Todd Witter

New tech at Trail Blazers games helps engage blind sports fans A Seattle tech company has created the first tactile sports broadcast, transforming gameplay into trackable vibrations for visually impaired sports fans. And the Portland Trail Blazers were the first team in the NBA to have it available for fans attending games.

The technology uses NBA camera data tracking ball and player movements at 25 frames per second. The device, resembling a large iPad, features a removable rubber mat with a raised court outline, adaptable for different sports.

Never gets old! 😆

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Interesting conversation on the very real and concerning impacts of the recent funding freezes, workforce cuts, and data politicization to NSF, NIH, etc. 😐

Is science in danger? Podcast Episode · Unexplainable · 02/12/2025 · 26m

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Best halftime show in a long long time.

Endorsement accepted.

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Save the Chicago Reader - Leor Galil's Fundraiser on Donorbox I published my first Reader story in the summer of 2010. It concerned a Logan Square DIY space called Strangelight, which operated out of a storefront in the Congress Theater. I was 24 at the time. Be...

I wrote a brief appeal about why you should donate to the Chicago Reader to keep my newsroom afloat. Please donate if you can

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Teen Vogue has had sharper political coverage and commentary than most of the mainstream media for years now.

Love this for them.

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Still have my TOUMANIA hoodie! 😃

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Our Los Angeles area public media colleagues are serving their communities while their own lives have been tragically upended - they've lost homes and pets and lifetimes of memories. If you can, please donate to this relief fund to support our public media professionals in LA.
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Disgraceful tonight. Hard to be in the same building - worried something negative was gonna rub off on me. Like it was contagious.

Big change since Florida! 😬 Hang in there!

A whole 10 minutes? The horror!

And yeah they’re all quite terrible. Truly.

Oh goodness. Illinois doing Illinois things (says the former Illinoisan). 🥴

AI slop is already invading Oregon’s local journalism The Ashland Daily Tidings — established as a newspaper in 1876 — ceased operations in 2023, but if you were a local reader, you may not have known because of an elaborate scam using artificial intelli...

Last month, I fell down an absolutely bizarre rabbit hole trying to figure out who was ripping off articles from Oregon journalists.

What I found was identity theft, plagiarism and an absolutely terrifying future for local journalism led by AI scammers.

My latest:

Columbia County sanctuary gives aging farm animals a place to retire Giving farm animals a happy retirement might seem like an odd idea. After all, farms breed animals to eat. But a Columbia County couple has a sanctuary that does just that and it’s proving invaluable...

I needed this story to help me remember there are good people doing great things.

Excellent game last night! Y’all played all 4 quarters and it was stellar!

a woman with a bandana on her head is laughing with the caption ain t nobody got time for that ALT: a woman with a bandana on her head is laughing with the caption ain t nobody got time for that

The editor saw this and immediately said:

Please tell that person was being sarcastic.

LOL I can picture that. I loved those days. :)

That tracks.

I will never understand how this is even a "thing" - I grew up in Chicago and bartended in Chicago for years (in the 90s) and Malort wasn't even known or stocked or what have you. It simply didn't exist at most bars. When did this become a so-called tradition or whatever it is now?

The myth America exported to the world - Marketplace Has American exceptionalism failed us?

Last week on "Make Me Smart", we had a deep dive on the idea of American exceptionalism, what this "myth" has cost us, and how it shapes what's ahead for the U.S.
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