@david@boles.xyzHey Now! Best of David Boles, Blogs: Vol. 16 (2025): Buy Now!
Hey, there! Welp, it's that time of the year again -- yes, time for us to ask for the indulgence of your continued, kind, support for this blog by buying our eBook -- Best of David Boles, Blogs: Vol. 16 (2025) -- to show your support so we may continue to publish this blog without advertising while still being able to cover our yearly, ongoing, online publication costs…
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.socialJournalists really want prime ministers to change every 10 minutes. I like #bbcpaddy very much on #BBCBroadcsstingHouse, but even he can't rescue the wreck that #BBCNewsnight has become, I…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzIs David Montgomery playing tonight? Why Lions RB is off to quiet start in Week 14 https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/detroit-lions/news/david-montgomery-playing-tonight-why-lions-quiet-start-week-14/15…
@barijaona@mastodon.mg“Enlightenment from below”
The late David Graeber did some research about “the real Libertalia”, in the Betsimisaraka kingdom.
Today, young people fighting under the pirate flag call for a national dialogue around these values.
Don’t let the establishment silence them.
https://www.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deadjnoun: Word adjacencies of David Copperfield
A network of word adjacencies of common adjectives and nouns in the novel "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens.
This network has 112 nodes and 425 edges.
Tags: Informational, Language, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/adjnoun
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.socialUsually #TheConversation is quite reliable and rigorous. Sadly, not this time. There's a lot of make-believe in this piece.
https://theconversation.com/the-healin
@usul@piaille.frDavid Rachline annonce démissionner de son poste de vice-président du RN
https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2025/12/02/david-rachline-annonce-demissionner-de-son-poste-de-vice-president-du-…
@david@boles.xyzHere's my latest Human Meme podcast episode about truthful lying:
#truth
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
David Bowie:
🎵 Rebel Rebel (Rod Layman Edit)
#DavidBowie
https://djafisback.bandcamp.com/track/david-bowie-rebel-rebel-djaf-redrum-124
https://open.spotify.com/track/3bdEtobvgxJNoV8kiNGObK
@NFL@darktundra.xyzNFLPA: Players have 'no appetite for an 18th regular-season game' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7019521/2026/02/03/nflpa-18-games-international-david-white/
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Thievery Corporation feat. David Byrne:
🎵 The Heart's A Lonely Hunter
#NowPlaying #ThieveryCorporation #DavidByrne
https://thieverycorporation.bandcamp.com/track/the-hearts-a-lonely-hunter-ft-david-byrne
https://open.spotify.com/track/4cLlvcxjJ4rlSUJ4IWB6bf
@bibbleco@infosec.exchangePure political theatre. When the previous guy was released by mistake, someone on the radio mentioned en passant that it happens 250 times a year, or five times a week. Someone obviously just stuck a PostIt note on their calendar, a couple of weeks ahead, saying "Ask the HO how many more prisoners have been released by mistake".
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNetflix sells game studio Spry Fox back to its co-founders, David Edery and Daniel Cook; the streamer has shrunk its six-studio gaming operation down to three (Stephen Totilo/Game File)
https://www.gamefile.news/p/netflix-sells-game-studio-spry-fox
@cdarwin@c.imDecisions last year by the
Board of Immigration Appeals,
perhaps acting at the direction of Donald Trump,
have unleashed a torrent of cases on federal courts
where detained migrants are seeking a bond hearing
long seen as their right,
an El Paso federal judge said in an interview with El Paso Matters.
⭐️“The law has always been that they’re entitled to a bond hearing,
⛔️but last year, the immigration appeals court changed it,
just out of t…
@davej@dice.campAt least until the owner tries to sue the car for defamation, then all bets are off. 🤨
#auspol #BruceLehrmann https://aus.social/@Qldaah…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"‘Cities need nature to be happy’: David Attenborough seeks out London’s hidden wildlife"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Nature
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNetflix sells game studio Spry Fox back to its co-founders, David Edery and Daniel Cook; the streamer has shrunk its six-studio gaming operation down to three (Stephen Totilo/Game File)
https://www.gamefile.news/p/netflix-sells-game-studio-spry-fox
@memeorandum@universeodon.comIt's the Billionaires, Stupid (David Rothkopf/Need to Know)
https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/its-the-billionaires-stupid
http://www.memeorandum.com/260204/p3#a260204p3
@waidler@bayerwald.socialVor ein paar Wochen hatte ich David Snyders Diretta Projekt für einen ROON Endpoint bestehend aus 2 Raspberry Pis mit Audiolinux umgesetzt. Hier ist eine Beschreibung des Projekts und ein Bild des experimentellen Aufbaus.
https://blog.watzmann.…
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.socialIf you haven't watched tonight's #BBCPanorama, please watch on iPlayer. It's about Steven Rosenberg, the BBC's superb, and very brave, Russia correspondent. He does a superb job.
