Today is also release day for Ravishing by Eshani Surya. She is a debut novelist who wrote a gripping but emotionally resonant novel about big tech, chronic illness, and the lengths we will go to, to escape ourselves and fit in. bookshop.org/a/112057/978...

A letter from the Teen Vogue team regarding the recent changes at our publication.

Finally reading Danah Boyd’s it’s complicated, and she quotes Mark Zuckerberg: Having two identities shows a lack of integrity 🫠

I dunno y’all. That comparison seems a bit thin.

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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

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.

If you're interested in learning about why ChatGPT seems to want to date you, the way that AI might actually be our doom (spoiler: it's not the robot wars), and why you shouldn't put glue on your pizza, you might enjoy watching an information science professor do standup comedy. youtu.be/4XdJ2xiPies

From one old to another

I really hate to sound like old marketer yells at clouds, but 100% agree with this. Own your newsletter. Own your website.

This is clear political prosecution and government overreach meant to scare protestors by going after resistance leaders and political candidates. Kat Abughazaleh must not be imprisoned for fighting against the President’s fascism.

I did not expect this post to resonate with so many people, but it makes sense considering how many people have been laid off or are going through layoffs rn. Gen X and Millennials were also taught to prioritize work and our careers, only to see homes become too expensive to buy and wages stagnate.

Vajra Chandrasekera accepts the Le Guin prize for fiction for Rakesfall. www.instagram.com/reel/DQZ09G5...

All official now, so am finally allowed to announce this- there will be a new Tiger Singh Bhatia story dropping in 2 days on Frivolous Comma. Further details to follow, same bat-channel

Excuse me while I tell my kids to stop calling their Aunt Gail by that title since she’s really my cousin and not my sister. Just in case they decide to run for mayor someday.

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

Here's a link to donate to a very good group that can help out SNAP families AND also use Star Wars memes: secure.nokidhungry.org/site/Donatio...

Just because he's acting like he's never leaving is no reason for you to act like he's never leaving.

ONE OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THE ACA IS THAT IT DOES NOT ALLOW HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES TO BLOCK COVERAGE FROM PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. This has a cost impact. IF you want to look at that cost impact a good way is to look at health insurance costs in a state like NY

Elaborating b/c there's a lot of misunderstanding on this. Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.

@evlovesnyc.bsky.social in NYC for example does good work and are always interested in volunteers: www.evloves.nyc

PENN IS OUT! That means both institutions that signed prior agreements with the administration have said no. We're at 3 rejections. I told y'all once the second one hit yesterday, the clock started for the rest. www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs. Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end. In the meantime: • Figure out a small way to help someone • Figure out a small way to fight back • Figure out a small place to find joy • Figure out a small way to grow and thrive And do it often.

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Mask mandates return to health care facilities in parts of California. The mandate goes from Nov. 1 to March 31, 2026. Someone tell Covid it needs to be over by then www.newsweek.com/mask-mandate...

Here is a baby otter to end the week

Across India, mental suffering is viewed as weakness, moral failure or spiritual deficiency. For many Indians, emotional suffering is accounted for as “weak faith”, a view that traps individuals in shame and exonerates individuals of responsibility. scroll.in/article/1087... Istikhar Ali writes

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I can’t believe my life is being affected by the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment newrepublic.com/article/2013...

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote. zohranfornyc.com/register

UPDATE: I'm gonna need everyone to vote for this on LEGO's Ideas page. We hold these truths to be self-evident. Please and thank you. beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

91 years is a good long run for most but too short for someone like Jane Goodall. Damn.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

i have to keep hyping this, it is release week 😭 ty for letting me fill up your skyline ❤️

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

Trump on Monday claimed there is a link between Tylenol and autism. A Drexel University scientist who studied the topic found none.

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

Good job, Tylenol comms team. As someone who lived through the Tylenol scare in the 80s because some random dude was poisoning bottles, I understand that Tylenol is safe because it was so heavily scrutinized and researched. We have tamper-proof containers today because of that incident.

Deleted the below posts out of an abundance of caution. Despite the words of the Proclamation, an unnamed White House official told New York Times that they intend to apply the $100,000 only to new applicants only. If that is correct, the implications are not as urgent.

Correcting myself since I didn't read carefully enough in my haste; this doesn't go into effect immediately, it goes into effect in 29 hours, at 12:01 AM on Sunday morning.

Assuming CDC formally adopts ACIP's recommendations, CVS tells me it will provide Covid vaccines without a prescription in all 50 states and won't require even self-attestation of a qualifying condition — "it’s up to the individual patient." No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.

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Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it - Sounds confident even when factually wrong - Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf - Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases - Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…