“The majority of the actions attributed to individuals involved in the alleged conspiracy are routine organizing activities, such as moderating a meeting, sharing a fundraising link, or posting to social media. Many, many times, the action is merely ‘sent a message’ a Signal group …”

Several colleagues and I have a big new feature out today: An inside look at the global peptide trade, a billion-dollar black market in experimental and potentially dangerous drugs that RFK Jr. is pushing to make legal. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Ocular migraines are a new fact in my life that I did not anticipate and actively hate.

Hey, Indy locals, the brilliant @staceyabrams.com is coming to Indianapolis on June 23rd. I’ve interviewed her like five times, and let me assure you, she’s always worth showing up to listen to.

The older I get the more I realize how much a person is truly left behind in certain ways when they don’t have good parents. Also how many people, for most of my life, have measured “good parenting” by whether or not the kid survived childhood. Never mind what condition this new adult was left in.

Last week I was boarding a flight, delirious because what should have been an easy trip had turned convoluted and exhausting. I felt like I heard the voice of someone I know IRL, so I looked up and found Katie Holmes. She was chatting and giggling with her daughter, Suri.

We have some exciting news: you can now purchase 90-day subscriptions to The Flytrap, Autonomy News, and Mothership in a single feminist media  bundle for $32.49. That's a 50% discount on the latest feminist content, delivered directly to your inbox! https://f.mtr.cool/snaihqaeih

Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.

The 1991 documentary on New York City drag queen ball culture and their houses "Paris is Burning" is available on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ7r...

I interviewed Mary HK Choi for SSENSE on the occasion of her new novel Pool House, which reminded me in the best way of I'm Losing You by Bruce Wagner, and Resentment, by Gary Indiana--LA novels about the darkest side of the silver screen. A break from her YA past. www.ssense.com/en-us/editor...

Knicks won with 107, I was born January 7, so I’m taking personal responsibility for the winning point.

I went down to the bar below my hotel to have a celebratory beverage, and now my palm stings from all the high fives I collected along the way.

Omg it worked

This is why I can be a sports fan. I’m alone in a hotel room. Why am I yelling?!

I’m very excited for this! On a summer evening in 1972, a pivotal generation of Harlem Renaissance legends gathered at Duke Ellington’s townhouse. The trailer for “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” is out:

Word on the street is that we'll reopen for submissions in about a month! 🚨 July 6 through 10, open for five days. Fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, and everything in between. Save the date. Spread the word.

Worked on this last year, and had the best producer for my episode! I sent this to a friend who responded “You’re always up to something!” And it’s true. I am always up to something.

Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has been ordered to serve 60 days in jail as the legal battle with his adopted son Jonah continues. Jonah speaks about the abuse, bringing attention to the accountability of adoptive parents who fail to care for the children they adopt. buff.ly/xhfSGFv 🥚

I haven’t played a video game for real since elementary school, but this God of War: Laufey trailer has sparked something in me.

The Star Tribune has 495 employees, including a newsroom of 200 journalists. The cuts will affect every department and the newsroom will be reduced to 175 people, the Star Tribune said. www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/the-...

Full statement of Scott Pelley after he's fired from CBS 60 Minutes, detailing the sort of corruption of journalism Bari Weiss has brought to CBS News:

To all my queer and trans buds, even those I don’t know, if someone’s coming for you behind your identity, let me know so I can give them a real problem to handle. Being a problem is my speciality, and I’ve chosen to embrace it. Let me use this weapon on your behalf.

Freelancing is hard enough already, and inflation sucks. Defector is raising our base freelance rates by 20 percent. Great time to pitch us. Email me or [email protected]

Exclusive: Unionized tech workers at the New York Times have filed grievances accusing management of using AI-powered performance tools to track and discipline staff. The Tech Guild says recent disciplinary notices appear to be generated using one of the tools. 🎁 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, who was best known for the hit “It Takes Two,” has died. He was 59

BREAKING (ABC News): Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is resigning from her post

Breaking: the 1st circuit denied the emergency injunction request by the Rhode Island child advocate. As a result, Rhode Island children's will have to turn over medical records of trans youth to judge Reed O' Connor in Texas within the next 45 minutes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Every day I have to wonder is it perimenopause or am I being gaslit?

Rep. Tim Burchett told Fox News that he doesn't "drink out of a straw" because "that's what the women in my house do"

Useful info (for authors and readers!) about identifying email scams impersonating authors: authorsguild.org/bulletin/ris...

NEW: Seattle might declare a civil emergency to help LGBTQ (mostly trans) people fleeing red states, so I looked for a Texas angle. An organizer told me that Texas is #1 among trans people looking to relocate: "The baseline hostility to their existence is unbearable." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Man. I just can’t be a cog,

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

My sister is one of the roughest people I’ve ever met. Not all the time, but she’s like that, you know? Why she crying because her baby’s umbilical cord fell off last night? 🤣🤣🤣

A University of Washington trans student was fatally stabbed in her campus housing building and the suspect is still at large. abc7news.com/post/seattle...

too many stupid people have money; that's why I'm launching protein cigarettes

We spoke with @antonhur.com about his translation of Park Seolyeon’s ‘Capitalists Must Starve’, published by @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social. We loved our conversation with Anton, whose work we have admired for years! Give this one a read. 📚 www.inotherwordsbooks.co.uk/talking-with...

And I’ll be reading tf out of this.

I want to see so many people live this summer. @themountaingoats.bsky.social are coming to The Vogue and I want to go so bad.

The problem was never visibility or success, it’s that people project their feelings of insecurity onto your visibility and success. How many times have I found myself dealing with a bad attitude from someone who’s decided they know who I am without any attempt to get to know ME? Too many times.

Parents! Friends! People who do things for moms and babies! I need a suggestion for a comfortable rocking chair situation! PLEASE 🙏🏾

On Saturday, Leo Garcia Venegas was wrongfully detained by ICE for a 3rd time in a year. Officers followed him home; he said he’s a citizen and had his REAL ID in hand. But they didn’t care. They tackled and shackled him, no questions asked. We’ve got a hearing tomorrow on our prelim injunction.

SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

An incredible piece, well worth the read by @robertdownen.bsky.social on Paul Pressler & how he remade the SBC, American politics, & more while also engaging in sexual abuse of young men. I've long followed Pressler & there are details in this I learned: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Both mainstream media and especially MAGA media are hyping claims that there's been a big resurgence in religiosity among young American men. But a deeper look at the data shows they don't go to church more than young women. I have answers. www.salon.com/2026/05/04/y...

The bipartisan bill would block companies from using auto-dialers to harvest private information about disabled veterans. The firms charge vets for a service lawmakers say is supposed to be free. n.pr/3OSIG2x

Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names

A suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has killed three people and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization says: https://cnn.it/4tmZugo

Sunday always feels like the best day for watching horror movies. Today, I’m watching the 1990’s version of IT.