Martha Bayne

thank you to everyone finding this essay in a brand new magazine - one that is trying to do something different in this time of media consolidation...

What an incredible, hopeful essay. The discussion of spirals also reminds me that in one corner of modern dance world the spiral is the key to all movement, as it extends outward into space from the core—another hopeful, expansive spiral.

A war criminal without a war It's just murder.

"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."

I volunteer to become the Northern Illinois editor of Vanity Fair. Can file copious musings on the effects of road salt on my Mustang.

We do this every 3-6 months…

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#GVerse Anti-ICE protesters SHUT DOWN Nola City Counsil Meeting, after demanding to speak about #FuckICE in New Orleans and city collaboration. City Counsil shut down the public comment and left!

Falling Off the Aging Cliff at 44 Research shows that aging catches up with us at distinct moments. Elder millennials are headed toward the edge.

I know this is all just bait, but I can 100% say my life got a whoooole lot better after I turned 44. Get a grip, youngsters.

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Image of Sinéad O’Connor dressed in a priest’s collar and cross, with text saying “NOTHING COMPARES TO HER”

List of all the writers and musicians participating in the 12/17 salute to Sinéad O’Connor at the Hideout.

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Newsom Dropped the Ball on Menopause, But Others Are Ready to Lead From Illinois to Maine, states are rewriting the rules on menopause.

looks like Pritzker and Lt gov (now senate candidate) juliana stratton have been leading on pushing insurance companies to provide better coverage re menopause. time.com/7333740/news...

I had a similarly grim thought

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You had a busy night!

I've never seen Nuzzi on camera before (I actively avoided) and this mess is making me reconsider my whole decision to go blonde

Yes, and ... I try to avoid snarking on people's mental health online but this is the first time I've ever seen her on camera and she seems deeply, incoherently unwell. And/or on some heavy meds.

this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.

She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

Hmmmmm who can tell me if this page exists for AC? (Also, this is why "credits" for books and articles are actually a bad idea. The poor editorial assistant on this doesn't deserve to be dragged)

Whoever the acquisitions editor is on this they are covering their tracks

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Petty I know, but American Canto does not show up on the home page of her publisher avidreaderpress.com/our-books.html

since ryan disabled replies, i'll pose my question to him here: were you recording your conversations with olivia without her knowledge?

You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries “Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:

Good

Somehow this is the worst part.

Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.

Exactly. All these writers are writers! They know how writing works. Ugh.

TPUSA Silences Another Trans Person Trans people's free speech is under attack.

Wrote about a right wing student getting her trans instructor suspended, and how the worst censorship targets disfavored identities, not controversial statements.

www.everythingishorrible.net/p/tpusa-sile...

Coming from a citizen is one thing. But it's coming from inside the house! Ahhhhhhhhh