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on the wikipedia page for βextremely onlineβ :/ β’ social video producer @xtramagazine.com β’ yelling about vampires @intothetwilight.xyz β’ chicago, baby!
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At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
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i miss old internet. i don't really know what my place is on 2026 internet
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
i miss old internet. i don't really know what my place is on 2026 internet
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Many are just waking up to the Grok-nonconsensual images story as these pictures began flooding X over the holidays, but hereβs our piece from Jan 2 featuring a victim, Julie Yukari, who was brave enough to speak on the record and on camera:
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Elon Musk's Grok AI floods X with sexualized photos of women and minors
When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies."
www.reuters.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Many are just waking up to the Grok-nonconsensual images story as these pictures began flooding X over the holidays, but hereβs our piece from Jan 2 featuring a victim, Julie Yukari, who was brave enough to speak on the record and on camera:
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
happy holidays it's time to talk about bridget everett's gorgeous performance in this flick
Happy holidays from Into the Twilight! Grab a cup of hot cocoa and cozy up with TWO new bonus episodes.
First up is us gabbing about the new Rian Johnson whodunnit: WAKE UP DEAD MAN πΏ www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
First up is us gabbing about the new Rian Johnson whodunnit: WAKE UP DEAD MAN πΏ www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
December 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
happy holidays it's time to talk about bridget everett's gorgeous performance in this flick
everyone say hello to my son
December 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
everyone say hello to my son
blogged about cole escola and zohran mamdani for xtra's end of year list π
Righteous queens and shady bitches of 2025 | Xtra Magazine
Here are the main characters that made, and broke, the year in queer
xtramagazine.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
blogged about cole escola and zohran mamdani for xtra's end of year list π
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1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
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Merriam-Websterβs human editors have chosen βslopβ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Websterβs human editors have chosen βslopβ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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For @xtramagazine.com's year-end package, I wrote about the dumb shit that helped me get through this year (from labubu to Michelle Yeoh saying "flip it around!") and how AI could never make any of it
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
2025 was about finding solace in the human-made slop | Xtra Magazine
AIβs got nothing on good quality dumb entertainmentβand only people can make that
xtramagazine.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For @xtramagazine.com's year-end package, I wrote about the dumb shit that helped me get through this year (from labubu to Michelle Yeoh saying "flip it around!") and how AI could never make any of it
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
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THIS NIGHTMARE WILL
BE IN FULL COLOR
BE IN FULL COLOR
December 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
THIS NIGHTMARE WILL
BE IN FULL COLOR
BE IN FULL COLOR
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the last year has been transformative. my life looks radically different now, and so do i. spending a few hours as a rockette forced me to contemplate how i was going to talk about this, and to confront my greatest fear β being seen.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
I spent the last year transforming my life. Becoming a Rockette for a day made me confront a fear I couldn't shake.
The Rockettes, known for their athleticism and precision, let me join them for the day. No pressure, right?
www.yahoo.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
the last year has been transformative. my life looks radically different now, and so do i. spending a few hours as a rockette forced me to contemplate how i was going to talk about this, and to confront my greatest fear β being seen.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
the xtra team put out our list of 2025's best queer films and i made a video highlighting some of the picks! tap in for musings on everything from SORRY, BABY to CASTRATION MOVIE II π
The best queer and trans movies of 2025 | Xtra Magazine
Films like βSorry, Babyβ and βThe Wedding Banquetβ made the year worth watching
xtramagazine.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
the xtra team put out our list of 2025's best queer films and i made a video highlighting some of the picks! tap in for musings on everything from SORRY, BABY to CASTRATION MOVIE II π
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For @thecut.com, I wrote about how the once-secret world of cruising has never been more out in the openβonline, at leastβand what that might mean for the community.
Can Cruising Survive Influencers?
Public sex has never been more out in the open. Whether thatβs a good thing is up for debate.
www.thecut.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
For @thecut.com, I wrote about how the once-secret world of cruising has never been more out in the openβonline, at leastβand what that might mean for the community.
new from me on the endless horrors beat
Trans girls banned from U.K. Girl Guides following Supreme Court ruling | Xtra Magazine
The U.K. Womenβs Institute also announced it will ban trans women from membership
xtramagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
new from me on the endless horrors beat
tfw you really need to start freelancing again but all of your usual haunts have eradicated their contributor budgets π
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
tfw you really need to start freelancing again but all of your usual haunts have eradicated their contributor budgets π
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Some exciting news!
Meet theΒ Readerβs new editor in chief, Sarah Conway - Chicago Reader
Weβre excited to announce that Pulitzer Prizeβwinning investigative journalist Sarah Conway will be the next editor in chief of the Chicago Reader!
chicagoreader.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Some exciting news!
we're going video essay mode π
π€ NEW BONUS EPISODE π
Folks, we're doing a deep dive on the new 4-hour Defunctland video. Haunting animatronics, tech billionaire nightmares, and much more.
Shout out our boy, Nemo π«‘
Folks, we're doing a deep dive on the new 4-hour Defunctland video. Haunting animatronics, tech billionaire nightmares, and much more.
Shout out our boy, Nemo π«‘
November 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
we're going video essay mode π
trying a thing where i delete twitter and bluesky from my phone and can only go on them in tedious ways. for instance, iβm coming to you live from the non-mobile optimized version of deck.blue
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
trying a thing where i delete twitter and bluesky from my phone and can only go on them in tedious ways. for instance, iβm coming to you live from the non-mobile optimized version of deck.blue
new from me on how an uptick in series endings and cancellations is bad news for queer and trans representation on TV
Nearly half of all queer characters on TV will disappear next year | Xtra Magazine
An uptick in series endings and cancellations is bad news for queer and trans representation on the small screen
xtramagazine.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
new from me on how an uptick in series endings and cancellations is bad news for queer and trans representation on TV
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Bye, Sister
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Bye, Sister
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While ICE abductions, often in broad daylight, have provoked fear and outrage, the escalation is also unleashing a less visible form of economic treachery on Chicagoβs immigrant working class: wage theft, lost income, work speedups, and economic slumps that spread through neighborhoods. My latest.
Visible and Invisible: How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicagoβs Working Class
Fear, panic, hiding for daysβthis is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration
inthesetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
While ICE abductions, often in broad daylight, have provoked fear and outrage, the escalation is also unleashing a less visible form of economic treachery on Chicagoβs immigrant working class: wage theft, lost income, work speedups, and economic slumps that spread through neighborhoods. My latest.
new video is a little bit of queer film history
βFlaming Creaturesβ and the censorship of queer art | Xtra Magazine
Jack Smithβs 1963 film βFlaming Creaturesβ was deemed legally obscene by the U.S. Supreme Court
xtramagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
new video is a little bit of queer film history
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The history of photography is the history of violence.
My new video, The Psychic Burden of Being Watched, is out now on @nebula.tv.
My new video, The Psychic Burden of Being Watched, is out now on @nebula.tv.
Lily Alexandre β The Psychic Burden of Being Watched
βLook for anything in your surroundings that appears disturbed, out of place or odd. Be wary of anything with an inexplicable hole in it.β
nebula.tv
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The history of photography is the history of violence.
My new video, The Psychic Burden of Being Watched, is out now on @nebula.tv.
My new video, The Psychic Burden of Being Watched, is out now on @nebula.tv.
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