Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: Sure, use Meta's Muse bot to help with your chores — if you want Mark Zuckerberg to know all your secretsMeta says it made privacy a priority when it designed Muse, but its record on privacy protection is horrific. 066
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: No, AI bots won't extinguish humanity on their own — but you should worry about the humans behind themApocalyptic fears about AI in the future distract us from its present-day harms — just as its promoters hope 076
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: Think an 'independent' editorial board will protect CNN from political meddling? Think again.The 'independent' oversight board Paramount says will protect CNN from its owner's political interference will be utterly toothless. 056
Reposted by Michael HiltzikKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it 58982761861
Reposted by Michael HiltzikKatiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"The entire news cycle was driven by a smarmy combination of baseless CEO comments and the vibes of one 27-year-old Jacob Coxon, who'd been employed at Anthropic all of four months. Barely long enough to get a meaningful bead on the lunch menu or restroom layout." 06513
Reposted by Michael HiltzikSarah Lueck @sarahl202.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s surreal to see federal officials take a victory lap today for cancelling hundreds of thousands of marketplace enrollments, while massive health coverage losses are underway. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/h...nytimes.comTrump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming FraudVice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion. 25256117
Reposted by Michael HiltzikGregg Levine @greggjlevine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026$32 million in government contracts for $150,000 in campaign donations—that’s a return of roughly 213 to one. Susan Collins might not be a very good Senator, but she sure is a cheap date. 🧵👇 1169
Reposted by Michael HiltzikJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is a genuinely terrible piece of journalism: Reporting, editing, writing, all of it. (Photos OK). Will appear alongside the word "credulous" in dictionaries. I had thought that the WaPo's news section was still "mainly good," in contrast to its laughable editorial section. But... 23581168
Reposted by Michael HiltzikJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Good. Damn good. 422950538
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: Why are workers feeling so stressed? Maybe because labor's share of the economy is at a record lowWhile corporate profits are soaring, labor's share of the gains is shrinking. 167
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: An 'independent' study takes Paramount's side in its merger battle. But Paramount paid for itA 'leaked' study paints a grim picture for L.A. if Paramount fails to merge with Warner Bros. Here's why you shouldn't trust it. 087
Reposted by Michael HiltzikWendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026to some degree the entire Trump phenomenon, from his self-inculcated celebrity status to his absurd 2015-16 candidacy to his two disastrous administrations, has been a media failure 19562118
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I see where JD Vance has launched an experiment to see if crass malevolence (or is it malevolent crassness?) will have legs as a campaign theme... 2234
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Question: Does my giggling at the idea that Bari Weiss's new 60 Minutes will open Sunday with a piece about how the LA Rams are a "superteam," which happened to get blown out yesterday on national TV by the 49ers, make me a bad person? 1662131256
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: The NBA report on the Ballmer/Clippers scandal shows it was even worse than you thoughtQuestion about the Clippers' attempt to evade the NBA salary cap: Did they really think they would get away with it? 022
Reposted by Michael HiltzikJoël.V @tinyspotbigworld.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Canada is a sovereign country! 🇨🇦 We are not and will never be American in any form. Please repost if you stand by Canada forever.🍁 Show your solidarity for Canada during these difficult times. 23919
Reposted by Michael HiltzikJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Classic @rexhuppke.bsky.social on the Dallas Trumpapalooza: "This convention seems a bit like taking the bad-smelling, week-old food that’s in your fridge and placing it on the counter so everyone can get a better whiff." For 2 nights in a row. Brilliant strategy. 🙂 www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...usatoday.comMidterm convention invites GOP to celebrate Trump's failure | OpinionA proper title for the Republican Party's two-day midterm convention in Dallas is: 'We've performed terribly and made your lives worse. Please clap!' 1527097
Reposted by Michael HiltzikDashiell Eaves @dasheaves.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Give me an example of a trans athlete dominating a sport. This is a manufactured issue with no bearing in reality and you fell for it. 1115
Reposted by Michael HiltzikThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 09/09/2026Dress like a seat night at the RNC 🪑... This is the crowd to open the GOP's midterm convention. 57741431232
Reposted by Michael HiltzikMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828. 142135222193
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: Despite Trump's pressure, companies that maintained their DEI programs did just fineA study finds that businesses that resisted Trump's anti-diversity pressure paid no price. Are the law firms and universities that capitulated listening? 01810
Reposted by Michael HiltzikFast Casual TBogg+ @tbogg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I‘ve never been to or watched on TV a UFC fight before, but after watching this, I can safely say I’ve seen better and more dignified fights between two sloppy drunk guys after closing time outside of bars for free than whatever the hell this bullshit is. 4427
