People think journalists are in it for the money and power when in reality YouTubers who pretend to be fighting for the common person are being paid $100k a video by Russia

I've been dealing with some pretty serious dental work lately, and when my dentist walked in the room, I asked, "Are you sick of me yet?" He looked me in the eyes and said, "I'm proud of you that you came in today. I know that it's scary for you, but you did it anyway." 🥺

This thread is full of some of the best reporting to come out over the past 5 years, from sexual abuse investigations to digital and pop culture profiles to EJ’s deeply empathetic and thorough dives into all the weird and wonderful parts of fandom

New Yorker 1: “Hey, did you hear about that wild corruption probe of the high ranking politician?” New Yorker 2: “Which one?” New Yorker 1: “The one with the head of the department reporting directly to the mayor.” New Yorker 2: “As I said, which one?”

Perfect. Never fails to fail us:

Who among us has NOT had our cell phone accidentally confiscated this way in a widespread corruption probe?

Lindsey Boylan I haven't met a single person in NYC who supports him.

Workshopping ... something about now he knows how the schoolkids feel ... it's not MY mom texting during class ...

Lindsey Boylan Anti-psychic.

This killing of a US citizen must be directly investigated by the US government itself. Waiting for or deferring to Israel to take necessary steps would be unacceptable, repeating the inadequate, foot-dragging response to the killings of Americans Shireen Abu Akleh & Omar Assad.

Lindsey Boylan Eric Adams running for president...

Where is the U.S. govt on this? When will it be investigated? An American peace activist in the West Bank not Gaza no less…

Yes I know this is not the first such horror. But it still needs to be responded to with no less anger

translation: “we see you, we hear you, we don’t care”