.@seattletimes management has offered the union some protections around the use of AI — but only to reporters.
Management still insists it needs the right to replace other @SeaTimesUnion workers with AI.
We won another Emmy! For the second year in a row.
We don’t do this for awards, but we really appreciate the recognition and respect for the journalism by the great team at @MorePerfectUS
A couple months ago, an AI program I was using (to create a legislative content calendar for local council meetings) told me Charlie Kirk had attended an anti-millionaire tax rally in Olympia…
Once again, quick headline fact check: Not true!
If you work in the pro-democracy space (in basically any capacity) and want to prepare for when voters ask LLMs who to vote for, drop me a note. amanda at runforsomething dot net.
The Nuggets hitting McDaniels with “We’ll let our play do the talking, buddy!” and then absolutely shitting their pants in the next game is admittedly very funny
Quick edit on this headline - our team knows what to do about it!
If you are a campaign, consultant, org, or trying to save democracy & you're stressing about what voters will see when they ask an LLM who to vote for, email me. amanda at runforsomething dot net
I’ll always remember what he said as I drove him out to that town hall: “DC is the best place to work, but this Washington is the best place in the world to live.” Never got to evaluate the first claim, largely because he was so right about the second.
Joel was the first reporter to ever cover a press event I organized, back when I knew nothing about my job and even less about Washington state. RIP to someone who always had time for those with less knowledge and experience.
Former Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist Joel Connelly was a respected political commentator and fierce defender of the Pacific Northwest's wilderness areas. https://t.co/GhMg3eDro7
Former Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist Joel Connelly was a respected political commentator and fierce defender of the Pacific Northwest's wilderness areas. https://t.co/GhMg3eDro7
Show me your budget and I'll show you what you value:
"Across all government programs—federal, state, and local—$2 are now spent on seniors for every $1 spent on children." https://t.co/AD4Rw746HJ
When Baby Boomers were growing up, the elderly were one of the most vulnerable populations in the US. That dynamic has fully flipped.
Here’s @imkahloon on how older Americans amassed so much wealth and power. https://t.co/rG0Egf7e1E
I’m quoted in here but to elaborate: if you came of age in the Bush/Obama/Trump/Biden years, you’re between 18-42yo and have never seen a political system that delivered sustained economic prosperity. In many ways the opposite.
Your eyes are not deceiving you. These are, in fact, masked ICE agents dragging a legal U.S. resident out of her car while she waits in a pickup line outside an elementary school.
The right wing jas a network of otg newsfluencers and theyre so powerful they get roundtable with the president. The left must build this infrastructure. Im doing it right now. Please support https://t.co/K9lCKvQGF5