Posts on the decline of local newspapers

"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.

— Perry Bacon (@perrybaconjr.bsky.social) 2025-12-16T19:12:33.433Z

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists. I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

— Blake Leyh (@earlofedgecombe.bsky.social) 2025-10-11T15:13:10.791Z

And if you have a chance, give this story by James Rainey a readwww.latimes.com/california/s…

— Nathan Solis (@tarantulaarms.bsky.social) 2025-09-25T01:26:07.643Z

Trump’s disgusting post on Rob Reiner

Trump is a terrible person. Even some Republicans criticized his post.

Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-12-15T20:48:56.863Z

Classy as always.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2025-12-15T15:05:41.536Z

Trump posted this without knowing Nick Reiner had been arrested. He posted it apparently assuming that one of his fans had murdered Rob Reiner. So if you want to know how Trump will react once his fans start murdering his enemies, now you know. He'll celebrate and blame his enemies.

— Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) 2025-12-15T16:43:47.066Z

Right-wing influencers made up that Democrats celebrated Charlie Kirk’s murder, and tried an up-is-down lie that they’d never celebrate political violence, then Trump smashed though that Kool Aid Man style—as per his wont—so the influencers are now pretending that’s unusual and that they dislike it.

— Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) 2025-12-15T20:20:02.735Z

I’ll miss mass market paperbacks

The article linked to below discusses the grim future of mass market paperbacks. Mass market paperbacks were an essential part of my early reading experiences. I started reading adult books when I was 10 with mass market paperbacks copies of Bruce Catton’s Civil War books. I remember having James Michener’s Hawaii with an insert of color photos of the then-current movie from 1966. I had Ian Fleming’s James Bond books and novels by John Steinbeck. I remember the mass market versions of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm.

As I got older, I could afford hardcover books. It’s been a while since I got a mass market paperback. Still, they were an important part of my life when I was young.

What a loss. Mass market paperbacks are the ideal novel format.

— turner lobey (@turnerlobey.bsky.social) 2025-12-14T17:54:00.628Z

Trump administration’s extremist use of “remigration”

They’re all bigots.

The answer avoidance IS the answer. Nazi Skipper is a Nazi through and through.

— Bock Sam (@bocksam.bsky.social) 2025-11-30T21:43:33.513Z

"Remigration is a European far-right concept of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white minority populations" – Wikipedia

— Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life.bsky.social) 2025-12-09T21:04:59.730Z

The Trump administration is seemingly embracing “remigration,” a policy associated with ethnic cleansing and mass deportations that has been pushed by the far right.

— Media Matters for America (@mmfa.bsky.social) 2025-12-08T20:58:30.659Z

The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.

— Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) 2025-12-16T06:01:02.109Z