Dr. Jay Barchas-Lichtenstein (they/them)
@drnycnerd.bsky.social
Journalism researcher, linguistic anthropologist, fiction writer. Some things I discuss: language & social meaning, news media, #binders, puns, food.
Now: @cnti.bsky.social
Once: @knology.org
My colleagues & I made: https://www.reportingwithnumbers.com/
Now: @cnti.bsky.social
Once: @knology.org
My colleagues & I made: https://www.reportingwithnumbers.com/
JFK is setting expectations really low these days, huh?
October 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
JFK is setting expectations really low these days, huh?
Sweet relief is coming soon:
June 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Sweet relief is coming soon:
Senior U.S. government officials just included a journalist in their private Signal chat.
@cnti.bsky.social found that 15% of journalists primarily communicate w/ sources via peer-to-peer encrypted apps (like Signal).
Read the full report: innovating.news/2024-journal...
@cnti.bsky.social found that 15% of journalists primarily communicate w/ sources via peer-to-peer encrypted apps (like Signal).
Read the full report: innovating.news/2024-journal...
March 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Senior U.S. government officials just included a journalist in their private Signal chat.
@cnti.bsky.social found that 15% of journalists primarily communicate w/ sources via peer-to-peer encrypted apps (like Signal).
Read the full report: innovating.news/2024-journal...
@cnti.bsky.social found that 15% of journalists primarily communicate w/ sources via peer-to-peer encrypted apps (like Signal).
Read the full report: innovating.news/2024-journal...
Truly amazing autotranslate fail.
In general, I find that Spanish-English autotranslate works less well when someone uses more pragmatically interesting word order.
(This should say something like, "if it's still there on Tuesday, I'll come for it")
In general, I find that Spanish-English autotranslate works less well when someone uses more pragmatically interesting word order.
(This should say something like, "if it's still there on Tuesday, I'll come for it")
December 1, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Truly amazing autotranslate fail.
In general, I find that Spanish-English autotranslate works less well when someone uses more pragmatically interesting word order.
(This should say something like, "if it's still there on Tuesday, I'll come for it")
In general, I find that Spanish-English autotranslate works less well when someone uses more pragmatically interesting word order.
(This should say something like, "if it's still there on Tuesday, I'll come for it")
The three genders.
May 16, 2024 at 11:40 AM
The three genders.
Today I received the worst hot take I have ever seen in a cursèd email from the National Academies:
April 2, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Today I received the worst hot take I have ever seen in a cursèd email from the National Academies:
This thought brought to you by
February 2, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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Today in the impossibility of "neutrality".
I don't love this headline. It takes for granted one particular worldview, which happens to be associated with Republican politics.
Let me explain:
I don't love this headline. It takes for granted one particular worldview, which happens to be associated with Republican politics.
Let me explain:
October 17, 2023 at 10:12 AM
Today in the impossibility of "neutrality".
I don't love this headline. It takes for granted one particular worldview, which happens to be associated with Republican politics.
Let me explain:
I don't love this headline. It takes for granted one particular worldview, which happens to be associated with Republican politics.
Let me explain:
What if I told you that I do look my age, you just don't know what 40-year-olds look like?
August 11, 2023 at 4:31 PM
What if I told you that I do look my age, you just don't know what 40-year-olds look like?
Guessing they deleted it 🙄 because:
August 5, 2023 at 12:09 PM
Guessing they deleted it 🙄 because:
Today in bad public math:
They use median rent prices to determine who's overpaying, which means that half of New Yorkers are overpaying *by definition*
They use median rent prices to determine who's overpaying, which means that half of New Yorkers are overpaying *by definition*
August 4, 2023 at 12:36 PM
Today in bad public math:
They use median rent prices to determine who's overpaying, which means that half of New Yorkers are overpaying *by definition*
They use median rent prices to determine who's overpaying, which means that half of New Yorkers are overpaying *by definition*
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.
July 12, 2023 at 12:16 AM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.