Mark Yarm
@markyarm.bsky.social
Exec editor, features & special projects, PCMag ↔️ adjunct, Columbia Journalism ↔️ bylines: the New Yorker, NYT Mag, Flaming Hydra, etc. ↔️ author, EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN ↔️ [email protected]; Signal: markyarm.99 ↔️ https://markyarm.journoportfolio.com
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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Obliged to stump for what, as far as I know, is the only podcast series about Shattered Glass (they get some great guests!)
shatteredglasspodcast.buzzsprout.com
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Are You Mad at Me? A Shattered Glass Podcast
Two longtime political journalists, Erica C. Barnett and Josh Feit, do a monthly deep dive on the 2003 movie Shattered Glass, about the first major journalism scandal of the digital age. Stephen Glass...
shatteredglasspodcast.buzzsprout.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Obliged to stump for what, as far as I know, is the only podcast series about Shattered Glass (they get some great guests!)
shatteredglasspodcast.buzzsprout.com
shatteredglasspodcast.buzzsprout.com
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classic male writer
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
classic male writer
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Feel like people should be using "I did Nuzzi that coming!" more.
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Feel like people should be using "I did Nuzzi that coming!" more.
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Going to get and cure autism over the break
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Going to get and cure autism over the break
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Leave motion smoothing on this year. Who cares. Your parents or in-laws are upscaling a compressed HD image to 4K anyway. Also nothing matters.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Leave motion smoothing on this year. Who cares. Your parents or in-laws are upscaling a compressed HD image to 4K anyway. Also nothing matters.
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one of the purest Everyone Sucks stories I can remember
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
one of the purest Everyone Sucks stories I can remember
What is the feeling on Stranger Things S5?? Are people on here watching right away or nah? (I bailed on S2 or S3.)
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
What is the feeling on Stranger Things S5?? Are people on here watching right away or nah? (I bailed on S2 or S3.)
This thing apparently was on Canadian TV?
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This thing apparently was on Canadian TV?
lol
“Did Donald Trump set up a false flag operation in Butler, Pennsylvania? You’ll have to buy my book to find out, in June 2027.”
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
lol
OH, HI! is on Netflix now. I've only seen the poster, but it looks like my shit. Any good?
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
OH, HI! is on Netflix now. I've only seen the poster, but it looks like my shit. Any good?
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very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
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Also I am pretty sure I could have made out with my number-one celebrity crush but I was on assignment and very carefully extricated myself, while you were all out there banging governors and engaging in regime change? I’m such a loser.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Also I am pretty sure I could have made out with my number-one celebrity crush but I was on assignment and very carefully extricated myself, while you were all out there banging governors and engaging in regime change? I’m such a loser.
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This is a newspaper headline from Back to the Future 2 when Marty McFly travels to the Biff world.
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is a newspaper headline from Back to the Future 2 when Marty McFly travels to the Biff world.
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If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.
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I was there
Flashback to Nov. 24-26, 1986 when the band brought the Pageantry Tour to The Fox Theatre in Atlanta for three nights to conclude the tour. Share your memories below.
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I was there
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Hey, now you can (re)read my Hairpin interview with @woolyknickers.bsky.social!
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Hey, now you can (re)read my Hairpin interview with @woolyknickers.bsky.social!
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when the tryptophan hits
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
when the tryptophan hits
As long as we're dying on food hills: Creamed corn is good, actually.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
As long as we're dying on food hills: Creamed corn is good, actually.
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For @niemanstoryboard.org: Tell me your favorite stories, #longreads, podcasts, nonfiction books, and documentaries of 2025!
And because every journalist loves a deadline... Submit your picks by Friday, Dec. 5.
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#podcasts #booksky #documentary
And because every journalist loves a deadline... Submit your picks by Friday, Dec. 5.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#podcasts #booksky #documentary
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For @niemanstoryboard.org: Tell me your favorite stories, #longreads, podcasts, nonfiction books, and documentaries of 2025!
And because every journalist loves a deadline... Submit your picks by Friday, Dec. 5.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#podcasts #booksky #documentary
And because every journalist loves a deadline... Submit your picks by Friday, Dec. 5.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#podcasts #booksky #documentary
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Free link for all!
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020...
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Vegetarian Mushroom Wellington (Published 2019)
cooking.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Free link for all!
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Anyone on here have a New York Times Cooking subscription? I'm looking for access to one (1) recipe. DMs are open!
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Anyone on here have a New York Times Cooking subscription? I'm looking for access to one (1) recipe. DMs are open!
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"Worse, the reason the pitch had been appealing to me to begin with was likely because a large language model somewhere was remixing my own prompt asking for stories where 'health and money collide,' flattering me by sending me back what I wanted to hear."
Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"Worse, the reason the pitch had been appealing to me to begin with was likely because a large language model somewhere was remixing my own prompt asking for stories where 'health and money collide,' flattering me by sending me back what I wanted to hear."