don’t talk to me before I’ve had my morning listen-thru of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite

cybertruck blocking the crosswalk where I am trying to walk what else is new

me every two years when I decide I hate everything in my wardrobe www.inc.com/reuters/max-...

kind of forgot that I was On Here. anyway, please read this fun and gratifying story I wrote for @inc.com last month: www.inc.com/rebecca-decz...

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

last night was a wikipedia deep dive on the habsburg lineage…

I’m a Carrie but only bc of the way I run down the street to get to a restaurant

I am ordering all of my opinion-writing employees to only write about the importance of personal liberty, if they don't want to write on the assigned topic, they will lose their jobs

watching Flow (2024) with my cat bc it’s important for her to have role models

just fixed a drawer that had been broken for a year…women in STEM etc…

I truly think the world would be a much better place if everyone spent about 75% of their time making bad art

max richter did not have to go that hard when he recomposed vivaldi’s “four seasons”…and yet…

starting the campaign for a Gustavo Dudamel halftime show

So cool they have a poet’s corner. Respect.

the flare jeans are good

it really is impossible to predict breaking news push notifications today

clicked on an IG ad for some beautiful-looking bonbons and now every single one of my IG ads are for beautiful-looking bonbons

An anonymous person at the CDC just archived all the public CDC datasets as of 1/28 and uploaded it to archive.org

do you have to be a nepo baby groundhog to declare what's going on with the weather

is Ellie the Elephant SAG-AFTRA

I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and- Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...

Here’s How La Chimera (2023) Can Still Win an Academy Award:

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

got emotional when the pianist played the Carousel waltz in ballet class…how embarrassing…weak-willed…

how did Elena Ferrante so vividly capture the DSA boy prototype in the character of Nino Sarratore

my latest for @inc.com: a profile of a founder with astonishing drive and creativity, and an audacious vision for a more connected future www.inc.com/rebecca-decz... (gift link)

your 20s are quoting The Bell Jar's fig tree metaphor. your 30s are for quoting Jo March's "I could have been a great many things."

the fact that I can still feel the dentist drilling my teeth in spite of receiving extra novocaine is actually a sign of my inner strength ♥️

having some thoughts lately open.substack.com/pub/thinking...

Robert Eggers adaptation of the ballet Giselle when…….

my last newsletter of the year: thinkingaboutgettinginto.substack.com/p/what-can-t...

the most elegant thing a dessert can be is “enrobed” in chocolate

mittens are an effective anti-phone usage tool….need to wear them more

when the curtain goes down as a performer is seemingly walking into the distance? that’s theatre

I think it is safe to say the “em dash as a personality” bit has run its course. we can let that go. don’t make this another Oxford comma incident.

regressing to my 12-year-old self and making my 2025 new year resolution to improve my first arabesque

“If the man considered the leader of the free world couldn’t manage to fund arts programs, who could?” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/m...

say it isn’t so!!!!! www.westsiderag.com/2024/12/12/a...

if someone were to give me five golden rings I could certainly overlook a preponderance of fowl

you do have to admit that Pyotr really freaked it with the cannons in 1812 Overture

would anyone like to take me on a date to see the largest and most complete stegosaurus skeleton ever assembled that was recently put on display at the museum of natural history

every time I purchase a baguette I’m reminded of my free will

news you can use on museums, unionization efforts at arts and literary institutions, and more open.substack.com/pub/thinking...

always take great care to break down my cardboard boxes so I get a good grade in recycling

As of yesterday booksellers at The Strand are on strike. Solidarity with them. Don’t cross the picket line, even virtually.

all the cool girls once played a rat in The Nutcracker

going to see George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker if you even care

How it feels to write "[sic]"

youtube search hildegard von bingen club remix

going to a Kate Bush-themed dance class….sorry that my Friday night plans are perfect…