Basically, we're about to see if FB is powerful enough to give middle finger to full EU govt. This hits at FB's core biz of surveillance capitalism and data mining. Certainly, every company should question working with Facebook after this order if FB chooses to violate it. 4/4

Four kākāpō, the world’s only living flightless parrot, have been reintroduced into the mainland of Aotearoa Island in New Zealand. Deidre Vercoe, from Department of Conservation, joins us to talk about kākāpō conservation and what’s next for these beloved birds. sciencefriday.com/segments/kakap…

Today 26 organizations representing thousands of creative professionals around the world released Global Principles for Artificial Intelligence (#AI). newsmediaalliance.org/release-global…

Great story by Seven Sharp on importance of local journalism. NZ grossly underserved by regional journalism. Thanks to Google News Initiative we will soon launch a digital version of The Westport News to help it see another 150 years. #journalism Hilary Barry youtu.be/E8ogJcZdhQg?si…

A new Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) was announced today for Hawke’s Bay to provide residents with reliable, detailed, and timely information during disasters via local AM/FM radio and a speech-text based digital engagement platform. cama.nz/radio-hawkes-b…

Must-listen today on 1A: The slow death of local news coverage, something the D.C. region has absolutely experienced in recent months, with the Post trimming the Metro section and WAMU 88.5 killing @dcist and laying off 15 people. the1a.org/segments/local…

The Washington press corps' focus on Biden's age, and on "vibes" generally, means public opinion has not fully recognized that last week, during the State of the Union, Biden declared the end of the Clinton and Reagan presidencies. This THREAD brings attention to that.

Don’t suppose any experts on Bats here. The cat bought this dead one in and wondering if long tailed bat? Didnt think bats were in Tukituki Valley. #bats

Delighted Rachel Carson's #SilentSpring is in Amazon's best seller list, lifted by the Netflix hit "3 Body Problem". Coincides with soft launch of VoxPop's collaboration with Springsong Museum to collect oral history about Carson. springsongmuseum.org/spring%3Astory

Thrilled to see Maine Public VoxPop go live, which represents our most advanced all of station engagement platform and will be used by news and programmes. And what better than launching with an Eclipse. #Maine #voxpop #eclipse mainepublic.org/voxpop

Geomagnetic storm remarkably visible in Hawke’s Bay, NZ.

The Wairoa Star closed last week, but journalists want to keep going. A bid to re-start the Star online could be a guide for other papers to survive - or start up again in places that have already lost local news outlets rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

Thanks to Mediawatch for covering our system to allow small newspapers to transition to digital subscriptions. What's not changing in places such as Wairoa is the demand for hyper local news, so there's hope for local journalism. #journalism #wairoa rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

What happens when Facebook "ends news" in a country? voxpop.nz/blog/post/1313…

When NZ media and others are removed from Facebook/Insta over the Digital Bargaining Bill passing, things will only get worse for our democracy. Moving forward, I propose the Social Media Compliance and Accountability Bill to level the playing field. medium.com/@Hapua/social-…

Radio Hawke’s Bay is establishing a real-time digital/terrestrial information service - the backbone of our Emergency Broadcast System apps. If your organisation issues press releases about Hawke’s Bay, please add [email protected] to your distribution list. #hawkesbay