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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 19h

The video gaming space has been doing this stuff for well over a decade. Hopefully the T-Swift fans actually diagnose and blame capitalism instead of getting their hobby hijacked by grifting culture war losers that blame women and minorities.

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 1d

It really doesn't make much sense to talk about right-wing media as distinct from legacy or mainstream media at this point.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 7d

In some personal news finally done with my student loans 🍻

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 10d

Klein has one of the largest platforms in the country, if not the world. At a minimum, not knowing how to use that platform to achieve his supposedly liberal goals is profoundly lacking in imagination. At worst, is a profound moral failure.

Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 10d

ezra klein: "I don’t know what my role is anymore. I’ll be totally honest with you, man. I feel very conflicted about that question."

like, you're a leading liberal journalist and opinion setter in the age of fascism, and you don't know what your role is?

Like I said, I think he's broken.

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 10d

In pro-wrestling this is also known as “kayfabe.”

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10d

Klein, like many powerful pundits, is living inside an alternate reality that's been created through their phone and television screens. He's grown more powerful inside that alternate reality by working to uphold the pillars of the anti-reality like "hillary clinton lost because she insulted voters"

Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 10d

This is a demonstration of how powerful the right wing misinformation machine is. They take a phrase or a word some Democrat said, attach the worst possible interpretation to it, and repeat their view of it THOUSANDS of times until even liberals remember it the way conservatives want them to.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 11d

Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11d

🤷🏿‍♂️

Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

gizmodo.com

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 12d

streaming platforms have robbed us of the randomness that used to be both an essential property of tv watching and a quality that mitigated its addictiveness somewhat. we were wholly beholden to whatever happened to be on! if we didn’t like any of it we were obligated to go do something else!

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 20d

My department at CU Boulder is hiring BOTH an Assistant Professor of Journalism AND an Associate/Full Professor of Journalism Studies. I am on the search committee for the Associate job. Happy to answer questions or direct you to the right people. Links in this thread.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 13d

We are hiring in the Lehigh U journalism department, a tenure-track position focused on technology law and policy. We take a multidisciplinary approach to platform governance and AI here that includes social sciences/humanities. Opportunity for someone wanting to make an impact. Spread the word!

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 14d

They've lost the 9yos

JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.bsky.social · 15d

Oh, and hey, the Nexstar Tegna public comment period is now open, if you want to comment on the deleterious effect of the prospect of even greater consolidation of media ownership.

www.thewrap.com/nexstar-tegn...

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 15d

Pretty sure freedom fries lasted longer than Jimmy Kimmel off air.

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 15d

I know people who work at Nexstar and the entire operation is one hilarious joke. Disney/ABC execs would die of laughter if they heard their content plans.

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 18d

Is anything safe these days? That’s not going to stop me or my colleagues in journalism studies from our work. There is a phrase in academia, “the good work continues.” And I choose to live by that.

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Dr. Suzanne Scott @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social · 19d

Once more for the evening crowd...signal boosting appreciated across other platforms, I would love as many perspectives as possible!

Dr. Suzanne Scott @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social · 20d

Have you ever purchased makeup or beauty projects based on your fandom? If you are 18 years or older, please fill out this 10 minute survey for a research project on embodied fan identities. Share widely! Contact with any questions: [email protected]. utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

A flyer that reads "Do you own any fandom-related makeup or beauty products? If you are 18 or older, please consider answering a few questions about it by filling out this 10 min survey to support a research project on fan identities and embodiment" followed by a QR code.

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 19d

Mark Cuban has to be acting out this scene right!? There’s no way he has dug in that deep right!? #nba

“Listen Pablo, if he really was trying to circumvent the cap he would have done all these things.”

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 20d

Associate or Full Professor: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Associate or Full Professor of Journalism Studies

jobs.colorado.edu

Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 20d

Assistant Professor: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Assistant Professor of Journalism

jobs.colorado.edu

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 20d

My department at CU Boulder is hiring BOTH an Assistant Professor of Journalism AND an Associate/Full Professor of Journalism Studies. I am on the search committee for the Associate job. Happy to answer questions or direct you to the right people. Links in this thread.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 20d

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 27d

"The moves this week by Texas A&M represented 'the death of academic freedom in Texas, the remaking of universities as tools of authoritarianism that suppress free thought'" 🤐

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching ‘Gender Ideology’

www.nytimes.com

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Zack Furness @punkademic.bsky.social · 29d

This country is a disaster

Sean D. Johnson @seanjohnson.bsky.social · 29d

Update: The President of Texas A&M, the largest public university in the US, removed the Dean of the College and Chair of the English Dept just hours after coming under right-wing political pressure because a student recorded herself interrupting a lecture’s class that included topics on gender.

Screenshot of a statement from Texas A&M President Welsh with a highlighted portions reading “As a result, I directed the provost to remove the dean and department head from their administrative positions, effective immediately.”

The full statement reads: “A statement from Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III:

I learned this afternoon that key leaders in the College of Arts and Sciences approved plans to continue teaching course content that was not consistent with the course’s published description. As a result, I directed the provost to remove the dean and department head from their administrative positions, effective immediately. Our students use the published information in the course catalog to make important decisions about the courses they take in pursuit of their degrees. If we allow different course content to be taught from what is advertised, we let our students down. When it comes to our academic offerings, we must keep our word to our students and to the state of Texas.”

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Benj Edwards @benjedwards.com · 29d

In October 2012 I asked a simple question on Twitter. 13 years later, it has finally been answered

Benj Edwards
@benjedwards
Does anybody have a complete archive of iPod click wheel games? Please let me know. Apple removed them from iTunes in 2011.
4:07 PM • 10/26/12
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 29d

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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