Hey there, doing my occassional re-up of this:

I'm looking for more pitches for a column I edit in Mother Jones called Mother Tongue. The pieces are 600 to 800 words, and the pay is $1000. You can email me at [email protected]

alex jones also went through a similar dressing down a few times during legal proceedings few years ago. courtrooms aren’t ideal for these kinds of guys

Agree with this from John Ganz: Trump's trial 'cuts him down to size' and reveals him as 'a common, banal criminal.'

FWIW, we did a pod episode with polling on how the trial makes Trump look 'grubby' and 'small' and why this wrecks his aura.
twitter.com/GregTSargent/s…

Imagine being an elderly Trump supporter tuning into Charlie Kirk, then finding out today's show is about the plight of a Dimes Square e-girl fired for calling her coworkers slurs. angrywhitemen.org/2024/04/24/cha…

they’re in the kitchen, cooking up the absolute weirdest stuff in the anonymous mckinsey & co discussion board

watching an au pair on the subway tell the kids she’s watching that you’re not usually supposed to go between train cars but that you can if you want to smoke cigs or pee (she tells them she has peed there before)

Congrats to Ali Breland! And read his great story newrepublic.com/article/171675…

journalist friend at mashable who isn’t on here is looking to talk to current and former bored ape holders for a story about bored apes. if this is you, and you’re down to talk, his email is [email protected] and he’s on signal at 5012865422

if you haven't made the transition yet, you are now formally behind the curve

New scoop: Palantir, the surveillance tech company with ties to the CIA, is courting advertising agencies, pitching its AI platform.

This comes as the ad industry tries to shed terms like 'tracking' and 'surveillance advertising'

marketingbrew.com/stories/2024/0…

Apparently Barnes and Noble is offering 25 percent off preorder books for its 'Premium' and 'Rewards' members (with the promo code PREORDER25). Please consider preordering my forthcoming UNC Press book on Ryan White and the AIDS epidemic. barnesandnoble.com/w/the-life-and…

collin yost walked

I had a long conversation with Ralph Nader about third-party politics, Democrats campaigning on 'democracy,' and the failure of the media
motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Last Wednesday, I went to the launch of “Praxis Magazine” (yes, from the company/aspiring crypto nation known for its young founders + far right politics)

Extremely weird event. I also read the magazine, and did not like it. For Hell Gate *subscribe today!*:
hellgatenyc.com/praxis-magazin…

I took a buyout at the LA Times a few weeks ago.

It was a wild five-year ride, and I'm going to miss working with the LAT's incredible journalists (and the L.A. Times Guild 🦅 crew ✊)

I've got some projects in the works, but freelance assignments and job leads appreciated!

seeing a lot of ~safetyism~ about looking into the sun the timeline today. stuff like this is why american technological progress has been slowing

Hi all. I barely use Twitter any longer. In large part because of the story we told in our latest film for Netflix. But “The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem” is out now on Netflix. Please give it a spin netflix.com/us/title/81456…