1/ Last October, @MonikaBauerlein and I reported that Facebook had specifically changed its algorithms to help Brietbart and other far-right outlets, and to throttle traffic to, specifically, @MotherJones... motherjones.com/media/2020/10/…
2/ Ex-employees privy to these decisions told us how Joel Kaplan and other executives at Facebook decided to tip the scales to far-right sites: motherjones.com/media/2020/10/…
4/ A thing that's noticeable about Facebooks non denial denials (they gave them to us as well) is how they go out of their way to be insulting to journalists doing their jobs.
Also their greed. That's what this is all about. Greed.
Especially against the backdrop of the Baldwin tragedy, the safety and other concerns of IATSE Hollywood set workers makes for vital reading. ✍️ @nlanardmotherjones.com/politics/2021/…
1/ Great job alert: Come run the @MotherJones fact-checking operation and fellowship program as Research Editor. You get to recruit and train beginning journalists, and make our work bulletproof. Intense, but a career turbocharge: motherjones.com/jobs/research-…
Reporter finds massive state security breach. @stltoday holds off on publication until breach is fixed. @GovParsonMO calls reporter a hacker (uh, no) and threatens them with prosecution.
Incredible example of conter-productive dumbassery and basic tech ignorance.
If you're going to create a definitive ranking of America's dumbest governors (which I am not), you have to separate "dumb" from "venal." Some are both. Some of the most venal play dumb. But then there are just the actual idiots.
A thing you notice in countries with much better infrastructure, in addition to great transit, and bike lanes, and public space, is you can refill a water bottle easily.
During prohibition, often quite massive Temperance Fountains were installed all over big cities. We could do that now. Some airports have done to great success.