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@elcush.bsky.social
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landlord, mommy, public intellectual
https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ellen-cushing/
More than half of adults under 45 use delivery at least once a week, and 13 percent use it once a day. I wrote about what that means for restaurants, restaurateurs, cities, and food:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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The Innovation Thatās Killing Restaurant Culture
Delivery has turned America into a nation of order-inners.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/food-delivery-america/684700/?gift=4WBWMfKv39sQTWzHBHFACNykLzS9dg5Lp4SZsGQenmc&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
2 months ago
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I wrote about what food delivery has done to restaurants ⦠itās not good ā¦.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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How Delivery Destroyed American Restaurants
Weāve become a nation of order-inners. Eating will never be the same.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/food-delivery-america/684700/
2 months ago
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last episode of our mets podcast for the season! miss you already <3
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59. Season Finale, RIP and LGM
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Yefva4gUMoY6WXMOYIqEW?si=15Vj4HAZR7yjkIwSCvsTRQ&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeAWHi9up9lfLaADq4xix7jLMrpa7tdQa5WkHNcJjyMo8Fzmjze1G88kL2ZrA_aem_IlUpRl50in2EoHGVjCzx4A&nd=1&dlsi=c786b79be85a476d
3 months ago
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I went to the Tesla Diner! It bummed me out
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4 months ago
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The Atlantic
5 months ago
Eleven Madison Park, once named the worldās best restaurant, is no longer veganāa sign of how Americans canāt quit meat, and of fine-dining hubris,
@elcush.bsky.social
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Turns Out Meat Is Still the Ultimate Luxury
After four years of vegan cuisine, the fine-dining stalwart Eleven Madison Park is cooking animals again.
https://bit.ly/4lvJ2X5
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The Atlantic
6 months ago
Transporting human bodies through the air at hundreds of miles an hour has always been somewhat unpleasant,
@elcush.bsky.social
writes in Time-Travel Thursdays.
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Has Air Travel Ever Been Good?
Not really.
https://bit.ly/3Iws7pH
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Anne Applebaum
6 months ago
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social
, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/07/usaid-emergency-food-incinerate-trump/683532/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK34UoPtkCxvKSW-rp40Qt1-Q&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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new york's only baseball podcast turns 50 :)
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50. The TRUTH About the New York Mets
Hits Different Ā· Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ca1RtkmL7qgIPzY939ruo?si=3faf7778d07f451c&nd=1&dlsi=28275818115a4af9
6 months ago
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Caroline Mimbs Nyce
6 months ago
classic
@elcush.bsky.social
on Prime Day: "The holiday was invented by a corporation in honor of itself, to enrich itself. It has existed for six years and is observed by tens of millions of people worldwide. I hope you are spending it with your loved ones."
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Cancel Amazon Prime
The subscription service is Amazonās greatestāand most terrifyingāinvention.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/amazon-prime-day-dystopian/619265/
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some example questions to get you going: What's wrong with John Fisher? How did you two get so smart and fun? Why is Pete Alonso so strong? How many people could he carry out of a burning building? And so on and so forth
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6 months ago
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what a big-hearted, big-brained, brave, searching, humane, lucid story by
@bernstein.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/m...
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My Father Prosecuted Historyās Crimes. Then He Died in One.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/magazine/lockerbie-bombing-justice-father.html
8 months ago
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The Atlantic
8 months ago
More brands have been offering the choice to opt out of Motherās Day marketing emails. The trend is kind of brilliantāand also patently absurd,
@elcush.bsky.social
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The AbsurdityāAnd Geniusāof the Motherās Day Opt-Out Email
This is what happens when brands try to be your friend.
https://bit.ly/436HX0Q
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The Atlantic
9 months ago
Space tourism is, at best, follyāsilly, spectacularly wasteful, pointless by definition. And Katy Perry was the perfect celebrity to do it,
@elcush.bsky.social
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The Perfect Pop Star for a Dumb Stunt
Katy Perry is exactly the kind of celebrity to go to space.
https://bit.ly/3Rh0SjZ
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9 months ago
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thinking about this diva
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9 months ago
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The Atlantic
9 months ago
The internet is filled with dishwasher-loading advice. So why are so many people still arguing about how to do it right?
@elcush.bsky.social
investigates:
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The Absolutely, Positively Correct Way to Load Your Dishwasher
The internet is filled with advice. So why are people still arguing about this?
https://bit.ly/4ic9sLK
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wrote-a about soda
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Americans Will Never Quit Soda
Poppi and its āhealth-consciousā ilk are just new versions of the same old thing.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/03/soda-poppi-olipop/682188/?gift=4WBWMfKv39sQTWzHBHFACFyQIbLGf4B6DDpAMKZENUI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
10 months ago
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new york's only anti-math baseball podcast is back for seaosn 2, baby!
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37. [Brandon Nimmo Tongue-Out Emoji] Mets Are Back!
Hits Different Ā· Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5VuzKFfhiaEikpFDaAeVAm?si=yoWcSHWnR2SBpXa2PIrR3Q&nd=1&dlsi=c2dbb3b552304ae2
10 months ago
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David Sims
10 months ago
kaitlyn went to baseball camp
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Why Arenāt Women Allowed to Play Baseball?
