Aleenaa, to news
@Aleenaa@india.goonj.xyz avatar

Strong action should be taken against such irrational driving especially by a teen. The government should impose strict laws to discourage it!

The Porsche car allegedly driven by the 17-year-old, who the police claim was drunk at the time, knocked down two IT professionals in Kalyani Nagar area of the city in the early hours of Sunday.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/15-day-punishment-for-teen-shocking-devendra-fadnavis-on-pune-porsche-crash-5713424

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Aleenaa, to news
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Delhi is facing severe heatwave during the voting day, which is impacting the health of the people. It is becoming a concerning issues now!

Our warnings show that temperatures are likely to be high in heat wave category but voting is important and as far as we understand, measures are being taken to prevent emergencies,” said a weather official.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/severe-heat-wave-in-delhi-on-voting-day-say-weather-officials-101716297685831.html?utm_source=press.coop

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Aleenaa, to news
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Scientists have discovered a new earth sized planet with 17 hour year. It will be interesting to know what type of planet is it.

In an exciting development, scientists have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet, SPECULOOS-3 b, orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star approximately 55 light-years from Earth.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/speculoos-3-b-nasa-earth-sized-planet-ultra-cool-star/articleshow/110303159.cms?utm_source=press.coop

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Aleenaa, to news
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Granddaughter of Elvis Presley is fighting against the auction of the legend's famous Graceland property depicted in the movie 'Priscilla'.

Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, is fighting plans to publicly auction his Graceland estate in Memphis after a company tried to sell the property based on claims that a loan using the king of rock ’n’ roll's former home as collateral was not repaid.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/memphis-ap-graceland-riley-keough-elvis-presley-b2548751.html?utm_source=press.coop

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dankennedy_nu, to boston
@dankennedy_nu@journa.host avatar

New at Media Nation: @gbhnews general manager Pam Johnston is leaving at the end of the month. https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/20/gbh-news-general-manager-pam-johnston-is-leaving-at-the-end-of-the-month/

jonippolito, to journalism
@jonippolito@digipres.club avatar

What jobs are we preparing students for by boosting their writing productivity with AI? After shedding 40% of its workforce, the gaming site Gamurs posted an ad last June for an editor to write 250 articles per week. That’s a new article every 10 minutes, at $4.25 per article.

As @novomancy has noted, AI is only the accomplice here. This clickbait nightmare is the logical conclusion of the ad-supported web.

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/44308/20230614/gaming-media-company-looks-hire-ai-editor-write-250-articles.htm

dankennedy_nu, to journalism
@dankennedy_nu@journa.host avatar

New at Media Nation: The progressive left takes to social media to do battle with The New York Times. https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/20/the-progressive-left-takes-to-social-media-to-battle-with-the-new-york-times/

jrefior, to journalism
@jrefior@hachyderm.io avatar

The man who attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer and attempted to kidnap Nancy Pelosi was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a federal case. This Wednesday the state trial will begin against him for assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, residential burglary, and other felonies under state law.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/david-depape-sentenced-after-conviction-assault-and-attempted-kidnapping-charges
https://apnews.com/article/paul-pelosi-nancy-hammer-attack-depape-sentence-b41b6c776fb27f62913e3754afa1ceac

remixtures, to journalism Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

: "To my mind, Julian Assange is in some ways recognizably a journalist. He’s also a publisher, an entrepreneur, an activist, a whistleblower, an information anarchist and a hacker. That’s true of many of this new breed of net warriors.

But in the work we did together when I was editor of The Guardian and he was editor of WikiLeaks we collaborated on a series of groundbreaking stories which were absolutely journalistic.

However, to many journalists Assange is not a proper “journalist,” and they can’t really see what his fate has to do with theirs. I think that’s a mistake.

This week Assange may learn his fate when judges in the UK High Court consider final representations from lawyers on both sides over the bid to extradite him to the US — where he could face a lengthy spell in a maximum security prison."

