the only woman in this world i can rely on is PURELY ELIZABETH

i'm giddy

the people have spoken

on rapturetok they are postulating that facial recognition technology and possibly AI is the mark of the beast -- wondering if we could harness this somehow

"I knew that someday, years or perhaps decades down the line, when half of Gaza was still rubble and the other half Israeli skyscrapers, the magazine would offer a mea culpa. Maybe someone involved would end up considering it the biggest mistake of their career." bidoun.org/articles/hou...

shout out to the husbands across america, lingering in doorwaysto explain what a groyper is

This is class solidarity. In case you’re at all confused.

please let us pump the brakes on the curséd Q&A. It’s lazy non-writing that’s usually assigned as a favor or obligation or for a New Yorker freelancer to make word count. for the interviewee, it’s barely mediated PR! I blame podcasts, which are great, but not writing — 🛑 stop it 🛑

my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy

ok but genuinely, having read it, liz gilbert trying to murder her dying girlfriend really wasn't that crazy in context lol

well —

given how much money exists in both hollywood & in some of the biggest foundations, i think "liberal" institutions need to be stepping up & giving more. like. a *lot* more.

Put this to popular vote and see what happens

why is my biggest problem with the hunting wives that you never talk to cops

a great job for someone who lives in new york 😭

I don't know if there's anyone using the privilege of their platform as well as Sally Rooney is, right now. Hard to overstate how different the world might look if everyone in a position like hers pushed on issues they way she does.

Once you see that philanthropy is tax breaks for the rich you can’t unsee it

very grim to see media execs falling over themselves to extol the virtues of celebrities advertising themselves on podcasts unfiltered and unchallenged. Of course it’s to TS’s benefit but not to OURS. RIP writing and the interview www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...

"You never forgive the people you wrong."

Kid made me a #1000000 dad trophy. Eat shit, approximately 1.499 billion lesser dads.

kpop demon hunters goes so hard

rare moment of hometown pride

Tomorrow’s Guardian front page

this is about dignity open.substack.com/pub/meaghano...

oopsie mine might be peak millennial white woman 1. Annie Ernaux 2. Helen Garner 3. Rachel Cusk 4. Lorrie Moore 5. Laurie Colwin 6. Janet Malcolm 7. Joan Didion 8. Nora Ephron 9. Toni Morrison 10. Elena Ferrante

Orna-heads, please join me in my committed if dilettante use of psychoanalytic theory to explain why COUPLES THERAPY is so good meaghanoc.substack.com/p/i-think-i-...

mormon momtok voice:

This story names something that had been really bothering me: public opinion, shaped by irrefutable, horrific, daily reporting by people in Gaza, turned against Israeli government years ago. Polls have shown this consistently. Why do Dems ignore their voters on this? nymag.com/intelligence...

Building prosperity for WHO @tinakotek.bsky.social?? Because quality accessible preschool is one thing that builds prosperity, just not to the donor class whose bidding you’re doing.

felt like a good day to re-up this particular reminder—and to suggest that book publicists who follow me and see this consider taking their authors to other markets, as seeing somebody I respect show up in conversation with Zibby makes me respect them less!

Btw on the actual horrible election day in 2024 she posted iirc an ocean vista and the words "no matter what you feel about today's results [that my family contributed 40 million dollars to], I think we can agree that books unite us." Where is that energy now????

Watching Zibby Owens do absolutely gutter racism in public on her Instagram alongside interviews with NYT bestselling authors feels like the Islamophobia is reaching newer levels of awful

an amazing editor job for those who live in new york 😭https://thebaffler.com/about/jobs/senior-editor

the national Democratic Party will absorb this result, take a long look in the mirror, and find a way to run Andrew Cuomo for President

Andrew Cuomo gets publicly humiliated. Bill Clinton learns his endorsement is worth less than dogshit. What a great time to be a hater. A golden age.

What the actual hell!!! Imagine worrying more about the less than 10% of people paying this very small tax compared to the THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES benefiting from high quality, no cost childcare!!! ABSURD!!! Why are they doing this!!?? Ugh!!!

incredible, they cop-tensed the possible beginning of the next world war

it’s time for the children to gather round www.mnftiu.cc/category/gyw...

Kotek undermining PFA would be wildly undemocratic, immoral, and would cater to OR’s most tedious demographic (the rich). My youngest’s preschool transitioned into PFA and it was seamless, just, and a gift to our family’s bottom line — & to that of the care workers, who had already unionized!

Science journalism is not perfect but one of the benefits of that training is it stops me from making shit up whole cloth based on vibes. I wish more journalists would do the same.

this guy fucks

Sharing memories of idyllic boredom summers is lovely but state law, waged labor, and hostile architecture precludes many of us from reenacting them 🫩

this bit from a Brian Eno interview has been rattling around in my head this week

As the mother of a 20 month old in LA, I’d lose it if I ever met a baby named Dustin

I’m so tired of seeing moms who don’t have jobs strongly advocating for a wild and free summer like it’s a moral good

increasingly feels like people’s “well everyone has to eat” excuse for compromising themselves has become “well everyone has to earn $300,000 a year”

What KILLS me about “going hard on AI” / divesting from quality is at the same time these deeply imperiled media companies are talking like subscriber and membership models are their future