When you’re being mean to me, this is who you’re being mean to — just FYI.

“Just like a news orgs would not send a general reporter into a war zone, outlets should also not send untrained journalists into the chaotic online world and expect them to be able to have a complete understanding of what is transpiring” said @oliverdarcy.bsky.social

If you need to escape this current hellscape, may I suggest “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”?

Thank everyone who read @garbageday.email this week. Our Friday issue was read 500,000 times. www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki... Our coverage wouldn't be possible without @bumas.bsky.social, @cates.bsky.social, @ellievhall.bsky.social, @grantirving.bsky.social, and @joshfjelstad.bsky.social.

POV: You report on the royal family.

If anybody needs a moment of zen, here’s a video of my Golden Retriever romping through foliage when she was an 8-week-old puppy:

Network (1976) turns fifty next year

Some thoughts on yesterday www.garbageday.email/p/the-logica...

Never forget that Gavin Newsom and his then-wife Kimberly Guilfoyle posed on a rug for a Harper's Bazaar story calling them "The New Kennedys."

POV: you report on the royal family

Every time I think anti-Meghan and Harry YouTube can’t get more unhinged, someone raises the bar. A reader just linked me to a video where someone claims to have proof that I’m about to be arrested because Meghan and Harry hired me to poison a Megxit YouTuber.

Just beat the game and I am an emotional wreck lol

I know Benny and our response, etc., is tired at this point, but his hollow emptiness is perhaps most abundantly clear to those of us who worked with him at BuzzFeed, when he chameleoned into what he needed to be there. It is — in some ways, I think — both appalling and obvious to us to see this.

DC-based Golden Retriever not a fan of summer thunderstorms

Cc: editors

How many tears will I cry before beating Clair Obscur: Expedition 33?

He’s so wise.

I was going through some old stories today and stumbled upon perhaps the best comment anyone has ever made about me and my (royal) journalism:

As a reporter, it’s a constant curse to have a dog who LOVES destroying paper.

Very sad to learn that Virginia Giuffre has died by suicide. She was just 41. Virginia was perhaps the most well-known survivor of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s predation. I’ve had four other Epstein survivors tell me they would not have come forward if not for Virginia’s courage.

I have an ominous feeling that Virginia Giuffre's death by suicide is going to trigger a conspiracy theory tsunami of heretofore unseen proportions.

Virginia Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein who also sued Prince Andrew for sex abuse, has died by suicide: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Cc: editors

Trump tariffs have hit Antarctic Islands inhabited by zero humans and many penguins! The islands don't have any exports, because no one lives there! from me and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

The face of a dog who knows that she’s stolen the standing desk mat:

Has anybody ever had a pet suffer a soft tissue injury? Little Phoebe just got diagnosed with one and I have to keep her on exercise restriction with painkillers for the next week. 😞

hayao miyazaki will beat someone to death with hammers by the end of this

HUGE missed opportunity here for Signal to have included something fun in the update notes.

If you're looking for more information about the one-and-only Kat Abughazaleh, I profiled her for BuzzFeed News in 2023: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/elli...

If you're looking for more information about the one-and-only Kat Abughazaleh, I profiled her for BuzzFeed News in 2023: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/elli...

Being a journalist does not protect you from being charged under the Espionage Act.

Do you use Audible? Do you use Google Chrome? If so, allow me to introduce you to an add-on that will save your life (especially if, like me, you have a library with 800+ audiobooks): Audible Library Extractor: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/Audib...

Read @ellievhall.bsky.social's 2023 profile of Kat, edited by yours truly, here: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/elli...

DC-based Golden Retriever loves to romp:

Spotted on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC:

DC-based dog foiled in attempt to climb into human's lap during important Zoom interview.

I'd forgotten how much fun it is to work on a story about a subject that you love — one that requires you to talk to other people who love the same thing. Pure delight. Excited for this freelance piece to finally get over the line (it's been a long time coming).

IDK why this skeet is blowing up again, but it’s important for new users to know a platform’s origin story.

My Golden Retriever’s favorite person is my brother. After hanging out with him recently, I mentioned that Phoebe was going to know I saw him and be sad that she wasn’t included. He didn’t believe me. So I got home and started recording… THERE IS NO OTHER EXPLANATION

My Golden Retriever’s favorite person is my brother. After hanging out with him recently, I mentioned that Phoebe was going to know I saw him and be sad that she wasn’t included. He didn’t believe me. So I got home and started recording… THERE IS NO OTHER EXPLANATION

If anybody’s on the fence about getting your tonsils taken out: just do it. The recovery’s going to suck. Big time. But starting about a month after your surgery, your quality of life is going to improve so much.

I made the dog biscuits from #WithLoveMeghan, to the delight of my Golden Retriever, Phoebe:

I made the dog biscuits from #WithLoveMeghan, to the delight of my Golden Retriever, Phoebe:

Everybody seems to be playing nicely in the replies to my posts covering #WithLoveMeghan — let's keep that going.

My favorite thing about #WithLoveMeghan is the gradual addition of dogs to the show. Episode #2, Meghan spills fruit, remarks how strange it is to cook w/o dogs taking care of floor items. Episode #3? Guy the Beagle joins the show (and sticks around). Episode #4? Pula the Black Lab arrives.

EPISODE #3 of #WithLoveMeghan: "Two Kids From LA" This was my favorite episode and IMHO the strongest of the series. Meghan cooks with noted Los Angeles chef Roy Choi — he teaches her how to make Korean fried chicken, quick pickles, kimchi paste, and a bunch of different sauces.

DC-based dog revises opinion on human’s busy (and early) royal coverage day after learning that she’s going to doggie daycare:

Patricia has been doing a much better job than me at live-blogging #WithLoveMeghan

DC-based dog unsure why human has been awake and lights have been on for the past 3 hours: