Thank you, #Malala @newyorker.com 🙏♥️

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Every single candidate Trump endorsed lost last night.

Adam did me right. Aka: Outtakes from baby’s first AI. (Full video on my IG)

In case you missed it, Stephen Miller just admited Trump plans to to take dictatorial control over the military, then realized he shouldnt have said it and froze. www.livemint.com/news/us-news...

In more important news, this is terrifying and I fear NYC is next. Why isn’t this front page news everywhere?

Does everyone know you’re supposed to wear face moisturizer underneath your sunscreen? If so, why didn’t you tell me?

This is such sad news. Dan published The Long Haul as an e-book and believed in me and my work more than I did. Thank you for uplifting the little guy. You will be so missed.

“This means war” to “who led this sweet boy astray” in less than 48 hours

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

My 14 year old pup staring at the love of her life… an empty barn the size of dog park.

I grew up in Washington DC and it has never felt safer or cleaner. Trump's "emergency" is fake, straight out of the authoritarian playbook

"My Fonseca soundtrack is really three soundtracks reflecting just how long it took me to write this novel." Jessica Francis Kane shared a playlist for her novel Fonseca at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/08/12/j... @penguinpress.bsky.social

Can’t make this up.

bit.ly/complexemotion You know the kind of writing that unsettles something in you—before you even understand why? I’ve developed a technique—rooted in literary craft and somatic psychology—for capturing the unconscious stirrings that drive that emotion. It works. Two days left to apply.

Submissions are open for the next issue! 💙 We can't wait to see your work 😍

Extremely mad I didn’t think of this absolutely amazing tweet.

Happy Pride Month 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Be gay do crow stuff #pridemonth #pridecrows

I went to the first-ever New York Times Well Festival and took notes! Read them in today's How to Live Newsletter. Link in first comment.

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This workshop is sold out! If you missed the moment, don’t worry—I’ll hopefully offer it again soon.

Wanna learn how to write emotion so your readers feel it in their bodies? Take this workshop. It comes around only once or twice a year. “The best writing workshop I’ve ever taken. I have an MFA and not one professor taught me this.” —Lauren C www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org/p/unsayable

Not everything is as it appears. I’m spilling all about my disastrous Home Exchange in Malta. You can read the gruesome details in the How to Live Newsletter. www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org/p/moldymalta

All I keep thinking about is how Pete Hegseth raised questions of the competency of a Black four-star general and Air Force fighter pilot who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hegseth asked did he get the job “because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt.”

Today is my birthday but I have a really bad headache so I’m moving it to tomorrow.

I am not a religious person. My Jewish parents, native New Yorkers, grew up hiding their ethnicity. I was raised on Christmas, didn’t have a Bat Mitzvah, or go to synagogue. Until yesterday, I never believed God was a sentient being, but guys…look who lives down the block from me in Malta.

Catching up with my mother on FaceTime. This is what she looks like.

I don’t know how this happened, but I took these on my iPhone.

What do you listen to, read, think about or do when you’re struggling? For me it’s different things each thing, but things have been tough for a couple weeks, and I wrote about what’s been bringing me joy. www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org/p/firingsyna...

I went to the pharmacy yesterday in Malta to visit the doctor (I’m fine—just some hypoglycemic crashes) and he spent 35 minutes with me. It cost €40. Yes, you can see the doctor at the pharmacy!!

Day 3 in Malta: Scotch Tape narrow sidewalks! Most beautiful houses. Haven’t figured out bus system yet so haven’t left Rabat. Too broke to take cabs everywhere. Food is top notch. Everything is SO AFFORDABLE! Today I give you doors.

Day 2 in Malta

Day 1 in Malta. Impressions: it’s humid and moldy. My allergies are on full volume, and I have jet lag. Everything is limestone, the sidewalks are incredible narrow, the buildings are stunning, the food is fantastic and the groceries (so far) are cheap. Can’t wait to acclimate.

Stay tuned for our month-long adventure in #malta.

I am not saying anything anyone hasn't said before, but it really is something to take the worst white man out of every group of 1000 people, put them together, and let them destroy the country

Morning news briefing.

Relevant

Answer: Packing for a month away. So far it’s just medicine. Question: Are you Jewish?

Some Saturday morning Rorschach reading.

Guys. This is the worst relationship I’ve ever been in. Also, it’s non-consensual. #america

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

You know the guardrails of society people always talk about? It’s us. We’re the guardrails. Let’s fucking rail.

I almost left @beehiiv.com for #substack but decided to stay. Not only because they cared that I was leaving but because our values align. Want to leave Substack? Join me and the How to Live Newsletter at our home on @beehiiv.

People 💙Just saying 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #DemsUnited

Gonna be transparent: if you follow me and I see your profile says “Let’s Make America Great Again” you’re getting blocked. Sorry, not sorry, Richard Wilson who just got blocked.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