We've survived and thrived for two years and are ready to celebrate with you, the ones who made it possible!Come have a cocktail or locally-brewed beer on us at vertical farm and brew labfarm.one. We'll also record a live podcast with the whole 404 crew, for the first time in person together since... well, two years ago!GET TICKETS HEREDoors open at 6, programming begins at 6:45, good hangs to continue after. Open bar (tip your bartenders), and pizza will be available for purchase on-site if you're hungry. Free admission for 404 Media subscribers at the supporter level.Sign up or check your subscription here. Once you're a supporter, scroll to the bottom of this post for the code to enter at checkout on the Luma page. Or buy tix for yourself or a friend to make sure you have a spot on the list.We'll also have some merch on hand that'll be discounted for IRL purchases.If getting into the coolest party of the summer isn't enticing enough, you'll be supporting the impact of our journalism, which so far this year has included: Nvidia was suedafter we revealed the company scraped YouTube and other sites en masse to build its own AI systems.GeoSpy, an AI tool that let anyone geolocate photos in seconds and whose users could include stalkers, dramatically restricted access after 404 Media published an investigation into it.Congressrepeatedly grilled Appleand Metaover their association with nonconsensual nudify and deepfake apps after we exposed the connections.A public library ebook servicesaid it was going to cull AI slopafter we found low quality books were flooding libraries.Congress just launched an investigation into automatic license plate reader company Flock; After 404 Medias investigations this year, Flockremoved a number of statesfrom its national lookup tool. In July, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregonannounced an agreementby Flock to block any out-of-state police searches related to abortion or immigration.Our earlier work has shut down surveillance companies and triggered hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fines too. Our paying subscribers are the engine that powers this impactful journalism. Every subscription, monthly or annual, makes a real difference and makes it possible to do our work. Fine print: Tickets are required for entry, including for subscribers. 21+ only. Seating for the podcast is open but limited and includes standing room; a ticket doesn't guarantee a seat but let staff onsite know if you require one. Photos will be taken at the event. Venue reserves the right to refuse entry. Good vibes only, see you soon!Code for subscribers is below the images.Scenes from our panel at SXSW 2025, our DIY hackerspace party in LA on July 30, and our first anniversary party last year.

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WASHINGTONClaiming the luminous potion would make the nation strong and vigorous, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued an order Friday directing all Americans to drink a mysterious glowing liquid.In order to end the chronic disease epidemic in this country, it is imperative that every man, woman, and child take a large swig of this wondrous concoction, said Kennedy, who held up a corked bottle emitting a bright, almost neon, green glow and explained that the eerie liquid would be added to municipal water sources to ensure the entire populace had access to it. In the past, corrupt medical researchers have doubted the curative powers of my extraordinary and stimulating elixir, and government regulators have done everything in their power to stop people from ingesting it. But that ends now. Soon, every American will swallow this unique medical preparation, feel its intense burn upon the lining of their esophagus, and know its restorative properties are taking effect.An independent chemical analysis later confirmed the mysterious glowing liquid was just ivermectin with a lot of green food coloring added.The post RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid appeared first on The Onion.

