Okay, folks. I was *going* to write about cool new science today, but instead we have to talk about media layoffs.

There are many articles sounding the alarm about all the lost jobs. I go one further than some, though, by highlighting that the quality of our news is *already* gutted. Today, I talk about some of the social directions (product reviews! AI content! gutted democracy!) we can expect until we pass policy that recenters news media as a vital public enterprise.

https://onlysky.media/mclark/downsized-news-media-ai-futures-and-democratic-losses/