Thomas L Friedman
@thomaslfriedman.bsky.social
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New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnists and Author
New column: How Minnesota Beat Trumphttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/opinion/columnists/minneapolis-ice-trump-neighbor.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Opinion | How Minnesota Beat Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/opinion/columnists/minneapolis-ice-trump-neighbor.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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My column: Bombing Iran to Rubble Wonât Give It Life
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...
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Opinion | Bombing Iran to Rubble Wonât Give It Life
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/opinion/iran-israel-united-states-bombing.html
8 days ago
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My column: How to Think About Trumpâs War With Iran
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...
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Opinion | How to Think About Trumpâs War With Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/opinion/trump-iran-war-future.html
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My column: Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools â Again
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...
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Opinion | Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools â Again
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/opinion/israel-iran-netanyahu.html
28 days ago
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My column: The Message From Texas Voters: Weâre Neighbors, Not Enemies
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
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Opinion | The Message From Texas Voters: Weâre Neighbors, Not Enemies
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/opinion/columnists/trump-america-identity.html
about 1 month ago
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Tom Friedman: Minneapolis, Alex Pretti and a Democracy at Risk - The Opinions Podcast
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
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Opinion | Tom Friedman: Minneapolis, Alex Pretti and a Democracy at Risk
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/opinion/minneapolis-alex-pretti-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 2 months ago
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My column: Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
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Opinion | Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/opinion/minneapolis-gaza-masked-violence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 2 months ago
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My column: Trumpâs Politics Are Not America First. Theyâre Me First.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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Opinion | Trumpâs Politics Are Not America First. Theyâre Me First.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/trump-greenland-europe-nato.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 2 months ago
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My column: Trumpâs Scheming to Sack Powell Paves the Road to Constitutional Ruin
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
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Opinion | Trumpâs Scheming to Sack Powell Paves the Road to Constitutional Ruin
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/opinion/trump-jerome-powell-federal-reserve.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
2 months ago
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My Column: Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Opinion | Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/opinion/venezuela-trump-oil-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
2 months ago
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My column: To Trump, on Venezuela: You Break It, You Own It
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
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Opinion | To Trump, on Venezuela: You Break It, You Own It
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/opinion/venezuela-trump.html
2 months ago
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For anyone in need of a smile to bring in the New Year, I recommend Jerry Tarde's column on Tiger and the rabbi!
www.golfdigest.com/story/curse-...
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https://www.golfdigest.com/story/curse-of-the-rabbi-tiger-woods-winless-10-straight-majors-prime
3 months ago
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David Brooks and I in conversation for The New York Times Opinions: Thomas L. Friedman Says Weâre in a New Epoch. David Brooks Has Questions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/o...
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Opinion | Thomas L. Friedman Says Weâre in a New Epoch. David Brooks Has Questions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/opinion/tom-friedman-david-brooks-polycene.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
3 months ago
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My column: Trump Isnât Interested in Fighting a New Cold War. He Wants a New Civilizational War.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
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Opinion | Trump Isnât Interested in Fighting a New Cold War. He Wants a New Civilizational War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/opinion/trump-europe-security-strategy.html
3 months ago
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My column: The âUseful Idiotsâ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
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Opinion | The âUseful Idiotsâ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine-trump.html
3 months ago
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My contribution to The New York Times Opinionâs 2025 Giving Guide: Donate to Help Build Community in the Mideast
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
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Opinion | Donate to Help Build Community in the Mideast
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/opinion/friedman-charity-holiday-gift-middle-east-education.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
4 months ago
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My column: Trumpâs Proposed Ukraine âDealâ Is a Disgrace
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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Opinion | Trumpâs Proposed Ukraine âDealâ Is a Disgrace
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/opinion/ukraine-russia-negotiations-trump-deal.html
4 months ago
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My column: On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/israel-hamas-antisemitism-republicans.html
4 months ago
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My column: Weâre In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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Opinion | Weâre In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/opinion/era-technology-poly-epoch.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
4 months ago
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My column: Trumpâs China Trade Policy Is a Hot Mess
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
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Opinion | Trumpâs China Trade Policy Is a Hot Mess
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/trump-china-trade-tariffs.html
4 months ago
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My column: Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...
