This examination of how Elon Musk's changes to Twitter verification turned into a debate over journalistic values (by me and @fahadhumayun.com) was just released in a paginated issue, so I figure I'd share again.

Checking on the Boundaries: Twitter’s Verification Changes as a Credibility Contest

Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter in late 2022 led to major shifts on a platform that journalists had spent years inhabiting and adapting their practices to fit. Among the most significant of these c...

tandfonline.com

On this week's Hard Pass, @briankarem.bsky.social, Mark and I talked about coverage of the Todd Blanche nomination and how the reflecting pool coverage has become an urgent topic for the press. youtu.be/Le4C9JSE8u4?...

Blanche and the Slasher

YouTube video by Hard Pass Podcast

youtu.be

Lol knew it.

The Verge@theverge.com · last wk.

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

#commsky

jon ben-menachem@jbenmenachem.com · last wk.

Autopsies of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protests often conclude that movements produced tough-on-crime backlash. My new study in Work and Occupations finds a different kind of movement outcome: BLM changed how local reporters cover cops and jails. 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Thrive Eternal is expected to lead the proposed investor group for FFE. Thrive is an American venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner - the brother of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared.

Uefa to boycott World Cup if Fifa plans go through 👏👏👏 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Fifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go through

Uefa will boycott Fifa's tournaments if investment proposals from world football's governing body president Gianni Infantino go through.

bbc.co.uk

"No UEFA national teams will participate in any FIFA competition for so long as these proposals remain alive, unless this proposal has been abandoned in its entirety and binding assurances have been given that FIFA will never again open its governance or competitions to private ownership".

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations

UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.

uefa.com

This ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · 2w ago

I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

I Have One Eye and It's In the Center of My Head. Here's What Christopher Nolan Gets Wrong About People Like Me.

I've got it on good authority that after eliminating physical discs and buttons for the PS6, the PS7 will just be you buying a license to imagine playing the game

☠️

Casmilus@casmilus.bsky.social · 2w ago

LinkedIn is having blazing rows about the 7 lessons that thought leaders can take from Odysseus's logistical decisions.

LinkedIn is having blazing rows about the 7 lessons that thought leaders can take from Odysseus's logistical decisions.

“AI will make everyone more efficient and reduce labor”

Starbucks made a national bet on an AI tool; 9 months later, it pulled the plug

The exclusive inside story of how a promising AI system flamed out, as told by dozens of Starbucks employees and the tech startup behind it. Plus, what leaders everywhere should learn from the experie...

fastcompany.com

Humans have yet to fully grasp social media and some humans who themselves don’t understand the wreck they have caused are now forcing AI and VR to cause further social disruption. When people can’t politely come to a conclusion they invariably seek a Dictator to rule over them.

being a billionaire and on the internet all day is crazy to me. if i had even five million dollars, you would not find me online whatsoever.

Funny world football. statement from a club that has perhaps done more than any other to distort the global market: “The asking transfer fee and salary demands were completely disproportionate and distortive - and PSG will not break its principles of rational financial management and squad balance.”

What a strange and angry post from the FIFA president. While preaching “love” he has come across extremely thin skinned and while at the same time attempted to downplay what has happened to Iran, fans denied visas, Omar Artan and the Balogun situations as normal. Like in a parallel universe.

Today I learned that if I melt Truffle butter and add heavy cream and a little salt and black pepper and add it to pasta, I can taste heaven.

This might be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives.

FIFA President Infantino travelled over 106,000 kilometers by private jet during the World Cup, causing over 1,020 tons of carbon emissions in 39 days. ▬ 1,020 tons of carbon emissions is equivalent to: • 698,630,136 plastic straws, • 2,040,000 deodorants.

I think people who do not work in media have trouble grasping how genuinely terrifying it is watching organization after organization (even those ostensibly held by entities able to fund them!) continually get carved down into nothing. Lights going out all over

Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Most of the affected employees were at National Geographic, both at the cable network as well as editorial and operations." 🫠

People asked us to make a poster out of 245 of our World Cup drawings So we made a poster out of 245 of our World Cup drawings It's a massive catastrophe. Please buy one to validate our existence, or share to spread the pain x UK 🛒 noscoredraws.com EVERYWHERE ELSE 🛒 www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Pani...

In case you didn’t have enough reasons to love Spanish football, here’s some more wholesome content of the male players paying their respects to the women’s team, which also won the world cup www.instagram.com/reel/DbEsgxe...

I can’t believe the World Cup is over.

is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it

Happy for this guy.

Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.

Spain, now holders of the European, Olympic and World titles. Prodigious.

Infantino to award Argentina the FIFA Peace Prize