Lindsay Lee Wallace
@lindsayleewallace.bsky.social
Writing about culture, health, tech, bats, & anything else people will answer my questions about. Working alongside @madysen.bsky.social to report on the experiences of children of disabled parents. she/her
lindsaylwallace at gmail dot com & Signal llw.56
lindsaylwallace at gmail dot com & Signal llw.56
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Graduating From Dead Mom University
In this op-ed, Lindsay Lee Wallace explores grief, and how no amount of success in school or work could protect her from it.
www.teenvogue.com
RFK Jr's move to eliminate the Administration for Community Living, which helps disabled & aging people stay at home instead of being institutionalized, is disastrous.
I'm never done shouting about what my mom's institutionalization took from her & from us (so here's my @teenvogue.com piece again).
I'm never done shouting about what my mom's institutionalization took from her & from us (so here's my @teenvogue.com piece again).
they didn’t have to make heated rivalry so much funnier, hotter, better acted, and more compellingly shot than every romcom I have tried in earnest to enjoy for the past year and change but they did anyway and that’s beautiful
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
they didn’t have to make heated rivalry so much funnier, hotter, better acted, and more compellingly shot than every romcom I have tried in earnest to enjoy for the past year and change but they did anyway and that’s beautiful
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public goods do not post gains or losses because they are not corporations
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
public goods do not post gains or losses because they are not corporations
Tune into @ctpublic.bsky.social at 1pm tomorrow to hear me host the Colin McEnroe Show! We'll talk about Pluribus, & Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5, & AI, & the fact that words mean things. Listen at the link
(or tune your radio if you’re
100 or my father or listen after via the podcast platform of your choice)
(or tune your radio if you’re
100 or my father or listen after via the podcast platform of your choice)
WNPR Radio Livestream
Listen live to Connecticut Public Radio WNPR through our livestream player. Now accessible on every page of our site.
www.ctpublic.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Tune into @ctpublic.bsky.social at 1pm tomorrow to hear me host the Colin McEnroe Show! We'll talk about Pluribus, & Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5, & AI, & the fact that words mean things. Listen at the link
(or tune your radio if you’re
100 or my father or listen after via the podcast platform of your choice)
(or tune your radio if you’re
100 or my father or listen after via the podcast platform of your choice)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sinners
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sinners
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BEST ACTRESS: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
BEST ACTRESS: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
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everybody have a few small beers to celebrate
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
everybody have a few small beers to celebrate
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Featured story: After a hate incident, about 100 trans and gender nonbinary people flooded the spillway of Austin's most popular swimming spot to celebrate queer joy and show that they won't back down.
At Barton Springs, Trans Existence Becomes Resistance
Following a transphobic incident earlier this year, community members gathered to "protect trans joy."
www.texasobserver.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Featured story: After a hate incident, about 100 trans and gender nonbinary people flooded the spillway of Austin's most popular swimming spot to celebrate queer joy and show that they won't back down.
happy big bucket of popcorn divided into three delicious sections season to all who celebrate
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
happy big bucket of popcorn divided into three delicious sections season to all who celebrate
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My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.
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For over a century, the U.S. government has relied on local jails to detain immigrants, creating a vast network of incarceration that operates with minimal oversight. Other detention centers, run by private companies, have also proliferated.
The Past and Present of Immigration Detention: Your Questions Answered
A historian of migrant detention responds to questions from <em>Bolts</em> readers on the vast network of local lockups that jail immigrants, and how it
boltsmag.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
For over a century, the U.S. government has relied on local jails to detain immigrants, creating a vast network of incarceration that operates with minimal oversight. Other detention centers, run by private companies, have also proliferated.
much to say about the OU girl's bad psych paper and ensuing chaos (including “why are governors involving themselves in undergrads' grades?” and ”why do I even know about this??”) but—like every time I encounter it in conservative talking points—I’m struck by the essay’s demonization of compassion
December 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
much to say about the OU girl's bad psych paper and ensuing chaos (including “why are governors involving themselves in undergrads' grades?” and ”why do I even know about this??”) but—like every time I encounter it in conservative talking points—I’m struck by the essay’s demonization of compassion
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
i should not have to tell vail's app my name and dob and email and phone number to go snowboarding! only for it to not work so then i have to call their customer service and tell someone else all that info again! let me print my pass in-person day of and fall down the mountain anonymously jfc
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
i should not have to tell vail's app my name and dob and email and phone number to go snowboarding! only for it to not work so then i have to call their customer service and tell someone else all that info again! let me print my pass in-person day of and fall down the mountain anonymously jfc
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The thing I wish people like Carville et al would realize is that you cannot have ‘pure populist economic rage’ if you leave out the ‘woke’ bits. It doesn’t work like that.
It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
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It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The thing I wish people like Carville et al would realize is that you cannot have ‘pure populist economic rage’ if you leave out the ‘woke’ bits. It doesn’t work like that.
It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
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It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
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can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy
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Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
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Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
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xAI is currently in talks to raise $15 billion at a $230 billion valuation.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
xAI is currently in talks to raise $15 billion at a $230 billion valuation.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
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“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, haha bitches, I got a new scooter!” @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social had me hooked from the jump:
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, haha bitches, I got a new scooter!” @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social had me hooked from the jump:
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this is not me saying i want less film criticism btw im a culture writer myself! i want MORE film criticism, i just need it to answer the most important question way more reliably
my goodness but film critics do complicate their lives. does the movie kick ass or does it not? that’s the only important question and rarely does anyone address it to my satisfaction
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
this is not me saying i want less film criticism btw im a culture writer myself! i want MORE film criticism, i just need it to answer the most important question way more reliably
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AI porn generator and ERP chatbot Secret Desires left millions of images and videos exposed in unsecured cloud storage. I took a look and found folders called "faceswap," where people had uploaded tons of stolen content and random photos of women www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
AI porn generator and ERP chatbot Secret Desires left millions of images and videos exposed in unsecured cloud storage. I took a look and found folders called "faceswap," where people had uploaded tons of stolen content and random photos of women www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
there are so many episodes of the x-files in which some eerie shit happens and I just desperately want to know the global implications so i'm absolutely tickled that in plur1bus vince gilligan is finally like "and also if this happened then every 11-year-old would have a medical degree and also"
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
there are so many episodes of the x-files in which some eerie shit happens and I just desperately want to know the global implications so i'm absolutely tickled that in plur1bus vince gilligan is finally like "and also if this happened then every 11-year-old would have a medical degree and also"
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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AO3 is also down, so between the two our whole acronym is affected
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
AO3 is also down, so between the two our whole acronym is affected
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Most folks know I've been banging the drum about the AI bubble for awhile, and this brilliant piece from @lopatto.bsky.social dramatically reinforces that hypothesis and is as meticulously researched as it is brutal:
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Meet CoreWeave, the AI industry’s ticking time bomb
The debt-laden AI compute company has been boosted by Nvidia.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Most folks know I've been banging the drum about the AI bubble for awhile, and this brilliant piece from @lopatto.bsky.social dramatically reinforces that hypothesis and is as meticulously researched as it is brutal:
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...