It might be true that Trump is dogwhistling that he’s not *that* racist to white voters, esp white women. He’s certainly not visiting black communities, he’s making this speech to Trump rallies, full of people who will already vote for him. Women-white or not-, Latinix, and black voters are unlikely to forget all…

I would go further and say that it’s not about Trump proving he’s not racist. It’s about Trump’s voters’ ability to show that THEY are not racist.

Cal’s equipment staff consulted with several internet message board trolls who specialize in moving the goalposts.

It sounds like these kids are saying “bail” to the victors.

I’m surprised there’s no mention of the Anastasia Beverley Hills brand in this article. I follow the daughter of Anastasia who runs the makeup company, Claudia, on Snapchat. For the last year, she’s been aggressively working on their foundation sticks, trying to make sure they have an actually diverse range. They also…

Yup - there’s a difference between having a difficult to match skintone, and never finding anything even remotely close to your skin tone. It’s only been the last 6-7 years since I’ve been able to upgrade to a higher price point...but I remember the sad days of yore when the darkest shade was ‘tan’...I mean, what even…

This is awesome. Thank you for writing this.

I literally registered to say that as a black woman who is darker than the author, I like the story but I’m not really sure that I understand the ‘framing”device and what it’s meant to reveal. I read it that the author went to a Sephora and was overwhelmed by the choice of foundation but wasn’t sure which to buy. She…

What if I don’t want it to happen to young, poor people of color, either.

it’s a small thing, but i’m sure he’s going there to lend a hand.

“Also, per school policy, the dog has been expelled”

And now he’s going to be disqualified for having the runs.

Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing...

IMPORTANT CORRECTION: He was sentenced to two years in county jail on a work/school release. He will be serving jail time but not prison time.

Please read this carefully. I’m not trying to defend this piece of garbage. This person was convicted of rape and should DEFINITELY have been locked up. But those sentencing guidelines are...weird. Having said that, as somebody who has had contact with “the system” (drug war victim here! Totally railroaded on some…

You think you’re joking, but...

This was the real story from This Week’s News on Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me this morning, timely!!

The problem is that you can’t just beef up your server architecture and make all your problems go away. It takes devs a lot of time and effort to optimize their application to run efficiently when they first launch.