Lisa Tozzi
@lisatozzi.bsky.social
Everything’s going to be just fine. Now go upstairs, pack your bags. We're going to begin a new life under the sea
I sometimes write things https://www.rollingstone.com/author/lisa-tozzi/
lisatozzi @ gmail dot com
Signal: @lisatozzi.44
I sometimes write things https://www.rollingstone.com/author/lisa-tozzi/
lisatozzi @ gmail dot com
Signal: @lisatozzi.44
Stop laying off copy editors and then complaining about errors and lack of reader trust challenge
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Stop laying off copy editors and then complaining about errors and lack of reader trust challenge
One of my conspiracy-ish theories is that every post that is like “I want to go to New York to do a thing but I’m afraid of NYC” is written by a Macedonian troll
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
One of my conspiracy-ish theories is that every post that is like “I want to go to New York to do a thing but I’m afraid of NYC” is written by a Macedonian troll
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Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
NY’s hottest club is my couch where we watch Ken Burns’ American Revolution and shout out corresponding Hamilton lyrics and John Mulaney jokes
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
NY’s hottest club is my couch where we watch Ken Burns’ American Revolution and shout out corresponding Hamilton lyrics and John Mulaney jokes
Parrots aren’t usually compatible with people who have long workdays at the office, kids, and the endless activities that come with them, she says. Her advice to most would-be buyers: “Get a picture of a parrot, paste it on the wall, and just look at it.”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
TikTok Is Obsessed With Talking Parrots. It's Fueling a Global Black Market
A yearlong investigation into the African-grey trade reveals poachers, egg smugglers, wealthy businessmen — and multitudes who want a talking bird
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November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Parrots aren’t usually compatible with people who have long workdays at the office, kids, and the endless activities that come with them, she says. Her advice to most would-be buyers: “Get a picture of a parrot, paste it on the wall, and just look at it.”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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He's proposing this again today:
1. Take money away from insurance companies.
2. Give that money to the people.
3. The people can then buy their own insurance.
4. From, presumably, companies that sell insurance.
5. Which are also known as "insurance companies."
1. Take money away from insurance companies.
2. Give that money to the people.
3. The people can then buy their own insurance.
4. From, presumably, companies that sell insurance.
5. Which are also known as "insurance companies."
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
He's proposing this again today:
1. Take money away from insurance companies.
2. Give that money to the people.
3. The people can then buy their own insurance.
4. From, presumably, companies that sell insurance.
5. Which are also known as "insurance companies."
1. Take money away from insurance companies.
2. Give that money to the people.
3. The people can then buy their own insurance.
4. From, presumably, companies that sell insurance.
5. Which are also known as "insurance companies."
John Oliver’s Junk features items up for bid to raise moneu for public media. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
John Oliver Launches ‘Last Week Tonight’ Auction, Including an Original Bob Ross Painting, to Support Public Broadcasting
On this week's season finale of "Last Week Tonight," host John Oliver launched an auction to raise funds and support public broadcasting.
variety.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
John Oliver’s Junk features items up for bid to raise moneu for public media. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Why are we polling people who don’t live in NYC about the mayor of NYC?
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Why are we polling people who don’t live in NYC about the mayor of NYC?
“Watching her explain the word mahogany, I knew I was doomed, both personally and as part of a larger species.” www.vulture.com/article/dumb...
How Stupid Was This Year?
Taylor Swift’s asinine lyrics, a best seller that makes no sense, and more signs of a culture in decline.
www.vulture.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“Watching her explain the word mahogany, I knew I was doomed, both personally and as part of a larger species.” www.vulture.com/article/dumb...
Death By Lightning is really good and I appreciate this little backgrounder on the "sex cult"
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Who Were the Oneida Bible Communists? Inside the 'Free Love' Community in 'Death By Lightning'
Netflix's new show 'Death by Lightning' features a real-life Nineteenth-century intentional community that had some unique ideas about sex.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Death By Lightning is really good and I appreciate this little backgrounder on the "sex cult"
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Trump has made a lot of weird comments about magnets www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's History of Weird Comments About Magnets
Donald Trump has long been fixated on magnetic systems in Navy aircraft carriers, claiming they don't work, but now says magnets are a total mystery.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Trump has made a lot of weird comments about magnets www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
“… it’s just this big blob of stuff and dross that comes careening at you, and you don’t know where to find the good stuff. I think that’s the biggest problem of our time: There is brilliant writing out there. But finding it is like the needle in the haystack.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/m...
Tina Brown Thinks the Über-Rich Have It Coming
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November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“… it’s just this big blob of stuff and dross that comes careening at you, and you don’t know where to find the good stuff. I think that’s the biggest problem of our time: There is brilliant writing out there. But finding it is like the needle in the haystack.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/m...
She was a 17, high school junior working at McDonald’s. She was living in and out of a homeless shelter. And she needed money for braces. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
She was a 17, high school junior working at McDonald’s. She was living in and out of a homeless shelter. And she needed money for braces. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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Betcha didn't have money on the Catholic Church being the only institution with the spine to stand up to fascism this time round.
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Betcha didn't have money on the Catholic Church being the only institution with the spine to stand up to fascism this time round.
“It was actually like I was just feeding myself into the AI meat grinder.” nymag.com/intelligence...
‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’
AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
nymag.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“It was actually like I was just feeding myself into the AI meat grinder.” nymag.com/intelligence...
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The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
Elon Musk’s Wikipedia clone is ridiculous. It’s also a glimpse of the future nymag.com/intelligence...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Is a Warning
The centibillionaire’s Wikipedia clone is ridiculous. It’s also a glimpse of the future.
nymag.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Elon Musk’s Wikipedia clone is ridiculous. It’s also a glimpse of the future nymag.com/intelligence...
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What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
"How are we being ruled by the only old people who don't stubbornly cling to shit whether it's working or not?” www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Jon Stewart Tears Into Democrats for Caving on Government Shutdown: 'I Can't F-cking Believe It'
Jon Stewart criticized Democratic leaders for caving on the government shutdown on the latest episode of 'The Daily Show.'
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November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"How are we being ruled by the only old people who don't stubbornly cling to shit whether it's working or not?” www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
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Thoughts and prayers to everyone who is brewing a massive headache from the weather right now
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Thoughts and prayers to everyone who is brewing a massive headache from the weather right now
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“If you look at affordability, which [Democrats] campaigned on, they lied,” Trump said.
The numbers show he and his administration are the ones lying about rising costs.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The numbers show he and his administration are the ones lying about rising costs.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“If you look at affordability, which [Democrats] campaigned on, they lied,” Trump said.
The numbers show he and his administration are the ones lying about rising costs.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The numbers show he and his administration are the ones lying about rising costs.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...