Josh Axelrod

The good, the bad, and the completely made-up: Newsrooms on wrestling accurate answers out of AI "If we sit on the sideline and observe, I think the risk is too high that we are gonna be left behind."

“News media is about to change,” @larsadriangiske.bsky.social said. “The article as we know it may not be the preferred format of readers or listeners or viewers in the years to come. People are getting used to generative ecosystems, and that won’t change.”

www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/the-...

The good, the bad, and the completely made-up: Newsrooms on wrestling accurate answers out of AI "If we sit on the sideline and observe, I think the risk is too high that we are gonna be left behind."

Great @niemanlab.org piece from @joshaxelrod.bsky.social reviewing nuances & tradeoffs of using GenAI in news work, quoting from & describing the work of several different publishers.

www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/the-...

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All credit to @joshaxelrod.bsky.social and his marvellous ‘Nature Briefing: AI & Robotics’, who first recommended this gem of a story! www.nature.com/briefing/ai-...

No, Offshore Wind Isn’t What’s Killing Whales Politicians and nonprofit groups have blamed offshore wind turbines for whale deaths, but the science doesn’t support those claims—at all

a reminder, since trump is repeating his bizarre claims about wind power:

there is absolutely ZERO scientific evidence that offshore wind turbines are killing whales

good time to read this:
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Elon Musk doubles down on his support for Germany’s ultra-right party He publishes a German op-ed calling AfD "the last spark of hope for this country."

A thing Elon Musk actually said (in a national German newspaper) when trying to argue that Germany's AfD party isn't that bad: The party's leader "has a same-sex partner from Sri Lanka! Does that sound like Hitler to you? Come on!"

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

What we know about the Magdeburg attack suspect – DW – 12/21/2024 Five people were killed and scores more injured when a car plowed into revelers at a Christmas market in Germany. A man taken into custody at the scene is reportedly a critic of Islam and AfD supporte...

the second news dropped about the magdeburg christmas market attack, the german far-right seized on the story, claiming proof of unbridled immigration and islamic terrorism

the german far-right, now that we know the attacker was an anti-islam activist & afd supporter: 😵😵‍💫😳

Donald Trump's victory energized the German far-right. Elon Musk's endorsement has them exultant. Germany's AfD, with its own plan for mass deportations, is hoping to replicate the MAGA movement's success in upcoming elections.

what does the afd mean when it talks about "remigration"?

“within the AfD there’s people who say the quiet part out loud — there might even be some people who don’t think there is a quiet part" says jakob guhl @isdgermany.bsky.social

Donald Trump's victory energized the German far-right. Elon Musk's endorsement has them exultant. Germany's AfD, with its own plan for mass deportations, is hoping to replicate the MAGA movement's success in upcoming elections.

trump, musk, the afd, orban, le pen, wilders — they're all dedicated to counteracting the so-called great replacement

“it’s the thing that brings together the far-right in multiple countries" says @heidibeirich.bsky.social at @globalextremism.bsky.social

Donald Trump's victory energized the German far-right. Elon Musk's endorsement has them exultant. Germany's AfD, with its own plan for mass deportations, is hoping to replicate the MAGA movement's success in upcoming elections.

the american and german far-right are in the midst of a transnational love affair, giddy over trump's election

they're united by remigration, a nativist plan to purge their countries of non-white immigrants

read my piece @motherjones.com

Donald Trump's victory energized the German far-right. Elon Musk's endorsement has them exultant. Germany's AfD, with its own plan for mass deportations, is hoping to replicate the MAGA movement's success in upcoming elections.

Donald Trump's victory energized the German far-right. Elon Musk's AfD endorsement has them absolutely euphoric.

Read Berlin-based journo @joshaxelrod.bsky.social on how AfD is angling to replicate the MAGA movement's success www.motherjones.com/politics/202...