Women have always loved Americaās pastime. It has never loved them back.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/04/yankees-womens-baseball-mini-fantasy-camp/681763/
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The Atlantic
10 months ago
Kosher salt is just big salt,
@elcush.bsky.social
writes. How did it become so popular?
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The Great Salt Shake-Up
Why has kosher salt replaced table salt in American pantries?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/04/kosher-salt-trend-cooking/681762/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo
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John Blair
10 months ago
Excited (again) to see this paper finally in (pre)print! We did single-cell sequencing on our TSC model organoids and observed strong signatures of reactive astrogliosis (neat)- then we looked at resected patient brain tissue and saw the same thing! (More neat!)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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mTORC1 activation drives astrocyte reactivity in cortical tubers and brain organoid models of TSC
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder associated with early onset epilepsy, intellectual disability and neuropsychiatric disorders. A hallmark of the disorder is co...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.28.640914v1
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Sarah Laskow
11 months ago
Read this one by the great
@katherinejwu.com
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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The Erasing of American Science
How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/02/trump-science-data-gender-dei/681698/
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important please read
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Americans Need to Party More
Weāre not doing it as much as we used to. You can be the change we need.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/01/throw-more-parties-loneliness/681203/?gift=4WBWMfKv39sQTWzHBHFACExlofixIcOAJRWHbNutzYI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 1 year ago
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the people who made this happen changed lives and I am unbelievably grateful for them :)
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about 1 year ago
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i love to ask the big questions like: is panettone .... good?
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The Luxury Makeover of the Worst Pastry on Earth
How panettone, the once-reviled Italian Christmas treat, became a high-end commodity
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/12/good-panettone-luxury-fashion/681077/?gift=4WBWMfKv39sQTWzHBHFACFd7xAfjgFi6nPegaU_5o3g&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 1 year ago
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I am honored and proud to be launching my 2028 campaign with a bold proposal for a better America
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Move Thanksgiving to October
A modest proposal for fixing the back-to-back-holiday crunch
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/11/move-thanksgiving-october/680802/?gift=4WBWMfKv39sQTWzHBHFACM4VK4jpV8xPzvFTQBXXY8g&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 1 year ago
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a wild thing i learned reporting this story is that about 2/3 of our apple juice comes from China
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Get Ready for Higher Food Prices
Trump vowed to lower food prices. His policies will almost certainly do the opposite.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/11/food-prices-trump-presidency/680670/
about 1 year ago
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I wrote about the future of baseball in a hotter world
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Climate Change Comes for Baseball
The summer sport is facing big questions about how it will adapt.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/11/baseball-climate-change-tropicana-field/680510/
about 1 year ago
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wrote about true love
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Goodbye, Coliseum
On loving and losing the Oakland Aās
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/10/oakland-athletics-coliseum-last-baseball-game/680094/?gift=4WBWMfKv39sQTWzHBHFACO_J0WDC4d2rVxqAWKM1q44&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
over 1 year ago
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ya i guess you could say iām not like the other girls ;)
over 1 year ago
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feminism is when i bonk heads with a beautiful woman on the dance floor
over 1 year ago
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the coddling of the American diet
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over 1 year ago
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gonna spray this and walk through like a fancy lady in an old movie
over 1 year ago
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wow! new episode of new york's best and most popular podcast is up!
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19. The Sun Used to Be Yellow but Now It's White
Episode Ā· Hits Different Ā· We're trying something with the episode title this week... some people enjoy a curiosity gap! And for a little insight into the Hits Different Business Operations, our most ...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7BdINstVXBa5Zb6YNzmybd?si=oOCIbja6RfmpptftgTcuwA
over 1 year ago
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GOD i love having 20 followers
over 1 year ago
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I'm ready to be the first to say that Eric Adams has gone too far. Rats are so great! They're little urban Easter Eggs! They're New York's version of finding the baby in the king cake! Fuck off!!!!!!!!!
over 1 year ago
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obviously every day i am astounded by the experience of being a mets fan but today it's because our new pitcher inexplicably left his wedding website public! @ professional athletes don't do this because I WILL find it and try to buy you a gift!!!!! excited for what wonders tomorrow will bring
over 1 year ago
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me and my friends
over 1 year ago
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too hot
over 1 year ago
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Dog Food Is So Fancy Now That I Ate Some
Pets today are eating like kings. We should all be so lucky.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/06/gourmet-dog-food-kibble/678741/?gift=4WBWMfKv39sQTWzHBHFACJAzZKrGDV6V89oJnVzlZMs&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
over 1 year ago
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copped the ultimate grail
over 1 year ago
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hit man is princess diaries for boys (this is a huge compliment)
over 1 year ago
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asked my son what he was cooking and he said āTATTOOS!!!!!!ā
over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
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i wrote about the single most pressing issue in our moral universe
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over 1 year ago
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Dune is a movie about what if your son was the most important boy in the universe. As such I loved & related to it
almost 2 years ago
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too late for dayquil, too early for nyquil: the devil's hour
almost 2 years ago
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letter of the day has been H two weeks in a row ā¦. These people are maniacs
almost 2 years ago
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what if every sandwich was served au jus ⦠just think about itā¦
almost 2 years ago
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