Sheera Frenkel
@sheeraf.bsky.social
NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang.
Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
Did all the brands get together and decide that 30% was going to make us impulse buy our way through Black Friday? (In this economy?!?)
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Did all the brands get together and decide that 30% was going to make us impulse buy our way through Black Friday? (In this economy?!?)
Please share your Thanksgiving traditions especially if (like me!) you grew up in an immigrant family and have created your own version of this holiday.
We make: Turkey mole, pickled onions, jalapeño cornbread, cranberry salsa, roasted corn, and sage salsa verde (thank you Samin Nosrat!).
We make: Turkey mole, pickled onions, jalapeño cornbread, cranberry salsa, roasted corn, and sage salsa verde (thank you Samin Nosrat!).
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Please share your Thanksgiving traditions especially if (like me!) you grew up in an immigrant family and have created your own version of this holiday.
We make: Turkey mole, pickled onions, jalapeño cornbread, cranberry salsa, roasted corn, and sage salsa verde (thank you Samin Nosrat!).
We make: Turkey mole, pickled onions, jalapeño cornbread, cranberry salsa, roasted corn, and sage salsa verde (thank you Samin Nosrat!).
Because a lot of people might be talking about journalistic ethics this holiday weekend, I want to put out there how my editor at the NYT does anon sourcing for our stories.
If something is stated and attributed to an unnamed person, she wants us to have at least three people verify it.
If something is stated and attributed to an unnamed person, she wants us to have at least three people verify it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Because a lot of people might be talking about journalistic ethics this holiday weekend, I want to put out there how my editor at the NYT does anon sourcing for our stories.
If something is stated and attributed to an unnamed person, she wants us to have at least three people verify it.
If something is stated and attributed to an unnamed person, she wants us to have at least three people verify it.
The most thorough reporting I’ve seen on how Chat GPT is affecting some people’s mental health, (and what the company is doing about it). Great work from @kashhill.bsky.social and @Jen Valentino www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
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November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The most thorough reporting I’ve seen on how Chat GPT is affecting some people’s mental health, (and what the company is doing about it). Great work from @kashhill.bsky.social and @Jen Valentino www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
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NEW: For months, my colleagues and I dug into YouTube's conservative airwaves and found a flourishing network of host-read ads on right-leaning podcasts. This phenomenon has enriched hosts, YouTube, and businesses that use ideology to sell. bloom.bg/3Kaio9w
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
NEW: For months, my colleagues and I dug into YouTube's conservative airwaves and found a flourishing network of host-read ads on right-leaning podcasts. This phenomenon has enriched hosts, YouTube, and businesses that use ideology to sell. bloom.bg/3Kaio9w
Cheat sheet for a perfect day: wake up on a small island in Fiji and pay a local to take you out on a boat. Snorkel wherever the water takes you until you get hungry. Breakfast is a sprouted coconut you found on the beach and some local fruit. Spend the rest of the day exploring tiny islands.
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Cheat sheet for a perfect day: wake up on a small island in Fiji and pay a local to take you out on a boat. Snorkel wherever the water takes you until you get hungry. Breakfast is a sprouted coconut you found on the beach and some local fruit. Spend the rest of the day exploring tiny islands.
Just arrived in Paradise (aka Fiji). Going to check out of the world for 5 days.
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Just arrived in Paradise (aka Fiji). Going to check out of the world for 5 days.
Now making seasonal glazes for my mugs.
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Now making seasonal glazes for my mugs.
The videos surfacing online from Sudan are horrifying, and I say this as a journalist who has sadly become an expert on violent videos and images uploaded to the internet over the last decade. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
Executions and Mass Casualties: Videos Show Horror Unfolding in Sudan
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM
The videos surfacing online from Sudan are horrifying, and I say this as a journalist who has sadly become an expert on violent videos and images uploaded to the internet over the last decade. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
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Allan Brooks, the corporate recruiter from Canada I wrote about in August who went into a 3-week-long delusional spiral with ChatGPT, sued OpenAI Thursday, alongside six other plaintiffs. They blame ChatGPT for their mental breakdowns and for four suicides. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
Lawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Suicides and Harmful Delusions
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November 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Allan Brooks, the corporate recruiter from Canada I wrote about in August who went into a 3-week-long delusional spiral with ChatGPT, sued OpenAI Thursday, alongside six other plaintiffs. They blame ChatGPT for their mental breakdowns and for four suicides. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
“The worst test in medicine” is pushing women across the US to have c-section. (As someone who was forced to have a c-section, I appreciate this reporting so much). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/h...
The ‘Worst Test in Medicine’ is Driving America’s High C-Section Rate
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November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“The worst test in medicine” is pushing women across the US to have c-section. (As someone who was forced to have a c-section, I appreciate this reporting so much). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/h...
Disney: Be a beautiful princess and a prince will marry you and live happy ever after.
