Let's just throw the whole year away already

What a Friday!!

We have some incredible news to share: thanks to generous offline donations, we have surpassed our initial EOY campaign goal and raised more than $56,000 so far! We’re blown away by the support—and are raising our total goal to $75,000. Can you help us bridge this final gap of $18,562?

Among other things, young people are students who are often having to do “critical triaging” around basic needs, parents trying to feed their kids, & human beings who need food for themselves. When you don’t have access to critical resources like SNAP, “it can have ripple effects even beyond food.”

Democrats are projected to keep control of both chambers of the Virginia legislature, meaning Democrat-backed referendums on marriage equality and abortion are likely to be on the ballot next year. https://bit.ly/47Angwo

HOLY SHIT

Breaking news: Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is elected as the next mayor of New York City, defeating former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and becoming the first Muslim and first of Indian descent to hold the office. https://wapo.st/47rlrDf

It's a beautiful day to be incredibly depressed about the state of journalism!!

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

I'm looking into a potential story about job seeking on LinkedIn and I would love to hear from folks who have *not* been financially scammed but felt like a job listing or prospective employer they've interviewed with had ulterior motives. Send tips to [email protected].

Time for some ✨personal news✨: Last week I started as a Contest Production Assistant at @apnews.com, where I'll be spending the next few months helping teams submit their best stories to all kinds of industry related awards!!

Time for some ✨personal news✨: Last week I started as a Contest Production Assistant at @apnews.com, where I'll be spending the next few months helping teams submit their best stories to all kinds of industry related awards!!

Someone cast Brad Garrett in something PLEASE

Cristin Milioti also needs a retroactive Emmy for the last season of HIMYM

Anyway, how does Lauren Graham NOT have an Emmy??

Of course THE Gilmore Girls did the best presentation bit of the night

Call me, Emmys! This is just one of my genius ideas!

“Fuck ICE and free Palestine,” Hannah Einbinder said while accepting her award at the #Emmys, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and condemning ICE while wearing an #Artists4Ceasefire pin onstage. Story: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Someone tell us what John Oliver said please

“Severance" actor Tramell Tillman has won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. He is the first Black man ever to win the award #Emmys

The donation bit is giving... cringe

Disassociating from the news to celebrate Andy Richter being on Dancing With the Stars

A former top City Hall advisor and current campaign confidante to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give money to a reporter from THE CITY following a campaign event in Harlem Wednesday.

🧵 We’ve been bargaining with management for the *entire* summer, and we wanted to give y’all an update. (Spoiler: No, we don’t have a tentative agreement.)

Microsoft Now?

Every time @thenation.com publishes the writing of Lujayn, a teen in the Gaza Strip, I hold my breath while reading. If you read one thing today, make it this: "Don’t you dare preach “child protection” to our children while they are bombed and starved in front of the whole world."

Vox Media Union statement on today's devastating round of layoffs at Eater. We stand with all of our wonderful colleagues. #solidarityforever #unionstrong #1u

Did you feel the North Jersey/Manhattan earthquake? Fill out the USGS “Did you feel it?” form and participate directly in SCIENCE - help them learn more about earthquakes! 🧪 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Feeling personally attacked I missed the earthquake because I was sitting somewhere where my legs didn’t touch the ground SMFH

Ah yes, August, the Sunday of summer

Not every movie needs a sequel Not every movie needs a sequel Not every movie needs a sequel Not every movie needs a sequel NOT EVERY MOVIE NEEDS A SEQUEL!!!!

. @npr.org is one of the only US national news organizations that still has a reporter inside Gaza, Anas Baba, and he keeps reporting even though he himself is starving. This piece is unbelievably powerful. www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...

Sophie Thatcher Yellowjackets Emmy nomination WHEN???

ICYMI, dancers are fighting for better workplace policies for pregnancy & parenting, challenging decades of status quo in the field. It's a ballet story, but it's also a story about workers coming together to fight for protections on the job, and I hope you'll read it!

A question I think about multiple times a day -- multiple times an hour -- is where are freelance writers supposed to go. nymag.com/intelligence...

Back to school ads in July should be ILLEGAL

Why... are people setting off fireworks in broad daylight???

The "Big Beautiful Bill" is set to become law. Here's what it means for taxes, Medicaid, student loan forgiveness, and more.

Everything I’ve learned about Love Island I’ve learned against my will

Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces up to 20 years, though legal experts expect him to serve less. Here's how much prison time Combs could serve after two guilty verdicts for two prostitution charges ↓ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

*Alicia Keys voice* IN NEEWWWW YOOOORRRRRKKKKKK

For a REAL detailed map of how NYC voted, check our map out 😎 www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...

JUST IN: "Tonight was not our night," Cuomo says before adding that he has called Mamdani to congratulate him.

Omg omg omg omg omg

Thots and prayers to all of the NYC reporters and editors covering the mayoral election in this HEAT today!!!

Nearly a quarter of NYC’s early voters hadn’t voted in a Democratic primary since 2012 https://gothamist.com/news/nearly-a-quarter-of-nycs-early-voters-hadnt-voted-in-a-democratic-primary-since-2012

i'm back online! i live in DC now! send me tips! let's get coffee/drinks!!!!! signal: makenakelly.32

*Long, exasperated drawn-out sigh*