“Off Twitter, these are all things by which I make my living — in fact, they comprise the totality of my income. But on Twitter, I do them pro bono and, in return, I am micromanaged in real time by strangers; neo-Nazis mine my personal life for vulnerabilities to exploit; and men enjoy unfettered, direct access to my brain so they can inform me, for the thousandth time, that they would gladly rape me if I weren’t so fat.” From Lindy West: I’ve left Twitter. It is unusable for anyone but trolls, robots and dictators.

+ The Outline: We found the DC resident who filed thousands of the city’s noise complaints.

+ The 10 most unusual things TSA confiscated in 2016. (This seems like advice one shouldn’t need from the TSA: “Don’t pack your homemade replica suicide vest.”)

+ And by freakishly high demand, the Read Real News T-shirt is back (for a limited time). These look so great in person.