Angela McGee

ladies and gentlemen, the weekend.

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.

I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

all that we call lives and souls, lie dreaming, dreaming, still

People who appreciate the intoxicating euphoria of reading from a real dictionary expertly hand-crafted by diligent human lexicographers.

Also. people who love the Oxford Comma more than some family members.

Isaac Chotiner has invited me to sample some delicious Amontillado wine and I don’t know guys but I think I’m going to come out of this interview seeming like *quite* the wine expert

To anyone who followed Aadhaar’s rollout in India, the language is uncanny. Aadhaar’s ‘savings’ were derived from welfare denied. Countries need to pay attention to the language around surveillance tech in other countries. We’re all stumbling over different iterations of the same problems.

update: male loneliness epidemic solved

FroVo @frovo.bsky.social *goes to concession stand* yes i would like to give up please May 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM

I love this sewer prayer

an era of breaking news reflects brokenness.

as a utility, we see it in infrastructure. but as humans, we see it around us in communities and relationships and trust.

no matter the system, mending requires investment—time, resources, attention.

when news breaks, may what’s broken be renewed.

RFK to the otherwise healthy: if you want to get a Covid booster, take a drag off a cigarette then ask your doc for the jab.

cowcifer

YouTube video by US National Archives 200

This is how the country celebrated the bicentennial in 1976--with a truly wild, psychedelic montage set to groovy music. Interesting contrast to the stodgy and boring pap put out by the Trump Administration so far. youtu.be/dUWl52AEumk?...

Don’t get played by false information.

Learn how to spot and stop it before it spreads 👇

YES HENLO I AM BRANCH MANAGER

Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!

Andry’s strength is an inspiration for us all.

Dolly Parton has sent my daughter a new book every month for years as she does for thousands of children. She help fund the development of the Covid vaccine. She’s not a billionaire. I think as non wealthy people it’s hard to even imagine how much billionaires *could* be doing with their money.

I will say it again.

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On Vaccines, Kennedy Has Broken Sharply With the Mainstream While many officials and scientists embrace other parts of the secretary’s agenda, his stance on vaccines is alienating allies who fear a public health crisis.

On nutrition, Jeffrey Dahmer has broken sharply with the mainstream.

Tim Miller talked with Andry Hernández Romero, wrongly arrested and sent to the Salvadoran torture camp, this week. And it is a stunning conversation.

Miller asked him, "What happens to a man after he’s been resurrected from hell?"

Here's just an excerpt from the Bulwark this morning:

using the power of AI, you can now step into and even talk with your favorite paintings, like the mona lisa! she won't stop screaming. her mind cannot comprehend the third dimension we placed her in. every moment of her existence is like being smashed through a plate glass window in every direction

happy international cat day 🐈

Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal.

So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

PBS was for everyone

Photo of a children’s fantasy book, featuring a sword welding, pageboy haircut having adventurer as he readies to defend himself from a giant cat. A hooded wizard raises his hands behind the cat. Title and copy read: Sir Jerrum had been warned DO NOT PET THE CAT Fran Eisenass Great, now it's pissed off. The third installment of JERRUM: ANIMAL AGITATOR

Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.

(Published April)