When I was an intern at the newspaper in Peoria many years ago, two very pro-“support the troops” reporters called Rachel Corrie a “nut job” after her family sued local employer Caterpillar, and 20+ years later we learned Cat paid private investigators to spy on her grieving parents.
The comedy business is so completely different from the music business
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The Texas Rangers have unveiled a controversial new statue modeled after Jay Banks, a former Texas law enforcement officer known for enforcing school segregation.
The unveiling preceded the MLB’s celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, which commemorates the first African American MLB player.
just heard the archbishop of Miami take a swing at secular Calvinists on the bbc
hot medieval summer continues apace
Loving the ramped up technical difficulties of streaming NBA.
SCOOP: Hours after the Trump DOJ fired prosecutors because they alleged they were too cozy with abortion rights groups, DOJ hosted anti-abortion advocates at Main Justice.
Ernie the fluffy Chow Chow in one of his favorite spots, up against the outside of the hour, between some bushes.
I found a wild Chow Chow dog in its natural habitat.
Book Cover image of The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
Peter Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan are funding an app to attack journalists.
Getting smeared by "Objection AI" will become a badge of honor for reporters.
I'm glad to see them deepening their relationship just in time for my book, which exposes that very subject.
"The Nerd Reich" drops 8/18/26.
I think a lot of podcasters in this vein should be interpreted as “reactionary” in the most literal sense that they are extremely vacuous and form their politics by following trends of resentment against whatever they see on social media
Nothing says "America is Back Baby!" like "Allbirds became an AI hardware middleman because they wanted to pump their stock instead of going into bankruptcy, so they said they will find some computer chips somewhere, but can no longer sell shoes."
JUST IN: John Eastman, the conservative attorney who helped devise President Trump's last ditch strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has officially been disbarred, per the California Supreme Court:
Laura Sanchez Bezos is tired of apologizing for this.
House Democrats will introduce five articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of war crimes in connection with the Iran war, abuse of power and mishandling of the Department of Defense (DOD).
Always illustrating how they’ve never read the Bible.
Wild how people who say things for a living, time after time, forget that once you put an idea out in the world, people will do whatever they want with it. Archie Bunker was a rube, but a lot of white men saw his bigotry as a pass for their own. He was a victim to them. Not way the creator intended
BREAKING: A jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues.
IMPORTANT: “$30 million an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds. Climate action blockers [excellent term] including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026.”
Remember that when we’re pressured to drop tiny gas taxes.
So sorry Kelly. Losing a pet is so devastating. Hang in there. 🥺
The mother of all hot dog costumes
Been an editor and audience person in digital newsrooms for 13 years, and the biggest mistake the news industry made was outsourcing the delivery of its product to four social media companies and one search engine instead of treating them all like journalism-hating competition.
Forced to live like this because incels can’t be like, “Hi, I’d like a venti oat milk latte.”
Jesus Christ this is literally what some of their professors (including me) have been yelling about for years, I DIDNT WANT TO BE RIGHT ABOUT THIS
April 2: guards cut all phone access in the housing units without warning. When detainees protested, CRS officers allegedly punched a man, threw another to the ground, kicked him in the head, and pinned him by the neck. A third detainee's wrist was broken. The entire cage was pepper-sprayed.
I am going to be saying “the pope is weak on crime” for the rest of my natural life. The “Rosebud” on my deathbed.
goddammit
