that era of youtube was so special and magical. now we have mr. beast. really felt like coming home a little drunk from the darty in 2016 and watching vine compilations with friends

his pop spectacle era was also when he was horrifically abused by the music industry. of course he's not going to recreate it! his youtube bit was like 10 minutes of a 90 min set. i think he's allowed to be a little silly & sing with a version of himself from before fame got him

something very sweet about watching the first real youtube star harmonize with his younger self & then live react to his most embarrassing paparazzi moments. i could write a dissertation on this performance as a reflection on internet fame. & showing random vines? justin bieber is actually so funny

new baby shoes just dropped :(

ty again for coming on the show!!!

To Hack a Tractor: How Farmers Won the Right to Repair | KQED What do pissed off farmers and broken McFlurry machines have to do with each other? More than you’d think. Both are part of the story behind the modern right-to-repair movement. In this episode, Jason...

so thankful to @morgansung.bsky.social for having me on Close All Tabs to talk about how farmers have fought for right to repair! Thought this episode turned out really great and the show in general is amazing:

www.kqed.org/news/1207746...

Hyperfixed | Chris's Watchlist

This week on @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social, our listener Chris lost his sight in high school, and was worried he lost his love for movies as well. But then he discovered audio descriptions. The problem is that so many movies aren't audio described. So he came to us for help.

i have faith that the general public would choose emily henry's writing over an ai knockoff of people we meet on vacation

the first time i had natural wine i was like uhh there's chunks in my wine. and then i learned that the chunks make it taste good. and that's kind of what reading cormac mccarthy's prose is like. respectfully.

i'd be interested in seeing this with more "approachable" genres. what i'm really curious about is whether the masses prefer human-written romantasy, or the ai version. like, will readers be more into the booktok darlings or the ai slop imitation of it?

to be fair, asking the average person to pick between blood meridian and claudeslop is kind of like asking to choose between a funky sediment heavy "biodynamic" natural wine and a buzzball. you gotta develop a taste for this kind of thing.

Sex Workers Tried to Warn Us About Age Verification Laws | KQED Requiring internet users to verify their ages before accessing mature content may sound reasonable. Shouldn’t we be doing a better job protecting kids from online vulgarities? But free speech advocate...

I talked to @morgansung.bsky.social about sex work, surveillance, & censorship for close all tabs from kqed!

www.kqed.org/news/12075321

Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.

Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...

With the awful WaPo layoffs and the state of journalism more broadly, if it's useful for any writers and reporters considering going indy, @molly.wiki, @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social of Aftermath, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social of 404 Media, @edzitron.com and me will do a little workshop next week.

wow i don't think he likes his gf's american family

i think you gotta do an anime fandub-type of thing here

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We're talking to @morgansung.bsky.social, @sfgate.com's Stephen Council, and @kjezermorton.bsky.social about friction-maxxing and how doing things the hard way can bring us more joy, serendipity and human connection.

❓How do you friction-maxx?

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an event flyer depicting stacks of vintage computers. the screens show the following: 1. the close all tabs logo 2. two hands holding glasses of beer 3. a labubu head with glowing eyes 4. the galaxy brain meme 5. an envelope 4. a waymo on fire 5. hitchbot 6. an error icon the text on the flyer says: CHRONICALLY ONLINE: a powerpoint party with close all tabs march 5, 2026 7:00 p.m. the commons at KQED

with special guests Candice Lim and Aidan Walker

SF!! we're throwing a party and you're invited!!

close all tabs is hosting its first live event: a powerpoint party where @aidanwalker.bsky.social and @candicelim.bsky.social and i present our favorite internet lore :)

and! you can present your own! there will be prizes!
www.kqed.org/event/5937

Are You Allowed to Record ICE? | KQED When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, it became an instant flashpoint in the ongoing escalation of federal law enforcemen...

Do you have the right to record ICE? Criminal justice reporter @cjciaramella.bsky.social explains to @morgansung.bsky.social how the Trump administration is working to create a chilling effect around filming law enforcement. www.kqed.org/news/1206959... via @kqednews.kqed.org @goosenaut.bsky.social

How to Protect Your Information Online in 2026 | KQED What are some easy digital habits you can pick up in the new year that can protect your privacy online?

You don’t need to guard yourself against every threat unless you're willing to “live as a hermit on a 🏔️ and fling all of your devices into the sea,” says the #cybersecurity director at the @eff.org. www.kqed.org/news/1207040... via @kqednews.kqed.org @morgansung.bsky.social @goosenaut.bsky.social

Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping. Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.

The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

it's a first amendment right but DHS has been retaliating against anyone exercising that right. close all tabs just put out a whole episode about this! wherever you get your podcasts!

www.kqed.org/news/1206959...

like they're going after authors who post "too frequently" and write too eloquently because they can't fathom that someone with creativity and drive can pump out 20k quality words a week

maybe we should gatekeep ao3. far too many normies posting ai generated yaoi and now readers are witch hunting actual writers for using the em dash

bodes well for woke 2.0 that fujos are mainstream but it also means that fanfiction discourse is reaching new heights of Annoying

ok rewatching industry right now and the whole show makes soooo much more sense now that i know that a short is when you gag the market

new close all tabs episode with @cjciaramella.bsky.social, all about the right to record and share information about ICE, and how the trump administration is trying to stop people from exercising that right

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uhhh sir you aren't allowed to shoot us until we scan your code

they can't even scan your concert tickets if your phone brightness isn't high enough

it took like three tries to scan the menu bar code on a dimly lit, but stationary, bar table last night. how will this work with a highly combative ice agent who can just. move