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seems like a good time to share this again: matternews.org/voices/how-t...

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“Trump has made it clear that he intends to curtail the rights of trans people and force us to retreat from public life and back into the dangerous shadows where we have long suffered. … He has declared war on our very existence.” New from Joy Ellison. matternews.org/voices/how-t...

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“Trump has made it clear that he intends to curtail the rights of trans people and force us to retreat from public life and back into the dangerous shadows where we have long suffered. … He has declared war on our very existence.” New from Joy Ellison. matternews.org/voices/how-t...

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mj lenderman covering patterson hood I’m in in my zone.

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“Duhl quickly came to the realization that they could not in good conscience continue in a role working to recruit new students – a majority of whom come from underrepresented populations – to attend a university that they said had effectively turned its back on these communities.”

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“Ted Carter just kind of made this announcement. And he did it preemptively, before any of it was actually law. And he did it without consulting the people who work in those offices and were going to be losing their jobs. And most importantly, without consulting the students.”

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“I did feel, though, that it was a moral responsibility of mine [to resign], because I can’t do work that compromises my integrity as a person. … It’s not always easy to do the right thing, or the thing that you feel is right, but if you take the risk and do it, the universe will have your back.”

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looking forward to news stories about walgreens filing for bankruptcy five years from now that blame zoomers without mentioning this

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loved this interview.

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“And that’s part of the goal of being a musician, too. It’s about the connection with the world and the humans around me, but then also trying to know myself better. … And some of that stuff can be scary, but that’s a noble way to face a fear, I think, turning it into something you can sing.”

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The tiny-home movement has been around for a while – largely co-opted by wealthy faddists who can pay architects to design their treehouses and back-40 cabins. Vista Village is trying to reclaim the concept. New from Brian Williams. matternews.org/community/de...

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“I met David [Johansen] the day before we flew to South America to do a whole tour,” Tasjan said of the New York Dolls legend, who died Feb. 28 at age 75, recalling him as a true original “who could never stop himself from being who he was or who he thought he could be.”

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“And that’s part of the goal of being a musician, too. It’s about the connection with the world and the humans around me, but then also trying to know myself better. … And some of that stuff can be scary, but that’s a noble way to face a fear, I think, turning it into something you can sing.”

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“I’m creating things now where my younger self, the child version of me, he would crack up if he heard it, even as he’d be like, ‘I know I’m not supposed to laugh at this.’ ... That’s the rebellion that I want.” matternews.org/culture/art/...

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Officer Spencer Badger, who had been under internal investigation for bypassing public records to download police body camera footage for personal use, was fired by Columbus Division of Police on Tuesday. matternews.org/community/po...

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Officer Spencer Badger, who had been under internal investigation for bypassing public records to download police body camera footage for personal use, was fired by Columbus Division of Police on Tuesday. matternews.org/community/po...

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A Columbus police officer was fired by the city on Tuesday for bypassing public records to download body camera footage for personal use. Here’s our report from November. matternews.org/community/po...

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Update:Columbus police formally fired a cop who bypassed the public record process to download his body cam videos of citizens he wanted to embarrass by posting them to YouTube (and monetizing the videos). Of course, the local FOP is fighting for his reinstatement.

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Despite the seemingly random approach ... there are certain through lines that begin to develop, particularly related to the ways so-called modern conveniences can serve to obscure the greater wonders still present in our world. matternews.org/culture/musi...

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Was trying to decide between a lot of good albums to write about for AOTW this week, but in the end, "Jason Isbell solo acoustic album reckoning with his divorce" proved to be too powerful a force to resist

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“There are some faculty who are already talking about this [bill] like it’s a done deal, which I think is a dangerous strategy,” Winant said. “We have to believe another fate is possible, another outcome is possible. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be doing this work.” matternews.org/community/a-...

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ohio state rushing to enforce these

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track of the moon beast

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“I think one thing we’ve both noticed as we’ve gotten older … is how much love exists in the small things and the small moments and the ordinary. … These small things, these tender moments, that is the connective tissue. That’s what holds it all together.” matternews.org/culture/word...

