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How to Break a Lost Boy: The Queer, Chaotic, Heartbreaking Romance You Didn’t Know You Needed
Neverlanded: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Land is a queer romantic dramedy set in modern Austin, focusing on Peter Panwell, an emotionally avoidant UX designer. The story explores themes of love, emotional accountability, and the struggles of growing up while navigating chaotic friendships, culminated in a journey of self-discovery and human connection.
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RFK Jr. Just Cut $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts. Because Science Is a Vibe Now.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced plans to cut $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, showcasing a shift towards skepticism and populism over scientific progress. His actions signify a broader trend of undermining public health infrastructure, promoting conspiracy, and cultivating distrust in science, potentially jeopardizing future disease response and preventive measures.
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Side Effects May Include: Inflation, Nationalism, and Spontaneous Economic Collapse
In a recent episode of The Price is Wrong, Trump proposed imposing 250% tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals, claiming other countries are unfairly pricing medications. This move threatens to significantly raise costs for American patients, burdening the working class while masking the initiative as nationalism. The plan risks pushing the sick further into financial despair without…
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Russia Is Flirting Again, and This Time She’s Bringing Missiles
Nothing says “global foreplay” quite like a country unsheathing its mid-range warheads and staring across the bar at America like you up? Russia, not one to let a perfectly good Cold War go un-reheated, has decided to toss the nuclear matchbook back on the table. As of this week, Moscow has formally announced it will
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The Baby Shower Had No Cake, But Everyone Showed Up: Elephants Remind Humanity What Community Actually Looks Like
Read more by Brandon Cloud Out on the African savanna this week, an elephant gave birth. No livestream.No gender reveal explosion.No toxic balloons released into the upper atmosphere to signal the biological inevitability of a mammal. Just a herd. Present. Unapologetically together. The newborn calf, somewhere between 200 and 260 pounds—about the weight of two
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The Blonde Upstairs Is Gone: On Loni Anderson, Loss, and the Women Who Knew the Assignment
Somewhere in America, a bottle-blonde receptionist in a sleeveless satin blouse just took a long drag off her Virginia Slim and said, “Well, shit.” Then she turned off the office lights and walked herself gently into the dusk. Loni Anderson died yesterday. Seventy-nine. A “prolonged illness,” her publicist confirmed, as though time itself weren’t already
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The Primary Buffet: Democrats Prepare to Feed Themselves to Democracy (Again)
The 2028 Democratic primary isn’t officially underway, but if you lean in closely, you can already hear the clinking of silverware at the self-cannibalism buffet. A dozen forks, half a platform, and the unshakeable belief that this will be the year a candidate emerges who is both inspiring and electable, progressive and pragmatic, fierce but…
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Lines in the Sand: How Redistricting Became the Supreme Court’s Favorite Shape-Shiting Weapon
It’s once again that magical time in America when maps are less about geography and more about strategy—where lines aren’t drawn by cartographers but by career politicians with a vengeance kink. This month, the Supreme Court decided to up the ante in Louisiana’s redistricting case, because apparently we haven’t suffered enough slow-moving constitutional erosion for
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Gen Z Lives at Home Because They’re Smart, Not Lazy—And Also Because Rent Is a Crime Now
Let’s all take a deep breath and thank Generation Z. No, not for their TikTok dances or the fact that they somehow revived low-rise jeans, but for refusing to play the rigged Monopoly game we keep handing them and asking, “Why don’t you just buy Boardwalk?” They’re not buying Boardwalk. They’re moving back into Marvin
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Alone Together™: How to Cure Loneliness with Wi-Fi, Vague Eye Contact, and Corporate Wellness Emails
If you’re feeling lonely in 2025, good news: you’re not alone. You are, in fact, part of a globally trending demographic—a vast, echoing chorus of fully-charged devices and emotionally uncharged people, all sending each other “just checking in” texts while lying motionless on separate couches. We live in the most hyper-connected society in history. You