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whoever concocted the flavor Blue Raspberry should have received a Nobel Peace Prize

What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...

Wrote about Condé ending Teen Vogue as we knew it.

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An effort to show more caregiving on TV has one goal: Influence Congress to pass paid leave 'Cheers' made designated drivers mainstream and 'Will & Grace' changed hearts on marriage equality. Can TV do the same for paid family leave?

"Cheers" helped make designated drivers mainstream and "Will & Grace" changed hearts on marriage equality. Can TV do the same for paid family leave?

paperback is superior to hardcover and it should be the default choice for first print runs

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

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South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

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(a) I am really proud of this piece!!! And it is FREE! Lil sneak peek attached! Etc.

(b) Formal announcement coming next week but check the boilerplate at the bottom of the newsletter for some fun personal news from me :)

Need for seed: a quest for the real Minnesota at the state fair The pop-culture depiction of the state is only sort of right, writes Lily Osler.

In this week's free Wednesday newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social on seed art, Fargo, Drop Dead Gorgeous, and the state of Minnesota episodes.ghost.io/minnesota-st...

According to the spooky tribunal, August 30th is Frankenstein Day...which is a great occasion to celebrate Mary Shelley, who not only wrote essentially the first ever science fiction novel, but also was a boss goth icon who kept her husband's calcified heart after he died. We walk in Mary's shadow.

I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own.

Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.

Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.

They're Literally Angry at Superman for Being Nice How James Gunn's comments about "basic human kindness" triggered a predictable right-wing media meltdown.

They're Literally Angry at Superman for Being Nice
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We hate women and children in general, but especially poor women and children. We want the idea of them, never the reality.

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

You guys think the protests as a performance for television and that's actually not what they are. They are a local show of force. They are physical resistance to a physical presence that Angelenos want the fuck out of our city.

We Aren’t Headed Toward Authoritarianism. We’re Here - Dame Magazine On Saturday evening, Donald Trump announced that he was deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to quell anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. He did so using a rarely used law that allows the pr...

My latest piece for @damemagazine.bsky.social! There’s no more life left in “it can’t happen here,” but the administration sending troops is actually setting up a huge risk for itself. They’re expecting compliance and want a quick victory; the reality is that this can easily blow up in their face.

Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to Campuses—Not Student Protestors "The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."

the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing.

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This is important. Food banks can bulk buy, and stretch that money further than you can. They also know what they actually need. Money is better!

Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.

Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.

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3.4 million Illinoisans are covered by Medicaid.

These are working parents, seniors, and people with disabilities — these are our friends and neighbors.

And just like Jessi shared her story today as a home care aide, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans need to hear from you.

In two years these fuckers are going to run on "look how bad Trump is!" and start begging for money. But the thing is, if he's that bad then they should do something about it now.

The clip from night time is sending me 😂

I wrote a thing about Angel! it is full of spoilers! I made myself very mad!

I hope y'all will read this one -- I worked very hard on it and I'm super proud of how it came out.

I had ice cream cake, totally worth it

I can tell almost everything I need to know about a person based on how they react when disaster strikes either A) New York or LA, or B) Texas or Florida

when you hold subtextual “some people deserve bad things” beliefs they become text very, very quickly when a fire or hurricane hits

Abled family members of disabled people are often so wildly harmful and dangerous to disabled people. They really think they’re saints for tolerating us in their lives.