May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct)
@mattdpearce.comThe Sunday argument: Tax AI to fund knowledge jobs.
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@jfruh.bsky.socialReposted by @mattdpearce.comthe first trailer for this movie, the one that hit so hard and had the choral version of "creep" under it, was 1000% more about the experience of being on facebook than the movie was
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.comReposted by @mattdpearce.comoh my god I was going to joke "he's actually centre-left" and turns out he IS
@killedbyproxy.bsky.socialReposted by @mattdpearce.comAnne Carson’s lovely piece, “Merry Christmas from Hegel.” It has it all: Hegelian speculative thought, snow standing, grief, and the sudden experience of peace "at the very core of the care of snow."
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@mattdpearce.comNew economics term: Total Larry Ellison Risk.
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@tcarmody.bsky.socialReposted by @mattdpearce.comThis is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
@samjmintz.bsky.socialReposted by @mattdpearce.comI've gone back and forth on this idea alot, but I think I have come around to thinking it's good policy. Financial support for journalism is strongly in the public and state interest. I hope this leads to some momentum here in MA.
@bcmerchant.bsky.socialReposted by @mattdpearce.comFurthermore, there's a new law that will provide annual tax credits for newsrooms that hire local journalists—a bulwark against the rise of AI-generated content, as @mattdpearce.com points out, and an investment in human journalists.
@bcmerchant.bsky.socialReposted by @mattdpearce.comSome good news for a change: Overcoming a massive and aggressive tech lobby and a squeamish, Silicon Valley-friendly governor, the labor movement has managed to pass a raft of first-of-their-kind AI laws aimed at protecting workers in California.
@suhauna.bsky.socialReposted by @mattdpearce.comGov. Newsom signed AB 2222, which would create refundable tax credits for California’s struggling journalism organizations, into law yesterday. Hard to overstate what a boon this is. It’s the biggest such package for newsrooms in the U.S. to date www.latimes.com/california/s...
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@markhisted.orgReposted by @mattdpearce.comCongrats to Rebuild Local News for their long-term advocacy. This is significant step forward for local journalism and a better overall media world! Also last I checked the bill req’d disclosure of the beneficial owners of news outlets. I put that into our democracy.policy whitepaper so 💪👏.
@mattdpearce.comI’m not really a carceral person, but when an SUV making a left turn speeds up and almost mows me down in a crosswalk outside an elementary school, it should probably either be 1. jail or 2. bring on the robot cars.
@mattdpearce.comThank you Jeremy!! Definitely many more convos to come on these structures and how they’ll evolve. But it’s fantastic to have live experiments.
@mattdpearce.comThank you Meredith - but now I’m hungry and want everybody else to enjoy it too!!
@jeremylittau.comReposted by @mattdpearce.comGood from @mattdpearce.com. My read on this bill is it's calibrated to address the tension between public investment and the downsides of government subsidy (i.e. strings).
Detractors will ask why invest in a failing business, but news is a public good and a vacuum left by dying news orgs is worse.
@mattdpearce.comReposted by @mattdpearce.comSpecial Wednesday newsletter: On Gov. Gavin Newsom signing a big local news funding bill and when change creeps up on you unexpectedly.
@mattdpearce.comSpecial Wednesday newsletter: On Gov. Gavin Newsom signing a big local news funding bill and when change creeps up on you unexpectedly.