We're watching the open web as it existed die in real time.

Jury in Los Angeles finds Meta, YouTube negligent in social media addiction trial A jury reached a verdict in the L.A. trial focused on Meta and YouTube, a case that experts have characterized as social media's "Big Tobacco" moment.

A jury determined that Meta and Google were negligent and failed to warn users of the dangers associated with using YouTube, Instagram in a landmark social media addiction trial

Academic life is a lot of anxiety, heartbreak, and rejection. Sometimes it’s hard to dig yourself out of the sadness.

The Radical Idea That Children Are People And they deserve rights too.

What could we change about the world if progressive movements actually considered children as a central part of our political projects? @nicolefroio.bsky.social  on the intersection of children's rights and feminism.

Labor leaders and organizers: Following the NYT's investigation on Cesar Chavez, we are looking to speak to women in the farm workers movement about how this movement is also about their contributions -- not just those of Chavez.
📩 Reach out to me here or via email at ccarrazana [at] 19thnews.org

“No to war and Free Palestine.”

— Javier Bardem while presenting at the #Oscars .

YES!!!!

AUTUMN DURALD ARKAPAW WON THE OSCAR FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY!!

THE FIRST WOC TO BE NOMINATED AND WIN!!!

They got Leo in the seat where they used to put Jack Nicholson #Oscars

My predictions and hopes for tonight’s Oscar’s!

Just checked on Baby Jane Dough. Looking good. Taking formula well.

Florida Passes Bill That Lets DeSantis Remove Local Elected Officials From Office For "Promoting" Pride The bill could heavily impact LGBTQ+ activities throughout the state, and is the latest exercise in the erosion of democracy there.

1. Attacks on LGBTQ+ people have always been tied with the erosion of democracy.

Now, a bill has just been passed in Florida that lets DeSantis remove elected officials for promoting pride/LGBTQ+ people in their official capacity.

No court hearing necessary.

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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Ritual Last month, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio—better known to most of the world as Bad Bunny—brought over one hundred million viewers together in ritual. For those less familiar with his music, Puerto Ri...

the latest from RD: @odalisgg.bsky.social on how (re)thinking ritual helps us better understand the Benito Bowl

religiondispatches.org/2026/03/09/b...

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Ritual Last month, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio—better known to most of the world as Bad Bunny—brought over one hundred million viewers together in ritual. For those less familiar with his music, Puerto Ri...

this was so fun to work on!

big @religiondispatches.org thanks to @odalisgg.bsky.social for this smart and joyful piece

religiondispatches.org/2026/03/09/b...

Big big thank you to @mpgphd.bsky.social for reaching out and editing this piece!!! I’m so proud of it and hope you enjoy!!

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Ritual Last month, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio—better known to most of the world as Bad Bunny—brought over one hundred million viewers together in ritual. For those less familiar with his music, Puerto Ri...

For @religiondispatches.org I wrote abt Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance and the rituals he enacted. Caribbean spirituality is imbued w everyday moments of sacredness that form a link between us and our chosen divinities. religiondispatches.org/2026/03/09/b...

Hello, Immigration scholars:

Do you have references to academic papers/ books that are not about legal status itself but about the *process* of trying to access a more permanent status from a position of legal liminality?

I'm writing on this & found very little. Could that actually be the case?

nuevayol: I’m giving this talk at nyu tisch on March 7th, more info soon 🤓 xx

One of those depts is my dept, American Studies. A whole field which was started AT UT in 1941. These institutions do not matter and do not care for us but this complete disregard for the work and unpaid labor that so many have done for years. This is enraging.

extremely true

we wrote a whole book about it!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650...

Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”

This is why we need to be telling our stories.

Best way to start Benito Bowl Sunday 🥟 (we need an empanada emoji)

This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.

Killing of Philando Castile - Wikipedia

Today I'm remembering Philando Castile, shot in 2016 by police in the Minneapolis suburbs after being pulled over for a broken brake light. "Sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me," he said. Ten seconds later one of the cops had shot him five times. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...

The world isn't ending. *A* world is ending. And it is imperative it does.

Need to open up a daiso in Miami near me brick by brick 🥲 (the closest is 35 mins away)

Very niche but does anyone have a cute standing calendar they love? Or know of a brand that makes good ones?

On brownie puddings and a simple life Lessons from Ina Garten

Nothing like a 7pm Substack drop. I wrote about Ina Garten, brownie puddings, and what it means to live “simple.”
open.substack.com/pub/subtropi...

The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.

“'Librarians out in our branches are seeing a lot of young people who are really excited by these collections,' Langlais told 404 Media. 'Folks who are coming in just for the games are picking up program flyers and coming back for something like that.'"

’Tis the Season: twenty underseen winter holiday favorites • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine To honor the winter break on the horizon, Letterboxd crew and contributors share twenty underseen holiday favorites: where Christmas and Hanukkah deep cuts and surprisingly festive noir and stop-motio...

Also, for @letterboxd.social I wrote about why you should watch HOLIDAY AFFAIR this month. Robert Mitchum! Janet Leigh! Seals in Central Park! Orphaned squirrels! Sizzling hot chemistry!!!