It’s Tuesday afternoon in Lower Manhattan and it’s 68 degrees and sunny. Outside the Office of the City Clerk, daffodils bloom and birds chirp as starry-eyed couples queue in the shade of some scaffolding, awaiting […]
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‘They’re Criminalizing Teachers and Librarians’: Judy Blume Slams Ron DeSantis’ Education Censorship
Judy Blume skewered Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his efforts to dictate the parameters of public education in the state, telling a crowd at Variety’s Power of Women event, “Teachers are under fire, librarians are […]
Kid Rock Buys Cases of Bud Light So He Can Shoot Them While Crying
Another day, another one-sided battle in the culture war. This time, it’s transphobic right-wingers versus Budweiser, a beer brand known less for its great taste than for being more widely available than clean tap water […]
Manchester Arena Survivors Sue Conspiracy Theorist in U.K. Legal First
Courts and Crime The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed in the UK against a conspiracy theorist Martin and Eve Hibbert, a father and daughter who suffered disabilities from the May […]
Luh Tyler: My Vision
Since the mid 1980s, when 14-year-old rapper Roxanne Shanté’s diss track “Roxanne’s Revenge” sent the New York rap world into a frenzy, teenage rappers have been prone to blowing up fast without trying all that hard. […]
Piotr Kurek: Peach Blossom
Growing up in Lublin, in the east of Poland, Piotr Kurek could never quite decide what kind of music he wanted to make. First he played drums in a garage-rock band; then he banged out gabber […]
NOIA: gisela
“I sing in Catalan in some of my songs because it’s my most private language and I want to keep it alive,” says Gisela Fullà-Silvestre, aka NOIA. The Brooklyn-based Barcelona native is the daughter of activist parents (her […]
Jury Selection in Lori Vallow Murder Trial Touches on Religious Belief, Internet Misinformation
The murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, 49, which began with jury selection on Monday in Boise, Idaho, has all the makings of a media firestorm. The deceased include two of her three children: Tylee […]
Elon Musk Makes It Harder to Shame Twitter Blue Subscribers
Twitter’s verification flag has changed once again, making legacy verified accounts and Twitter Blue subscribers virtually indistinguishable — and harder to publicly shame. The lumping together of blue checks comes days after Twitter CEO Elon […]
‘I’ve Been Messing Up A Lot’: British Rapper KSI Apologizes for Using Racist Slur
British rapper, YouTuber, and boxer KSI has apologized for using a slur for Pakistani and Southeast Asian people in a recent video, adding that he will “take a break from social media for a while.” […]
Drew Afualo Needs Five Phones to Handle ‘the Comment Section’ in Spotify Podcast Trailer
Drew Afualo’s phone — much like her career — is blowing up. “Sorry, hold on,” she says on set for a photoshoot as she turns her attention back to her stream of notifications in the […]
Deerhoof: Miracle-Level
Since forming almost three decades ago in pre-dotcom San Francisco, Deerhoof have been some of indie rock’s most effective ambassadors for the power of anarchic creativity. A sense of mischievous delight is never far from the […]