The Missive

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The usual - politics, media and artificial intelligence.

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About Jody MacPherson

She/her, born at 319 ppm, started as a journalist, went to the dark side (PR), left fossil fuels because of the environment, dabbled in politics, went to government for a decade but returned to journalism. Why have only one career?

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