morgan sung
@morgansung.bsky.social
internet explainer, yarn hoarder, professional yapper on Close All Tabs from KQED ❣️
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Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators
Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.
www.cnbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
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With the awful WaPo layoffs and the state of journalism more broadly, if it's useful for any writers and reporters considering going indy, @molly.wiki, @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social of Aftermath, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social of 404 Media, @edzitron.com and me will do a little workshop next week.
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
With the awful WaPo layoffs and the state of journalism more broadly, if it's useful for any writers and reporters considering going indy, @molly.wiki, @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social of Aftermath, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social of 404 Media, @edzitron.com and me will do a little workshop next week.
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @morgansung.bsky.social, @sfgate.com's Stephen Council, and @kjezermorton.bsky.social about friction-maxxing and how doing things the hard way can bring us more joy, serendipity and human connection.
❓How do you friction-maxx?
📻 Listen:
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We're talking to @morgansung.bsky.social, @sfgate.com's Stephen Council, and @kjezermorton.bsky.social about friction-maxxing and how doing things the hard way can bring us more joy, serendipity and human connection.
❓How do you friction-maxx?
📻 Listen:
buff.ly/ft7P38H
January 30, 2026 at 6:04 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @morgansung.bsky.social, @sfgate.com's Stephen Council, and @kjezermorton.bsky.social about friction-maxxing and how doing things the hard way can bring us more joy, serendipity and human connection.
❓How do you friction-maxx?
📻 Listen:
buff.ly/ft7P38H
We're talking to @morgansung.bsky.social, @sfgate.com's Stephen Council, and @kjezermorton.bsky.social about friction-maxxing and how doing things the hard way can bring us more joy, serendipity and human connection.
❓How do you friction-maxx?
📻 Listen:
buff.ly/ft7P38H
SF!! we're throwing a party and you're invited!!
close all tabs is hosting its first live event: a powerpoint party where @aidanwalker.bsky.social and @candicelim.bsky.social and i present our favorite internet lore :)
and! you can present your own! there will be prizes!
www.kqed.org/event/5937
close all tabs is hosting its first live event: a powerpoint party where @aidanwalker.bsky.social and @candicelim.bsky.social and i present our favorite internet lore :)
and! you can present your own! there will be prizes!
www.kqed.org/event/5937
January 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
SF!! we're throwing a party and you're invited!!
close all tabs is hosting its first live event: a powerpoint party where @aidanwalker.bsky.social and @candicelim.bsky.social and i present our favorite internet lore :)
and! you can present your own! there will be prizes!
www.kqed.org/event/5937
close all tabs is hosting its first live event: a powerpoint party where @aidanwalker.bsky.social and @candicelim.bsky.social and i present our favorite internet lore :)
and! you can present your own! there will be prizes!
www.kqed.org/event/5937
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Do you have the right to record ICE? Criminal justice reporter @cjciaramella.bsky.social explains to @morgansung.bsky.social how the Trump administration is working to create a chilling effect around filming law enforcement. www.kqed.org/news/1206959... via @kqednews.kqed.org @goosenaut.bsky.social
Are You Allowed to Record ICE? | KQED
When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, it became an instant flashpoint in the ongoing escalation of federal law enforcemen...
www.kqed.org
January 20, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Do you have the right to record ICE? Criminal justice reporter @cjciaramella.bsky.social explains to @morgansung.bsky.social how the Trump administration is working to create a chilling effect around filming law enforcement. www.kqed.org/news/1206959... via @kqednews.kqed.org @goosenaut.bsky.social
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You don’t need to guard yourself against every threat unless you're willing to “live as a hermit on a 🏔️ and fling all of your devices into the sea,” says the #cybersecurity director at the @eff.org. www.kqed.org/news/1207040... via @kqednews.kqed.org @morgansung.bsky.social @goosenaut.bsky.social
How to Protect Your Information Online in 2026 | KQED
What are some easy digital habits you can pick up in the new year that can protect your privacy online?
www.kqed.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 PM
You don’t need to guard yourself against every threat unless you're willing to “live as a hermit on a 🏔️ and fling all of your devices into the sea,” says the #cybersecurity director at the @eff.org. www.kqed.org/news/1207040... via @kqednews.kqed.org @morgansung.bsky.social @goosenaut.bsky.social
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
it's a first amendment right but DHS has been retaliating against anyone exercising that right. close all tabs just put out a whole episode about this! wherever you get your podcasts!
www.kqed.org/news/1206959...
www.kqed.org/news/1206959...
January 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM
it's a first amendment right but DHS has been retaliating against anyone exercising that right. close all tabs just put out a whole episode about this! wherever you get your podcasts!
www.kqed.org/news/1206959...
www.kqed.org/news/1206959...
bodes well for woke 2.0 that fujos are mainstream but it also means that fanfiction discourse is reaching new heights of Annoying
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
bodes well for woke 2.0 that fujos are mainstream but it also means that fanfiction discourse is reaching new heights of Annoying
ok rewatching industry right now and the whole show makes soooo much more sense now that i know that a short is when you gag the market
January 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM
ok rewatching industry right now and the whole show makes soooo much more sense now that i know that a short is when you gag the market
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new close all tabs episode with @cjciaramella.bsky.social, all about the right to record and share information about ICE, and how the trump administration is trying to stop people from exercising that right
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January 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
new close all tabs episode with @cjciaramella.bsky.social, all about the right to record and share information about ICE, and how the trump administration is trying to stop people from exercising that right
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incredibly techbrained solution here. they're detaining people and smashing their phones just for taking pictures right now but somehow they'll stand still enough for an observer to scan their qr code??
