Greg Greene

@ggreeneva
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Dad. Wiseguy. Malcontent strategist. Deep South expat. 📇: Making it up as I go. Prior 📇: #PlannedParenthood Action Fund, DNC, Nat’l Dem. Inst., BlueState. Views my own. Elsewhere: greene.haus @ BlueSky.
LocationLos Angeles, Ca. 🌴
Greg GreeneJul 19, 2023
Jeff JarvisJul 18, 2023

At the dawn of computers, newsrooms thought their "content" is what made them valued, so they each needed special "systems" to "manage" it. They commodified content until it lost value; so did their CMSes. Here is word that Vox, which made a big deal of creating its own CMS--licensing it to other news organizations--is dropping it for WordPress. Newsrooms are not each so special after all.

https://www.axios.com/2023/07/18/vox-media-chorus

Scoop: Vox Media drops its own CMS

Tech licensing was once seen as a lucrative opportunity for publishers.

Axios
Greg GreeneJun 21, 2023
A concise guide:
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              - Cool Modi
- Kool Moe Dee
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Show threadGreg GreeneJun 13, 2023
On a bright side: getting laid off means that I — a writer and editor — have time to walk the _f––_ out of some picket lines in L.A. You had all better believe I’ll be doing that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/08/labor-unions-fight-ai/
From airlines to Hollywood, workers are fighting to keep AI at bay

Labor unions are organizing to protect their workers from being replaced by technology.

The Washington Post
Greg GreeneJun 12, 2023

Well, my departure from Washington after 19 years this time around also marks my departure from Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Today’s bittersweet, but it’s been a pleasure.

I’ll be staying in the fight because I care, no matter what. ✊

Greg GreeneJun 10, 2023
One could speculate that reactionaries get so worked up about who uses which bathrooms because they’re curating their spycam viewing experiences. https://www.wtrf.com/west-virginia-state-police-investigation/west-virginia-state-police-investigation-10-more-minors-42-more-women-in-total-to-sue-west-virginia-state-police-over-hidden-cameras/
Show threadGreg GreeneJun 9, 2023
I mean, just _listen_ to this filth — this beautiful, priceless filth. https://youtu.be/xydBceJGWh0
One Margarita (Margarita Song)

YouTube
Greg GreeneJun 9, 2023
I … the internet is undefeated, I tell you. Undefeated. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/style/margarita-song-tiktok.html
A Sex-Shaming Rant About Margaritas Accidentally Became the Song of the Summer

Angel Laketa Moore, a comedian and actor​, remixed a ​sexually explicit Evangelical sermon​.

The New York Times
Show threadGreg GreeneJun 9, 2023
The “double standard” is what Republicans want entitlement to: immunity from scrutiny, let alone prosecution, for crimes.
Show threadGreg GreeneJun 9, 2023
If the below had happened, some of these same folks would be calling for capital punishment or transport to Gitmo. https://mas.to/@BlackAzizAnansi/110516014420409304
Black Aziz Anansi :vm: (@[email protected])

Now if Obama had stolen a bunch of state secrets and were showing them off to Jay-Z in Chicago....

mas.to
Greg GreeneJun 9, 2023
The Venn diagram of folks denouncing a “two-tiered system of justice” today & people who justified summary extrajudicial killing on the New York subway last month is a circle.