Chris Suellentrop
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Op-Ed Editor, the Washington Post. Used to be on Friendster. Maybe Orkut, too. Google+ skeptic.
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Itâs always a good day to alert people that bylined articles by outside writers that appear âopposite the editorialâ in a print newspaper are op-eds.
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One of the greats
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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Jonathan Clements, Longtime WSJ Columnist, Dies at 62
He wrote more than 1,000 personal-finance columns for the Journal and was a favorite of readers.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/jonathan-clements-longtime-wsj-columnist-dies-at-62-8753c01d?st=GN3RLi&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Gift link
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Opinion | Iâm an evolutionary biologist. Iâm also a former creationist.
The moment I finally admitted that Darwin was right didnât feel liberating. It felt like grief.
https://wapo.st/4nqIhQE
about 17 hours ago
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Opinion | The Jewish High Holidays teach this lost democratic virtue
These days demand humility, which includes acknowledging that we do not have a monopoly on truth.
https://wapo.st/4gubuHO
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Opinion | I tried mortgage fraud cases. Trumpâs revenge prosecutions are a sham.
No competent federal prosecutor would bring baseless charges against political targets.
https://wapo.st/46u5tpV
2 days ago
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Am I the last to learn that basically everyone else on every plane is high?
4 days ago
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The âgood enoughâ economy as it applies to news (inferior free and low-cost options are preferred to high-quality luxury goods, which news now is)
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4 days ago
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Not sure what it means that I'm posting this on social media. Gift link.
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Opinion | The real enemy of democracy sneaked up on me
I used to be a cautious optimist, but social media has changed our politics for the worse.
https://wapo.st/41T7Tgz
6 days ago
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Vintage Jerseys & Hats
7 days ago
Robert Redford was only 2 years younger than Wilford Brimley. That's my eulogy.
#RIPRoyHobbs
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Jason Fanelli đ MagicCon ATL
7 days ago
Wild story from Disney Springs: Someone robbed the Paddlefish riverboat restaurant by *swimming up to it in scuba gear after midnight*.
insidethemagic.net/2025/09/2000...
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UPDATE: $20,000 Stolen From Disney World by Man in Full Scuba Suit, Swims Away
A thief in scuba gear reportedly swam to Disney Springs' Paddlefish restaurant, tied up employees, and stole up to $20,000. Here's the latest update on the bizarre late-night heist.
https://insidethemagic.net/2025/09/20000-stolen-from-disney-world-by-man-in-full-scuba-suit-swims-away-ad1/
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Can we follow this deer to Aslan?
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https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/deer-with-rare-genetic-mutation-spotted-in-east-providence/
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Opinion | Donna Brazile: Eleanor Holmes Norton should not run for reelection
She has been like a second mother to me. But she is 88. D.C. needs a new champion.
https://wapo.st/4mjNnwX
7 days ago
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I was proud of this piece. If only it had actually ended digital dualism?
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8 days ago
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I am appalled that I am older than Mario
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9 days ago
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"The current conversation surrounding AI isn't a reasonable one." Gift link
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Opinion | AI zealots and doomers need to start getting real
AI realism embraces humility and a basic truth: Technologies succeed when they improve lives.
https://wapo.st/4mjwAKp
11 days ago
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Nice story on one of the less-noticed internet pioneers, and a successful small publisher:
crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/08/a...
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Gabe Rivera's 20-year-old headline site, Techmeme, has never been hotter.
Journalism is getting battered now. But thanks to the AI boom, Gabe Rivera's 20-year-old headline site Techmeme has never been hotter. Media companies should take notes.
https://crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/08/at-20-techmeme-has-never-been-hotter/
13 days ago
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Nice lede: "Like the leaves of a Texas ash in autumn, the Democrats running to win the state are always vibrant and impressive, right up until they fall."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Millennial Seminarian Trying to Turn Texas Blue
Democrats think James Talarico is the type of Senate candidate who could win back the voters his party lost to Trump. First heâd have to win the primary.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/09/james-talarico-texas-senate/684142/
14 days ago
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Matt Bai on the Trump banner at the Labor Department. Gift link.
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Opinion | Is Trump an autocrat, or does he just play one on TV?
Hereâs why I am so bothered by the giant banners of Trumpâs face on government buildings.
https://wapo.st/482mTMU
15 days ago
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Department of (Border) War
16 days ago
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George Will says he wishes we had a Democratic Senate. Gift link.
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Opinion | A fearful congressional GOP could still do something, if it dares
How Republicans could inhibit Trumpâs primary domestic policy, politely called âstate capitalism.â
https://wapo.st/46nUAXV
18 days ago
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I finally learned what Blueskyism is
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18 days ago
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Michael Stipe
20 days ago
Any other lyricsâ donât even try chronic town murmur or reckoning btwâ just form vowels and syllables, and mean it
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Michael Stipe
18 days ago
Ok its âfeed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat siteâ.
