I Was A Creative Force Behind One Of The Biggest Rock Bands Of The '90s. Then I Watched Them Erase Me From Their Story.

To fans and foes alike, he comes across as an outrageous yahoo, and he knows it, a Chick tract come to life for internet virality. (slLongreads, Harper's)

The A.V. Club kicks off a new A.V. Undercover with GWAR covering "I'm Just Ken"

Roxane Gay on the addictive effect of TikTok. (slTheBitterSoutherner)

At first, I wrote: sobriety has made me ruthless. But it hasn't, any more than it was ever going to make me selfless. Ruthlessness is just something I've excavated from myself since I quit drinking, this frantic drive to snatch up what I want. Writer Rax King on sobriety.

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How the Liquor Control Board of Ontario makes money for the government. In an ongoing quest to privatize as much as possible in Canada's most populous province, Premier Doug Ford's plan to allow booze in convenience stores has resulted in a strike for LCBO workers across the province.

It turns out that money from the LCBO funds a lot of Ontario's infrastructure: roads, education, and healthcare. The annual dividend from these sales going to the provincial government--to the tune of $2.54 billion a year--helps fund key services for all Ontarians. DoFo raised ire for many of us when he released a folksy video over the weekend reminding us where else we could buy booze during the strike. (I mean, I think we'd all like some family doctors and affordable housing over more easily accessed booze, but here we are).

I drove a Cybertruck around SF because I am a smart, cool Alpha male. Drew Magary provides us (at least me) with a chuckle about the most ugly contemporary vehicle to currently exist. (SFGate)

25 Songs about Horses Ranked By How Much I Think You Should Play Them for Your Horse (slPaste)

Submitted because it deeply amused me