Thats me in the corner

Here are some of our favorite collective names for animals:

a murder of crows
a tuxedo of penguins
a bask of crocodiles
a destruction of cats
a tower of giraffes
a parliament of owls
a cackle of hyenas
a smack of jellyfish
an ambush of tigers
a wisdom of wombats

In New York Times Opinion

E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Donald Trump was about defamation. But it was also about the worth of a woman, long past middle age, who dared to claim she still had value, Jessica Bennett writes. nyti.ms/4993jfh

Carry yourself with the confidence of an 80-year-old woman who dares to claim she still has value

E. Jean Carroll

nytimes.com/2024/01/29/opi…

And the American Dialect Society’s “Word of the Year” is…

Enshittification — a “sadly apt” term, as the lexicographer Ben Zimmer put it, for when an online platform goes to shit

Ahem.

americandialect.org/2023-word-of-t…

In Opinion

“In 2023, it felt as though the world was glorifying girlhood, or an exaggerated version of it,” writes Jessica Bennett. “Was it just coincidence that this embrace came at a time when girls themselves seemed so very miserable?” nyti.ms/48bhL6t

11 years ago on the Tumblr rooftop: Sky Dylan-Robbins + Jessica Bennett + me + Christopher Price … been a minute

Addi, London and Anna let our reporter Jessica Bennett into their lives and phones for a year. At 13, they were legally able to join social media, and their phones were always close at hand. nyti.ms/3LyY1jY

Three girls, one slice of middle school. This is what it’s like to be a 13-year-old girl, in a world that can’t stop talking about the dire state of your future. nyti.ms/3LyY1jY

“I just feel like I need my phone, you know?”
“This morning I got caught with blush on and I lied and got in trouble.”
“Not having social media makes me just as insecure as having it would.”

Here’s what it's like to be a 13-year-old girl today. nyti.ms/3LyY1jY

This is what it's like to be a 13-year-old girl today, in a world that can't stop talking about the dire state of your future. nyti.ms/45X33yI

Anyone else remember watching Luke rape Laura on General Hospital 800 years ago…and then seeing them fall in love & become the hottest soap couple ever??

I do, and have been wanting to talk about it since middle school. Listen in on #InRetrospect :

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🧵We at The New York Times keep hearing stories of Afghans trekking thru the Americas in search of safety in the US.

Tahira is a Hazara woman who crossed into the US with her family—including her twin babies—in March.

We met her in the Darién Gap (⬇️) and just caught up.

Pls read...

E. Jean Carroll tells Savannah Guthrie just now on TODAY she confronted Trump's atty Joe Tacopina after yesterday's verdict : 'he came over to congratulate me. He put out his hand, and I said 'he did it and you know it.''