The 4chan poster was pretty clearly someone who worked in either emergency medicine or at a hospital; the details they were providing were about the steps emergency personnel took to try to revive Epstein. So it wasn’t a fake story, but it also wasn’t a poster accurately predicting his death before it occurred. It was… Read more

Stay tuned for part two, which he’s writing and which gets into the nuts and bolts of how he’s learned to make it more consistently fun. Though, you’re not wrong -- it’s just not a situation that’s gonna be 100% comfortable or pleasant all the time. Read more

This is a really interesting question. I don’t think destigmatizing really works like that, unfortunately. Professional vanlifers destigmatize their own experience by tricking out their vans in the trappings of middle class, Pinterest-flavored prosperity — white countertops, succulents, Pendleton blankets, twinkly… Read more

Please, please, please tell us how they came to target-practice the cow. Read more

You didn’t read the story.  Read more

Let me put the relevant block quote here from the story you just read. Read more

I’m sad to say that not only did I go to journalism school, I guest-taught a class yesterday : ( Read more

No one would ever mistake me for a smart person  Read more

God help me  Read more

Rachel’s in the book. 🙃 Read more

I’m not better than anybody (except Nazi types) and I love talking to everyone about what they think and why they think it. It’s the great privilege of my job and my life. Also I walk away or hang up if they get verbally abusive with me, which has only happened literally a couple times in close to a decade of doing… Read more

It was a pic of an actual staffer’s kid taken at a school crafts day, I think. Her sister did it as a joke. I talked to someone at Comet about it and wrote about how they feel about seeing that photo twisted in such hideous ways.  Read more

Would love to talk about this more! [email protected] Read more

I’m gonna be real with you: I’m surprised at how well this went for both of us, ultimately. Read more

My friend, this is a book excerpt. Earlier in the book we learn that Angel is from Atlantic City. Thank you for your attention to detail and passion re: geography.  Read more

The world must know about this important acronym.  Read more

We received an email from a parent who says their child attends the early childhood center where Ms. Goodson was a teacher. The school community has created a GoFundMe to set up an education fund for Rhylee, Ms. Goodson’s daughter: Read more

If you change your mind, my email is [email protected].  Read more

April 16, ty so much for asking  Read more

Because, as the lede says— as the entire blog literally says — Alice Walker made news yesterday for citing him in her favorite books. Again. There’s no particular reason to write about David Icke’s claims on their own — nothing much has changed — but the fact that she once again cited him is news. I also wrote this… Read more