"There are very few ways to verify someone’s identity online well, and no ways to do it both effectively and anonymously."

I wrote about the Labubu Dubai chocolate Love Island matcha latte of it all. There really has been a material change in how trends are produced and which ones are capable of catching on with huge audiences. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Contrary to Trump’s grotesque, self-congratulatory press releases, he has not ended gender-affirming care for young people; rather, as the health care workers I spoke to this week made clear, hospital management, boards, and their legal advisers have ended it for him. My new story:

I love late night shows and will always love late night shows. There’s a showbiz magic to hundreds of people throwing together an entire entertainment program for a live studio audience that will then be on television that same night. Regardless of business or if you like them, just kind of magical.

The Hinton Family Needs Support.
Ryan Hinton's Funeral hasnt even been held yet.
His family is struggling/ being harassed-
I got confirmation from one of their church fellows on a few things.
If yall dont know about what's going on in Cincinnati right now, read this:

www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/u...

How Two Women Turned a TikTok Post Into a Nationwide ICE Raid Tracker
www.marieclaire.com/politics/peo...

NEWS: In one of the first major federal prosecutions of an LA protester, the DOJ has moved to dismiss the case. Jose Manuel Mojica was accused of assaulting officers, but came forward to Guardian to recount how he was brutally attacked by agents.

“I feel a huge relief. The truth always comes out."

Roger Ebert would have been 82 today, sharing the only Onion article to ever legitimately make me tear up
theonion.com/roger-ebert-...

I wrote about Ms. Rachel and the landscape of children’s programming www.hannaphifer.com/thought-daug...

This photo.

ICE is a gang.

"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"

I wrote about Democrats' obsession with calling Trump's actions a "distraction," and how it reflects their failure to understand the modern media ecosystem.

If you rank Zohran 1st you’re voting to make every New York Times Opinion writer insane for several years.

Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Boelter being taken into custody—photo via Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office

I know *a lot* is going on but Harvey Weinstein was reconvicted in his retrial lol

BREAKING: Judge says Mahmoud Khalil cannot be detained or deported based on Rubio’s determination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Thank you to @gqmagazine.bsky.social for enlisting me to figure out why dads watch tv while standing up! (And thank you to everyone who offered their insights!)

As opposed to all the other years when they were killing Black people and being punished for it right?

“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.”

Doechii at the #BETAwards

Why does Twitter account @/SisterSoror4Prez get to have so much authority over what causes I can and cannot take on

Its so funny when yall do this whole “Black people this isn’t our fight” song and dance because first of all who the fuck are you 😭😭

reminder that gavin newsom is a genuinely terrifying person who routinely allows his hatred for homeless people to propel him into public acts of cruelty that no regular person would ever be associated with in broad daylight. you do not have to hand it to that man!

University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian revelations