Meg Secatore
@megsecatore.bsky.social
Boston-based news junkie.
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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
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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Where to find food assistance around Boston www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Where to find food assistance around Boston
The SNAP program will stop processing food benefits for November. Here's a list of food resources in the Boston area.
www.boston.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Where to find food assistance around Boston www.boston.com/news/local-n...
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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as we reach the SNAP cliff just a gentle reminder to do-gooders that the most efficient use of resources is to contribute to organizations that are already established. unless nothing exists in your area (and it likely does whether you know it) now is probably not the time to stand something up
October 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
as we reach the SNAP cliff just a gentle reminder to do-gooders that the most efficient use of resources is to contribute to organizations that are already established. unless nothing exists in your area (and it likely does whether you know it) now is probably not the time to stand something up
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Well, Fam, just found out our health insurance is jumping from $1700 to over $3000 a month. And we still have to wait till Nov 1 to see more options—when the site will probably crash because everyone will be freaking out at the same time.
October 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Well, Fam, just found out our health insurance is jumping from $1700 to over $3000 a month. And we still have to wait till Nov 1 to see more options—when the site will probably crash because everyone will be freaking out at the same time.
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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
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The paper introduces the Arc of Democracy to visualise how systems move between functional and disordered states:
✅ Substantial - truth tested, voices heard, power constrained
⚙️ Performative - institutions go through the motions
⚠️ Disordered - democracy appears functional, but substance is inverted
✅ Substantial - truth tested, voices heard, power constrained
⚙️ Performative - institutions go through the motions
⚠️ Disordered - democracy appears functional, but substance is inverted
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The paper introduces the Arc of Democracy to visualise how systems move between functional and disordered states:
✅ Substantial - truth tested, voices heard, power constrained
⚙️ Performative - institutions go through the motions
⚠️ Disordered - democracy appears functional, but substance is inverted
✅ Substantial - truth tested, voices heard, power constrained
⚙️ Performative - institutions go through the motions
⚠️ Disordered - democracy appears functional, but substance is inverted
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You simply cannot be a political journalist today if you don't know the deep ins-and-outs of the nonsense conspiracy theories. Because people will just constantly say stuff that is blatantly false and you NEED to be ready to call it out with receipts.
Lankford: "I think now history has proven that Russiagate was a hoax. It was actually formed by James Coney and Brennan and others that were behind the scenes to push a narrative they knew at the time was false." (This is a lie -- would've been nice for Kasie Hunt to point that out.)
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
You simply cannot be a political journalist today if you don't know the deep ins-and-outs of the nonsense conspiracy theories. Because people will just constantly say stuff that is blatantly false and you NEED to be ready to call it out with receipts.
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Get you someone who loves you as much as the New York Times loves describing Trump as "testing" things he is in fact violating, breaking, demolishing, destroying, breaching, contravening, and flouting.
March 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Get you someone who loves you as much as the New York Times loves describing Trump as "testing" things he is in fact violating, breaking, demolishing, destroying, breaching, contravening, and flouting.
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With its "Compact for Excellence in Higher Education," the government is, as in so many other areas of life, saying that if you want preferential funding treatment, you join the Loyalty Club.
Remember when conservatives were against that sort of thing?
Remember when conservatives were against that sort of thing?
What’s a College President to Do in the Trump Era?
Not going on bended knee to Washington would be a good start.
www.thebulwark.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
With its "Compact for Excellence in Higher Education," the government is, as in so many other areas of life, saying that if you want preferential funding treatment, you join the Loyalty Club.
Remember when conservatives were against that sort of thing?
Remember when conservatives were against that sort of thing?
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout
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October 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy!
#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie
#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
Bookshop.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy!
#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie
#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie
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The root problem is the Ellisons, and billionaires.
We are going to have to use the FCC in the future to stop billionaire control of our media — as it was designed by its creators to do.
We are going to have to use the FCC in the future to stop billionaire control of our media — as it was designed by its creators to do.
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The root problem is the Ellisons, and billionaires.
We are going to have to use the FCC in the future to stop billionaire control of our media — as it was designed by its creators to do.
We are going to have to use the FCC in the future to stop billionaire control of our media — as it was designed by its creators to do.
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👏”You can't beat the mentality that leads to abuse by taking on the abuser's mentality. You can't defeat bad ideas by adopting them. You can't grow a coalition by selling out its members.”
I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.
On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...
On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...
Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something
On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.
www.the-reframe.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
👏”You can't beat the mentality that leads to abuse by taking on the abuser's mentality. You can't defeat bad ideas by adopting them. You can't grow a coalition by selling out its members.”
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John Roberts’ Constitution: The federal government protecting people’s right to vote or giving them health care violates the sacred principle of state sovereignty but if the deranged POTUS and his bloodthirsty advisers want to use the military to invade other states for being too liberal that’s fine
October 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
John Roberts’ Constitution: The federal government protecting people’s right to vote or giving them health care violates the sacred principle of state sovereignty but if the deranged POTUS and his bloodthirsty advisers want to use the military to invade other states for being too liberal that’s fine
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I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
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October 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...