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god the replies

everyone is conflating this with “stomp clap ho-hey” music but in reality Edward Sharpe were, by proximity in fanbase and music industry, closer to acts like Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes than The Lumineers or Of Monsters and Men

🎵Well, holy moly, me oh my, you're the apple of my eye, girl, I've never loved one like you🎵

some personal news! i'll be leaving The Daily Beast next week after a lovely four-year run. starting next month, i'll be a media reporter TheWrap. i'll dwell on the past more next week, but i'm looking forward to new stories and scoops ahead

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I give you 5,000 words on Kill Tony, the nation’s most popular stand-up show, and the absolute crucible for the art form’s anti-woke revolution. (Its host is most famous for a joke he told about Puerto Rico at a Trump rally.) Come along with me, and take in the vibe shift.

this man went on a crusade against one (1) transgender volleyball player last year out of a concern for girls' "safety in sports" lol. lmao, even

idk about what’s coming out but i sure know what’s going in

Beautiful and important piece from one of the best in the biz right now Tony Hồ Trần stuns in new essay slate.com/life/2025/08/v…

Our Top 5: • Mapping the scars (Slate) • A parent, twice met (The New Yorker) • Paradise in peril (The Dial Magazine) • Hallucinating war (The Point Magazine) • Wriggly business (The Local Magazine (Archived Account)) longreads.com/2025/08/15/the…

1. Fortunate Son, Tony Hồ Trần "We are the strangers here, and Tran’s family story—and, particularly, its arresting final image—will stay with you for some time." slate.com/life/2025/08/v…

Can’t wait to watch Iowa go 10-2 and make the playoffs

“We’re renaming it MS NOW, Lemon, because Rachel Maddow lost a bet to Bernie Madoff and it was either this or her firstborn”

we're rebranding MSNBC for what the people want -- "quick bites" of news, or "quibis",

Huge part of adult male friendship is sending pictures of sandwiches to each other

When Gov. Jack Campbell tackled that guy.. but then dragged his ass a couple yards like a child after the whistle.. 😮‍💨 miss that guy