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On October 18, 2018, film executive Franklin Leonard’s phone started vibrating and would not stop. His eyes grew wide as his screen filled up with Twitter alerts from strangers hurling vicious, baffling insults at him, hundreds of tweets at a time. He was a rent boy for billionaire Democratic donor George Soros, they said, or

James O’Keefe, the political activist who founded the right-wing action group Project Veritas, has been forced out of leadership by the organization’s board, he said on Monday. “I think it’s fitting that we’re here on Presidents Day,” O’Keefe remarked at the outset of an emotional 45-minute farewell speech he delivered to Project Veritas staff. He

When 16-year-old Rochelle heard that her friend, Brianna Ghey, had been dead-named in the U.K. press, she burst into tears. Why would the media disrespect Ghey by referring to her by a name that she had left behind when she came out as trans? She grabbed her phone to text Ghey… before she remembered that

On Feb. 18, Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone will be a judge during the Slam Dunk Contest at NBA All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City. On the surface, an all-time great participating in All-Star festivities in their former team’s home city makes sense; the league is banking on most fans summing up his presence that

Earlier this month, Ashley Leechin, a registered nurse, mom of two kids, and TikTok creator known for her uncanny resemblance to Taylor Swift, posted a Change.org petition on her page. “This petition shares me side [sic] & is to help stop cyber bullying, harassment & false defamation towards myself, Ashley Leechin, as well as others,”

Eagle-eyed readers of Roald Dahl might notice some small-but-significant changes within an upcoming republishing of the legendary author’s children’s books as some language has been changed to make it less offensive and more inclusive. Dahl’s own literary estate approved of the edits, which include changing the description of Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate

Their Loss The social media platform will begin charging users to secure accounts via text message Twitter announced on Friday that it will only allow paid Blue subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. The social media platform stated the changes will be effective March 20, 2023.

The suspect charged with hate crimes after he allegedly shot two different Jewish men earlier this week had a history of sending violent, antisemitic messages, according to court records filed on Friday. On Friday, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced two federal hate crimes charges against Jaime Tran, 28,

In a letter addressed to The New York Times, celebrities and LGBTQ+ organizations are calling for an overhaul in the publication’s approach to covering transgender people, calling their current practices “dangerous.” Gabrielle Union, Judd Apatow, Tommy Dorfman, Jonathan Van Ness, Margaret Cho, Jameela Jamil, Lena Dunham, Joey Soloway, Wilson Cruz, and more are among the

On Wednesday, the white gunman who fatally shot 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket last year in a racially motivated attack with the goal to “kill as many blacks as possible” was sentenced on state murder charges to life in prison without parole. The shooter, Payton Gendron, 19, still faces dozens of charges on

Empty Promises There’s plenty of reason to doubt he’ll step aside, especially when he says doing so depends on whether the platform is “financially healthy” Elon Musk is still planning to step down as Twitter’s CEO, and “guesses” he will seek out a replacement by the end of 2023, the billionaire said over video conference

Protesters gathered Tuesday afternoon in Nashville’s Legislative Plaza to support the state’s LGBTQ community and show their opposition to a law that would criminalize drag performances in public places. Tennessee’s state Senate already voted a similar measure through last week, with the House set to discuss the bill on Tuesday evening. (Tennessee is also voting

After Elon Musk’s Super Bowl tweet garnered less engagement than Joe Biden’s, the Twitter CEO threatened to fire several of the company’s engineers and had 80 employees build a system so that his tweets would be viewed by more users, according to Platformer. The report on Tuesday detailed how after the Super Bowl, he had

Now that we’re past the era of influencers and celebrities flogging NFTs, we’re free to focus on a new hot topic in tech: artificial intelligence tools. It was the artistic possibilities that first captured our interest — using AI programs to generate hyper-stylized selfies, or create an ideal human form, or discover the visual horrors

There is an old adage about the things that don’t kill you making you stronger. I don’t believe that. I just think it makes you lucky.  In my memoir, The Love You Save, I write about the sexual abuse and casual cruelty I endured as a young girl. I opened those chapters with the dangers

While binge drinking has remained a staple of American college culture for years, day drinking in a backyard in 2023 might look very different from the college parties popularized by the 1973 hit film Animal House. Case in point: there is the BORG, the new Gen Z, gallon-sized binge drink sweeping (and surprising) a millennial

Super Bowl LVII From the Eagles’ intros to his T-Mobile ad, the Philadelphia native enjoyed a magical evening — except for his team’s loss Philadelphia native and Eagles fan Bradley Cooper was all over Super Bowl LVII, apparently having the time of his life as his team battled the Kansas City Chiefs in a close

Before she deleted her Instagram, Daniela Rendon had 33,000 followers who watched her living a fantasy life. She posted pictures of herself lounging on yachts, riding horses, partying in Ibiza, and going out to extravagant dinners. Intermittently, she also shared posts about oceanfront Miami apartments she was selling in her career as a luxury real

This weekend, the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes may very well bring his team to Super Bowl victory for the second time, a stunning feat for the 27-year-old quarterback. If he does, then you can rest assured that his brother Jackson will be in the stands, making a cringe TikTok video about it. The 22-year-old

Hogwarts Legacy, a hotly anticipated new role-playing video game set in the magical world of Harry Potter, is already breaking records. Its early access launch made it most popular title on the streaming platform Twitch, even before its official Feb. 10 release. But with the fantasy franchise increasingly tarnished by author J.K. Rowling‘s transphobic statements