by @eryk.bsky.social
A list of journalists and outlets regularly reporting on AI and tech with appropriate skepticism. Includes newsletter authors and podcasts but excludes product reviews and market / startup coverage. Skews toward AI reporting. Managed by @eryk.bsky.social.
ProPublica After a company owned by the billionaire Moroun family erected a concrete plant in their quiet neighborhood, Detroit residents said they began battling air pollution so thick they could “taste the dust.” They say local and state officials have been little help.
Benjamin Riley Casual reminder that Stuart Ritchie, a scientist who currently works in Anthropic’s comms department, once wrote this bizarre defense of Francis Galton, the racist godfather of eugenics.
Rest of World “A massive data center is trying to jump the queue and take our land, water, and energy.” https://restofworld.org/2026/south-africa-ai-data-center-protests/
René Walter I turned this (fantastic) scientific dialogue about AI-consciousness, which kicked off with Anil Seths paper on biological naturalism and garnered 50 responses from all kinds of researchers and experts, into a NotebookLM including a podcast notebook.google.com/notebook/7d7...
Kate Klonick The indy protest schwag at the MUSK premiere did not disappoint.
Dave Karpf So far the Wizards are 2-0 in the preseason, knocking off the defending champs and the 60-win Pistons. Just hand them the championship trophy now. This team is unstoppable. We all see that, right?
Kate Knibbs Sky in Chicago tonight
Anil Dash Sometimes people push back when I say that staying on Twitter/X breaks your brain & makes you lose touch with reality. Here's a post from the guy who led product at X when they shipped their "create CSAM" feature, with a reply from a psychotic dude who's been posting about me for 14 years straight.
Gil Durán Coming Nov. 3: "The Nerd Reich" in Italian! They translated it as "Silicon Reich: The Rise of the Tech Giants and the War On Democracy." This is one of MANY forthcoming translations—Bulgarian, Dutch, Italian, French, Polish, Greek, Finnish, Japanese, South Korean, and Vietnamese!
Will Oremus Full house here in Philly for Cavan Sullivan’s return home after his national team debut.
Alex Hern can I sue Japan Airlines for discrimination against my overly long first and middle names