Jeremy Littau
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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.
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Reupping this because it's my nuanced take on the Coates/Klein conversation.
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To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
Family was playing a game the other night and I challenged them to name my favorite Simpsons character, and I was genuinely horrified to hear Flanders and Maggie thrown out in succession. Devastating choices.
(It’s Krusty)
(It’s Krusty)
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Family was playing a game the other night and I challenged them to name my favorite Simpsons character, and I was genuinely horrified to hear Flanders and Maggie thrown out in succession. Devastating choices.
(It’s Krusty)
(It’s Krusty)
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I hope my whole family is ready for me to deliver a power point presentation on the Lizza/Nuzzi situation at Thanksgiving.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I hope my whole family is ready for me to deliver a power point presentation on the Lizza/Nuzzi situation at Thanksgiving.
This is a great week to take those annoying emails in your inbox and go on a mass spam-marking spree, just block out like 30 minutes to do it and reap the rewards in the coming year. Everyone with a functioning e-commerce platform is going to email you in the next 48 hours with a Black Friday offer.
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is a great week to take those annoying emails in your inbox and go on a mass spam-marking spree, just block out like 30 minutes to do it and reap the rewards in the coming year. Everyone with a functioning e-commerce platform is going to email you in the next 48 hours with a Black Friday offer.
Pope Leo is saying something important here, but it also is important to remember this is a pretty common argument in the history of communication technology so it's more about the use case and implementation than the general principle. Church figures railed against the Gutenberg press too.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Pope Leo is saying something important here, but it also is important to remember this is a pretty common argument in the history of communication technology so it's more about the use case and implementation than the general principle. Church figures railed against the Gutenberg press too.
Day before Thanksgiving is when I go into full Dad Mode every year, subscribing to meal kit Black Friday deals because of the deep discounts so we can move food budget $$ to holiday budget $$.
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Day before Thanksgiving is when I go into full Dad Mode every year, subscribing to meal kit Black Friday deals because of the deep discounts so we can move food budget $$ to holiday budget $$.
So unhinged it's perfect.
Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
So unhinged it's perfect.
Since we are arguing about everything this week, here is the official Thanksgiving pie rankings:
1. Banana cream
2. Dutch apple
3. Peach
4. Chocolate
5. Regular apple
6. Blueberry
7. Pumpkin
8. Pecan
100. Getting hit by a one-horse open sleigh
101. Mincemeat
1. Banana cream
2. Dutch apple
3. Peach
4. Chocolate
5. Regular apple
6. Blueberry
7. Pumpkin
8. Pecan
100. Getting hit by a one-horse open sleigh
101. Mincemeat
I will sometimes throw a chocolate pie in there. All other pies are there to distract the family from choosing banana cream. I have a playbook and script the opening plays.
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Since we are arguing about everything this week, here is the official Thanksgiving pie rankings:
1. Banana cream
2. Dutch apple
3. Peach
4. Chocolate
5. Regular apple
6. Blueberry
7. Pumpkin
8. Pecan
100. Getting hit by a one-horse open sleigh
101. Mincemeat
1. Banana cream
2. Dutch apple
3. Peach
4. Chocolate
5. Regular apple
6. Blueberry
7. Pumpkin
8. Pecan
100. Getting hit by a one-horse open sleigh
101. Mincemeat
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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