I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
January 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
incredibly techbrained solution here. they're detaining people and smashing their phones just for taking pictures right now but somehow they'll stand still enough for an observer to scan their qr code??
new close all tabs episode with @cjciaramella.bsky.social, all about the right to record and share information about ICE, and how the trump administration is trying to stop people from exercising that right
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January 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
new close all tabs episode with @cjciaramella.bsky.social, all about the right to record and share information about ICE, and how the trump administration is trying to stop people from exercising that right
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not to nitpick but when did "fujoshing out" becoming a thing. the term is "fujoing out." this is context collapse in action, and as the mainstream internet absorbs fandom vernacular, it'll forget the og fujos who carved this depraved path for everyone else. and that's my ted talk
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
not to nitpick but when did "fujoshing out" becoming a thing. the term is "fujoing out." this is context collapse in action, and as the mainstream internet absorbs fandom vernacular, it'll forget the og fujos who carved this depraved path for everyone else. and that's my ted talk
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Also holds up the idea that white people are the *only* people capable of cooly and fairly assessing fraught issues without any prejudice or bias.
They made "objective neutrality" the ideal journalistic standard, so if you care about your subject -- or might care -- you're automatically suspect.
‘It’s not a coincidence’: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti-DEI push
Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let go
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Also holds up the idea that white people are the *only* people capable of cooly and fairly assessing fraught issues without any prejudice or bias.
uber driver picked me up in a tesla and we're chatting about bands we like. he taps something and goes "hey grok, what genre is this band?" then he asks grok to weigh in, inviting it into our conversation lol. anyway i'm in SF for five more hours, where should i get coffee?
December 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
uber driver picked me up in a tesla and we're chatting about bands we like. he taps something and goes "hey grok, what genre is this band?" then he asks grok to weigh in, inviting it into our conversation lol. anyway i'm in SF for five more hours, where should i get coffee?
in a college econ class i had to do a presentation with this girl. when we met up to work on it, she launched into a whole racist rant about how woke welfare programs destroyed the american economy. mind u, the assignment was about supply and demand in monopolies or something like that lol
it must be so fucking annoying to take a college class and realize one of your fellow students is trying to do some right wing attack bull shit. like who cares bro
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
in a college econ class i had to do a presentation with this girl. when we met up to work on it, she launched into a whole racist rant about how woke welfare programs destroyed the american economy. mind u, the assignment was about supply and demand in monopolies or something like that lol
by the way the close all tabs team won a media literacy award from NAMLE, which means my letterboxd takes are always correct from now on
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
by the way the close all tabs team won a media literacy award from NAMLE, which means my letterboxd takes are always correct from now on
now the embargo has lifted i can finally post about how i went to a wicked 2 screening and was the only one in the theater who audibly gasped when they made their brooms scissor
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
now the embargo has lifted i can finally post about how i went to a wicked 2 screening and was the only one in the theater who audibly gasped when they made their brooms scissor
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Drop everything: @morgansung.bsky.social x @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social on where games go when they die!
Close All Tabs is an inspiration! The best in the game!
overcast.fm/+AAHuu2Obdxo
Close All Tabs is an inspiration! The best in the game!
overcast.fm/+AAHuu2Obdxo
Where Do Games Go When They Die? — Close All Tabs
When Ubisoft, publisher of the sprawling open-world racing game The Crew shut down the game’s servers, cutting off access to even its single-player mode, fans were outraged. The moment tapped into the...
overcast.fm
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Drop everything: @morgansung.bsky.social x @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social on where games go when they die!
Close All Tabs is an inspiration! The best in the game!
overcast.fm/+AAHuu2Obdxo
Close All Tabs is an inspiration! The best in the game!
overcast.fm/+AAHuu2Obdxo
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do games go to heaven when they die? i talked to @morgansung.bsky.social on close all tabs about dead and dying games
www.kqed.org/news/1206377...
www.kqed.org/news/1206377...
Where Do Games Go When They Die? | KQED
When Ubisoft, publisher of the sprawling open-world racing game The Crew shut down the game’s servers, cutting off access to even its single-player mode, fans were outraged. The moment tapped into the...
www.kqed.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
do games go to heaven when they die? i talked to @morgansung.bsky.social on close all tabs about dead and dying games
www.kqed.org/news/1206377...
www.kqed.org/news/1206377...
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fortnite friday is a talk show that takes place entirely in fortnite, which has nonetheless pulled names as big as gavin newsom, george santos, and the rizzler. I’ve always wondered how @connoreatspants.bsky.social does it, and I finally got a chance to ask him
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
fortnite friday is a talk show that takes place entirely in fortnite, which has nonetheless pulled names as big as gavin newsom, george santos, and the rizzler. I’ve always wondered how @connoreatspants.bsky.social does it, and I finally got a chance to ask him
prepping for tomorrow morning
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
prepping for tomorrow morning
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sex pest down i repeat sex pest down
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
sex pest down i repeat sex pest down