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Hi everyone! How are you?

I am soaking up the last bits of summer (the sun is setting before 8PM)…boo, and trying to keep my head on straight with this news cycle we Are Forever In.

I’m back to my OG analog hobby: painting. Mamie pictured here with my latest piece.

“Twenty years of social media use has made everything a test of overall fitness, and we wear the evidence on bodies, in our minds, in our bank accounts, in our obsession with daily routines and habits, and in our anxieties about producing fit children.”
Does hating influencers mean hating women? That’s what Levi Coralynn is insinuating this week, at least—and to an extent, I agree with her. But like kate lindsay points out, two truths can coexist here: “influencer” does have a sexist connotation, and influencer culture is largely problematic. As creator @tedkaczynskisgreatfriend put it, the real reason people hate influencers is the overconsumption they promote. The internet runs on rage (I shared this Vulture piece on it a couple weeks back) and jealousy—and it’s these inaccessible lifestyles (the kind that make people hate themselves) that are actually driving the backlash. For more on this, might I recommend:
Seeing way more videos like this crop up on my feed and FYP. My working theory is that this is just another way Meta employees can inflate numbers and say that “there’s an X% increase in the number of creators using AI tools.” Also…
Speaking of my FYP… Disney announced a TikTok deal that will bring UGC video content to Disney+ in the coming months.
Interesting read on how social media is fueling limerence.
New tongue twister just dropped: Sydney Sweeney SYRN smoothie.
Have u considered… shit posting on main? Everyone’s doing it! (h/t Michael J. Miraflor)

What planet do we live on at this point, honestly? I do not understand.

Governor Hochul Press Office@NYGovPress
You wrote three paragraphs defending the right to create betting odds around cancer. Read that again.

Luana Lopes Lara @luanalopeslara
@GovKathyHochul This is flat out a lie. The markets are on FDA approvals, which help researchers and investors develop life-saving drugs more effectively and faster. I'm here if you want to learn more about these markets and how they can bring more transparency and efficiency to a complex
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The Galliano reputation laundering project really is a years-long effort, huh? Anna Wintour, your plans are measured in centuries.
hahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahwe’resocooked
Me, but with La Fermière yogurt pots.
Every six months there’s an article that’s like, “damn, working at Vice was crazy.” Oh, the millennial dream of working for a blog, living in Brooklyn, going out to happy hour, and taking a $7 Uber home.
Everyone is beautiful; no one is horny, and the ensuing discourse has produced this.
Taking notes…
MySpace is coming back, I guess.
Another thing where I’m looking closely at the comments.
This is one of those things where I truly believe the equal and opposite is also true. Like most things these days.
All This Staring at Our Faces Is Messing With Our Heads. BRING BACK THE AUDIO-ONLY CALL. WHY DO I FEEL SO GUILTY NOT BEING ON CAMERA? KILL THE COP IN YOUR COMPUTER.
Signal number 1000 that Catholicism is sooo back.
Leaving this for those at home…

Loser Behavior

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