AramZS. he/him. Privacy Engineer. Tech for journalism. Ad Tech. Prev: Fullstack, strategy, econ/game journo, storytelling, altac. Views are only my own
NYC, NY
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Updating the "where to find me" post:
I'm extremely active on BlueSky these days and you should be too: chronotope.aramzs.xyz
You can find my other socials and highlighted work at my link site: aramzs.nexus
My digital garden blog: aramzs.xyz
I'm not back and I'm not coming back. Follow me anywhere else: aramzs.nexus/
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We've been getting a lot of questions lately about how the Internet Archive digitizes books.
The short answer: page by page, by hand.
You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it.
Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/…
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NEW: I wrote a small guide explaining how to archive things you see online and why you should. Archiving is essential for journalists, researchers and activists, and the more of us who get in the habit of archiving what we find, the better.
readthemaple.com/heres-how-t…
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Ok, for folks departing Twitter:
Follow me on Mastodon - indieweb.social/@Chronotope
DM me on Keybase - keybase.io/aramzs
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Bluesky - chronotope.aramzs.xyz
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Find me elsewhere:
aramzs.glitch.me/
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Considering what is happening on this platform this account is officially in maintenance-only mode. I deploy link rot so I'm not locking it or deleting it, but you should no longer consider it active and follow me on Blue Sky instead. Or elsewhere: aramzs.nexus
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Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: wired.com/story/the-internet…
Considering what is happening on this platform this account is officially in maintenance-only mode. I deploy link rot so I'm not locking it or deleting it, but you should no longer consider it active and follow me on Blue Sky instead. Or elsewhere: aramzs.nexus
I do think that people are really underestimating the risk in a post-Roe world that ad tech poses to women. It isn't just Law Enforcement has an easier time accessing your phone than your home and it isn't just data brokers. States now have private-citizen bounties, remember?
An update to the context page covering the dangers of ad tech data on the open market and for sale to stalkers, bounty hunters and LEOs - context.center/topics/law-en…
Exactly this, happening for real 404media.co/contractor-payin…
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GenAI Traffic Share, Key Takeaways:
→ Grok and DeepSeek continue to regain ground.
→ Claude surpasses Perplexity.
→ ChatGPT continues to lose share.
🗓️ 12 Months Ago:
ChatGPT: 86.6%
Gemini: 5.6%
Perplexity: 2.2%
Claude: 1.9%
Copilot: 1.6%
🗓️ 6 Months Ago:
ChatGPT: 80.1%
DeepSeek: 6.1%
Gemini: 5.9%
Grok: 2.4%
Perplexity: 1.6%
Claude: 1.2%
Copilot: 1.2%
🗓️ 3 Months Ago:
ChatGPT: 79.0%
Gemini: 8.6%
DeepSeek: 3.9%
Grok: 2.3%
Perplexity: 1.8%
Claude: 1.7%
Copilot: 1.2%
🗓️ 1 Month Ago:
ChatGPT: 74.1%
Gemini: 12.9%
DeepSeek: 3.7%
Perplexity: 2.4%
Grok: 2.0%
Claude: 2.0%
Copilot: 1.2%
🗓️ Today:
ChatGPT: 72.3%
Gemini: 13.7%
DeepSeek: 4.2%
Grok: 2.5%
Claude: 2.4%
Perplexity: 2.3%
Copilot: 1.2%
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Did you ever buy anything from a cannabis shop?
MAMDANI: *giggles* I have
CUOMO: No.
SLIWA: I WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES
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It's official google is shutting down:
1⃣Topics
2⃣Protected Audience API
3⃣ARA
So as of today the CMA has released Google from their commitments.
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CBS News veterans I've talked to are encouraging Bari Weiss to not mess with the Golden Goose(s) of "60 Minutes" and "CBS News Sunday Morning." We will see if that happens...
The morning and evening news shows are a different story, and obviously the digital operation needs work
I see this and @laurahazardowen already has a good read through at niemanlab.org/2025/10/msnbc-…
Mainly, I read this and I think of just how limited Weiss's vision is for a global news organization. More than that, I think just how easy these principles will be to wiggle out of.
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CBS News desperately needs someone to supercharge its digital strategy. Maybe The Free Press can help. But staffers reading this morning's memos are left to wonder: What exactly do the new bosses think we're doing wrong?
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In which I argue that Bari Weiss was essentially a convener of a new faction on the right, foregrounding controversies of the past decade.
Wokeness & Israel obviously huge, but note also the FP's anti-"expert" lean (e.g., on public health) and their "measured" take on Trump
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Several CBS News employees I have spoken with said they are in "wait-and-see" mode.
One was more blunt: "A throwing up emoji is not enough of a reflection of the feelings in here."
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i get substack has to position this as a win for independent media and 'you too can grow a blog into an exit that creates generational wealth'
but pretty hard to replicate the political realities of "Paramount needs to make the FCC happy under Trump II" as a startup outcome
The Free Press just got bought for a reported $150 million.
Huge congrats to @bariweiss and the team. This is a massive outcome that expands what seems possible for ambitious media founders.