"You see over and over that corporate media is so captured by special interests, power, and proximity to power that they miss a lot of big stories."

Good stuff from @7198e984, whose book is out today, and who was right about the internet all along.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/dont-fight-the-future-taylor-lorenz-on-news-publishers-continuing-adjustment-to-the-internet/ 

 Yeesh.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/03/senator-elizabeth-warren-supports-bill-to-silence-lgbtq-voices/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F7jUw03XkAAah2-.jpg 

 😎

https://bird.makeup/@j_e_mason/1709286315328762002 

 New from me:

What was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter? A game plan published by a fired Trump White House staffer provides a clue.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/was-elon-musks-strategy-twitter-rcna118490 

 What’s going on with Elon Musk, and why is he doing this to Twitter?

I spent the last few months digging into it.

I found a pretty big clue.

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1709001419989057536/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/-gO-tyA3m0ihijwD.mp4?tag=12 

 The company behind a "gunshot detecting system" that constantly confuses fireworks for gunshots is merging with a "predictive policing" software company that "disproportionately—and often relentlessly—targeted low-income communities of color."
https://www.wired.com/story/soundthinking-geolitica-acquisition-predictive-policing/