Kpop Demon Hunters: Start a girl band with your best friends and slay all the boy demons to save the world.
Kpop Demon Hunters: Start a girl band with your best friends and slay all the boy demons to save the world.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Disney: Be a beautiful princess and a prince will marry you and live happy ever after.
Kpop Demon Hunters: Start a girl band with your best friends and slay all the boy demons to save the world.
Kpop Demon Hunters: Start a girl band with your best friends and slay all the boy demons to save the world.
Was talking to my youngest about Kpop demon hunters, and said something about how the male lead really helped save the day by giving the female lead a piece of his soul.
Her response: “Mama, what do you mean, she would have killed him and saved herself either way.”
We have come so far from Disney.
Her response: “Mama, what do you mean, she would have killed him and saved herself either way.”
We have come so far from Disney.
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Was talking to my youngest about Kpop demon hunters, and said something about how the male lead really helped save the day by giving the female lead a piece of his soul.
Her response: “Mama, what do you mean, she would have killed him and saved herself either way.”
We have come so far from Disney.
Her response: “Mama, what do you mean, she would have killed him and saved herself either way.”
We have come so far from Disney.
Today, a member of my family sent me an AI-generated video (from Sora) with the watermark blurred over.
They had no idea it was AI.
Amazing, how that took no time at all.
They had no idea it was AI.
Amazing, how that took no time at all.
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Today, a member of my family sent me an AI-generated video (from Sora) with the watermark blurred over.
They had no idea it was AI.
Amazing, how that took no time at all.
They had no idea it was AI.
Amazing, how that took no time at all.
“Mama, we made your office more fun.”
September 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Mama, we made your office more fun.”
Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...
Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse
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September 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...
Happy New Year to all those marking 5786 rotations!
September 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Happy New Year to all those marking 5786 rotations!
Having a real “you reap what you sow” moment. During peak pandemic years I got my then-toddler involved in regrowing scallions, garlic, and other alliums. She’s now 8, and won’t let me throw away ANYTHING that we can potentially regrow.
Our kitchen has many versions of this:
Our kitchen has many versions of this:
September 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Having a real “you reap what you sow” moment. During peak pandemic years I got my then-toddler involved in regrowing scallions, garlic, and other alliums. She’s now 8, and won’t let me throw away ANYTHING that we can potentially regrow.
Our kitchen has many versions of this:
Our kitchen has many versions of this:
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Remarkable judicial order in Trump NYT lawsuit - tl;dr, this is a lot of PR garbage, not a complaint, please re-file something serious. t.co/Ca48rtRLjp
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437.5.0.pdf
t.co
September 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Remarkable judicial order in Trump NYT lawsuit - tl;dr, this is a lot of PR garbage, not a complaint, please re-file something serious. t.co/Ca48rtRLjp
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Read the second half of your first sentence. They’re literally anti-vaxxers.
CDC committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of hepatitis B shots at birth or delaying them. The vaccine is credited by public health experts with nearly eliminating maternal transmission of the disease in the U.S.
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee Likely to Target Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or delaying them until later in childhood.
nyti.ms
September 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Read the second half of your first sentence. They’re literally anti-vaxxers.
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Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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On the Utah shooter's meme bullet casings, and how the extremely-online shooter is now commonplace.
From @sheeraf.bsky.social, Richard Fausset, and me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
From @sheeraf.bsky.social, Richard Fausset, and me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
The Police Found Messages After Kirk’s Killing. What They Mean Is Unclear.
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September 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
On the Utah shooter's meme bullet casings, and how the extremely-online shooter is now commonplace.
From @sheeraf.bsky.social, Richard Fausset, and me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
From @sheeraf.bsky.social, Richard Fausset, and me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
Social media companies haven’t figured out how to stop violence from going viral.
(And I have written this exact story after the shootings in Christchurch, Pittsburg, Texas, and countless other moments where deadly violence was caught on camera).
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/t...
(And I have written this exact story after the shootings in Christchurch, Pittsburg, Texas, and countless other moments where deadly violence was caught on camera).
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/t...
Videos of Charlie Kirk’s Shooting Spread Rapidly on Social Media
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September 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Social media companies haven’t figured out how to stop violence from going viral.
(And I have written this exact story after the shootings in Christchurch, Pittsburg, Texas, and countless other moments where deadly violence was caught on camera).
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/t...
(And I have written this exact story after the shootings in Christchurch, Pittsburg, Texas, and countless other moments where deadly violence was caught on camera).
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/t...
PSA: It’s always ok not to post the violent video, or take yourself off social media if violent videos are a trigger.
September 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
PSA: It’s always ok not to post the violent video, or take yourself off social media if violent videos are a trigger.
I can’t for the Zodiac truthers to come out of the woodwork for this NYT reporting:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date
Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I can’t for the Zodiac truthers to come out of the woodwork for this NYT reporting:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...