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A Drug Enforcement Administration agent used a local police officers password to the Flock automated license plate reader system to search for someone suspected of an immigration violation. That DEA agent did this without [the local police officers] knowledge, and the password to the Flock account, which belonged to the Palos Heights PD, has since been changed. Using license plate readers for immigration enforcement is illegal in Illinois, and casual password sharing between local police and federal law enforcement for access to surveillance systems is, at the very least, against Flocks terms of service.The details of the search were first reported by the investigative news outlet Unraveled, which obtained group chats about the search using a public records request. More details about the search were obtained and shared with 404 Media by Shawn, a 404 Media reader who filed a public records request with Palos Heights after attending one of our FOIA Forums.DEA agent used Illinois cops Flock license plate reader password for immigration enforcement searchesA federal Drug Enforcement Administration agent on a Chicago area task force used Palos Heights Detective Todd Hutchinsons login credentials to perform unauthorized searches this past January. Group chat screenshots obtained via public records request show the detective and the feds discussing the incident.Unraveled PressFlock makes automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras, which passively collect the time, plates, and model of cars that drive past them and enter them into a network that can then be searched by police. Our investigation in May showed that federal agents were gaining side-door access into this system by asking local police to perform immigration enforcement searches for them; the new documents show that in some cases, local police have simply given federal agents their passwords.The documents obtained by Unraveled show details of an internal investigation done by the Palos Heights, Illinois police department in response to a series of questions that I asked them for an article we published in May that appeared to show a Todd Hutchinson, a police officer in Palos Heights, performing a series of Flock searches in January as part of their research into an immigration violation.At the time, Palos Heights police chief Mike Yott told me that Hutchinson was a member of a DEA task force that does not work immigration cases.None of our officers that work with federal agencies have cross designation as immigration officers, and therefore have no immigration authority, and we and our partner agencies are very sensitive to the fact that we and the State of Illinois do not pursue immigration issues, Yott said. Based on the limited information on the report, the coding/wording may be poor and the use of Flock may be part of a narcotics investigation or a fugitive status warrant, which does on occasion involve people with various immigration statuses.Our reporting set off an internal investigation into what these searches were for, and who did them, according to the documents obtained by Unraveled. According to a July 9 investigation report written by the Palos Heights Police Department, Hutchinson was the only task force member who had access to Flock.Information about what the search was actually for is redacted in the internal investigation, and neither the Palos Heights Police Department nor the DEA has said what it was for.Hutchinson advised that it was common that he allowed others to use his login to Flock during the course of their drug investigations. TFO Hutchinson spoke to his group and learned that one of the DEA agents completed these searches and used his login information, the report says. The DEA agent (whose name is redacted in the report) did in fact use Hutchinsons login for federal investigations in late January 2025 without Hutchinsons knowledge of said use.When I had shared my account with the Special Agent, I believed it would only be used for DEA/narcotics related investigations, Hutchinson wrote in an email to his bosses explaining why he shared his password. Hutchinson said in a series of text messages to task force officers, which were also obtained by Unraveled, that he had to change the password to lock other members of the task force out of the system.Whats the new password?, a task force member wrote to Hutchinson.Sorry man. Keys had to be taken away, he responded.The task force member replied with a gif of a sad Chandler Bing from friends sitting in the rain.Hey guys I no longer have access to Flock cause Hutch took my access away, another group text reads. Apparently someone who has access to his account may have been running plates and may have placed the search bar immigration.. which maybe have brought undue attention to his account. Effective immediately Defer all flock inquiries to Toss Hutchinstein[sic].Dear Todd, I hope you dont get in trouble cause of my mistake, the DEA agent joked in the group chat. U were so helpful in giving the group access but now that is gone, gone like dust,..in the wind Trust is broken / I dont know if bridges can be mended one day we might be back to normal but until then I will just have to sit by this window and pray things will return Best Regards. Ps, can u flock a plate for meOnly time will tell my fate, I suppose, Hutchinson responded. Whats the plate? And confirming it is NOT for immigration purposesIt was a test and u passed ., the DEA agent responds.In response to a separate public records request filed by Shawn, the 404 Media reader, and shared with us, the Palos Heights Police Department said Our investigation into this matter has revealed that while these inquiries appear to have been run as part of a taskforce assignment, no member of the Palos Heights Police Department ran those queries. They were, apparently, run by another, non-Palos Heights, task force member who used a Palos Height's member's sign in and password information without his knowledge.The Palos Heights Police Department said in its investigation files that this incident has brought to light the need to review our own protocols of LPR use. The police department said that it had decided to limit searches of its Flock system only to agencies within the state of Illinois, rather than to police departments around the country. The department also turned on two-factor authentication, which had not been previously enabled.Lastly, I believe there is a need to start a monthly review of our own flock searches to ensure our officers are working within standards and compliant with all policies and laws, the report says.Palos Heights casual sharing of passwords to a powerful surveillance system is a violation of Flocks terms of service, which states Authorized End Users shall not share their account username or password information and must protect the security of the username and password.More concerningly, it shows, as we have been reporting, that there are very few practical guardrails on how Flock is being used. The DEA does not have a contract with Flock, and police generally do not obtain a warrant to use Flock. We have repeatedly reported on police officers around the country who have offered to either run plates for their colleagues or to give them access to their logins, even when those agencies have not gone through proper acquisition channels.The Palos Heights police department did not respond to a request for comment from 404 Media. The DEA told 404 Media we respectfully refer you to the Palos Heights Police Department. Flock also did not respond to a request for comment. The House Oversight Committee announced last week that it had launched an investigation into how Flock is being used to search for immigration violations.

