Wes Long
@westhelargo.bsky.social
Writer, amateur human, friend, and brother. Using this platform as a means of venting, mostly. https://muckrack.com/wes-long
A worthwhile listen: newsliteracy.psu.edu/podcasts/def...
Defunding Public Media: Threats, Stakes, and the Future of Democracy - News Literacy Initiative
PBS and NPR are facing renewed political pressure, with calls to cut federal funding resurfacing under the Trump administration. Media scholar Victor Pickard jo
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November 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A worthwhile listen: newsliteracy.psu.edu/podcasts/def...
Here it is, folks!
The results of this year’s “Best of Utah” courtesy of @cityweekly.bsky.social
Be sure to give it a read and tell us what you think! Above all, though, give our local winners some love!
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The results of this year’s “Best of Utah” courtesy of @cityweekly.bsky.social
Be sure to give it a read and tell us what you think! Above all, though, give our local winners some love!
www.cityweekly.net/best-of-utah...
BEST of UTAH 2025
The 36th Annual Best of Utah. Featuring over 400 reader and staff picks. Take your time and for better viewing pleasure, please pick up a free copy around town.
www.cityweekly.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Here it is, folks!
The results of this year’s “Best of Utah” courtesy of @cityweekly.bsky.social
Be sure to give it a read and tell us what you think! Above all, though, give our local winners some love!
www.cityweekly.net/best-of-utah...
The results of this year’s “Best of Utah” courtesy of @cityweekly.bsky.social
Be sure to give it a read and tell us what you think! Above all, though, give our local winners some love!
www.cityweekly.net/best-of-utah...
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Just a reminder that you are a remarkable and loved person. Thank you for doing your best to make this world better :)
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Just a reminder that you are a remarkable and loved person. Thank you for doing your best to make this world better :)
Imo: Being snide & contemptuous makes one neither a smarter person nor a moral & ethical one.
Annoying that such is the reigning spirit on so many fronts. I mean, even if your* point is valid or stated cause has justice, try not to be such a petty & miserable jerk.
*No one in mind, just generally
Annoying that such is the reigning spirit on so many fronts. I mean, even if your* point is valid or stated cause has justice, try not to be such a petty & miserable jerk.
*No one in mind, just generally
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Imo: Being snide & contemptuous makes one neither a smarter person nor a moral & ethical one.
Annoying that such is the reigning spirit on so many fronts. I mean, even if your* point is valid or stated cause has justice, try not to be such a petty & miserable jerk.
*No one in mind, just generally
Annoying that such is the reigning spirit on so many fronts. I mean, even if your* point is valid or stated cause has justice, try not to be such a petty & miserable jerk.
*No one in mind, just generally
Pouring one out for an old friend…
Fruit Stripe Gum (circa 1961-2023): A line of fruit-flavored chewing gum, famous for the colorful, zebra-stripe pattern on each stick, and notorious for its expeditious loss of flavor
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Pouring one out for an old friend…
Idle thought:
Perhaps the gleeful embrace/promotion of AI by the powerful might have something to do w/not only increasing their fortunes & skirting actual workers, but the prospect that it can at last manufacture the narratives they have been pushing for generations.
Perhaps the gleeful embrace/promotion of AI by the powerful might have something to do w/not only increasing their fortunes & skirting actual workers, but the prospect that it can at last manufacture the narratives they have been pushing for generations.
So there were some AI-generated videos that purported to show Black women ranting about SNAP benefits, and... Fox News is reporting on this like these are real people. They're not! They're AI!
This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...
This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Idle thought:
Perhaps the gleeful embrace/promotion of AI by the powerful might have something to do w/not only increasing their fortunes & skirting actual workers, but the prospect that it can at last manufacture the narratives they have been pushing for generations.
Perhaps the gleeful embrace/promotion of AI by the powerful might have something to do w/not only increasing their fortunes & skirting actual workers, but the prospect that it can at last manufacture the narratives they have been pushing for generations.
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Joining the cause: For the first 10 people to reply here with a verification that you donated at least $20 to a food bank, I’ll write a feature-length review of the movie of your choosing (presuming I have access to it; back-up choices may be necessary) to be completed before year end.
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Joining the cause: For the first 10 people to reply here with a verification that you donated at least $20 to a food bank, I’ll write a feature-length review of the movie of your choosing (presuming I have access to it; back-up choices may be necessary) to be completed before year end.
Our latest: We dive into the story of Salt Lake’s QUAC swimming club, which has been providing LGBTQ Utahns with a lane for 30 years now:
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Thirty years on, LGBTQ Utahns are still finding a lane with Salt Lake’...
Making a Splash
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October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Our latest: We dive into the story of Salt Lake’s QUAC swimming club, which has been providing LGBTQ Utahns with a lane for 30 years now:
www.cityweekly.net/news/thirty-...
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Check out Struck: A Kids’ Magazine To Spark Emotional Awareness by Carry On Studio on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
Struck: A Kids’ Magazine To Spark Emotional Awareness
Packed with stories + activities to fuel creativity, confidence, and community. No screens required. (Ages 7-12)
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October 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion. It is easy in solitude to live after one’s own. But the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of his character.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
October 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion. It is easy in solitude to live after one’s own. But the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of his character.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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For Utah folks, ads on 10 pm news for Sinclair’s KUTV:
Jiffy Lube
Smith’s (Kroger)
Balance of Nature supplements
GMC
Ford
PC Laptops
Utah Opera (!)
