Scripting News: Saturday, June 21, 2025

Speak plainly. As Brent says, lessons not learnings. Keep it simple. This is one of the foundations of blogging, btw. "Try to write correctly."#
Just a guess, but the people doing the "ice" raids are not real police any more than the "doge" people are/were actually part of the US government. In this New Yorker podcast, they dug into what "doge" actually was/is. Some weren't actually Trump supporters, they just thought it would be interesting to be empowered to fix the government. They learned the government doesn't work the way they thought it did. Spending is way up over the years, but number of government employees has stayed flat. It has already been largely privatized. Tangentially they appear to have found some things actually worth fixing. Tech culture isn't just the billionaires, far from it. There's a lot of hippie ethics in there too, you just have to look past the money, which seems too much work for some/most journalists. But The New Yorker tends to do this well, btw, sometimes. 😄 #
Linkblog items for the day
Top Democrats left in dark on Iran strike plans. axios.com
Trump bombs Iranian nuclear sites without congressional authorization. reason.com
The incubator newsroom. werd.io
The Copilot Delusion. (I use ChatGPT as a consultant. It's incredible about facts, it knows things I'll never find. But you can't let it drive the direction of the work, it has terrible judgement.) deplet.ing
How Tehran Might Be Playing Trump. theatlantic.com
Just a guess, but the people doing the "ice" raids are not real police any more than the "doge" people are/were actually part of the US government. scripting.com
As ICE Raids Continue, Parts of a Vibrant City Go Empty. motherjones.com
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