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.socialsome people are building full-scale replicas of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden cabin
@ubuntourist@mastodon.socialNPR Tiny Desk Concert - David Byrne
December 1, 2025
SET LIST
"Everybody Laughs"
"Don't Be Like That"
"(Nothing But) Flowers"
"Life During Wartime"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNmcF6eRE7w
@david@boles.xyzThe Wound Remains Faithful: A Tragedy of Nora
It has taken me more than fifty years to write this book. That sentence appears in the author's note, but it deserves to open this introduction because it explains everything that follows. The Wound Remains Faithful is not a thriller. It is not a mystery. It does not offer the satisfaction of solved cases or the comfort of justice delivered. It…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzIf this is it for Lavonte David, he has a chance to make his last game a historic one https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47484765/tampa-bay-buccaneers-lavonte-david-historic-tackles-record-derrick-brooks
@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz❝Sites of memory increasingly fail to reach new generations. Visitors learn facts, dates, perpetrators. But knowledge of past crimes does not automatically prevent future ones. Many institutions still teach a reassuring lesson: there were evil people once, they were defeated, we are different. Evil is placed safely in the past. The visitor leaves morally intact.❞
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialOMG, one of my fave 70s movies... now available FREE!
"We are building a fighting force of extraordinary magnitude! You have our gratitude! TAKE HIM TO DETROIT!"
▶️ The Kentucky Fried Movie | FULL MOVIE | John Landis, David Zucker
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rivPTWDxux
@doktrock@toad.socialThe Usefulness of Useless Knowledge ✔️
"Striking [90 year old] essay on letting artists and scholars and scientists do what they will. Great things happen." (David Syzdek). hosting by Bret Victor.
https://worrydream.com/refs/Flexner_1939_-_T…
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Johann David Heinichen, Pieter Brulleman, Baldrick Deerenberg, Sabine d'Hont, Barbara Karst, Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach & Hartmut Haenchen:
🎵 Concerto Š 8 in C major (1st mvt)
#JohannDavidHeinichen
@timbray@cosocial.caNot a huge fan of David “LNG” Eby but I’m with him on this one. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/eby-alberta-separatist-group-treason-9.7071107?cmp=rss
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
David Bowie:
🎵 Starman
#DavidBowie
https://funkastik.bandcamp.com/track/david-bowie-starman-funkastik-remix
@grindcrank@fnordon.deDavid Bowie wurde eigentlich als David Horst Bowich in Berlin Gesundbrunnen geboren und arbeitete vor seiner Musikkarriere als Gebrauchtwaagenverkäufer (Bizerba, Soehnle).
#WasVieleNichtWussten
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGalaxy Digital reports a Q4 net loss of $482M, above $282M est., driven primarily by the crypto market crash, and says its trading volumes declined ~40% QoQ (David Pan/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump remains concerned about the Epstein files for multiple reasons:
millions more pages have yet to come out, and the names in those that have are “sacrificial lambs,” Daily Beast columnist David Rothkopf says.
Rothkopf, a foreign policy analyst, told The Daily Beast Podcast that the multi-million-page dump of files last week is evidence that the Department of Justice thinks something is afoot.
He added that Trump is thinking about the potential for crimes to sti…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deadjnoun: Word adjacencies of David Copperfield
A network of word adjacencies of common adjectives and nouns in the novel "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens.
This network has 112 nodes and 425 edges.
Tags: Informational, Language, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/adjnoun
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThere Was One Dick Cheney All Along (David Frum/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/understanding-dick-cheney/684809/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251104/p169#a251104p169
@gfp@mastodon.trueten.de„Europas zentrale Führungsmacht“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10290
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn anonymous WaPo Metro staffer who was just laid off says there are now just ~12 people left on the desk, down from more than 40 (David Folkenflik/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5699328/washington-post-layoffs-jobs-bezos
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
@karlauerbach@sfba.social"And the best is yet to come!!" [as yelled by one mar-the-lago faced Kimberly Guilfoyle]:
"Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion"
https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/trumps-profiteering-hits-four-billion…
@StephenRees@mas.toFrom David Suzuki
The David Suzuki Foundation has been informed of several fake news stories, ads and videos circulating online that falsely claim to be endorsed by David Suzuki or the David Suzuki Foundation.