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how did boston terriers ever survive in the wild

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"I was the least technically proficient musician in the bands I played in ... but as I listened back to what I was doing, I realized I was introducing some dissonance and picking out notes that appealed to me. … And I really started to think about that idea in relation to my art."

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Here comes the morality policing of art

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the refusal of recreation and parks to make anyone available for an interview or to even answer emailed questions about the decision is deeply pathetic.

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Earlier this month, Ohio State University pulled in non-union laborers to work a show at the Wex’s Mershon Auditorium – a venue long staffed by IATSE Local 12 – and the union workers responded with an informational picket. Read the new Worker's View column from Mandy Shunnarah.

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“Art is a cultural asset, so if people aren’t studying art in a really nourished way, and they’re being limited or censored, I think that hurts the culture at large.” matternews.org/culture/art/...

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“I strongly feel that this is the kind of decision that might look small. ... But I really think for that reason we need to voice our disagreement. We need to make it harder for them to chip away at something that should be supported and celebrated rather than limited” matternews.org/culture/art/...

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Noakes described the reversal by the Recreation and Parks Department as “a slippery slope,” while Lemmon termed it “thinly veiled morality policing.”

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“I strongly feel that this is the kind of decision that might look small. ... But I really think for that reason we need to voice our disagreement. We need to make it harder for them to chip away at something that should be supported and celebrated rather than limited” matternews.org/culture/art/...

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@matternews.bsky.social

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rufo is respected as a thinker and strategist on the right

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“Personally, the last couple of weeks I have woken up with an unshakeable sense of dread and panic. … And I can’t even imagine what closeted trans middle schoolers are feeling right now, knowing what the future could hold.” matternews.org/community/sc...

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spent the afternoon trying to pin down people who won't talk to me for three different features ama

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there’s a guy here at the gym running on the treadmill in jeans.

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“Personally, the last couple of weeks I have woken up with an unshakeable sense of dread and panic. … And I can’t even imagine what closeted trans middle schoolers are feeling right now, knowing what the future could hold.” matternews.org/community/sc...

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Here’s @scottwoods.bsky.social with a list of ways the city’s creatives can begin to arm themselves as they navigate the local arts industrial complex. matternews.org/voices/the-o...

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“Clubhouse is a weird word, but that’s what we wanted to build, and not in an exclusionary way, like, ‘Oh, this is for you and you’re on the inside of it.’ … It was to create a clubhouse where everyone could get better, and where you could try new things and swing for the fences.”

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imagine getting this at any job and not immediately thinking get fucked

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I took a bunch of ketamine and waved a chainsaw around onstage at a conference where people can’t stop giving nazi salutes.

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COLUMBUS! this is friday! it'll be fun! i promise!

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“And the more I got used to thinking about things, and the more I got used to being sad, the more I let go, and the more I gained an understanding of what was really going on with me.” matternews.org/culture/art/...

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“It’s a smoke and mirrors show, right? We don’t have enough caseworkers, but the reality is even if every organization beefed up the number of caseworkers and had 20, 30, 40 people who could go out, it wouldn’t matter, because we don’t have the housing.” matternews.org/community/un...

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This is tonight! I'll be participating with Isbel Alvarado from the Central Ohio Workers Center and Matter News labor columnist Mandy Shunnarah! Come out and join us!

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“It’s a smoke and mirrors show, right? We don’t have enough caseworkers, but the reality is even if every organization beefed up the number of caseworkers and had 20, 30, 40 people who could go out, it wouldn’t matter, because we don’t have the housing.” matternews.org/community/un...

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DJ Byrnes filed a protest of candidacy against Tiara Ross with the Franklin County Board of Elections on Wednesday, alleging that she does not meet the residency requirements to run for office. New from Local Politics columnist Rachel Wenning. matternews.org/voices/local...

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