Leah Reich
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Leah Reich
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I write about humans, tech, and culture, and about what I learned working for Slack, Spotify, and Instagram. But you’re probably here for photos of my cat Lumpy.

You should go read my newsletter at www.leahreich.com
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November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Oh my sweet summer child. This is "Disney Girls," by an artist from Philadelphia named Salazar. He did it two years after I was born
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My post has a moderation label!!! It's so silly! Although I guess if you can see it this means no one wants to see/share it for reasons that have to do with me and my writing lol
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My newsletter went out last night. In it, I take apart Kyle Chayka’s unfortunately bad piece on follower numbers in the New Yorker. So far this screenshot seems to be everyone’s quote.

Bonus: sexy Karl Marx, which Bluesky will not let me show you

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November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Hey everyone just swinging by real quick to ask: What the fuck is going on here

Why is Yahoo! doing what seems to be a collab? with olive oil?
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Oh man, look at that. I just love fluffy bellies. Here is Lumpy's
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Do you know anyone in UX at Reddit? If so can you tell them:

1. If I block someone I don't want to see "blocked user" in a feed, which I can then expand. I want to FORGET THEY EXIST. Maybe you were thinking of mute?

2. This is depressing, I don't care about comment performance insights, pls stop
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
One thing I love about living with a cat is sometimes having a pile of garbage on the floor in the middle of the apartment for days or even weeks without a second thought because it's like "well but that's Lumpy's special crinkle paper"
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Mostly social media is so terrible and I want OFF, but then I go on TikTok or Instagram and see something like this and it’s like, no wonder it’s so hard to quit
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Does Lemon also have a surprisingly large butt? Here are his model poses
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Absolutely related
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Last night I took this photo of Lumpy, who actually hates having his picture taken. SO MAD AT CAMERA
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My phone reminded me of this photo I took 2.5 years ago, a few days after I got laid off from Instagram & a week after Lumpy came home from being very sick in the hospital (you can see his lil shaved arm). I was sick too and then we lost our apartment. 2023 tried to kill me.

Perhaps you will enjoy
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The news about Olivia Nuzzi's forthcoming memoir AMERICAN CANTO sent me down a Reddit rabbit hole, first about Ezra Pound, then Dante, then this, thanks to a commenter who mentioned a Goodreads review that criticized Kafka for his "lack of a clear magic system" in The Metamorphosis. Please enjoy
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I realize I should find this upsetting but honestly I'm disappointed that this is the level of insult we have to contend with. Like, give me something to work with here besides "you can't spell Jew without ew"
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Happy Friday everyone, I hope you're all being at least as much of a genius today as I am
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
At first I felt a little corny writing my newsletter this week, but if the Mamdani campaign showed us anything, it's that there's actually nothing corny about want to build a better future, online or off

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November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Late to this but
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
cat
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If anyone needs some cozy photos to get them through this first Monday after stupid daylight savings, Lumpy has generously provided these
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I shared this comment a reader left me a few weeks ago but sharing again because I reread the newsletter she mentioned, That's What The Humans Are For – if it helped her talk to people about AI, maybe it will help you too.

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November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
While I’m doing baseball posts, Ohtani looks like Lumpy. They both look like little boys trapped in big boy bodies. Small head big body gang
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
To be clear, I didn't actually write about her, I wrote about how we need to stop using big shitty platforms and do the work of building a better internet

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October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I regret to report that I wrote about Anne Helen Petersen leaving Substack for Patreon, and why does not in fact make the internet better for anyone, despite what people may think. Please stop building giant platforms and embrace decentralization.

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October 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
May I offer Lumpy Space Prince?
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM