Emily Bell

@emilybell.bsky.social

Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness

@brandyzadrozny.bsky.socialReposted by @emilybell.bsky.social

“Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The newsrooms’ review of Paxton’s travel records, obtained through the state’s Public Information Act, could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.”

@justinhendrix.bsky.socialReposted by @emilybell.bsky.social

ICYMI: The Trump administration pushed other governments not to participate in a European conference on disinformation because of a panel that was focused on whether the US is now a threat for foreign influence and manipulation in Europe.

techpolicy.pressDisinformation Conference in Europe Caught Up in Transatlantic PoliticsEurope’s top disinformation conference faces government withdrawals and pressure over its debate on foreign interference, free speech and the US.
@noupside.bsky.socialReposted by @emilybell.bsky.social

Hugo Chavez-linked PR flack Michael Shellenberger — a random guy with a Substack who rakes in donations to fight a “censorship complex” that he created — would like you to know that journalists reporting on his attempts to smear people are propagandists.

Lithuania's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. EU Disinfolab declined to comment. "If you believe that emailing questions to government officials and others constitutes 'pressure,' then you are a propagandist and a toady and should stop misrepresenting yourself as a journalist," Shellenberger told Rapporteur. An EEAS spokesperson said: "The reason for the request to remove the logo of the EEAS was that organisers chose to frame some of the discussions in a way which does not align with the official positions held by the EU. " Global Affairs Canada did not respond to questions about its decisions to withdraw support.
@emilybell.bsky.social

….makes you sound as though you got stuck in a public convenience (I will probably get a text in the next 10 mins saying ‘mom I am stuck in a public convenience, pls send money’ )

@emilymbender.bsky.socialReposted by @emilybell.bsky.social

Software engineering could and should be done with the same care as any other type of engineering. This is a post in honor of Margaret Hamilton (and also a subtweet of all vibe-coders everywhere).

Screencap "“I fought to bring the software legitimacy so that it — and those building it — would be given its due respect, and thus I began to use the term ‘software engineering’ to distinguish it from hardware and other kinds of engineering, yet treat each type of engineering as part of the overall systems engineering process,” Hamilton told El Pais in 2018. “When I first started using this phrase, it was considered to be quite amusing. It was an ongoing joke for a long time. They liked to kid me about my radical ideas. Software eventually and necessarily gained the same respect as any other discipline.”" Source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007
@emilybell.bsky.social

Unbelievably stupid. Lisa Su was a small child when she came to Queens from Taiwan, her father was a statistician who worked for City government in NYC …probably one of the accountants described here by Vance as being debarred

@atrupar.comReposted by @emilybell.bsky.social

Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"

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