Scoop: Canadian leftists are using “Ram Ranch,” a 2012 porno metal song about 18 gay cowboys, to troll anti-vaxx truckers and disrupt convoy communications on Zello and Telegram. They call themselves the #ramranchresistance.
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senior writer . cohost of Don't Let This Flop. mom but not weird about it. rep: . Email: edickson@rollingstone.com. Signal: 9173976848
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If you have not been following the trial this week, you must read 's reporting from the courtroom in full. This case is so horrifying, I don't even know what to say.
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me adding “an impassioned bee takedown” to our editorial pitch doc circa 2016
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In my entire editorial career there’s only one piece I regret not commissioning and it was “Actually, Bees Suck and They *Should* All Die”
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To protect the authors privacy im not going to say who pitched but it was
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In my entire editorial career there’s only one piece I regret not commissioning and it was “Actually, Bees Suck and They *Should* All Die”
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to this point: while I am not surprised that Fox News would hire an "expert" in a bullshit science to weigh in on this trial, this is also representative of how the mainstream media in general decided this case long ago
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there we go — here's one that buries the allegations of abuse 8 grafs down to focus on the rumor that she fucked James Franco (which, if true, has nothing to do with whats at stake here, which is whether she defamed Depp in her op-ed)
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The vast majority of entertainment news publications will run this story with anodyne headlines like "Amber Heard Gives Emotional Testimony" — without specifying the horrors she's accusing him of. This case has already been tried in the media, and he's won
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they shut like 3/4 of the park down for years to build a generic splash pad and a rinky-dink stage for Rick Springfield to perform during Food and Wine fest. You have to respect it
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Disney has released new artwork for EPCOT's transformation, including the festival stage area, Journey of Water (the Moana-inspired attraction), CommuniCore Hall/CommuniCore Plaza, and World Celebration.
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Shout out to for covering this egregious bulls**t conman who claims he’s seen blind people see and helped heal cancer patients.
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Phan's posts about intense sleep deprivation during these $1,999 meditation retreats concerned fans, who thought she had joined a cult. Says @derekberes of Dispenza: "he has amassed a cult of personality that he’s rapidly monetizing."rollingstone.com/culture/cultur
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Phan's apparent journey down the misinfo rabbit hole isn't shocking. As we learned during the pandemic, the wellness influencer-to-pseudoscience-peddler pipeline is alive and well. But with an audience of 8.8 million subs, it's certainly concerning.
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Phan's posts about intense sleep deprivation during these $1,999 meditation retreats concerned fans, who thought she had joined a cult. Says of Dispenza: "he has amassed a cult of personality that he’s rapidly monetizing."
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As and have reported on the Conspirituality podcast, such teachings led a 45-year-old man with terminal cancer to consider stopping chemotherapy in favor of Dispenza's meditations.
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After splitting from Ramtha, Dispenza has built an audience of 2.1 million Instagram followers teaching that one can cure various ailments, including terminal cancer and infertility, through the power of breathwork and positive thought.
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Phan's pivot to spiritual healing is all the more alarming when you look into Dr. Joe Dispenza, the "neuroscience" expert (he's actually a chiropractor) previously linked to the cult leader Ramtha, who claims to be a 35,000-year-old warrior from Atlantis.
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It's not unusual for a beauty guru to plug weird hacks. What is unusual is plugging essential oils to cure COVID, which Phan did in Feb. 2020. She apologized when called out, then doubled down on Instagram, saying, "we should always question everything"
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Even prior to that, Phan's fans knew she had a history of peddling weird misinfo. Earlier in her career, she recommended using (unused) cat litter to exfoliate and using lemon juice in a facial scrub, which can cause chemical burns.
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Phan took a four-year hiatus from YouTube at the peak of her success. When she returned in 2019, she immediately started peddling Bitcoin to her fans; she also told that she hires employees for her makeup brand based on their astrological sign.
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NEW from me: YouTube beauty guru Michelle Phan went viral for claiming on Instagram she taught a paralyzed man to walk during a meditation retreat. But her history of peddling misinformation and pseudoscience bullshit goes back a lot further than that:
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This was such a blast to read, and affirms my fervent belief that every publication should put this woman on the cover of every issue until the end of time
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Influencers take a stand on abortion rights challenge
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rude of you to not send me the video the second it dropped
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The GOP smear of Madison Cawthorn isn’t working because every day I like him more and more twitter.com/meidastouch/st
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Boosting this so Susan follows Miles
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finally had the honor of writing about @SusanSarandon derangement syndrome. hope you see this, legend melmagazine.com/en-us/story/su
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i was already having a bad day and the news that the Saved by the Bell reboot was canceled made it so much worse
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Now feels like a great time to mention I’m available for staffing opportunities!!
Also working on this wildly fun show with the most insanely talented team was one of the greatest joys of my life, thanks to everyone who made it possible and tuned in! Go Bayside 
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If you are a beauty creator expert who follows me, hit me up, I have a quick Q for you
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And of course all of the replies to this very brave piece are jokes about it being planted by Heard's PR team. Half of the piece is just an overview of symptoms and quotes from licensed therapists; how could Heard's PR team *plant* info from the DSM? You people are fucked up.
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This is exactly the problem with common conceptions of BPD. BPD is not predictive of violent & destructive behavior toward others. You know what it's incredibly predictive of, though? Violent & destructive behavior toward *yourself.*
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This was a brave piece. BPD is incredibly stigmatized, and the author must have known that Johnny Depp stans would come after them. I'm very glad they were courageous enough to publish this and call out Depp's "expert" witness on her utter bullshit.
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POPSUGAR contributor @LiterateElf shares her experience navigating borderline personality disorder (BPD) and the stereotypes that come from media misunderstandings, as discussed in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial. (1/7)
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Let's break down what Gaetz is really saying in this strategically offensive tweet.
1) "Over-educated" is likely an attack on higher ed institutions, which the far-right has been demonizing as "liberal indoctrination centers" for years. He also hates powerful women, clearly. >>
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also new theme song (and new Theater Kid Bullshit segment) dropped!!! check it out we're obsessed
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"[Do] not let them make us feel the way they want us to feel, for the choices we have made to save our own lives and countless others. We are not dispensable." Read this powerful essay from
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This week on Don't Let This Flop and I talked about how the right unsuccessfully tried to foment a moral panic around Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly being child-grooming Satanists, which they prob LOVED and will make them even more annoying
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I wrote about the 10th anniversary of the famous incident of a Redditor admitting he had been collecting his semen in a shoebox for 2 years, then burning the box, then it growing mold. Enjoy!
(I promise, no actual photos of the box in here)
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I was absolutely terrified to publish the piece I wrote yesterday. But most people have been incredibly kind and supportive. Some have shared their own stories that have made me cry. Thank you all for being proof that the world isn't a total pile of shit.
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Kashmir is much smarter than me, listen to her
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I consider myself a very data-concerned person but finding it hard to imagine period trackers playing a huge role in widespread hunts for women who might get abortions or got them. twitter.com/ECMcLaughlin/s…
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Please do not spread misinformation about data from period tracking apps being used by the government to crack down on abortion. Yes, data privacy is an immense concern, but there’s no evidence the data from these apps would be used in this way. Do not make a scary time scarier.
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