Tarik Moody

Public Radio's Pivotal Moment: Will It Become Blockbuster or Netflix? The end of CPB funding forces a long-overdue reckoning with innovation, leadership, and the future of public media

Public Radio's Pivotal Moment: Will It Become Blockbuster or Netflix?
open.substack.com/pub/tarikmoo...

Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library? (Gift Article) An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy can check out copies of “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler but not “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

Isaac Asimov Describes How Artificial Intelligence Will Liberate Humans & Their Creativity in His Last Major Interview (1992) Artificial intelligence may be one of the major topics of our historical moment, but it can be surprisingly tricky to define. In the more than 30-year-old interview clip above, Isaac Asimov describes artificial intelligence as “a phrase that we use for any device that does things which, in the past, we have associated only with […]

Isaac Asimov Describes How Artificial Intelligence Will Liberate Humans & Their Creativity in His Last Major Interview (1992)

National Park Service Restores Harriet Tubman Material to Underground Railroad Web Page The page had been edited to remove material about the antislavery leader. Other government pages have been changed or deleted amid efforts to scrub references to diversity and inclusion.

A National Park Service web page about the Underground Railroad appeared to have been restored on Monday to prominently show the abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman, after it had been changed in recent months to remove a large photo and quotes from her.

So cool...

Read more: lnkd.in/e_jUfyT3

The Best Photographer You’ve Never Heard Of: An Introduction to Tseng Kwong Chi Once, the United States was known for sending forth the world’s most complained-about international tourists; today, that dubious distinction arguably belongs to China. But it wasn’t so long ago that the Chinese tourist was a practically unheard-of phenomenon, especially in the West. That’s an important contextual element to understand when considering the work of photographer […]

The Best Photographer You’ve Never Heard Of: An Introduction to Tseng Kwong Chi

Don’t visit the US – it just isn’t worth the risks right now | Arwa Mahdawi Minor visa infractions have seen tourists detained, shackled and deported by overzealous US border staff. There are many more welcoming places to go on holiday, writes Arwa Mahdawi

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One of my favorite professors EVER wrote a piece about how attacks on DEI are a trojan horse to resegregate #highered.

@mwkraus.bsky.social is the gift that keeps on giving. #blacksky

A Math Couple Solves a Major Group Theory Problem—After 20 Years of Work Britta Späth has dedicated her career to proving a single, central conjecture. She’s finally succeeded, alongside her partner, Marc Cabanes.

“Britta Späth has dedicated her career to proving a single, central conjecture. She’s finally succeeded, alongside her partner, Marc Cabanes.” www.wired.com/story/after-...

They say that about Canva. Graphic design is whole lot more than pretty pictures. It is a skill of communicating visually. There will always be a need for good graphic designers. We use one all the time and I have been paid as a freelancer in the past.

I'm testing out OpenAI 4o image tool. It is quite impressive. Here are some samples. I had it create an infographic of the Harlem Renaissance. Then I had it turn a photo of me with TV On The Radio into an anime.

Kennedy Center guts social impact team; more layoffs expected It marks the first major reduction in workforce since President Donald Trump’s takeover of the center.

Marc Bamuthi Joseph, pictured in the thumbnail, was most recently the artistic director of Kennedy Center’s social impact team. He was fired Tuesday. If you know Marc/have followed his work, you know he’s made remarkable contributions to arts and culture and created opportunities for countless folks

Murder comes to the White House in 'The Residence' : Pop Culture Happy Hour In the new Netflix series The Residence, a dead body shows up in an awkward location: the White House. A sprawling list of suspects try to outsmart a brilliant detective played by Uzo Aduba. She's joi...

Netflix's The Residence found an amazing way to build a compelling drama about the support staff who maintain the White House: center them in a funny, smart murder mystery. Hear me join the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast to dish on why it worked so well: loom.ly/qeGNXOo

Love this series!!!

Milwaukee's Dad Doula finds permanent space at Sherman Phoenix MILWAUKEE — In just a few weeks, Joshua Liston-Zawadi will begin teaching classes at Dad Doula University in

Milwaukee’s Dad Doula finds permanent space at Sherman Phoenix

https://www.europesays.com/1943707/

MILWAUKEE — In just a few weeks, Joshua Liston-Zawadi will begin teaching classes at Dad Doula University in…

oh this is a big mystery

Powerful A.I. Is Coming. We’re Not Ready. Three arguments for taking progress toward artificial general intelligence, or A.G.I., more seriously — whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist.

A definite must-read from The New York Times on AI progress...

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...

YouTube video by SXSW Bluesky's CEO on the Future of Social Media | SXSW LIVE

Very insightful... www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Ow...

A Ramen That Merges Japan and the South (Gift Article) Once thought of as a byproduct of collard greens, brothy, complex potlikker takes on new life as a wonderful base for a Japanese staple.

Once thought of as a byproduct of collard greens, brothy, complex potlikker takes on new life as a wonderful base for a Japanese staple.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/d...

After Years of Controversy, Assembly Recognizes Black History Month Once a routine practice, the Assembly has not passed the resolution since 2020.

After Years of Controversy, Assembly Recognizes Black History Month

So true. lol

Thanks for everyone’s patience while we transitioned to an independent company on the Open Collective platform. Also thank you to our previous fiscal host @oscollective.org for their support.

You can once again sponsor Blacksky’s work with a monthly contribution using the link below.

Exclusive-FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce, according to two sour...

Transparency? www.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...

USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

Over my mostly private-sector career, I’ve heard the suggestion that government is incompetent and the private sector is efficient and effective.

Many times I’ve seen the opposite, with the private sector often shockingly incompetent but largely un-scrutinized like the public sector is.

Until now.

Example number who even knows anymore of why move fast and break things is not desirable in the operation of the government, particularly when the things in question include nukes!

uggh... this weather is mentally exhausting.

A candidate running for Milwaukee Common Council has faced a history of accusations by women in 3 states Bryant Junco, who is running in Tuesday's primary for the Milwaukee Common Council seat, has faced accusations of from eight women in three states.

Even more reasons not to vote for Bryant Junco, #Milwaukee

www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

Pastor pushed out after parishioners complain about focus on racial justice Leaders of a Baptist church in North Carolina ousted the pastor after congregants started leaving. A secret tape provides a rare look at the debate when a message threatens a business model.

A church ousts progressive pastor who emphasized racial justice

www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...

My first comment after seeing the trailer:

“Wow we were all so young” 😩😂😬