When you can’t even get the fast food brand to play along

Instead of saying "I didn't understand the halftime show, therefore it is bad art" maybe try and understand why you didn't get it and think critically about the presentation, symbolism, etc. This is part of the beauty of art and creativity.

Art matters.
Art is a powerful means of speaking truth to power.

When it seems the powerless are being silenced, artists, musicians, writers, entertainers, and poets give the people a voice.

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate

Kendrick: actually

The Federal Aviation Administration was using a backup system to send real-time safety alerts to pilots late Saturday because its primary one was “experiencing a temporary outage,” the Transportation Department said.

Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.

A man has not won Best New Artist at the GRAMMYs since Chance The Rapper in 2017.

2018: Alessia Cara

2019: Dua Lipa

2020: Billie Eilish

2021: Megan Thee Stallion

2022: Olivia Rodrigo

2023: Samara Joy

2024: Victoria Monét

For the visual learners...

Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “LGBT” or “pregnant people.”

More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.

man it’d be cool if we could get some precedented times every once in a while

Choose empathy. Read.