maura johnston
@maura.bsky.social
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@maura.bsky.social
· Aug 22
Donate to Nuno Needs Your Help for Recovery, organized by Ivy Nelson
Dear Friends,
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"When either laws or customs degrade, when the body politic begins to drift toward corruption, the only recourse — if the people hope to preserve a republic — is to build new institutions and with them new ways of political life." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"When either laws or customs degrade, when the body politic begins to drift toward corruption, the only recourse — if the people hope to preserve a republic — is to build new institutions and with them new ways of political life." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
they’re going to reinvent the clarion computer but make its output even more wrong
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
they’re going to reinvent the clarion computer but make its output even more wrong
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TIL that Richard Hanania did not watch “American Beauty” all the way to the end. In a sane world this fact would be of no consequence, because in a sane world no one would know who Richard Hanania is
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
TIL that Richard Hanania did not watch “American Beauty” all the way to the end. In a sane world this fact would be of no consequence, because in a sane world no one would know who Richard Hanania is
i ask myself this every day
How are you cowed by this man. How do you let that happen.
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
i ask myself this every day
the photos scattered throughout vf’s pub of the nuzzi excerpt have a big “sponcon for overly expensive sunglasses” vibe
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
the photos scattered throughout vf’s pub of the nuzzi excerpt have a big “sponcon for overly expensive sunglasses” vibe
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You’re not allowed to do anything about it either, but it’s deeper than that. We have so far to go to actually get accountability and change. For now they don’t even want us to register our discontent with abuse and rape
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
You’re not allowed to do anything about it either, but it’s deeper than that. We have so far to go to actually get accountability and change. For now they don’t even want us to register our discontent with abuse and rape
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It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
“the aristocrats!”
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“the aristocrats!”
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MIT's probably sighing in relief at all the Epstein attention Harvard is getting, but one prominent #MIT program director is in the e-mail tranche, too
www.universalhub.com/2025/mits-pr...
www.universalhub.com/2025/mits-pr...
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
MIT's probably sighing in relief at all the Epstein attention Harvard is getting, but one prominent #MIT program director is in the e-mail tranche, too
www.universalhub.com/2025/mits-pr...
www.universalhub.com/2025/mits-pr...
there’s a kimpton in south carolina?
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
there’s a kimpton in south carolina?
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unfortunately “Aaron Sorkin’s Scenes from a Marriage” is exactly what we deserve as a nation
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
unfortunately “Aaron Sorkin’s Scenes from a Marriage” is exactly what we deserve as a nation
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Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
can’t believe i forgot other music and the mixtape stand
ricky’s
burritoville
grange hall
@douglaswolk.bsky.social telling me he lived in “the only tall building” in long island city
f & b
burritoville
grange hall
@douglaswolk.bsky.social telling me he lived in “the only tall building” in long island city
f & b
I'm not going to read the NYT story but I do want to hear what other people would put in their "Lost New York" takes, mine would include Dr Zizmor ads and the free transfer between the Broadway G/Lorimer JMZ stops
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
can’t believe i forgot other music and the mixtape stand
ricky’s
burritoville
grange hall
@douglaswolk.bsky.social telling me he lived in “the only tall building” in long island city
f & b
burritoville
grange hall
@douglaswolk.bsky.social telling me he lived in “the only tall building” in long island city
f & b
I'm not going to read the NYT story but I do want to hear what other people would put in their "Lost New York" takes, mine would include Dr Zizmor ads and the free transfer between the Broadway G/Lorimer JMZ stops
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ricky’s
burritoville
grange hall
@douglaswolk.bsky.social telling me he lived in “the only tall building” in long island city
f & b
burritoville
grange hall
@douglaswolk.bsky.social telling me he lived in “the only tall building” in long island city
f & b
quoting br*anna w* in here is quite a choice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
New Passport Rule Sends Blunt and Sweeping Message to Trans Americans
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
quoting br*anna w* in here is quite a choice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
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I honestly don’t understand how Times headlines got like this. They’ll headline straightforward news stories in the most arch, tiptoey fashion possible, then give a really nuanced piece a misleadingly blunt headline seemingly designed to piss people off on social.
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I honestly don’t understand how Times headlines got like this. They’ll headline straightforward news stories in the most arch, tiptoey fashion possible, then give a really nuanced piece a misleadingly blunt headline seemingly designed to piss people off on social.
Well this angle certainly sticks out from all those other “New York is sooooo over” trend pieces
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Well this angle certainly sticks out from all those other “New York is sooooo over” trend pieces
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I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.
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Because it is a big club and we aren’t cool enough to be in it.
Why is the NYT participating in Nuzzi's rehabilitation campaign?
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Because it is a big club and we aren’t cool enough to be in it.
stop reading thomas chatterton williams and start watching last night’s aew dynamite. i promise it will be way more edifying
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
stop reading thomas chatterton williams and start watching last night’s aew dynamite. i promise it will be way more edifying
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extremely relevant to our political and economic climate
YOU DIDN’T THINK THEY COULD HATE YOU, NOW DIDJA?
OH BUT THEY HATE YOU
MAKE NO MISTAKE THEY HATE YOU
YOU DIDN’T THINK THEY COULD HATE YOU, NOW DIDJA?
OH BUT THEY HATE YOU
MAKE NO MISTAKE THEY HATE YOU
The Ballad of the Sin Eather by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Apple Music
Song · 2003 · Duration 5:20
music.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
extremely relevant to our political and economic climate
YOU DIDN’T THINK THEY COULD HATE YOU, NOW DIDJA?
OH BUT THEY HATE YOU
MAKE NO MISTAKE THEY HATE YOU
YOU DIDN’T THINK THEY COULD HATE YOU, NOW DIDJA?
OH BUT THEY HATE YOU
MAKE NO MISTAKE THEY HATE YOU
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I really think that the best way to stop an intellectually anemic stylistically milquetoast bad-faith paycheck troll from winning is to stop turning every quarter-assed essay he publishes into the quote-tweet Super Bowl, but by all means, keep fighting your battle as you see fit
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I really think that the best way to stop an intellectually anemic stylistically milquetoast bad-faith paycheck troll from winning is to stop turning every quarter-assed essay he publishes into the quote-tweet Super Bowl, but by all means, keep fighting your battle as you see fit
that lead photo would have been a content goldmine for awful plastic surgery dot com
Laura Loomer has long believed that she is some sort of modern-day oracle. Increasingly, she has had the sense that she is taking part in an ongoing conversation with Donald Trump, almost like a shared inner monologue. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/17/laura-loomers-endless-payback
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
that lead photo would have been a content goldmine for awful plastic surgery dot com
Fatback - Is This the Future? (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Ace Records
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM