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Not Perfect, Just Us: A 10-Month Love Story
Dear Matthew, On the eve of ten months, I’m putting it all in writing, because love deserves a record—even the messy parts, even the parts where I am not the hero of the scene. I know it’s “just” a month-iversary. I know it’s supposed to be silly. But if I’m honest, I’d celebrate every Tuesday
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Siri, Rebooted (Again): Apple’s Never-Ending Quest for AI Credibility
On August 22, 2025, MacRumors published a guide that basically confirmed what anyone who has ever yelled “HEY SIRI” into a pillow already suspected: Apple’s voice assistant is being completely gutted. Again. The so-called “LLM Siri” overhaul won’t arrive until spring 2026—because nothing says innovation like promising to fix the thing you broke five years
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Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn: Waiting by the Bat-Signal That Never Rings
Margot Robbie, the actress who turned Harley Quinn from a cartoon sidekick into a pop-culture juggernaut with pigtails, sequins, and a Brooklyn drawl sharp enough to slice drywall, admitted on August 22 that she has “heard nothing” from DC Studios about reprising the role in James Gunn’s rebooted DC Universe. Let’s pause on that phrase—heard
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Sleeping Fairy: A Queer, Early-2000s Retelling Where a MySpace Post Becomes the Spinning Wheel
Sleeping Fairy is a queer, early-2000s retelling where a MySpace outing replaces the spindle and community—not a prince—does the saving. The post explains why The Faeries Tell rewrites classics without harmful tropes, centering consent, agency, disability-honest recovery, and everyday care. It follows Rory, Philip, Leah, and “fairy godmothers” Florence, Fawn, and Mary, critiquing the original’s…
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Queen for a Day, Collateral for a Lifetime: Ghislaine Maxwell’s Tailored Exoneration Tour
On August 22, 2025, the Department of Justice released the transcripts and audio from a two-day, July interview with Ghislaine Maxwell—convicted sex trafficker and legendary social climber. She was given a brief, rarefied slice of immunity—a “queen-for-a-day” proffer—interviewed not by the usual prosecutors who build cases, but by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (yes, that
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The Mustache Raid: John Bolton and the FBI’s Newest Political Opera
On August 22, 2025, FBI agents descended on John Bolton’s Bethesda home and his Washington, D.C., office. They carted off boxes while Montgomery County police stood by, politely blocking the cul-de-sac like it was the Macy’s Day Parade for subpoenas. The stated reason: investigating whether Bolton illegally possessed or shared classified information. The unstated reason:
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Redemption Auditions & Bureaucracies of Mercy: Erik Menendez’s Parole Denial in 2025
Imagine a system where forgiveness isn’t a simple word but a heavily produced gala—complete with judges, cameras, moral gymnastics, and a giant question mark hovering over your head, blinking like a faulty neon sign. That’s the world of modern parole hearings, and on August 21, 2025, Erik Menendez starred in the latest episode of America’s
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How to Politely Erase History Without Mussing Your Hair: The Smithsonian vs. The Woke Exterminators
There’s a special kind of American irony in watching a White House that can’t stop talking about “cancel culture” spend its waning days trying to cancel the Smithsonian. Canceling a comedian’s Netflix special is authoritarianism, we’re told. But rewriting a museum plaque about Benjamin Franklin’s enslaved servants? That’s patriotism, baby. On August 20, 2025, Donald
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Sneak Peek: The First Chapter of Sleeping Fairy
Back in 2018, I drafted a retelling of Sleeping Beauty that was never really about castles or curses. It was about MySpace. It was about being twenty-one in the early 2000s—when dial-up whined through your bedroom wall, when your whole life could be demolished in a single public post, when “delete” wasn’t an option because
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Netflix Giveth, Netflix Taketh Away: A Funeral March for the Shows We Loved
The streaming economy is nothing if not biblical: seven years of plenty, seven years of famine, seven executives screaming “cut costs!” while canceling your comfort show. And so, on August 17, Netflix opened the velvet curtain to reveal the latest mass grave of content. FUBAR? Dead. The Residence? Evicted. Pulse? Flatline. The Recruit? Dishonorably discharged.