Carter Sherman

*vibrating* part of the problem with discussing eat disorders and the wreckage they induce is that our society operates on the wisdom that the endpoint logic of them is correct.

How the Guy Who Weaponized Texas’ Abortion Ban Against His Ex-Wife Got Himself In Trouble Marcus Silva tried to take control. It backfired spectacularly.

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Interesting that the men behind these anti-abortion cases keep on getting accused of abuse...

It really is fascinating how overt it now is that there are certain - really not controversial - ideas that you aren’t allowed to say on television.

Revealed: Epstein cultivated relationship with CBP officer, causing US investigation Guardian review of US justice department files reveals Epstein interacted with six CBP officers. The officer investigated denied any knowledge of trafficking underage girls

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with CBP officers at the airports he frequented.

Epstein emailed and texted with six CBP officers, invited them to his island, visited with them at the airport, and frequently sought to determine who was going to be on duty when he was traveling

It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.

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Some personal news, as they say:

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Epstein sympathized with Kavanaugh during supreme court confirmation, emails show Files show convicted sex abuser messaged with Ken Starr and others about Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford

Some of the exchanges that were most interesting to me in the Epstein files reflect the sexual predator's alignment with Brett Kavanaugh, and his views about Kavanaugh's accuser, a woman who was a teenager at the time of the alleged assault www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days

everything is awful but this at least made me laugh www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

Trump’s OCR resolved no K-12 sexual harassment, assault complaints in 2025, data shows The Education Department contends "it has restored commonsense safeguards against sexual violence by returning sex-based separation in intimate facilities."

The Ed Dept under Trump has essentially stopped enforcing Title IX in K-12 schools when it comes to sexual harassment and assault cases.

Instead, it put all its focus on using Title IX for policies related to transgender students

www.k12dive.com/news/trumps-...

(1) Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, video game, computer software game, or similar visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body, that depicts nudity, sexual conduct, excess violence, or sado-masochistic abuse, and that is harmful to minors; or (2) Any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter, however reproduced, or sound recording, which contains any matter enumerated in subdivision (a)(1), or that contains explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, excess violence, or sadomasochistic abuse, and that is harmful to minors.

TN is considering a new bill that allows parents to sue large platforms that allow "material harmful to minors"— including sculpture, drawings, photos, music or video games— that describe or depict nudity, sex or "excessive violence"

The censorship that started with "porn" is coming for everything.

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Cuts 30% of Staff, Laying Off More Than 300 Employees Including Amazon Beat Reporter The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is enacting layoffs that will eliminate "hundreds" of jobs.

"Those who were laid off include Caroline O’Donovan, the Post’s beat reporter covering Amazon"

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286

Laying off 30% of a newsroom is awful on so many levels, but at bottom it's just inhumane. My last newsroom once cut 10% of its staff in a day and I felt like I was trapped in an hours-long, massive panic attack with hundreds of other people. I can't imagine what a layoff of this scale feels like.

Also, newsletters work if you are established, either with a following or with years of experience, but usually you need both.

If you’re a journalist who didn’t buy into making yourself an influencer and just wanted to do the work, it’s not viable.

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

‘We’re fighting for the soul of the country’: how Minnesota residents came together to face ICE Networks created after police killed George Floyd were reactivated to challenge Trump’s mass deportation policy

Tried to capture why Minnesotans so quickly came together to fight ICE & to help neighbors stay home: strong unions and nonprofits, high civic engagement, lessons from George Floyd, and a federal force that felt like an invasion that made people jump into action. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Every Chotiner interview is what it would look like if those men that think they could win a point vs Serena Williams lined up one after another and gave it their very best effort.

We could not have pulled off this incredible deal without each and every member of the unit standing together. We are so proud and grateful to work alongside such brave and compassionate people. #SolidarityForever

Noam Chomsky and Stephen Pinker say Epstein was an intellectual force with a mind like steel trap and then his e-mails read like the ending of Flowers for Algernon.

DoJ sues pro-Palestinian activists under law often used to protect abortion clinics Lawsuit from Trump’s justice department targets advocates involved in a 2024 protest at a New Jersey synagogue

Late last year, the Trump administration charged multiple pro-Palestinian activists with violating FACE.

Technically, FACE can also be used to protect houses of worship. But this was the first time the federal government had ever used it that way.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Anti-abortion activists pardoned by Trump face trial for new clinic ‘invasion’ Two who received presidential pardon among six activists charged with trespass and conspiracy in Pennsylvania

When Trump won, his administration said it would largely stop enforcing FACE against anti-abortion activists. He pardoned several activists who’d been convicted under it.

Some of them have since been arrested for trespassing on an abortion clinic’s property. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Post-Roe, anti-abortion groups target law protecting clinics from violence The Face Act penalizes people for blockading and threatening abortion clinics. Anti-abortion activists want it repealed

Some background: Anti-abortion activists have hated the FACE Act for years. Up until Trump won in 2024, lots of them wanted to repeal it. www.theguardian.com/world/2023/s...

Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested over Minnesota church protest Lemon and three others charged with civil rights crimes, DoJ says, as White House celebrates arrest on social media

Don Lemon is charged with violating the FACE Act, a law that's supposed to protect abortion providers from violence.

I've reported on the FACE Act and the fight over it for a long time. This is, to say a least, a new way of using it.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Texas A&M eliminates women’s and gender studies program University leaders also said six courses were canceled and 48 exceptions were granted under new rules on race and gender.

New: Texas A&M University announced Friday that it is eliminating its women’s and gender studies degree program.

‘I was violated and put in extreme danger’: women denied abortions sue over Arkansas ban Suit filed by Amplify Legal says laws violate constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

"On Wednesday, Waldorf, an OB-GYN and three other Arkansas women who say they were also blocked from getting abortions sued the state in an attempt to strike down its near-total abortion ban," @cartersherman.bsky.social reports.

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