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Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · Nov 25
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

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AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
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attorneynora.bsky.social
A must-read from @davey.bsky.social :
niemanlab.org Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 21d
“It’s a story about volume, value, and what journalism becomes when “content” grows functionally infinite.” - @davey.bsky.social

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/in-2...
December 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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mantzarlis.com
I love this rallying cry by @davey.bsky.social on the value of humans in journalism.

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/in-2...
December 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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niemanlab.org
“It’s a story about volume, value, and what journalism becomes when “content” grows functionally infinite.” - @davey.bsky.social

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/in-2...
December 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
davey.bsky.social
New from me: A NiemanLab prediction!

Have always admired this end-of-year package from the smartest people in media, so it was an honor to be asked to write this. Imo, in 2026, AI-written content online will outpace what humans produce. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/in-2...
Davey Alba In 2026, AI will outwrite humans “It’s a story about volume value, and what journalism becomes when ‘content’ grows functionally infinite.”
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
AI slop. it's what's for dinner. Thanks tech overlords! Keep looking in the mirror while you sing the song about your utopian genius!
davey.bsky.social Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · Nov 25
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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zoetillman.bsky.social
Public service journalism this holiday season courtesy of
@davey.bsky.social & Carmen Arroyo:
bsky.app/profile/dave...
davey.bsky.social Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · Nov 25
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
"An AI-assembled version of Gargano’s Christmas cake, for instance, would have people cooking a 6-inch cake for 3 to 4 hours at 320°F (160°C).

'You’d end up with charcoal!' she said. Meanwhile, traffic to her turkey recipe is already down 40% year over year."
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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shiraovide.bsky.social
AI slop is ruining tamales now.

by @davey.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Earlier this month, she posted two AI-generated tamale photos: one with sauce poured over the husks, and another showing tamales lying flat in a steamer. Both, she wrote, were obvious mistakes. The husks aren’t meant to be eaten; you remove them before adding sauce. And tamales should steam upright so the masa cooks evenly. “Little details like this are big red flags,” she told readers. “When you search for recipes, make sure they come from trusted human cooks who actually test their food.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
davey.bsky.social
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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zoetillman.bsky.social
Deep dive by @davey.bsky.social + Bloomberg colleagues into the growing number of small businesses marketing products around conservative political identity and their relationship with the right-wing influencer universe on YouTube
bit.ly/4oR7fcF
YouTube’s Right-Wing Stars Fuel Boom in Politically Charged Ads
YouTube’s MAGA stars aren’t just talking politics—they’re selling it
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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issielapowsky.bsky.social
A totally fascinating deep dive by my pal @davey.bsky.social and her talented Bloomberg colleagues on the rising economy of MAGA-coded brands advertising on right-wing YouTube channels www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
YouTube’s Right-Wing Stars Fuel Boom in Politically Charged Ads
YouTube’s MAGA stars aren’t just talking politics—they’re selling it
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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mastermark.me
This is such a big deal... And so poorly understood / visible to normies - who can only see the outcomes / downstream consequences in our society...

Follow the fucking ad money. Every time
davey.bsky.social Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · Nov 20
NEW: For months, my colleagues and I dug into YouTube's conservative airwaves and found a flourishing network of host-read ads on right-leaning podcasts. This phenomenon has enriched hosts, YouTube, and businesses that use ideology to sell. bloom.bg/3Kaio9w
YouTube’s Right-Wing Stars Fuel Boom in Politically Charged Ads By Davey Alba Priyanjana Bengani Leon Yin Ashley Carman Julia Love Rachael Dottle Elena Mejía Technology Big Tech November 20, 2025 On YouTube’s conservative airwaves, podcast hosts tout products that let people buy into the MAGA crowd: Republican Red Winery vintages for toasting the “silent majority;” Black Rifle Coffee for caffeinating gun owners; XX-XY Athletics for workout clothes symbolizing opposition to the “lunacy of the left social agenda.” The popularity of YouTube podcasts among conservatives is driving a boom in small businesses tailoring ads to their millions of listeners, paying hosts like Joe Rogan and Candace Owens to read out promotions in the hope that fans will place orders. The phenomenon has enriched both the hosts and YouTube, supporting further growth of the businesses using ideology to sell. A Bloomberg analysis of host-read ads across nearly 1,000 videos from eight of the platform’s top right-leaning podcasters found that advertisers on the shows routinely tapped into political identity in marketing. At least one host-read ad with a political message appeared in 91% of videos reviewed.
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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techmeme.com
Analysis: YouTube's top conservative podcasters drive a boom in host-read ads targeting right-wing audiences; nearly 91% of 876 episodes had political ads (Bloomberg)

