Trial by Fandom
defense attorneys are enlisting true crime youtubers to run pr for defendants and intimidate witnesses, turning courtrooms into content wars
Culture
The Fascist “Looksmaxxers” WIRED Warned You AboutOct 6
a closer look at the self-care touting tiktokers who are allegedly ushering in eugenics
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America Needs an Aesthetics CzarOct 17
from the failed obama presidential center to the fbi building, modern u.s. architecture is soulless and ugly. we need a department of aesthetics to restore our national pride.
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Heather Cox Richardson’s Revisionist HistoryOct 14
substack's top writer, a historian, tells her 2.7 million readers that trump is a dictator
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The Life and Death of American MallsSep 26
rip malls and the socialist who escaped nazis to create them, and the era when we had one perfectly air-conditioned place to hang out together irl
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Men's Health: The Benefits of BleedingSep 22
from leeches to bloodletting, the ancients were right: modern doctors are overlooking the risk of iron overload in men, who evolved to bleed in combat (start donating, boys)
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Murder is Bad Sep 16
pirate wires #148 // on accusations of "fanning the flames" after accurately describing reality, and an earnest appeal to the center left: we must reassert a strong taboo against violence — together
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We Have to Look: The Reactions to Charlie Kirk's AssassinationSep 11
a catalog of the justifications and celebratory reactions to the murder of charlie kirk
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Buc-ee's and The Infinite American SpiritAug 27
how a gas station megachain with palatial bathrooms, beef jerky walls, and neverending merchandise became a cultish American spectacle
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The Rot Inside Legacy Media Is the Rot Inside Us AllAug 25
i was a noble investigative reporter until a venture capitalist woke me up to the matrix
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Inside the Furry War Playing Out on BlueskyAug 22
anthropomorphic tigers and "puppygirl shock collars" are flooding (some) bluesky users' feeds — and people are starting to push back, signaling a larger vibe shift on the platform
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TBD If Racist Tweets Can Still Get You FiredAug 16
doreen st. félix waxes poetic on ‘the black man’s hunger for ass’ in the new yorker, chris rufo resurfaces her overtly racist decade-old tweets, and the new yorker promptly blocks him
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