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Sue Valentine

@suevalentine.bsky.social

Former journalist. History, context & accuracy matter. As do simple acts of kindness. Ordinary people can change history.

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Susie Dent@susiedentwords.bsky.social · 2y ago

Among the lost positives consigned to the dusty corners of the dictionary is ‘reck’, meaning ‘care’, ‘heed’, and ‘consideration’. Which means we can be reckful instead of reckless (and feckful, gormful, ruthful, ept, kempt, couth, consolate, and many more).

WIRED@wired.com · 2y ago

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

freedom.press

Scott Galloway@profgalloway.com · 2y ago

Ladies and gentlemen… @jessicatarlov.bsky.social, my co-host on the @ragingmoderates.bsky.social podcast. 💥💥💥

Vince D. Monroy@vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tarlov: When you talk about staffing issues, sure, the control room is a problem, but you know what else is a problem? That there is no head of the FAA. Elon Musk has been trying to push him out… And they have in the first week in office gutted this key aviation safety advisory committee. 🎥: 1/2

Wessel van Rensburg@wildebees.bsky.social · 2y ago

"On Thursday, Ai2, a nonprofit AI research institute based in Seattle, released a model that it claims outperforms DeepSeek V3, one of Chinese AI company DeepSeek’s leading systems. Moreover, unlike GPT-4o (and even DeepSeek V3), Tulu 3 405B is open source." techcrunch.com/2025/01/30/a...

Ai2 says its new AI model beats one of DeepSeek's best | TechCrunch

Move over, DeepSeek. Seattle-based nonprofit AI lab Ai2 has released a benchmark-topping model called Tulu3-405B.

techcrunch.com

Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 2y ago

The way news reporting has changed over the past decades has been deeply unhelpful to good governance. Specialist journalists have been slashed. Everything is covered by the ‘lobby’—which is going feral, writes @samfr.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

The press lobby is going feral—ignore it

Given the pressures of 24-hour news, lobby journalists cannot plausibly understand policy detail. Their skillset is to nose around and cause trouble

prospectmagazine.co.uk

Index on Censorship@indexoncensorship.org · 2y ago

Deeply troubled by this news. Last year was the deadliest on record for journalists in Palestine, and this year is already starting no better. Safe passage must be guaranteed for Fadi al-Wahidi, and journalists in #Gaza must be protected: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘Fadi is fighting for his life’: Israel blocks evacuation of cameraman shot in Gaza

Fadi al-Wahidi’s condition is deteriorating, say hospital staff, who do not have medication needed to treat him

theguardian.com

Michael Markovitz@michaelmarkovitz.bsky.social · 2y ago

'Legacy media' still shoulder huge financial & regulatory burden of meeting journalistic standards while tech oligarchs totally abandon their duty of care to the public. Platform recklessness also makes support for independent public media even more urgent www.publicmediaalliance.org/meta-fact-ch...

Why Meta fact-checking cuts highlights vital role of public media - Public Media Alliance

Cuts to Meta fact-checking in favour of community notes is deeply concerning and highlights the need to better support public media.

publicmediaalliance.org

Internet Archive@archive.org · 2y ago

Internet Archive's founder, @brewster.kahle.org, spoke with @wbur.org's Megna Chakrabarti about the lawsuits against the Internet Archive, the importance of archiving the web, and the "constantly renewed mythological goal" of the Library of Alexandria. 🎧 Listen now: www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

The Internet Archive is in danger

More than 900 billion webpages are preserved on The Wayback Machine, a history of humanity online. Now, copyright lawsuits could wipe it out.

wbur.org

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 2y ago

Training materials obtained by @theintercept.com include specific examples of permitted hate speech that “demonstrate that Meta’s policy changes are political in nature and not intended to simply allow more freedom of expression,” EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social said.

Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”

Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”

theintercept.com

Susie Dent@susiedentwords.bsky.social · 2y ago

This was a joy; do have a listen on iPlayer. I could chat with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social for days.

B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon@bwthornton.bsky.social · 2y ago

Susie Dent's World of Words Word of Mouth Today 15:30 BBC Radio 4 @susiedent.com joins @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social to talk about her lifelong fascination with words and their origins. It's a programme bringing some apricity, which is one of Susie's favourite words. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...