Gender nonconforming cis women in the U.K. are reporting increased incidents of having their presence in womens bathrooms and changing rooms challenged since the countrys anti-trans Supreme Court ruling earlier this year.If youre masculine-presenting or butch lesbian, womens toilets are not a safe space. Ive been spat on, screamed at and its just so sad that this looks likely to get worse, one woman told the Guardian. The looks of hate, the feeling that you just dont know if youre going to be safe, have really got worse since the ruling, to the extent I now either ask a friend to come in with me or use the disabled toilet, which I feel bad about because its preventing them from accessing it. Related Cops burst into womens restroom to remove butch lesbian, accusing her of being a man In a story published August 12, the outlet spoke to several cisgender women who, for one reason or another, do not fit rigid expectations of traditional feminine appearance. Each said they have been confronted, and in some cases harassed, in women-only spaces by bystanders who questioned their gender. Caz Coronel, a composer and producer, said she was recently confronted while waiting in line for the womens restroom at a concert venue by a man who insisted she belonged in the line for the mens room. He kept harassing her about waiting for the womens room until she told him, Do you want to see my tits? Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today I have short hair and dont mind if people think I look male. Ive often been called Sir, but when they see my face, they either apologize or ask me politely what I like to be called. But Ive never had anyone approach me before in such a publicly aggressive way, she said. What then flashed through my mind was: Is this what this ruling has done?According to the outlet, many said they have noticed an escalation in these encounters since the Supreme Court ruling in April, which found that the legal definition of a woman under the countrys 2010 Equality Act is based on biological sex. Claire Prihartini, a breast cancer survivor who got a bilateral mastectomy, said that she was harassed in the changing room of a public pool. I was standing with my top off in front of the mirror putting on my swimming cap, she recounted. Another woman walked in, gasped audibly, and said: Theres a man in here! I said: Oh, Im not a man in a friendly way, then she said aggressively: You look like a man, there arent meant to be men in here and continued to look at my body. I didnt want to engage with her any further, so I just walked off into the pool.Prihartini said that while the experience wasnt massively traumatic, it shocked me that someone felt empowered in the moment to question someone elses gender so rudely, that its becoming normalized. As the Guardian notes, shortly after the ruling, the Equality and Human Rights Commission released an interim update on how the decision should be interpreted, suggesting that trans people should be banned from using public facilities that align with their gender identity. At the time, Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden told the BBC that there would not be toilet police in the country, But that is the logical consequence of the court ruling and the EHRC guidance.Critics of anti-trans bathroom bans have long argued that, apart from being cruel and discriminatory, these measures would also likely subject cisgender women and girls to increased policing of their appearance. Those fears seem to be becoming a reality in both the U.S. and the U.K.Both Taranjit Chana of LGBTQ+ anti-violence organization Black and Brown Rainbow and Bridget Symonds of LGBTQ+ anti-abuse charity Galop told the Guardian that their organizations have seen an uptick in reports from queer and gender-diverse people who have had their gender challenged in public restrooms in recent months. Weve seen instances where LGBT+ people are being challenged and verbally abused when attempting to access toilets in public spaces, such as pubs, Symonds said. Were hearing from cisgender lesbians who have been questioned about their gender in public toilets, something happening even before the ruling.Chana noted that women of color face particular scrutiny.Womens toilets have never felt entirely safe for black and brown women, because we dont fit that binary way of looking, Chana said. In some communities, facial hair is part of who we are, but in public toilets people stare and feel it is acceptable to make remarks because we dont fit a narrow, European version of female.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg slammed J.D. Vance for his blood and soil nationalism, an expression associated with the Third Reich.Buttigieg was responding to comments Vance made at the conservative Claremont Institute in July, where he said that the idea that just agreeing with the values in the Declaration of Independence should make someone American is both over-inclusive and under-inclusive. He said that instead of seeing whether someones values are American, people should be considered more American if their ancestors were in the country for a long time. Related Pete Buttigieg blasts JD Vances VP candidacy in one brutal joke I think the people whose ancestors fought in the Civil War have a hell of a lot more claim over America than the people who say they dont belong, Vance said, pretty clearly including both sides of the Civil War in his explanation of who is more American than everyone else.Buttigieg whose father immigrated to the United States from Malta and became a U.S. citizen in 1979 accused Vance of articulating blood and soil nationalism this past Sunday on Pod Save America. That expression comes from the German Blut und Boden, a slogan used by the Nazi party to express the unification of a racially defined people (the blood) and a region that belongs to that race (the soil). Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Buttigieg accused Vance of saying that American ideals have nothing to do with what it means to be an American, what really matters is how long your family has been here, which is this kind of blood and soil nationalism that frankly cuts against exactly what makes America special. Buttigieg explained that the fact that we even have the word un-American means that people generally agree that being American is connected to your commitment to our freedoms and to the ideals that are laid out in the Declaration [of Independence] and in the Constitution, that that matters in a way that you just I dont think that you could be un-French or un-Japanese for a parallel reason. Its a huge part of whats special about America. Weve got to lay out a way of being American and belonging here that doesnt depend on whether your ancestors fought in the Civil War, he continued. Maybe they did, maybe they didnt, great, although, look, some of those ancestors were fighting against America in the Civil War. Instead of making it about that, lets recognize that everyone who is here is part of the same national project.He pointed out that his mother could possibly trace her ancestry in the U.S. back to the Revolutionary War, but isnt any more or less American than his father, who chose to become an American citizen.No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter deeply to who we are and what it means to be American. pic.twitter.com/Mz2IwYBoNe Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) August 12, 2025Host Jon Favreau pointed out that Vance is likely to run for president in 2028 and asked Buttigieg what he thought about that. Buttigieg said that Vance is very smart but not a very principled person.It didnt take him many years to go from comparing Trump to Hitler which he did to saying that he ought to be the leader of the free world, Buttigieg said. He said that Vances background, from writing about the working class in the Midwest to working in Silicon Valley to finding this path to power in the Republican party, shows that hes that intelligent and that unprincipled.To the extent that he has found religion, has found principles other than just trying to take power, he seems to be getting more and more attached to this kind of blood and soil nationalism that, you know, if that prevails, would make us just another country out there instead of the country that we all know and love, Buttigieg concluded. Buttigieg and Vance have clashed in the past. Vance accused Buttigieg of being part of a group of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices they made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too whos running the Democratic party, along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and former Vice President Kamala Harris. Vance made his comments before Buttigieg and his husband Chasten announced that they had adopted two children.The really sad thing is he said that after Chasten and I had been through a fairly heartbreaking setback in our adoption journey, Buttigieg said at the time. He couldnt have known that, but maybe thats why you shouldnt be talking about other peoples children.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

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Its a brutally hot August across the world, but especially in Europe where high temperatures have caused wildfires and droughts. In the UK, the water shortage is so bad that the government is urging citizens to help save water by deleting old emails. It really helps lighten the load on water hungry datacenters, you see.The suggestion came in a press release posted on the British governments website Tuesday after a meeting of its National Drought Group. The release gave an update on the status of the drought, which is bad. The Wye and Ely Ouse rivers are at their lowest ever recorded height and five areas are officially in drought, with six more experiencing prolonged dry weather following the driest six months to July since 1976, according to the release. It also listed a few tips to help people save on water.The tips included installing a rain butt to collect rainwater for gardening, fixing leaks the moment they happen, taking shorter showers, and getting rid of old data. Delete old emails and pictures as data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems, the press release suggested.Datacenters suck up an incredible amount of water to keep their delicate equipment cool. The hotter it is, the more water it uses and a heatwave spikes the costs of doing business. But old emails lingering in cloud servers are a drop in the bucket for a data center compared to processing generative AI requests.A U.S. A Government Accountability Office report from earlier this year estimated that 60 queries of an AI system consumed about a liter of water, or roughly 1.67 Olympic sized swimming pools for the 250,000,000 queries generated in the U.S. every day. The World Economic Forum has estimated that AI datacenters will consume up to 1.7 trillion gallons of water every year by 2027. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has disputed these estimates, saying that an average ChatGPT query uses roughly one fifteenth of a teaspoon of water.Downing Street announced plans in January to turbocharge AI in the U.K. The plan includes billions of pounds earmarked for the construction of massive water-hungry datacenters, including a series of centers in Wales that will cost about $16 billion. The announcement about the AI push said it will create tens of thousands of jobs. It doesnt say anything about where the water will come from.In America, people are learning that living next to these massive AI data centers is a nightmare that can destroy their air and water quality. People who live next to massive Meta-owned datacenters in Georgia have complained of a lack of water pressure and diminished quality since the data centers moved in. In Colorado, local government and activists are fighting tech companies attempting to build massive data centers in a state that struggled with drought before the water-hungry machines moved in.Like so many other systemic issues linked to climate change and how people live in the 21st century, small-scale personal solutions like delete your old emails wont solve the problem. The individual water bill for a persons old photos is nothing compared to the gallons of water required by large corporate clients running massive computers.We are grateful to the public for following the restrictions, where in place, to conserve water in these dry conditions, Helen Wakeham, the UK Environment Agencys Director of Water, said in the press release. Simple, everyday choicessuch as turning off a tap or deleting old emailsalso really helps the collective effort to reduce demand and help preserve the health of our rivers and wildlife.Representatives from the UK Government did not immediately return 404 Medias request for comment.

