For @heistberlin.bsky.social––an essential new worker-owned newsroom reporting on this city for the millions of people who make it their home and have a first language other than German––I wrote an essay about the AfD's attempt to swing both ways. www.heistberlin.com/lgbt-queer-r...

@oliviabensimon.bsky.social hot on turd beat arguing that winter isn't an excuse to be a shitty neighbor

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Sleuth @ruthbetold.bsky.social was hot on the potato trail around Berlin in search of free spuds amid the great glut. Really delightful dispatch in the FT magazine. www.ft.com/content/1554...

do they still show the kids Bill Nye?

if i’m back in nyc for five days and don’t see zohran mamdani on the street do i get my money back

experiencing a huge professional relief to work with a bunch of Brits and have an excuse to use “Cheers,” as my email sign-off

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were you sold a fitted tee between the years 1992 and 2009? join our class action lawsuit thanks to editor extraordinaire @biettetimmons.bsky.social for wrangling my screed about our generational recovery from cursed tee culture www.jezebel.com/raging-again...

"The girls of the mid-2020s have no idea how good they really have it. ... They idolize Y2K fashion without respect for their elders." incredible rant from my girl @ruthbetold.bsky.social: www.jezebel.com/raging-again...

This perfect rant encapsulates everything I've ever thought about the fitted women's tee, but was always too blinded by rage to coherently put into words @ruthbetold.bsky.social www.jezebel.com/raging-again...

yeah, i’m making a career pivot from factory work to pigeon photography, what of it?

bf just turned to me after a long silence during pre-bed phone time and said “the napoleonic wars were WAY crazier than i thought”

In the Local Reporting category, @oliviabensimon.bsky.social won for her piece in @nytimes.com, “Their Asylum Case Seems Strong, But Instead of Hope They Feel Despair.” Tara Rosenblum, Jean Salzarulo, Audrey Gruber and Lee Danuff from @news12li.bsky.social won for “TURN TO TARA: When Home Hurts.”