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This is the major talking point re: gentrification that I think is deeply stupid and also widely held. Why are people obsessed with telling people they’re not allowed to live in a given place? It’s such a funny evolution of a deeply reactionary impulse.

you know those videos where Chinese manufacturing sourcers tell you they can get you Lululemon and Dyson Airwraps directly from the factory? i wrote about how they're a new frontier in diplomacy for @nytimes.com magazine www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/m...

First time in @gqmagazine.bsky.social and I wrote about how goofy the fits are in rightwing politics and what they say about where these people want the country to go www.gq.com/story/what-t...

He’s right you dorks www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

paging @jamellebouie.net to let me on the pod

Got to write about steroids, male body image, and the question on everyone's minds: Are you natty or not? for the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/s...

for @thenation.com, i wrote about the evolution on conspiracy thrillers from the 1970s to now — and why we seem a lot less interested in ambiguous conclusions about how the world works. www.thenation.com/article/cult...

few things more humbling and irritating than looking at what your NYC housing budget can get you in Los Angeles ☹️

for @thepointmag.bsky.social i wrote about reality TV's postmodern appeal and why we long for the banal in the face of such overwhelming anxiety thepointmag.com/criticism/sp...

deeply funny that i do not post on here (and probably will never post on here) and yet people keep finding me

Hello from my hangover. Here’s my last piece of the year, a Hunt column about an amazing woman named Diane who broke up with New York and found a home and community in Philadelphia. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Still hanging onto the lead slot on the culture page

god the nerds on bluesky are somehow more annoying than anyone on twitter

i wrote about why the discourse around algorithms and culture ignores much wider structural issues for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

there's sort of an interesting dynamic that is playing out both here and on substack, where it's effectively a land grab for influence that *should be* of interest to someone like me that missed out on the initial days of twitter audience building

people yelled at me about this piece about who should be able to call themselves a writer and now i bring it to bluesky tedthoughts.substack.com/p/who-should...

I wrote about gift guides lol

Just going to post the full spread of my Zyn story since apparently there’s like a critical mass of people here now?

Happy spooky szn everyone 🧙🏼‍♀️🔮🧙🏼‍♀️🔮👻👻🧙🏼‍♀️🔮🧙🏼‍♀️ I wrote about the witches of Etsy for the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/s...

@davidehrlich.bsky.social so is if any better over here or should we just not have social media anymore?

Ugh hi everyone.