Thank you @niemanlab.org for including @lataco.bsky.social in this story and, more importantly, for using my photo from Taco Madness 2026 as the feature image. We made it to the big time!!! 😅

Nieman Lab@niemanlab.org · last wk.

“We love leaning into our roots and promoting small businesses that make delicious food with passion.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/taco...

David Ellison wants us to know he’s not ideological, and that’s why he put a conservative with no tv experience in charge of CBS

Reminder: This AAJA-LA x @lapressclub.bsky.social freelancing event I helped organize is THIS THURSDAY! We're almost at capacity. 🤯 RSVP link below. Read more from one of our speakers, UC Irvine Prof. Erika Hayasaki, in her newsletter: thereportedessay.substack.com/p/fellowship...

Mallory Carra@mallorycarra.com · 2w ago

One of my passions is helping people learn about the business of freelancing, so I was excited to help organize this event with AAJA-LA & @lapressclub.bsky.social Featuring UC Irvine Prof. Erika Hayasaki & Robert Lopez, McGraw fellow 🍕 & 🧋 provided. RSVP: lapressclub.wufoo.com/forms/zzspwh...

San Marino (a suburb that only exists by the grace of Los Angeles) does this and it is insane. I give you Lacy Park. sanmarinoca.gov/community/fa...

Marie Cerda@primalux.thedeadbird.club · 2d ago

good old historic palo alto - where they did things like make a park for "palo alto residents only" so that the poors & POC who they'd redlined out of buying homes there wouldn't be able to visit it. & it wasn't until a lawsuit in 2020 that it opened to everyone. such a rich history!

it led to some really surreal, deeply sad hijinks where like matt walsh was like “watch this, xitter chuds: i’m gonna fool the bluesky libs by pretending to be a lesbian communist, that’ll show ‘em,” and everyone on here was like “yeah, you’re just matt walsh *block*”

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit

Our latest IE TACO / @lataco.bsky.social story focuses on 20 nonprofits in the region.

L.A. TACO@lataco.bsky.social · 2d ago

This guide provides a small handful of the hundreds of nonprofits in the Inland Empire region working to assist and support the most vulnerable among the population. The full guide: lataco.com/20-inland-em... By @afroxander.bsky.social

Can confirm this ratio based on my own inbox

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2d ago

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

As I listen to Spanish football experts on the advantages of the player pathway from third division to first division (they're the defending world champions). It's bizarre to expect growth in Mexican football without support to the lower divisions. It's a mess, really.

Because, I believe, they’re not interested in art. All they’re looking for is a shortcut to commerce.

Larry Dempsey@larrydempsey.bsky.social · 2w ago

The energy they're wasting trying to "get around this" could be used to actually learn how to write. But somehow I get the impression that they won't.

#SickAssFoos

@luchablog.bsky.social · 3d ago

seen on Temple St, bt DTLA. i just liked the Mayan warrior dude.

It happens so often we really need a term for it People go from epidemiology experts to political science experts to professional sports salary cap experts before I’ve even had my coffee! Tik Tok is just people parachuting in and explaining buzzy topics they don’t understand while hyperventilating

Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social · 3d ago

There needs to be a term for when someone tries to mansplain you a topic they learned about five minutes ago that you literally wrote the book about.

“Concacaf would also like to acknowledge and commend the role of the media in bringing this issue out of the shadows and into the light.” Nod to the press seems v intentional after Infantino’s anti-media comments on IG.

Jonathan Tannenwald@jtannenwald.bsky.social · 4d ago

Concacaf drops a hammer on Gianni Infantino: "This recent unilateral and egregious act of poor governance and leadership follows a pattern of missteps and similar behaviour. A comprehensive reckoning with this presidency is imperative." www.concacaf.com/news/concaca...

Another indication of the birth of a UEFA-Concacaf axis (90 votes out of 211 at the Fifa Congress). I'd suggested Concacaf president Victor Montagliani could be a UEFA-backed candidate at a Fifa election. Still do. I also think both may call for an extraordinary Congress to be convened.

