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In the wake of the company’s rebranding, a former Victoria’s Secret model is calling out the corporation for its harmful practices in a now-viral TikTok video posted on June 26.

A viral TikTok video shows people pulling over to film and ensure the safety of a Black woman who was pulled over by Missouri police.

A viral TikTok video shows a worker who is assisting in the search and rescue mission at the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida. Viewers are commenting on how he appears tired and discouraged as he walks away for the day.

The realm of tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) is ripe for revolution. After a year of demands for 'racial reckonings,' small steps to redress racist language and imagery, and countless carefully worded diversity statements, TTRPG titans seem to finally be noticing that something is, indeed, wrong. While they move in sluggish uncertainty to (theoretically) practice inclusivity, one online tabletop show, Dimension 20, is unabashedly placing marginalized folks of different identities front and center—and granting them full creative power. Читать дальше...

Wednesday saw major updates in two high-profile Hollywood sex abuse cases: Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction being overturned, and James Franco settling a class action sexual misconduct lawsuit for $2.2 million. While these cases are unrelated, they were seen by many as overlapping examples of abusive power structures in Hollywood—and flaws in a legal system where sexual abuse survivors struggle to have their voices heard.

Summer is in full swing, and with the season comes its usual nonsense. Namely, the unbearable heat. And while I contest that all the best beverages have bubbles, fizzy drinks just hit different when the temperature hits triple digits. When it comes to homemade seltzer, there’s probably a name circling through your brain. But there’s a new king of fizzy in town, and its name is the Aarke Carbonator III. 

An attempt by Ohio Republicans to insert an amendment into a budget that would have effectively killed municipal broadband in the state has reportedly been nixed.

A TikToker is claiming that a Dunkin' employee left her in charge of the store, located inside a Walmart, for 45 minutes.

A federal judge blocked a highly criticized Florida law that would allow the state to fine social media companies that banned political candidates.

A musician on TikTok discovered the dangers lurking beneath even the most innocuous-seeming objects after she apparently poisoned herself with a highly toxic flower.

The findings of a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the federal government's use of facial recognition are renewing calls for President Joe Biden to ban the technology.

Unsolicited dick pics. Rape threats. Doxing. Revenge porn. These are just some of the forms of online harassment a disproportionate number of women regularly experience on the web.