Noted: The New York Times cared about the gas leak in rich White LA suburb, not the one in poor Black Alabama. Anybody else interested? CC Dean Baquet, Marty Baron, Margaret Sullivan, @benyt, Columbia Journalism Review ncrc.org/with-covid-19-…

Tech / social now reigns over personal sharing and profits that are transparently extracted from malicious disinfo. But big news brands have retained and consolidated enormous power over what we know. Their choices and failings are still important. Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis Jay Rosen /2

Is trusted local journalism necessary for equitable wealth building? Could the Community Reinvestment Act drive more capital into local journalism? Discussion today at 11:30 am ET today with @tmpowell S. Mitra Kalita Candice Steven Waldman #justeconomy ncrc.org/conference

Something new, a pledge to focus on building the nation we want, not "back to normal." Thanks for signing and sharing if it rings true to you.

Weekend plan: I'm dreading but also looking forward to watching the new 9/11 Museum doc from Steve Rosenbaum and Pam Yoder Steve Rosenbaum. I'm among the many native New Yorkers who have not visited the museum and I still don't want to. theoutsidersept11.com

Heads up, a great gig for journalists and PR people who know national policy issues and players in banking, housing, financial services. #journalismjobs #prjobs #prjob

We are hiring a Director of Communications to manage, create and play an internal leadership role to continuously improve our press coverage, original content productions and publications! Interested? Find out more: ncrc.org/careers

Brace for the meta analysis. + Look, one more thing ruined by the overlord formerly known as FB. But credit where it's due - this needed to be ruined: "This is so meta." reuters.com/technology/fac….

Heads up for DC civic and social sector and nonprofits - no kombucha taps, but a great place for teams blending office and work from home - and also for events, workshops, etc. #civictech #SocEnt #socialenterprise #nonprofits

Facebook is a digital machine engineered and optimized to encourage addictive and dehumanizing behavior, reward creators of divisive content, spread and maximize the “velocity” of disinformation. bit.ly/3kliV8w

One private corporation shouldn’t have this much power over our public conversation—and they’re still dancing around the fact that their algorithm gives a free boost to bigotry and disinformation. #BreakUpBigTech nytimes.com/2021/11/09/tec…

What's going on with docs throwing TOU errors Google Google for Developers Google Public Policy ? A group I'm working with just encountered this - same as 5 years ago: washingtonpost.com/news/the-switc… I can't tell you how alarming it is to lose access to *OUR* work in progress. cc Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK EFF

Join Our #JustEconomy Club, in partnership with @BertelsmannFdn and DC Legacy Project, on 7/21 at 6pm for a film screening of the documentary: Barry Farm: Community, Land & Justice in Washington, DC. #BarryFarms Learn more and register here: bit.ly/3xRqXMa

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My home and my neighborhood is a refuge. What does “welcome” feel like to you? Join the #welcomeme #fairhousingmatters challenge to end housing discrimination once and for all. We shouldn’t have to do this, but we do. Challenge info at: NCRC.org/welcomeme

This year, the theme of the United Nations #WorldHabitatday is "Mind the Gap. Leave No One and Place Behind," as an acknowledgment of the growing inequality in housing. Join us as we fight housing discrimination here in the US! hubs.ly/Q01nMTxG0

It’s about time, and that’s a tragic and flippant thing to say. Think about all the lives and families destroyed by this one absurd and racist front in the war on drugs, and all those still locked up in state prisons.

The game changed a dozen+ years ago, which we recognized and honored We Media. But things changed a lot more after that, including FB rendering TW a niche. I can’t even remember when Twitter lost its charm, even that was long ago. Thanks for the memories.

Elon Musk 𝕀𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕥'𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕚𝕥 𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕:.𝔻𝕠𝕘𝕖. ℂ𝕙𝕖𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤:./go4doge.xyz