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David Erickson
@derickson
Strategic Communications Consultant
Minnesota
Digital Marketing & Strategic Comms Pro, Content Consultant, Public Relations Advisor, Curious Customer & Fun Guy To Work With 😎 Author: The Reputation Algorithm (see Substack link) Passion for music, art, history, democracy, and the Minnesota Vikings and Twins.
509 Posts
Wishing a Happy Holidays to you all and peace and prosperity in the coming year. Thank you to all who served and happy Veteran's Day. It's a real pleasure and privilege to be able to work with Kathy Tunheim. This is a great interview with her in the Star Tribune. 👏👏👏👇 How Kathy Tunheim built a pillar of the Twin Cities’ PR industry. So, fan fiction? Stephen King's The Stand Lives Again with New Anthology Book What I assumed would be a silly parody of slasher films turned out to be a pretty interesting commentary about the profound cultural changes that have occurred since the 1980s. We've seen how social media in the wrong hands can radicalize people. Imagine what this could do. Wise words from Dan Pfeiffer: "The President is in the midst of a neck-and-neck campaign with the fate of democracy on the line. I do not doubt that he frequently wants to know what his advisors think about the politics of his decisions. Still, that differs greatly from the press Wait till she leans about vinyl! 🤣 Seriously, though: Really good read.👇 “So I bought CDs. But here is a problem with CDs that nobody warned me about, with apologies to anyone even a few years older than me who might find this revelation offensively zoomeresque in its naïveté: C This is a very important read for those of us committed to democracy. During the past 10 years or so as I have watched the rise of fascism in America, my emotional reaction to this movement has been a combination of fear and alarm, anger and contempt. Because fascism deserves con I've written two articles at The Reputation Algorithm about #AI that inform the issue that has actors concerned: Hollywood’s Generative AI Future, and We Are In The Pre-Android Era Of AI We Are In The Pre-Android Era Of AI
Generative artificial intelligence has the potential to profoundly reshape not just computing but consumer behavior and our relationships with technology. In this issue: - Major AI news - Ubiquitous Computing - Effortless AI Conversations - AI Personas - AI Memory - AI Personaliz By Jenna Moon Fake media posts linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict are proliferating on the social media platform X — formerly known as Twitter. Twitter was previously used as a go-to source for breaking news and analysis on world events, but changes to the platform’s algorithm, th Meta’s Oversight Board will review Facebook's decision to not remove a manipulated video of President Biden, and the committee hopes to push Meta to clarify its policies on election deepfakes. By Vittoria Elliott In May, A manipulated video of President Joe Biden appeared on Facebo The Reputation Algorithm subscribers: Check your inbox for the latest edition... We Are In The Pre-Android Phase Of AI I examine how recent #AI developments point to the inevitably of android personal assistants. In 2021, Alabama enacted an illegal map. In 2022, Alabama conducted elections under an illegal map. In 2023, Alabama lost in court and rather than comply, it defied the court's order. So yes, it's great the case was won, but don't overlook what the GOP did along the way. Fascists Attack Another School System
The headline below is confusing and doesn't make clear that the TikTok account in question is controlled by a far right group. This is just another attack on one of the foundational pillars of our #democracy : Our public education system that produces the critical thinking upon wh Important read for those of us worried about disinformation campaigns and their threat to #democracy . 👇 Tuberville's true motives for blocking over 300 senior military promotions are to 'hold' those places in hopes that Trump is re-elected. In such a scenario, Trump would then promote military leaders who he perceives as loyal to him, thus ensuring a complete Trump coup. Another Republican grift? Shocking. #Minnesota Republican PAC accused of misleading rich donors, misusing their money. Let's go #Twins ! Happy Homer Hankyversary: The scrap of fabric that holds all our hopes and dreams turns 36.
