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The Billionaire Behind Your Substack Donated $39M to Trump

W. A. Lawrence – “Marc Andreessen’s firm bankrolled Substack and donated $39 million to Trump’s orbit. Its former executives now serve in his administration. If you publish political journalism here, you should know whose roof you’re under. That is the sentence every political writer on Substack needs to sit with, because almost none of them …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Financial System, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Marketing

Gallup Will No Longer Track Presidential Approval Ratings

The New York Times: “After nearly 90 years, the Gallup Organization will no longer track presidential approval ratings, which served as a steady way to measure Americans’ views of their elected leaders. The polling firm, which has been tracking presidential approval since Franklin D. Roosevelt, said that the decision was based on a shift in …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

All 135 chapters of Moby Dick available to be listened to in your browser – Free

Open Culture: Hear Moby Dick Read in Its Entirety by Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, John Waters, Stephen Fry & More – “We’re glad to say the project reached its successful conclusion. And they certainly called on an impressive roster of celebrity readers: Stephen Fry, Neil Tennant, Fiona Shaw, Will Self, Benedict Cumberbatch, China Miéville, Tony Kushner, …

Subjects: Education, Libraries

Free Emergency Voter Documentation Guide

W. A. Lawrence – URGENT: Free Emergency Voter Documentation Guide 69 million American women could lose their right to vote. If your birth certificate shows your maiden name but your ID shows your married name, H.R. 22 (the SAVE Act) could block you from voting. This 4-page guide tells you: ✅ What documents to order …

Subjects: Legal Research

Media Ratings Site NewsGuard Sues Trump FTC

Deadline: “Claims Unconstitutional Effort “To Censor Speech” – “NewsGuard, the news media rating service, filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission and its chairman Andrew Ferguson on Friday, alleging that the agency was using its regulatory authority to stifle its speech. The service, launched in 2018 by Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz, employs a team of …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research

ChatGPT’s deep research tool adds built-in document viewer so you can read its reports

The Verge [no paywall] – “OpenAI is updating ChatGPT’s deep research tool with a full-screen viewer that you can use to scroll through and navigate to specific areas of its AI-generated reports. As shown in a video shared by OpenAI, the built-in viewer allows you to open ChatGPT’s reports in a window separate from your …

Subjects: AI, Legal Research, Social Media

With no local news, those in news deserts turn to social media feeds, influencers and gossip

Medill: “In local news deserts in the U.S., residents rely heavily on social media and other non-journalistic sources to stay informed, according to a comprehensive survey by the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern University. The survey revealed that among people who consume news daily in news deserts, a little more than half (51%) said …

Subjects: Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines, Social Media