#Journalism prof: emeritus at CUNY, visiting at Stony Brook, fellow at Montclair State. Author of Hot Type, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, and Magazine from Bloomsbury. Co-host of the Intelligent Machines, AI Inside, and Breaking the News podcasts.
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Last Notes npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis I was about to write this but Julie Roginsky did it first and better: "Any television network with an ounce of integrity should refuse to carry Trump’s address live." They should delay and then fact-check the hell out of every word, providing the context that would be journalism. https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/the-medias-most-important-responsibility npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Mother Nature is woke. And pissed. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/04/us/america-250-celebrations-fourth-july https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/864/499/966/178/129/original/8a344122f5d74fa3.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Now *this* is the way to report this story: Trump made his billion while his investors (read: his marks) lost $3.8 billion. That is theft. Gift link. Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/us/politics/nearly-a-million-investors-lost-a-total-of-3-8-billion-on-trump-crypto-coin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vFA.4GMe.zOn2uRf_JmRS&smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Journalists are in the business of choosing words and the #BrokenTimes chooses them terribly. "Windfall" is "unexpected good fortune". The correct word is "corruption". https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/855/674/537/294/314/original/c8adc6e7294574ae.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Oy “Our mission is to build the systems and technologies necessary to make life multiplanetary, to understand the true nature of the universe, and to extend the light of consciousness to the stars,” Musk wrote SpaceX Filing Starts Countdown to Massive IPO https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-05-20-2026?mod=hp_lead_pos1 npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis They burn books. Across all Utah public schools, every district copy of each banned book must be destroyed https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/05/14/nearly-all-utah-book-bans/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis In Germany, the SPD, the Greens, and the Left are leaving Twitter (I wont' call it X). Der Spiegel thinks this is imprudent, leaving the space to the extremist AfD. I agree. X ist kein Ort, den man leichtfertig aufgeben sollte https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/wirverlassenx-warum-spd-gruene-und-linke-jetzt-auf-bluesky-setzen-a-3e5c850a-3b9a-4222-9d9c-a991585bc2cb npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Lord, I hate April 1. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Some hero renamed the White House on Google Maps as Epstein Island. Bless you, whoever you are. Post reporters called the White House. Their phones showed ‘Epstein Island.’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2026/03/27/white-house-google-database-epstein/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Syracuse axes nine majors including Latino-Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Modern Jewish Studies; Russian, Digital Humanities and "reenvisions" African American Studies. https://www.syracuse.com/syracuse-university/2026/03/syracuse-university-to-axe-nine-majors-as-cost-cutting-at-the-school-continues.html npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Oh, come on, Condé. Drop it. Why Is Vogue Suing a Dog Fashion Magazine? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/style/vogue-conde-nast-dogue-magazine-lawsuit.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Now this is the way to write this headline: Trump calls voting by mail ‘cheating’ just days after voting by mail https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/trump-mail-in-voting-cheating-ballot npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis This is bad, B.U. Boston University Pulls Pride Flags, Raising Free Speech Worries https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/us/boston-university-pride-flags-free-speech.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Correct: In culture, fame should not be the default; it should be a choice. "True Banksy or Ferrante fans do not care about their real identities. On the contrary, they collude in the mystery." The Guardian view on anonymity in art: the ‘unmasking’ of Banksy and Ferrante should stop https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/20/the-guardian-view-on-anonymity-in-art-the-unmasking-of-banksy-and-ferrante-should-stop npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis They bring the worst. Top US Fema official claims to have teleported to a Waffle House before https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Would you introduce Brian to your friends? He might occasionally struggle with the banter and quick wit. Ouch. Blind date: ‘He said he hadn’t touched alcohol since Christmas – then downed four wines’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/21/blind-date-brian-jeanette npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis On MSnow, Alicia Menendez just played tape of a Fox vidiot saying that boots on the ground on Kharg wouldn't count as invading Iran because it's an island. OK, good, then. Canada: Please invade Manhattan. It won't count as invading America. That'll be phase II. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis When you buy gas today, when you buy groceries, when you mourn over your depleted 401(k), when you look at mortgage rates, when you think of all the shame brought on our country, most of all when you think of the bloodshed in our name, remember: It's all Trump's fault. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Without words. Trump-appointed panel approves 24-karat-gold coin featuring his image https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/trump-coin-24-karat-gold npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Amen. Pope Leo tells broadcasters to reject Trumpian war propaganda https://www.ms.now/opinion/pope-leo-trump-iran-war-video-games-propaganda npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis GOOGLE rolls Gemini in more apps. OK. Meanwhile, I STILL cannot get GOOGLE Gemini embedded in my GOOGLE Chrome on my GOOGLE Chromebook with a GOOGLE Workspace account. WTF, Google? Really. I'm screaming here. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/google-rolls-out-new-gemini-capabilities-to-docs-sheets-slides-and-drive/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Gift link: When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/arts/humanities-endowment-doge-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RlA.G4b-.nD7J6NJLv7ve&smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Resisting Trump's crimes can be both a moral and pragmatic political choice. Pedro Sánchez’s lone stance against Trump may look risky, but it is cannily pragmatic https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/07/pedro-sanchez-stance-donald-trump-pragmatic npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis That's what's called cause and effect. Parents Tried to Shield Their Children From Vaccines. Instead They Got Measles. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/politics/south-carolina-measles-outbreak-vaccines.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Don't call them "Christian parents," #BrokenPost. At least call them anti-trans parents. Supreme Court sides with Christian parents in battle over school trans policies https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/02/supreme-court-gender-identity-students-california/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis #BrokenPost normalizes his narcissistic, paranoid, impulsive insanity as "a personal dimension to his decision to attack Iran." How Trump assassination attempts played into his decision to attack Iran https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/03/trump-assassination-attempts-iran-attack/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis "You can’t get more Altman than that," says @nprofile…mp6c. The whole thing was a scam https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-whole-thing-was-scam npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis To deny and dismiss racism is racism. Say so, #BrokenPost, not this: "Trump’s vantage point is a marked change from previous administrations." In Black History Month, Trump casts racial progress as largely settled https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/01/donald-trump-black-history-month/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis If the US has set a precedent of deposing or killing leaders of sovereign nations because they are "bad people," why could some decent-minded force elsewhere in the world not see the opening to depose the current head of the US because he's awful? Where's the line? npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis People are dying because of the Epstein files. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Last September, this was the moment when I appeared on CNN warning of the danger of the Ellisons taking over the network and this was Scott Jenning's smug, gloating smirk to the camera. It's his network now. It's CNN's ruin. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/143/051/597/609/576/original/cf1b7b93068be211.jpeg npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Horrid #BrokenPost headline calls the destruction of voting "executive power over elections" and says some unnamed force, is "urging emergency." No. This is a Reichstag fire, you fascist enablers. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/142/320/294/750/398/original/0b5af679bde5d919.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Out the window. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/120/099/347/976/919/original/f104a90924ea3183.jpg npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis @nprofile…mk4g Legacy and study. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis My, uh, friend requests on Facebook have been invaded by a species of slopeople. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/115/435/483/805/216/original/6db45f344ddcaad0.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Appalling. In our name: "‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks. Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis How the Holocaust happened: A fake ICE tip line reveals neighbors reporting neighbors https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/20/fake-ice-tip-line-viral/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis My fellow Americans, ours is a rogue state. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/831/647/791/406/916/original/07e66c6a6bc97eee.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Trump's desperate. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Shils again. Substitute MAGA for xenophobic nativists, Fox et al for Dearborn Independent, and Q for Elders of Zion. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/622/458/801/733/425/original/dfaa35909a9d5067.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Edward Shils on society: From "Primordial, Personal, Sacred and Civil Ties: Some Particular Observations on the Relationships of Sociological Research and Theory," The British Journal of Sociology, June, 1957. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/622/344/304/937/830/original/2e38e0edfb306a98.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Trump may have inadvertently issued mass pardon for 2020 voter fraud, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/25/trump-voter-fraud-pardon npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Even before Mamdani takes office, the #BrokenTimes continues its vendetta against him and his "socialist policies." The Governor Can Show Mamdani Who Has the Mandate https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/opinion/hochul-mamdani-new-york-democrats.