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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D.

@everfigueroa.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder. PhD from UT Austin. Media Representations | Media Sociology | Sports Communication | Journalism Studies

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 27/09/2026
To understand what it's like inside ICE's Aurora detention center, @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social and @sethklamann.bsky.social spoke to current + former detainees and reviewed 911 records and audio recordings from emergency calls. “They treat you as if we’re animals, basically,” a Venezuelan told them
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Pepper spray, health crises and rotten food: Inside Colorado’s only immigrant detention center
In interviews with The Denver Post, current and former detainees described frequent fights and feelings of hopelessness. They say they’re often served inedible or rotten food that frequently gives the...
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Defector @defector.com · 21/09/2026
Ed Sheeran delivers pointless statement then cries during latest concert: defector.com/ed-sheeran-d...
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Ed Sheeran Delivers Pointless Statement Then Cries During Latest Concert | Defector
This past weekend, Ed Sheeran performed his first concert since decrepit Patriots owner Robert Kraft stuck his hand up the singer’s ass and made him respect Israel. The culturally Irish but…
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shout out to the student journalists at The Daily Iowan for reporting on the travesty that is Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom. With quotes from me dailyiowan.com/2026/09/15/u...
dailyiowan.com
Uncertainty in leadership, curriculum surrounds UI Center for Intellectual Freedom
In the barren walls of his Calvin Hall office, where the Center for Intellectual Freedom resides, interim director and University of Iowa economics professor Luciano de Castro shuffles a stack of pape...
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 10/09/2026
Apparently every newspaper in the world has decided to just run the president’s campaign for him
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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
dear god.. a flavor scientist at the Cheetos factory has published a blog post saying no one is prepared for how "dangerously cheesy" they are
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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I follow a lot of gaming people on here as well as people who I generally follow for news and political takes, and the latter being way more excited for the Ocarina of Time remake further proves the average “gamer” is hopelessly trapped in a bubble.
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Turp @turpin4prez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This story should have more attention. ASU's idiot coach brought in some military prick to run a grueling boot camp-style workout in the heat, which included restricting water intake. NHL prospect player suffers a heat stroke and is probably going to die from it. arizonasports.com/ncaa/arizona...
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ASU hockey player Matthew Mayich has no chance of recovery after heatstroke, attorney says - Arizona Sports
"His body ceased functioning in a fundamental way, and this condition is irreversible," Robert Carey said.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What Pablo Torre did was ridiculously impressive. Uncovered a conspiracy between rich guys, withstood a propaganda campaign by one of the richest guys in the world with a pretty good reputation, didn't buckle or panic, and just kept reporting. That's some Pulitzerin' right there.
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
the goose chasing a man meme where the goose says “what else did he say” and then “WHAT ELSE DID HE SAY” as the man runs away
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
From journal editing experience, LLMs appear to be *undoing* the good research of non-English speaking scholars. You can see signs of a solid study in a manuscript that chat or claude et al - used for "editing only" - have otherwise *wrecked*. I keep suggesting they try again without AI "editing."
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
there is no rhyme or reason to an entire “AI” department, much less an AI school. There is no curriculum, as such, because AI is not a school of thought. It has no theory, no method. It’s just a tool. Two or three courses, max, if someone is obsessed with it should suffice.
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oh no @ili.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
en esta economía??????
nyt cooking melissa clark seis leches cake january 21, 2020
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My latest at Sports Media Guy is a research roundup of some of the most interesting studies from @aejmc.bsky.social and @aejmc-sig.bsky.social earlier this month. Gambling, journalism roles, and general nerdiness abounds! sportsmediaguy.substack.com/p/research-r...
sportsmediaguy.substack.com
Research roundup: The tipping point in gambling coverage?
Our annual AEJMC review features studies on gambling and journalistic roles
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I wrote this because most journalists facing this pressure can’t. The paper we count on to check authoritarianism spiked an investigation into the Democratic Party because the party’s lawyers threatened to sue. Holding authoritarians accountable starts with holding your own side accountable.
data4democracy.substack.com
With Fear and Favor
Institutions don’t have courage. They have incentives.
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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Out now in Comm & Sport. @patferrucci.bsky.social and I looked at the metajournalistic discourse of Terry Rozier's sports gambling arrest. We extend paradigm repair by proposing "peripheral mending," the legitimizing of journalism and its object of coverage. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 14/08/2026
Saber finally added the AI disclosure to Steam for Rideshare “Stimulator” and it’s even worse than I said it was. I can see why the CEO crashed out when I pointed it out.
Al Generated Content Disclosure
The developers describe how their game uses Al

