Australian Hongkonger filing on the past, present and future of journalism and anything else that takes my fancy.
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Maria Spackman retweeted
AI news story writing technology has the working title 'Genesis', apparently. Seems appropriate, seeing as Genesis is immediately followed by Exodus. #journalism #JobTerminator # I'llBeHack
Google is reportedly testing a product that uses AI technology to produce news stories
It has been demonstrated for executives at The New York Times, The Washington Post and News Corp, which owns The Wall Street Journal
nytimes.com/2023/07/19/busin…
Maria Spackman retweeted
We didn't want Blue
We didn't want Tip Jar
We didn't want Fleets
We didn't want Spaces
We didn't want multiple competing platforms in walled gardens
All we wanted was an edit button.
Maria Spackman retweeted
"I don’t understand why the famously mild-mannered Usman Khawaja didn’t act more grateful for this lecture in dignity and personal responsibility from a bunch of baying gin-hounds whose wives buy their pants." theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Personally I'd be prouder if we didn't have a couple of cheaters representing us, even if no actual cheating occurred on this occasion #Ashes23
Anthony Albanese backs ‘always winning’ Australian cricket team after Ashes controversy #auspol #Ashes23 #Bairstow theguardian.com/sport/2023/j…
Girl Reporter down. Safe journey, Ann Leslie as you join the ranks of our #AbsentFriends 🥃 theguardian.com/media/2023/j…
Maria Spackman retweeted
All that Thatcherite pish we’ve had spewed from the media for 40 years about how privatization was going to cut costs for the consumer and save the taxpayer millions.
It is what it’s always been: a scam for the super rich shareholders of these companies to shaft the citizen.
BREAKING: The government has begun drawing up contingency plans for the collapse of Thames Water amid growing doubts.
Sky's City Editor @MarkKleinmanSky gives more detail on his exclusive story.
trib.al/Rx0iR33
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Maria Spackman retweeted
Dogs holding out a red pill and a blue pill, explaining, "People are capable of believing the most absurd shit."
Maria Spackman retweeted
Hmm. Could we swap him for Assange?
Alexander Downer accused of spying by US Republicans in Mueller probe 7news.com.au/politics/world-…
Maria Spackman retweeted
Too often what gets overlooked is that it isn't 'social media' as some abstract thing with an abstract label, but our actual society and participants within it. It's not social media, it's "particular people"
Maria Spackman retweeted
Robot outsources menial job to low-paid human so it can focus on painting and writing
chaser.com.au/general-news/r…
Maria Spackman retweeted
The real damage to Royal etiquette occurred when she attacked his consonants.
Maria Spackman retweeted
Today on #WorldPressFreedomDay, we feature the case of imprisoned journalist, media publisher, activist, writer #JimmyLai, who faces life in prison for his work in Hong Kong. Send Lai a solidarity message via @englishpen PENWrites campaign: pen-international.org/our-ca… #FreeJimmyLai
When you've made it out of the jungle alive but there's no sign of your cheese dealer #PakKokked #LammaLyfe #SendHelp
Maria Spackman retweeted
Know your penguins.
#AFPGraphic showing eleven of the world's penguin species
This is funny because I mostly ignore Twitter these days precisely because it kept defaulting to the stupid 'for you' feature and I muted Musk's bullshit tweets years ago theguardian.com/technology/2…
Maria Spackman retweeted
Welcome to Terminator 2: Deadline Day. I'll be hack.
Journalists could be replaced by AI theguardian.com/technology/2…