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There’s a global movement of Facebook vigilantes who hunt pedophiles (Hanna Kozlowska for Quartz)
Followers cheer on the hunters, thanking them for doing “god’s work,” congratulating them, and cursing out the alleged predators.
Blood Oranges (Carla Bruce-Eddings for Guernica)
I never know when my daughter’s tiny voice piping up “Can I try?” will result in another sliver of separation. The coalescing strength of her synapses and coordination render some maternal tasks less and less urgent, until finally: “Mommy, I can do it by myself.”
The Teacher. The Basketball Coach. The Dead Rat In the Mail. (Sarah Fuss Kessler for Gen)
Over the years, Delgado had heard from an increasing number of students that administrators essentially ignored the sexual misconduct and bullying complaints they submitted against their peers. This weighed on her as she mulled the ramifications of filing her own report against a prominent staff member.
Renovation-porn: how the housing crisis is driving a new boom in influencer content (Sarah Manavis for the New Statesman)
For these influencers’ millennial followers, watching reno-porn is an aspirational exercise; a goal that many of them dream about but will likely never achieve. House content racks up thousands of likes, tens of thousands of followers, hundreds of thousands of views on social media, all of which can be monetised by that particular account. Through reno-porn, influencers are able to show off their good fortune, their beautifully decorated homes, and impressive incomes.
Why Are More Schools Going After Families for Lunch Debt? (Emily Moon for Pacific Standard)
There’s also a wider problem with the NSLP: Its eligibility criteria uses what economists agree is an outdated measure of poverty that overlooks cost of living and other factors that cause children to be food insecure.
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