Lisa Tozzi
@lisatozzi.bsky.social
Everything’s going to be just fine. Now go upstairs, pack your bags. We're going to begin a new life under the sea I sometimes write things https://www.rollingstone.com/author/lisa-tozzi/ lisatozzi @ gmail dot com Signal: @lisatozzi.44
Same, @espiers.bsky.social!! “I have not yet swimmed in a pool, or gotten a sunburn, or stared into the deep abyss of an endless ocean contemplating how small and insignificant I am in the overall scheme of the universe--and these are all summer musts for me.”
A friend sends me a post from a “white Christian nationalism” account on X: a seemingly AI-generated cartoon of Smokey Bear standing in front of a burning data-center-like structure, with the text “ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT DATA CENTERS.” What is happening? my friend asks. www.wired.com/story/how-da...
Have now been snorting with laughter at random for days remembering different lines from @lauriewoolever.bsky.social's review of the RFK Jr. "cooking show" flaminghydra.com/issue-621/
Why does this keep happening? Do the kids not know about Porta Potties? www.nme.com/news/music/f...
Fans at Lollapalooza go viral for passing a bag of pee over the crowd
Fans at Lollapalooza 2026 have gone viral after footage has emerged of them passing a bag of urine over the crowd.
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"It’s unbelievable to subject kids to these kinds of invasive medical exams that have no basis in health or safety. One of my daughters is a rising fourth-grader, and she played a sport last year. Are you going to ask a fourth-grader to undergo this?” s/o @momsrising.org
The Push to Force Genital Exams on Student Athletes
In just a few months, Washington could become the first state to require sex-verification tests for girls playing sports in K–12 schools.
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The theme for today's issue of Garbage Day is "for the love of god, don't do that!" www.garbageday.email/p/hank-green...
Hank Green’s anti-AI AI psychosis
Read to the end for a good Instagram Reel
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So I woke up this morning to find out that Ozzy Osbourne’s son made a video falsely accusing me of using AI to write a Rolling Stone article about the Tate brothers.
You know who would be good at this contact-tracing thing? Out of work journalists. (Back on my bullshit) apple.news/AJrxHrJntR22...
Nurses chase Cyclospora using grocery receipts, food apps and detailed interviews — NPR
Public health nurses have been pulled from other duties in Washtenaw County, MI, to call hundreds of people sick with cyclosporiasis, and try to help them remember everything they ate in recent days.
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NY looks to shut down Kalshi, have it pay $36 billion in new lawsuit gothamist.com/news/ny-look...
NY looks to shut down Kalshi, have it pay $36 billion in new lawsuit
The state alleges the "prediction market" is just a gambling operation in disguise.
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Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
Google Earth's new AI feature lets anyone fabricate inaccurate satellite imagery, from making it look like a place has been drone striked to manifesting a nuclear plant in Iran. What could go wrong? @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/google-earth...
I’m so sick of the both sides-ing. AI is creating monumental existential problems for book publishing but okay cool it makes metadata easier. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
AI May Be Making Publishing Easier, But It’s Still Not Easy
At an online summit cohosted by industry platform Publishing Signal, participants agreed that AI is accelerating the pace of production and lowering some costs, but core questions about curation, audi...
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I'll have the smoked gouda, please: To fight wildfires, one European researcher says, we need more local cheese, not more aircraft. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/c...
European Wildfires Amplified by Emptying Countryside and Fewer Farms (Gift Article)
A warming planet and a shift away from farming have set the stage for larger fires on the continent. “We must learn to coexist with them,” one report said.
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NEW: “I am fully of the notion that clapping is a First Amendment right that I have. I can exercise that as long as I'm not disrupting, and I still argue that I was not disrupting at all." 404 Media's @mjgault.bsky.social spoke to the person who was arrested for clapping at a data center meeting.
“Clapping Is a First Amendment Right:” An Interview With the Person Arrested for Clapping at a Data Center Meeting
"I have a right to speak. I'm here to speak. I have a right to clap, and if you want me out, you're going to have to drag me out."
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Great piece from @jamellebouie.net on the most prominent white supremacist influencer in the world, who is also the richest man in the world www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | Elon Musk Is a Menace to Society
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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This is exactly what Alex Jones is doing. It's part of why we're doing this. Corrupt people have found an end-around for paying out in the American court system by hiding assets in shell companies and just continuing onto the next scam.
American Woman@lov4all.bsky.social · last wk.This is precisely what Trump did to the Taj Casino contractors after the structured settlement he was ordered to pay them and never did. It's been over 30 years.
Alex Jones, who has not paid a single cent to the Sandy Hook families despite owing them $1.4 billion, has been in a $3,000 per night suite in Hawaii for the last few weeks illegally using the InfoWars accounts to boost his traffic. Today he said there's going to be a national draft in three weeks.
Hope everyone who picked up this story now corrects it. popular.info/p/the-truth-...
The truth about the viral 9/11 petition targeting Mamdani
“We don’t have a list”
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Surprise, surprise! www.propublica.org/article/trum...
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG w...
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If you want to get an inside view into Donald Trump’s accelerating, public detachment from reality, all you need to do is scroll through his posting diary on Truth Social. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Finds Consolation in Posting Dozens of AI Slop Delusions
President Donald Trump spammed dozens of AI slop delusions on Truth Social after his appearance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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Last month, I was lucky to travel to Portland, Oregon, and meet some amazing, brilliant, and fun women for a music festival/health fair called Menopunkapalooza! It was incredibly fun. Thank you to @us.theguardian.com for giving this story a lovely home. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
‘It affected my confidence in my pussy’: gen X punk legends rage at menopause festival
At Menopunkapalooza, riot grrrls sang and rallied around a topic still taboo today: women’s health during midlife
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I wrote about how Trump screwed up your weather forecast for @rollingstone.com
Trump May Be to Blame for Less Accurate Weather Forecasts
Experts say Donald Trump gutting the National Weather Service means fewer weather balloons, which means less accurate weather forecasts.
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JUST POSTED: A deep investigation by The NYT of shortcuts taken to get President Trump his Qatari-donated plane in time for POTUS to show it off during 250th anniversary events-compromises that leave the plane more vulnerable to potential threats (Free link) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u...
Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One
A New York Times investigation found that President Trump’s push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features.
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