Jeremy Littau
@jeremylittau.com
I'm not like a regular media sociologist. I'm a cool media sociologist. • Associate Prof Journalism & Comm @LehighU • Near-term futurism scholarship on digital media, internet culture, and society • Exvie wanderer • M-I-Z • http://jeremylittau.substack.com
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Jeremy Littau
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· Oct 16
Klein, Coates, and What Journalism is For
Notes on the conversation Between Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates about journalism's role in covering the Charlie Kirk shooting.
jeremylittau.substack.com
Reupping this because it's my nuanced take on the Coates/Klein conversation.
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I don’t really get pecan pie as a concept, but it’s very good at drawing the safeties away from the targets I really wanna hit at dessert
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I don’t really get pecan pie as a concept, but it’s very good at drawing the safeties away from the targets I really wanna hit at dessert
It would be a bit too on-the-nose if he ends up getting bird flu from the turkey, but we blew way past irony a long time ago.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It would be a bit too on-the-nose if he ends up getting bird flu from the turkey, but we blew way past irony a long time ago.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
Can’t get over that the “Quiet, Piggy!” administration thinks we are up for s lecture on what good behavior looks like.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Can’t get over that the “Quiet, Piggy!” administration thinks we are up for s lecture on what good behavior looks like.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
“The Wrath Of Khan” was a decent Star Wars movie though.
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“The Wrath Of Khan” was a decent Star Wars movie though.
A Scaramucci score in the coveted ten-thousandths decimal position.
R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A Scaramucci score in the coveted ten-thousandths decimal position.
I wished my wife a happy birthday today, but she seemed unimpressed when I remembered a guy and informed her she is lucky to share a birthday with former Giant Damian Moss.
Although Moss is from Australia so maybe his birthday is actually May 24. I am not great with hemispheric implications.
Although Moss is from Australia so maybe his birthday is actually May 24. I am not great with hemispheric implications.
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I wished my wife a happy birthday today, but she seemed unimpressed when I remembered a guy and informed her she is lucky to share a birthday with former Giant Damian Moss.
Although Moss is from Australia so maybe his birthday is actually May 24. I am not great with hemispheric implications.
Although Moss is from Australia so maybe his birthday is actually May 24. I am not great with hemispheric implications.
This is roughly my list, except Last Jedi would be in the top two with Empire (some days it's my favorite Star War).
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is roughly my list, except Last Jedi would be in the top two with Empire (some days it's my favorite Star War).
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Shoutout to the utterly baffling Blake Masters campaign
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Shoutout to the utterly baffling Blake Masters campaign
If you did this to a normal person at a party, you would never be invited to another party. These people think like teenage boys.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you did this to a normal person at a party, you would never be invited to another party. These people think like teenage boys.
Raises questions answered by Nvidia's t-shirt, etc.
In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Raises questions answered by Nvidia's t-shirt, etc.
Man, read the room or at least the past week of internet.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Man, read the room or at least the past week of internet.
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Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Someone is having concerns about Twitter privacy all of a sudden
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
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loudly insisting that wife guys get a float in the gay pride parade
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
loudly insisting that wife guys get a float in the gay pride parade
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AP is back in court today to defend itself and the right to speak freely without government retaliation.
Why AP is standing for your right to speak freely
The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by the government.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
AP is back in court today to defend itself and the right to speak freely without government retaliation.
I’m more offended by the cables reference, but only slightly.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
What do you mean “too many books”
I’m not familiar with this unit of measurement
What do you mean “too many books”
I’m not familiar with this unit of measurement
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I’m more offended by the cables reference, but only slightly.
I put Christmas lights up today, and went a bit nuts buying a bunch to augment our yard. All to spread some fucking holiday cheer, you ingrates.
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I put Christmas lights up today, and went a bit nuts buying a bunch to augment our yard. All to spread some fucking holiday cheer, you ingrates.
One of the best thing I learned in journalism is the idea of a backout schedule (reverse order of rolling deadlines to keep a project on pace) for long, complex projects. I use it in scholarly writing, and you bet I use it on Thanksgiving Day.
Make a spreadsheet. List cooking times (and resting for protein), device (oven, crock pot, stove top, smoker, grill, etc) and temperatures. Work backwards from when dinner is ready. Project manage this fucker.
most people just aren’t going to magically know how to juggle all those dishes just because it’s a holiday. there’s no shame in doing a couple of things really well
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
One of the best thing I learned in journalism is the idea of a backout schedule (reverse order of rolling deadlines to keep a project on pace) for long, complex projects. I use it in scholarly writing, and you bet I use it on Thanksgiving Day.
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We need it. Not only are the classes full, but also concert halls, libraries - we've gone to a bunch of classical concerts this year as an antidote to despair and guess what - they are full. They were not as full before, but they are now.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We need it. Not only are the classes full, but also concert halls, libraries - we've gone to a bunch of classical concerts this year as an antidote to despair and guess what - they are full. They were not as full before, but they are now.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
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The reason this is happening is a combination of 1) incentives and 2) supply meeting demand.
There is no more consistent result in studies of monetized propaganda than that the MAGA right is a particularly receptive niche.
There is no more consistent result in studies of monetized propaganda than that the MAGA right is a particularly receptive niche.
I see a lot of Paidchecks on X didn’t realize that a whole lot of people on social media lie about their location to grift off the naïveté of the rage-addled American right.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The reason this is happening is a combination of 1) incentives and 2) supply meeting demand.
There is no more consistent result in studies of monetized propaganda than that the MAGA right is a particularly receptive niche.
There is no more consistent result in studies of monetized propaganda than that the MAGA right is a particularly receptive niche.
Hey everyone traveling this week, the regime doesn't want you to fly in pajamas and so you definitely shouldn't fly in pajamas. That would be considered an an act of silent protest and we wouldn't want that. So don't do it, please.
Duffy: "Trump talks about the golden age of transportation. But the golden age in transportation truly begins with you ... People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly ... so we want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season: Help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hey everyone traveling this week, the regime doesn't want you to fly in pajamas and so you definitely shouldn't fly in pajamas. That would be considered an an act of silent protest and we wouldn't want that. So don't do it, please.
Finally finished Lower Decks and the penultimate episode bringing back Trek mainstays from past shows was wonderful. Garashir and infinite unpromoted Harry Kims ftw.
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Finally finished Lower Decks and the penultimate episode bringing back Trek mainstays from past shows was wonderful. Garashir and infinite unpromoted Harry Kims ftw.