the fuck it will

We are doomed. They built confirmation bias machines.

Imagine any other industry in which information is the most valuable product treating it with such contempt. Just willful stupidity.

Sharing so I can remember to show this to my students as an example of poor infographic design. Percent change is one number, not two… so what is this chart measuring? #dataviz

Deep cuts only

As a sports fan and a word nerd, this damn near brought me to tears.

The @pressfreedomtracker.us has recorded nearly 200 LAPD press freedom violations involving journalists. On May Day, reporters were handcuffed and struck with batons. With the World Cup coming to LA, FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social challenged LAPD to prevent an international incident. Watch ⬇️

Timeline cleanse. I was in the natures today and videoed some video.

Watch Beavis and Butt-head long enough and you’ll begin to see the pair of misfits acting, well, adorable. New episode, out now wherever you get your podcasts, highlights some of our faves. (And, hey, Beavis stans and Butt-head stans: We get it now!)

The extortionist hacker group ShinyHunters has targeted colleges and universities before. Now it's going after the ed- tech giant Instructure, which makes the widely-used learning management system Canvas. @kathrynpalmer.bsky.social has the story: www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

WTF, NYer. "If we agree that college primarily serves a credentialling process that stamps select young people as worthy of work..." We do not. So much for the bastion of erudite journalism. This is sensationalism, damaging our most vital institution: education. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...

The wait is over. 🏆Congratulations to the 2026 #Pulitzer Prize winners – from scrappy local newsrooms to moving immigration coverage, we’ve put together a full list of the distinguished winners and finalists. Read it now: www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

As technology and market pressures continue to reshape the media landscape, SPJ Ethics Committee Chair Dan Axelrod underscores journalism’s enduring purpose, ethical foundation and human responsibility. 💌 Give today to support 117 years of ethical journalism during #SPJEthicsWeek: bit.ly/4w2IX3B

Now do stocks.

Sadly, technology has ruined the fun of prank calls, ding dong ditch, and quite a few other adventures #BeavisandButtHead went on in the '90s. Plus, we give a shout out to radio.garden/listen

I’m not proud of what I did. I’m ecstatic.

Trump tomorrow be like “ahh my neck!”

Evergreen ⬇️

In late March, 18-year-old Tucker Collins was on his way to completing his first year of college at the University of Southern California (USC), unaware of the life-altering events that were to come. The full story: lataco.com/usc-student-... By Lizbeth Solorzano and @shoton35mm.bsky.social

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

In our second of two consecutive “starter pack” episodes, your hosts attempt the true fool’s errand – 10 episodes from the original run to show a noob. Out of the 200-plus episodes, which ones made our cut? Available now wherever you get your podcasts!

If you were to choose five episodes of the Beavis and Butt-head reboot to show to someone who’s never seen the show before, which five would be the most likely to get them hooked? New episode, out today, wherever you get your podcasts, tries to answer that question!

Nostalgia can be an opiate, but what I wouldn’t give to go back to 2009 and have just one more Diet Pomegranate 7-Up.

“Time for the birth of terror. Me.” goes incredibly hard

LAPD misconduct has defunded the City of Los Angeles to the tune of $430 million. That will soar after new claims the past few months. Karen Bass has been an elected official 20+ years. As mayor she appointed the chief and entire police commission. She’s never said ONE WORD about this in public.

A fun one to research and record. Take a listen.

serena’s got us

Same study. It's all in the telling.

Our numerals entry offers guidance on sports data: * No comma between the team and the score, such as "The Dodgers defeated the Phillies 10-3."

I appreciate journalism that has a scope beyond the past 24 hours.

From blankets to keychains, from dog collars to socks, Beavis’ and Butt-head’s faces have always been on merchandise. But did the merchandising cross the line to make a show and its characters officially uncool? New episode available wherever you get your podcasts!

Historically, you know you're the good guys when your side demands someone make a list of Jews.

🧵✨ This Trans Day of Visibility: let’s talk about how trans stories show up in the media — and why it matters. 🏳️‍⚧️ Introducing the Trans News Initiative (TNI) from the Trans Journalists Association. transnewsinitiative.org

AS CALLED ON UConn Huskies radio by Mike Crispino Duke radio by David Shumate Westwood One by Scott Graham

Jon Passant of @status.news says a line was crossed by these words. I'm inclined to agree. www.status.news/p/brendan-ca... [no paywall]

⚡️⚡️the perfect episode for people with short attention spans

Google is now screwing with the 10 blue links in traditional search and rewriting headlines - including ours - to be the worst kind of slop. This sucks so bad www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

I mean, the headline is right there: High Point travels into 2nd round

"Oversight" and "No Deporting U.S. Citizens" aren't concessions; they are the goddamn law.

How would YOU rank the seasons of Beavis and Butt-head? Your hosts set off on this fool’s errand and, in the process, came to realize they don’t always see eye-to-eye about the show. New episode out now wherever you get your podcasts!

Not Trump’s decision. I’m not an editor at the New York Times, but if the entire framing of a headline can be destroyed in three words, then it’s a bad headline, bad framing and bad journalism.

ICYMI, the world’s only active Beavis and Butt-head podcast just dropped another episode. And it’s pretty awesome.

The NYT style guide

I have no particular insights into the Iran war, so I’ll mostly listen and learn – but this header from German public service news seems to be the perfect summary of the depth of US strategising so far: “Trump: continue bombardments until peace reigns” www.tagesschau.de/au...

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

Beavis and Butt-head cannot be smart on purpose. But sometimes, they stumble into genius. This week’s episode explores 10 such times when the dumbass duo were accidentally the smartest people in Highland. Newest episode out now wherever you get your podcasts!

This is a no brainer youtu.be/EQ8ViYIeH04?...