With the rise in AI-generated misinformation, it is increasingly difficult to determine if the content you see online is real or not.
These fake ads often link to websites selling products, sharing disinformation or promoting financial scams.
🧵1/6
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Marvin Gaye:
🎵 I Heard It Through the Grapevine
#MarvinGaye
https://davidkust.bandcamp.com/track/marvin-gaye-i-heard-it-through-the-grapevine-david-kust-extended-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/6HlTJAil5FjUZGsM5vHKix
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Votes for children! Why we should lower the voting age to six.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/16/reconstruction-after-covid-votes-for-children-age-six-david-runciman
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources detail a leadership vacuum and staff cuts at the NSA, eroding morale among its analysts and weakening the agency's long-term cyber capabilities (David DiMolfetta/Nextgov/FCW)
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/11/lea
@DrPlanktonguy@ecoevo.socialWeekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Happy New Year everyone. While species are often named out of respect for famous people, one had never been named for a TV series. This changed in 2018 when scientists at University College of London named a Southern Ocean cocolithophorid phytoplankton "Syracosphaera azureaplaneta" after Sir David Attenborough's BBC Blue Planet series. They look lik…
@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz#ListeningClub Oh, this bit of groovy cumbia is my pick. It’s an East Bay band called Trio del Mango. It’s inspired by and featured in the play “Don't Eat the Mangos” by Ricardo Pérez Gonzšlez directed by David Mendizšbal at The Huntington Theatre March 26-April 27, 2025 in Boston, MA.
@katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchangeShame on David Archuletta's team. I visit Under the Umbrella bookstore at least monthly *because* of its masking policy. Both my parents are elderly and medically vulnerable to bad outcomes from respiratory illness, so I'm still masking in public for them.
https://www.sltrib.com/ar…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyThe Björn Lomborg - Jeffrey #Epstein connection. Via David Roberts on Bluesky.
![Screenshot of e-mail
To: jeevacation@gmail.com(jeevacation@gmail. com]; ‘Bjorn Lomborg'
Cc: Jeffrey Epstein; John Brockman; Zsuzsa Horvath, (PA for Bjorn Lomborg) ]
From: [redacted]
Sent: Tue 9/25/2012 1:21:59 AM
Subject: Re: Jeffrey Epstein
Perfect Thanks, [redacted]
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 24, 2012, at 9:08 PM, Bjorn Lomborg wrote:
Dear [redacted]
Good to meet. Thanks, John!
I'm on the phone now [Redacted]. or let's do this tomorrow morning. My PA is in
Budapest, Zsuzsa, and she’…](https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/115/997/469/063/096/876/original/ea9474cde3de9eae.png)
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.socialWe are watching The Sound of Music, for the 1000th time. It's always moving, but now the anschluss feels more relevant than it has ever been since 1938, when I was 2 years old. There is now a real danger of fascism taking over again. I'm too old to do much about it. Good luck to next generation.
@david@boles.xyzThe Replicated Man: AI and the Ghost in the Archive
I finally did it. I committed the act of digital suicide. It was a gesture of clinical curiosity and personal dread. I took twenty years of archives, every Boles Blogs entry, every "Best of" compilation, the discarded drafts, the love letters to lost eras, and I fed the entire body of work into the AI maw. My digital soul, offered up for digestion and analysis...
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialYahoo launches Game Breakdowns in beta, offering AI-generated game summaries, stats, and play recaps, all updated live, to Yahoo Fantasy Plus subscribers (David Pierce/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/837950/yahoo-sport…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump's drug-pricing deals won't benefit most Americans today. They could over time. (David Lim/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/04/trumps-drug-pricing-deals-wont-benefit-most-americans-today-that-could-over-time-00706529
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p31#a260104p31
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe NHTSA asks Waymo about its self-driving vehicles illegally passing school buses, including 19 times in Texas this year, as part of a probe opened in October (David Shepardson/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-probes
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.socialEven #Channel4News has fallen for the frothing right wing myth that Reeves "lied". She said taxes would need to be raised. And then did it. The only leader who hasn't fallen for it is Ed Davey. #CiaranJenkins you are usually better than this. Just stop it. It's pathetically po…
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump has set free a private equity executive
who had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence
for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme
that defrauded thousands of victims.
David Gentile, 59, a onetime resident of Nassau County, N.Y.,
had reported to prison on Nov. 14, and was released on Wednesday, according to Bureau of Prisons records and a White House official who was not authorized to discuss the matter.