Reposted by Michael HiltzikFast Casual TBogg+ @tbogg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I don’t think we talk enough about how thoroughly degrading it must be for a grown-ass man to be pulled away from whatever he’s doing to stand silently behind this dumb motherfucker while he babbles away like a three year old toddler who has just seen his first trash truck. 25417
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Has anyone else noticed that the parking lot where the Amazon plane crash-landed was filled with (presumably unsold?) Teslas? 684
Reposted by Michael HiltzikGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 07/09/2026No one. No one. No one can ever say to me again that Jay Bhattacharya was a reasonable pick for NIH Director. He was and is an ideological zealot. This is his doing. Shame on him. Shame on Matthew Memoli, Jon Lorsch, John Powers and the rest of them at NIH. 5282100
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: Today's tycoons learn a lesson from history — public esteem for rich entrepreneurs inevitably soursFamiliarity ultimately breeds public contempt for technology pioneers 062
Reposted by Michael HiltzikFast Casual TBogg+ @tbogg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Douthat leaving the NYT for CBS News and 60 Minutes is like quitting your job for a sweet spot as a cashier at a Spirit Halloween store on Oct 30th 66513
Reposted by Michael HiltzikFast Casual TBogg+ @tbogg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026My occasional reminder the Peter Navarro ran for office 5 times here in San Diego and voters told him to: fuck off fuck off again no, seriously, fuck off you again? fuck off and are you still here? We told you to fuck off And we’ve elected three mayors who have resigned in disgrace since 1985… 3356
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Seems to me the current handwringing over various flaws in the Dem Party warrants reposting this absolutely single greatest online post of all time on any topic whatsoever, by Tom "TBogg" Boggioni in 2008: 44113
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: Medicare for All is back on the political front burner. A Democratic majority could pass itDemocrats have begun running on a Medicare for All platform. It's about time 22411
Reposted by Michael HiltzikKat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Yes, yes, exactly, we ARE telling children not to have babies, you rightwing pedophile freaks. 06619
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Goodbye, Arte. Now can we put a team on the field in Angels Stadium, finally? 000
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: The U.S. national debt has reached $40 trillion. Should you care?News that the national debt has reached $40 trillion inspired lots of partisan hand-wringing — and even more misunderstanding. 193
Reposted by Michael HiltzikNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"He's the worst person I've ever met, and I've met Robert Mugabe" is the quote from a friend of mine that springs to mind when I hear that Milo is having a spot of trouble. 8933160
Reposted by Michael HiltzikScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) on Pete Hegseth's call for more lethality "Our problem isn't lethality... our problem is sometimes we put idiots in charge of things" 421737500
Reposted by Michael HiltzikCoach Rusty @coachrusty.bsky.social · 28/08/2026had an unexpected $5000 car repair and I’m really struggling. if someone could rename a lake it would really help ❤️ 30910163
Reposted by Michael HiltzikChef Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 28/08/2026If you're claiming to be held back by trans women in the WNBA, but there aren't any trans women in the WNBA, maybe you suck at basketball a little bit 23845134
Reposted by Michael HiltzikJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Samoa had to import little coffins from NZ.sbs.com.auInfant-sized coffins are being sent to Samoa as measles death toll rises to 70New Zealand volunteers are preparing two dozen white-lined coffins to be transported to Samoa at the end of the week as the measles-ravaged Pacific island nation languishes under a growing death toll ... 610040
Reposted by Michael HiltzikShane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This reinstatement happened for one reason: a union contract. She was brought back against managements wishes because she won the highest level of the grievance procedure, arbitration. This is how you can take the power back from people like Jeff Bezos: form a union. 153287838
Reposted by Michael HiltzikMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Renée Good did not deserve to be gruesomely lynched in front of her partner and dog She was a 37-year-old mother. She had a family. 8331103
Reposted by Michael Hiltzikdavidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Well, it IS International Dog Day... 276114021885
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly’s final gift to us—she passed away as someone that nobody, but nobody, has a bad word to say about her—the eulogies fill us with joy at a life well lived 0213
Reposted by Michael HiltzikGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Damn those queer-loving commies. I bet they took his penis and gave it to vegan farmers to use as compost smh 1361659236
Reposted by Michael HiltzikNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I've been spending thousands of dollars at the supermarket every year, voluntarily exchanging money for food to feed my family. That's thousands of dollars I lost! So unfair. How could the store do this to me? Something must be done. 725056
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Dodger TV commentators engaging just now in a weird by-play about the longest books ever. One cites War and Peace, the other counters with “In Search of Lost Time” by someone named “Marcel Prowst” 160
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: Baseball labor talks may look like a battle among millionaires, but it's really about billionaires vs. peonsIn their labor talks, baseball owners want to get richer and players want to hold on to their gains 032
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCommentary: Baseball labor talks may look like a battle among millionaires, but it's really about billionaires vs. peonsIn their labor talks, baseball owners want to get richer and players want to hold on to their gains 000