Michelle Jaworski
@michejaw.bsky.social
reporter/editor/critic for hire | words: go mag, daily beast, reactor mag, daily dot | member OAFFC | she/her
I just think that movie sweaters are really neat: https://knitflicks.beehiiv.com
I just think that movie sweaters are really neat: https://knitflicks.beehiiv.com
Pinned
Two weeks, 63 regular polls (plus one more for that tie), hundreds of votes, several close calls, and more time than I can tell you. It all comes down to this: knitflicks.beehiiv.com/p/knit-madne...
Some personal news: I’ve now seen WICKED: FOR GOOD and I am pro-sex cardigan.
And yes, a newsletter is forthcoming, so keep an eye out for it knitflicks.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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Knit(ting) Flicks
What I'm watching while I'm knitting—or what I'm knitting while I'm watching.
knitflicks.beehiiv.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Some personal news: I’ve now seen WICKED: FOR GOOD and I am pro-sex cardigan.
And yes, a newsletter is forthcoming, so keep an eye out for it knitflicks.beehiiv.com/subscribe
And yes, a newsletter is forthcoming, so keep an eye out for it knitflicks.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Started THE WIRE season 2 last night and got hit with the juxtaposition of introducing an instantly punchable character wearing a good boy on a sweater. (First-time watch, so I have no idea if he gets better or stays this obnoxious.)
November 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Started THE WIRE season 2 last night and got hit with the juxtaposition of introducing an instantly punchable character wearing a good boy on a sweater. (First-time watch, so I have no idea if he gets better or stays this obnoxious.)
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Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
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brutal but accurate
(amusingly, though, this does not carry over to everyone who watched Better Call Saul, all of whom would have run through a brick wall for Kim)
(amusingly, though, this does not carry over to everyone who watched Better Call Saul, all of whom would have run through a brick wall for Kim)
What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
brutal but accurate
(amusingly, though, this does not carry over to everyone who watched Better Call Saul, all of whom would have run through a brick wall for Kim)
(amusingly, though, this does not carry over to everyone who watched Better Call Saul, all of whom would have run through a brick wall for Kim)
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
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I just want to say there are a lot of journalists and writers who do real, incredible work on topics that matter while maintaining high standards. Many of them do not have stable employment or recognition from major institutions.
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I just want to say there are a lot of journalists and writers who do real, incredible work on topics that matter while maintaining high standards. Many of them do not have stable employment or recognition from major institutions.
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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Another revelation from all of these emails is that many of the richest and most powerful people in the country absolutely cannot write. Helps explain their sweaty embrace of LLMs.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Another revelation from all of these emails is that many of the richest and most powerful people in the country absolutely cannot write. Helps explain their sweaty embrace of LLMs.
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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evergreen
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
evergreen
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Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
Grammarly Rebrands Company as Superhuman, Introduces Superhuman Suite and Superhuman Go
Superhuman Platform delivers proactive, context-aware AI agents that work in the flow of work, wherever people work Grammarly today announced it is changing its company…
www.grammarly.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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November 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Laying off 1000 people (with likely 1000 more to come) while paying $7.7 billion for UFC, and signing big deals with the Duffer Brothers, South Park, Call of Duty, and (barf) Bari Weiss is monstrous. These people are monsters.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Paramount Layoffs Begin: David Ellison Tells Staff Restructuring Required to Address “Evolving Priorities”
About 1,000 roles are expected to be impacted this week, ahead of the new owner's first earnings call as Paramount CEO in November.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Laying off 1000 people (with likely 1000 more to come) while paying $7.7 billion for UFC, and signing big deals with the Duffer Brothers, South Park, Call of Duty, and (barf) Bari Weiss is monstrous. These people are monsters.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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oh my god, The Tweet is exactly ten years old tonight
![screenshot of a Justin Klugh tweet from October 28, 2015:
JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t2bjwvguncd35fna7ruckjtw/bafkreiczbp37nmuosnvgyrbv3nfdxupczam3ezjeri5cpio36htjuyiisy@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
oh my god, The Tweet is exactly ten years old tonight
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You can tell its a good World Series because nobody looks happy to be there.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM
You can tell its a good World Series because nobody looks happy to be there.
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
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SNAP benefits expire in one week.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
SNAP benefits expire in one week.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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deserve its own post
October 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
deserve its own post
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself