I Am a Skeptical Swiftie. Taylor Deserves More of Us. I need only the art—not the entire Swiftie world.

and as an avowed fan i understand the fanbase and how polarizing it can be: slate.com/culture/2024...

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i wrote extensively about the sale when it originally happened: finance.yahoo.com/news/taylor-...

ready and willing to write about the taylor swift news for anyone who wants to hire me 😇

i can count my opps on one hand and one of them is constantly showing up on my fyp which is a real “hardest battles/strongest soldiers” situation

god forbid the man we elected to work for the people of Pennsylvania actually….works for the people

I can’t wait to see how many republicans wrote in Dugan

“It has brand recognition and consumer trust that only Santa Claus can compete with,” Christine Egan, head of CLASP, an international nonprofit dedicated to energy-efficient appliances, told the Washington Post.

if you are an american millennial lapsed Catholic still grappling with your connection to the church after growing up during the height of the sexual abuse scandal, STAY IN LINE

Trump Picks a ‘MAHA’ Movement Leader for Surgeon General The president said he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, a California doctor and wellness influencer, to be the next surgeon general.

“When it comes to .. raw milk, I want to be free to form a relationship with a local farmer, look him in the eyes, pet his cow, and then decide if I feel safe to drink the milk from his farm.”

— Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee.

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Elmo from Sesame Street says: Hi LinkedIn, Unfortunately Elmo was recently laid off because of the federal budget cuts. Elmo worked at Sesame Street for 45 years. Elmo is sad. Elmo loved his time at Sesame Street. Elmo is going to miss his friends Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Bert, Abby, Grover, Count and so many more. They made Elmo’s day so much better. Elmo is looking for his next opportunity. Elmo is good at so many things. Like hugs. Elmo LOVES giving hugs. Elmo can also recognize the letter E, spell his name, feel empathy, sing “Elmo’s Song” and ask how you are doing. Elmo is open to full-time or freelance roles. If you hear of any opportunities, or want a hug, let’s connect. And if you want to help Elmo and his friends, please urge your local congress person to save Public Media. While Elmo is sad, Elmo is excited for what’s next. And one more thing: Elmo loves you.

pretty fucked up they made a three-year-old post on linkedin

kim k in boris cosplay

went to a 2009-themed 32nd birthday (sweet 16 x 2) and went all out with skinny jeans, my clip-in hair extensions from prom, an old band tee, my zune (!! lol) and i gotta say it was so much fun i highly rec channeling your nostalgia for a night

Trampled to death by a horse called Pivot to Video

Photographed from above, a woman with tattoos on her arms and legs lays in a green and blue striped hammock holding a copy of the book Bad Company by Megan Greenwell. A fluffy white dog lies next to the hammock

perfect weather for sitting in the hammock and reading my ARC of @greenwell.bsky.social’s book that will surely not make me more angry at the state of the world 🙃

does any thing normal ever happen any more
is every thing just fuckin insane
i am just asking

Transgender mourners to greet Pope’s coffin Transgender women will greet the Pope’s coffin at the church where he will be buried.

At his invitation, a group of transgender women formed an honor guard and greeted the coffin of Pope Francis when it arrived for internment at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica today

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LOL

benefitted from DEI today (used my library login to read an article i kept hitting the paywall on)

young men don’t need a “left Joe Rogan” they need sports betting regulation

DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States

total clarity here from @edwardluce.bsky.social

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Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.

SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...

Respondents emphasize that Abrego Garcia was improperly removed to El Sal- vador because, although he could be removed anywhere else in the world under a 2019 order of removal, that order granted statutory withholding of removal to El Sal- vador alone. But, while the United States concedes that removal to El Salvador was an administrative error, see App., infra, 60a, that does not license district courts to seize control over foreign relations, treat the Executive Branch as a subordinate dip- lomat, and demand that the United States let a member of a foreign terrorist organ- ization into America tonight. For starters, because MS-13 members such as Abrego Garcia have since been designated members of a foreign terrorist organization, they are no longer eligible for withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)(B). Fur- ther, the United States has ensured that aliens removed to CECOT in El Salvador will not be tortured, and it would not have removed any alien to El Salvador for such detention if doing so would violate its obligations under the Convention Against Tor- ture. Moreover, respondents treat the relief here as “routine,” Resp. C.A. Stay Opp. 1, but that relief goes far beyond merely facilitating an alien’s return, which is what courts have ordered in other cases. This order—and its demand to accomplish sensitive foreign negotiations post-haste, and effectuate Abrego Garcia’s return to- night—is unprecedented and indefensible.

If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record

As someone whose life was saved by cancer research (and may depend on more in the future), I am biased here. But biased on the side of not-cancer. So.

Nintendo Halts Switch 2 Pre-Orders Over Trump's Tariffs New tariffs threaten massive price hikes on gaming hardware and other consumer goods

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I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.