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she/her • “a glutton for introspection” • photographer, writer, behavioral scientist
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📸 Kat in Politico Playbook!
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Kat Abughazaleh
about 6 hours ago
Holy shit. We hit our first goal in 6 hours. I’m speechless. This will still cost a fortune but I feel like I can breathe a little for the first time in weeks. I can’t thank all of you enough. I don’t know how much we’ll be able to raise but oh my god, thank you.
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remembering 2010s youtubers is such a funny nostalgia
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i wrote about searching my own name in my dead dad's phone
www.parallel.la/prism/grief-...
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Searching My Dead Dad’s Phone | Prism - Parallel
A personal essay on grief, estrangement, and what we hope to find in the digital traces people leave behind.
https://www.parallel.la/prism/grief-is-complicated/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=anson-referral
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if you check out my newsletter you can see a photo of the briefly mentioned malaysia airlines t-shirt...
thirdthing.substack.com
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really enjoyed the noah kahan rolling stone cover story, especially the photo of him with a donkey
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if you check out my newsletter you can see a photo of the briefly mentioned malaysia airlines t-shirt...
thirdthing.substack.com
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John Loeppky
1 day ago
As someone who is currently writing about grief, and who has many friends and family with estrangement experience, I'm really thankful that this essay is out in the world. Kudos
@ansonjtong.com
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i wrote about searching my own name in my dead dad's phone
www.parallel.la/prism/grief-...
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Searching My Dead Dad’s Phone | Prism - Parallel
A personal essay on grief, estrangement, and what we hope to find in the digital traces people leave behind.
https://www.parallel.la/prism/grief-is-complicated/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=anson-referral
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pklwrks llc
2 days ago
and wishlist those 12 games, which will be released as a collection in june, here:
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Imagine We Were Human on Steam
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4260590/Imagine_We_Were_Human/
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pklwrks llc
2 days ago
@vinemossgames.bsky.social
spoke with
@rosebehar.bsky.social
about making 12 games in 12 months! check it out here:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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12 games in 12 months: one dev's lessons from a grueling and inspiring year
Devinne Moses of Vine Moss Games, put out 12 narrative games in 2025. The full set is set to be published in June.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-196321398
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there are a bunch of writers with the same first name I think are the same person and just think they’re hyper productive and impressive and multi faceted only to realize it’s just different people
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No but really why so many hands at the met gala what does it mean
3 days ago
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the sync licensing budget of margo's got money troubles seems like it's gotta be crazy
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an acquaintance from college who is two years older than me now has 5 kids... crazy the different stuff you can be doing in your twenties
7 days ago
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if you are a cozy game player (stardew valley, pokemon pokopia, animal crossing, coffee talk, etc.), i'd love to ask you some qs about how you find games / decide what games to play
7 days ago
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Niko Stratis
7 days ago
We are rapidly losing the outlets where new writers can learn to shape a voice, where they can cultivate skills beyond quick news hits and PR with the guidance and mentorship of strong editors and the benefit of a trusted name, and it’s such a loss for writers and readers alike.
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Elizabeth Spiers
8 days ago
I always email out my columns day or two after they publish, so if you don't have a Vanity Fair sub, you can also read here:
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I Went to Duke With Justin Fairfax and Cerina Fairfax. Decades Later, He Killed Her
I wrote about Justin and Cerina Fairfax for Vanity Fair. I wrestled with this one for a while and it was hard to write for reasons you'll see in the column, but I hope it makes people think about thes...
https://www.elizabethspiers.com/i-went-to-duke-with-justin-fairfax-and-cerina-fairfax-decades-later-he-killed-her/
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Kat Abughazaleh
9 days ago
THAT’S RIGHT!!!!
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
11 days ago
She was the first to speak out against Andrew Cuomo. Now some of his biggest donors are flooding Tuesday's special election with money to stop her. That tells you everything about who the progressive choice is:
@lindseyboylan.bsky.social
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Cuomo Allies Pour Money Into Race Against Lindsey Boylan
A super PAC has spent six figures on the race over the last week — more than all the candidates had raised as of last month, combined.
https://nysfocus.com/2026/04/27/cuomo-lindsey-boylan-carl-wilson-super-pac
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Rainesford Stauffer
16 days ago
For a story: what policies would make life actually more affordable for you? I’d love to hear about it for a story this week:
[email protected]
or Signal rstauff.20
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looking for a longform article i read like a year or two ago about yuppie young republicans with families and their idyllic town outside dc? please does anyone remember this
15 days ago
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Rainesford Stauffer
18 days ago
A mom and widow who had benefits cut because of a mistake on a form. A home health aid making $13/hour who said food pantries are so overwhelmed, they couldn't help. A student who said SNAP access supported eating disorder recovery. My reporting for
@slate.com
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@economichardship.bsky.social
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Alex Goldman
18 days ago
Hey everybody, @hyperfixed is trying to cap off a very strong April by hitting a big milestone for us - 3500 premium members. Right now, we are at about 3437, so we have like 60 and some change to go! Premium members get access to bonus episodes and merch discounts and a truly fantastic community.