Jonathan Tannenwald@jtannenwald.bsky.social · 4d ago

Concacaf drops a hammer on Gianni Infantino: "This recent unilateral and egregious act of poor governance and leadership follows a pattern of missteps and similar behaviour. A comprehensive reckoning with this presidency is imperative." www.concacaf.com/news/concaca...

Oh look, it failed! lataco.com/fifa-world-c...

Update: FIFA Cancels Proposed Investment Scheme After Global Outrage, Backlash ~ L.A. TACO

FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s greed finally pushed everyone to the limit as UEFA threatens a boycott of all FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup, and CONCACAF have formally rejected FIFA’s la...

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L.A. TACO@lataco.bsky.social · 6d ago

FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s greed finally pushed everyone to the limit as UEFA threatens a boycott of all FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup, and CONCACAF have formally rejected FIFA’s latest proposal. The full story: lataco.com/fifa-world-c... By @afroxander.bsky.social

Bwahahaha!

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5d ago

Fifa scraps proposal to sell off stakes in World Cup after widespread backlash

FIFA GOD-EMPEROR HARKONNEN INFANTINO may have finally gone too far after proposing a new commercial scheme that requires outside investment. UEFA is threatening to boycott all FIFA tournaments and CONCACAF have formally rejected the plan. Here’s my write-up of a chaotic 48 hours!

L.A. TACO@lataco.bsky.social · 6d ago

FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s greed finally pushed everyone to the limit as UEFA threatens a boycott of all FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup, and CONCACAF have formally rejected FIFA’s latest proposal. The full story: lataco.com/fifa-world-c... By @afroxander.bsky.social

Whilst not officially announced, several upcoming CMLL shows are expected to air on MyAEW next week (on PPV), starting this Friday: - This Friday: Torneo Leyenda de Plata - Next Tuesday: Martes Populares de Lucha Libre - Next Friday: Grand Prix International All part of Grand Slam Mexico week. 🇲🇽

I spoke to @shaneburley.bsky.social about my book Strange People on the Hill for truthout and we got into an important question -- what happened to the hate groups? When the government is a hate group with fascist ambitions, you don't need them as much. My answer: truthout.org/articles/whe...

WTF?! Only 50 years old… 😔

Reuters@reuters.com · last wk.

French DJ Kavinsky found dead in his home in Paris reut.rs/4g1CTCk

Put it in the Louvre (Part Deux).

Kees Klomp@keesklomp.bsky.social · 2w ago

Het nieuwe genieten

Ahahahahha… oh no.

I newslettered about the forthcoming Fukuyama book and the Straussians. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/with-what-...

"With what, in this modern democracy, will you meet the demands of your soul?"

Francis Fukuyama, Allan Bloom and the Straussians in democratic society.

mattdpearce.substack.com

Whether Mitch McConnell is alive or not, the bigger issue is that numerous members of Congress have disappeared due to health issues, been rolled out to legislate while half-dead, ran for new terms while actively dying, and dropped dead in office. This is a necrocracy, from both parties.

The Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre was accused of gentrifying lucha libre. The truth is more complicated and a sign of many changes happening in wrestling worldwide. The full story: lataco.com/lucha-libre-... By Ivan Fernandez

Last summer’s protests in CDMX against gentrification also bled into accusations of the gentrification of lucha libre…but was that so? I spoke with Miguel Castro of @cmlloficial.bsky.social to understand the changes at the company in recent years and their response to these accusations.

L.A. TACO@lataco.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre was accused of gentrifying lucha libre. The truth is more complicated and a sign of many changes happening in wrestling worldwide. The full story: lataco.com/lucha-libre-... By Ivan Fernandez

🔴ÚLTIMA HORA | Juan Carlos González encabeza una lista de más de 50 integrantes de la organización criminal y de empresas que la financian sancionadas por las autoridades dozz.es/koo5td