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/19/opinions/julian-assange-extradition-hearing-alan-rusbridger/index.html

remixtures, to apple Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

: "At the moment, Apple News is as good a partner in Big Tech as many media companies are going to find. Almost every publisher Semafor spoke to said that Apple paid well and directed eyeballs to their longer, more ambitious work. While some of the articles surfaced by the app are algorithmic and based on user behavior, the company also employs a team of journalists — led by editor-in-chief Lauren Kern, a well-regarded former New York Magazine editor — who seem to prioritize putting quality journalism front-and-center on the app. As a reader, it’s a nice product, and in many cases a better reading experience than publishers’ own homepages and apps.

But the partnership also raises some of the questions publishers avoided during the peak social media era. It incentivizes users to subscribe to Apple News+ rather than to publications directly, likely cannibalizing some potential revenue. It’s driving editorial decisions, meaning publishers are once again changing their content strategy to placate a platform. And of course the company could wake up one day and decide, like Facebook, that it no longer really wants to be in the news business, leaving news publishers stranded."

https://www.semafor.com/article/05/19/2024/as-clicks-dry-up-for-news-sites-could-apples-news-app-be-a-lifeline?utm_source=newslettershare&utm_medium=media&utm_campaign=semaforstory&s=09#a

remixtures, to ai Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

: "More broadly, across news media coverage of AI in general, reviewing 30 published studies, Saba Rebecca Brause and her coauthors find that, while there are of course exceptions, most research so far find not just a strong increase in the volume of reporting on AI, but also “largely positive evaluations and economic framing” of these technologies.

So, perhaps, as Timit Gebru, founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR), has written on X: “The same news orgs hype stuff up during ‘AI summers’ without even looking into their archives to see what they wrote decades ago?”

There are some really good reporters doing important work to help people understand AI—as well as plenty of sensationalist coverage focused on killer robots and wild claims about possible future existential risks.

But, more than anything, research on how news media cover AI overall suggests that Gebru is largely right – the coverage tends to be led by industry sources, and often take claims about what the technology can and can’t do, and might be able to do in the future, at face value in ways that contributes to the hype cycle."

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-news-coverage-often-uncritical-helps-build-ai-hype

plink, to Israel
@plink@mastodon.online avatar
SteveThompson, to journalism
@SteveThompson@mastodon.social avatar

Most journalists aren't equipped to not fall into this trap. Keeping in mind, journalists have partisan biases, too. Journalists vote.

"Don't fall for MAGA's 'election integrity' con job"

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/19/dont-fall-for-magas-election-integrity-con-job/

"Journalists — and the rest of us — need to quit parroting Republicans' transparent lies about voting"

kali, to Palestine
@kali@cyberpunk.lol avatar

Washington Post: "Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show"

The ruling class organise.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/16/business-leaders-chat-group-eric-adams-columbia-protesters/

Archive link: https://archive.is/YJH3S

Aleenaa, to news
@Aleenaa@india.goonj.xyz avatar

Helicopter carrying Iran's President suffered a hard landing. Rescue crew is now trying to reach the helicopter. Devastated to hear the news, hope they find it soon.

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on 19th May, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. Some began urging the public to pray for Raisi and the others on board as rescue crews sped through a misty, rural forest where his helicopter was believed to be.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/rescuers-trying-to-reach-helicopter-involved-in-an-incident-that-was-travelling-with-iran-president/article68193429.ece

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Aleenaa, to news
@Aleenaa@india.goonj.xyz avatar

I am waiting for the day when Russia will stop this war against Ukraine and maintain peace. I know it's not going to happen anytime soon.

