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Wonderful news! It was my honor to count Herb among my dear friends and colleagues. This archive is both a rich resource and a testimony to his immense contribution to media criticism and the political economy of communication.
Housed at our library are the papers of Herbert Schiller, media critic, political economist, and Communication scholar. Processing archivist Andrew Williams on the collection: https://t.co/Y5Y2r0erY1 @upennlib
I learned today that congregations of nuns across the United States own shares in gunmaker Smith & Wesson, major producer of the AR-15 mass murder weapon of choice https://t.co/8F4lK73YEM
When you find out your work is being used to train AI. First reaction: they are stealing my work. Second reaction: a future AI may use it to overthrow capitalism. https://t.co/e8Lz53UhsY
Holy sh*t, this is AWESOME:
Karen Smith, the new school board president for Central Bucks, PA, did her swearing in on a stack of banned books instead of a Bible.
BRILLIANT! 👏👏👏
CNN reports that the IDF and settlers have killed over 450 Palestinians in the West Bank since the extreme right Netanyahu government came to power this year.
At least 100 of them are children. Two more were slain today.
A real "fake news" story: Sports Illustrated and other publications run stories produced by AI and fake the names of journalists and their headshots. And wait, there's more ... https://t.co/iz9twh7Cxe