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“The Federal Communications Commission's approval of #CBS owner #Paramount's $8 billion merger with Skydance came with a condition to install an ombudsman, which FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has described as a "bias monitor." It appears that the bias monitor will make sure the #news company's #reporting meets standards demanded by President Donald Trump.”

RIP, #CBSNews.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr standing next to and speaking to Donald Trump, who is wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat.
Ars Technica · How the Trump FCC justified requiring a “bias monitor” at CBSBy Jon Brodkin

Journalists Starving in Gaza. ‘“As these journalists face starvation, displacement & constant threat of attack, the int’l community risks losing its last independent source of #reporting from inside #Gaza…That’s not just a loss of information—it’s a collapse in transparency, a blow to advocacy for civilians & a dangerous opening for impunity. Silencing journalists under these conditions is not simply a media freedom issue—it’s a crisis of global #accountability.” | CJR cjr.org/news/journalists-starv

Columbia Journalism ReviewJournalists Are Starving in Gaza“I used to chase the truth. Now I chase calories.”

New open-source tool makes complex data understandable

Y'all heard about this?

New dopamine source potentially unlocked.

Create interactive HTML-based reports fed by CSVs, TSVs, or JSON data with the format described using YAML instead of using an exported CSV to Alteryx to MS SQL to Power BI pipeline? Yes, please.

We thought moving to using Python and APIs to skip the "CSV to Alteryx" step was increasing efficiency (and decreasing software license costs). I think this would be even better. Too bad we would have to learn a new tool and don't have time.

Tech Xplore · New open-source tool makes complex data understandableBy Ulrike Bohnsack

"As he speaks about the potentially apocalyptic implications — for Hollywood and for humanity at large — Ray sounds both incredulous and downright scared." —Josh Rottenberg for The LA Times.

latimes.com/entertainment-arts

West Hollywood, CA. July 2, 2025 - Oscar-winning screenwriter Billy Ray, who has been an outspoken opponent of AI, in West Hollywood, CA on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Marcus Ubungen/For The Times)
Los Angeles Times · What does AI mean for the future of screenwriting in Hollywood?By Josh Rottenberg

"I grew up in a small Ohio town, where exotic animal ownership was essentially accepted. It wasn’t like having a cat or dog, but I remember that a kid in my school had a pet bobcat, which the parents unceremoniously kept locked away in their basement." —Sam Myers for Slate

slate.com/life/2025/07/exotic-

Slate · It Was a Notorious—and Bloody—Incident That Stunned America in 2011. I Saw for Myself That It’s Not Over.By Sam Myers

“A new #policy at Law360, the #LegalNews service owned by #LexisNexis, requires that every story pass through an #AIPowered#bias” detection #tool before publication.

The Law360 Union, which represents over 200 editorial staffers across the 350-person newsroom, has denounced the mandate since it went into effect in mid-May. On June 17, unit chair #HaileyKonnath sent a petition to management calling for the tool to be made “completely voluntary.”

“As #journalists, we should be trusted to *select our own tools of the trade* to do our #InformationGathering, #reporting and #editing — not pressured to use #UnprovenTechnology against our will,” reads the petition, which was signed by over 90% of the union.”

#AI / #ArtificialIntelligence / #AITools / #WhiteCollar <niemanlab.org/2025/07/law360-m>

On 13 June 2025, retired Colonel Richard Kemp appeared on BBC Radio’s Stephen Nolan Show to discuss Israeli military strikes on

Listeners were not told that Kemp is a director and trustee of UK-AWIS, a British charity that raises money to support the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).

Not surprising - in line with a curious absence of any information about the ‘think tanks’ rolled out as ‘experts’

bylinetimes.com/2025/06/20/bbc

Byline Times · BBC Admits 'Regret' After Again Failing to Disclose British Colonel's Links to Israeli Defence ForceThe broadcaster failed to inform listeners of Colonel Richard Kemp's connections to the IDF, despite an earlier rebuke from the Charity Commission, following an investigation by Byline Times

Hey The Guardian your headline is bullshit. If you switched the states how would it read? Why is it a "Hamas attack" on Palestinian soil? If the roles were switched would you report "7 Hamas soldiers killed in IDF attack in Southern Israel"? Why do you refer to it as an "attack" when Hamas is in its own country?

theguardian.com/world/2025/jun

The Guardian · Seven Israeli soldiers killed in Hamas attack in southern Gaza StripBy William Christou

@techlore re: your #short on #Monero, the #EU already overtook it:
youtube.com/watch?v=uszPsqw7vos

  • Not only are there attempts at banning #cash, but already absird restrictions that ain't rooted in reasonable regulations like #KYC & #AML.

It never was like in #Dubai where one was (and allegedly still is) able to buy real estate with cash & no questions asked or proof of origin for the funds.

"Unknown numbers come with a thrill akin to putting a coin in a gumball machine and waiting to see which flavor rolls out. Surrendering the phone would be inconvenient, limiting, and so he keeps it." —Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer for The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/politics/archi

The Atlantic · The Secret History of Trump’s Private CellphoneBy Ashley Parker

A bogus Euronews Telegram spreads fakes targeting Romania and Moldova.

Euroverify has detected the latest fake Euronews reports being mirrored in Russian state-sponsored media.

A Telegram channel activated last Friday and fraudulently branded as Euronews Romania is planting disinformation and false claims targeting the Romanian and Moldovan presidents.

mediafaro.org/article/20250611

Euronews · A bogus Euronews Telegram spreads fakes targeting Romania and Moldova.By Mared Gwyn Jones