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Hyperfixed | Hyperfixed
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i always forget how bad people are at following instructions
18 days ago
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Kat Tenbarge
21 days ago
It has been really disturbing to see some people pay tribute to Dr. Cerina Fairfax’s killer without even mentioning her. The victims of domestic violence matter more than their husband’s political careers.
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Virginia governor, advocates remember Dr. Cerina Fairfax
Dr. Cerina Fairfax is remembered as a mentor and community leader as officials call attention to the broader impact of domestic gun violence toward Black women.
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/dr-cerina-fairfax-obit-remembered-virginia/291-f5f30813-c91c-425e-b351-b7134f804fb0
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amy poehler's podcast continues to be so so good
21 days ago
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Microplastics Sommelier
22 days ago
trying to post through it rn
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Just found out one of the members of an up and coming band is also a dog acupuncturist
22 days ago
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Lindsey Boylan
24 days ago
Right now, a landlord can raise the rent by 100%, even more, and force a small business out overnight. It’s time to pass the Small Business Rent Stabilization Act to stop pillars of our communities from getting priced out.
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Kat Tenbarge
24 days ago
It’s infuriating when a woman comes forward about a man raping her in his hotel room after drinking and the response is “Why would she go to his room?” “Why would she drink with him?” This is Mike Pence logic. Women should be allowed to hang out with men without expecting they will be raped.
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i think people want to believe there's such thing as uninfluenced taste or objectively good music that will always rise to the top and be rewarded but we just don't live in that world! (1/3)
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24 days ago
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Jaya Saxena
24 days ago
The lonely work of being the only person who is Normal about Geese
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Olivia Messer
24 days ago
Convincing women to go on the record by name when they’ve seen that it results in no change — and a lot of people won’t believe them — can take years. One of the named sources in a 2024 story of mine declined to participate in 2017. Eventually, her life and job enabled it. And he’s still in office.
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Kat Tenbarge
29 days ago
“Why aren’t college students protesting” stories are almost always wrong (they are protesting), omit crucial context (they were brutally punished for protesting before), and somehow suggest that 19 yr olds have more moral responsibility than elected officials three times their age
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tubthumping in the boys
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roasting some carrots
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
30 days ago
source call out for a Guardian story: I am pretty sure a lot of progressive/leftist Christians follow me... if that's you and you're involved in faith-based organizing and mutual aid right now, please get in touch over Signal @ lex_mcmenamin.68
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30 days ago
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Mia Sato
30 days ago
New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom.
www.theverge.com/news/908401/...
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Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages
A key issue is protections against layoffs from AI
https://www.theverge.com/news/908401/propublica-union-strike-negotiations-ai-layoffs
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this book is out tomorrow!
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about 1 month ago
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spookiest part
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about 1 month ago
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I have listened to 20 min of the modern love podcast episode featuring zendaya and robert pattinson and gotten THREE ADS for the miniature wife show and an insurance ad that suggested I have daddy issues
about 1 month ago
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Kat Abughazaleh
about 1 month ago
Defeatism? We don’t know her. Our community support-based campaign model demonstrates a new model for politics and engaged a record number of young voters. Now we’re not just going to keep doing that work. We’re helping campaigns across the country do the same.
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ktb
about 1 month ago
you can write for an audience. you can anticipate an audience. you cannot anticipate every possible audience reading any given subset of what you said.
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unsettling reminder of how much of social media is not real
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Fake Fans
into the digital marketing agency that creates your music taste
https://open.substack.com/pub/elizamclamb/p/fake-fans?r=9oeex&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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Katelyn Burns
about 1 month ago
don't usually share substacks but this one feels important.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/the-trans-...
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The Trans Panic Clickbait Economy
A series of misleading claims have gone viral this month, sowing fear and confusion about ICE targeting trans people, a transgender public registry, and an imminent gender-affirming healthcare ban.
https://shatterzone.substack.com/p/the-trans-panic-clickbait-economy?r=fsat&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
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resharing because AMERICAN HAN is now out!
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-...
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about 1 month ago
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Enjoyed this conversation with Lisa Lee! Still thinking about how male rage is carried by the whole family!
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about 2 months ago
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Miles Klee 🦉
about 1 month ago
sorry but it's so funny to be one of the last actual human beings getting paid a decent rate to review books for legacy media and pull this shit
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