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Saturday Night at the Massachusetts Lesbian Bar Everyone Is Talking About
Last Ditch, a bar and art space, ended its Covid mask requirement as a way to attract more people. What it got instead was outsized attention.

Last Ditch Bar and Arts Venue
10 Forward is a unique performing arts venue and cocktail bar in Greenfield, MA.
Kafkaesque Backrooms
On Soft Yellow, Mark Fisher and Artificial Paradises in the Labyrinths of Neoliberalism

Kafkaesque Backrooms
On Soft Yellow, Mark Fisher and Artificial Paradises in the Labyrinths of Neoliberalism

The Global Village Coffeehouse Aesthetic | Are.na Editorial
Woodcuts, tribal imagery, suns, curvy figures, aroma swirls, and earth tones: Evan Collins defines the look of the 90s

Communal Bonfires — Open Indie
Online community platforms are assembly-kits for large, communal bonfires, designed to draw people towards the light and into the warm to...

Flânerie without Politics: The Middle-Class Fetishization of the City
The middle-class spectacle of urban decay.

'love island' and the mirror of red pill ideology in modern dating
red pill masculinity, the objectification of women through entertainment ecosystems—and how it helps script modern heterosexual dating culture

Why City Benches Are Becoming More Hostile
Washington Heights Mask Minyan
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Gentrification Is a Myth
It started in Soho, then moved to Chelsea and the East Village. Riots in Tompkins Square in 1988 earned it some headlines but didn’t stop its creeping...

Homepage - Vancouver Magazine
Vancouver Magazine is the indispensable playbook to Canada’s most exciting city. Since 1975, Vancouver Magazine has been your an insider’s guide to the people, places, events and (most importantly) the incredible restaurant scene that make this such a special place to live, work and play. Our editors bring curated, considered recommendations and insights to every page and digital content piece, with a playful, punchy spirit. Whether we’re covering the coolest up-and-coming Vancouver fashion designers, a buzzy new restaurant opening, the hottest spots to hit on your long weekend Gulf Island getaway or wild and wonderful urban planning solutions, we’re on a mission to prove this is So Fun City.
Connected Places, LLMs and slop
Friend of the channel Laurens ([@laurenshof.online](at://did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd)) writes among other things a blog called The ATmosphere Report on...
Shows - Decentralized Show Fliers
brought to you by some nerds in the northeast, in support of music communities everywhere
This is a really good point re: the lesbian bar story. Yeah, I'm sure the Globe reporters and their friends don't mask, but lots of folks in Boston, ESPECIALLY queer folks, mask pretty consistently. Like I work at a college and I see young folks in masks CONSTANTLY. It's pretty normalized here.
Lex McMenamin (they/them)
like, hella people in boston mask! what the fuck was this story framing! i really dont know man