Email notification says "How to save the media" (line breaks) "From Substack"
I regret to inform you that this post by Hamish does *not*, in fact, reveal how to save the media from Substack. 😔
(To be fair, I haven't read the book - the answer might be in there.)
Three people. She held up a piece of paper with THREE people. They have arrested THREE violent criminals and murdered three people in the process. This certainly tracks with Trump's past record of return on investment.
Exhibit A for my moral injury statement. Other exhibits available.
I want/need a 7000-word essay that helps me process the moral injury of living in a time when multiple flaccid idiotic bullies face no repercussion for their ineptitude, greed, and dishonesty. An imagined eternity in hell is not good enough.
Tonight we hosted the #MT25 Fellowship Winter Showcase, where three fellows from the United States, Bulgaria and the United Kingdom presented their work, introduced by our own @caithlinm.bsky.social
🧵 Key points from their presentations in thread
How neat is this concept? Four people with learning disabilities hosting a podcast about issues that matter to them. In this episode, they interview one of our fellows about his project: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
My mom asked for help to build a Quality of Life and Appointment tracker for her GPA. I used data from Eosinophilic & Rare Disease Cooperative to build this template. Please feel free to copy, adapt, and share with anyone who might benefit. #raredisease docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
We're breaking for lunch, and my phone is breaking for life. So that's all from me. But loads more people on here covering #TC2025, including @reutersinstitute.bsky.social
There are just over 100 items in the vault: software from GitHub, Microsoft, Vatican library, Brazil Football Museum, McDonald's recipes. Fintan mentions €9k charge for 150gb of storage, but it's unclear if that's one-off, annual or monthly.
Q&A time with Albert Han and Fintan McDonnell: How Albert got the story? Hard place to get to, but people are very happy to talk. He was out for a drink at the only bar in town. He met a tour guide who invited him to see the vault.
Story in a nutshell: What is the best way to store data for the long long term? On Svalbard Island, a decommissioned coal mine is used to "pickle" data for >1k yrs by turning data into film with QR codes. Will it survive climate change? Unclear.
Segment 4: Yasir Khan, EiC at Context, is going to give us a deep-dive on their story on the Arctic World Archive which aims to preserve data for posterity. www.context.news/big-tech/vid...
"It's not being clocked that MAD people are taking over," says Wylie, "MAD people: crazy-crazy." If a tech bro says something, understand that this is a super political thing: start questioning the insanity. Take it seriously. That's a wrap on panel 3. ⭐⭐⭐
They recommend listening to their podcast for insights from a Dubai crypto bros party with Brian Johnson in the middle of a raging storm. Captured is here: share.google/AtstIsCQSIqg...
How do we get out of the mess, asks Coda's editor. "Society must often be pushed to the breaking point before they react," says Wylie, and a lot will depend on where the Trump administration goes with tech next. Revolution is not what he hopes for, it is simply inevitable, says Wylie.
The U.S. VP used to work with Thiel, Wylie points out, and that is scary. Even scarier: this is not being loudly debated and shouted about in the media. Tech is deliberately putting money into journalism and academia to entrench their power, he says.
Bullshit, Wylie calls on the argument that regulators don't know how to regulate AI. This is a SV narrative. Imagine if they had said that about aeroplanes, he said. We can create regulators who are technically competent, he says. We need an FAA for AI.
I am holding myself back from inserting my own opinions. 🤐 He now compares tech coverage to climate journalism, which learnt that siloed expertise was stifling the conversation. Take AI out of the conversation about AI, Antelava asks? Yup, says Wylie. Apologies, I do not know what this means.
"What would a feminist algorithm look like," is Wylie's suggestion for change. There is an underlying philosophy of control in current tech, and journalists are failing to question those structural flaws. Technology should not be a beat, he argues, it is the medium of our society.
The Italian fascists were obsessed with cars, rocket ships, and Eugenics. It's the same now, argues Christopher. Except we now call it "longevity". It's scary, he says. So what do we do, asks Antelava?
Multiple tech founders have predicted "god will emerge from their servers". Is that not worth picking at a little bit, Wylie asks? When you talk to people in the valley about AGI, Wylie says, it sounds cultish. Why aren't you questioning them, he adds.
One of the problems, Wylie says, is that so many people in the media literally do not listen. He points to Peter Thiel who has called for an end to democracy for a decade, but the pearl clutching only began in 2025.
Government and journalism were not and are not really prepared for [data oversight and threats], says Wylie. By comparison, a lot of people in Silicon Valley ARE thinking about the future, he says. But blind faith in them to define the narrative of the future is problematic.
What have you been up to since Cambridge Analytica? "I am not a full-time whistleblower," he jokes, "there's not much money in that." What did 2018 achieve? "I was incredibly naive to become a whistleblower," he says. He thought the experts would come in and fix things. They did not.
Coda teamed up with Christopher to write about Silicon Valley culture. We're listening to a voice note he sent from the toilet of a tech party: "they're prepping for when society revolts". It's a strange juxtaposition with those talking about how to save democracy, he says.
Time for Panel 3, Natalia Antelava of Coda Story interviews whistleblower Christopher Wylie. Before he joins stage, Antelava is explaining that Coda is experimenting with collaborating with non-journalist contributors. #InfluencerStrategy will be the number one news talking point of 2026 (says me).
That's a wrap on panel 2. Networking break time. ✌️To be continued with Christopher Wylie and more to come.
How to stand up to authoritarianism when life is at risk? All panellists seem to agree: risk your life. 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏾♂️ But Sara adds: going after the money funneled into other countries can be a way for international community to help.
.. coverage locally, but international coverage helps. Op Eds can be used to push and counter misinformation.
The role of media in your countries? 🇧🇩 Previously astute journalists became supporters of the regime. Now? No clarity on how to address complicity but arbitrary detention is not OK, Sara warns. Truth and reconciliation required. 🇹🇷 Fragmented media means we live in parallel realms. 🇺🇬 Zero positive...