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November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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dannygroner.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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drewharwell.com
Such a great story from @davey.bsky.social & other star reporters on the politics of consumption and the MAGA ad machine

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
YouTube’s Right-Wing Stars Fuel Boom in Politically Charged Ads
YouTube’s MAGA stars aren’t just talking politics—they’re selling it
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
davey.bsky.social
NEW: For months, my colleagues and I dug into YouTube's conservative airwaves and found a flourishing network of host-read ads on right-leaning podcasts. This phenomenon has enriched hosts, YouTube, and businesses that use ideology to sell. bloom.bg/3Kaio9w
YouTube’s Right-Wing Stars Fuel Boom in Politically Charged Ads By Davey Alba Priyanjana Bengani Leon Yin Ashley Carman Julia Love Rachael Dottle Elena Mejía Technology Big Tech November 20, 2025 On YouTube’s conservative airwaves, podcast hosts tout products that let people buy into the MAGA crowd: Republican Red Winery vintages for toasting the “silent majority;” Black Rifle Coffee for caffeinating gun owners; XX-XY Athletics for workout clothes symbolizing opposition to the “lunacy of the left social agenda.” The popularity of YouTube podcasts among conservatives is driving a boom in small businesses tailoring ads to their millions of listeners, paying hosts like Joe Rogan and Candace Owens to read out promotions in the hope that fans will place orders. The phenomenon has enriched both the hosts and YouTube, supporting further growth of the businesses using ideology to sell. A Bloomberg analysis of host-read ads across nearly 1,000 videos from eight of the platform’s top right-leaning podcasters found that advertisers on the shows routinely tapped into political identity in marketing. At least one host-read ad with a political message appeared in 91% of videos reviewed.
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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techmeme.com
In its Q3 earnings, Alphabet said the profit included "net gains on equity securities of $10.7B," in part from a private company, which sources say is Anthropic (Bloomberg)

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October 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
davey.bsky.social
Here's confirmationnnn

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
davey.bsky.social
Kind of a crazy scoop (given the amount money involved here) with colleagues @rachelmetz.bsky.social & Ed Ludlow: Anthropic is in discussions with Google for a massive cloud deal — computing power valued in the high tens of billions

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Anthropic, Google in Talks on Cloud Deal Worth Tens of Billions
Anthropic PBC is in discussions with Alphabet Inc.’s Google about a deal that would provide the artificial intelligence company with additional computing power valued in the high tens of billions of d...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
davey.bsky.social
this story is fun lol @zoeschiffer.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/owning...
Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck
“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.
www.wired.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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agordon.me
The amazing thing about the hundreds of billions of dollars being spent on AI development is it doesn't even include all the externalized costs like higher electricity prices for hundreds of millions of people.
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
Some news.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 24
Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.
Karen Attiah Says Firing by Washington Post Violated Labor Agreement
The company fired Karen Attiah this month for her social media posts related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
nyti.ms
September 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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npr.org
Duterte was arrested in March by Philippine authorities on a warrant issued by the ICC. He is now being held at an ICC facility in the Netherlands.
ICC charges former Philippine President Duterte crimes against humanity
Duterte was arrested in March by Philippine authorities on a warrant issued by the ICC. He is now being held at an ICC facility in the Netherlands.
n.pr
September 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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kwameopam.bsky.social
Speaking over a radio, the federal agent who told police that Villegas González tried to use his car as a weapon said his partner had suffered “a left knee injury and some lacerations to his hands.”

“Nothing major,” the injured agent said.
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
ICE officer said his injuries were 'nothing major' after deadly shooting near Chicago, video shows
The immigration agent’s partner said he suffered a “knee injury" and "some lacerations to his hands,” according to police body camera footage obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. But the feds reported h...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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zhirji.bsky.social
This story isn't just a look back at what happened last hurricane season. It also looks forward at the threat today.

bsky.app/profile/zhir...
September 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM