Jamie Canavés

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

Having five synagogue attacks (three in Canada, one in the U.S., now this) hit the news in a matter of days has me thinking about how many more didn't grab media attention. It's shabbat. Look out for your Jewish comrades.

Buzzfeed didn't understand what made it valuable (incredible writers/creators, most POC/queer, who they laid off) when it was at its height

It is very easy to read statements like this as a joke.

This is not a joke.

We have proven with AI, completely by accident, what knowledgeable people have been saying for decades: the environment that rich people live in gives them a very specific personality disorder.

a dramedy

Two months after Rénee Good’s death, her loved ones in Colorado grapple with loss Classmates and mentors remember Good as a creative force who moved everyone around her.

I really wanted to know more about Renee Good, killed by ICE in January. Fortunately, my editor allowed me to take some time to do a deep dive into who she was before she died. Read and listen to what I found out about her from her Colorado tribe here: www.cpr.org/2026/03/11/r...

Has there ever been a more boring time in popular culture

For many Black women, the Target boycott is not over. It may never be. A faith leader announced the end of a yearlong “Target fast,” but many Black women who helped launch the boycott say the movement wasn’t his to call off.

We spoke to Black women who started the Target boycott & who sustained it for a yr+. They'll likely never go back.

Teacher Laverne Mickens put it like this: “[Black women] will say if & when it’s over. And I can tell you right now: That will be the 15th of never ever.”
19thnews.org/2026/03/targ...

My email is an endless stream of “upgrade to get access to—“

I don’t want it. I want to downgrade. I want to get less access. I want the opposite of what you’re selling.

The secretary of defense saying we almost have cnn in our grasp is some dark, dark shit

'I Love Boosters' Review: Keke Palmer Steals Hearts in Boots Riley’s Galaxy-Brained, Anti-Capitalist Romp Keke Palmer brings a lot of heart to this silly, scathing, scattered and bittersweet skewering of fashion, exploitation and more by Boots Riley.

‘I Love Boosters’ Review: Keke Palmer Steals Hearts in Boots Riley’s Galaxy-Brained, Anti-Capitalist Romp www.thewrap.com/creative-con...

Y'all--this passed in the committee and will move onto the House.

THEY'RE RAMMING THIS THROUGH AS FAST AS THEY CAN BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE POPULAR.

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Murray Hill to Host 62nd Annual PEN America Literary Awards (Exclusive) Murray Hill will host the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards, held at Town Hall on March 31 in New York City. The ceremony will also feature presenters like actress Emmy Rossum, Tony Award-winning playw...

“Books gave me courage before I had much of my own, and they reminded me that freedom of expression isn’t just an idea — it’s survival,” he continued. “So honoring writers isn’t only glamorous, it’s a way of saying every voice deserves the stage.”

📚On Reading In February 2026 (Best of) From 2 new Best of 2026 books to a romance for Alexis Hall / Heated Rivalry fans, here are some standouts from my reading life in February.

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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 URGENT ACTION ON BOOK BAN LEGISLATION FOR IDAHO. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Please read the full thread.

Legislators have proposed yet another bill that would undermine the purpose of libraries statewide, and it would not only eschew the Miller Test, it'd create TWO CLASSES of access.

go long enough without consequences and why not say it out loud

“Convince the world to abandon books and then sell them intelligence” is a Saturday cartoon villain plot, and yet.

L O L i had seen the advertisement for this whenever it came out and had NO IDEA it was tied to TBBT.

Adorably awkward sandhill crane chicks waddling around are the mood boost you need Sandhill crane chicks covered in golden down, wobbling on oversized feet. They can stand and follow their parents within hours of hatching.

Sandhill crane chicks are all legs, golden fluff, and zero coordination. These photos are genuinely therapeutic.

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I can't raise a red enough flag for the way states are attacking trans people in this moment. It is extremely bad, and escalating quickly (and relatively quietly)

This is false.

Jamal Harrison Bryant, a Megachurch pastor, has said the boycott is over. He is not leaders, plural. He and his church were not the ones to start the calls for boycott.

Nekima Levy Armstrong, who founded the Racial Justice Network, and other Minnesota civil rights activists were.

I swear every dystopian tech development is like "Hey, are you OK with being this much not-a-person in our eyes? How about this much? One or two? <clicking noises> OK, how about now—one or two?" like I'm at the devil's optometry office.

Thank you! At an event last night I said "If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender.'" The word hope seems too sunny to a lot of people, but the heart of it as I'm interested in it is: we make the future in the present, if we show up, and that never surrender part.

This interview with the great @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social was a "wow" moment for me. Thanks, New York Times and David Marchese.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

I couldn't help noticing the question that seemed the most Times-like to me.

I find Ryan Murphy’s preoccupations deeply boring. It’s a shame he’s responsible for so much TV getting made right now!

Best Mystery/Thriller Books of the Century So Far These are the mysteries and thrillers that top our charts this century so far.

🔪 💙📚 if you're looking for your next mystery thriller read -- or want to see if your favorite made the list

I found a lot of helpful links with how to turn it off which really is a hell of an indicator on how people feel. thanks for the info