jeffjarvis

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

By @jbouie
A Sinister New Page in the Republican Playbook https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/opinion/zooey-zephyr-montana.html?smid=tw-share

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

"We have to renegotiate our relationship with technology, creating space in our lives without our devices so we can be more present with one another."
What do you think we're doing on those devices? Talking to people, being less lonely.

Surgeon General: We Have Become a Lonely Nation. It’s Time to Fix That. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/opinion/loneliness-epidemic-america.html?smid=tw-share

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

Thank you, @Shira, for calming folks about some misplaced fears. Plenty more to go....
Public WiFi is safe and 4 other tech fears you can stop worrying about https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/28/public-wifi-security-risks/

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

Yeesh. Read the room, Chuck.
Brits asked to swear oath to Charles III from the couch, a royal first https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/30/coronation-charles-pledge-allegiance-oath/

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

Watching a recording of the WHCD. Biden namechecks NYT Pitchbot. "I love that guy." So do we all.

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

The most ridiculous coverage of the most ridiculous journalistic event of the year is the next hour and a half of CPAN focusing on journalists schmoozing with drinks in their hands.

Gartenberg, 1 year ago to random

"Twitter founder Jack Dorsey says Musk wasn’t an ideal leader after all"

You don't say... 🤔

What exactly did he see that the rest of us missed except perhaps his rather large payoff when the deal closed...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/29/elon-musk-twitter-jack-dorsey/

juddlegum, 1 year ago to random

Everyone who has never tried to make a living as a writer thinks micropayments are a good idea.

RT @elonmusk

Rolling out next month, this platform will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click.

This enables users who would not sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a higher per article price for when they want to read an occasional article.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1652349875017879552

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1652349875017879552

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

Radio station wanted to talk about the White House Correspondents' Dinner. I warned the booker: I hate the event and think it is everything wrong with access journalism in Washington and think it should be ended. Radio station no longer wants to talk with me.

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

The art of understatment...
North Carolina Gerrymander Ruling Reflects Politicization of Judiciary Nationally https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/us/north-carolina-supreme-court-gerrymander.html?smid=tw-share

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

No no no: "Pompeo, whose remarks appeared in a widely quoted interview with the online news site Semafor, had nevertheless put his finger on something"
Awful headline, too.
‘The Most Dangerous Person in the World Is Randi Weingarten’ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/magazine/randi-weingarten-teachers-unions.html?smid=tw-share

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

FFS. This is the last fucking puff piece that should ever be written: a product of bothsideism: See, we can be fair even to this serial liar.
"Mr. Santos seems eager to test whether he can make the journey from laughingstock to legitimacy"
Yeesh.

George Santos, Instead of Shrinking From the Spotlight, Steps Into It https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/nyregion/george-santos-washington.html?smid=tw-share

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

When one indulges in this kind of nostalgia, it's time to retire.
Newsrooms were journalism's greatest mechanism of exclusion: 'We're in. You're not.' Good riddance....
Dowd, of course...
Requiem for the Newsroom https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/opinion/journalism-newsroom.html?smid=tw-share

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

"Mr. Carlson developed and articulated a coherent political ideology that could prove more lasting, and influential, than any cult of personality."
What? White supremacy is not an ideology.

Fox News Gambled, but Tucker Can Still Take Down the House https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/opinion/tucker-carlson-fox.html?smid=tw-share

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

Comparing "the seemingly inexorable transformation of the school to Twitter under Elon Musk"

This Is What the Right-Wing Takeover of a Progressive College Looks Like https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/opinion/new-college-florida-republican-desantis.html?smid=tw-share

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

Because CDC"
“We’re letting you know that several people who attended the [Epidemic Intelligence Service] Conference have tested positive for COVID-19”...
CDC meeting, intended to mark covid progress, sees virus cases of its own https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/04/28/covid-cases-cdc-conference/

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

When your dad is the nihilistic bigot who hates you....
Son asked Montana governor to veto anti-trans bill. It didn’t work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/28/montana-lgbtq-gianforte-son-gender/

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

.@jack is right...
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey says Musk wasn’t an ideal leader after all https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/29/elon-musk-twitter-jack-dorsey/

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

No, let's get nostalgic about any golden age of the worst of access journalism....
The golden age of the White House correspondents’ dinner (yes, there was one) https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/04/28/golden-age-white-house-correspondents-dinner-yes-there-was-one/

leo, 1 year ago to random

Having spent a little time on Bluesky (leolaporte.me) I'm here to report that I'm sticking with Mastodon.

Too many people want Bluesky to replicate Twitter - and the outrage machine is already spinning up.

The ATProtocol is interesting - but I'm not sure it's significantly better than ActivityPub.

The homegrown feel here just feels better to me. More small town than big city. But I'll keep an eye on Bluesky. I'm not writing it off yet.