Watching "liquid content" catch on in news commentary is giving me flashbacks to the last time. (Liquid web design --> responsive web design plus the structured data revolution that never really happened bc making it is awful.) reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-m...

Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2026

Our annual survey of media leaders from across the world explores publishers' priorities for the year ahead, the challenges they envision and how well equipped they are to address them.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

There's a difference between "impossible" and "underfunded" and there are many, many conversations that would get a lot more honest—and productive—if people stopped saying "impossible" when "underfunded" is the reality.

It's been far easier to diversify my fiction books than my nonfiction books and I think about the implications of that a lot because we need both diverse stories and diverse expertise and analysis.

We're not just in a subscription economy, we're in a subscription democracy. Some are getting a higher tier of benefits while the rest are locked into the basic plan we were signed up for at birth where the cost only ever rises and they keep removing benefits or turning them into premium add-ons.

2017: “Our lessening sense of perspective about what the real world is like for most people is damaging our credibility, our access, and the quality of journalism” hbcompass.medium.com/talking-abou...

Talking about journalism’s class problem.

A few months ago I wrote a small post about my husband and my frustrations with my own industry.

hbcompass.medium.com

stacy-marie ishmael@smi.bsky.social · 2h ago

folks like Heather Bryant have made this point both repeatedly and eloquently but we have lost so much because so many people in news /media / punditry / policy have only ever been rich.

folks like Heather Bryant have made this point both repeatedly and eloquently but we have lost so much because so many people in news /media / punditry / policy have only ever been rich.

1. Would posit that after hundreds of attempts in recent decades, FX traders see interventions as short-term stabilisation tools, not capable of reversing currency trends on a sustained basis. The ‘shock and awe’ 90’s playbook is outdated. 2. Toby’s output is insanely strong and prodigious. Wow.

Toby Nangle@tobyn.bsky.social · 7h ago

🚨 Remember when the US Treasury caused that major yen rally in ‘98? Us neither www.ft.com/content/5506...

i really have no patience whatsoever for people who are scared of muslims having elected office

It was so damn depressing to watch every TV writer who was willing and eager to have open, intelligent conversations about their process get hounded off social by a combination of aggressive stans and belligerent wannabes defending the right to be a shithead to creatives

C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · 19h ago

I keep thinking about the discourse from the other day suggesting writers are gatekeeping writing information for ourselves and I just think back to 2019 when every writer was out there giving away writing advice until one by one each stopped because social media blows and we can't have nice things.

If you read only one story today, please make it this one. Paywall is lifted. So is the registration wall. By Olivia Carville for @bloomberg.com @businessweek.bsky.social

TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide

A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.

bloomberg.com

They’re calling it the most theater kid story of all time

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

Sometimes I let @gwynnefitz.bsky.social's stories sit unread for a few days while I emotionally prepare to read them... this is a perfect example of that. Migrant children as young as 3 years old show up in front of judges without legal representation. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/31/u...

Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys

Around 20,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide are set to lose legal services when the federal government ends a contract Friday. One NYC immigration court shows us what that will look like.

thecityreporter.nyc

I'm incredibly honored to be one of the inaugural winners of the Ctrl-Z award. The sequence of events preceding and following this retraction were harrowing (and are honestly still stressful), but I hope this will be an opportunity for more open dialogue about mistakes + self-retraction in science.

Retraction Watch@retractionwatch.com · yesterday

The Center for Scientific Integrity is proud to announce the inaugural winners of the 2026 Ctrl-Z Award. Named for the universal keyboard shortcut for “undo,” the Ctrl-Z Award this year honors @cetaceanneeded.bsky.social and @katelaskowski.bsky.social for choosing transparency over reputation.

@seldo.com per your question

Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker.com · 2d ago

After Anthropic and OpenAI both admitted to their AI models hacking other companies, @lorenzofb.bsky.social and I wanted to find out: Who is legally to blame when an autonomous AI agent hacks something? Lawyers say it's really complicated! Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260803...

In 2024, Scott Bessent’s net worth was at least $500 million. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The 12 Richest People in Trump’s Administration

The ultra-wealthy appointees will be tasked with remaking the federal government, shaking up education and implementing tariffs.

bloomberg.com

Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.

Looking for recommendations for celebratory zines to teach in my Intro to Creative Nonfiction class--can also be instructional but should have a "this thing/process is great!" quality. I'll purchase my students 20 copies of the ones I choose. @prisonculture.bsky.social? @marc-fischer.bsky.social?

You go to war with the userbase you have, not the userbase you might want or wish to have at a later time

But they will be

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3d ago

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

you ever physically feel a post

Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 2d ago

BRB, commissioning a book of short essays from Xers and Millennials, with contributors picking one song each from this chart and waxing poetic about it

Hey faculty! A colleague is teaching their very first undergrad course. What one piece of advice would you offer? 📚

Keegan-Michael Key: Huh What

Alt: Keegan-Michael Key as teacher asking Huh What, Black man with very receding hair line wearing white collared shirt with brown tie and blue pen in shirt pocket

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Anyway, your problem isn‘t finding the time to take notes. The problem is that taking notes is thinking and thinking has to be done by someone. women have been doing a lot of metacognition that looks like a task when it’s really thinking.

Of interest to linguists interested in metaphors of cognition as well

Matthew Cobb@matthewcobb.bsky.social · 3d ago

This article by @smellosopher.bsky.social on Mary Hesse, of whom I was/am scandalously ignorant is a brilliant introduction to a brilliant and important thinker about how science works.

A lovely eulogy: amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/08...

Johanna Fernández, Young Lords historian and prison abolitionist, makes her transition

Dr. Johanna Fernández, the Dominican American historian, prison abolitionist, and movement scholar, died on July 30.

amsterdamnews.com

Baruch History Department@baruchhistory.bsky.social · 4d ago

With great sadness we report that @baruch.cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @historygc.bsky.social Prof. Johanna Fernández passed away on July 30, 2026. We mourn her loss and celebrate her achievements and legacy: blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/?p=447

“The roadway of adulthood is tiger-striped with false finish lines.” - Ann Friedman, speaking directly to me mailchi.mp/ladyswagger/...

if you want to watch art that speaks to *why*, might I recommend Mati Diop's "Atlantics?" Its themes of desperation, migration, heartbreak, and haunting feel especially salient. (From 2019)

'Atlantics' haunts its audience with a Senegalese story of love, class and capitalism - Andscape

Mati Diop knows what it’s like to be surrounded by towering artistic voices. Her father, Wasis Diop, is a popular jazz musician. Her uncle, Djibril Diop Mambéty, is best known for the influential Touk...

andscape.com

Martin D.B. Brown@martindbbrown.bsky.social · 5d ago

How 60,000 people swam to Spanish territory www.ft.com/content/7c48...

This has to be THE funniest thing I’ve ever seen in FX markets:

Reuters@reuters.com · 5d ago

EXCLUSIVE: Bessent's 'to do' list: buy $5-10 billion worth of Japanese yen, Reuters photo shows reut.rs/4w1pLC6

It is good for the culture to have widely popular, capably made, aspirational middlebrow artworks.

Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 5d ago

for a few shining weeks, we have culture! lovers, haters, nerds, auteurs, popcorners, stunt guys all communing, summer action blockbuster meets humanist canon, art making ideas making more ideas, this is the middle ground

Update: we have just finished reading the book Don't Build The Insert Generated Imagery Into Geospatial Imaging Machine and have an announcement to make