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A day after journalist Matt Taibbi—whom the billionaire CEO Elon Musk selected, to great fanfare, to publicize the so-called Twitter Files to the world—suddenly and very publicly abandoned Twitter, Musk slammed his former golden boy as a liar, and an “employee” of Substack, whose working operations he went on to criticize.

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For a former Playboy Bunny and model, the last day of Eva Kay Wenal’s life was not particularly glamorous.

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GAZA CITY—The skies of Gaza fill with shifting shapes on an early spring morning. At first they are barely visible, only specks soaring above central Gaza’s wetlands.

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Tonight’s RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 reunion was as deeply chaotic as the last 13 weeks of hypercompetitive episodes. Bringing the cast together again for the first time since the season was filmed almost one year ago, the queens of Season 15 addressed everything from their shady fights over challenge roles to the best and worst looks of the season. (The prestigious Golden Boot award, given to the worst dressed queen, was awarded to Salina EsTitties for her gonzo street lamp look). Читать дальше...

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Whether you’re the movie version of Mario, Luigi, or simply a diehard Nintendo fan, life in the Mushroom Kingdom begins with a green warp pipe. This isn’t normally the case in the games—in which green pipes usually transport characters from one area to another—but it is in The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Universal Studios Hollywood’s Super Nintendo World, both of which opened recently to broaden the already expansive world of Mario and his vibrant buddies. Читать дальше...

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After more than 25 years, the Pokémon anime is making some big changes. Perpetual 10-year-old protagonist Ash Ketchum is headed off with Pikachu to make room for new stars, sparking a wave of nostalgic sadness among multiple generations of fans. But just as heartbreaking has been the farewell to the long-time villains of the show—and, for many parts of the internet, a set of beloved queer icons.

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Abortion access in the U.S. was dealt a major blow Friday as a far-right federal judge in Texas halted the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, potentially laying the groundwork to bar access nationwide to an abortion pill that’s used by hundreds of thousands annually.

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Matt Taibbi, one of Elon Musk’s handpicked disseminators of the so-called “Twitter Files,” informed his readers on Friday that he was ditching Twitter after the Chief Twit restricted links to Substack this week.