@foreignne.bsky.social
"For all that our culture seems to extol diligence as the surest guarantor of success and fulfillment, its embrace of AI technology exposes the fact that laziness at the top level is its true cardinal virtue." 🔥
Because capitalism orients people toward profit rather than allowing us to pursue our interests freely, it inevitably separates humans from the creative act. AI art is just the slop frothing up from that gap.
AI Art Is Weird, Sad, and Ugly. Let’s Not Pretend Otherwise.
Because capitalism orients people toward profit rather than allowing us to pursue our interests freely, it inevitably separates humans from the creative act. AI art is just the slop frothing up from that gap.
jacobin.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"For all that our culture seems to extol diligence as the surest guarantor of success and fulfillment, its embrace of AI technology exposes the fact that laziness at the top level is its true cardinal virtue." 🔥
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
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🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
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White House Launches Worthless And Whiny Taxpayer-Funded ‘Media Bias’ Tracker
Not content with just filing baseless lawsuits against media companies who say mean things about our historically unpopular president, the Trump administration has unveiled a new lazy wrinkle in its war on journalism and…
Not content with just filing baseless lawsuits against media companies who say mean things about our historically unpopular president, the Trump administration has unveiled a new lazy wrinkle in its war on journalism and…
White House Launches Worthless And Whiny Taxpayer-Funded ‘Media Bias’ Tracker
Not content with just filing baseless lawsuits against media companies who say mean things about our historically unpopular president, the Trump administration has unveiled a new lazy wrinkle in its war on journalism and free speech. The White House unveiled a new section of its website last week that claims to be tracking media outlets for "bias." And by "bias," in traditional right wing fashion, we of course mean news organizations that…
www.techdirt.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
White House Launches Worthless And Whiny Taxpayer-Funded ‘Media Bias’ Tracker
Not content with just filing baseless lawsuits against media companies who say mean things about our historically unpopular president, the Trump administration has unveiled a new lazy wrinkle in its war on journalism and…
Not content with just filing baseless lawsuits against media companies who say mean things about our historically unpopular president, the Trump administration has unveiled a new lazy wrinkle in its war on journalism and…
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News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
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The White House "media offender" list is a call to action for their deranged followers to murder journalists who report the truth
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The White House "media offender" list is a call to action for their deranged followers to murder journalists who report the truth
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President Donald Trump defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against accusations he ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the crown prince "knew nothing about it.” But a U.S. intelligence report says the opposite.
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Trump contradicts US intelligence on Khashoggi murder
President Donald Trump defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against accusations he ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the crown prince "knew nothing about it.” But a…
www.politifact.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
President Donald Trump defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against accusations he ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the crown prince "knew nothing about it.” But a U.S. intelligence report says the opposite.
buff.ly/dvZiTqu
buff.ly/dvZiTqu
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
By far the best journalism happening in LA, and the best-equipped to teach the next generation
We are teaching a groundbreaking class at USC titled “Bridging the Media Gap Between L.A. Influencers and Independent Journalists” trying to create a new style of ethical hybrid reporting that will usher in this brave new era of journalism.
A letter from our editor: lataco.com/usc-class-la...
A letter from our editor: lataco.com/usc-class-la...
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
By far the best journalism happening in LA, and the best-equipped to teach the next generation
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Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
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When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent.
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we’re still figuring out how to sustain it.
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we’re still figuring out how to sustain it.
When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it.
lapublicpress.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent.
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we’re still figuring out how to sustain it.
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we’re still figuring out how to sustain it.
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The media has been one of the channels through which climate disinformation has flowed as part of coordinated and well-funded campaigns from the fossil-fuel industry, writes @amywestervelt.bsky.social.
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The media has been one of the channels through which climate disinformation has flowed as part of coordinated and well-funded campaigns from the fossil-fuel industry, writes @amywestervelt.bsky.social.
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Los Angeles, CA -
Felipe Caceras, who is a member of the rapid response network in Los Angeles, tells me that the TikTok streamer, Nick, is part of a pattern of media and protesters receiving violent treatment from both LAPD and federal authorities in LA and throughout the country.
Felipe Caceras, who is a member of the rapid response network in Los Angeles, tells me that the TikTok streamer, Nick, is part of a pattern of media and protesters receiving violent treatment from both LAPD and federal authorities in LA and throughout the country.
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Los Angeles, CA -
Felipe Caceras, who is a member of the rapid response network in Los Angeles, tells me that the TikTok streamer, Nick, is part of a pattern of media and protesters receiving violent treatment from both LAPD and federal authorities in LA and throughout the country.
Felipe Caceras, who is a member of the rapid response network in Los Angeles, tells me that the TikTok streamer, Nick, is part of a pattern of media and protesters receiving violent treatment from both LAPD and federal authorities in LA and throughout the country.
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"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say
A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.
www.kktv.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
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You know what tool existed when I was in high school that no one ever taught me how to use? Excel. A thing I use all the time now, mostly self-taught, existed in the late 1990s and no one was upending the curriculum to make sure I knew how to use it.
October 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
You know what tool existed when I was in high school that no one ever taught me how to use? Excel. A thing I use all the time now, mostly self-taught, existed in the late 1990s and no one was upending the curriculum to make sure I knew how to use it.