Papa Murphy’s Pizza
Xfinity
Mountain Home Services
Chase Bank
Siegfried & Jensen
Jiffy Lube
Smith’s (Kroger)
Balance of Nature supplements
GMC
Ford
PC Laptops
Utah Opera (!)
Papa Murphy’s Pizza
Xfinity
Mountain Home Services
Chase Bank
Siegfried & Jensen
Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
For Utah folks, ads on 10 pm news for Sinclair’s KUTV:
Jiffy Lube
Smith’s (Kroger)
Balance of Nature supplements
GMC
Ford
PC Laptops
Utah Opera (!)
Papa Murphy’s Pizza
Xfinity
Mountain Home Services
Chase Bank
Siegfried & Jensen
Jiffy Lube
Smith’s (Kroger)
Balance of Nature supplements
GMC
Ford
PC Laptops
Utah Opera (!)
Papa Murphy’s Pizza
Xfinity
Mountain Home Services
Chase Bank
Siegfried & Jensen
A gem from Lowell Bennion, “Religion and the Pursuit of Truth” (1959)
September 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A gem from Lowell Bennion, “Religion and the Pursuit of Truth” (1959)
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Been talking nonstop about this shameful episode for the past two days & this point needs to be underscored: It's the culmination of longstanding structural defects in our media, not simply the bad actions of bad actors. What happened to Jimmy Kimmel is a downstream manifestation of systemic probs:
Talked to Jim Rutenberg at the NYT about whether there were any historical precedents in the U.S. for Trump's frontal assault on our media, especially this kind of FCC intervention focused on silencing dissent, directly violating free speech, etc. Could think of none: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/b...
Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel
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September 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Been talking nonstop about this shameful episode for the past two days & this point needs to be underscored: It's the culmination of longstanding structural defects in our media, not simply the bad actions of bad actors. What happened to Jimmy Kimmel is a downstream manifestation of systemic probs:
Our latest. And yes, this was a fun one to do, in case you’re wondering.
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Utah's confectioners carry on a rich legacy of love, labor and art.
Sweet Spots
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September 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Our latest. And yes, this was a fun one to do, in case you’re wondering.
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www.cityweekly.net/utah/utahs-c...
I get to wake up to this in the morning. No complaints.
September 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I get to wake up to this in the morning. No complaints.
U of U Board of Trustees approve curriculum changes and massive AI investment
AI Owes U
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September 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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100 percent this. There is never a context in which a campus shooting is anything other than horrifying.
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
100 percent this. There is never a context in which a campus shooting is anything other than horrifying.
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I'm looking for stories about how AI is killing creative work, and I'd love to hear from you—artists, writers, illustrators, actors, designers, editors, voice actors and narrators—if your job or practice has been hit. This is going to be a big one.
AIKilledMyJob@pm.me
AIKilledMyJob@pm.me
September 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I'm looking for stories about how AI is killing creative work, and I'd love to hear from you—artists, writers, illustrators, actors, designers, editors, voice actors and narrators—if your job or practice has been hit. This is going to be a big one.
AIKilledMyJob@pm.me
AIKilledMyJob@pm.me
My love, my spirit, my care for all those out there who can read this.
We have only one life in this world, as far as I know, and however long it lasts, may we spend it caring for others.
We have only one life in this world, as far as I know, and however long it lasts, may we spend it caring for others.
September 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
My love, my spirit, my care for all those out there who can read this.
We have only one life in this world, as far as I know, and however long it lasts, may we spend it caring for others.
We have only one life in this world, as far as I know, and however long it lasts, may we spend it caring for others.
A paradox that I believe to be true and thus will ever be an entryway to pain and frustration:
Beware of fundamentalists who claim to have all certainty about something; beware too of the nihilists who contend that one can find no truths and can never truly know anything.
Beware of fundamentalists who claim to have all certainty about something; beware too of the nihilists who contend that one can find no truths and can never truly know anything.
September 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A paradox that I believe to be true and thus will ever be an entryway to pain and frustration:
Beware of fundamentalists who claim to have all certainty about something; beware too of the nihilists who contend that one can find no truths and can never truly know anything.
Beware of fundamentalists who claim to have all certainty about something; beware too of the nihilists who contend that one can find no truths and can never truly know anything.
Slightly diminish a book.
The Wizard of ml
The Wizard of ml
Slightly diminish a book.
The Crying of Lot 48
The Crying of Lot 48
Slightly diminish a book.
The Earl Of The Rings
The Earl Of The Rings
September 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Slightly diminish a book.
The Wizard of ml
The Wizard of ml
A g0v that could be classified as a h8 group, electric bills going up, and you’re telling me I’m in for months of fawning Rian Johnson reviews?
2025 is certainly not taking it easy on my stomach lining
2025 is certainly not taking it easy on my stomach lining
September 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
A g0v that could be classified as a h8 group, electric bills going up, and you’re telling me I’m in for months of fawning Rian Johnson reviews?
2025 is certainly not taking it easy on my stomach lining
2025 is certainly not taking it easy on my stomach lining