Rebecca Long

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

Six former surgeons general appointed by every President since George HW Bush warn that RFK Jr. is endangering the health of the nation, calling his policies/positions a “profound, immediate + unprecedented threat”

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Trump Is Destroying One of America’s Oldest Traditions America has always had a strong aversion to seeing the military on the country’s streets. That is not stopping the current president.

Donald Trump’s deployments of the National Guard to American cities “are best understood as an effort to erode the nation’s sense that such use of the military is unacceptable,” Quinta Jurecic argues.

There is something so dystopian about TS's nonstop self-promotion (of an album that's not all that good) in a moment when she could be using her platform (which is larger than p much anyone else's in the world) to speak up for literally any of the pressing issues we face.

AI Overview for a Google search about Yom Kippur. It reads: "While it is not possible for a person or an AI to literally write your name in the spiritual Book of Life, the Bible outlines the path to ensuring your name is included. In Christianity, this is achieved through faith in Jesus Christ, not by performing specific acts or using a ritual formula."

Serves me right for trying to Google something about Yom Kippur

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Why Did Jared Kushner and Saudi Investors Take Over EA Games? The short answer: Entertainment is the new oil.

wrote about how the saudi govt is buying its way into games, sports, and everything else you like so that holding them to account becomes that much more costly

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/j...

One day, I hope to make a post like this about AI

just when the world needed her most

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Gradient blue background with the limb of the Earth peeking into the bottom of the image, and features the Internet Archive logo modified so that two of its four pillars make the characters 1 T, for one trillion web pages. Testimonial text reads: "My partner and I got together to bake lavender cake, something we do only on each other's birthdays. The website with the recipe had been taken down…until I discovered that, sure enough, Wayback had archived the page entirely! The Wayback Machine literally saved my birthday." Signed Alex M., Canada.

The Wayback Machine doesn’t just save websites: it saves birthdays. 🎂

1 trillion pages archived. Even recipes, traditions, & memories live on.

Join us this October—register for our anniversary celebration!
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#Wayback1T

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

An Economist headline saying "Rail travel is booming in America"

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Rewatching ‘A Bug’s Life’, the Coyly Marxist Film That Followed Pixar’s Gigantic IPO ‘Toy Story’ and the Pixar IPO made majority-shareholder Steve Jobs a billionaire in 1995. Pixar followed up by making a children’s film about class consciousness and income inequa…

In 2021, I wrote about A Bug's Life and its Marxist message. Feels more relevant now than ever.

"Ants don't serve grasshoppers. It’s you who need us. We're a lot stronger than you say we are. And you know it, don't you?"

Trump, Musk... they're the grasshoppers.

observer.com/2021/11/rewa...

I just don’t really understand how this isn’t being treated more like an emergency situation

WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

I screamed into my pillow and took a walk outside to buy an iced chai that cost $6, and you know what? Those tried and true coping mechanisms have lost their juice! I don't feel better, and idk how to

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"Your girl is lovely, Hubbell."

Robert Redford was truly one of the greats 💙

'Lord of the Rings' star Sean Astin elected SAG-AFTRA president Astin, who was also in "Rudy" and "The Goonies," will succeed Fran Drescher, who decided not to run for reelection.

'Lord of the Rings' star Sean Astin elected SAG-AFTRA president

YouTube video by I am Maru. いろいろな小さ過ぎる箱とねこ。-Many too small boxes and Maru.-

RIP Maru 💔💕

youtu.be/2XID_W4neJo?...

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Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism? The grim calculations involved in publishing traditional written reviews.

“Editing according to traffic is not editing; it’s engineering.” tell them, david remnick!! nymag.com/intelligence...

I'm Sad That The World That Inspired Me To Get Into This Game Is Now Gone A few thoughts on the death of [paid, institutional] criticism.

Wrote a few thoughts about how the world that inspired me to start doing what I'm doing is basically dead www.decodingeverything.com/p/the-death-...

If Fat Bodies Are ‘Problems,’ Then We Need New Equations ‘The Biggest Loser’ was the worst vision of a fat future. Fat liberationists are done losing that fight.

I went long about Netflix’s Fit for TV docuseries, the fatphobic legacy of The Biggest Loser, and the complex rise of GLP-1s for my comrades @theflytrapmedia.com.

Rogue Ad-free video game news, guides, opinions, history, culture, previews, interviews, and reviews written by humans, for humans

some of my ex polygon colleagues started a new thing. i'm extremely excited to have a place to read their work, and rooting for them unconditionally. everyone subscribe!!
www.rogue.site

For 12 months, America had a limited proof of concept for universal healthcare, and it was so uniformly successful we had no choice but to obliterate our society

Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center “The use of national security rhetoric to justify mass incarceration today echoes the same logic that led to their forced removal and incarceration,” one advocate said.

Japanese Americans protest Fort Bliss, former WWII incarceration site, as largest ICE migrant detention center

www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

A pika sits on a mossy rock.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.

“Federal law enforcement asked the crews to line up to check their IDs, according to the firefighters.

One of the firefighters said members of the crew were told not to take video of the incident.”

DHS did this as flames actively raged.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.

Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...