Whole Foods' #ChantillyCrisis + Eric Adams + #FrankieValliTok + Hurricane Helene + Lebanon 🇱🇧❤️ + Ryan Murphy Supremacy + Bridgerton Ball
A dollar short and a day late, but I was outside this weekend!
If you want extended thoughts on how much I love Jacob Elordi’s teeth, why I feel for Chappell Roan, and a super delayed take on Justin Timberlake very unnecessary DUI press conference, head on over to TikTok.
Now, let’s catch up on this week’s hyper fixation. It’s has been approximately seven days since Whole Foods abruptly ruined my beloved, perfect Chantilly Cake slice and I’m just now coming to terms with how devastating this is.
The battle continues, our numbers are growing, and the longer Whole Foods takes to correct this, the harder we will fight.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted on Five Charges (CNN)
Why Can’t Katy Perry Get Her Groove Back (The Atlantic)
RIP Kris Kristofferson (X)
Kennedy Center Musicians Win Higher Pay + New 18-month Agreement (NBC)
Lana Del Rey Adds Cajun Princess To Her Resume (Elle)
FrankieValli-tok > MooDeng-tok (@Zachary)
Verso Books Needs Your Support (Kickstarter)
Sex Worker Hands Diddy “Freak Off” Tape To The Feds (Newsweek)
VICE Magazine Is Coming Back (Quarterly, And Not Free) (AdWeek)
Conor Oberst, I Am Begging Youuuu (Consequence of Sound)
Naomi Campbell’s Charity Scam Is In Big Trouble (AP)
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE, or Maggie Smith to us plebs, passed away Friday at age 89. (More in the NYT)
“This can all be replaced, though, that’s the way you gotta think about it. Otherwise you’d just sit and cry.”- Jim Kwid
Content creators in the path of Hurricane Helene documented the terrifying scenes of her arrival, storm surges, and devastating aftermath.
Florida TikTok brought levity, confusion, and various interations of Florida Man™️ — homeowners of multi-million dollar waterfront properties with the means to evacuate staying behind to film themselves kayaking, folks running generators indoors (do not ever do that), and others doing TikTok skits in their flooded living rooms with all their lights and appliances powered on behind them. The storm moved further north to Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, trapping rural communities with blown out roads, “biblical flooding,” fires, and communciations blackouts.
Helene also swamped parts of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, flooding streets and toppling trees as it brushed past the resort city of Cancun this week. It also knocked out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses in western Cuba.
Helene was the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted an above-average season this year because of record-warm ocean temperatures. (AP)
So far, 90 people are confirmed dead, including a mother and her one month old twins. Thousands across states are missing or unaccounted for.
Elsewhere…
“Worlds of horrors” as Israel drops 80 tons of bombs on the people of Beruit