Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D.
@everfigueroa.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder. PhD from UT Austin. Media Representations | Media Sociology | Sports Communication | Journalism Studies
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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Bottom line is Trump judges star power through the lens of visual communication, namely being good on video (tv in particular). It’s how he picked his cabinet. Mamdani was always going to wow him.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Bottom line is Trump judges star power through the lens of visual communication, namely being good on video (tv in particular). It’s how he picked his cabinet. Mamdani was always going to wow him.
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also trump is always deferential to celebrities and mamdani is a celebrity bsky.app/profile/atru...
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
also trump is always deferential to celebrities and mamdani is a celebrity bsky.app/profile/atru...
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me whipping out my "is this AI?" magnifying glass
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
me whipping out my "is this AI?" magnifying glass
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The blurbs are in!
Thanks to @sidbedingfield.bsky.social, @rickperlstein.bsky.social, and @alicetiara.bsky.social for their generous praise for *Making the Liberal Media* which is due out in March.
Journalists and academics interested in reviewing—hit me up and I'll connect you with my publicist!
Thanks to @sidbedingfield.bsky.social, @rickperlstein.bsky.social, and @alicetiara.bsky.social for their generous praise for *Making the Liberal Media* which is due out in March.
Journalists and academics interested in reviewing—hit me up and I'll connect you with my publicist!
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The blurbs are in!
Thanks to @sidbedingfield.bsky.social, @rickperlstein.bsky.social, and @alicetiara.bsky.social for their generous praise for *Making the Liberal Media* which is due out in March.
Journalists and academics interested in reviewing—hit me up and I'll connect you with my publicist!
Thanks to @sidbedingfield.bsky.social, @rickperlstein.bsky.social, and @alicetiara.bsky.social for their generous praise for *Making the Liberal Media* which is due out in March.
Journalists and academics interested in reviewing—hit me up and I'll connect you with my publicist!
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Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
Out now. Article with @patferrucci.bsky.social where we look at metajournalistic discourse of sports journalists layoffs at ESPN & The New York Times. #commsky
muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
Project MUSE - It's a Problem for All of Us: Discursively Explaining the Destruction of Sports Journalism
muse.jhu.edu
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Out now. Article with @patferrucci.bsky.social where we look at metajournalistic discourse of sports journalists layoffs at ESPN & The New York Times. #commsky
muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
Out now. Project led by our wonderful graduate student Qiongye Chen. We compared how solidarity is constructed and deconstructed in the case of four newspaper labor strikes, between NewsGuild media content and traditional corporate news coverage. #commsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Will They Defend Their Own? A Critical Discourse Analysis and Comparison of Corporate News Media and NewsGuild Coverage of Journalists’ Labor Strikes
Union organizing has increased rapidly in the United States news industry over the past several years, leading to increased labor conflicts in the form of strikes. This study compares news media co...
www.tandfonline.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Out now. Project led by our wonderful graduate student Qiongye Chen. We compared how solidarity is constructed and deconstructed in the case of four newspaper labor strikes, between NewsGuild media content and traditional corporate news coverage. #commsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cmon Texas Longhorns we can push the dead money record for fired coaches a little higher.
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Cmon Texas Longhorns we can push the dead money record for fired coaches a little higher.
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This young girl was not “left vulnerable to exploitation.” She was in fact sexually exploited.
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This young girl was not “left vulnerable to exploitation.” She was in fact sexually exploited.
I still get ID’d at the bar 😎
I’m older than this guy?!
man I feel pretty good actually, thanks Team Evil for allowing me to age gracefully
man I feel pretty good actually, thanks Team Evil for allowing me to age gracefully
This guy! Born in 1988!! He's a year older than Taylor Swift!
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I still get ID’d at the bar 😎
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Somebody said "truck of theseus" and lolololol
Bold and innovative decision to apply the principles of Permanent Revolution to a vehicle and create the Permanent Recall
Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again. Yep, More Pieces Are Falling Off.
The glue-induced recall only affects vehicles with the dealer-installed lightbar option.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Somebody said "truck of theseus" and lolololol
If you're a news trust researcher are you asking yourself if it's even worth trying to restore the trust of these institutions?
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you're a news trust researcher are you asking yourself if it's even worth trying to restore the trust of these institutions?
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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Idk guys, I'm beginning to think there's something to the theory that Trump had pretty deep Epstein ties that every major institution in the country covered up.
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Idk guys, I'm beginning to think there's something to the theory that Trump had pretty deep Epstein ties that every major institution in the country covered up.
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My university is promoting Qualtrics new “synthetic data” initiative that “simulates human behavior so enable quicker experiments” and it is HORRIFYING that a UNIVERSITY promotes this “as transformative for how we collect data” and I don’t know who to scream at 😭😭😭😭
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My university is promoting Qualtrics new “synthetic data” initiative that “simulates human behavior so enable quicker experiments” and it is HORRIFYING that a UNIVERSITY promotes this “as transformative for how we collect data” and I don’t know who to scream at 😭😭😭😭
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If Chuck Schumer was the coach of an NFL team and got these kinds of results he wound have been fired and thrown out on his ass a long time ago.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
If Chuck Schumer was the coach of an NFL team and got these kinds of results he wound have been fired and thrown out on his ass a long time ago.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
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I’m hearing Chuck Schumer traded Luka
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I’m hearing Chuck Schumer traded Luka