wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky

Asst Prof @NazUniversity | Ethical data science + Institute for Technology, AI & Society | @cuinfoscience + @JSKStanford alum | Info = Humanitarian Aid

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

As if I couldn't love @repjohnlewis more ... https://t.co/4HKTREXMVw

[John Lewis @repjohnlewis]

I hope everyone had a safe holiday. I spent some of the break playing with my cats.

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

@jean__hardy Have you seen this paper? Every time I turned the page, I shouted "YES!" just a little bit louder.

https://t.co/KBSuqmalHV

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

@drvolts I see No Labels has been gettin' busy with the PowerPoints 🙄

[Dr Ruth Alison Clemens @RuthieClems]

Just found out that Taylor & Francis has sold access to all @routledgebooks data to Microsoft to train their AI. This includes my publications. I get no payment for using my research labour, never mind the bigger problems of this energy-intensive extractivism...

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

@magi_jay Fellow information nerd here 👋 You might find this paper interesting:

Jiang and Ma (2024) Swiping more, thinking less: Using TikTok hinders analytic thinking

It offers some interesting ideas about how social media affordances rewire info processing.

https://t.co/0hq9Hu45cg

[CriticalAIhttps://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/ @CriticalAI]

@AnnaRMills @strwbilly @techreview I appreciate effort to complexify but it's much diminished by Heaven's misguided statements abt machine "understanding" of speech

"What does it mean for machines to understand speech"?

It means that Heaven still hasn't caught up w/ the research & continues to mislead

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

There's lots more to consider in the crosstabs of the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
- Ignore the topline horse race charts
- Dig into the party/demographic breakdowns to see the nuance between different groups
https://t.co/BV6k4C5kDq

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

Polls are NOT predictive but they can be informative if you look past the topline/horse race results. Some interesting tidbits from the new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll that reveal a path forward:

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

Action: Zero in on Project 2025 proposals that have near universal public disapproval, like limiting reproductive healthcare or ending Social Security. Talk to your neighbors about it. Make posters or shareable memes. Bonus points: tie this to the "Don't lie to me" talking point

[Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth]

I finally read the Project 2025's proposals for education. It's easy enough to say "abolish the department of education." I mean, who outside of Washington actually cares about how the federal government organizes its education programs? But what you might care about is that

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

@murshedz Murshed, I trust your instincts but this makes no sense at all. What is the campaign apparatus that allows Harris to step in with $, organizing, and platform? What is the Dem legal strategy to oppose the GOP AGs and activists salivating to take this to the 5th Circuit and SCOTUS?

[Sophia A. Nelson @IAmSophiaNelson]

The American media has failed us all. This isn't about President Biden's poor debate performance, or his age. This is about a corporate oligarchy of rich white conservative men who own all news outlets who are in the tank for Trump, and who willfully ignore his heinous crimes.

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

The number of gossips, opportunists, and absolute dullards that I encountered while covering politics was not insignificant. Keep that in mind when you're reading/watching/listening to the news.

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

Can't argue with any of this. As a former political columnist, reporter, and editor, I got a fair amount of heat from competitors because I didn't come up through the ranks of journalism but blasted onto the scene after a few years as a "cheeto-stained blogger."

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

The lack of reflection and context fueled by an unnecessarily relentless 24/7 news cycle is one of the reasons I left political reporting. Editorial judgment is far too often the Mean Girls version of 7th grade student council—vapid, sensational, and wholly lacking any news value

[wendynorris_ on threads + wendynorris on bsky @WendyNorris]

Interesting thread on the media feeding frenzy about Biden’s campaign by the chief of staff of Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA). He brings the receipts to show the contrast between off- and on-the-record quotes and how they are slanted in the editing process. 1/2

[Aaron Fritschner @Fritschner]

Something important, subtle, and largely un-discussed is shaping the way all of us perceive what's happening now. Shifts in editorial standards and a series of biases in reporting and especially amplification are herding the news in one direction.

I'll explain with examples– 1/