Mallory Yu
@malloryyu.bsky.social
NPR producer and editor, movie watcher, little bit of everything else. New Kpop enthusiast.
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A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department. n.pr/4qVulQV
Alaska station that covered devastating storm cuts jobs
A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department. n.pr/4qVulQV
This is *so gender* for me, it's actually INSANE.
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is *so gender* for me, it's actually INSANE.
The worst part of a mystery diagnosis journey is hearing/reading the words "your test came back normal."
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The worst part of a mystery diagnosis journey is hearing/reading the words "your test came back normal."
Unfortunately, Aloof Wife / Mayor Husband describes mine and Kat's dynamic to a Tee.
I am Aloof Wife, fighting for my life while my Mayor Partner talks to *anyone*
I am Aloof Wife, fighting for my life while my Mayor Partner talks to *anyone*
aloof wife / mayor husband is the new black cat girlfriend / golden retriever boyfriend it has been decreed
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Unfortunately, Aloof Wife / Mayor Husband describes mine and Kat's dynamic to a Tee.
I am Aloof Wife, fighting for my life while my Mayor Partner talks to *anyone*
I am Aloof Wife, fighting for my life while my Mayor Partner talks to *anyone*
LMAO I don't have to suspect: I produced an interview with Ai Weiwei, and when I introduced myself, he became the Quintessential Chinese Dad/Uncle and *scolded me* about my bad Mandarin. It burst out of him like he couldn't help himself.
I asked this before over at The Old Place and the answers delighted me. So again:
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
LMAO I don't have to suspect: I produced an interview with Ai Weiwei, and when I introduced myself, he became the Quintessential Chinese Dad/Uncle and *scolded me* about my bad Mandarin. It burst out of him like he couldn't help himself.
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In my brief time as an op-ed editor (<year), Brettbug Stephens argued Ashkenazis might be genetically superior, & Tom Cotton called for violence against George Floyd protestors. Some of us were constantly pushing back. I met with Sulzberger multiple times. Lip service was given, nothing changed.
A lot of nyt folks, me among them, believed we could change the culture and the coverage from the inside. That by working within channels, we could convince the leadership of its obligation to cover trans ppl fairly.
In hindsight I’ve come to think I was naive.
In hindsight I’ve come to think I was naive.
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In my brief time as an op-ed editor (<year), Brettbug Stephens argued Ashkenazis might be genetically superior, & Tom Cotton called for violence against George Floyd protestors. Some of us were constantly pushing back. I met with Sulzberger multiple times. Lip service was given, nothing changed.
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Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. Her campaign promised to fight the “chaos” of President Donald Trump’s second term and to address cost-of-living issues. https://bit.ly/3JEKGZp
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. Her campaign promised to fight the “chaos” of President Donald Trump’s second term and to address cost-of-living issues. https://bit.ly/3JEKGZp
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Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...
Look, so much of kpop fandom begins with "well, what's THIS ONE'S name?" so by the time you've learned all 8 or 13 or 25 members, you're irrevocably invested.
Dont understand why these K pop bands are the size of a football team listen kids back in my day our boy bands had 5 members tops and we were GRATEFUL by God
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Look, so much of kpop fandom begins with "well, what's THIS ONE'S name?" so by the time you've learned all 8 or 13 or 25 members, you're irrevocably invested.
Maybe we don't need to concern ourselves about how other people run their own social media interactions? Like, if people want to block, good for them! If other people prefer to mute, fine! What's it to you?
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Maybe we don't need to concern ourselves about how other people run their own social media interactions? Like, if people want to block, good for them! If other people prefer to mute, fine! What's it to you?
CDMX during Dia de Los Muertos is *magical*. The Catrinas, the ofrendas, the color and energy. Listen to Saeed, go go go!
Pro tip: eat as much pan de muerto as you can — it’s one of my all time favorite pan dulces
Pro tip: eat as much pan de muerto as you can — it’s one of my all time favorite pan dulces
I’ll explain more later, but listen to me: if you can be in Mexico City for Halloween and then the Day of the Dead, baby… DO IT. DO ITTTTTT.
November 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
CDMX during Dia de Los Muertos is *magical*. The Catrinas, the ofrendas, the color and energy. Listen to Saeed, go go go!
