Shannon Clarke
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Shannon Clarke
@shannoncl.bsky.social
Writer. Tennis watcher.
I love how fed up everyone in this article sounds.
Protein popcorn. Protein lattes. Protein candy bars. A whole wellness economy has been built around a “need” most people don’t actually have. Protein expert Stuart Phillips puts it plainly: “the hype has turned it into a farce.” thewalrus.ca/enough-with-the-...
December 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The best to do it ✊🏾
We're launching our 2026 GoFundMe alongside today's WTA wrap episode!

Thanks for everyone who has supported over the years! Please contribute only if you can and want to. We appreciate you all regardless 💙

gofund.me/70af9a6e9
Donate to The Body Serve Tennis Podcast, organized by James Rogers
We’re celebrating the completion of our 11th season as a podcast! We owe our longevity in l… James Rogers needs your support for The Body Serve Tennis Podcast
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November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Death Cab for Cutie is on the oldies station, please do not touch me or I will crumble to dust
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Many people have forgotten how to *BE* with other people and unfortunately it seems that some never learned in the first place.
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"It's so fundamentally important for me to engage with people, not because I believe that there is some future version of them that could serve me, but engage with people because I think the present moment we're in is deeply interesting..." -- Hanif Abdurraquib
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"

Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project

published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I  was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
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November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Carlos didn't play his smartest match 🥴
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This result feels right.
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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This is a really remarkable piece of writing and in its particulars it describes so, so many people
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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It is snowing in November. That is a good thing. I was a little worried we'd add drought to the plague...
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🙃
Sabalenka: “I totally understand the responsibility of this match that I put on my shoulders. That's why I'll go out there and there's no jokes. I'll play full. Hopefully I can just keep up with Billie Jean and help women’s tennis to get better conditions.”
www.thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis...
Aryna Sabalenka insists Dubai Battle of the Sexes clash with Nick Kyrgios is 'win-win' | The National
Exhibition match has drawn criticism that it could damage status of women's tennis
www.thenationalnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Gauff-Paolini matches are emotionally expensive and I don't enjoy them.
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“I always thought, I don’t want to be that dancer in my 50s who’s holding on while all these young dancers are waiting for this opportunity,” she says. “I want to bow out when I’m still in my prime and keep it moving.”
Misty Copeland’s Final Bow
A photo diary of the dancer’s last day as a principal for the American Ballet Theatre.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Amazing.
the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

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November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴

how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID

and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids

a 🧵

(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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I speak for all of us who have an auntie who’s just your grandma’s next door neighbor.
Wait, are people really upset that Mamdani spoke about his “aunt,” and it was actually his father’s cousin and not his father’s sibling?

Because that is an extremely normal thing a lot of cultures do. Including a lot of large Jewish families!
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.

Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
And he did!
Jannik. Sir! Get it together.
October 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Something had to give for that home run. A price had to be paid to the civic gods.

www.thestar.com/news/gta/egl...
Eglinton Crosstown LRT testing stopped — source says two trains collided
The Eglinton Crosstown LRT had begun its final round of testing on Oct. 7, but two trains collided in the Mount Dennis train yard on Thursday, leading to a pause in the test, according to a source.
www.thestar.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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One more thing - the WTA needs to dead this asap. As we've seen elsewhere, this sort of thinking can spread like a weed.
Kostyuk is about 5 minutes away from trans-vestigating Sabalenka and Swiatek. Disgusting and dim-witted.

And while we're at it, (what's left of) Sports Illustrated sucks for this headline.

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Kostyuk Questions Sabalenka and Swiatek's Testosterone Advantage
Marta Kostyuk speculated on Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek's testosterone levels.
www.si.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM