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Jim Cooke

@jimcooke.bsky.social

Sr. Deputy Design Director - LA Times, formerly Gawker/Gizmodo Media, NYT

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Amy Nicholson@theamynicholson.bsky.social · yesterday

In the spirit of Zeus’ law, I’m honored to welcome Emily Wilson to the land of film criticism. As she’s learned, it’s an adventure that sails smack into islands of musky internet trolls and clashes with cinematic and literary titans. I'm here to broker a truce. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Yes, Emily Wilson, Odysseus has been changed for the movie. Deal with it

Critical swords are clashing, but there's a way to cut through the debate and really talk about how we review art.

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Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 2mo ago

Yooooo remember a couple years ago when those three LA city council members were caught on tape saying a ton of insanely racist stuff and conspiring to gerrymander another council member’s district? That other council member was Nithya Raman. The voting bloc they were trying to split? Renters.

Nury Martinez [00:54:56] Nobody wants a little Armenian love? I mean, they have done anything to us. He's not a problem. Stabilize the valley. Nithya Is not going to get the perfect district. We're not going to give her a renters district. That's what she wants. I told her, that's not happening. You're going to get the district that you're going to get. You're going to have to run, and probably in a district that more than half of them don't know who you are. Go fucking do the work and see if you can get re-elected. But our commitment is not to re-elect her. That's not my commitment, right? Herrera [00:55:24] No. She wants to rile up the renters to create a base and not do anything for the renters. But she's just got to keep that agitation going. Nury Martinez [00:55:34] She's not going to get the renters. We're not, we can't give her that. Kevin De Leon [00:55:37] Because the thing is, is like, for example, CD 1 or CD 14, of course, in the immediate for Gil's reelection. But then Gil has one term. It's not us. It's for Latino strength for the foreseeable future whereas for her, it's not about- it's about just her as an individual. Gil Cedillo [00:55:55] Right. Herrera [00:55:56] For for last years,. Gil Cedillo [00:55:57] She hasn't even, hasn't even endorsed me. Nury Martinez [00:56:00] Well, we're going to. Gil Cedillo [00:56:02] She hasn't even endorsed me. [00:56:03]l'm gonna break her. [0.0s]
Decision Desk HQ@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Decision Desk HQ projects Nithya Raman wins the second of two spots in the CA Los Angeles Mayor Nonpartisan Primary #DecisionMade: 7:57 PM EDT

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4mo ago

Decades of coordinated corporate attacks on unions have put our country in an inequality crisis & a political system that answers to wealth over the will of the people. Yesterday, I was proud to stand with workers & rally with @unionnow.org to rebuild the power of working people from the ground up.

Mayor Mamdani speaks at a Union Now rally.Crowd members hold signs and cheer at a Union Now rally.Mayor Mamdani greets crowd members at a Union Now rally.
Ryan Mac 🙃@rmac.bsky.social · 6mo ago

While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot. I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.

Ryan Mac 🙃@rmac.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships. We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...

nitasha tiku@nitasha.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual
Arizona Right Watch@azrww.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

Dan Hinkel@danhinkel.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.

John Abernathy@john-abernathy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

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Andrew Weinstein@andrewjweinstein.com · 7mo ago

If the United States Constitution doesn’t protect you from a federal agent shooting you in the face for the “crime” of turning your car around, it doesn’t exist. ICE has become a paramilitary force with zero oversight and a Secretary in Kristi Noem who encourages the chaos. ENOUGH.

sean@snkhn.bsky.social · 8mo ago

loath to be too precious about this stuff but I want one lesson of defector to be "you can choose to not do stuff that sucks" even if "doing stuff that sucks" is the default

screenshot of a subscription appeal email from defector: Too often these days I find myself “choosing” between Bad and Worse. This week’s indignity: Should I want Larry Ellison’s poreless son or a gluttonous, $400 billion company to secure the right to enrich the vile David Zaslav? For all the complaints about how “we don’t make things in America anymore,” the country produces plenty of opportunities to debase yourself by rooting for the merely Bad. Immiserated by a steady stream of these false choices, it’s easy to forget that Something Else is possible. Defector is Something Else. From our blogs and podcasts to the company’s cooperative structure, everything we do reflects the sensibilities shared by our staff and subscribers. We have no access to preserve, no investors to please, and no gambling partner to feed. This lets us see things clearly, say things straightforwardly, and offer refuge from this inhumane moment. We chose Something Else. You can, too:
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 11mo ago

Jimmy Kimmel will return to ABC on Tuesday night, the Walt Disney Co. said. The move follows conversations to figure out how to defuse the situation that began with Kimmel’s comments in the aftermath of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' will return to ABC on Tuesday after being benched by Disney

The move follows conversations between the two sides to figure out how to defuse the situation that began with Kimmel's comments in the aftermath of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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Brian Merchant@bcmerchant.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧@charliejane.bsky.social · last yr.

This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace. It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate. They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.

Brendan Davey@brendandavey.bsky.social · last yr.

Yo, historians, what the actual ****? I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good. 🗃️