Reuters senior photographer in Washington, DC. Spirit resides in Colorado. Presently following the light. RTs ≠ endorsement. @leahmillis on other socials
“The best window for recovery is in the first six months after getting COVID-19, with better odds for people whose initial illness was less severe, as well as those who are vaccinated” https://t.co/WPKozU4jPX
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) departs a House Republican Conference meeting about choosing a new Speaker of the House in Rayburn House office building on the Hill. In his hand he holds a piece of paper that reads “what is the real reason”, among other notes. REUTERS/Leah Millis
For two years, the LAPD has refused to provide the names of the bomb squad officers who blew up a neighborhood in South L.A. in June 2021.
We figured out their names and where they are now. https://t.co/nYgjfTqMp3 w/ @liborjany@LAcrimes
Documents indicate the Syrian government organised & directed informal militias from earliest days of the uprising. They were later accused of war crimes & crimes against humanity across the country. https://t.co/D2ZxmfZDLv
Important report by Stephanie van den Berg + @GebeilyM.
The @washingtonpost paywall is down this week! Today, my suggestion is to read this deep look at the reverberations from DC clearing McPherson Square of scores of unhoused people, by @Marissa_Jae https://t.co/L78mfZKmPX
Just a little shoutout to this badass mom and lady photojournalist. This was a particularly difficult day for @alicia_c_devine and she still did the job *and* came back with story tips.
SCOOP: Billionaire GOP donor flew Justice Alito up to Alaska for a luxury fishing trip.
The donor, Paul Singer, later had cases before the court.
Alito didn't recuse. Ethics experts say he should have.
https://t.co/8OwMHumW0a
"I wouldn't wish that experience on anyone."
Former ABC News science editor Dr. Michael Guillen recounts perilous experience when the Russian submersible he was aboard got trapped in the Titanic's propellor while exploring the wreckage for a report. https://t.co/BhGfQ3RShT
✂️ Record media cuts
— The media industry has announced at least 17,436 job cuts so far this year, the highest year-to-date level of cuts on record
— We've had more cuts this year than at the outset of the pandemic in 2020
https://t.co/Q1AKwgJAnC #axiosmediatrends
Rescuers evacuate local residents from a flooded area in Kherson, Ukraine, after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached. More photos of the week: https://t.co/KnS1kQc3SK 📷 Vladyslav Musiienko
A commercial plane flies past a sun made dark orange by smoke from wildfires in Canada, as seen from Washington. More photos of the week: https://t.co/2Hpxbyi13K 📷 @LeahMillis
🚨Generative AI has a serious problem with bias🚨
Over months of reporting, @dinabass and I looked at thousands of images from @StableDiffusion and found that text-to-image AI takes gender and racial stereotypes to extremes worse than in the real world.
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@kentnish@latguild Completely wrong and incredibly short sighted. Everyone else will be lucky to have you available to work for them during this upcoming election. You deserve better.
Found this out via this article, before getting notice from HR… while ::checks notes:: oh yes, I’m on my HONEYMOON. Of the photo dept members who received notice today, ALL are people of color, and if cut, the photo dept won’t have Spanish speakers. @latguild
Smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in eastern Canada has cast a dull gray pallor over city skylines and prompted air-quality alerts in more than a dozen US states https://t.co/cQlMpVVYnS
A person looks down at Toronto from the CN Tower 📷 @carlososorio 1/5