What I'm Reading - 11/24/24

Another day and another airport. This time, I’m in Detroit, returning to DC after meeting my new niece. She’s more adorable in person, and I’m smitten.

I got back to DC yesterday and promptly went to see Wicked. It’s all over my social media streams, and I didn’t want to risk any spoilers. It was phenomenal. I’ll be humming defying gravity for quite some time.

After a few weeks of utter exhaustion, my energy levels are through the roof. I have many different ideas of what I want to do in 2025, and I am processing everything that happened in 2024. More on all of this to come.

Have a great Sunday.

What I’m Reading

AI Developments

1. The New Yorker: The Fantasy of Cozy Tech 

Political & Social Commentary

1. Pew Research Center: America’s News Influencers 

2. The New York Times: How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Growth

3. Hollywood Reporter: Where Did Election Night TV Viewers Disappear To? New Data Suggests They Flocked to YouTube 

4. American Psychological Association: Motivated Secrecy: Politics, Relationships, and Regrets 

5. TechPolicy.Press: Republicans Won The House and Senate. Here’s What A GOP Congress Could Mean for Tech Policy. 

6. Campaigns & Elections: The Digital Advertising Winners and Losers of ’24 

7. Axios: What to know about Brendan Carr, Trump's pick for FCC chair 

8. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Will Trump Govern as a Strongman? 

9. Kickstarter: One Billion Users: The Social Media Card Game by Mike Masnick 

10. The New York Times: Substack’s Bet on Politics Newsletters Leads to Subscriber Growth 

11. Institute of Politics & Public Service: November 2024 Battleground Civility Poll 

12. Data for Progress: What Political News Engagement Tells Us About Donald Trump’s Victory 

13. Tech Policy Press: How Platforms Skirted the Spotlight — and Stumbled — in the 2024 Election 

14. Scientific American: Election Grief Is Real. Here’s How to Cope 

Legal & Regulatory

1. CBC News: Chief electoral officer proposes legislative changes to crack down on deepfakes  

2. Los Angeles Times: Elon Musk's X sues to block California law that aims to combat election deepfakes 

Miscellaneous Insights & Reports

1. The Economist: Elon Musk’s transformation, in his own words 

2. Axios: Jim VandeHei's memo: How to be a great reporter 

3. Cambridge University Press: The #TrustedInfo2022 dataset: States’ trust-building social media campaigns during the 2022 election cycle

Career Advice

1. Anna Mack’s Stack by Anna Mackenzie: Knowing it all vs. figuring it out

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