★★★★★ Conditions kept subtly shifting.

This is ode to a word that is so taboo, so capable of shutting down a conversation, that I'm afraid to say it in most company. This is an optimistic discussion of appropriation. This is a video for Hercules & Love Affair's "My Offence" that includes the revelation that, "You can't be a cunt and then be a pussy. Like, it just doesn't work."

I've never actually signed up for a dating site, although the option seems more attractive as I approach my 30s and find myself without that special someone.

Bard College alum and Politico reporter Dylan Byers assesses the recent career arc of fellow Bard alum and MSNBC host Ronan Farrow:

It's been around for years but I still can't watch this video without cracking up.

I can't abide. It's high time we rioted against Fast Seven.

It brought me back to my childhood, when every movie I saw had some kind of magical creature that I wanted to adopt. I want a Groot! I want a Rocket! I want a green Zoe Saldana! I want a tattooed Dave Batista! I want a ripped, sarcastic Chris Pratt!

Probably not Sam.

#promcore is an early 21st century musical genre centering around songs that sound like they were written to soundtrack proms in 1980s-set coming-of-age movies

In case you ever need to knock out two CIA-controlled birds with one stone.

★★★★ Warm thick stillness.

Things are terrible. How do you cope? Let us know in the comments.

A compelling case that Buzzfeed's cribber is nothing but a simple methane-thief:

I was going to post this on the main site, but then I realized that the Judge Judy episode that aired yesterday was a rerun. Old news of an old woman learning about what e-cigarettes are and do. Judy is technology-resistant and proud. A collection of interrogations on technology through the years, though, would make for a perfect time capsule of how we live now. (I'm right on top of that, Rose.)

Beyoncé covered Lauryn Hill's "Ex-Factor" during a recent On the Run tour stop, which will only add fuel to the rumor that she and Jay Z are on the outs. All of the supposed hints she's been dropping about her impending divorce make ZERO sense for her brand of airtight nondisclosure. I think this is all theater, or perhaps promo for...something.

OBAMA?

As long as everyone insists on smoking that strain that smells exactly like a roadkilled skunk on a hot night.

A former heavyweight boxer with a lisp, a nobleman ghost, a smart-talking pigeon, and Tyson's adopted Korean daughter solve crimes in what will most likely be your favorite TV show come fall.