Generated Content like this:
The main Campaign story, characters, and dialogue are written by a team of human writers. Al tools are used for voice generation and some localization.

The optional Free Ride mode includes Al-generated passenger missions and localized dialogue. Free Ride mode is separate from the main Campaign and can be skipped by players who prefer to experience only human-written narrative content.

The game also includes a mix of radio stations featuring human-made music and Al-generated music. Stations containing Al-generated music are clearly labeled as such in the game.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“I have to be blunt here: Our critics are really fucking stupid, and we’ve given them way too much leeway to conjure senile fantasies out of their own illiteracy. We need to stop taking their trolling in good faith, and we need to stop apologizing for our work.” This is exquisite on The Discourse.
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Humanists Have Done Nothing Wrong | Defector
For many years, I’ve held a pet theory that cultural consumers can be grouped into two broad categories: Primary Source People and Secondary Source People. The former are the book lovers, cinephiles, ...
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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Some NFL pundit is going to be real weird about this statement.
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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A new essay in Journalism History on the role of redbaiting and ideological steering in the early field of communication. Used to "discipline the discipline," it left a lasting imprint on media research and is especially timely to reflect on today. Link to the PDF: victorpickard.com/wp-content/u...
An abstract of a new essay on early ideological steering in the field of communication research.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Sports can be a diversion from "real life" and it's totally fine to view them this way. But any notion that they are "supposed to be" this ignores the lived reality of any sports league, team, player, or fan. You can't celebrate Jackie Robinson as a hero and say "sports are a diversion."
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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It is so cowardly as a writer to cite a meaningless poll so you can bypass grappling with the bigotry that is causing all these “distractions” in the first place.
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 11/08/2026
I’m learning that the people who gamified paragraphs are having trouble reading books. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

