Morning Editor @katiecouric. Words @CNN, The Independent, iPaper, New Statesman, The New World, etc. Graduate Diploma in Law @ City
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Update: I got a distinction 🤓🤯
Holly Thomas retweeted
I'm currently reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt, and anytime I have it out in public someone comes up to me and tells me it's their favorite book. These people span all ages, genders, and vibes. What the hell is going on? The book is like...fine
THAT BEING SAID I'm only up to season 3 on the rewatch, so doubtless I'll have more thoughts on that down the line (please just mute me)
Holly Thomas retweeted
The guy who released a song called “Heil Hitler” *last year* has a concert scheduled at one of these stadiums in November
The venues reported by Rolling Stone that didn’t allow concerts to proceed with Macklemore on the lineup.
Lincoln Financial Field/Philadelphia
Gillette Stadium/Foxborough, Massachusetts
Mercedes-Benz Stadium/Atlanta
Lucas Oil Stadium/Indianapolis
Bank of America Stadium/Charlotte
AT&T Stadium/Arlington, Texas
Raymond James Stadium/ Tampa
Don't like it, sorry! Esp the flip "instinct tells me that gambling wrecks a lot more lives than Sydney Sweeney."
The debate around Sydney Sweeney isn't distinct from gambling when she is advertising a betting company that she is an equity partner in!
In defence of Sydney Sweeney!
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Holly Thomas retweeted
"the words 'The North Remembers' are hurtful to a lot of the people I've spoken to, as is the implication that the Lannisters are in any way implicated in the Red Wedding. I don't take sides."
I wrote about why all the wellness-obsessed super-rich bros are so lame!
"When immortality, or even just some nebulous sense of physical “optimisation” feels within touching distance, the little things both cease to matter and matter a great deal"
thenewworld.substack.com/p/w…
"Wellness" offers an illusion of control you can buy with money. Those who confuse it with health are therefore led to believe that health outcomes are decided by a merit system that's linked to their identity as a successful/rich person. "I am better, so I am better."
This is compounded by the fact that these guys have *nothing* else to worry about. So they're hyperfocused on signs their "investments" are paying off.
Tl;dr — For the super wealthy, there’s little to fear but death. So that fear consumes their days.
thenewworld.substack.com/p/w…
I get why athletes are outraged by Sydney Sweeney's sports betting ad, but I fear this may be the point.
The furore is a neat cover for what it's actually selling (gambling) & to whom (young men and boys, who are esp vulnerable to gambling, the deadliest addiction there is)
Trump has lamented that “the whole world unfortunately has become somewhat of a casino," and claimed he was "never in favour of it."
But the Trump family has invested heavily in prediction markets, and the administration is pushing to advance federal control of regulation.