I want to take my 12yo to see Avengers: Doomsday. We just need to watch... (checks notes)... 39 other movies first.

Reuters: JUDGE ORDERS PARAMOUNT TO TEMPORARILY PAUSE WARNER BROS ACQUISITION IN CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT TO ALLOW FURTHER PROCEEDINGS

Counterpoint: The internet isn’t totally lost yet, and it can be redeemed.

This aged well:

Megan Rapinoe losing out on a world cup advertising brand deal for being an outspoken trans ally as a result of AI decision making underlines how these tools function as mechanisms for censorship and blanding culture into nothingness.

This is a terrific illustration -- for elected officials but also for media figures -- of the incredible power of simply refusing to take a bullshit dodge for an answer. Keep asking the question, over and over again, and make the weasels squirm.

After launching in 2023, ORI MAGAZINE quickly became a globally distributed publication-plus-reporting-grant for journalists to write the ambitious travel stories they were longing to write, and for readers to read the stories they were longing to see about the great big world “out there.”

While reporting Long Lead's feature TITLE WAVES in Hawaii, writer Kim Cross had the opportunity to go on a paddle out and spread some of her mother's ashes. The journalist recalls that she had the "best surf of my life" with her mother's mana surfing with her.

As a travel writer, journalist Kade Krichko spent over 180 days of the year on the road. In his time traveling, he "had a lot of help. I was working with fixers, translators, other journalists, professors, and sources in these areas," getting interested in their own perspectives on travel stories.

Reading this story makes me feel like I washed a fistful of stupid pills down with mug of stupid juice, and they're both kicking in at the same time. The amount of rake-stepping in the president's current situation makes Sideshow Bob look like a birthday party clown.

ORI MAGAZINE founder Kade Krichko calls himself a "reluctant business owner" when reflecting on how he came to create the print-only travel publication, which emphasizes visual storytelling and narrative journalism. But a career of freelancing and wanting to reframe travel stories gave him the push.

hey that's communism

Paramount executives have refused to comply with Oregon AG Dan Rayfield's request for documents related to the company's interactions with the Trump administration:

I love social promos that unironically tells you the story is not worth reading it. After all, the progressive version of Xwitter was Twitter.

I recently interviewed @eoinhiggins.bsky.social for @longlead.com's Depth Perception newsletter. Check it out: depthperception.longlead.com/p/journalist...

Amid the 250th, I'm excited to announce my new book: "America in 25 Revolutions: The 250-year quest of an imperfect country to be a more perfect union." Writing it reminded me that we have always been an imperfect country—but change is possible: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-project-...

@jlussenhop.bsky.social felt she was just hitting her stride at ProPublica when she signed on to become host of its podcast PAPER TRAIL. Though she knew her work as an investigative reporter would come to an end, she was thrilled to talk through feats of journalism, demystifying the process.

Today's Supreme Court decision on Title IX would be completely anathema to the law's author, Patsy Mink. Per her daughter, @wendymink.bsky.social: "Trumpists (are) pervert(ing) Title IX to pressure schools at all levels to injure some girls/women by discriminating against them." Learn more:

BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Fourteenth Amendment protects birthright citizenship, blocking Donald Trump's executive order to end it. Roberts has the opinion for the court, which is 5-4 on the constitutional question and 6-3 on whether federal law protects birthright citizenship.

Read Long Lead's feature AN UNNATURAL DISASTER to learn more about Canaan and how its citizens built their city by hand only to experience their democracy's fall: haiti.longlead.com

While the Haitian government was never present in the city's creation, since the assassination of the nation's leader in 2021, the city has fallen into ever more uncertainty. 📷: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty

Jessica Lussenhop (@jlussenhop.bsky.social)'s love for discussing investigative journalism and ProPublica's misson-driven work has made her job as host of the org's podcast PAPER TRAIL one that brings her genuine excitement — and she hopes one that inspires others to engage in the world around them.

When deciding to take up a fight against Hawaii's DOE after realizing their school treated boys' sports teams differently than girls', the girls of the water polo team decided, "This is not just for us now. It’s for the girls behind us.” TITLE WAVES tells of the fight for equity under Title IX

On June 23, 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was passed, prohibiting sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives funding from the federal government. 54 years later, women are still fighting to get equal treatment as males. 📷: National Archives

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I thought this headline was some sort other metaphor that I didn't immediately understand and... nope — it's just that dumb.

See also laid off Washington Post reporters re: eating

In memory of the now late Eddie Andelman — a giant of sports radio, whether you liked him or not... and if you didn't like him you're a New Yorker — and in honor of the World Cup, here's this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysV-...

People will say, rightly, "What's the point of this? Kids know how to get around this stuff." The point is that now informed parents have a law telling them how unhealthy these platforms are for kids. That can actually make a difference.

Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

ngl, I tuned in just to juice the ratings

Bid dad "I power washed the patio today" energy

In honor of Title IX month, @longlead.com has a gorgeous, inspiring story of two Hawaiian women who—50 years apart—fought for equality in education and sports. Under the Trump administration, the tide has turned on Title IX. Read TITLE WAVES and learn (or remember) what this landmark law is about.

In a landmark Title IX athletics case, high school girls sued for fairness and won systematic change — not just for their team but throughout Hawaii, and for generations to come — by forcing the state to keep score.

If you don't subscribe to @status.news, you should. It's well worth the money. @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has led the reporting out of 60 Minutes/Scott Pelley this week. Every Friday they drop their Power Lines podcast, which is a must-listen. Here's today's edition to get you started:

Pour one out for Scott Kelley, guys

NEW: A stunning new project from @lawfaremedia.org's @katherinepomps.bsky.social finds that 97 Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the Capitol riot then got arrested, charged, and/or convicted with subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported.

1.2 million people who died from COVID would like a word…

People constantly dunk on the Times, but this is objectively just great reporting:

Six years ago today, George Floyd's murder by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin set off protests against police brutality. Across the country, officers and protesters clashed. 📷: Ricardo B. Brazziell / Austin American-Statesman / USA TODAY

So the Broadview 6 get to apply to that weaponization fund now, right?

David Roberts' (@volts.wtf) newsletter Volts quickly became one of the most influential climate-focused newsletters in the U.S. after he launched it in 2020, growing to nearly 100K subscribers. Though some climate coverage may be come off as boring, Roberts writes about the hopeful part of it.

Kyoko Oda, Tule Lake Segregation Center incarceration survivor, has passed away. She shared her story, the impact of Japanese American incarceration, and her passion for educating people about it with Long Lead for our feature THE AGE OF INCARCERATION. age-of-incarceration.longlead.com

When interviewing Bernhard Goetz — the man who shot four Black teenagers on a New York City subway in 1984 — for his new book about the shootings, @elliotwilliams.bsky.social expected at least some self-reflection. Instead, decades later, Goetz still said he believed the men needed to be shot.

Doesn't this guy have Venezuela to run or something?

"Putin is wielding history like a weapon against his neighbors," writes Christian Caryl (@ccaryl.bsky.social) "as devastating as a missile, tank, or drone." Get the full story. Read BORDER LINE WAR, today: border-line-war.longlead.com

As Russia tries to weaponize history and expand its control in the region, basing its claims to the land by past Soviet control, the countries that border it are holding a tenuous line. Read BORDER LINE WAR, produced in collaboration with Magnum Photos: border-line-war.longlead.com