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Ted Mann

@whereisted.bsky.social

reporter @business, co-author of a book about mistakes. here we are. tmann55@bloomberg.net // whereisted.01 on signal https://www.harpercollins.com/products/lights-out-thomas-grytated-mann?variant=39934376575010

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Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7h ago

The framing of these Democratic primaries by many news orgs is "how did the party let these radicals take over?" instead of "what is going on in the country and the world that leads so many people to vote this way?"

Dana Hull@danahull.bsky.social · yesterday

today Elon Musk will host SpaceX’s first earnings call as a publicly traded company and if you think he will be “grilled” by sell side analysts you have never listened to a TSLA call for 16 years

Kirk Rudell@rudell.bsky.social · 3d ago

Shouldn’t be shocked at any lie RFK Jr tells, but he whined to Dana Bash that businesses were shut down during the pandemic “with no just compensation.” There was an almost trillion dollar PPP loan program, and his organization got millions from it, none of it paid back, to make payroll.

WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE .. Why is my loan information here? Loan Amount $521,012 Amount Forgiven $523,907 Includes any accrued interest Where applicants said the money will go Payroll $521,009 Utilities $1 Mortgage Interest $o Health Care $0 Rent $o Refinance EIDL $0 Debt Interest $0 Location New York, NY Urban Industry Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations Date Approved Jan. 22, 2021 (Second Round) Lender HSBC Bank USA, National Association Jobs Reported 28 Business Type CorporationLOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER Why is my loan information here? Loan Amount $130,260 Amount Forgiven $131,434 Includes any accrued interest Where applicants said the money will go Payroll $130,260 Utilities $0 Mortgage Interest $0 Health Care $0 Rent $0 Refinance EIDL $0 Debt Interest $0 Location Santa Monica, CA Urban Industry Offices of Lawyers Date Approved April 10, 2020 (First Round) Lender Beneficial State Bank Jobs Reported 9Recipient WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC Location NEW YORK, NY Loan Status Forgiven as of April 1, 2021 Loan Amount $498,174 Date Approved April 27, 2020 Recipient LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER Location Santa Monica, CA Loan Status Forgiven as of July 14, 2021 Loan Amount $130,260 Date Approved Feb. 12, 2021ProPublica: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans Search for PPP loan applications by organization, lender, zip code and business type. Waterkeeper Search For example: trucking, hospice, television, Kasowitz Benson Torres, 90210, Sole Proprietorship 16 loans found If you're looking for an exact term, try adding quotes, e.g., "farm market" Recipient OAHU WATERKEEPER Location HONOLULU, HI Loan Status Forgiven as of June 15, 2021 Loan Amount $14,300 Date Approved April 6, 2020
Christina Henderson@chenderson.bsky.social · 2d ago

The historic amnesia on display here is stunning. Hospitals were setting up makeshift morgues in parking lots because they could not keep up.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

RFK Jr: Trump wanted to end lockdowns. In Fauci's diary, he talks about how the president was calling him trying to get him to reopen the country BASH: The lockdowns were down by governors K: They cited Fauci B: Govs were hearing from hospitals that their ICUs were overrun K: That's not true

Liam Knox@liamknox.bsky.social · 2d ago

Scoop: The Trump administration is sending a letter to college presidents asking them to pledge a series of policy changes by the end of the year. Unlike last year's Compact, this effort was devised with input from higher ed leaders. Free link to my exclusive: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

McMahon Asks US Colleges to Pledge Campus Reforms by End of 2026

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration’s lates...

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Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 5d ago

Wild to create an AI tool that will so obviously be used to create disinfo and then to put the responsibility on a user to investigate — using more Google tools of course — whether the content was made with your AI tool!

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

Google's statement that it includes a watermark that can identify them as AI-generated is completely braindead as to how disinformation works. You think people spending literally three seconds to derail a discussion give a shit about that? This is so easy to abuse www.404media.co/google-earth...

Asked for comment, Google pointed 404 Media to a tweet the company posted on Thursday. “We take misinformation seriously – every image created with Nano Banana in Google Earth includes the SynthID digital watermark, so if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was AI-generated. In addition, we prevent image creation on harmful topics and are continually updating our protections,” it read. This of course ignores the very obvious fact that plenty of people do not bother to verify themselves if an image is real or not. People spreading misinformation also often don’t care about eventually getting caught; they can cause a massive amount of damage to a certain conversation very quickly before anyone calls them out for their bullshit.
David_j_roth@davidjroth.bsky.social · last wk.

One potential Ross Douthat replacement at the New York Times whose name I've heard a bunch of times: Drunk Man In Unbuttoned Yankees Jersey Who Pronounces The Mayor's Name "Zor-HAN." Times higher-ups believe he speaks to the same demographic while communicating in a distinctive and populist style.

Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 2w ago

This does an excellent, depressing job showing how not just the end of USAID, but the sudden abandonment of half-built projects caused particular harm to vulnerable people. In some cases, finishing them wouldn’t even have required more money. Gift: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Trump’s Chaotic USAID Cuts Unleashed Floods, Disease and Poverty

Trump’s USAID cuts halted critical infrastructure projects around the world. Our investigation in Kenya reveals devastating consequences.

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Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 4w ago

“The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects.” David McCraw, The Times’s top newsroom lawyer, in a statement on Friday evening.

Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media

The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”

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