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Opinion | Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/opinion/trump-israel-gaza-peace.html
5 months ago
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My column: Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Hard Parts to Come
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
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Opinion | Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Hard Parts to Come
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/opinion/trump-israel-nobel-gaza.html
5 months ago
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My column: Trumpâs Peace Plan: Perhaps Impossible, but Never More Necessary
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
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Opinion | Trumpâs Peace Plan: Perhaps Impossible, but Never More Necessary
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/opinion/trump-israel-gaza-palestinian-peace-plan.html
6 months ago
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My column: If Only Weâd Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are to Save Theirs
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
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Opinion | If Only Weâd Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are to Save Theirs
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/opinion/ukraine-israel-russia-gaza-trump-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
6 months ago
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My column: Our Allies Are Asking: âWhy Does Putin Still Own Trump?â
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
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Opinion | Our Allies Are Asking: âWhy Does Putin Still Own Trump?â
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/opinion/trump-putin-russia-ukraine.html
6 months ago
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My column: A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...
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Opinion | A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/opinion/donald-trump-charlie-kirk-aftermath.html
6 months ago
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My column: The One Danger That Should Unite the U.S. and China
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
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Opinion | The One Danger That Should Unite the U.S. and China
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/ai-us-china.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
7 months ago
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My column: Israelâs Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
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Opinion | Israelâs Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/opinion/international-world/friedman-israel-gaza-hamas.html
7 months ago
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My column: Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
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Opinion | Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/trump-russia-ukraine-putin.html
7 months ago
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Smart piece by Rahm Emanuel on why so many men are struggling today. It's housing, stupid.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Whatâs really depressing Americaâs young men
The U.S. has two overlapping problems: the housing crisis and despondency in young men.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/07/housing-costs-young-men-democrats/
7 months ago
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My column: The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
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Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opinion/columnists/friedman-trump-labor-firing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
8 months ago
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My column: How Netanyahu Played Trump for a Fool in Gaza
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/o...
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Opinion | How Netanyahu Played Trump for a Fool in Gaza
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/opinion/gaza-netanyahu-trump-israel-starvation.html
8 months ago
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My blog post: Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
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Opinion | Conversations and insights about the moment.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/16/opinion/thepoint?rref=vanity#zohran-mamdani-globalize-intifada-israel
8 months ago
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My blog post: Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
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Opinion | Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/opinion/zohran-mamdani-globalize-intifada-israel.html
8 months ago
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My column: How Trumpâs âBig, Beautiful Billâ Will Make China Great Again
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
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Opinion | How Trumpâs âBig, Beautiful Billâ Will Make China Great Again
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/opinion/trump-bill-clean-energy-china.html
9 months ago
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My column: My column: If This Mideast War Is Over, Get Ready for Some Interesting Politics
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
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Opinion | If This Mideast War Is Over, Get Ready for Some Interesting Politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/opinion/iran-israel-regime-change.html
9 months ago
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My column: How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
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Opinion | How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/opinion/iran-israel-attack-global-struggle.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
9 months ago
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My column: The Smart Way for Trump to End the Israel-Iran War
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...
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Opinion | The Smart Way for Trump to End the Israel-Iran War
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/trump-israel-iran-war.html
9 months ago
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My column: How to Think About Whatâs Happening With Iran and Israel
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...
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Opinion | How to Think About Whatâs Happening With Iran and Israel
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/opinion/israel-iran-strikes.html
9 months ago
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My column: This Israeli Government Is a Danger to Jews Everywhere
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...
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Opinion | This Israeli Government Is a Danger to Jews Everywhere
The price will be high if people donât resist Netanyahuâs ugly, nihilistic Gaza policy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/opinion/israel-gaza-anti-semitism.html
9 months ago
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If you want a real treat, join me on Monday, June 9, at 6 pm at Planet Word museum to listen to a lecture by Harvard's legendary philosopher Michael Sandel, whose Justice course is one of the most popular courses ever, on how to conduct hard conversations.
planetwordmuseum.org/events/debat...
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Debating Big Questions with Michael Sandel â Planet Word Museum
For years, Michael Sandelâs legendary course âJusticeâ has packed Harvardâs biggest auditorium, leading students through debates about the hardest moral and civic questions of our time.âŻHis BBC series...
https://planetwordmuseum.org/events/debating-big-questions-with-michael-sandel/
9 months ago
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My column: We Are Being Governed by the Trump Organization Inc.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
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Opinion | We Are Being Governed by the Trump Organization Inc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/opinion/trump-president-governing-ruler.html
10 months ago
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My podcast with NYT Opinions: Tom Friedman on Why Life Is Getting Much, Much Harder for Benjamin Netanyahu:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
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Opinion | Tom Friedman on Why Life Is Getting Much, Much Harder for Benjamin Netanyahu
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/opinion/gaza-israel-future.html
10 months ago
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My column: The Flashing Signals That I Just Saw in Israel
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...
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Opinion | The Flashing Signals That I Just Saw in Israel
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/opinion/israel-gaza-netanyahu.html
10 months ago
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My Opinion at The Point:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
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Opinion | Conversations and insights about the moment.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/19/opinion/thepoint#joe-biden-cancer-diagnosis
10 months ago
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Valuable essay by NYT Publisher A.G. Sulzberger on defending a free press. Nothing more important:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
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Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opinion/ag-sulzberger-free-press.html
10 months ago
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Join me and @MartinKReeves at Planet Word on Monday, May 12, and get the inside scoop about the disorderly, serendipitous process from which the âlikeâ button was born, and how it has and continues to impact our everyday lives
planetwordmuseum.org/events/book-...
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Book Talk: Martin Reeves and Thomas L. Friedman â Like: The Button That Changed the World â Planet Word Museum
Join best-selling authors Martin Reeves and Tom Friedman for an exploration of the creation and evolution of the like button and its connection to innovation, business, culture, and modern human inter...
https://planetwordmuseum.org/events/book-talk-martin-reeves-and-thomas-l-friedman-like-the-button-that-changed-the-world/
10 months ago
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How did the "like" button change how we connect, consume, and think? Join me and @MartinKReeves at Planet Word on Monday, May 12, to explore the story behind the tiny icon that rewired how the world interacts:
planetwordmuseum.org/events/book-...
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Book Talk: Martin Reeves and Thomas L. Friedman â Like: The Button That Changed the World â Planet Word Museum
Join best-selling authors Martin Reeves and Tom Friedman for an exploration of the creation and evolution of the like button and its connection to innovation, business, culture, and modern human inter...
https://planetwordmuseum.org/events/book-talk-martin-reeves-and-thomas-l-friedman-like-the-button-that-changed-the-world/
10 months ago
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Monday, May 12, join me and my friend Martin Reeves at Planet Word for a lively discussion about his new book Like:The Button That Changed the World. Learn what gives this little button such a huge impact on our lives â from business to media to culture.
planetwordmuseum.org/events/book-...
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Book Talk: Martin Reeves and Thomas L. Friedman â Like: The Button That Changed the World â Planet Word Museum
Join best-selling authors Martin Reeves and Tom Friedman for an exploration of the creation and evolution of the like button and its connection to innovation, business, culture, and modern human inter...
https://planetwordmuseum.org/events/book-talk-martin-reeves-and-thomas-l-friedman-like-the-button-that-changed-the-world/
10 months ago
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My column: This Israeli Government Is Not Our Ally
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/o...
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Opinion | This Israeli Government Is Not Our Ally
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/opinion/trump-iran-israel.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
10 months ago
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