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Imagine a life so simple that you pin blame for all ills on a single factor: a screen. That's how the moral entrepreneurs Twenge (here) & Haidt make their livings. The #BrokenTimes enables *their* addiction. The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/opinion/laptop-classroom-test-scores.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis MTG has made health-care subsidies her issue. Could she could lead a revolt to block the Dems' shitty deal? My only joy is that the House will have to come back and the Epstein motion will get its last signature. This is the upside-down world we find ourselves in. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis I'm off to Munich to speak at Medientage München. My message: American democracy is dying. American mass media are dead, and deserve to be, as they did not protect democracy. Our only hope in the US is new and independent means for voices to heard. Europe should learn from America only how to avoid our fate. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Moi. New Providence, NJ. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/396/711/098/679/090/original/586166800034ac05.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis I hate arch support in shoes and lumbar support in chairs. It's the nanny state of design. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis I begged Der Spiegel to translate Jörg Schindler's excellent reporting on America's fall into theocracy and they did. As I keep saying, German journalists are doing a better job covering America's fall than American journalists. 1/ https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/trumps-crusaders-christian-nationalists-are-gaining-a-solid-foothold-in-washington-a-643ab80d-fd36-4b45-924a-20fcef6b2e03 npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis #BrokenTimes praises racism, sexism: "Despite a raw vocabulary and some rude provocations, he outlined a nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society." That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/opinion/pete-hegseth-speech-dei.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Compare #BrokenTimes and #BrokenPost coverage to Die Zeit, which consistently tells more truth than they. Translation: "One lie too many. Trump has turned the Republican Party into a den of lies." https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/179/902/930/951/447/original/e80e03445a40d3af.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Here's another lamentation for criticism. I was a critic & founded a magazine of criticism, EW. Now I recognize the editorial hubris of one opinion for all. The culture now makes and criticizes itself. Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/do-media-organizations-even-want-cultural-criticism.html npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Woody keeps getting worse and worse and worse. Woody Allen rebuts Ukrainian condemnation over Moscow film festival appearance https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/25/woody-allen-rebuts-ukrainian-condemnation-over-moscow-film-festival-appearance npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Five times (I counted) rude Joe interrupted Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, trying to bully him into saying the city needs 5,000 more police. When finally allowed to speak, Johnson was brilliant in response. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/094/904/276/849/365/original/87ae770d66bfd8f5.jpg npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis What "domestic unrest"? Truth is, there should be domestic unrest over the fascist takeover, but there isn't. This headline implies permission to react to something that doesn't exist. Trump order calls for broader National Guard role in domestic unrest https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/25/trump-national-guard-domestic-unrest/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/094/573/294/404/932/original/1970ccd4db5bb41a.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis There seems to be a new beat at the #BrokenTimes: Conversations with people you wouldn't want to be stuck in an elevator with. How Did Jillian Michaels End Up Here? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/well/jillian-michaels-profile.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis I just ordered his book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/463182/how-to-save-the-internet-by-clegg-nick/9781847928597 npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Nick Clegg's insight on Silicon Valley: "I couldn’t, and still can’t, understand this deeply unattractive combination of machismo and self-pity...If you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression." https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/23/nick-clegg-silicon-valley-self-pity-wealthy-men npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis We need the #BrokenPost to remind us that fighting a fascist dictator is "risky." Newsom runs against Trump in California map campaign. It’s risky. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/22/newsom-redistricting-trump-california/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis The #MurdochJournal learned nothing except how to spread fascist propaganda. "Officers are allowed to decide whether to wear masks covering their faces, because more ICE officers have been assaulted or doxxed since Trump took office." We Spent Six Hours at ICE Training School. Here’s What We Learned. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/we-spent-six-hours-at-ice-training-school-heres-what-we-learned-bdbc175d?st=SBatgB npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis The story, by Michael Schmidt, is fine. The headline is dreadful: "shows an uneasy mix of retribution and law enforcement...stoked questions about the investigation." Somebody throw away the editors' thesaurus. But I guess I'm glad somebody at The Times is "uneasy." https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/074/498/655/008/605/original/f36fa53224d0db1e.