Mr…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
David Bowie:
🎵 I’m Afraid of Americans (NIN V.1 mix)
#DavidBowie
https://invd.bandcamp.com/track/david-bowie-im-afraid-of-americans-invd-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Bm9MECTjX8FLs93ux8Fh8
@kurtsh@mastodon.social @BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn interview with Disney's incoming CEO Josh D'Amaro and Bob Iger on the CEO transition, the company's future, including streaming and embracing AI (Mason Leib/ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/abc-news-exclusive-disn…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com'Do you think you're the devil himself?': highlights from the bizarre, newly released Bannon-Epstein interview (David Smith/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/05/steve-bannon-jeffrey-epstein-files-interview
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p55#a260205p55
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
David Bowie:
🎵 Space Oddity
#NowPlaying #DavidBowie
https://jitter.bandcamp.com/track/david-bowie-space-oddity-jitter-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/72Z17vmmeQKAg8bptWvpVG
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk @Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at how David Sacks' work on AI and crypto in Trump's WH benefits his investments, those of Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/3…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFubo's CEO says NBCUniversal has been unwilling to restart carriage talks with Fubo; NBCUniversal channels have been unavailable on Fubo since November 2025 (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/02/fubo-comcast-nbc-discussions-stall/
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RecordReview
Johann Sebastian Bach, David Blackadder, Laurence Cummings & Academy of Ancient Music:
🎵 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai
https://open.spotify.com/track/1w4tBnzdVmTI0gl8QPBczr
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.socialUhuh the server that holds my blogs has been under attack from China. dcscience.net (blog) and onemol.org.uk (serious stuff) have been down for lots of 5 - 10 minutes periods during the last couple of days. It's improving now, thanks to the wonderful people at #PositiveInternet,
#posipeople
@cdarwin@c.imDavid Sacks,
the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar,
has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends
and many of his own tech investments.
Since January, Mr. Sacks, 53, has occupied one of the most advantageous moonlighting roles in the federal government,
influencing policy for Silicon Valley in Washington while simultaneously working in Silicon Valley as an investor.
Among his actions as the White House’s artificial intelligen…
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialNice to see Ari Melber, David Pakman & Jason Johnson chat about Trump inflation & MAGA's disappointment on Epstein & affordability on MSNOW's 'The Beat'.
▶️ I STUNNED corporate host in MSNBC debut - David Pakman
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DZec-5yomv
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump commutes 7-year prison sentence of former private equity CEO David Gentile (Rebecca Shabad/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-commutes-7-year-prison-sentence-former-private-equity-ceo-david-rcna246744
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p52#a251201p52
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Sugarhill Gang:
🎵 Rapper's Delight
#NowPlaying #SugarhillGang
https://davidkust.bandcamp.com/album/sugarhill-gang-rappers-delight-david-kust-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2XbwFs07dfm2MGQuYmRMZT
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialLee Enterprises stabilizes its finances as investors buy $50M in new stock, led by $35M invested by David Hoffmann, who will become chair of the company (Josh Funk/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/lee-enterprises-news…
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Jean‐Baptiste Lully, Philippe Quinault, Virginie Thomas, Éléonore Pancrazi, David Witczak, Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie, Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles & Alexis Kossenko:
🎵 Atys, LWV 53: Prologue (extract)
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
David Byrne:
🎵 T Shirt
#DavidByrne
https://davidbyrne.bandcamp.com/track/t-shirt
https://open.spotify.com/track/0u0xPd6CRdaJK62D6Lo72P
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialQ&A with David Liu, CEO of PlusAI, which is slated to go public next month, on the ongoing commercial trial of its autonomous truck driving software, and more (Rani Molla/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/tech/plusai-ceo-david-liu-on-…
@cdarwin@c.im"The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming" by David Wallace-Wells
is a stark, scientifically grounded "travelogue of the near future"
detailing the catastrophic, cascading effects of climate change beyond just rising seas and temperatures,
including widespread famine, refugee crises, disease, and extreme weather,
while also exploring how these changes will transform politics, culture, and technology,
serving as an urgent call for immediate…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDavid Ellison's disrupt-and-delay strategy on the Netflix-WBD deal hinges on US and EU regulators or Trump killing it outright or attaching onerous conditions (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/david-ellison-w…
@david@boles.xyzHere's my take on the adaptation of Wicked from stage to screen in my latest Human Meme podcast episode:
https://humanmeme.com/wicked-the-bespoke-voice-and-the-echo-of-the-ghost
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump's Critics Should Not Go Wobbly Over Venezuela (David Frum/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/trumps-critics-should-not-go-wobbly-over-venezuela/685487/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260103/p49#a260103p49
