@lamaterialnews Ghost Town Consultants is an unusual private company that has cleared dozens of homeless encampments in Venice over the last few years — using persistence, cash payments, and a team that includes ex-gang members. Clients all over Venice love them. The people they move do not. Read our full investigation from Hayes Davenport at the link in bio.
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("More and more uninsured patients are showing up in hospital emergency rooms and clinics, having lost their coverage under the Affordable Care Act")Hospitals said they are concerned over a growing number of uninsured patients who are showing up to emergency rooms and clinics for treatment but are often unable to pay bills, according to a new report. https://t.co/DAesvaZAvu pic.twitter.com/w70ewC7DEc
— KTLA (@KTLA) July 30, 2026
How a group of 20-something YouTubers created a supplement empire on TikTok Shop by spamming it with AI content with stolen scripts and wild claims that targeted the "elderly." The company's products have been recalled by the FDA and now they're being sued: www.404media.co/inside-an-ai...
— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) July 30, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the owner of a peptide company to nearly six years in prison after finding he built a massive business by deceiving customers and selling products that were adulterated with steroids. https://t.co/p9AyVtd5X5
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 30, 2026
Well, it’s invoicing day, and since they’re really apparently not going to pay me for something I wrote for them two months ago, I guess today is the day to post about how @vulture.com fucks over its film freelancers. Long (sorry) thread, with receipts:
— Jason Bailey (@jasondashbailey.com) July 31, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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This happened to me with Vulture last year. I was hired to cover a day-long TV event (on a Sunday, no less) here in Nashville. I spent 8 hours at the event, then went home and wrote a 1500-word piece overnight because they wanted to post it the next day. Then the editor kept putting me off. (cont.)
— Brittney McKenna (@brittneymckenna.bsky.social) July 31, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Bluesky is excited to announce its new partnership with prediction market Kalshi, which will now be offering bets on what discourses and cancellations will happen on the site
— ellie lockhart (she/they) (@eleanor.lockhart.contact) July 30, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Jaycee Horn with the custom seatbelt thigh pads 👀 pic.twitter.com/mtZIc9XQjw
— Kelli Bartik (@KelliBartik) July 29, 2026
erotic thriller is such a great genre concept. like youre naked but you have to save the president
— the postes (@rem.bsjky.team) July 6, 2026 at 3:51 AM
— That girl with the posts (@roodypatooti.bsky.social) July 12, 2026 at 8:43 PMIt works very well actually
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