Mina Kimes

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

Looking at the replies on an app and not seeing porn bots or people calling me DEI

a man is standing in front of a crowd of people and looking at the camera with a surprised look on his face .

ALT: a man is standing in front of a crowd of people and looking at the camera with a surprised look on his face .

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.

I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism.

From Around the Horn:

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The biggest endorsement I can make for Bluesky is that replacing Twitter with this app on my phone probably improved my general mood when I’m on my phone by 20-25%. I know there are better reasons but it is what it is!

On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

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I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

This stock market crash thing is so confusing. On one hand you have every economist and bank in the free world freaking out. On the other, there are some blue check accounts on Twitter with ancient statues as their profile pics doing 20 part threads on why down is the new up. 🤷🏻‍♀️

A nurse. A researcher. A helper.

All I see here is top notch ball security, elite contact balance, a willingness to grind out tough yards btwn the tackles, and surprising burst after he finds daylight

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

A member of Taiwan's parliament stole a bill and ran off with it to prevent it from being passed

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My 70 year old dad, whose favorite band is The Righteous Brothers, just informed me that he enjoyed the Bad Bunny show bc even though he didn’t understand the words, “it seemed like everyone on stage was having a good time!” So there ya go lol.

omg thank you Fox News 😭

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This is the best day ever to be in a group chat with people who aren’t online. They react to every piece of breaking news about the beef like you’re Paul Revere.

They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say

Lenny’s face here 💀💀💀

Normalizing spelling out what people actually mean when they cite DEI rather than letting them hide behind the safe cover of a euphemism that's been sapped of meaning

Hey guys

Hear me out….

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...

A reminder that Bad Bunny performs in front of the biggest audience on earth in seven days

✶ MarcusD ✶ @marcusd.bsky.social

Ice out

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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

One of my favorite presents ever—my dad found and framed this pic of my mother @sunminkimes.bsky.social at a Seattle courthouse after she passed her US citizenship test in 1981. Like so many of the people who come here to start a new life, she is the best of us—the bravest, strongest person I know.

Gonna be a long night but the guy on KCAL just said it seems like the Sunset Fire is under control and whew buddy did it feels nice to get some good news out here