Ashley

We are really going to regret the technology we have built.

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

one day u will find someone that will keep choosing u over and over and it will feel like sunlight is forever in ur heart

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

For those of you keeping score at home, the actual cut to the Post newsroom was 45%, not the widely reported one third. Remaining journalists are a bit over 400, down from around 1100 four years ago and 580 when Bezos bought the place.

The "Return" of the Golden Sword My grandfather guarded it. The British stole it. I'm named after it—and I'm going to fight for it.

NEW: This was the last essay I was supposed to publish at the Washington Post. But they fired me.

I'm publishing it anyway-- about my family's connection to a sword the British looted from Ghana in 1874.

If youve ever wondered why I love swords, here's why.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

It's Time to Rage Against the AI Music Machine If AI music takes over "humans will begin to echo the machines, and there will be a downward spiral into slop."

"In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.

At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid..."

time.com/7338205/rage...

Circuit City.

Never forget what they took from us.

Neurodivergent Mind: When Your Common Sense Is Not Common You thought everyone understood the way you did. Realizing they don't creates a sense of aloneness few understand.

"When your mind can intuitively grasp complex systems, rapidly synthesize information from multiple sources, and identify patterns others miss, it becomes genuinely difficult to understand why others cannot do the same."

🥴

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

I actually do not trust men who are incapable of having female friends.

These men do not think of women as humans.

the documentary, My NDA, will be at @sxsw.com this year

Three people bound by non-disclosure agreements face extreme personal risk to expose how a simple intellectual property contract is weaponized to silence, manipulate and control. schedule.sxsw.com/films/2243800

The viral clip of Cam Newton saying he can't have platonic relationships and the men in the comments agreeing with him is unsettling. They don't know how barbaric and immature they sound. Embarrassing.

phoebe robinson makes it plain.

ICE in Georgia: Convicted criminals make up less than a third of all arrests During the first nine months of Trump’s second term, Georgia trailed only Florida, Texas and California for most ICE arrests.

INBOX: @ajc.com found that through the first nine months of the second Trump administration, ICE recorded more than 8,500 confirmed arrests in Georgia, the fourth-most prolific state behind TX, FL, and CA.

Fewer than 1/3 of those arrested (!) were convicted criminals, and 112 (!!) were children.

The AJC to cut staff as it continues digital transformation The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Tuesday it will lay off staffers in the newsroom and other segments of the business.

BREAKING: @ajc.com on Tuesday evening said it will lay off approximately 50 staffers, about 15% of its headcount, as it seeks to cut costs and marshal resources to invest in its growth.

The AJC published its last print edition on 12/31. About half of those laid off will come from the newsroom.

Swiss Court Rules Olympian Jordan Chiles' Bronze Medal Appeal Can Commence American gymnast Jordan Chiles has been granted a new opportunity to challenge the decision that stripped her of the bronze medal.

Olympian Jordan Chiles Wins Appeal To Reinstate Bronze Medal | Black Enterprise
www.blackenterprise.com/swiss-court-...

EXCLUSIVE: For 25 years, Reshona Landfair was known as Jane Doe in R. Kelly’s infamous tape. In her first-ever interview before her memoir release, she reclaims her name.

“I had to take ownership. I was not just the ‘R. Kelly girl.'”

Interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Loving is bravery in its truest form. You know it won’t last forever, but you choose to love anyways.

The Companies Behind ICE Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — US judge rules federal officers in Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters.

They are canceling youth sports across the city in Minneapolis this weekend because lawless masked armed federal paramilitaries are targeting the children and families.

In 2024, US buyers had a choice of three cars priced under $20,000. Now, there are none. https://cnn.it/4pLAnlf

Second man shares horrific story of being blinded by officers at anti-ICE rally in Santa Ana A second man says he was blinded by ICE agents shooting a projectile at a protest in Santa Ana. Britain Rodriguez, 31, a resident of Orange County, said he was standing at the bottom of a set up steps when federal officers above opened fire, hitting him in the eye.

Second man shares horrific story of being blinded by officers at anti-ICE rally in Santa Ana

Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

Holy shit.

Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

$20 for 10 hours of non-service. People prolly missed job call backs, emergency calls, IMPORTANT calls......and they wanna knock off $20.

TRASH