this lady behind us was preaching to her friends about how ai is bad (loudly, at 6:30 am, but still) power to the normies
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BIG PLOT TWIST in TX: Tarrant County's GOP officials, faced with intense public outrage about huge cuts to the battleground county's polling locations in November, have decided to delay their final vote on the plan so more polling places can be added
Jen Rice@jenrice.bsky.social · 3d agoThey're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...
can't claim much expertise here but i do feel like in the direct to camera community crying is like instant clicks. maybe that was more of a trend and not so much a thing now?
New York Magazine@nymag.com · yesterdayOn social media, a broad consensus is that you can’t admit to struggle — at least not while you’re struggling. Doing so represents a failure so profound it’s almost existential. How did it become mandatory to demonstrate perpetual growth and progress online?
Outraged Tarrant County voter asking GOP officials lots of good questions about cuts to polling locations that they have not answered:
still baffling that a band with a name as good as "mike and the moonpies" would change it to "silverada" 🥴
Lon Burnam, a former state lawmaker representing Tarrant County from 1997 to 2015, was carried out of the room by four sheriff deputies, who held him by his hands and feet: fortworthreport.org/2026/08/04/t...
Tarrant County judge removes attendees during public meeting about voting site reductions
Former state lawmaker Lon Burnam was carried out of the courtroom by sheriff deputies after O’Hare called speakers disruptive.
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In TX: Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare just CLEARED the meeting room, kicking out public speakers who are opposed to the GOP plan to cut half of the battleground county's Election Day voting locations for November:
this is kind of driving me nuts because an "era" is basically a rebranded "album cycle" and, I dunno, half of all major musicians since the late 60s have reinvented their image/style to varying degrees from release to release and created "lore" for fans to decode? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Forget Albums—Pop Stars Measure Their Careers in Eras Now
Since the earthshaking success of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, artists from the Weeknd to Ariana Grande have tried to imbue their live shows with a sense of history.
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He spent one year visiting schools. I’ve been teaching high school and writing about this issue for years and I don’t think this is a good idea.
Annie Abrams@annieabrams.bsky.social · 3d agoI have a lot of thoughts www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
crazy that this guy is 5 years younger than i am. heavy is the head etc
sorry to brag but at 8 months the baby is going over to the guitar and plucking strings all on his own
They're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...
Tarrant County considers cutting 140 Election Day polling sites for November
County commissioners vote Aug. 4 on proposed reductions to the number of early voting and day-of sites for the midterms.
fortworthreport.org
distressing that the mariners are instantly implicated
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 3d agojust woke up to the Jays are buying at the deadline and Pete Crow-Armstrong thinks Babe Ruth was made-up
name a more iconic duo than @augetoffmygold.bsky.social and i going to the megan moroney show in a couple weeks lmao
This week's newsletter is about how people want art that their brain can chew on, at least a little bit, and also how not all hard feelings are good (but some really are)!
#195. Attention Spans and You
If you like this newsletter, it would be cool to me if you wanted to share it or to subscribe. This has been your semi-regular reminder that that's how I feel about things! Thank you! Hi everyone, I...
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would love to see music press embrace more profiles like this. hammerandhope.org/article/isai...
Is This What R&B Sounds Like When You Don’t Respect Women?
The emerging artist Isaia Huron sings to an anti-intellectual misogyny growing common among men.
hammerandhope.org
Kelsey Mitchell, Sophie Cunningham combine for 40 points in loss to Lynx
people in the crowd waving trans right flags are making me emotional
why is caitlin's "childhood dream board" on my tv rn when kelsey mitchell has 32 points
seems like the lynx are particularly fired up i wonder why
learning that hurray for the riff raff also listened to cake as a medium disaffected teen has brightened my whole week