Why Did Joyce Carol Vincent Die Alone? | Hazlitt I saw myself in the loneliness of her passing, and studied it for ways to avoid the same fate.

I can't stop thinking about this story lately. Like all these years later this essay sticks with me and it feels too close to home and still *my* favorite thing @writtenbyhanna.bsky.social has ever written
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The Facial-Recognition Sham Surveillance won’t make the internet safer.

"There are very few ways to verify someone’s identity online well, and no ways to do it both effectively and anonymously."

The Social Media Trend Machine Is Spitting Out Weirder and Weirder Results Trends always have an element of randomness, but our algorithmic feeds have made them unintelligible.

I wrote about the Labubu Dubai chocolate Love Island matcha latte of it all. There really has been a material change in how trends are produced and which ones are capable of catching on with huge audiences. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Blue-State Hospitals Carrying Out Trump’s Anti-Trans Agenda In states where gender-affirming care remains legal, some hospitals have nonetheless stopped providing it. What gives?

Contrary to Trump’s grotesque, self-congratulatory press releases, he has not ended gender-affirming care for young people; rather, as the health care workers I spoke to this week made clear, hospital management, boards, and their legal advisers have ended it for him. My new story:

I love late night shows and will always love late night shows. There’s a showbiz magic to hundreds of people throwing together an entire entertainment program for a live studio audience that will then be on television that same night. Regardless of business or if you like them, just kind of magical.

Rodney Hinton Jr., whose son was shot dead by police, denied bond in killing of sheriff’s deputy after disturbance in court | CNN Rodney Hinton Jr., who authorities say intentionally hit and killed an Ohio sheriff’s deputy with a car after his son was fatally shot by police, will remain in jail without bond while he awaits trial...

The Hinton Family Needs Support.
Ryan Hinton's Funeral hasnt even been held yet.
His family is struggling/ being harassed-
I got confirmation from one of their church fellows on a few things.
If yall dont know about what's going on in Cincinnati right now, read this:

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How Two Women Turned a TikTok Post Into a Nationwide ICE Raid Tracker
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US drops charges against LA protester accused of assaulting officers: ‘A huge relief’ Federal prosecutors reverse course in case of Jose Manuel Mojica, who came forward to Guardian to say he was brutally attacked by agents

NEWS: In one of the first major federal prosecutions of an LA protester, the DOJ has moved to dismiss the case. Jose Manuel Mojica was accused of assaulting officers, but came forward to Guardian to recount how he was brutally attacked by agents.

“I feel a huge relief. The truth always comes out."

Roger Ebert Hails Human Existence As 'A Triumph' CHICAGO—Calling the overall human experience “poignant,” “thought-provoking,” and a “complete tour de force,” film critic Roger Ebert praised existence Thursday as “an audacious and thrilling triumph....

Roger Ebert would have been 82 today, sharing the only Onion article to ever legitimately make me tear up
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Ms. Rachel and the Endangered Children’s Show Host — ‎ On Ms. Rachel and the landscape of children’s television FREE

I wrote about Ms. Rachel and the landscape of children’s programming www.hannaphifer.com/thought-daug...

BREAKING | Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing

This photo.

ICE is a gang.

Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.

"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"

The Politics of Eternal Distraction To some Democrats, everything Trump does is designed to distract you

I wrote about Democrats' obsession with calling Trump's actions a "distraction," and how it reflects their failure to understand the modern media ecosystem.

If you rank Zohran 1st you’re voting to make every New York Times Opinion writer insane for several years.

Slightly eerie photo of a white man wearing a dark blue shirt and green jacket being taken into custody by officers in camo. The man has bright lights on his face, there's a field behind him, and the sky is twilit.

Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Boelter being taken into custody—photo via Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office

I know *a lot* is going on but Harvey Weinstein was reconvicted in his retrial lol

BREAKING: Judge says Mahmoud Khalil cannot be detained or deported based on Rubio’s determination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Why Do Dads Watch TV Standing Up? Everyone knows that fathers love to watch TV standing up. Comedian Josh Gondelman investigates this cultural mystery, and develops a complete taxonomy of standing dads.

Thank you to @gqmagazine.bsky.social for enlisting me to figure out why dads watch tv while standing up! (And thank you to everyone who offered their insights!)

As opposed to all the other years when they were killing Black people and being punished for it right?

“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.”

Doechii at the #BETAwards

Why does Twitter account @/SisterSoror4Prez get to have so much authority over what causes I can and cannot take on

Its so funny when yall do this whole “Black people this isn’t our fight” song and dance because first of all who the fuck are you 😭😭

reminder that gavin newsom is a genuinely terrifying person who routinely allows his hatred for homeless people to propel him into public acts of cruelty that no regular person would ever be associated with in broad daylight. you do not have to hand it to that man!

University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian revelations Outcry after report that private investigators had been trailing and recording pro-Palestinian protesters for months

University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian revelations

Sly Stone, Sly and the Family Stone Frontman, Dead at 82 Sly Stone has died at the age of 82, his family announced on June 9. The musician was best known as the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, the influential psychedelic soul and funk band that played W...

Damn

#RIP "Sly Stone, the leader of the band Sly and the Family Stone, one of the most influential bands in the development of funk, soul, R&B, rock and psychedelic music, has died. He was 82."
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If you're a disabled person whose mobility devices are damaged at anti-ICE protests by the police etc and you have evidence of it, I'm always interested in you contacting me for a potential @motherjones.com story at jmetraux@motherjones.com or signal: juliametraux.49.

we’ve got a bunch of parents voluntarily guarding the elementary school gates if you want to know how LA feels this morning

kevin kruse: Look, protesters can wave whatever they want, but as someone who's written about protests like this, l'd politely suggest if you're trying to dispel racist claims that you're an army from a foreign country, maybe *don't* wave a foreign country's flag as you square off against US troops?

saying this about los angelenos waving the mexican flag against ice and cops is a good reminder that when kevin kruse brags about studying politics for 20+ years he’s like an 18-year old eighth grader bragging how long he’s studied algebra

"There's no reason to shoot anybody!" Waters shouted to the service members. "Don't allow them to make your service a service where you're killing people."

"Don't do it. Defy them!" she added. "Don't shoot those guns for anything!"