It's no secret that queer women love sports.From growing up playing softball or basketball, to the classic lesbian date of going on a hike, to the thousands of queer women who play professional sports around the world, sports are an integral part of many queer women's lives.With that in mind, we've put together this list of the eleven gayest women's sports.We know this list is going to be controversial. How gay a sport is may be very personal to many people. Yes, all of these sports are staggeringly gay, and all of them deserve a spot in the top five, maybe even the top three. That being said, we did put them in order from least gay to gayest. So this is canon now. Did your favorite sport make our list? Keep reading to find out!11. TennisSee on InstagramTennis is a classic gay sport, with legends of the sport like Billie Jean King (above) and Martina Navritolova (although she's since become a TERF) being outed in the early 1980s. Today, queer stars like Daria Kasatkina, Greet Minnen, Demi Schuurs, Nadia Podoroska, Guillermina Naya, Emina Bektas, and Tara Moore carry on the legacy.10. Climbing/BoulderingRock climbing and bouldering may not be the first sports you think of when you think of queer women. However, the more you think about the two, the more they go perfectly together. I mean, what lesbian doesn't love carabiners? And that hand strength and dexterity? Legendary. Plus, climbing legends like Lynn Hill and Silvia Vasquez-Lavado give queer women a strong presence in the history of the sport. 9. BoxingSee on InstagramTraditionally, a hyper-masculine sport, queer women like Christy Martin and Nicola Adams (above) have been making history in boxing for years. Currently, stars like Nesthy Petecio, Kellie Harrington, Cindy Ngamba, and Beatriz Ferreira are keeping up the legacy with Olympic wins. Lesbians love a woman with muscles, and in boxing, women can show off that those impressive guns aren't just for looks!8. WrestlingSee on InstagramThe pageantry and costumes of professional wrestling make the sport inherently gay, and now that more and more women are getting opportunities to join, the sport is becoming a haven for queer women! Wrestlers like Sonya Deville (above), Mercedes Martinez, Shayna Baszler, Toni Storm, and Saraya are some queer stars we love to see in the ring!7. Field HockeyField Hockey is an all-time classic lesbian high school sport. Many girls first discovered their queerness while running around a field, bashing into other girls, and chasing a ball with sticks. As long as there are girls playing sports, queer girls will play this sport.6. Ice HockeySee on InstagramMuch like field hockey, ice hockey is one of the gayest sports a woman can play. It's such a gay sport that there are several examples of opponents from star women's hockey teams marrying each other! In 2018, Team USA star Meghan Duggan (above) and Team Canada star Gillian Apps got married. Previously, Team USA star Julie Chu married Canadian star Caroline Ouellette, and before that, Team Canada's Jayna Hefford and Team USA's Kathleen Kauth were married!5. SoftballFor many queer women, softball has a long tradition of being considered the ultimate lesbian sport. The show A League of Their Own, based on the movie of the same name and the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, highlighted the gay history of softball and baseball, and still today, queer women are drawn to the sports.3. BasketballSee on InstagramLesbians like Brittney Griner (above) have been making history in the WNBA since the early 2000s, and are an even bigger part of the sport now. Women's basketball would be nothing without queer players and fans, and the WNBA currently has at least 41 queer players in it.4. SoccerSee on InstagramSoccer is another sport inexorably linked to lesbianism. The NWSL is one of the gayest sports leagues in the world, with over 50 out players playing in 2025. With legends like Megan Rapinoe, Christen Press, Tobin Heath, Ali Krieger, and Marta (above) as well as current stars like Tierna Davidson, Esther Gonzalez, Debinha, and Jess Fishlock, the sport will always be linked to queer women.2. RugbySee on InstagramSports can hardly get gayer than rugby, the tougher, more physical cousin of soccer. Rugby players get bruised, beaten up, down, and dirty during games, and queer women can't stop signing up.In 2024, Team USA won its first Olympic medal in rugby in 100 years, led by six out players on the team, including Alev Kelter (above). Other out rugby stars who won medals in 2024 include New Zealand legend Portia Woodman-Wickliffe and Canada's Olivia Apps.1. Roller DerbyDoes anything say "queer women" like roller derby? This aggressive and physical sport is full of pageantry and slamming into one another things that most lesbians love. It's also a haven for alternative crowds, meaning that queer women already have an inroad. Many sources even point to Texas Roller Derby, a queer-dominated league based in Austin, Texas, as one of the main leagues to revitalize the sport in the early 2000s. WNBA, NWSL, and women's rugby matches are great places to meet queer women, but nothing beats a good roller derby if you're looking for queer dates or queer community.

