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tl;dr: Read “Social Media Is Now Parasocial Media” The lovely folks at the Social Media + Society journal asked me to contribute to their anniversary issue by reflecting on the trajectory of social media. Ooof. Snark exuded from my pores as I tried to figure out what I might say. But then I thought about how my students don’t […]
Police are examining allegations that the Reform UK MP's Conservative leadership campaign was unlawfully funded by a US-based investor who pled guilty to fraud
The Sopranos
I have not watched The Sopranos. I have, however, seen the clip of the guy pointing angrily at someone across the table while someone else looks tired of his behavior.
That three-hour documentary you recommended
I saw a screenshot of the host looking very serious and assumed the rest.
Game of Thrones
I understand there were dragons and that everyone was upset about a chair.
That Oscar-winning movie from last year
I saw a reaction GIF from it on social media and decided I had the emotional gist.
The entire Marvel Cinematic Universe
I have seen approximately forty-seven memes of a raccoon with a gun.
Your favorite anime
I saw a dramatic still of someone screaming with wind blowing through their hair.
The new Netflix show everyone is talking about
I watched the trailer autoplay while deciding what I actually wanted to watch.
That’s the actual name of the paper. Isn’t that great? Here’s a prologue: a post I wrote a while back about the Portuguese Man-o’-War. (It’s kind of long — I was new to CT back then, and still figuring stuff out). To summarize: the Portuguese Man-o’-War is a large jellyfish-type creature. And when I say […]
For a century, this theory of human origins has died and returned. To free it from limbo, we must disentangle its many meanings
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Treating journalism like a casino will harm reporting — and erode democracy.
The post We Need to Kick Prediction Market Betting Out of Journalism While We Still Can appeared first on The Intercept.
Kate Bell says Nigel Farage's party plans to roll back the Employment Rights Act and Equality Act are deeply unpopular
A DOJ prosecutor insists he charged Abrego based strictly on evidence of human smuggling. A federal judge seems skeptical.
The post Who Decided to Indict Kilmar Abrego Garcia Over a Years-Old Traffic Stop? appeared first on The Intercept.
One of the limitations of economics is the restricted possibility of performing experiments, forcing it to rely mainly on observational studies for knowledge of real-world economies. But still — the idea of performing laboratory experiments holds a firm grip on our wish to discover (causal) relationships between economic ‘variables’. If only we could isolate and […]
The clash between populists and party elites is no longer quiet — it’s an all-out fight over money and power.
I stumbled across this, completely typical word usage today: The Somali government officially announced that it was starting a blockade. Same as the US blockade. Same as the Iranian blockade. So either it’s all piracy, or it’s all “boarding.” We have seen a constant refusal to call Palestinian children, children. The words “Israel killed” are […]
The only extremism would-be assassins like suspect Cole Tomas Allen share is an extreme response to Trump’s deranging politics.
The post How Trump’s America Produces Normie Assassins appeared first on The Intercept.
With apologies to Walt Whitman.
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I sneeze myself, I excuse myself.
For every sniffle belonging to me as good belongs to you. Sorry!
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass, clawing my eyes as I reach for Zyrtec-D and “fast-acting” eyedrops.
I, now thirty-seven years old and in perfect health, maintain a group text with my allergist, internist, and energy coach.
The atmosphere is not a perfume but an assassin, a revenge epic.
Each golden particle, a tiny airborne Judas.
I contain multitudes, but mostly mucus.
Mucus I wipe away with a CVS receipt longer than my sleeve.
My airways are inflamed, and my friends are tired of hearing about it.
We suffer, but not in silence. For when we sneeze, meetings stop, foundations shake.
Not I, not anyone else can travel the road for you. But before you do, obsessively check the pollen count and pack your inhaler.
Today, with the blessing of the Trump administration, Bayer will ask the Supreme Court to block lawsuits connecting its weedkiller to sickness and death.
Billionaire GOP donor Jeffrey Yass scored millions in private-school tax credits while he bankrolled the lawmakers who expanded them.
Sometimes, when a 10Foot graffiti tag slips into view from an unexpected source — on a remote farm gate in the countryside, or in an over-gentrified corner of London Fields — the pleasurable jolt of human connection is not that far from the warm feeling of recognition that great literature can give you. So maybe […]
“This is why we have to have all the attributes of what we’re planning at the White House. It’s a larger room, it’s drone-proof and bullet-proof glass. That’s why the Secret Service, the military, are demanding it. They’ve wanted the ballroom for one hundred and fifty years.” — Donald Trump, April 25, 2026, after an assassination attempt against him at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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April 26, 1877
Dear President Rutherford B. Hayes,
As you know, I have seen some shit. Bull Run was no picnic, and Atlanta was no backyard bonfire. Which means I know of what I speak. Nothing like watching thousands of young men get blown to bits in a single afternoon to help you figure out your priorities.
And while I bear the middle name of the great Shawnee chieftain, even as we are “relocating” all our native friends from the Black Hills (I mean, all that gold must be ours), I’m sure Chief T would agree that our nation has always put a select few’s safety ahead of sanity.
More than twelve months of strike action has taken a devastating toll on the NHS. I’m not talking about walkouts by doctors or nurses, but about the sustained capital strike by some of the biggest pharmaceutical corporations in the world. Backed by the president of the United States, these companies have spent the past year […]