“The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp”, Melissa Gira Grant for The New Republic
I wish I could say I was doing something appropriately solemn on the day of the opening of an American concentration camp in the Everglades. But the main things I did were go to CVS to pick up a prescription and hem a jumpsuit in preparation for going out of town for a July 5 wedding—a wedding in Miami, actually, not that long of a drive away from the concentration camp, but it seemed bad form to propose a protest excursion to my naturalized citizen Lebanese in-laws who’d come all the way from Beirut to see a nephew get married.
The Lebanese side of the family was outnumbered at the wedding by University of Miami alumni. The nephew had attended the school on a football scholarship and then stayed for law school, and was marrying a former team cheerleader. The father of the bride gave a toast composed entirely of football metaphors and the DJ played “Mr. Brightside”, which I think is a contender for the white millennial wedding version of “Sweet Caroline.” I didn’t really expect anyone giving speeches or making small talk to acknowledge the concentration camp, but that didn’t make it less weird to note its conversational absence.
“I Prefer Weeds to Ivy”, Shannon Mattern on her blog Words In Space
Heems, as quoted in Rolling Stone
Announcer at the 2025 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, introducing Joey Chestnut, as seen on TikTok
Submitted by Rusty, who said basically every sentence could be a submission and he is right.
“Two Days Talking to People Looking for Jobs at ICE”, Yanis Varoufuckice for n+1
“‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis”, Oliver Milman for The Guardian
Submitted by Angela.
“Is Technology Really Ruining Teens’ Lives?”, Molly Fischer for The New Yorker
Red Moon, Kim Stanley Robinson
Submitted by David.
“The American system of democracy has crashed”, Elizabeth Lopatto and Sarah Jeong for The Verge