Christopher Cox
@cwhe.bsky.social
Writer and editor, NYTM and NYM. Signal: christophercox.01
“Wouldn’t it be nice if all cities were like Milton Keynes?”
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The Droids Taking Over One of England’s Strangest Towns
Want a glimpse of our robot-filled future? Just go to Milton Keynes.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“Wouldn’t it be nice if all cities were like Milton Keynes?”
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Writers! Applications for the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award are open. This year, we've increased the prize to $15,000 to account for the higher cost of pasta. Apply now: journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/awa...
Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award - NYU Journalism
Matthew Power was an award-winning journalist who reported empathetically on the human […]
journalism.nyu.edu
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Writers! Applications for the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award are open. This year, we've increased the prize to $15,000 to account for the higher cost of pasta. Apply now: journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/awa...
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"The Sacagawea found in the oral histories of the Hidatsas is both grander and humbler — more like a person, less like a symbol — than the one taught in schools." — @cwhe.bsky.social for The New York Times Magazine
What if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong?
A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s most iconic Native forebear.
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"The Sacagawea found in the oral histories of the Hidatsas is both grander and humbler — more like a person, less like a symbol — than the one taught in schools." — @cwhe.bsky.social for The New York Times Magazine
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I wrote about Sacagawea and the Hidatsa tribe, which has marshaled some compelling evidence that she lived 57 years longer than mainstream historians say she did. (And died of a gunshot wound.) This story also has my favorite final paragraph I've ever written.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
What if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong?
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I wrote about Sacagawea and the Hidatsa tribe, which has marshaled some compelling evidence that she lived 57 years longer than mainstream historians say she did. (And died of a gunshot wound.) This story also has my favorite final paragraph I've ever written.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
I wrote about Sacagawea and the Hidatsa tribe, which has marshaled some compelling evidence that she lived 57 years longer than mainstream historians say she did. (And died of a gunshot wound.) This story also has my favorite final paragraph I've ever written.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
What if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong?
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I wrote about Sacagawea and the Hidatsa tribe, which has marshaled some compelling evidence that she lived 57 years longer than mainstream historians say she did. (And died of a gunshot wound.) This story also has my favorite final paragraph I've ever written.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
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Relatedly, if anyone knows someone at
@novartis.bsky.social (manufacturer of Ilaris/canakimumab, the drug I need but cannot get!), or Anthem (the insurer refusing access) or their pharmacy benefits manager (Navitus) who might be able to move this process along, that would be very helpful. :)
@novartis.bsky.social (manufacturer of Ilaris/canakimumab, the drug I need but cannot get!), or Anthem (the insurer refusing access) or their pharmacy benefits manager (Navitus) who might be able to move this process along, that would be very helpful. :)
July 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Relatedly, if anyone knows someone at
@novartis.bsky.social (manufacturer of Ilaris/canakimumab, the drug I need but cannot get!), or Anthem (the insurer refusing access) or their pharmacy benefits manager (Navitus) who might be able to move this process along, that would be very helpful. :)
@novartis.bsky.social (manufacturer of Ilaris/canakimumab, the drug I need but cannot get!), or Anthem (the insurer refusing access) or their pharmacy benefits manager (Navitus) who might be able to move this process along, that would be very helpful. :)
Wells Tower wrote about lost luggage, just in time for Lost Luggage Day:
www.thecut.com/article/wher...
www.thecut.com/article/wher...
Your Lost Suitcase Is Probably in Alabama
We found your bag! And everyone else’s lost luggage.
www.thecut.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Wells Tower wrote about lost luggage, just in time for Lost Luggage Day:
www.thecut.com/article/wher...
www.thecut.com/article/wher...
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this is a masterpiece @kerryhowley.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...
Pete Hegseth Is Playing Secretary
As he sends troops into L.A. and prepares for war, his Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by him?
nymag.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
this is a masterpiece @kerryhowley.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...
Well this is a big one: nymag.com/intelligence...
Pete Hegseth Is Playing Secretary
As he sends troops into L.A. and prepares for war, his Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by him?
nymag.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Well this is a big one: nymag.com/intelligence...
English words that are like German words (information-dense and literal): brainchild, plaything, fireplace.
June 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
English words that are like German words (information-dense and literal): brainchild, plaything, fireplace.
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"If you were to blindfold naturalists from New England and take them into some of the forests in Queens, they might think they were back home, as opposed to mere yards from Grand Central Parkway" -- What a wonderful look at NYC's urban forests in @nymag.com
www.curbed.com/article/beec...
www.curbed.com/article/beec...
Good News About Beech Leaf Disease
The city’s forests may be in trouble, but scientists have developed some ingenious ways to save them.
www.curbed.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"If you were to blindfold naturalists from New England and take them into some of the forests in Queens, they might think they were back home, as opposed to mere yards from Grand Central Parkway" -- What a wonderful look at NYC's urban forests in @nymag.com
www.curbed.com/article/beec...
www.curbed.com/article/beec...