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis "Scholars see sanitizing." Look a little harder, #BrokenPost, and you might fight scholars--and journalists--who find racism and fascism. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/064/201/226/892/062/original/4afb4dc0328a0fab.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Joe drags Chris Matthews out of the crypt to say of Trump's occupation of Washington: "This is very smart politically for Trump." https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/061/355/139/412/292/original/c6582bf90d9cb8d2.jpg npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis But...but...but what about all those anonymous Democrats who are texting Joe Scarborough and telling Donny Deutsch that they loved the occupation? Most D.C. residents oppose Trump’s city police takeover, poll finds https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/20/dc-poll-trump-crime-police/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Die Zeit headline: Europe calms a crazy king https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/054/977/818/325/906/original/f958bf93b532f0d1.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis One might hope that Washington's newspaper would display shock and anger at the takeover of the city but instead the #BrokenPost accepts the fascist framing: "immigration enforcement." Immigration enforcement shaped first week of Trump’s D.C. takeover https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/18/trump-dc-takeover-crime-immigration/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Trumpist Depot: FAFO. Florida GOP scraps ‘Deport Depot’ merch after Home Depot objects https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/17/home-depot-florida-gop-merch/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Good: Starmer, Merz, Macron, Meloni, von der Leyen to join Zelenskyy in Washington to counteract Putin's puppeteering. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/17/trump-putin-meeting-european-leaders-ukraine-peace-deal-latest-updates-news npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis War criminal has landed on US soil to a red carpet. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Lead story in Der Spiegel: JD Vance's brat summer: fishing and grilling in Great Britain. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/032/664/972/086/293/original/47df2bce323e98f4.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis It's already burning, dear Guardian. Democrats are fighting fire with fire over redistricting – but will democracy burn? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/15/redistricting-gerrymandering-democrats-republicans-texas-california npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Blood on their hands Man fleeing Ice raid outside LA Home Depot hit and killed on freeway https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/14/los-angeles-ice-raid npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis I wonder whether the symbolism of meeting in Alaska will turn out to be Trump thinking it's a good deal for Russia to buy Crimea and Donetsk for what the US gave Russia (2¢ and acre) and call it the art of the deal. Or he'll try to get Ukraine to buy its own land back. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/harvard-petition-trump.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis No, no, no. Tesla's are not autonomous. They are dangerous. They would be deadly in New York. Tesla is taking early steps to bring its robotaxis to New York City https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-eyes-new-york-city-for-robotaxis-with-test-driver-job-posting-cb8e724a?st=8obPjZ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Not a "comprehensive review," #BrokenTimes. Censorship. You refuse to use the words fascism and racism. As journalists can you at least recognize and label censorship? White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/arts/design/smithsonian-exhibitions-review-white-house-trump.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis I do not find this on home pages of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ; only a small headline on The Guardian. A journalist has been murdered. Where is the outrage--about anything? Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza https://aje.io/0pa37x npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Identify theft used to be the game of mobsters and spies. Now: "We detail how dishonest researchers exploit the peer-review system by creating fraudulent reviewer profiles to manipulate paper evaluations" https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04024 npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Yeesh. AI: We don't need no stinking humans. We can train ourselves. "Self-evolving Large Language Models (LLMs) offer a scalable path toward super-intelligence by autonomously generating, refining, and learning from their own experiences." https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05004?fbclid=IwY2xjawMFe9RleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFxbTJmMjUzM01PZWhVMEdZAR7tQqY8vy8pGG5JTTjM4Oy14daVHPK1GIiFLX0GMfvEcicuy9rt0lrCkUapyw_aem_Oa42WaRHCbhanagrn_XDeg npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Once again, it's #MoralPanic o'clock on Morning Joe: demonizing phones and kids. Technophobic busybodies should leave these decisions to parents. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/993/025/738/194/304/original/bb20b079f39fb015.jpg npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis No, idiot. The tariffs are flowing *from* US companies and consumers and voters. It's an unprecedented tax, the #TrumpTax. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/987/630/402/122/966/original/c1905ba263fb5a52.