Joe McLaughlin

@joemcl
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@pluralistic great to see you speak tonight in Chicago with @rickperlstein . Here's an intro to @joannastern and her AI radiology experience.

https://youtu.be/e8IPrAKtDe0?is=gkJFrDa3PK5u3lMQ

What I Learned Letting AI Into All Parts of My Life

YouTube

And....the video version of my conversation with Preet Bharara.

I knew it was out there somewhere!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNJPqsqElpQ

RE: https://www.threads.com/@joannebfreeman/post/DaBFwMmjhzA

Huh! I was today years old when I realised that the mighty @libreoffice has a great tool for generating QR. In a world where online QR code generators tend to re route via themselves this is an awesome tool to find! #opensource
Hey folks:

New today -- my conversation with the great Preet Bharara on his podcast, Stay Tuned.

I love working with these folks.
You can hear it in our voices.

Today's topic: the relevance of the 250th to now.
https://cafe.com/general/250-years-on-can-democracy-hold-with-joanne-freeman/
250 Years On, Can Democracy Hold? (with Joanne Freeman) - CAFE

Historian and Yale professor Joanne Freeman joins Preet ahead of America's 250th anniversary to discuss democracy, civic virtue, and transfers of power.

CAFE
From @katiephang.bsky.social
"Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂"

The first American Pope and the first American Saint were, firstly, citizens of the world.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/opinion/pope-leo-cabrini-american-saint.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Opinion | A Big Moment for American Catholics Is Coming

When Pope Leo visits Mother Cabrini’s birthplace, the message will not be their shared American nationality but a rebuke of American exceptionalism.

The New York Times
JY Stervinou proposed Universal Mentions, an interesting new low-tech web-like protocol for mentioning people, places or things via link elements in the head section of any HTML file you want to use as your personal directory. It’s an intriguing idea. ChatGPT review, after a few questions. Both JY and ChatGPT use the term “open web” which to me has become a red flag. The web is open. No need to say it twice. There’s no such thing as a web element that’s not open. It’s like saying wet water.
DAYTONA 2

Folks, can you share this post more widely? I haven't heard anything about digital sovereignty for social networks in Korea or Japan, or in Oceania, both of which are hotspots of the Fediverse. I want to know about and connect with people doing this work. #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalAutonomy

I just fixed the RSS feed configuration on my blog bc a reader told me they had an issue importing it into their feed reader. Turns out it was pointing at a Feedly wrapper URL instead of the feed itself. It's fixed now! If you have a Ghost blog, it may be worth checking your footer, too

Also, you can subscribe to my blog w/o using RSS at https://blog.yaelwrites.com/ for free! (Though I just turned on the ability to comment on posts as a way to say thanks to paid subscribers for supporting my work.)

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Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Yael Grauer's thoughts about privacy, security, hacking, surveillance, journalism, and sometimes miscellany.

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