Lisa Tozzi

“News organizations, oh so eager to harness the promise of A.I., keep rolling out shiny features, only to discover in real-time that they are nowhere near ready for prime time.“

The Post’s A.I. ‘Disaster’ Staffers at The Washington Post revolted en masse after the newspaper debuted an error-prone A.I. podcast feature, according to Slack messages obtained by Status.

Problems “ranging from flat-out factual errors to instances where the bot—created in partnership with the third-party company Eleven Labs—appeared to fabricate quotes and wade into its own unsanctioned editorializing.” www.status.news/p/washington...

Porn Is Being Injected Into Government Websites Via Malicious PDFs Dozens of government websites have fallen victim to a PDF-based SEO scam, while others have been hijacked to sell sex toys.

This is bonkers www.404media.co/porn-is-bein...

Now the Trump Administration Is Coming After Our Fonts The ultrareadable font Calibri is too weak and woke for Marco Rubio’s serif-supremacist State Department.

Now fonts are “woke” nymag.com/intelligence...

At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke

I’m no big Calibri fan, but the things these focus on are absolutely absurd www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”

SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.

My story:

This is how you billionaire

Can Cruising Survive Influencers? Public sex has never been more out in the open. Whether that’s a good thing is up for debate.

This is fascinating story by @davidmackau.bsky.social www.thecut.com/article/crui...

Did anyone try out this F and M train swap before they did it? The past two days, the F has crawled behind the E train out of Queens, having to wait for it to clear the station at every stop.

These are not serious people. Every day they show us a new level of suckitude

I watched the Scorsese documentary and l adore Thelma Schoonmaker and want her to be my friend

John Noble Wilford, Times Reporter Who Covered the Moon Landing, Dies at 92 He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world.

John Noble Wilford, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter who covered America’s first moon landing, has died at 92.

if only we knew someone was reaping all the profit off everything and what their names and addresses were

Sorry to welcome you to the crappiest club. You are such a star and will undoubtedly continue to do amazing things for whomever is lucky enough to nab you! xx

Bugonia is so NOT a comedy.

Drunk raccoon should be a regular character

Missing data on bus repairs spark troubling questions about MTA fleet: investigation Hundreds of thousands of work orders for NYC buses show no recorded labor hours by MTA maintenance crews — a finding that raises the possibility that buses are being put into service on New York Ci…

"Hundreds of thousands of work orders for NYC buses flagged for inspection or repairs show no recorded labor hours by MTA maintenance crews — a finding that raises the possibility buses are being put into service...without critical repairs or required inspections" www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/06/m...

This is great! Thank you for doing it!

"My grandfather’s ship was attacked by the Japanese during World War II. I’m grateful there was no follow-up strike on the defenseless survivors."

Read @membrich.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Floods and Storms Are Ravaging the Jersey Shore. Why Do We Keep Building It Back? Floods, storms and rising seas at the Jersey Shore prompt continual beach replenishment and rebuilding. Experts say more dramatic change is needed.

The $3 billion dollar question: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award

Also Boomers:

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Lou is making it difficult to get going this morning

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YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans

i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing

A little less regal

7 Things You Didn't Know About the Tibetan Spaniel Here are 7 things to know about the ancient Tibetan Spaniel, a breed with great historic and spiritual significance to the Tibetan Buddhist community.

I think Lou may be part Tibetan Spaniel? www.akc.org/expert-advic...

YouTube video by Good Hang with Amy Poehler Hayley Williams | Good Hang with Amy Poehler

This is delightful and I love that Haley also is a massive Gogglebox fan youtu.be/8OEkf1Z7rV8

I know it’s not the biggest thing going on, but the shame they’ve brought to the double zz’s …

I know times are tough, but I’m gonna say 5+ Giving Tuesday emails from each org I regularly donate to is maybe too many emails?