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Robert Willett on a Career of Shooting ACC Basketball - WALTER Magazine As we head into March Madness, the longtime News & Observer sports photographer shares what it’s like to photograph basketball.

The @newsobserver.com's Robert Willett is a national treasure. On top of being a kind and wonderful colleague, he is one hell of a photographer. waltermagazine.com/community/pe...

Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code Why is the biggest name in AI late to the AI coding revolution?

Why is the biggest name in AI late to the coding revolution?

@mzeff.bsky.social spoke to more than 30 people, including OpenAI execs and employees who spoke without company permission, about how OpenAI is racing to catch up with Anthropic -- and why it fell behind in the first place:

Climate signage in the Great Smoky Mountains targeted by the National Park Service Leaked database shows many guide signs on public lands are under review, with status uncertain

One flagged sign, titled, “Blue, Like Smoke,” discusses both the history of the park’s name and its current struggles with visibility and vehicle emissions.

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area man loves data, just wants you to give it to him.

DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.

That "regional Chevy dealership" is owned by Rick Hendrick FYI

A version of Dune where the Voice that the Bene Gesserit use for coercion is just the exaggerated voice you use to talk to dogs

The N&O is adding a new reporter to its team covering North Carolina politics Meet Esther Frances, The N&O’s legislative and lobbying reporter.

Meet Esther Frances, The N&O’s legislative and lobbying reporter.

where i come down on this is that you either care about what Amanda is talking about or you do not. and if you don't that's your preference. i think these tools can be impressive. and i read to try to get closer to other people...to let them occupy real estate in my brain. these things are different

Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it The company tells Platformer it will let experts opt out of the controversial feature — but how different is it than what every other AI company is doing?

Wait, what?! Grammarly made an AI persona of me and all these other journalists?!!!!!

Thank you @caseynewton.bsky.social for shaming them into at least offering a paltry optout— although obviously that is not enough.

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Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.

Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw. www.wired.com/story/nvidia...

Who’s a Better Writer: A.I. or Humans? Take Our Quiz. (Gift Article) A.I. chatbots contain the sum of all human knowledge. That can make them pretty good writers.

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One of the encouraging things about #NICAR26 was seeing this very full job board of news organizations (including McClatchy) looking to hire talented data-driven journalists.

U.S. Judge says Kari Lake broke law in overseeing Voice of America He declared all of Lake's actions over the past year to be null and void, including the layoffs of more than 1,000 journalists and staffers.

U.S. Judge says Kari Lake broke law in overseeing Voice of America.

If it holds up, his sweeping ruling would nullify just about everything she's done in the past year in trying to dismantle VoA and its sister networks.

My story for NPR

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How Jeffrey Epstein sought to infiltrate the justice system New Epstein files emails show how Epstein tried to cultivate relationships with prosecutors and others involved in his case

NEW: (gift) A Miami Herald Investigation: How Jeffrey Epstein Beat the Justice System by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social and @clurhealy.bsky.social
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The Upshot is hiring a data graphics/multimedia editor. Come work with us and make weird things that help people understand the world!
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades, blasting through a coral reef and dredging up sediment that could smother acres of coral, federal scientists say. https://wapo.st/4r7kRAU

Pentagon labels AI company Anthropic a supply chain risk The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that it has "officially informed Anthropic leadership the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately."

The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that it has "officially informed Anthropic leadership the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately." n.pr/4ld632j

Trump fires DHS’ Noem following tense hearings with NC’s Tillis, Ross over Helene President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is out, following weeks of scrutiny from lawmakers like Sens. Thom Tillis, Ted Budd and Rep. Debora...

President Trump fires DHS’ Kristi Noem following tense hearings with North Carolina’s Thom Tillis, Deborah Ross over Hurricane Helene. Sen. Tillis called for Noem to resign. Rep. Ross called for her impeachment. (Via @daniellebattaglia.bsky.social)
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Grammarly is offering an AI-powered tool called "Expert Review" that simulates feedback from famous writers, dead and living, without their permission (Miles Klee/Wired)

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The Defense Department spent $38,000,000 LESS on FOIA in FY 2025 than it did in 2024.

This is a 37% decrease.

Other agencies do not report nearly the same drop in spending, in fact many spent more in 2025 than 2024.

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US soldiers who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and reservists Four of the six U.S. soldiers killed in the Iran war have been identified by the Pentagon as members of the Army Reserve.

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait killed her and five other U.S. service members.

Amor was one of four U.S. soldiers killed in the Iran war and identified Tuesday by the Pentagon.

Straße von Hormus: So legt der Krieg die Straße von Hormus lahm Seit Samstag droht der Iran damit, Schiffe anzugreifen, die die Straße von Hormus passieren. Sehen Sie hier, welche Folgen das für den Verkehr in der Meerenge hat.

I made an animated map of ship movements in the Straights of Hormuz using data from marinetraffic.com.

Ship track frames rendered using #ggplot, base map created using #gdal, video editing using #ffmpeg, video player written in #svelte.

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Sources: the US used Palantir's Maven Smart System, integrated with Claude, to find and prioritize 1,000 targets within the first 24 hours of the Iran strikes (Washington Post)

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US Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the ​issue of whether art generated by artificial intelligence can be copyrighted under U.S. law, turning ‌away a case involving a computer scienti...

AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal. The court ruled that a work must have a human creator to qualify for copyright protection. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

2 votes: NC GOP Senate leader Phil Berger in virtual tie with Sheriff Sam Page See election results in the Republican primary in Rockingham and Guilford counties.

2 votes: NC GOP Senate leader Phil Berger in virtual tie with Sheriff Sam Page. It's well within the 1% threshold required to mandate a recount. Berger & his allies heavily outspent Page. (Via @dawnbvaughan.bsky.social & @nathanpcollins.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol #ncga

This will get recounted and challenged for sure, and the lead could change, but as of right now two voters just decided the direction of the #ncga Senate. #ncpol

New York Times runs in-house ad asking listeners to “support any news organization dedicated to original reporting” The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger has voiced a new ad encouraging listeners to support any news organization dedicated to original reporting — even if it's not the Times. It's Sulzberger's...

Subscribe to real journalism, says NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger — even if it isn’t us. A classy ad. www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/new-...

What To Do When Your Popular Sheriff Loses His Insurance Counties get insurance policies to cover their costs in case someone sues the sheriff or his or her deputies. But what happens when the people who pay the bills can't tell the sheriff what to do?

Here's something I learned in researching this story: Since the death of George Floyd, 2/3rds of the private companies that provided liability insurance to law enforcement agencies pulled out, and those that remained have increased their rates and lowered caps.
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