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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 16h

This is good! My immediate thought was replace conservatism with pro-wrestling and it still works! As a storytelling narrative pro-wrestling’s appeal is that you see these narratives play out in real-time on a week by week basis. Older wrestlers have a well of lore to tap into for storylines.

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 16h

Young Republicans practice private group chat etiquette the right way - Ezra Klein

Politico @politico.com · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Dr. Suzanne Scott @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social · 1d

Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: [email protected].

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1d

Bari Weiss always fails up. Always. CBS news is a joke. This is an article from an internet shitposter on CBS News and yes they spelled Zohran Mamdani's name wrong.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 14d

In some personal news finally done with my student loans 🍻

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16d

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 · 16d

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 · 16d

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

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16d

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 · 16d

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 · 18d

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

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 18d

🤷🏿‍♂️

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 · 19d

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 · 26d

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 · 19d

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 · 20d

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 · 22d

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 · 22d

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

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 22d

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 · 24d

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 · 26d

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 · 26d

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 · 26d

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 · 26d

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 · 26d

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

Assistant Professor of Journalism

jobs.colorado.edu

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