Lauren Tokos
@ltokos.bsky.social
PhD student @ UPenn Annenberg
Studying political economy of media, communication history, and suppression of dissent
Cat mom and Oregonian 🐈⬛🌿
Studying political economy of media, communication history, and suppression of dissent
Cat mom and Oregonian 🐈⬛🌿
The Federal Gov. is attempting to build an ICE facility in the community I grew up in. This is heart wrenching and would have an enormous impact on the community. While my family no longer lives there, a piece of me/us always will. www.klcc.org/local-news/2...
'We are going to do everything we can to fight this’: Newport unites against ICE facility, Coast Guard helicopter loss
Hundreds of community members showed up Wednesday evening for a special meeting of the Newport City Council to offer public comment on the potential new ICE facility to be located at the Newport Munic...
www.klcc.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The Federal Gov. is attempting to build an ICE facility in the community I grew up in. This is heart wrenching and would have an enormous impact on the community. While my family no longer lives there, a piece of me/us always will. www.klcc.org/local-news/2...
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The uprisings in Portland are truly terrifying.
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The uprisings in Portland are truly terrifying.
A gross example of executive overstep.
Oregon officials have scrambled to respond to Trump’s authorization of federal troops.
Read the texts between President Trump and Oregon’s governor over troops in Portland
Oregon officials have scrambled to respond to Trump’s authorization of federal troops.
www.oregonlive.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A gross example of executive overstep.
I can only dream of commanding an audience as well as Morgan Spector does. Abolish the billionaire class, once city at a time🙏
"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.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I can only dream of commanding an audience as well as Morgan Spector does. Abolish the billionaire class, once city at a time🙏
Devastating blow to public interest media. CPB was created to help protect citizens from undue business influence— civil society will suffer greatly without access to independent information. Not to mention folks in rural areas who rely on public media for any kind of news. cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissio...
cpb.org
August 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Devastating blow to public interest media. CPB was created to help protect citizens from undue business influence— civil society will suffer greatly without access to independent information. Not to mention folks in rural areas who rely on public media for any kind of news. cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
Yet another example of the global corporatization of “public interest” media. It’s time to take a hint from history and undo the growing dependencies between public interest media and transitory tech.
Thousands of BBC jobs at risk as broadcaster considers major outsourcing drive
Thousands of BBC jobs at risk as broadcaster considers major outsourcing drive
Exclusive: BBC understood to be speaking to US tech giants as it desperately seeks cost savings
The BBC is examining a significant outsourcing drive that could put thousands of jobs at risk as it desperately searches for savings, the Guardian understands.
The plans being considered include the offshoring of jobs currently carried out in the UK, with the BBC understood to be talking to US tech giants as potential partners. It is said to include the outsourcing of recommendation algorithms, which direct users to content. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Yet another example of the global corporatization of “public interest” media. It’s time to take a hint from history and undo the growing dependencies between public interest media and transitory tech.
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A new federal report concludes federal prison officials violated their own rules, shackling prisoners to beds and chairs for hours or even days.
The report comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.
The report comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.
Shackled For Days and Weeks: A Federal Report Finds Widespread Abuse in Prisons
The report, by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.
www.themarshallproject.org
July 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A new federal report concludes federal prison officials violated their own rules, shackling prisoners to beds and chairs for hours or even days.
The report comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.
The report comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.
Our neighbors’ house caught on fire last night when their illegal fireworks re-lit in the garage. Everyone is ok (including the pets), but it is certainly a cautionary tale. Demonstrates why skyrockets are illegal in OR and many other places.
July 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Our neighbors’ house caught on fire last night when their illegal fireworks re-lit in the garage. Everyone is ok (including the pets), but it is certainly a cautionary tale. Demonstrates why skyrockets are illegal in OR and many other places.
It was such a privilege presenting my archival research at the UDC conference in Tacoma, WA, this weekend 🙌🏻 Can’t wait to continue investigating how Robert A. Brady impacted our field. Thank you @uniondemcomm.bsky.social for putting on a great conference!
June 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It was such a privilege presenting my archival research at the UDC conference in Tacoma, WA, this weekend 🙌🏻 Can’t wait to continue investigating how Robert A. Brady impacted our field. Thank you @uniondemcomm.bsky.social for putting on a great conference!
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A study of declassified FBI files documents how the Bureau wielded the fear of communist infiltration to infiltrate the broadcasting industry itself:
The FBI’s Secret Impact on American Broadcasting
www.asc.upenn.edu
June 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A study of declassified FBI files documents how the Bureau wielded the fear of communist infiltration to infiltrate the broadcasting industry itself:
So excited to share a new article I have out with my brilliant colleagues, Carol Stabile and Miriam Yousaf!
This work is so important to me and l believe it’s being released at an even more important point in American history.
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
This work is so important to me and l believe it’s being released at an even more important point in American history.
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
“The FBI has no politics”: COMINFIL radio-TV and the suppression of dissent1
Abstract. In the second half of the 1940s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation initiated an investigation of the broadcasting industry that had far-reachin
urldefense.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
So excited to share a new article I have out with my brilliant colleagues, Carol Stabile and Miriam Yousaf!
This work is so important to me and l believe it’s being released at an even more important point in American history.
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
This work is so important to me and l believe it’s being released at an even more important point in American history.
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Keeping my brain sharp over winter break. Beat the reigning champ (my bf’s mom) 🙌🏻
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Keeping my brain sharp over winter break. Beat the reigning champ (my bf’s mom) 🙌🏻
This piece shows how publicly funded media, devoid of corporate interest, is deeply intertwined with socioeconomic disparity in America. Major media giants and the incoming administration that supports them threatens to eliminate community-based reporting. All bc NPR and PBS are too liberal — CONT.
public media funding is always under threat — but now Elon Musk is targeting NPR and PBS for budget cuts. @benmullin.bsky.social and I found out how stations are preparing: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/b...
NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under Trump
Republicans in Congress have tried to defund public media for decades. With the help of Elon Musk, could they finally make good on their threat?
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 1:35 AM
This piece shows how publicly funded media, devoid of corporate interest, is deeply intertwined with socioeconomic disparity in America. Major media giants and the incoming administration that supports them threatens to eliminate community-based reporting. All bc NPR and PBS are too liberal — CONT.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
I’ve created an army
December 21, 2024 at 4:52 AM
I’ve created an army
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New, important paper on surveillance publishing: 'The Citation Economy as a Site of Extraction for Surveillance Publishing'
cjal.ca
December 18, 2024 at 6:29 PM
New, important paper on surveillance publishing: 'The Citation Economy as a Site of Extraction for Surveillance Publishing'
Hmm
A lawsuit claims that Georgetown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 14 other schools considered applicants’ family wealth and donation potential when choosing who to admit. nyti.ms/4028mN2
Lawsuit Accuses Georgetown of Admitting Students Based Solely on Wealth
The schools were accused of giving special treatment to wealthy students who might not otherwise have been admitted.
nyti.ms
December 17, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Hmm
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Russian general is killed in Moscow.
- Top Bluesky searches produce media sources (NYT, Guardian)
- Twitter algorithm results: Crazypants conspiracy tweets
Twitter's advantage used to be breaking news. No longer.
- Top Bluesky searches produce media sources (NYT, Guardian)
- Twitter algorithm results: Crazypants conspiracy tweets
Twitter's advantage used to be breaking news. No longer.
December 17, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Russian general is killed in Moscow.
- Top Bluesky searches produce media sources (NYT, Guardian)
- Twitter algorithm results: Crazypants conspiracy tweets
Twitter's advantage used to be breaking news. No longer.
- Top Bluesky searches produce media sources (NYT, Guardian)
- Twitter algorithm results: Crazypants conspiracy tweets
Twitter's advantage used to be breaking news. No longer.
“The ultimate cause of their demise is simple: reprioritization by foundations and high-net-worth individuals away from financially supporting this overarching, public-informing, community-building work.”
Press freedom = intellectual freedom = open access = non-profit = censored and broke?!
Press freedom = intellectual freedom = open access = non-profit = censored and broke?!
Open-Government Nonprofits Are Dying Off Just When They’re Needed Most — By @americalabs.org via @thebulwark.bsky.social
Open-Government Nonprofits Are Dying Off Just When They’re Needed Most
Why it’s happening and what can be done about it.
www.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:32 AM
“The ultimate cause of their demise is simple: reprioritization by foundations and high-net-worth individuals away from financially supporting this overarching, public-informing, community-building work.”
Press freedom = intellectual freedom = open access = non-profit = censored and broke?!
Press freedom = intellectual freedom = open access = non-profit = censored and broke?!
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You’ll never guess whose behind surveilling and doxxing this professor 🙄
University of Pennsylvania professor apologizes for posts lauding Luigi Mangione
A professor at the University of Pennsylvania apologized for posts appearing to praise a UPenn grad charged in UnitedHealthcare's CEO killing.
www.usatoday.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:46 PM
You’ll never guess whose behind surveilling and doxxing this professor 🙄
Judge sided with a company that sells “nutritional supplements” on behalf of Alex Jones instead of The Onion…
US judge halts Onion takeover of Infowars in Alex Jones bankruptcy
US judge halts Onion takeover of Infowars in Alex Jones bankruptcy
Court rejects far-right shock jock’s claim of ‘collusion’ but finds that trustee should have got more money from parody site or Jones-affiliated bidder
A US bankruptcy judge stopped parody news site the Onion from buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s…
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Judge sided with a company that sells “nutritional supplements” on behalf of Alex Jones instead of The Onion…
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Breaking News: Albertsons backed out of its $25 billion merger with Kroger and sued the grocery store for failing to adequately push for regulatory approval.
Albertsons Backs Out of Merger Deal and Sues Kroger After Court Rulings
The supermarket chain had tried to join forces with Kroger, but judges sided with federal and state regulators who charged that the merger would reduce competition.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Breaking News: Albertsons backed out of its $25 billion merger with Kroger and sued the grocery store for failing to adequately push for regulatory approval.
Reading the blurb for this fascinating book was a pleasant philosophical reprieve from the many hours I’ve spent on Stata today
"Investigations of a Dog" is a funny, deeply philosophical tale of a dog who pioneers a research program in pursuit of the mysteries of his world.
Here’s an excerpt from Aaron Schuster’s charming book in which he uses the canine as a guide dog to rediscover Kafka's fictional universe:
Here’s an excerpt from Aaron Schuster’s charming book in which he uses the canine as a guide dog to rediscover Kafka's fictional universe:
Kafka's Screwball Tragedy: Investigations of a Philosophical Dog
"Investigations of a Dog" is a funny and deeply philosophical tale of a lone, maladjusted dog who defies scientific dogma and pioneers an original research program in pursuit of the mysteries of his…
buff.ly
December 9, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Reading the blurb for this fascinating book was a pleasant philosophical reprieve from the many hours I’ve spent on Stata today
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The University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State University are two different schools very far away from each other :)
The University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State University are two different schools very far away from each other :)
December 9, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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Only 48% of respondents expect AI to “impact ordinary people…” Makes me wonder if/when AI will transform into another tool for propagating class warfare
December 7, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Only 48% of respondents expect AI to “impact ordinary people…” Makes me wonder if/when AI will transform into another tool for propagating class warfare