Wm. Ferguson
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Editor at NYT, Metro desk.
Beautiful article for anybody who wants the tragic backstory on why the US hockey players were holding up the jersey of an absent teammate, Johnny Gaudreau. [Gift link below; feel free to share]
#usa-hockey
#goldmedal
#olympics
#usa-canada
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/n...
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The Sudden Loss of the Gaudreau Brothers Stuns Their Rural Hometown (Published 2024)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/nyregion/john-matthew-gaudreau-hockey-death.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OFA.bM2C.hz7yNCqnWqYa&smid=nytcore-ios-share
6 days ago
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Oh, no, not the Copy Markers!
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Kristen Radtke
about 1 month ago
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being.
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
https://www.theverge.com/policy/868567/alex-pretti-minneapolis-childhood-friend?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IktWYlQ1a1F1ZUUiLCJwIjoiL3BvbGljeS84Njg1NjcvYWxleC1wcmV0dGktbWlubmVhcG9saXMtY2hpbGRob29kLWZyaWVuZCIsImV4cCI6MTc2OTk2NDA1NSwiaWF0IjoxNzY5NTMyMDU1fQ.FrZ0NlULSpVamKAg761dJTzxcH4-LkVYlrvVVZb2ZFc&utm_medium=gift-link
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Anna Bower
2 months ago
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Elizabeth Spiers
6 months ago
Today in unhelpful AI suggestions
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Tim Onion
6 months ago
An economy that is turning towards almost exclusively graft, speculation, fraud and gambling to obtain wealth, which is basically what we currently have, is going to only create more conditions that lead to social isolation and violence.
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Luis FerrĂ©-SadurnĂ
7 months ago
NEW: We broke down the anatomy of an ICE arrest at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, as seen through one image. And we followed the story over two weeks to document the fallout... and a surprising reunion. W/ Todd Heisler and Wes Parnell:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/n...
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Anatomy of an ICE Arrest
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/nyregion/immigrant-arrests-courthouse.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU8._AGJ.22xnrt6dYCWL&smid=url-share
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Writers Guild of America West
8 months ago
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Adam Steinbaugh
8 months ago
In the course of sixty seconds, threats to violate the First Amendment three times over: prosecuting CNN for reporting about an app, prosecuting the maker of an anti-ICE app, and prosecuting CNN for reporting about the Iran bombing.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
9 months ago
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.
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Wait Reggie Miller is announcing the Knicks game? Come on
10 months ago
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Robert Komaniecki
10 months ago
AI art really is the aesthetic of new fascism
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Really wonderful observations from Chris Maag about Americans' complicated feelings about the war in Vietnam. Best 1,100 you'll read today.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...
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At Vietnam War Memorial, Grief, Anger and a Sense of Finally Moving On (Gift Article)
Visitors to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the anniversary of the fall of Saigon said they still felt sadness and fury. And some, at last, had a sense of closure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/nyregion/vietnam-veterans-memorial-50-anniversary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D08.YK9I.HYknP_Be6NWo&smid=bs-share
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Gillian Brockell
10 months ago
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
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Philip Gourevitch
11 months ago
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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Anna Bower
11 months ago
Via New York Times: “The DOJ prosecutor who questioned the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on indefinite paid leave for a “failure to zealously advocate” for the department — less than 24 hours after defending the gov’t in federal court.”
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Ida Bae Wells
11 months ago
All I keep thinking about is how Pete Hegseth raised questions of the competency of a Black four-star general and Air Force fighter pilot who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hegseth asked did he get the job “because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt.”
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Paul Krugman
about 1 year ago
Am I the only one noting that after demonizing China for years, Trump seems to be letting them off lightly, while going full tilt against Canada? Is it Musk's business interests? Have Chinese players been buying Trumpcoin?
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Ariella Elm
about 1 year ago
The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
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Jennie Coughlin
about 1 year ago
Maybe my second-favorite
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feature is the daily The Great Read, which is typically a narrative that can come from any corner of the newsroom. Metro is lucky enough to have a city of 8.5M stories, so we do plenty of them. Almost four dozen of them in 2024. Here they are: đź§µ
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Skeptical at first but I think AI is getting better at hands. But the weirdly hyper-erect posture and dead-eyed expression gives this character away immediately. But it’s getting there!
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