journeys (where passengers didn't tap out), costing passengers £4.60 each time – even if they have reached the daily cap.
The Cardiff streets that have seen the most complaints about things like potholes (Newport Road) and cracked pavements (Queen's Street), according to #FOI.
How a secretive Ethiopian security committee ordered killings, arrests: Reuters investigation (www.reuters.com)
A secretive committee of senior officials in Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, Oromiya, has ordered extra-judicial killings and illegal detentions to crush an insurgency there, a Reuters investigation has found....