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Why some staffers at Schneps Media want a union: low pay leads to high turnover and a loss of institutional knowledge at the chain of local newspapers in NYC (Tim Donnelly/The New York Groove)
https://nygroove.nyc/schneps-media-union/

The Schneps Media Union is fighting for newsrooms that last
Turnover is high at the city's largest newspaper chain: 'There's not much in the way of institutional knowledge.

The social media figure “Rathbone” became (or always has been) a horrible antisemite. Not sure how many people here are familiar with his videos, but I must admit that a few years back I liked them. They were often provocative and didn't speak too kindly on Israel's actions, using words like “apartheid”, “imperialism”, “zionism”, etc. The account didn't influence me on my knowledge of these terms, the books I read and my political activism did, but it certainly popped up once or twi…

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116700754648719001
Thank you everyone for sharing your knowledge of an in-joke of a 1993 computer game in the replies

Musk v. Altman: Greg Brockman testified about tense negotiations with Musk in 2017, saying "he knows rockets, he knows electric cars" but "does not know AI" (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

I am cursed by useless knowledge of horrible people

"Hurabiell has a history of making transphobic comments, which was public knowledge when Lurie attended ConnectedSF’s events... Lurie did not distance himself from ConnectedSF, however, and did not say whether he would associate with Hurabiell or the group going forward"
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Queer politicos blast S.F. congressional candidate, Lurie ally Marie Hurabiell for homophobia 
Marie Hurabiell said "Children are being raped multiple times a day" thanks to a Scott Wiener law. It's a bridge too far for Mayor Lurie.

A profile of Bernadette Meehan, a US diplomat who became Wikimedia Foundation CEO in January, as Wikipedia faces threats from MAGA, AI, and foreign autocrats (Tiffany Hsu/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/0…

Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet
The internet’s largest stockpile of free knowledge is under threat from MAGA, A.I. and foreign autocrats. A bibliophile ex-ambassador is here to help.

Source: White House AI advisor Sriram Krishnan plans to leave his role at the end of June; sources: Krishnan plans to start a pro-Trump AI policy institution (Leo Schwartz/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/white-house-ai-po…

White House AI Policy Advisor Sriram Krishnan to Leave Position
Sriram Krishnan, a top AI policy advisor in the Trump administration, plans to leave his position at the end of June, according to a person with direct knowledge of the move and a statement viewed by The Information. Krishnan has discussed starting a policy institution following his time in the ...

Source: Alphabet is in talks with Blackstone, KKR, and EQT to give their portfolio companies AI model access, after OpenAI's and Anthropic's JVs with PE firms (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/google-talks-blackstone-…

Google in Talks With Blackstone, KKR to Distribute AI Models
Private equity firms Blackstone, KKR and EQT are in talks with Alphabet to get their portfolio companies access to Google’s AI models, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The discussions follow the establishment of two separate companies set up by Anthropic and OpenAI and several PE firms that will employ technical consultants to integrate AI into the PE firms’ portfolio

Source: Mercor hit over $2B in gross revenue run rate in June, double its pace in April, and is profitable on a free cash flow basis (Julia Hornstein/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-mercor-hit-2-billion-gros…

Exclusive: Mercor Hit Over $2 Billion in Gross Annualized Revenue
Mercor hit over $2 billion in gross revenue run rate in June, double its pace earlier this year , according to a person with direct knowledge of the company’s financials. The growth comes from increased demand from AI app developers and Fortune 500 customers looking to build their own or fine-tune existing AI models, the person added. The three-year-old startup pays contractors, often with