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Welcome to Friday Night Chats! I'm so happy you're here. How has your week been? What are your weekend plans? Let's chat! Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email! Skip to comments What a week! We
Dr Jehad Malaka is our reporter in Gaza. Your subscription and koha allow me to pay him to share stories from the genocide in Palestine. Thank you for your generosity and thank you Dr Malaka. This piece has a call to action for us and I hope you'll
Every election cycle, you start to see it. Experts (well, actually, people who are absolutely not experts at anything) and commentators claim everyone must vote strategically. At the same time, others (also not experts) claim voting strategically isn’t possible or even moral. It’s enough to confuse anyone. And
So many of us are sick. And there's a reason for it.
As soon as it was published, I had dozens of messages directing me to it. How do the tiny people in my phone know my specific brand of psychosis so well? I am so into Millennial Beige Culture. There's literally never a time I don't want
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In another world there is healing. This post is about Lindsay Clancy. You don’t have to read it. It’s OK to just choose not to read about this topic because it’s too close to home, or it’s too hard, or it just hurts too much. It’
Which muppet will run the show?
Please take care reading this piece: It talks about weight, weight-loss and fatphobia. I use the term ‘fat’ throughout because I view the term as a descriptor. You might disagree; that’s OK. When a friend told me you can get the weight-loss jab online within minutes, delivered
Welcome to Friday Night Chats! I'm so excited! My trip with my girls is tomorrow! It's going to be so fun. And my boy had a great week at school. He talked to one of the kids! I hope you had a great week too. Let&
🚨WARNING: This post contains THIRST. For a BASKET MAN. It's possible this makes me a BASKET CASE. Which is to say this is a classic Emily Writes THIRST POST that is deeply SILLY and if you're not into that consider yourself TOLD and STOP READING IMMEDIATELY
The Ministry doesn't seem to want the public to know exactly how much AI it's using - or what it's using AI for.
Kia ora, welcome to Friday Night Chats! It's so nice to have you here. It's been a real week of high highs and very low lows, so it's nice to be together here. I am feeling very happy today though. The sun is out
This week my son spoke to his class. This might not seem like a big deal, but it really, I mean really, is a big deal. My son has not spoken to another child his age for a long time. Almost two years. This year, he started at a new
In October 2024, Hannah Grundy, a teacher from Australia, found sexually explicit videos and images of her online. Some of them appeared to be created from photos and videos that were only available on her Close Friends List; as a teacher, she is very careful with her internet footprint, and
Hello! Welcome to Friday Night Chats! It's so nice to have you here. Let's chat about the week - I saw two films this week at the movies, which is unusual for me, one was The Odyssey! I've got reviews! Basic ones. I mean, don&
It's been a busy week, and it's only Wednesday! Let's recap the week so far and highlight some things you should know about... Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email! Skip to comments In politics, Shane