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I am so shamed in the sartorial choice foisted upon me today because I lost a bet to @pdpj.bsky.social that I cannot show my face. Go @Broncos!

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DHS filed an answer today in the lawsuit Los Angeles Press Club filed against them for violently assaulting journalists, legal observers and protesters.

Basically two dozen pages that look like this.

Days I'm glad I'm not a lawyer ...

Judge rules immigration officers in Minneapolis can't detain peaceful protesters Officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in a U.S. immigration enforcement operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, a judge ruled Friday.

Officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in a U.S. immigration enforcement operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, a judge ruled Friday.

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Statement on Ford Plant Visit from VP Laura Dickerson, Ford Department Director

🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.

Billionaires have found one more way to fleece the public: sports stadiums.And if we don’t play ball, they’ll take our f The Sports Stadium Scam | Robert Reich

As the NFL playoffs begin, here’s a reminder: publicly funded stadiums for billionaire sports team owners are a scam. https://youtu.be/vLkyULxrWiE?si=yOBm-M2Y7pcokmRO

In your mind is C2PA unsalvageable? I'm a news photographer & I feel like there has to be something done to enable news organizations to differentiate their authentic images of real life from AI slop. If not, C2PA then what? It's taken six years to get to this point I don't think we can wait longer.

You need better friends. Ideally friends that understand technology and friends that don't attempt to have you charged with felonies.

St. Louis City SC gets another fresh start as it hands coaching reins to Yoann Damet Yoann Damet wants a high-pressing style that is better on the ball as he takes over as head coach at St. Louis City SC.

Sending this out again because for some reason David Carson's @pdpj.bsky.social photo didn't make it. www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...

RELEASE: STANDING UP TO PROTECT JOURNALISM FROM AI SLOP | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA On the heels of a ground-breaking arbitration win at POLITICO, NewsGuild-CWA members launch national campaign and week of action on AI.

RELEASE: NewsGuild journalists are sounding the alarm – media companies are undermining public trust with unethical AI in the newsroom.

Today, we launch #NewsNotSlop, a national campaign kicking off a Week of Action on AI, December 1–5.

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Robert Reich A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich

31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.

I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.

No one took the bait.

With resolve and YouTube: How St. Louis is rebuilding 6 months after the tornado The green shoots are sometimes hard to see. But they are there.

The green shoots are sometimes hard to see. But they are there.

Food drives launch across St. Louis area as region braces for halt in SNAP Free article: Organizations are organizing food drives, donating proceeds from sales and offering volunteers to prepare for the loss of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beginning Saturday.

Free article: Organizations are organizing food drives, donating proceeds from sales and offering volunteers to prepare for the loss of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beginning Saturday.

AI video doesn't have to be perfect, just "good enough" to fool casual viewers who let their guard down. Think about the video of the rabbits bouncing on the trampoline, it suckered lots of people into sharing that AI slop.
As far as time, AI video is rapidly improving, evolving, Veo, Veo2, Sora...

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Disney+ cancellation success form. Reason for cancellation is Other, with text that reads, "ABC, which is owned by Disney, censored Jimmy Kimmel"

I just canceled my Disney+ and Hulu subscription, and cited ABC's decision to censor @jimmykimmel.com as the reason. Will resubscribe when ABC's parent company shows that they are willing to resist Trump's fascist regime

#CancelDisney #CancelHulu

The US Justice Department appears to have removed from its website a study into political violence in America by the National Institute of Justice, the Justice Department’s research agency, which concluded that far-right extremism outpaced “all other types of domestic violent extremism”.

This company stole my work and I’ve submitted my name to the class action lawsuit. Details on how to do that are in this thread:

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

The Constitution protects your right to record law enforcement in public.

CPJ is actively investigating new online Israeli smear campaigns targeting a dozen Palestinian journalists — the same precursor to Israel's murder of Anas al-Sharif and five other journalists on August 10. The international community must act.🚨

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How German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza | Hanno Hauenstein In the run-up to this week’s deadly attacks, stories linking Palestinian reporters to Hamas gained currency, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein

THE GUARDIAN: How German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @theguardian.com ‪@hahauenstein.bsky.social‬ #photojournalism #journalism

Alden Global Capital is still trying to get its hands on The Dallas Morning News The hedge fund known for gutting newsrooms has bumped up its offer to buy the paper — but Texas law may be what stands in the way of an acquisition.

Have you been following the saga of the lonely hedge fund who keeps offering more money for the newspaper he wants — really wants — and it doesn't work? www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/alde... By @joshuabenton.com

Journalists, Know Your Rights at Police Scenes, Protests - National Press Foundation The First Amendment protects free speech, but there are limitations. Here’s what you need to know from lawyer and photojournalist Mickey Osterreicher.

On Friday, August 8, LAPD arrested several photojournalists. Be careful when covering protests. Tap the link below from the National Press Photographers Foundation to understand your rights when you're out on the street covering the day's events in your community.

Ferguson holds a prayer, reflection, and healing ceremony dedicated to injured officer Travis “T.J.” Brown, a year after he was hurt trying to arrest a protester. www.stltoday.com/news/multime...

11th anniversary of Michael Brown shooting & start of #Ferguson protests. Compared to past years, the crowd was small, still some strong anti-police vibes, but a Canfield resident thanked a cop she liked with a snow cone she was making & selling to people www.stltoday.com/news/multime...

Health Insurers Are Hiking Premiums as Their Profits Balloon The US’s six largest health insurers reported massive profits last year, doling out billions on stock buybacks and divid

UnitedHealthcare is raising premiums for policyholders in New York and Washington after spending $9B on stock buybacks last year.

Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.

This is why we need Medicare for All.