Michael Webber

July 4th Hike to Mt. Liberty and Mt. Flume #WhiteMountains #Hiking #NH48s

I chaired the FCC. The 60 Minutes settlement shows Trump has weaponized the agency | Tom Wheeler What was once an independent, policy-based agency is now using its leverage to further the Maga message

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #fcc #media #freepress

Bezos-Backed Slate Auto Launches American-Made $20K EV Pickup Truck Backed by Jeff Bezos and designed for flexibility over flash, the Slate Truck is an EV that trades luxury for affordability.

No frills EV! I like the concept ✅ "No infotainment system, no power windows no paint—just steel wheels, composite body panels, and a dock for your phone." - www.autoblog.com/news/bezos-b...

Sydney Station Confirms Use of AI Radio Personality Sydney’s CADA 96.1 FM radio station, owned by the Australian Radio Network (ARN), faced significant backlash after it was revealed that its ...

Sydney station uses AI Radio Personality without disclosure - mediaconfidential.blogspot.com/2025/04/sydn... #Media #Radio #AIEthics

Setting up for another afternoon of Lacrosse coverage #CommunityMedia #PEGAccess #Local

‘I just can’t believe it’: East Bay Media Center lost in fire, erasing decades of film history - Local News Matters JUST TWO WEEKS after the passing of its co-founder Mel Vapour, the East Bay Media Center was destroyed in a massive fire in the predawn hours of Monday.

East Bay Media Center lost in fire • Berkeley, CA - localnewsmatters.org/2025/04/15/i... #CommunityMedia #PEGAccess #VideoProduction #LocalAccess

FCC Chair Warns Europe: Choose Starlink Over China With European countries looking for alternatives to Starlink, Brendan Carr urges them to avoid Chinese solutions, which he calls 'the real long-term bogey.'

Looking up at the night sky is going to be wild in the future... "EU has plans to build its own satellite internet service, IRIS" There's Amazon's Project Kuiper, and China has a mega-constellation in the works of Low Orbit competitor... www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-cha...

The Revival: Mayor Andre Dickens hosts ribbon cutting for return of Channel 24 Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens reopens public access television channel, Channel 24, under the new name ATL Community Media. The platform aims to elevate local voices and stories.

Some good news in the #CommunityMedia world! Congratulations Atlanta! - theatlantavoice.com/the-revival-...

New investment strategy... buy a share every time the $DOW drops 1k points, or maybe it should be every 2k points... Can be buying new shares every day #StockMarket #BuytheDip #CrazyTimes

ChatGPT goes down after warning from its creator ‘Something went wrong,’ reads error shown to users

ChatGPT down: OpenAI service not working for some users as boss warns of disruption

YouTube video by Casey Jones - Professional Engineer Massive Pieces of Demo Debris in the Seekonk River at Washington Bridge

Learned about this YouTube channel from the front page of the @providencejournal.bsky.social today, #WashingtonBridge deep dive suggests some big problems with how things are being handled. youtu.be/mZTgbKPsbGg?... #RhodeIsland

73 Members of Congress Call on FCC to Loosen Broadcast Station Ownership Rules 69 Republicans and 4 Democrats signed a letter saying “outdated ownership rules…hinder broadcasters nationwide”

#PublicPolicy Watch • Does consolidation of media ownership improve or erode local news operations? How do we prevent centralized production, where identical national or regional segments replace locally produced content? #BroadcastStations #FCC #NAB #Sinclair

Former J. Gray’s will become a Mexican restaurant CUMBERLAND – This town is taking another step in its progression toward Mexican restaurant hub with the planned opening of El Rodeo Family Mexican Restaurant at the former J. Gray’s

Glad to see a new restaurant moving into the former J Gray's building www.valleybreeze.com/news/former-... @thevalleybreeze.bsky.social

My board president is a serious collector of vintage TV Broadcast equipment, a partner in a TV Museum... We often joke that he invented TV. Thanks to the new ChatGPT 4o model, we have the photo evidence now. #ChatGPT #AI #VideoProduction #BroadcastTelevision

Will Trump Run in 2028? Trump Tells NBC He Thinks He Can President Donald Trump believes he could run for a third term in office and is not ruling out the possibility of a 2028 bid.

Trump Third Term? ... Trump replied, “there are plans. There are – not plans. There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know.” #BizarroWorld #SendHelp

North Attleboro on Sunday

70 years of WPRI 12: A look back at the station's history WPRI 12 first began broadcasting on March 27, 1955, under a slightly different name and in black-and-white.

#WATCH: 12 News reporter @tednesi.bsky.social takes us through seven decades of broadcasting history and shares rare video from WPRI 12’s earliest years on the air.

Another 34 mile bike ride along the East Bay Bike Path #cycling #RhodeIsland #BikePath

How did this happen 🤔Wordle 1,370 X/6 #FAIL

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Digg is coming back! Registration is open to get early access once it relaunches. 9to5mac.com/2025/03/05/d... #Digg

Defiant Trump signals full speed ahead on divisive policies Trump addressed a divided nation in a speech marked by acrimony, as a Texas Democrat was escorted from the chamber and as Trump taunted Democrats in the room.

I see Icebergs ahead. #tariffs #Russia #stockmarket #economy #decency

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I must say James Carville really gives off the IDGAF vibe...live from his bar!

US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...

"foreign adversaries are eager to exploit the Trump administration’s efforts to conduct mass layoffs across the federal workforce"

www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...

Finally got the bikes out and hit the East Providence Bike Path for the first time in a few months.

Ending Support for Expiration Notification Emails Since its inception, Let’s Encrypt has been sending expiration notification emails to subscribers that have provided an email address to us. We will be ending this service on June 4, 2025. The d...

Expiration email notifications costs $10K/year...followed by a call to signup for email newsletters... LOL letsencrypt.org/2025/01/22/e...

YouTube video by WKRG FCC Chairman climbs WKRG broadcast tower to highlight, promote industry

#FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr climbs radio tower youtu.be/TOV6eI4XPIs?...

Photo of computer screen display Livestream of Sunday Mass

Praying for the #Pope today. #Catholic #Sunday #Mass

Feds must answer email on what they did last week — or lose jobs, Musk says Musk says on X that feds must explain what they did last week — or resign

Why are we glorifying the terrorizing of terrified Federal Employees? #respect #Doge #Dignity #WhatIsGoingOn #Stop wapo.st/4hJCL94

Constitutional conservative #thoughtoftheday