In 2000, Mattel sued MCA, the recording company of the band Aqua, over the song ‘Barbie Girl’ and the use of a shade of pink, trademarked by Mattel. MCA sued Mattel for calling them a ‘bank robber’. The judge dismissed both cases concluding, ‘The parties are advised to chill’.

Motherhood sounds great!!

Sinead O’Connor is major Gen X artist who courageously spoke truth to power & sounded alarm abt Catholic Church & children & was brutalized by press & institutions forever after but in a diff era she mighta been called a saint

RIP

Perhaps you heard that DOJ tried to throw a witness against Biden in jail before he could testify? If so, please seek out sources of news that aren't actively misleading you. washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

When I’m mayor, you don’t have to worry if we’ll work to fix our traffic and transit problems. We will. You won’t have to worry if we’ll put neighborhoods first. We will. If you know anyone who hasn’t voted, I hope you’ll share this ad – and join us at the polls on Thursday.

This is Nashville.

Just more astonishingly great stuff from John Jeremiah Sullivan... harpers.org/archive/2023/0…

Hair: strawberry Weight: how dare you

I cannot believe Bob Barker lived as close to 100 as possible without going over.

You could spend a whole semester studying this quote

"Some really intelligent, passionate, good citizens just don’t have the same need for literature and movies anymore. It doesn’t occupy the same space in the brain."

“The stakes really are enormously high. It’s our job to make sure that those potential consequences – not the horse race, not Biden’s age, not a scam impeachment – are front and center for US citizens before they go to the polls.”

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