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This should be A1 news
@michaelstipe.bsky.social
18 days ago
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Josh Crutchmer
18 days ago
[first day as a US Open tennis scheduling assistant] and since most people go to sleep by midnight I am guessing we will not want to routinely have important matches taking place at that hour? BOSS: I cannot stress enough just how unimportant that is
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Heartbreaking and lovely reminiscence of newspapering, in the guise of a reflection on The Paper
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18 days ago
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Simon HB
23 days ago
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
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A lot of pressure on a Louisiana QB making his first start today at noon. I am of course talking about Jake Retzlaff
24 days ago
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What is the hardest word to spell and why is it maneuver
24 days ago
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This is abuse
about 1 month ago
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Opinion | Masks off, please
Federal officers intimidate D.C. citizens by refusing to identify their agency or show their face.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/19/masks-ice-dc-immigration/
about 1 month ago
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"Marcia Brady is gone from my mirror, and Richard Simmons is in her place."
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Opinion | Meet my new hairstylist: Cancer
Itâs not clear why chemotherapy gave me curls, but when life gives you Garfunkel ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/cancer-treatment-chemo-curls-hair/
about 1 month ago
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Is Taylor Swift teasing 1) her new album or 2) an episode of New Heights or 3) a new relationship status (podcast official)?
about 1 month ago
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about 2 months ago
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Heâs running. We knew that, but:
alwaysthehardway.substack.com/p/rahm-emanu...
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Rahm Emanuel Exclusive - Presidential Fitness
Swim, Bike, Run, Dance, Lead
https://alwaysthehardway.substack.com/p/rahm-emanuel-exclusive-presidential
about 2 months ago
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Fascinating data. Gift link.
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Opinion | Marijuana dispensaries could help solve the opioid crisis
Counties with easy access to weed have far fewer opioid deaths. Thatâs not a coincidence.
https://wapo.st/40RUyEP
about 2 months ago
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Travis Brown
about 2 months ago
Breaking news: the pope finally got back to his Duolingo account on Sunday. Heâs now learning Italian.
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Brimley/Cocoon Line
about 2 months ago
Born Nov. 11, 1974, Leonardo DiCaprio is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimleyâs age on the day âCocoonâ was released. Congrats Leo! Youâve reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.
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Duncan Fyfe
about 2 months ago
For the FT this weekend, I wrote about the foundation and fallout of Disco Elysium: how two Estonian novelists' successes and failures in literature led to the creation of a video game masterpiece, and an endless font of strife.
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The curse of âDisco Elysiumâ, the greatest RPG ever made
How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators
https://www.ft.com/content/5ae5bf4f-4c05-4286-8133-5b812309d636
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Duncan Fyfe on the making of Disco Elysium in the FT! Subscription link (I read through an iOS app subscription that is pretty reasonable fwiw)
digitaleditionapp.ft.com/i9DX/8iojqfgt
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Financial Times
News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldÊŒs leading global business publication
https://digitaleditionapp.ft.com/i9DX/8iojqfgt
about 2 months ago
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Dave Tait
about 2 months ago
I don't want to get into the whole Oxford comma thing, but I first read this headline as having an appositional explanatory phrase in the middle...and my first reaction was, "Well, no...it's not..."
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'The Naked Gun,' a dazzling documentary, and more in theaters this week
Liam Neeson plays the detective Frank Drebin, Jr. in a Naked Gun reboot that piles on the jokes. Meanwhile, a stunning documentary explores the history of stone and cement in architecture.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/31/nx-s1-5483861/in-theaters-the-naked-gun-the-bad-guys-2-architecton-she-rides-shotgun?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=bsky.app&utm_campaign=npr
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Kenneth Rogoff on America's move to become the Switzerland of crypto. Gift link:
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Opinion | Why Americaâs new crypto regime makes other countries nervous
The U.S. is potentially providing a powerful vehicle for tax evasion and other illegal activity worldwide.
https://wapo.st/3U9VccW
about 2 months ago
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I think the last week of July is Augustâs shoulder season
about 2 months ago
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Emily Nussbaum
about 2 months ago
There are a lot of hideous things about technology, but the ability to rent a Zipccar and then drive 2 1/2 hours while easily listening to an audiobook narration of The Powerbroker, on a whim, is a miracle
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Dana Milbankâs next act
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Opinion | We are losing our humanity. I am searching for an antidote.
The challenge of our time is to recover what we have lost: in nature, and in our communities.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/25/dana-milbank-new-column-futures/
about 2 months ago
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Gift link
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Opinion | Ozzy Osbourne was the kindest celebrity I ever met
Drinking tea and listening to CDs with the Prince of Darkness.
https://wapo.st/4o7Xffk
about 2 months ago
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Drew Magary
about 2 months ago
Daulerio on the death of Bollea/Hogan
www.thesmallbow.com/p/how-to-fee...
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How to Feel
On Hulk Hogan.
https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/how-to-feel?publication_id=23354&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=2c9zgv
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Matt Bai column: Why is Mexican Coke superior to American Coke? Protectionism. Coke aside, itâs Trumpâs vision of the future
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Opinion | Trump wants you to have your choice of Cokes â and not much else
Mexican Coke, now made in America. But the rest of his agenda is taking us in the opposite direction.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/24/mexican-coke-trump-protectionism/
2 months ago
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I of course see the Colbert cancellation as a way to relitigate Leno/Letterman
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