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Aaron Parnas's avatar
Just popping in to say thank you for giving me the best job in the world :)
Ted Gioia's avatar
Meta forces people to use AI customer service—but it’s so incompetent that hackers got its help in hacking celebrity social media accounts. I note that Meta is one of the so-called “leaders” in AI technology.
Madeline Hill's avatar
Five years ago, I started this newsletter.
Today, the NBA announced that The Sports Gossip Show is participating in the league’s first-ever Podcast Row at the NBA Finals.
Pinching myself. 😭💕🏀

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Alyssa Vingan's avatar
About to embark on an exercise I’m calling Self-Promo Summer which entails the thing I hate most: pitching myself for stuff! Jobs/hosting gigs, other people’s pods/shows, social media campaigns, etc. If you want to join me so we can hold each other accountable, bang my line. :)

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Emily Sundberg's avatar
John Cale, Marc Jacobs, and Martin Scorsese on the cover of Charli XCX’s new album, “Music, Fashion, Film.”
Excited for July…….

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Notorious Foodie's avatar
Hachis Parmentier. The French Shepherds Pie. Full recipe and long-form video now up!
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Today’s recipe is a real crowd pleaser. At its core, it’s a simple combination of slow-cooked beef and mashed potato, but like many French classics, the magic comes from the attention paid to each individual component.
In this version I make a few tweaks …
Plum Sykes's avatar
I’d be lost without my darling readers.
Thank you ALL.

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The Conscious Lee's avatar
Hopefully this music video for my Substack livestreams drops soon… I want my Substack community to vote on what part of the song should be the outro and intro 🤣
Brandon Kyle Goodman's avatar
Sarah Jones said she's cheated on pretty much everyone she's ever been with — with their potential. Not who they are. Who they could be. That reframe hit different. New episode out now on Tell Me Something Messy.

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harry's avatar
in honor of my sworn enemy victor wembanama making the finals Delia Cai has kindly removed the paywall on my HATE READS piece about victor, sports media slop, and tech, from april 2025
Rosie Birkett's avatar
Anyone who read my latest newsletter knows I agonised over which cake to make Jamie for his birthday. In the end, because I’m me, I created a new one especially which felt appropriate for him and this weather. Lemon sponge with raspberries, whipped cream and lemon curd. Coming soon!

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Jameela Jamil's avatar
Earlier today I saw a woman on Tik Tok say “people aren’t dating anymore because women want men who don’t exist YET. And men want women who don’t exist ANYMORE.” And I can’t stop thinking about it.

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Lennnie's avatar
HEY. YOU ARE LOVED ON THIS EARTH! tag the most lovable person you know 🤍
Annie Macmanus's avatar
Spotted in a tiny Cotswolds village…

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Mariella Frostrup's avatar
Asked to deliver the opening speech at the evocative, authentic, and (for those of a certain age) nostalgic display Lost Music Venues @V&A this week I quickly realised that I hadn’t been asked in my capacity as a Trustee of that August institution! Instead our baby-faced Director Tristram Hunt, in nappies when I was smoking Silk Cuts had identified that for once he had a living representative of the ancient civilisation being venerated! You don’t get that with the Pharoah’s! This wonderful memo…

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Sari Botton's avatar
A good way to start the week. Thank you to the free Oldster Magazine subscribers who converted to paid this weekend. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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Aaron Parnas's avatar
Standing with the survivors today and everyday.
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850 anti-LGBTQ bills filed in 2025. Zero trans people in Epstein files. But somehow we have a “trans crisis” and not a predator crisis. The receipts tell a story about who threatens power.

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Brandon Kyle Goodman's avatar
Happy Pride! Tony Award winning Sarah Jones said it and I needed you to hear it today. There is nothing wrong with you. You make sense exactly as you are. New episode out now on Tell Me Something Messy. 🏳️‍🌈
Ted Gioia's avatar
Here’s what AI can do for a periodical in just one year.

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harry's avatar
The new Netflix tv show legends is good 👍
Ella Emhoff's avatar
Starting a new work incentive for myself where every email or text I answer I get to do a row of knitting.

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Alyssa Vingan's avatar
I can’t believe TNG turned TWO this month and I didn’t blog about it until now!!!
V Spehar's avatar
Why are there so many vigilantes out there??
Idk probably because there’s no accountability out there? That’s what some people do when they feel the law and power structures are failing them, they take matters into their own hands out of desperation and anxiety. That’s why accountability matters so much to preserving public safety.

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Emily Sundberg's avatar
The reactions to this interview on Substack vs. Twitter are fascinating.

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The Conscious Lee's avatar
Free Congo and here’s some context/history… the Palestinian and Congolese struggle is connected!!! Never forget about The Congo

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Sari Botton's avatar
“I knew that feeling of not being heard. I knew it because once upon a time I’d convinced myself that I was a good girl, a polite girl, although rarely a quiet girl. I know it now because I’m 66 and people don’t always see me. When they do, they assume that I’m sweet or meek because of the gray in my hair.” - The World to See author Jessica Handler on …
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I'm traveling the world for a bit, starting with China but then hopping around the globe, anywhere. Open to any adventure. No plans, only a backpack. Hoping to meet & get to know humans from all walks of life. The pic is from a long hike on the Great Wall. For me, as a fan of history, this was an epic experience.
In China, first I'm visit…

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Plum Sykes's avatar
Bliss. Rosa Albertine.

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Olivia Noceda's avatar
subscribe for the full recipe! it’s up now 🍒💗
Madeline Hill's avatar
Guess I’m gonna have to do a part two on Kyle Kuzma…

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Hayley DeRoche's avatar
Why do I need to learn AI if it learned off of me
Lennnie's avatar
hey. the world is trying so hard to wear you down…DON’T LET IT!!!! keep going. i love you.

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