"'I got into forestry to get away from people,' he said. Now he is working in the biggest city in the country." Robert Sullivan upending some conventional wisdom about forests and forestry.
www.curbed.com/article/beec...
www.curbed.com/article/beec...
Good News About Beech Leaf Disease
The city’s forests may be in trouble, but scientists have developed some ingenious ways to save them.
www.curbed.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"'I got into forestry to get away from people,' he said. Now he is working in the biggest city in the country." Robert Sullivan upending some conventional wisdom about forests and forestry.
www.curbed.com/article/beec...
www.curbed.com/article/beec...
Language question: Is the use of “search up” (instead of “look up” or “search for”) confined to Gen Alpha or does Gen Z use it as well?
June 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Language question: Is the use of “search up” (instead of “look up” or “search for”) confined to Gen Alpha or does Gen Z use it as well?
May 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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This article from @cwhe.bsky.social is a great depiction of the state of H5N1 in US cows, and how we got here.
Closing line "The only thing keeping us safe, for now, is the virus itself"
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Closing line "The only thing keeping us safe, for now, is the virus itself"
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Can Anything Stop Bird Flu?
The longer we allow the virus to run rampant through animal populations, the greater our chances of disaster.
nymag.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This article from @cwhe.bsky.social is a great depiction of the state of H5N1 in US cows, and how we got here.
Closing line "The only thing keeping us safe, for now, is the virus itself"
nymag.com/intelligence...
Closing line "The only thing keeping us safe, for now, is the virus itself"
nymag.com/intelligence...
March 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Deadline to apply is Wednesday. Writers, it’s not too late!
An early reminder to apply for the Matthew Power award, which provides $12,500 to support a longform journalism project. Deadline is February 19: journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/awa...
Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award - NYU Journalism
Matthew Power was an award-winning journalist who reported empathetically on the human […]
journalism.nyu.edu
February 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Deadline to apply is Wednesday. Writers, it’s not too late!
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Meryl Streep did WHAT.
January 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Meryl Streep did WHAT.
What’s it’s like to be the only home standing in a neighborhood that burned: “I don’t ever want to see my house again. It’s a toxic-waste dump. My community is gone. It’s just a curse that my house is there.” nymag.com/intelligence...
‘My Community Is Gone. It’s Just a Curse That My House Is There.’
City workers and celebrities, teachers and tycoons talk about what they lost in the Los Angeles fires — and how they’ll rebuild.
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January 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
What’s it’s like to be the only home standing in a neighborhood that burned: “I don’t ever want to see my house again. It’s a toxic-waste dump. My community is gone. It’s just a curse that my house is there.” nymag.com/intelligence...
My wife got me a book on how to identify warblers by their songs, and each entry has a phrase to help you remember the rhythm of each bird’s call. The Colima warbler’s phrase is: “A colander of lima beans, dripping quickly and evenly, then dumped out.”
January 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My wife got me a book on how to identify warblers by their songs, and each entry has a phrase to help you remember the rhythm of each bird’s call. The Colima warbler’s phrase is: “A colander of lima beans, dripping quickly and evenly, then dumped out.”
S.E. Hinton: I have had many strange things happen in my life.
New York Times: Thank you, no follow-up question.
New York Times: Thank you, no follow-up question.
December 14, 2024 at 4:15 PM
S.E. Hinton: I have had many strange things happen in my life.
New York Times: Thank you, no follow-up question.
New York Times: Thank you, no follow-up question.
Number games: 2025 is the last time the square root of the year will be an integer until 2116. The last time it happened was 1936. Those turning 45 next year will share an honor with those turning 44 in 1936 or 46 in 2116. The 1936 cohort is dead. Will anyone from the 2025 group be alive in 2116?
December 7, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Number games: 2025 is the last time the square root of the year will be an integer until 2116. The last time it happened was 1936. Those turning 45 next year will share an honor with those turning 44 in 1936 or 46 in 2116. The 1936 cohort is dead. Will anyone from the 2025 group be alive in 2116?
An early reminder to apply for the Matthew Power award, which provides $12,500 to support a longform journalism project. Deadline is February 19: journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/awa...
Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award - NYU Journalism
Matthew Power was an award-winning journalist who reported empathetically on the human […]
journalism.nyu.edu
December 2, 2024 at 7:04 PM
An early reminder to apply for the Matthew Power award, which provides $12,500 to support a longform journalism project. Deadline is February 19: journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/awa...
In his By the Book interview this week, Billy Collins says he began copying other primates and peeling bananas from the bottom. I tried this for a while, and I have to say, the chimps are wrong on this one.
December 1, 2024 at 7:27 PM
In his By the Book interview this week, Billy Collins says he began copying other primates and peeling bananas from the bottom. I tried this for a while, and I have to say, the chimps are wrong on this one.