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TMH on Substack Kurt Vonnegut: Stories Have Very Simple Shapes

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Who knew Vonnegut was a comedian?

Allyson Felix, the most decorated track and field athlete in history, has been announced as part of the 2025 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame class! (7🥇3🥈1🥉) - 11 Olympic medals (14🥇3🥈3🥉) - 20 World Outdoor Champs medals

Allyson Felix, the most decorated track and field athlete in history, has been announced as part of the 2025 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame class!

(7🥇3🥈1🥉) - 11 Olympic medals
(14🥇3🥈3🥉) - 20 World Outdoor Champs medals

#Survivor48 had so much promise. The editors squandered it with disingenuous editing. It’s making the players look like idiots because we’re not seeing the clips that would explain why they’re making these dumb seeming choices. I just feel manipulated and betrayed by my favorite show. Do better!

I am so ticked off at the way #Survivor48 is being edited. They’re purposely misdirecting us for fake suspense. There was NO indication that last night was going to be a unanimous vote, we never saw any of that convo between Kyle and Kamilla and Mitch or even Shauhin. It’s storytelling malpractice

1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.

These are their stories 🧵

Worried that I’m 50K words in and only halfway home #writinglife

Writing came hard today. Only three paragraphs. Climbed into bed and suddenly, in the notes app on my phone, I’m tapping out more words than I wrote all day. They’re rough but they build a bridge to the next section. They’re a place to begin tomorrow. This #writinglife is mysterious and magical.

Primo content. Assume you were on mute.

Who else kept waiting for Mr. Milchick to switch sides in #Severance?

Twin brothers, 19, beautiful Black boys, found dead outside a Georgia sundown town. They were on their way to the airport, airline tickets still in their pockets. An arrest has been made. A white man with an ugly spirit who showed off photos of the dead boys. This world will stomp your fckn heart.

There are true heroes among us. They stand firm in the light. May they be protected at all costs.

How Rebeca Andrade Learned to Fly Back in training after her Olympic triumph, Brazil’s beloved gymnast reflects on a journey fueled by grit, talent, and her mother’s love.

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How Rebeca Andrade Learned to Fly

Dangerous correlation so poor joke. Affirmative action wasn’t about hiring unqualified people. It was about giving super qualified people a chance to compete, as they would not otherwise be considered as they weren’t white and male. People forget, white women benefited most from affirmative action.

The old divide and conquer gambit. But we’re learning.

“With Love, Meghan” is my new comfort watch. Aspirational, gorgeous sets, food made and presented with elegant yet almost rustic simplicity, leaving me feeling I could make that, too. Not that I will. But I’m happy she’s back out there, reclaiming her life, doing the creative work she loves.

It’s so magical when the muse shows up like this. Happy for you. This book wants to be written!

They are removing the records of valor of women soldiers and women and men soldiers of color from the archives at Arlington National Cemetery. These women and men paid for our freedom with their lives. And now their names will be wiped from the ledger. Bad mind.

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

Frank discussions of risk and danger are commonplace in newsrooms, which is why they also belong in classrooms.

I’m definitely down for a Sai and Mary alliance. #survivor48

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No, it was a social lapse. He got over confident. Didn’t read people.

Juan Hamilton, Georgia O’Keeffe’s Companion and Contested Heir, Dies at 79 As a young potter, he turned up on the doorstep of an octogenarian master of modern painting. They grew so close it became a scandal.

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Stick with it. It’s worth it.

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#Survivor48 watch party here last night. When Eva confided in Joe everyone was in tears except for our group cynic. "They’re not gonna win!" he yelled. "The ones you love never do!" He was trying to save us from heartbreak. But we're already goners for Joe and Eva.

Not my autistic ass crying during Survivor because an openly autistic player found someone safe. #Survivor48

There are a lot of good journalists at the post who do not deserve the outright vandalism their bosses are committing to a great paper.