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anyone know of a good source tracking gender diversity in technology policymaking?

One of the mothers I interviewed for this story was frustrated that she couldn't find many resources to help her navigate these conversations with her 3-year-old son.

So, we also created a guide to taking with your kids about ICE, based on tips from child development experts:

This should work archive.ph/RbvIO

Alice Wong's Celebration of life March 25th, 2026 11am PST This toolkit is an invitation and a resource for individuals and communities to participate in Alice Wong's Celebration of Life. Be it from bed, your living room, local community center, classroom, or in the streets... You can join Alice's Celebration of Life through: * The livestream + virtual reception: Join the livestream and gather for the virtual reception hosted by Calling UP Justice & San Francisco Disability Cultural Center. * In-person livestream watch + your own gathering: host an in-person gathering to join the livestream and connect in person to celebrate Alice. * Detailed Toolkit with links, photos, and resources to make your gathering accessible, plus ways to honor Alice Wong's legacy: https://bit.ly/aliceislove

hi are you a journalist who has just started freelancing, either by choice or necessity? or are you thinking about making the jump because of...well, everything?

i am helping to put on this conference next week designed with freelancers in mind and you should check it out!

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maybe this is the year i read priory

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

Here's the full paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The data the researchers used was from 2023. What is it like today? How much influence has it wrought?

The infinite scroll goes on trial Testifying before a jury in LA, Mark Zuckerberg makes the case that platform design is about free expression. But the walls are closing in on Section 230

new study in nature shows X 'for you' page is more likely to show conservative content and posts made from activists and demotes traditional news. after, users were more likely to oppose criminal investigations of trump and support russia against ukraine. www.platformer.news/the-infinite...

Trump plans could lower IVF costs for some — but fall short of his campaign promise The administration said employers will be able to offer standalone insurance for fertility treatments and that one major drugmaker will offer discounts for IVF drugs.

Reminder that Trump said he's make IVF free for all Americans — and Trump RX, which he touted tonight, is the only real policy initiative he's advanced.

Prescription drugs are a major IVF expense, but they are nowhere near hte main source of costs for fertility patients
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violently thrown into a flashback of Trump's RNC (?) speech that was so late and went for so long newspapers didn't report out the second half bc of filing deadlines

This seems to be a common reply to my thread, so I'll address it here. Basically, the argument is who cares if this is a misleading attack on Newsom, he's bad so if it hurts him it's fine.

And I think it's important to push back on misinformation so that when there are legitimate criticisms...

Alysa Liu celebrating figure skating gold

ICONIC

Grok Exposed a Porn Performer’s Legal Name and Birthdate—Without Even Being Asked In the latest in a string of privacy abuses from the chatbot, Grok provided porn performer Siri Dahl's full legal name and birthdate to the public, information she'd protected until now.

holy shit www.404media.co/grok-doxing-...

Congrats, your students will be so lucky! Welcome to the California life :)

Kansas Senate overrides governor’s veto of anti-trans ‘bathroom bill’ • Kansas Reflector The Kansas House overturned Gov Laura Kelly’s veto on Tuesday, putting the state one step closer to a "bathroom bill."

Kansas Senate overrides governor’s veto of anti-trans ‘bathroom bill’ | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

every four years there's a holiday in the united states so people can stay home and watch the olympics and i think that's beautiful <3

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Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...

hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.

Yes, one of my favorite writers on the topic! And part of the reason I often pass on chatbot stories ("why write this when Kashmir Hill already did it with better reporting and deeper sourcing?"). I'm a firm believer in not duplicating work unnecessarily!

4o winding down today and the massive ridicule of redditors mourning the loss of their AI companion is making me think about what more empathetic journalism on this topic would look like. what are stories that don't rehash "this thing exists" but push the conversation forward? (forward toward what?)

Handsome at Any Cost

"My culture is not a costume" — Clavicular on women using the term looksmaxxing www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/s...

TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began. The conspiracy theories have triggered chaos in the Ohio city, where Haitian immigrant families and the groups working with them are already on edge.

“The destructive force they have brought is nearly immeasurable.”

TikTokers showed up in Springfield looking for ICE; instead, they launched conspiracies attacking the groups helping Haitians.

19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt... via @19thnews.org

among the other godforsaken things i can’t believe about this timeline: Scabby has appeared outside ProPublica — management won’t commit to fair and standard disciplinary practices or implementing guardrails on newsroom AI use, after two years of negotiations.

Fascinating mapping of the enmeshment of MAGA and libertarianism, useful context for a recent NYT opinion piece.

caught up on ice dancing :(

The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.