'This sceptre'd isle' Popula writers reflect on the UK, feat. Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley Henry Wismayer Tom Scocca jack Erin MacLeod Usman (plus many other luminaries who are no longer on Twitter) popula.com/2023/05/05/thi…

Adachukwu Onwudiwe Laura Gibbs Internet Archive Crater Library & Publishers It's a good idea for everyone to go ask it stuff you know for sure, e.g. about yourself and your own institution etc., in order to get a real sense of the terrible thing they're unleashed on the information ecosystem. popula.com/2023/04/30/yak…

Germany vs. UK (plus a dog, Honey) really splendid comic from Till Lukat popula.com/2023/05/08/cul…

just poppin in with a reminder to decamp to Mastodon popula.com/2023/05/28/the…

Appreciate Ben Tarnoff for sharing so much in this convo and in his work, Maria Bustillos for sharp edits, & all Mediaquake guests for continually making me feel something like...hope?

A great piece today in Tasteful Rude : féi hernandez is back with a trans femme satire that roasts, and schools, those who question their indigeneity, and discusses what it means and doesn't mean to be Mexican. The Brick House tastefulrude.com/i-didnt-know-y…

The whole interview: popula.com/2018/07/15/bou…

'What Media Leaves Below Decks' from Lysandra Ohrstrom at Popula read now, it's excellent popula.com/2023/06/27/wha…

a fun talk

I wrote a piece for Popula about western media’s disparate treatment of the lost submersible and the largest migrant boat disaster in history. Thanks to Maria Bustillos for some great editing and letting me write what so many people have been thinking!

One last plug for the piece I wrote about the media’s coverage of the worst migrant shipwreck in history and lost submersible, whose stories editors chose to tell, and what this means for immigration policy debate for Popula edited by Maria Bustillos popula.com/2023/06/27/wha…

Read Maria Bustillos on media as PR for plutocrats, new at Popula: popula.com/2023/07/10/can…

A slow slide into hell: on the increasingly draconian, inhumane Russian government, and its ever-tightening oppression of LGBTQ people an absorbing post from Vasilisa Kirilochkina, today at @Popula popula.com/2023/07/19/the…

If you're concerned about dark money in politics or voter suppression laws, then MSBNC, NPR, and other outlets need to cut off anyone at The Bulwark or The Lincoln Project who is now claiming they care about democracy. The Tea Party pursued ALEC's agenda! thebrick.house/jan-6-foreshad…

The movie that should be called 'Ken' popula.com/2023/07/25/cal…

Libraries as partners and guarantors of the press, a mindblowing analysis of the work of Library Futures, Albany Public Library, the Times Union, Victor Pickard et al. From k.e. harloe at Popula popula.com/2023/08/07/are…

🎯 "The Internet Archive, and all libraries, should have the same protections under the first sale doctrine that have always allowed them to preserve and lend books to readers." - Maria Bustillos in The Nation thenation.com/article/cultur…

Happy pub day to Myriam Gurba Serrano and the extraordinary book CREEP popula.com/2023/09/05/myr…

In my latest for Popula, I wrote about how the current election cycle in Taiwan seems to be dominated by macho strongmen types, whether that be Ko, Terry Gou, or Holger Chen--that says something about the male-dominated nature of Taiwanese politics popula.com/2023/09/07/bac…

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