Ex-husbands Lukas Gage and Chris Appleton are sharing more details about their marriage whether intentionally or unintentionally. Outside of his gym in Los Angeles yesterday, TMZ stopped Gage to ask him about his ex-husband's newly announced memoir coming out in January 2026, which is set to be released three months after Gage's book. (@) A photographer at TMZ chatted with Gage as he was walking out and asked him about Appleton's book coming out so soon after his, to which Gage replied that he's "honored to be influential in someone else's release date of their book." When he was asked if he felt Appleton did it intentionally, the actor responded and said he wasn't sure.Gage didn't engage much when it came to follow-up questions, but when asked where they stood and if he knew about the almost similar release dates, he responded, "It was a surprise."This interaction with the media comes not too soon after Appleton appeared on Jay Shetty's podcast and opened up about being in his first romantic relationship with a man, nonetheless, a celebrity. During the conversation, the celebrity hairstylist, whose client list includes Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, and Dua Lipa, opened up about the "private pain" he was experiencing during his marriage. As a father of two kids in their early 20s, he said his biggest priority was his kids. "I don't mind people saying good and bad things," Appleton said during the interview. "But, for me, as a dad, I wanted to protect my kidsI'm very aware that any relationship I go into, there will be a conversation around that."He also revealed that he was the one who filed for divorce from Gage. "It's a bit like going to buy a house: I like bright and lots of space; I don't like confined and dark. Some people do. And that's OK," the hairstylist said. "We're just not aligned."

Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz are once again shining a light on what it's like to be former stars of the hit show Glee.McHale and Ushkowitz, who played Artie and Tina on Glee, are the cohosts of the And That's What You REALLY Missed podcast, where they recap the groundbreaking show and talk about behind-the-scenes secrets.This week, the duo did a podcast swap with the hosts of the Full House podcast, How Rude, Tannerios!, and opened up about one of the harder aspects of doing a recap podcast.McHale revealed that he and Ushkowitz had previously tried to do another Glee recap show, called Showmance, but had to stop in 2020 after their costar Naya Rivera tragically died.McHale says that even before her death, dealing with watching scenes with Cory Monteith, who died while filming the show, was "hard.""I couldn't really listen to the songs he was singing on, and it was just hard," McHale said. "But watching it really helped me get through it."Ushkowitz added that rewatching the show helped them work through their grief, especially after they had to publicly mourn Monteith as their characters on the show.After Monteith tragically died in 2013, writers for Glee also killed off his character. They also had his fellow students sing songs to honor him on the show in an episode titled "The Quarterback.""We had to mourn all that in the show, like, while we were filming it, and move on without him," Ushkowitz said.Now, they say that their current podcast has been a part of the healing process."It really is a gift that we get to watch this, and we got so many moments of how great they are as people shine through in their performances as characters," McHale said. "Obviously, it's hard. Some episodes are easier than others, but it has been another really nice surprise of doing all this."

