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dreamt last night that my eye doctor could spot a gene that would make me bald in 2 years unless i got immediate treatment. thank god for optometrists
October 9, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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touring apartments this weekend with my partner yippee
October 8, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Williams, 37, then unleashed her response to the DHS’ statement in an Instagram Story post Monday: “And may I suggest all Nazi bitches suck on my fat d***.” A DHS representative did not immediately return The Independent’s request for comment.
October 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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does anyone know if i can easily use libby with a kobo i am considering my next ereader
October 7, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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working 9 to 5
little doodle kitty with a post it tie and a post it suitcase
October 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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i'm dry skin maxxing
September 30, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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rumination
September 28, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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i'm officially in my last two years of my 20s. much to consider
September 28, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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bear says meow
September 25, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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i'm alive
September 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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take my acne double it and give it to donald trump
September 16, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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and fuck ed sheeran
September 16, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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All of Ed Sheeran’s opening acts and his touring band have dropped out of the remaining dates of his ‘Loop’ tour in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore.
September 15, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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with ALT text because everyone should read this!!!
I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words "Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides." And I get why people don't. Taking a side can cost you. Money, brand deals, sponsorships, festivals, private shows, relationships and access. I've lost all of those things. But there is no neutral position between the oppressor and the oppressed. When one side has the bombs and bottomless financial and military support from America, refusing to take a side doesn't leave you in the middle. What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me. And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability. I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed. Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation. When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic: لا شكر على واجب "La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty. That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human. Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people being displaced, starved and killed while the world debates which words we are allowed to use to describe it, how those words make us feel, and whether our discomfort matters more than the people living through a genocide. I didn't need 10 shows from Ed. I needed 2. Two chances to stand in front of 90,000 people and say the words that somehow became too dangerous to say. Free Palestine. But if those words cost me the stage, while turning the conversation back to Palestine, then it was the most successful tour l've ever been on.
September 14, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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i digress bro
September 15, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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is pitbull problematic because i have his 2009 album on repeat
September 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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off work, having a pumpkin coffee, the temperature is below 90f for the first time in a long time. this must be what world peace feels like
September 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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meow
September 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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work is pissin me OFF
September 3, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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if i want to get into the legend of zelda (i have played a few sporadically) what should i start with
August 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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i have job search fatigue #overit
August 27, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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My oil portrait of Tim Curry. Rip :(
August 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.
Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.
August 25, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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August 25, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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not to be dramatic but my life is over
August 25, 2026 at 6:17 PM