This makes me sick. From 2015-18, I taught history and honors courses at the University of South Florida. One thing I loved about USF was the diversity, including religious diversity, that really enriched the classroom. Some of my best students were Muslims www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...

OMG these absolute doofuses - how did we ever let these insecure little shits run away with all our society’s money?

I’m ashamed to admit it, but I asked…

I'd also accept a fight between Elon and Lebron James

Disgusting. Reminds me of post 9/11. There has been such a wild uptick of open anti-muslim bigotry lately. I've seen, what I feel, is ridiculous amount of it, considering where I've lived. I hate it so much.

"Let's you and him fight!"

X users should use Grok to try to goad Musk and Zuckerberg into finally following through on that fight they originally chickened out of

This makes me sick. From 2015-18, I taught history and honors courses at the University of South Florida. One thing I loved about USF was the diversity, including religious diversity, that really enriched the classroom. Some of my best students were Muslims www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...

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Christmas music is as close as we get to living in North Korea. Santa Juche.

I went through 20 years of *singing* Frosty the Snowman (and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, etc.) at theme parks and malls. There's a reason I used to run out of wine the week after Christmas.

Chriiist-maaas SHARK doo doo da doo da doo…

careful there.. someone will make a babyshark christmas special/song and then wed really be in for it

“I believe the U.S. legacy media have completely failed to take accountability for their failures. With that in mind, it's not surprising that some young people trust social media more than ‘traditional’ sources…” - @nicolefroio.bsky.social

You can tell who hasn’t worked in retail by the responses in that thread.

Got reminded of when Wal-Mart introduced televisions all over the stores, but didn't have any content. They played the same STARZ commercial, and only that, nonstopfor EIGHT WEEKS, right at my work station, wouldn't let me turn down the volume, and got mad when my performance suffered.

Oh god, the worst Xmas song. And after years of working retail the Charlie Brown Xmas soundtrack is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

TIL that some people find “Frosty the Snowman” to be a sophisticated and worthy piece of culture… I think I’ll go back to bed and try to sleep till January

Xmas music didn’t used to bug me too much, then I worked at a hallmark store in 2012 and I never want to hear any of it ever again lmao. Earbuds from November through Xmas lol. In contrast, I used to use Baby Shark as an alarm on my phone when I had to wake up early 😆

“I believe the U.S. legacy media have completely failed to take accountability for their failures. With that in mind, it's not surprising that some young people trust social media more than ‘traditional’ sources…” - @nicolefroio.bsky.social

It has everything to do with our eternally mid-century Christmas kitsch in-your-face annual two-month-long extravaganza

To remind myself of the details of “Baby Shark,” I scanned the Wikipedia page, which notes that it “dates back to the 20th century.”

We tried to shield her from it, but my toddler recently learned about Baby Shark at daycare so its all over for us now unfortunately. She demands it all the time and she can ask for it so clearly we can't pretend not to understand lol

Around these parts we call it the Jamie Tartt song

And this is also your seasonal reminder that #Whammageddon is soon upon us! Best of luck, players!

lol

If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right? And rightfully so. So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?

I like reporting on and analyzing data about social trends. I love discussing them with friends and colleagues. There’s a neat emergent property to the roundtable, and I just did one with @andreagrimes.com and @nicolefroio.bsky.social for @theflytrapmedia.com! the-flytrap.ghost.io/flytrap-foun...

Really glad @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social started this roundtable discussion on media literacy, the algorithm, AI, and ~ Is our kids conspiracying ~ with me and @nicolefroio.bsky.social. Wish I had more answers!

You'll want to subscribe to @theflytrapmedia.com after reading the intro alone! This issue has been on my mind a lot the last few weeks for obvious reasons!

“Social media has amped up the the speed, reach, and intensity of the dissemination of falsehoods and conspiracy theories, but I find myself asking how much tech itself is contributing to the decline of a shared consensus reality when the major legacy media are also gaslighting us hard”

💯"By humanizing the Empire on screen, it effectively dehumanizes them in the eyes of the audience. And the resulting outrage from people who used to personally sympathize and identify with them is a testament of how well Andor manages to reclaim the core values and message of Star Wars."

“Social media has amped up the the speed, reach, and intensity of the dissemination of falsehoods and conspiracy theories, but I find myself asking how much tech itself is contributing to the decline of a shared consensus reality when the major legacy media are also gaslighting us hard”

The roundtable is a feminist blogging classic and the sort of thing we love doing at @theflytrapmedia.com. This one from @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social @andreagrimes.com and @nicolefroio.bsky.social about navigating a world of fractured reality is a great read.

"I am a big, big believer in media literacy and having a consistent sense of skepticism with regard to what media in general is telling us. But the studies on media literacy cited here don't consider the ways U.S. media has consistently failed to report the truth on very key issues." Read more:

IT'S FLYTRAP TUESDAY!! Today, we have @andreagrimes.com, @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social and @nicolefroio.bsky.social discussing media literacy in the age of reality decimation and the necessity of robust, healthy communities: the-flytrap.ghost.io/flytrap-foun...

This week's Bitch Media reprint is so key to the archives we are trying to rebuild. Vanessa Willoughby writes on Black women's influence in punk culture--and the attempts to erase their influence over the years. the-flytrap.ghost.io/loud-and-cle...

We also list copy editors :) honestly we should do that in socials too.

@theflytrapmedia.com always lists article editors, and I love them for it.

ICYMI, our latest post is about #FreeTheNipple, with @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social  asking whether topless equality still matters in 2025:

Did you like this week's illustration of @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social 's #FreeTheNipple post? You can buy this original rommy torrico illustration to hang in your living room at the link below: https://f.mtr.cool/plkftwnjav

I’m really proud of this piece

Erin not to shamelessly promote my own media company but @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social wrote about this literally this week!!!!

It’s funny (derogatory) how Bluesky specifically says in their TOS that they don’t mark art for adult content and then a breast exists and it’s automatically marked adult content.

ICYMI, our latest post is about #FreeTheNipple, with @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social  asking whether topless equality still matters in 2025:

Going to shout out @tonemadison.bsky.social !

I enjoy @prisonjournalism.bsky.social

If someone wanted to make such a web page, I would happily help them figure out how to solicit recs/choose media to feature And I'd love to work with someone to make #IndieMediaDay a big, proper event next year, I just don't have time this month 2/2

Oh this is brilliant!! We could use the tag #IndieMediaDay and do threads sharing all of our favourite indie creators, and of course boost each other's threads Maybe someone with more spoons than me could even make a rudimentary web page with recommendations 1/2

Let’s do it! #SupportIndieMedia #MediaMonday