@marklotto.bsky.social
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Working on this new oral history of the weekend Bear Stearns over the past weeks has underscored to me — cough cough — how incredibly important it is to have competent, smart, thoughtful people in the key roles of government in a crisis: wapo.st/3Y3zWIn
Opinion | The weekend that shook the world
Seventeen years ago, Bear Stearns collapsed over a weekend — what lessons remain today?
wapo.st
April 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Working on this new oral history of the weekend Bear Stearns over the past weeks has underscored to me — cough cough — how incredibly important it is to have competent, smart, thoughtful people in the key roles of government in a crisis: wapo.st/3Y3zWIn
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My new oral history for @postopinions.bsky.social of the weekend that Bear Stearns collapsed, the opening act of the 2008 financial crisis that upended our world and launched the populist wing of the GOP that we're now reckoning with today. Based on 20 interviews with insiders: wapo.st/3Y3zWIn
Opinion | The weekend that shook the world
Seventeen years ago, Bear Stearns collapsed over a weekend — what lessons remain today?
wapo.st
April 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My new oral history for @postopinions.bsky.social of the weekend that Bear Stearns collapsed, the opening act of the 2008 financial crisis that upended our world and launched the populist wing of the GOP that we're now reckoning with today. Based on 20 interviews with insiders: wapo.st/3Y3zWIn
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Someone needs to take away all the psychedelics from Silicon Valley. It is irresponsible to use them without proper training in the humanities
March 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Someone needs to take away all the psychedelics from Silicon Valley. It is irresponsible to use them without proper training in the humanities
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Exceptional first column in her debut as a Post Opinions columnist by @monicahesse.bsky.social. Gift link. wapo.st/43hxEZr
Opinion | All the splinters we cannot see
Regardless of the thorns in any of our feet, we all just have to carry on.
wapo.st
March 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Exceptional first column in her debut as a Post Opinions columnist by @monicahesse.bsky.social. Gift link. wapo.st/43hxEZr
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Gene Hackman has died at 95. I recently wrote about his performance in Night Moves for a Criterion release that will arrive in a few weeks. Like anyone who writes about Hackman's acting, I had to come up with novel ways to avoid the word "perfect." It wasn't easy. >
February 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Gene Hackman has died at 95. I recently wrote about his performance in Night Moves for a Criterion release that will arrive in a few weeks. Like anyone who writes about Hackman's acting, I had to come up with novel ways to avoid the word "perfect." It wasn't easy. >
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RIP to Gene Hackman, the everyman with humble roots who made it big—the exact type of American that we need now more than ever. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
February 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
RIP to Gene Hackman, the everyman with humble roots who made it big—the exact type of American that we need now more than ever. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
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Why not create a newsroom rooted in egalitarianism and service? If we're building a thing, that means we can create a place that *starts* class and race and gender inclusive instead of trying to retrofit and save calcifying legacies that don't wanna be saved.
How do we do that? Seriously asking.
How do we do that? Seriously asking.
February 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Why not create a newsroom rooted in egalitarianism and service? If we're building a thing, that means we can create a place that *starts* class and race and gender inclusive instead of trying to retrofit and save calcifying legacies that don't wanna be saved.
How do we do that? Seriously asking.
How do we do that? Seriously asking.
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What if we built a new major news and opinion journalism outlet from scratch and used it as a news lab to reform and rethink how we do things, starting first with billionaire-proofing it.
And what if we honestly audited our flaws and came together to make the news orgs we want to see?
And what if we honestly audited our flaws and came together to make the news orgs we want to see?
Bezos’ Directive for Washington Post Opinion Pages Leads to Editor David Shipley’s Exit (Gift Article)
Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, said that the newspaper’s opinion section would focus on “personal liberties and free markets.”
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
What if we built a new major news and opinion journalism outlet from scratch and used it as a news lab to reform and rethink how we do things, starting first with billionaire-proofing it.
And what if we honestly audited our flaws and came together to make the news orgs we want to see?
And what if we honestly audited our flaws and came together to make the news orgs we want to see?
SNL doing "One Day More" has a real "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" vibe.
February 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
SNL doing "One Day More" has a real "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" vibe.