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Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.
www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.
www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
Super useful tips⬇️
Reporter’s Guide to Detecting AI-Generated Content
This guide offers journalists a new detection tool and seven advanced techniques for spotting probable AI-generated content.
Learn more:
This guide offers journalists a new detection tool and seven advanced techniques for spotting probable AI-generated content.
Learn more:
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Reporter’s Guide to Detecting AI-Generated Content
twp.ai
September 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Super useful tips⬇️
So glad there's a term for this infuriating trend
A new study, based on a survey of 1,150 workers suggests that the injection of AI tools into the workplace has not resulted in a magic productivity boom and instead increased the amount of time that workers say they spend fixing low-quality AI-generated “work.”
🔗 www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...
🔗 www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...
AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable
AI slop is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output."
www.404media.co
September 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So glad there's a term for this infuriating trend
I know a lot of people are already having trouble getting the new COVID booster, and this is not reassuring.
Be skeptical of the government’s VAERS database that RFK seems about to invoke to make people scared of COVID vaccines.
Read more about this unverified database in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/how-an-unv...
Read more about this unverified database in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/how-an-unv...
How an Unverified Database May Be Used to Curb Vaccines
PLUS: Russian State TV Launches AI-Generated “News” Show
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I know a lot of people are already having trouble getting the new COVID booster, and this is not reassuring.
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LAPD choppers are a malignant nuisance. They're harbingers of surveillance, operated *continuously*—yet the city's own data show they raise stress, impair cognition and burn 100,000s of gallons of gas. The best part? there's no evidence they deter or reduce crime at all.
It's time to ground them.
It's time to ground them.
Ground the choppers
The LAPD's helicopter mania is both a policy disaster and a symbol of our malignant, badly functioning surveillance state.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
LAPD choppers are a malignant nuisance. They're harbingers of surveillance, operated *continuously*—yet the city's own data show they raise stress, impair cognition and burn 100,000s of gallons of gas. The best part? there's no evidence they deter or reduce crime at all.
It's time to ground them.
It's time to ground them.
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🚨 Broken bones. Amputated finger. Loss of vision. Concussions. Deep lacerations. Severe bruising.
Law enforcement responded to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles with deliberate brutality, in clear violation of int'l human rights law.
NEW @hrw.org report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
Law enforcement responded to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles with deliberate brutality, in clear violation of int'l human rights law.
NEW @hrw.org report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
August 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🚨 Broken bones. Amputated finger. Loss of vision. Concussions. Deep lacerations. Severe bruising.
Law enforcement responded to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles with deliberate brutality, in clear violation of int'l human rights law.
NEW @hrw.org report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
Law enforcement responded to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles with deliberate brutality, in clear violation of int'l human rights law.
NEW @hrw.org report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
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❌ NO: The photos in this post are not recent. They're from before President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January 2021.
⚠️ Circulating pics out of context is an easy way people spread viral falsehoods during breaking news events.
👉🏾 #NewsLiteracy tips for not being duped: go.newslit.org/DCOldPics
⚠️ Circulating pics out of context is an easy way people spread viral falsehoods during breaking news events.
👉🏾 #NewsLiteracy tips for not being duped: go.newslit.org/DCOldPics
August 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
❌ NO: The photos in this post are not recent. They're from before President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January 2021.
⚠️ Circulating pics out of context is an easy way people spread viral falsehoods during breaking news events.
👉🏾 #NewsLiteracy tips for not being duped: go.newslit.org/DCOldPics
⚠️ Circulating pics out of context is an easy way people spread viral falsehoods during breaking news events.
👉🏾 #NewsLiteracy tips for not being duped: go.newslit.org/DCOldPics
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Jon Stewart torched media executives for bowing to Trump—then handed Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, one of the worst offenders, an unchallenging interview minutes later.
More in Status: www.status.news/p/jon-stewar...
More in Status: www.status.news/p/jon-stewar...
Softballs for Soon-Shiong
Jon Stewart torched media executives for bowing to Trump—then handed Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, one of the worst offenders, an unchallenging interview minutes later.
www.status.news
July 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Jon Stewart torched media executives for bowing to Trump—then handed Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, one of the worst offenders, an unchallenging interview minutes later.
More in Status: www.status.news/p/jon-stewar...
More in Status: www.status.news/p/jon-stewar...
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In a month in which too many prominent voices have chosen silence in the face of federally mandated mass deportations that target families, friends, and workers, we applaud and are endlessly grateful for Longoria’s generosity and actions. Thank you for seeing our work. lataco.com/longoria-don...
July 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In a month in which too many prominent voices have chosen silence in the face of federally mandated mass deportations that target families, friends, and workers, we applaud and are endlessly grateful for Longoria’s generosity and actions. Thank you for seeing our work. lataco.com/longoria-don...
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🚨CALL OUT: Looking for LA-based or nearby cameraperson who can shoot for @statuscoupnews.bsky.social reporter
@tinadesireeberg.com while she is LIVE covering LA ICE protests on our YT channel.
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June 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🚨CALL OUT: Looking for LA-based or nearby cameraperson who can shoot for @statuscoupnews.bsky.social reporter
@tinadesireeberg.com while she is LIVE covering LA ICE protests on our YT channel.
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@tinadesireeberg.com while she is LIVE covering LA ICE protests on our YT channel.
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