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Al has become my reading buddy as I've plowed through my summer book list, helping me keep track of plots and characters, unpack themes, and make sense of wordy, old prose.
• Why it matters: The way many of us actually read books - a few pages before bed, a chapter at the beach, another on a plane - makes it easy to lose the thread. Al can help you pick it back up without starting over.
Ш I really got into using Al while reading James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." The text was far too dense for casual vacation reading. My first prompt asked:
• "T'd like a guide as I read The Last of the Mohicans who can help me understand what I've read and where the story is, without giving spoilers or getting ahead of my progress. Can you do this, chapter by chapter?"
• The robot agreed: "Cooper's sentences are long and his diction is archaic."
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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Out now in Comm & Sport. @patferrucci.bsky.social and I looked at the metajournalistic discourse of Terry Rozier's sports gambling arrest. We extend paradigm repair by proposing "peripheral mending," the legitimizing of journalism and its object of coverage. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I’m sorry. This is surreal.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Those assembly turn cranks that won't get thrown in the trash
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/07/2026
there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.
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future canon @futurecanon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Lmao here's the goal from Freese's perspective, courtesy of the BBC's 3D World Cup thing
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statsboye @statsboye.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
You can't call the future of US Soccer bright when this sport is still a sport for the elite in this country. If you can't afford to play football in this country, in most cases, you won't play. That's just not how it is in the rest of the world.
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The AI powered team whose president bribed FIFA just lost 4-1
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Adrian Campos @friendadev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The game industry is so fucking back
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Defector @defector.com · 02/07/2026
Celtics jettison beloved Finals MVP for lapsed podcaster and some picks: defector.com/celtics-jett...
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Celtics Jettison Beloved Finals MVP For Lapsed Podcaster And Some Picks | Defector
The Boston Celtics finally found another team serious about trading for Jaylen Brown. Following a couple of weeks where everyone offered their own opinion about the star’s true value, the…
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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I am surprised hardly anyone is pointing out how hostile this decision is for people who already own a large amount of PS4/5 discs already. If the PS6 is backwards compatible it will surely not support a disc drive. Which means 1 in 5 people cannot play their library on new hardware.
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Jon Murray @jonmurraydp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It was a really gratifying night to work with so many wonderful journalists at @denverpost to cover consequential primaries — and a rush to do so with print deadlines still a thing. We got the biggest news on the front page just in the nick of time as print closed.
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Also, obviously: “these parents see their kid’s best shot of going to college as an athletic scholarship” is pointing at a bigger, solvable problem with tuition costs than just “let’s remove the imaginary obstacle to your delusional goal.”
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
There’s obviously a lot that’s wrong here but one major component here is the delusion among a surprisingly large portion of parents that their kid is gonna get an athletic scholarship and go to the Olympics, and a truly courageous public official _might_ find a way to break the bad news to them.
wishtv.com
Study: 27% of sports parents believe their child will get a college scholarship
Study reveals that most American parents have realistic expectations about their child's athletic future, despite some optimistic outlooks.
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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Affordability is a real concern, but … Washington State Univ, eg, admits 87% of applicants and annual costs are about $11,500 for a median income family. Anyone who has the wherewithal to do travel sports but tells you that an athletic scholarship is their only way to college is full of shit.
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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
ok I have not been a fan of Zlatan as an on-air presence but he just justified his existence for the whole World Cup "I'm gonna block Alexi because he has no clue what he's talking about"
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 01/07/2026
Boggles the mind that the entire world saw ICE execute defenseless people in the street and somehow there are still sitting Democrats who have a wide open flank on abolishing the agency
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Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Decision Desk HQ projects Melat Kiros wins the CO US House 1 Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 10:31 PM EDT
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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/06/2026
useless, totally unable to meet the moment they were one vote from overriding the fourteenth amendment retire and give your job to someone who understands the stakes
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
literally one day apart. goldfish would scoff at this lack of object permanence
NYT: "The Court's Hypocrisy" June 29NYT: "The Supreme Court Remembers Its Principles" June 30
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Brian Creech @briancreech.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
There’s a journalism ethics textbook from about 10-12 years ago that had a case that looked at DC-journo buzz around “hot young bloggers” Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, etc. and asked students to really think about who gets elevated into the best careers and who don’t. I think about that case a lot.
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Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · 24/06/2026
IGN is reporting that your GTA 6 character can only access healthcare in the Ultimate Edition
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Lorcan Neill @lorcancneill.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚨 I'm thrilled to share a new 🔓 #OpenAccess article out now in Information, Communication & Society: Inaccuracies, omissions, and bullshit: 2024 U.S. elections through the eyes of ChatGPT A quick 🧵:
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Murdoink @murdoink.com · 23/06/2026
mk2 reflecting pool
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Awful news this morning — one of Oregon's best reporters has passed away, all too young. His absence will be felt by the media and by the public at large. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Zane Sparling, reporter for The Oregonian/OregonLive, dies of cancer at 33
“He wanted his identity to be a reporter, and that’s what it was,” his father said.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 21/06/2026
This is incredible. So satisfying. I was going to say it’s “cutting” but it’s more a knifing to the gut or maybe a beheading. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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The French aristocrat and the all-American idiot: Henry v Lalas is the World Cup’s most compelling battle
Fox’s broadcast at the tournament has become a story of two contrasting styles. And there is one clear winner
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