Russia has been increasingly deploying "glide bombs" in its offensive against Ukraine, with over 200 of these weapons used in a single week to target the northern town of Vovchansk during Russia's ongoing cross-border advance near Kharkiv.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/russias-use-of-glide-bombs-in-offensive-devastating-ukraines-cities/articleshow/110249449.cms?utm_source=press.coop

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Aleenaa, to news
@Aleenaa@india.goonj.xyz avatar

We shouldn't let crimes against LGBTQ people be normalised in society. It is 21st century!!
The bodies of three unidentified transgender persons were found floating in a village tank near Gargeyapuram of Kurnool rural mandal on Sunday.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/three-unidentified-transgender-persons-found-dead-in-kurnool/article68193722.ece?utm_source=press.coop

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remixtures, to news Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

: "Digital media are often praised for having offered new ways to participate with news. But how has participation with news changed in recent years? A pre-registered analysis of survey data from 2015 to 2022 in 46 countries (N = 577,859) shows that participation with news has declined. This decrease is observed in most countries and for most forms of participation, including liking, sharing, commenting on news on social media and talking about the news offline. The only form of participation that has increased is news sharing via private messaging apps. Overall, participation with news was higher among younger people, the university-educated, those with high interest in news and those with low trust in news. Over time, participation has declined more for those with lower trust in news, those without a bachelor’s degree and for women. Within countries, increases in political polarization were associated with lower participation."

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448241247822

Aleenaa, to news
@Aleenaa@india.goonj.xyz avatar

North Korea confirms missile launch. It poses a threat to other countries because of Kim Jong Un's dictatorship.

North Korea has test-fired a tactical ballistic missile equipped with a “new autonomous navigation system”, Leader Kim Jong Un vowed to boost the country’s nuclear force.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/north-korea-confirms-missile-launch-vows-bolstered-nuclear-force/article68189296.ece

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Aleenaa, to news
@Aleenaa@india.goonj.xyz avatar
Aleenaa, to news
@Aleenaa@india.goonj.xyz avatar

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched through central London reiterating calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. Praying for Palestinians

The protest marked the 76th anniversary of what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckkkww71py5o

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SteveThompson, to ai
@SteveThompson@mastodon.social avatar

"How China is using AI news anchors to deliver its propaganda"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/18/how-china-is-using-ai-news-anchors-to-deliver-its-propaganda

"News avatars are proliferating on social media and experts say they will spread as the technology becomes more accessible"

dankennedy_nu, to journalism
@dankennedy_nu@journa.host avatar

We all know that social media is falling apart. Please sign up for free email delivery of new posts to my blog, Media Nation. Just go to the website, scroll down the right-hand side and hit "Subscribe." For you old-school types, RSS works too. https://dankennedy.net

drahardja, to science
@drahardja@sfba.social avatar

Ho boy. This is a bad take.

Presenting scientific consensus as “fact” is harmful, because it means that it will be harder to change that “fact” when more data is available.

Scientists are humans, but what makes their consensus trustworthy is their commitment to a process of forming testable hypotheses, gathering data, getting rid of confounding noise, and publishing their results. Thence, a model of reality is constructed, and a consensus—a belief—is agreed upon.

But NEW DATA MUST RESULT IN REVISED MODELS. That is good, and that defines progress.

Labeling consensus as “fact” undermines the idea that MODELS WILL CHANGE as more data come in. A “fact” is an immutable truth, and a reporting a change in scientific “facts” over time will undermine trust in scientists much more than the phrase “scientists believe”.

The problem with the phrase “scientists believe” is not the “believe” part. It’s the “scientists” part, which has lost public credibility.

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112457986407944025

longreads, to Albuquerque
@longreads@mastodon.world avatar

"Most of the belongings, such as clothing, makeup and blankets, could be replaced in time. But she panicked when she realized that her dentures, acquired after months of dental appointments, were also gone."

For ProPublica, Nicole Santa Cruz reports on how the city of #Albuquerque is discarding the personal property of thousands of #unhoused people: https://www.propublica.org/article/albuquerque-homeless-encampments

#Longreads #Journalism #NewMexico #Homelessness #Poverty

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