Pro tip: eat as much pan de muerto as you can — it’s one of my all time favorite pan dulces
Pro tip: eat as much pan de muerto as you can — it’s one of my all time favorite pan dulces
As a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn't have trouble with the name Tchaikovsky, Dostoyevsky, Chopin, Beethoven. Schwarzenegger. Chalamet.
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Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Opinion | I Now Mispronounce You the Likely Next Mayor of New York City
A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn't have trouble with the name Tchaikovsky, Dostoyevsky, Chopin, Beethoven. Schwarzenegger. Chalamet.
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The hip-hop band reshapes its hypnotic melodies and serrating beats with the aid of MIDI-triggered robots and a desk full of glass bottles, coffee mugs and a pizza box. n.pr/47iWsSy
clipping.: Tiny Desk Concert
The hip-hop band reshapes its hypnotic melodies and serrating beats with the aid of MIDI-triggered robots and a desk full of glass bottles, coffee mugs and a pizza box.
n.pr
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The hip-hop band reshapes its hypnotic melodies and serrating beats with the aid of MIDI-triggered robots and a desk full of glass bottles, coffee mugs and a pizza box. n.pr/47iWsSy
I hate our healthcare system so much.
October 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I hate our healthcare system so much.
My body feels like a rotting haunted mansion. At least it’s seasonally appropriate
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
My body feels like a rotting haunted mansion. At least it’s seasonally appropriate
I would love to have the theatrical cuts without needing to visit home and pull out my dad's beloved LaserDisc
if disney does a theatrical release of the original star wars films for the 50th anniversary and offers them on physical media i will forgive them for every terrible decision they've made with star wars
just discovered that there was a leak from someone involved in the restoration team revealing that Disney is, indeed, restoring the theatrical cuts of the original Star Wars trilogy! complete with screenshots!
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I would love to have the theatrical cuts without needing to visit home and pull out my dad's beloved LaserDisc
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
This is antisocial behavior. I hate these scooters so much.
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is antisocial behavior. I hate these scooters so much.
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it is funny how much studio executives dislike making money
whelp, I’ll be thinking about the Steven Soderbergh movie about Ben Solo until the day I die, I guess. we could’ve had it all.
apnews.com/article/adam...
apnews.com/article/adam...
October 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
it is funny how much studio executives dislike making money
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Evictions in DC hit record levels last year, with 1,869 households removed from their homes. We don't have final numbers for this year yet but avg. monthly evictions are the highest they’ve been in six years. New investigation from @51st.news @streetsensedc.bsky.social 51st.news/record-evict...
Evictions rising in DC as housing costs increase
New data shows evictions have surged past pre-pandemic levels, fueled by shrinking aid, high rents, and weakened tenant protections.
51st.news
October 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Evictions in DC hit record levels last year, with 1,869 households removed from their homes. We don't have final numbers for this year yet but avg. monthly evictions are the highest they’ve been in six years. New investigation from @51st.news @streetsensedc.bsky.social 51st.news/record-evict...
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I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
October 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
I’m supposed to be in a big van on my way to RennFest right now. Instead, my ailing body is lying in bed and Missing Out.
October 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I’m supposed to be in a big van on my way to RennFest right now. Instead, my ailing body is lying in bed and Missing Out.
The behind the scenes making of this is so good too www.instagram.com/share/BBPKQD...
October 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The behind the scenes making of this is so good too www.instagram.com/share/BBPKQD...
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![Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.
There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.
What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.
It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreiap6asa64jdjb2vlv4c2sdritjrntsibvsv7baj6o4cgwcfgsjeny@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Three years ago, I went to see a gastroenterologist for repeated bouts of extreme nausea and vomiting. She told me it was caused by my BMI. Then suggested I eat <[redacted] # of calories to do so.
I’m only just re-starting the process to figure out what’s wrong w me. 1/
I’m only just re-starting the process to figure out what’s wrong w me. 1/
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Three years ago, I went to see a gastroenterologist for repeated bouts of extreme nausea and vomiting. She told me it was caused by my BMI. Then suggested I eat <[redacted] # of calories to do so.
I’m only just re-starting the process to figure out what’s wrong w me. 1/
I’m only just re-starting the process to figure out what’s wrong w me. 1/