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I talked to Tom, the viral ‘Jonestown’ Trump rally guy

“Well, in the late ‘70s, I was a little too young to get involved and go to South America for the Jonestown Massacre. But this is as close as I'll ever get, so that's why I'm here.” Confused, the reporter says “Wait, the Jonestown Massacre?” Hoyle fires back, “That’s right. There's nothing like seeing a cult right up front.”

Given how much the world sucks these days, seeing someone who grew up in or lives in "the south" come out swinging like this makes me feel just a tiny bit better. This whole interview with my new hero, Tom, is full of incredible quotes.

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The Making of Kyrios ///

The inspiration behind AT Kyrios, the process of making it, and what makes it unique.

I'm obviously a giant fan of both Kyrios and ArrowType given Kyrios is all over this site as both our wordmark and headers. So it was a ton of fun to learn about Stephen's process from start to finish, especially the photos of the graveyard monument that was used as heavy inspiration for the typeface. I still buy blackletter typefaces like they are my lifeblood, but to this day, nothing has surpassed the love I have for Kyrios, with it's fun, psychedelic styling on top of a structured and elegant blackletter font. It doesn't hurt that Stephen made the /// glyph/ligature you'll see in the title of this post after I specifically requested it.

Dan Trachtenberg to Direct ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Movie for Disney

This is an odd pairing. Dan Trachtenberg, known for “Prey” and “Predator: Badlands,” has signed on to direct a new film inspired by “Sleeping Beauty” for Disney.

I didn’t have this on my bingo card. I really hope he is given the freedom to do something fun with it and not just a rehashing like every other Disney remake. I doubt it, though.

The Source Behind The Ban

The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned. On Monday, Vance himself also defended the White House’s decision to ban POLITICO. “They can still report on the Trump White House,” he told reporters. “They can still get the public reports. They can still, of course, talk to people in the administration and outside the administration.” He then added: “If you actually look at the objective analysis … POLITICO is as anti-Trump as Breitbart was anti-Obama or anti-Biden.”

The call was coming from inside the house, you say??? What a bunch of morons—the audacity!