Holy fucking shit Jack Nicholson
February 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Holy fucking shit Jack Nicholson
I was starting to feel like watching #snl50 was a dumb way to spend my Sunday night but now Eddie Murphy’s onscreen doing a Tracy Morgan impression, talking about lasagna.
February 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I was starting to feel like watching #snl50 was a dumb way to spend my Sunday night but now Eddie Murphy’s onscreen doing a Tracy Morgan impression, talking about lasagna.
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Evil and stupid is the worst combination tbh.
February 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Evil and stupid is the worst combination tbh.
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Reposting for the just-waking-up crowd
As a public service, with no paywall until it ages into the archive, 2,304 words of “So You Think You Want to Expat”
stoya.substack.com/p/2304-words...
stoya.substack.com/p/2304-words...
2,304 Words of "So You Think You Want to Expat"
and it's only a start
stoya.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Reposting for the just-waking-up crowd
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Gorgeous Jenny Boylan essay, adapted from her new book wapo.st/4aKhDNa
Opinion | On cleavage: Mind the gap
It’s what linguists call a “contronym,” a word with two opposite meanings. It also describes my life.
wapo.st
February 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Gorgeous Jenny Boylan essay, adapted from her new book wapo.st/4aKhDNa
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In 1996 my mother and I drove from California to Florida, via interstate 10. Years after her death, I found her journal, and read in its pages something that sent me back to explore 2,460 miles. "The 10" is almost here. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-10...
February 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In 1996 my mother and I drove from California to Florida, via interstate 10. Years after her death, I found her journal, and read in its pages something that sent me back to explore 2,460 miles. "The 10" is almost here. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-10...
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"But there’s something sinister about the way brands keep finding bigger, flashier ways to repurpose great moments in art to sell products" is a thing I wrote about a mayonnaise ad because I am in a normal and cool state of mind www.eater.com/24354679/whe...
Of Course the ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Cast Reunited at Katz’s for a Super Bowl Commercial
It’s a Hellmann’s mayonnaise ad
www.eater.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"But there’s something sinister about the way brands keep finding bigger, flashier ways to repurpose great moments in art to sell products" is a thing I wrote about a mayonnaise ad because I am in a normal and cool state of mind www.eater.com/24354679/whe...
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I was asked by @marklotto.bsky.social if I would like to write about the fires in our town. I love LA.
Opinion | Things we lost in the fire
The Pacific Palisades was a village, my village — and now it’s gone.
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January 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I was asked by @marklotto.bsky.social if I would like to write about the fires in our town. I love LA.
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Oh no! It finally happened!
December 20, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Oh no! It finally happened!
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& wrote about ambition & danger & Kathy Acker & being Korean
thank you to editors @marklotto.bsky.social & Chris Hanna, here’s the rest of the piece: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
thank you to editors @marklotto.bsky.social & Chris Hanna, here’s the rest of the piece: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
December 7, 2024 at 1:31 AM
& wrote about ambition & danger & Kathy Acker & being Korean
thank you to editors @marklotto.bsky.social & Chris Hanna, here’s the rest of the piece: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
thank you to editors @marklotto.bsky.social & Chris Hanna, here’s the rest of the piece: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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wrote this a little while ago, an ode to a group chat I have with a couple of dear friends, @nicolechung.bsky.social & @crystalhanak.bsky.social <3
& glad to see it up today as part of a joint essay in the @washingtonpost.com
& glad to see it up today as part of a joint essay in the @washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:22 AM
wrote this a little while ago, an ode to a group chat I have with a couple of dear friends, @nicolechung.bsky.social & @crystalhanak.bsky.social <3
& glad to see it up today as part of a joint essay in the @washingtonpost.com
& glad to see it up today as part of a joint essay in the @washingtonpost.com
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In an enjoyably Christina-coded mixture of high and low-brow, I got my first byline at @washingtonpost.com.... by writing about my film girls group chat:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | The secret lives of group chats
Everyone has at least one overactive group chat. So we asked seven writers to describe theirs.
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December 6, 2024 at 1:55 PM
In an enjoyably Christina-coded mixture of high and low-brow, I got my first byline at @washingtonpost.com.... by writing about my film girls group chat:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
I have made such absolute shit horror choices this spooky season and I need to fix this asap.
October 27, 2023 at 2:25 AM
I have made such absolute shit horror choices this spooky season and I need to fix this asap.