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jveezy Aug 29, 2023

Taylor Lorenz Aug 29, 2023

Post Twitter I find myself visiting the homepages of websites more and it’s something I really like now as part of my morning routine. I constantly find stories I probably would have never seen on social

jveezy Aug 23, 2023

The Vallejo Sun Aug 22, 2023

NEW: Vallejo’s public boating facilities are barely usable and getting worse, hampering the city’s economic development.

A deep dive on the state of Vallejo's waterfront by Gretchen Zimmermann:

https://www.vallejosun.com/vallejos-deteriorating-waterfront/

Vallejo’s deteriorating waterfront

Vallejo’s public boating facilities are barely usable and getting worse, hampering the city’s economic development.

The Vallejo Sun

jveezy Jun 11, 2023

Meredith Whittaker May 2, 2023

I'm not arguing w the fact that AI poses risks. I AM ceaselessly annoyed by the pattern

This is not new or novel. It was women -
@timnitGebru, @mmitchell_ai, me, et al - who rang the AI alarm years ago & were retaliated against, pushed out for doing so.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html

‘The Godfather of AI’ Quits Google and Warns of Danger Ahead

For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now he worries it will cause serious harm.

The New York Times

jveezy Apr 4, 2023

Sunscreen was a good invention

jveezy Feb 28, 2023

Waldo Jaquith Feb 28, 2023

Please, please, stop using "foo" and "bar” in code documentation. Give us real examples that mean something. Not "if (foo > bar)," but “if (height > limit)." Not “foo++” but “counter++”. Give us a logical hook to hang our hat on, not nonsense words.

jveezy Jan 19, 2023

The Sacramento Kings are a good basketball team.

jveezy Jan 13, 2023

DrKiki Jan 13, 2023

We have known ExxonMobil leaders had data they chose to ignore & silence in favor of profits for years. The new analysis adds resolution, but we know they knew. We've known they knew. And, we need to make sure they don't continue to influence the conversation away from solutions.

I’m also worried about all y’all going “lololol pEoPle UsE LasTPaSs” when getting just one person on a reputable password manager they’ll actually understand how to use is a massive, uphill battle.

jveezy Dec 22, 2022

Emily Baker-White Dec 22, 2022

ByteDance used TikTok to track my location — and the locations of two of my colleagues — to try to find our sources. We reported on this back in October, but kept things vague to protect sources. Today ByteDance admitted it, so we can say much more:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/22/tiktok-tracks-forbes-journalists-bytedance/

EXCLUSIVE: TikTok Spied On Forbes Journalists

ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.

Forbes

jveezy Dec 19, 2022

The Vallejo Sun Dec 19, 2022

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves: Hello, we are the Vallejo Sun, a collective of #journalists covering #Vallejo and #SolanoCounty #California. Our work includes coverage of police, local government, schools, arts and far right extremist movements. Check out our first anniversary #podcast for more on what we're all about: https://www.vallejosun.com/behind-the-scenes-one-year-of-the-vallejo-sun/

Behind the scenes: One year of the Vallejo Sun

It’s been a year since veteran journalists John Glidden, Scott Morris and Brian Krans launched the Vallejo Sun.

The Vallejo Sun