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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 1d

This is a sharp contrast to this headline that found its way into my box in August and whose use of “necessary” has haunted me ever since.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 1d

The Free Press is free this week to coincide with the CBS announcement. The first newsletter from them this morning was a head/dek that pretty much any reasonable person could get behind. They’re gonna be posting their most reasonable content over the next week or so as bait. Warn your parents etc.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking about when she said, of a Japanese-American figure skater, “immigrants: they get the job done” and when a bunch of people pointed out that she was American she pretended she meant her parents for some reason

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING— David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, just sent out this email to Paramount employees re: The Free Press acquisition/Bari Weiss. Says she has passion for "rigorous, fact-based reporting & a relentless commitment to amplifying voices from all corners of the spectrum."

Text shared w me:

Dear Team Paramount:

I think we can all agree that the temperature of our nation's social discourse feels higher than ever. Too often, the space once reserved for thoughtful dialogue has been consumed by partisan division and hostile disputes. If we are to move forward, we must find our way back to the ideals that shaped both our country and civilization itself: open exchange of ideas, vigorous yet respectful debate, and a genuine regard for the beliefs and traditions of others.

This challenge extends to the media. While it was founded with the mission of informing the public and fostering discussion on the issues of the day, too often it has become a platform that amplifies the very partisanship tearing our society apart. George Washington warned that the primary danger in politics is partisanship. Today, that danger extends far beyond politics - threatening the fabric of our communities. When we reduce every issue to "us vs. them" or "my way vs. the wrong way," we close ourselves off from listening, learning, and ultimately growing, both as individuals and as a society.

I don't pretend to have a solution to this challenge. But I do believe we each have a responsibility to do our part. At Paramount, we have both a unique opportunity and an obligation as stewards of one of the most iconic and respected news organizations in the world. We are challenging ourselves to do better - recognizing that we have the ability to reach a broad audience and demonstrate constructive, respectful, and bipartisan dialogue in our own work.
Our mission is clear: to ensure that this global platform remains a place where people can seek the truth, gain understanding, and engage with the facts. That is our purpose.

With this in mind, I am excited to share that The Free Press is joining our Company. Since its launch just five years ago, The Free Press, under cofounder Bari Weiss' leadership,

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 2d

Raye’s Where is My Husband is like Single Ladies from the POV of someone whose serial monogamist best friend is getting on their last nerve.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 4d

My tailbone is infected again. I would complain, but I was terrified this would happen while I was pregnant. It held off by 7 months, thank God.

Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 4d

Love to spend Saturday morning at my colorectal surgeon’s office 🥰

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 5d

I listen to every album so I can be conversational, but also so that I can be further reassured that this lady just is not for me and that, yes, talent (or lack there of) continues to be a large part of that.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 5d

I just fundamentally find nothing interesting about her voice (the kindest way I can put it tbh), and I’m fully uninterested in her personal life so there is nothing here for me, I guess?

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 5d

Like always there are a few songs that I won’t skip past when they come up on a playlist (I like Opalite, Hard, Life of a Showgirl) but also I could never hear these again and I would be fine.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 5d

Idk why I do this to myself with every new album. I listen multiple times thinking, hey, maybe this time I’ll get it. Or it’ll get me. Never happens.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5d

This episode of Hysteria was perfect, including the discussion of WTF is wrong with Ezra Klein

And also the clear discussion about how a lot of Trump’s strategy is about attacking Black women

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Shutdown for What

Podcast Episode · Hysteria · 10/02/2025 · 1h 31m

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 5d

It’s 6:30 in the morning and We’re both awake playing Borderlands and trying to remember one other instance when we’ve ever heard a white person talk about “brown liquor.”

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 6d

🗣️ YOUR TOYOTA RAV4 IS NOT A COMPACT CAR AND DOES NOT FIT IN A COMPACT PARKING SPOT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 9d

One Battle After Another: I could not make heads or tails of the layout of a single structure —from shack to house to nunnery — in this movie. Five stars.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 13d

The usual surge of inspiration and confidence I get from Beyonce being outside did not last nearly as long as it usually does. Especially strange because she and Tom Cruise were outside at the same time this spring!!! I got nothing left.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 13d

Like even better would be a gesture that acknowledges she is living in the same reality that we are? But, ultimately, that lady is not who I go to for worldly guidance. Just give me the Cowboy Carter doc.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 13d

Not to rush her or anything but given, like… [gestures broadly] … everything??? I am approaching a dire need for a new piece of media to engage with from Beyoncé.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 15d

And this shit is why the majority of you will never see his face 🥰

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 16d

Pediatrician: So how many minutes is he sitting up unassisted? 5? 10?

My baby, after 30min in a grocery store: And we better still be hitting Nordstrom Rack after this, where you *will* put me in the cart again. Bet.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 18d

Alysa Liu had revealed a song with D4vid for her short on insta, and has now taken it down. Seems like given the news it might be related and for the best.

www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkat...

From the FigureSkating community on Reddit: Alysa removed her program/costume announcement post from her insta

Explore this post and more from the FigureSkating community

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 18d

Olympic season narratives and storytelling never fail me.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 18d

Possibly having to change your program music during an Olympics season because they found a decomposing body in the singer’s Tesla!!!!

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Listen I'm Scary OK @katiemcvay.bsky.social · 19d

my dad, yesterday: "I can't believe they're trying to make us mourn Charlie Puth like this when he was such a misogynist and racist."

I informed him Charlie Puth was innocent.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 20d

There's nothing really profound going on here. Trump is leading a fascist takeover. Business and media are for the most part enabling it.

We can defeat Trump but we need to be operating at a much bigger scale than we currently are. And the goal has to be to remove him from power. Before 2026.

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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 20d

Might as well say what you mean with your whole chest and stand ten toes down in it, because no matter how palatable to their heinous beliefs you try and make yourself they're still gonna work to systematically disappear you either way.

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