As always, as bad as you think people like Sam Altman are, they’re actually much worse than that. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Is the premise of this story that the mayor should make lighthearted video content about an ongoing criminal investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...

There's some truly wild stuff buried in the New York subway system (a dinosaur-run bodega, a soundbooth for buskers, an iconic dive bar, and a Michelin-starred restaurant, to name a few). I wrote about it for AFAR www.afar.com/magazine/bes...

Check out my latest piece in the March print issue of @cntraveler.com.web.brid.gy www.cntraveler.com/story/the-ri...

This ICE agent lost it and killed an innocent woman. Despite the bloodthirsty braying of JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., and Tom Cotton that this is exculpatory, that is what this video "proves." I didn't think Vance could be more of a moral abomination after "They're eating the pets," but I was wrong.

Wrote about my favorite way to escape New York without buying a plane ticket blog.resy.com/letter-of-re...

Well have you? If not, here's where: zohranfornyc.com/vote

So thrilled to see my first piece for @saveur.com out in the world www.saveur.com/travel/berli...

"Sugar was scarce." Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @dianahubbell.bsky.social & @popsci.com! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe www.popsci.com/health/hersh...

Over the past few years, Chika Hanyu has built up a cult following entirely by word of mouth, all while making extraordinary cream puffs, canelés, and cakes out of a ghost kitchen in Sunnyside, Queens. Check out my latest piece for @eater.bsky.social. ny.eater.com/dining-out-i...

I said goodbye to a lot of things this past summer, among them my favorite bar in New York. I wrote about letting go, a thing I am fundamentally bad at and do not like one little bit. Shoutout to the wonderful folks at @offassignment.bsky.social www.offassignment.com/gttp/diana-h...

I'm constantly amazed how deeply entwined the US food system is with the military industrial complex. Here's why Hershey's became "The Great American Chocolate Bar," featuring a rogue pilot who became known as "The Berlin Candy Bomber" www.popsci.com/health/hersh...

Wrote a love letter to my local blog.resy.com/2025/09/chez...

New York is awash in really fantastic Thai food right now. I wrote about one of the best newcomers blog.resy.com/2025/08/sams...

As we listen to RFK's heavy, heavy breathing before Congress, take a moment and read @wired.com's package on what is really going on with science and medicine right now! www.wired.com/beyond-welln...

Today, Labor Day stands for little more than summer’s end, sales, and maybe a barbecue. But it was originally meant to honor both the individual worker and what workers accomplish together through activism and organizing, Chad Broughton wrote in 2014. https://theatln.tc/AIcURZrb

Money can't buy you class!

Real question for editors out there: has gen AI killed the em dash? Are we no longer allowed to use the most fun form of punctuation?

Check out my latest for @popsci.com www.popsci.com/science/what...

Suddenly, Silicon Valley Is Lowering AI Expectations: “AI is still a huge deal, they’re suggesting. But after years of issuing one sort of warning, they’re now voicing another: Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.” nymag.com/intelligence...

They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say

we love to see it

This is not a joke: I’ve started opening my drafts with “The woman wondered what she had gotten herself into” and writing about whatever from there, and it’s honestly been nuking my writer’s block

My first "Ask Anything" column for @popsci.com is live! www.popsci.com/science/why-...

Bittersweet but still really something to see the first big editorial package I commissioned and ran out in the world. The Great Escape features on-the-ground reporting and photography from regions across the U.S., plus some beautiful illustrations www.atlasobscura.com/hubs/the-gre...

Good, now stop stealing traffic from the food journalists reporting the stories too thx www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Last year, I wrote a Sydney dining guide for Gastro Obscura's Feast. The series covered 9 cities (from Lagos to Penang) and has just won a James Beard media award for Dining & Travel! Congrats to @dianahubbell.bsky.social, Anne Ewbank and Sam O'Brien on the win! www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whe...

Next up is Mason J. Adams, who takes readers on a remarkable journey from mountain string-music jamborees to old-growth forests to a chef serving up her own rendition of a Black Appalachian fish fry www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...

The first piece of the first big editorial package I commissioned is out and it's a real banger. Aaron Joel Santos road tripped 400 miles from Memphis to his hometown of New Orleans for @atlasobscura.com www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...

OpenAI has benefitted from generating images in distinctive creative styles, particularly that of the Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli. In doing so, it's trampled over human creativity—and perhaps even legal precedent, Alex Reisner writes.

Great to see @atlasobscura.com's National Parks package out in the world. This was a big collaborative effort in the works for months--please go give it a read www.atlasobscura.com/hubs/nationa...

not really a dessert guy, but @dianahubbell.bsky.social’s latest story for @atlasobscura.com has me reconsidering www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sal...

Thrilled to see Gastro Obscura's Feast nominated for a James Beard Award. I'm honored to have contributed to this project spearheaded by Sam O'Brien and Anne Ewbank. As with so many larger editorial projects, this really took a village @atlasobscura.com

Absolutely obsessed with our latest guide to Hong Kong, in which you'll find a "soy sauce Western" joint, a bakery that's been churning out crackly-topped pineapple buns since 1943, and the workshop of one of the last craftsmen producing Hong Kong's neon signs. www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...

In this week's "Behind the Essay" interview, Rebecca Emiru discusses the realities and inequities faced by many travelers, her habit of finding Ethiopian food in new destinations, and how she approaches the legacy of colonialism in travel writing. Read our full interview: buff.ly/NLzyfQN

This week's Dear Atlas column is all about continuing to seek adventure at any age (and why some of the best trips are the ones you take by yourself) www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bes...

I dare you to read our new Gastro guide by Anya von Bremzen and not want to book a ticket to Oaxaca immediately www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...

Check out the latest Dear Atlas column on how to plan your Great American Road Trip with limited vacation time www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rou...

Trump Guts Government-Funded Media Outlets: "Attempts to defund USAGM-funded entities were halted by courts during Trump's first administration, and it could come up against legal pressure again this time around." www.axios.com/2025/03/16/t...

Introducing @atlasobscura.com's Secret Lives of Cities! We're on the hunt for historical lore, incredible architecture, delicious eats, and lesser-known Easter eggs in destinations all over the world www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...

I wrote about the most inappropriate salad ever served to children www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wha...

Semolina flour, water & salt stretched into 256 threads barely wider than a human hair, make su filindeu - ethereal pasta strands shrouded on mystery [ @dianahubbell.bsky.social ] www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wor...

Caught up with Eric Kim at @nytcooking.bsky.social about the long history of the turkey dinner and why America's almost-national bird is underrated www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eri...

Absolutely loved this conversation with Bryan Ford about his brilliant new book 'Pan Y Dulce' www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pan...

Zombie Twitter keeps trying to sell me crypto. Guess I'll come hang out here