A twink has been clocked, let's just say that.Editor's note: This story contains mild spoilers and reactions to the grand finale of The Gilded Age season 3 on HBO Max.With And Just Like That coming to an end, a long waiting period until season 3 of The Comeback to drop on HBO Max, and the slow updates regarding the new season of Euphoria, the online gays are still spending their Sunday nights watching HBO. As a result, a new heartthrob has emerged in the cast of The Gilded Age.Actor Ben Ahlers, who plays Jack Trotter on HBO's The Gilded Age, won over the hearts of even more fans during his appearances throughout season 3. Between dramatically changing his financial standing and continuing to serve Babygirl energy, the character who makes a living as a clockmaker in the series has been kindly nicknamed "Clock Twink" by the HBO stans.If you're still lost and/or confused about this obsession with the "Clock Twink," no need to worry! We're here to tell you what time it is.The Gilded Age is streaming on HBO Max. (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@)

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by Heather Vogell ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as theyre published. What Happened: Greystar, the nations largest landlord, has agreed to stop using algorithmic rent-setting software that federal prosecutors say could violate laws against price-fixing.The agreement is part of a proposed settlement with the Justice Department to resolve claims by federal authorities that the company had colluded with other landlords to raise rents in cities across the country.The deal was announced by the DOJ on Friday but still must be approved by a judge. If it is, it will bar Greystar, which is based in South Carolina and manages nearly 950,000 apartments nationwide, from using any anti-competitive algorithm that relies on rivals sensitive data to suggest rents, the department said in a statement.Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from RealPage, a Texas-based software-maker who was the subject of a ProPublica investigation in 2022 that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior. The DOJ has also sued RealPage. What They Said: The settlement drew praise from both Republicans and Democrats.The lawsuit began under the Biden administration, but Trump-appointed Attorney General Pam Bondi touted the agreement with Greystar last week, saying nowhere is competition more important than in making housing affordable again.Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater, head of DOJs Antitrust Division, said that whether in a smoke-filled room or through an algorithm, competitors cannot share competitively sensitive information or align prices to the detriment of American consumers.The settlement was praised by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat who urged the DOJ to investigate anticompetitive practices in the apartment market after ProPublicas story in 2022. This settlement is good news for renters across the country, Klobuchar said in a statement. Its critical the Justice Department continues to prosecute the case against RealPage and other major landlords to provide relief for all renters.Response: Greystar did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement and said in a statement that it firmly believes that its use of RealPages revenue management software complies with all applicable laws. The company said it will continue to defend itself against claims brought by regulators and cited what it called unclear regulatory guidance around the use of revenue management tools. We entered into these settlements to make clear the governments interpretation of the law and to ensure we continue to do things the right way, Greystar said.Greystar also announced it had reached an agreement in principle to settle litigation brought by a nationwide group of renters making similar allegations.A Greystar spokesperson declined to comment further. RealPage declined to comment.In January, a RealPage executive called the federal case flawed and said the company was committed to vigorously defending ourselves. RealPage had already changed its software to remove nonpublic data, she said, despite its view that its technology was legal and pro-competitive, adding the company was being made a scapegoat for housing affordability problems stemming from an undersupply of housing stock.Background: The proposed settlement is the latest development to follow ProPublicas 2022 investigation, which also mentioned Greystar. Dozens of tenants sued RealPage after the initial story. The Justice Department filed an antitrust complaint against RealPage in August 2024, and in January, it sued six of the nations landlords, including Greystar, accusing them of improperly working together to raise rents. In their complaint, prosecutors said one landlord told RealPage that it started increasing rents within a week of adopting the software and, within 11 months, had raised them more than 25%.The suit was joined by at least 10 attorneys general, including the one for California, the countrys most populous state home to roughly 17 million renters. One other landlord, Atlanta-based Cortland, has agreed to a settlement, as well.Senators have also held hearings and introduced legislation seeking to ban the use of rent algorithms similar to RealPages. Cities around the country, including San Francisco, Philadelphia and Minneapolis, moved to bar landlords from using similar algorithms to set rents.Under the terms of the proposed settlement, Greystar has agreed to stop sharing its own competitively sensitive information with rival companies. And it wont attend meetings of competitors hosted by RealPage.Why It Matters: The DOJs moves against RealPage and its landlord customers for using shared data and technology were seen as an indication that authorities were willing to wade into a fraught corner of federal antitrust law. In the past, collusion happened with a formal handshake in a clandestine meeting, federal prosecutors wrote in one filing. Algorithms are the new frontier.The proposed settlement is also significant as businesses watch to see how aggressively the Trump administration will pursue antitrust cases. Bondi said the agreement aligned with the presidents pro-consumer agenda.Now, as part of the deal, Greystar has agreed to cooperate with the DOJs monopolization claims against RealPage. The case is ongoing. RealPage has sought to dismiss the suit, saying it fails to plead anticompetitive effects in a relevant market, among other things. Mariam Elba contributed research.

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