1) Spike Lee giving a man who was of prime basketball watching age during the Bulls dynasty, a personalized Knicks jersey 2) what happened to it later #Chicago

New Jersey is blue state where the Governor signed the pioneering Freedom to Read Act, but that's still not enough to keep LGBTQ+ books from being banned as "pornography." Stand up for your rights.

Editors : best bids :: ...

My news alert this morning is about the 4 cabinet picks who are accused of sexual misconduct. It's not a bug, it's a feature.

I've decided to combat irritation about the spam emails about the many ways AI can enhance my life by reading them as "Al," as in Albert.

I've been watching a lot of Hotel Transylvania with my kid and I sure wish vampire memory erasers were real, for the specific purpose of being able to confidently say whether a crime series title stands alone

Less well known suspense film trope

Why is it not Dr. Whom?

Oh thank God, my kindergartener has just received his first "assessment" #nycparenting

Is it bad that I thought this would somehow involve her successfully dating Leonardo di Caprio for longer than 5 years

Bookfair cri de coeur

Screw the Roman Empire, how often do you think of this? music.youtube.com/watch?v=upxJ...

somebody in my replies called the Times Sq Station robocop a "crime roomba" and I can't stop thinking about this

There sure is a lot of activity in this messaging app for my kid's (checks notes) kindergarten homework....? #newyork

Come be my colleague! We are looking for an EA to work with our editorial director and senior editor. Deets: groveatlantic.com/careers

Most people... should not step to @jbouie.bsky.social #aproposofnothing

“There is a real poverty of imagination when it comes to people’s perceptions of what Black life looks like. It’s this idea that ‘I don’t understand how this represents Black people if there’s not some misery associated with it.’ I reject that.” — Cord Jefferson

“'The (Christian nationalists) did a lot of massaging of messages,' Jones told me, and their data showed 'concern' about youth transitioning was the clear winner... 'They created an entire disinformation network of pseudoscientific organizations that the Times now cites.'"

This is 1. An excellent description of learning the difference between writing for a community or writing for the status quo, and 2. an excellent introduction to @professorshih.bsky.social’s essays on the publication of his collection, Chinese Prodigal.

Honored to be included in this group with @amyhundley.bsky.social for my memoir Chinese Prodigal, forthcoming from Grove Atlantic on August 15! https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/92879-writers-to-watch-10-noteworthy-nonfiction-debuts-fall-2023.html

I wish dogs could giggle like babies