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Turn on Ari Melber to see Bob Woodward defend the regime destroying the #BrokenPost--"The editor has a plan," praise Trump for defining the Presidency as "taking care of the people" (authoritarian paternalism), saying he lacks "Nixonian venom." Naive, pathetic, shameful. npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis They want to kill education. They are succeeding: Public schools are closing as Arizona’s school voucher program soars https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/08/05/arizona-public-school-closures-voucher-program/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis What a #BrokenTimes framing: What's the best way to surrender to a fascist? How about, instead, asking how best to fight for academic freedom, independence, and democracy? Good Lord. Is There a Smart Way to Cede Power to Donald Trump? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/opinion/trump-havard-brown-universities.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis FFS. #BrokenTimes questions historians filing amicus briefs to the courts. What's the trouble? "What they are hearing is a generally liberal message." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/politics/supreme-court-historians-advocacy.html https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/970/146/193/263/814/original/7565baa7374c7668.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Nothing makes me feel more like a robot than having to check "I am not a robot" again and again. OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/07/openais-chatgpt-agent-casually-clicks-through-i-am-not-a-robot-verification-test/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis No, no, no. You'd think a university would be capable of learning. Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up to $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/politics/trump-harvard-payment.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Die Zeit asks whether parents should send their children to the US now. Soll mein Kind da noch hin? https://www.zeit.de/familie/2025-07/auslandsaufenthalt-usa-kind-schule-donald-trump npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Sure, let's put the education of our next generation in the hands of an influencer-podcaster and AI with guides to entrepreneurship, public speaking and financial literacy. Yeesh. A.I.-Driven Education: Founded in Texas and Coming to a School Near You https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/ai-alpha-school-austin-texas.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Classic case of #BrokenTimes accepting Trump framing. Alternative headline: Columbia and Penn extorted to pay and surrender to Trump. More universities fighting instead. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/910/177/102/978/177/original/9af4ed0a16558ed8.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis He was the last SS guard, about to be tried when he died at 100. Let this warn the ICE agents who think they are only guards, following orders. Your masked crimes against humans and humanity will mark you to the end of your days. The Last SS Guard https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2025-06/concentration-camp-guard-gregor-formanek-ss-national-socialism-sachsenhausen-court-trial-english npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis The better Post story's 3rd graf: "The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, to settle a lawsuit" by Trump. Necessary journalistic context. https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/07/17/stephen-colbert-canceled-late-show-ending/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis As of 845p, this ongoing story makes no mention yet of Trump's blackmail of CBS/Paramount/Ellison but includes generic hoo-ha about changing TV: a journalistic sin of omission. Trump is taking over media under the Times' nose and it turns away. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/stephen-colbert-late-show-ending.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Variety tiptoes: Ellison "has projected an image of being intrigued by the politics espoused by President Donald Trump." Yeesh. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/871/386/217/961/944/original/ad394e5717faa067.png npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Fuck CBS, Paramount, Ellison. This is no "financial decision." It is Trump taking over American media. This is Hungary. This is disgusting. CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’ https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cbs-cancel-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision-1236464356/ npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Bend the knee to Trump, get kneecapped -- and robbed: Columbia and Trump Near a Deal, With School Possibly Paying Millions https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/nyregion/columbia-university-trump-deal-antisemitism.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Trump's recession. He took a solid economy and ruined it. U.S. Firms Cut Jobs for First Time in Two Years, ADP Report Shows https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-07-02-2025/card/u-s-firms-cut-jobs-for-first-time-in-two-years-adp-report-shows-CGa3wmOmdGD0wTzIgYKz npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Good God. Look who Morning Joe brings out to comment on (read: attack) Mamdani: Donny Deutsch (from whatever crypt he's been hiding in), ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt, Adams booster Al Sharpton, and (most respectful to him) a Republican. This is Islamphobic. The Times is as bad. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/772/125/818/586/832/original/6ab17c8d709c17af.jpg npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis The #BrokenTimes has finally, completely lost its damned marbles. How dare they even pose such an offensive question as this? Don't give me your just-asking bullshit. This is so terribly wrong. Should (or Could) Trump Be Added to Mount Rushmore? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/27/us/mount-rushmore-trump.html?smid=tw-share npub1nsve27x7t2hr4e27xjxsl6jka2e0dkuyh09vv3r8vs4hlfp3fkas2ke09p Jeff Jarvis Bingo. Trump falls into the Netanyahu trap https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/22/trump-falls-into-the-netanyahu-trap-israel-iran-us