Emily Nussbaum
@emilynussbaum.bsky.social
Writer for The New Yorker, social media addict
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Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness – up to a limit | King's College London
New research from King’s College London finds that coffee consumption within the NHS recommended limit is linked to longer telomere lengths – a marker of biological ageing – among people with bipolar ...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Honored my sacred parental obligations by showing my son the Billy Joel documentary
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Honored my sacred parental obligations by showing my son the Billy Joel documentary
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In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
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At long last, here's my conversation with wonderful @elizmccrack.bsky.social, whose wonderful new A Long Game goes on sale (at least in the US) next week!
A Long Game
[my conversation with Elizabeth McCracken]
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November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
At long last, here's my conversation with wonderful @elizmccrack.bsky.social, whose wonderful new A Long Game goes on sale (at least in the US) next week!
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When I was a teenager I knew someone who was in an all fat Fugazi cover band called Fatguyzi
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
When I was a teenager I knew someone who was in an all fat Fugazi cover band called Fatguyzi
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someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
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Zootopia 2 was fun / funny / intriguingly anti-colonial & -gentrification / a DASH too unignorably furry-coded
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Zootopia 2 was fun / funny / intriguingly anti-colonial & -gentrification / a DASH too unignorably furry-coded
Happy thanksgiving ya turkeys
a cartoon of snoopy and woodstock sitting at a table with a plate of food
Alt: a cartoon of snoopy and woodstock sitting at a table with a plate of turkey
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November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Happy thanksgiving ya turkeys
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This is horrifying
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
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November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is horrifying
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”The thing is this wasn’t really a catch-and-kill operation as described—I don’t even think there’s a term for what this was,” I say as I pour gravy on my fourth slice of pumpkin pie. My wife has filed for divorce and one of my cats is packing her belongings in a suitcase, but I persist.
Do I try to explain the Nuzzi-Lizza situation to my in-laws at Thanksgiving dinner or do I just pass the stuffing and keep screaming in my own brain hmmmmmmm
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
”The thing is this wasn’t really a catch-and-kill operation as described—I don’t even think there’s a term for what this was,” I say as I pour gravy on my fourth slice of pumpkin pie. My wife has filed for divorce and one of my cats is packing her belongings in a suitcase, but I persist.
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The new Vanity Fair editor sought to make his magazine less woke and some of his first moves were hiring Olivia Nuzzi, publishing an abstract nude of Nuzzi by a person now alleged to have made illegal recordings on her behalf, and putting only men in the Hollywood issue
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The new Vanity Fair editor sought to make his magazine less woke and some of his first moves were hiring Olivia Nuzzi, publishing an abstract nude of Nuzzi by a person now alleged to have made illegal recordings on her behalf, and putting only men in the Hollywood issue
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
I am very into Ariana Grande, but I just realized what her current eyebrow situation reminds me of
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I am very into Ariana Grande, but I just realized what her current eyebrow situation reminds me of
I don’t usually wear pajamas to the airport, but that twit from RW: Boston is making it feel like anti-facist resistance
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I don’t usually wear pajamas to the airport, but that twit from RW: Boston is making it feel like anti-facist resistance
I’m “people calling each other ‘turkeys’” years old
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’m “people calling each other ‘turkeys’” years old
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November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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okay having finished this episode i can say that there is truly no reason for toby huss to be here, he just walks in wearing the hat, mariska goes "still doing the hat thing huh" and then he walks out
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i'm sorry, last week's SVU featured toby huss wearing a fedora????
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
okay having finished this episode i can say that there is truly no reason for toby huss to be here, he just walks in wearing the hat, mariska goes "still doing the hat thing huh" and then he walks out
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There’s a lot not to like about this administration, but I really appreciate its bursts of incompetence
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There’s a lot not to like about this administration, but I really appreciate its bursts of incompetence
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Apple TV: your one-stop shop for prestige TV shows that are extended metaphors for working for Apple
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Apple TV: your one-stop shop for prestige TV shows that are extended metaphors for working for Apple
Except For Socially, You’re My Role Model, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Except For Socially, You’re My Role Model, Charlie Brown
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As a historian, I have been torturing myself by watching some of the series that the White House in cooperation with Hillsdale College produced about American Independence (tellingly, they avoid the word "revolution").
There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try
There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try
November 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
As a historian, I have been torturing myself by watching some of the series that the White House in cooperation with Hillsdale College produced about American Independence (tellingly, they avoid the word "revolution").
There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try
There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try