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe Atlantic hires David Brooks as a staff writer and host of a new weekly video podcast, starting in February, after 22 years as an NYT opinion columnist (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/2026/01/atlantic-hires-davi…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Last Criminal Case Against Trump Has Been Dropped (David A. Graham/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2025/12/trump-georgia-case-dropped-election-subversion/685119/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p155#a251202p155
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow Larry Ellison is helping his son David build a media empire, including making the case to Trump for why Paramount, not Netflix, should acquire WBD (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytime…
@david@boles.xyzThe Last Living American White Male: A Novel of Obsolescence and Love
The title may make you uncomfortable. That was the point. For the past year, I have been living inside a grey city that exists only in my imagination, spending my days with a garbage man named Robert James Miller and an administrative processing unit named Alma. Today, their story is finally available to readers. The Last Living American White Male…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump, 79, Can't Keep Eyes Open in Marathon Cabinet Suck-Up (David Gardner/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-79-cant-keep-eyes-open-in-marathon-cabinet-suck-up/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p119#a251202p119
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: David Ellison turned down an invitation to testify before the Senate about Netflix's WBD acquisition because he didn't believe it would be helpful (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comU.S. Manufacturing Is in Retreat and Trump's Tariffs Aren't Helping (David Uberti/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-manufacturing-is-in-retreat-and-trumps-tariffs-arent-helping-d2af4316?st=ACdFn6&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p159#a260202p159
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.socialRE: https://mstdn.social/@david_colquhoun/115731267106245836
More on the organiser of the "Global Health Misinformation Symposium" here:
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Sudan Archives:
🎵 DAVID & GOLIATH
#SudanArchives
https://sudanarchives.bandcamp.com/track/david-goliath
https://open.spotify.com/track/1dbaemVDSDiodKyvXGCkM9
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI launches a Codex app for macOS, designed to serve as a command center for managing AI agents, and says Codex usage has nearly doubled since mid-December (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/openai-codex-mac-app-free-trial/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialLeaked letter: a group of "prominent journalists" at CBS News are preparing a petition urging David Ellison to uphold editorial independence at the network (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/202…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comAfter His Democratic Victory in Texas, a New Working-Class Star Rises (J. David Goodman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/taylor-rehmet-texas-working-class-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFA.CQIS.VkBiEJ_8_rZV&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p77#a260202p77
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra:
🎵 Song for David
#ShawnLeesPingPongOrchestra
https://ubiquityrecords.bandcamp.com/track/song-for-david
https://open.spotify.com/track/0x3esJml1cpQlzLxvf3kRa
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.socialMore ham-fisted redaction of Trump's name from the Epstein papers,
https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/breaking-evidence-that-trumps-doj-f9a
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe IAB proposes draft legislation to protect publishers from AI companies using their content to train models and generate summaries without compensation (Kerry Flynn/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/02/iab-ai-accountability-publishers-act
@memeorandum@universeodon.com'Conversion therapy' is homophobic and dangerous. Yet it threatens to make a comeback | David Kirp (David Kirp/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/01/gay-conversion-therapy-should-be-consigned-to-history-in-the-us-it-could-make-a-comeback
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p48#a251201p48
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.socialThe hard right covid deniers, now frothing away on Musk's site, are far too uneducated to understand this excellent cartoon. And that includes Claire Fox, on Newsnight.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn interview with ex-NYT editor Billie Jean Sweeney, who says the NYT shifted to anti-trans bigotry and disinformation in about 2022, with guidance from the top (David Forbes/Trans News Network)
https://transnews.network/p/a-directiv
@memeorandum@universeodon.comIlhan Omar's Winery Disappears...Literally Gone From the Internet and Archives (David Strom/HotAir)
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/01/29/ilhan-omars-winery-disappearsliterally-gone-from-the-internet-and-archives-n3811311
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p123#a260129p123
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.socialI'm listening to a sales talk for AI doing coding. They set up Zoom so you can see only your own comments in chat and in the Q&A. That censors any critical comments. You should be able to see the whole discussion! Commercial companies use Zoom badly.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comAfghan Gunman Worked for CIA, Let In by Biden (David Strom/HotAir)
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/11/27/afghan-gunman-worked-for-cia-n3809330
http://www.memeorandum.com/251127/p41#a251127p41
