Keanu Reeves once said: "I’m at the stage in life where I stay out of arguments. Even if you say 1+1=5, you’re right. Have fun." Here are 9 things I learned from him:

ChatGPT but for maps.💡Here's a first look at our work on a Smart Mapping Assistant prototype that combines the power of GIS with generative AI. mediaspace.esri.com/media/t/1_c1ft…

Inland Empire Journalists and Media Educators Convene to Discuss the Future of Community Media coyotechronicle.net/csusb-communit…

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William Lambert & the Secret Society that Powered Detroit’s Underground Railroad crimecapsule.com/william-lamber… via Crime Capsule

I’m sorry but this #DNC2024 roll call with DJ Cassidy, themed state music and party/club atmosphere is blowing the RNC’s roll call out of the water. It looks like a giant party and celebration and everyone in that room looks like they’re having a blast.

GIS Helps Combat Racism as a Public Health Crisis in California | Summer 2024 | ArcNews esri.com/about/newsroom…

Great convo btw Dan Kennedy 🇺🇦 is on Bluesky Ellen Glegg & @s_peppered on issues that will resonate w/ local news media in CA's #InlandEmpire Dr. Paulette Brown Hinds Anthony Victoria Alicia Ramirez (she/her) Inland Empire Community News Inland Empire Community Foundation KVCR Community Forward Redlands The Raincross Gazette

In "Dystopian Dreams, Utopian Nightmares: AI and the Permanence of Racism" The Georgetown Law Journal I argue the hype over generative AI is steeped in utopian appeals to a transhumanist future papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…. Yet such appeals are built on the backs of Black and Brown nightmares 1/4

Press Forward awards $175,000 to IE Journalism Innovation Hub+Fund and $100,000 to two Inland Empire news outlets - IECF iegives.org/press-forward-…

Press Forward awards $175,000 to IE Journalism Innovation Hub+Fund and $100,000 to two Inland Empire news outlets iegives.org/press-forward-… Black Voice News Inland Empire Community Foundation

Welcome to Al-Mutanabbi Street the ‘Book Market of Baghdad’, where books remain in the street at night because Iraqis say: “The reader does not steal and the thief does not read.” A thread on the rich heritage of the historic book market on Al-Mutanabbi Street…

My God. Trump’s Education Secretary pick just said she wants to “take a look at” defunding public schools that teach Black history.

Of course Pete Hegseth is badly and embarrassingly fumbling Ukraine. Why? Because Republicans just made the weekend anchor on Fox News the Secretary of Defense! Of course he's screwing it up because he's grossly unqualified for the job!

BREAKING: In a stunning moment of defiance, Maine's Governor Janet Mills stands up to Trump, saying she is complying with state and federal (anti-discrimination) law, and will see him in court over his threat to withhold federal funds. This is incredible.

Trump Targets a Slavery Removal from the National Museum of African-American History and Culture blackpressusa.com/trump-targets-…

To run an authoritarian state you need to control the media. Or rather, you need to plant your stooges in the room to tee up propaganda soft balls to lie to the public under the guise of media scrutiny. 🎥 The New York Times - TikTok - vm.tiktok.com/ZNdFsA4AW/

Major European institutes join race to save US science data nature.com/articles/d4158…

In a video recorded earlier this week, 14th Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden honored and thanked the crucial and important work performed by the Library of Congress staff, the heart of the institution. (1/2)

Black Voice News wins three first place awards at the California Journalism Awards 2025, including Photo Story/Essay, Audience/Community Engagement Award, and Informational Graphic. The news organization also received a second place in Homelessness Repo... blackvoicenews.com/2025/05/23/bla…