Evening Roundup, June 2
Happy Pride Month, Delaney Hall explainer, disruption at the Osaka / Townsend party, Silicon Valley sin, even Milli Vanilli is out, The Pod, Let's Do Lunch, and more
Happy Pride Month, Contrarians! 🏳️🌈
Standing up against the relentless attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and their rights goes beyond the month of June. Pride is a celebration, commemoration, and continued fight for equality. As this administration continues to target trans folks and scrub away LGBTQ+ history, speaking out and protecting LGBTQ+ neighbors is vital.
Spotlight Story
Hot Mic
Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend Hosted a Party. And the Haters Showed Up.
By Shalise Manza Young
Some people just can't tolerate Black joy.
The Pope vs AI
The Original Sin of Silicon Valley
Tech bros, clutch your crosses. Last Monday, Pope Leo XIV published his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in The Time of Artificial Intelligence. The 42,300 word, pro-human document has taken the world by storm—especially in Silicon Valley.
Culture Vulture, Freedom 250 Edition
How Trump's Nostalgia-Fueled Concert Turned Into an Embarrassing Debacle
Culturally speaking, it can often seem as if Donald Trump is trapped in the early ‘90s, his taste permanently stunted the moment he opened the Taj Mahal Casino (a.k.a. “the 8th wonder of the world”) and left Ivana for Marla Maple…
