Another reminder that white people can stop what's happening in the US whenever they want.

They are just choosing not to.

Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture (Studies in United States Culture) Amazon.com: Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture (Studies in United States Culture): Contois, Emily J. H.: Books

Ever wonder why we take pictures of our food? @emilycontois.bsky.social does. And this is phenomenal. #HATM
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Noted. Sounds lovely. I would do all of this but with warm oatmeal. I just hate cold oatmeal

Regular oatmeal can get mushy if cooked too long, so I guess not subjecting it to heat could help with structure. I just hate cold oatmeal

And where do consumers request their money back?

Baby All Gone Baby Cherries

Baby All Gone Baby Formula and bottle

Memories lmao

But ain’t it mushy?? The idea of cold oatmeal just rubs me wrong

Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired? The school’s $100m project to examine its slave ownership in Antigua is mired with controversy as academics allege obstruction

If the so-called free speech purists and “diversity of thought” crusaders cared about anything but promoting conservative nonsense, this reporting, which shows the most powerful university in the world suppressing research on their ties to slavery, would be a massive scandal.

Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas Classic songs ‘Nowhere to Run’ and ‘Dancing in the Street’ captured the revolutionary spirit of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Wrote a piece about Martha and the Vandellas, civil rights, and their place in the history of Black women R&B groups. I also created a YouTube playlist (in the comments) with some of their hits

Singer D4vd arrested after teen found dead in his Tesla: Police Officers responded to an impound lot in Hollywood on Sept. 8 "for a foul odor coming from a vehicle," Los Angeles police said.

Singer D4vd arrested in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas, LAPD says

Book cover for The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World by Vicky Osterweil

The Mouse has a secret...

The College Affordability Crisis is Real, but the Media is Looking at the Wrong Schools Sturges Hall (Photo by Keith Walters ’11) Opinion By Costas Solomou, Vice President, Enrollment Management Published by the Office of Enrollment Management When Yale University released its Committee ...

Skip the article about/from the employees of the Yale corporation and read this from SUNY Geneseo

www.geneseo.edu/enrollment-m...

Yes, always have.

Data centers are a physical manifestation of AI infrastructure and they've become a flashpoint precisely because they're tractable. They exist in specific places, consume specific resources, can be seen and pointed to. I spoke with @lorenaoneil.com @rollingstone.com about our urgent AI reckoning.

this blew me away. I’ve never had my inner life and feelings about embracing gender nonconformity and queerness laid out so well in a moving personal essay. Glad she wrote this.

Jury Finds Live Nation Acts as a Monopoly in a Victory for States

“Live Nation argued that Ticketmaster wins business because it is the best ticketing service, not because venues are threatened. But at one point, jurors were shown internal data that indicated fan satisfaction with Ticketmaster had dropped from 18 percent in 2021 to 1 percent in 2023.” Gift link:

Tina Campbell's Husband Files for Divorce After 20+ Years of Marriage Trecina “Tina” Campbell -- one half of the gospel powerhouse duo Mary Mary -- is facing a major shakeup at home … because her husband has officially filed to end their marriage.

It’s some dope that should never hit the streets… this is that

www.tmz.com/2026/04/15/t...

Student opens fire at a school in Turkey, killing 4 people A student has opened fire at two classrooms at a school in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 20 others. Kahramanmaras provincial Gov.

A student has opened fire at two classrooms at a school in southeast Turkey, killing four people and wounding 20 others, an official said.

Opinion | Don’t Use A.I. to Do This

God bless you @colsonwhitehead.com

"Do you realize how much water and power it’d take to replicate the average writer’s narcissism, self-loathing and despair? It’d drain the Indian Ocean. You could light up Times Square for a year. We can’t afford it."

Bodycam video contradicts St. Louis police's earlier account in fatal shooting of 17-year-old Body camera video released Monday shows a St. Louis police officer shoot a 17-year-old in the back of the head as he fled, contradicting an earlier police statement that the teen pointed a gun at offi...

Emeshyon Wilkins mattered

Police said he pointed a gun at them. Body cam footage shows police shooting him in the back of the head as he ran away from them

apnews.com/article/body...

Journalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it's too late | CBC News A new project from award-winning journalist Connie Walker aims to create an archive of testimonies of abuse at residential schools before the accounts are destroyed in September 2027.

an incredibly important project by Connie Walker — most Canadians don't know that the government has an archive of 38,000 residential school survivor testimonies, which are slated to be destroyed next year www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Lord have mercy

Imagine dedicating your life to incel looksmaxxing so much that you've smashed yourself in the face with a hammer only to have a regular reporter from 60 Minutes Australia completely outmog you.
(Clavicular eventually walked off the interview)

This is something.

Gender affirming care

More on the dissemination of the Declaration, from @emilysneff.bsky.social 🗃
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-1...

Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.

'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

Eric Swalwell will resign from Congress as he faces backlash over assault allegations Swalwell's resignation follows allegations of sexual assault and misconduct made by multiple women against the California Democrat.

Breaking News:

Swalwell's resignation follows allegations of sexual assault and misconduct made by multiple women against the California Democrat.

A Week in the Life of the Most Unpopular Vice President in History Where JD Vance goes, failure follows.

Where JD Vance goes, failure follows.
www.jezebel.com/a-week-in-th...

Again, if you have a Substack, the best time to switch away was months ago -- but today's the second best time.