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David Gallagher

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A journalist in Amsterdam via NYC. https://dfg.im

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Joshua Benton@joshuabenton.com · 3mo ago

New by me —> Now we're getting AI fake news complaining about how AI fake news is the death of real news! How a fake news site splits its energy between (a) the imagined closure of real US newspapers and (b) Chinese-friendly takes on Taiwan www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/now-...

Now we’re getting AI fake news complaining about how AI fake news is the death of real news

Did 47 Alabama newspapers die on a single day and no one noticed? (Hint: No, they didn't.)

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Lizzy Lawrence@lizzylawrence.bsky.social · 4mo ago

EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...

Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?

Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program.

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Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression

The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

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Clara Murray@claradoodle.bsky.social · last yr.

An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed

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ProPublica@propublica.org · last yr.

NEW: We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”

Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public

We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”

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Waxy.org@waxy.org · last yr.

Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists: Adrian Holovaty added ASCII tab importing to Soundslice to avoid user complaints and confusion, but has mixed feelings about it https://www.holovaty.com/writi...

Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists | Holovaty.com

At Soundslice, our sheet music scanner digitizes music from photographs, so you can listen, edit and practice. We continually improve the system, and I keep an eye on the error logs to see which images are getting poor results.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com · last yr.

If there are Seven Cycling Wonders of the World, then Beijing’s elevated bike expressway deserves to be near the top of that list: a six-metre wide, 5.4-km long piece of show-stopping infrastructure that is quickly become an important form of transportation and recreation for 12,000 users each day.🧵

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along a green- and orange coloured dedicated and elevated cycle path in Beijing.People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along a green- and orange coloured dedicated and elevated cycle path in Beijing.People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along a green- and orange coloured dedicated and elevated cycle path in Beijing.People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along a green- and orange coloured dedicated and elevated cycle path in Beijing.
Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social · last yr.

Well, as I’m sure you all know, we mark something important today. Yes: happy 45th anniversary of the thrremony at tremony at the liremony at the libraremony to all who celebrate

Old newspaper cutting: a photo of some people standing around for some reason, plus text: PETERBOROUGH STANDARD — Friday, April 18th, 1980 The memories live on CROWLAND’S Silver Jubilee committee was finally wound up on Thursday evening with a presentation ceremony at the library.. The Jubilee fund, described by chairman Frank Parnell as ‘one of the finest efforts in Lincolnshire’, fremony at the library. The Jubilee fund,. described by chairman Frank Parnet s ‘one remony atremony are sony at the library. The jubremony at the library. Tremony at remony at the library. Thrremony at tremony at the liremony at the libraremony at the library. Theremony at the library. The Jubilee fund, described by chairman, Frank Premony rremony at the remony aremony at the libremony atremony at tremony at the library. Tremorremony at the library.remony at the library. The Jubilee fund, described by chairman Frank Parnell as ‘one of the finest efforts in Lincolnshire’, fn he latched onto a through ball. Although be was hauled down by the keeper he still managed to stroke the ball home. But for the second week running Durant had to leave the field injured, this time suffering eye trouble. The winning goal was another 25-yard shot — again from Blackstones’ central defender — coming from their second chance of the game. Gary Cooper, recently signed from Old Boys, had a good debut.
Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 2y ago

The must-read of the week (recognizing it's only Monday): What happens when the president's national security team accidentally includes a journalist on a theoretically highly secret group chat about an upcoming military operation. @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

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