Maïmouna Doucouré's 'Cuties' Confronts Betrayal Of Young Black Girls
Yes, the Netflix poster for Cuties is EXTREMELY BAD, but before judging the film itself without having seen it (which I myself have not),... »
Steve Bannon arrested and charged with fraud - Axios
Hey everyone, Steve Bannon got arrested today! He ran some "Build the Wall" fund which allegedly was a charity scam. Sounds like the NRA;... »
Emergency Checks
Hi friends, if you/anyone you know is in financial need because of COVID and doesn’t qualify for unemployment, this program launched toda... »
Vote - Billie Eilish
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234: Catching up with Merlin Mann – Systematic
In which we excitedly welcome @hotdogsladies back to Systematic… and launch the reboot! »
Submit a news tip or leak - Los Angeles Times
If you have a sensitive tip to share, the LA Times has a great tips page (it's linked from the form Laura posted,... »
ActBlue
In light of the house speaker endorsing a lukewarm challenger. We need @EdMarkey in the Senate. I just donated. Can you pitch in too to... »
Our Team – We Build the Wall, Inc.
the fact that the We Build the Wall team page is still online is a thing of beauty »
Other Internet
Toby and co just wrote about squadwealth which is a fun piece about finding your true team (online) an… »
Japanese Grandparents Create Life-Size Totoro Bus Stop For Grandkids
Japanese grandparents create life-size Totoro with bus stop for their grandkids vía @mymodernmet ht… »
What Is QAnon, the Viral Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory? - The New York Times
whoa whoa whoa @kevinroose this escalated quickly »
Job Application for Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at Splice.com
Come do SRE at Splice! U.S. remote role, even after pandemic »
and all the sinners saints: Hope and Salvation in Perry Mason | by Carolyn Petit | Aug, 2020 | Medium
As I wrote in my Medium piece about Perry Mason, part of what I think the HBO series so thrillingly pulls off is managing to simultaneous... »
Postal Inspection Service | National Postal Museum
Per the Smithsonian, this is what a US Postal Service agent looks like. (h/t @mcorley) https://t.co… »
Chapter 8, End – O Human Star
And here is the chapter ender - and book ender - for O Human Star. Read from the beginning »
USPS Warns Employees Not to Speak to Press
New: leaked USPS memos tell USPS staff to stop talking to journalists »
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors in fundraising scheme
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors in fundraising scheme »
ALERTWildfire | South-East Bay
yup. if you go to the camera's web page, the last time hack was 11:22:55.10. it's been offline for half an hour. »
Daring Fireball: The Beats Do Not Go On
The hed on this @gruber linked item is *chef’s kiss*. »
Protests for August 19 – Re: Portland
Here's a summary of last night's protest in Portland from @recompilermag, complete with a list of the munitions spotted »
Attending a remote startup accelerator is absolutely worth it – TechCrunch
Attending a remote startup accelerator is absolutely worth it »
How many of you know deep down that the team is working on something that no customer wants? - Chris Coyier
How many of you know deep down that the team is working on something that no customer wants? »
USPS arrested Steve Bannon. Yes, the post office can arrest people. - Vox
Finally an article on this that doesn't bury the damn lede... THE MFING USPS ARRESTED STEVE BANNON! »
Steve Bannon, three others charged with fraud in border wall fundraising campaign - CNNPolitics
I had to go verify this on CNN, it sounded so unreal... but this is ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENED. »
Way History: 712475718 | OpenStreetMap
Not since Pokemon Go have we had such fun OSM-powered procedural content (h/t @matteblair) »
California wildfires sparked by "historic lightning siege" destroy dozens of homes
The fires in California right now are bad. Like, unprecedented bad. And somehow, this is the first I'm hearing of it. And of course cov... »
Absentee Voting | New York State Board of Elections
3/ So I checked the “temporary illness” box on the absentee ballot application. Easy enough. (the application is available at the link in... »
I Will Vote
Do make a plan right now for how you’re going to vote and vote early, by mail or in person: https:… »
VOTE.org - Everything you need to vote
Check your registration. I moved in February, filed for new registration with change of address, b… »