Torched readers know I have been begging for a vision statement from the city for the past 1.5 years. But with less than three years to go, I was hoping for some goals beyond those outlined in the games agreement. This vision really struggles to articulate any tangible benefits for the city

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

i would say this review is late to the party, but it's less a party and more a collective decision to wince and make very little eye contact

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The speed by which America collapsed into authoritarian rule is the most shocking thing. Faster than other contemporary cases. Faster than the alleged “dictator’s playbook” suggests. So fast we *shouldn’t* call it “competitive authoritarianism.” It may be worse than that.

Tilly Norwood exists to probe what audiences will tolerate and to remind Hollywood, already anxious and penny-pinching, that the line between performance and product has never been thinner.

anyway:

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In a city with a billion-dollar budget hole unable to provide basic services now, what happens when millions more people are here? Just thinking about the trash alone is stressing me out.

And who's paying for the heat injury prevention plans when it's 100 degrees for a week in the summer of 2028?

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.