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senior editor, smithsonian mag. preorder 'jolt' now: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Jolt/Ted-Scheinman/9781668075593
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“One day, a woman wrote to me on Signal, asking me not to respond. She lived alone, she messaged, and planned to die that weekend. Before she did, she wanted at least one person to understand: Trump had unraveled the government, and with it, her life.” @hannahnatanson.bsky.social essay:
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Hard to neatly summarize the career and impact of Miles Davis but @scheinman.bsky.social gets there. Restraint as a creative force, growth as a personal ethos, exploration as a life philosophy.
Miles Davis Emerged From Middle America to Become the ‘Picasso of Jazz’ and Taught Us All How to Be Cool
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the birth of a jazz legend, look back on the staggering impact of his work and its continued relevance
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
if you need a break today, you can read my little tribute to Miles Davis, which opens this month's issue of @smithsonianmag.bsky.social: www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
January 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
the only MCU that matters is the munch cinematic universe
Absolutely delighted to actually be paying enough attention this X-Files rewatch to realise that Law & Order and The X-Files are same universe lol
January 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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This is some real, Severance-level dystopian corporate behavior…
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Merry Christmas, friends
December 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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WHAT’s up guys its Plato welcome back to the cave. Guys we’ve got some CRAZY shadows for you today you are not gonna want to miss this! But first I have to thank our sponsor OnX Backcountry
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I wrote about things going from bad to worse for the people who actually make movies. alt headline: The Dream Factory Turns Nightmare
The Warner Brothers-Netflix merger could doom Hollywood film workers
For media moguls, maximizing shareholder value is the only metric that counts
www.fastcompany.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
merry christmas! 'camp austen' makes a delightful stocking-stuffer for any of your loved ones who delight in books, dancing, frivolity, and (literal) gallows humor. do your friends + family a service and buy some copies 🎩📚😇
Camp Austen
A Paris Review Staff Pick and one of The Millions' Most Anticipated Reads of MarchA raucous tour through the world of Mr. Darcy imitations, tailored gowns, a...
us.macmillan.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
really enjoyed this piece by ellen wexler, which quotes some of my favorite folks around. on the letters of jane austen: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/jane...
Jane Austen's Letters Are the Closest We Can Get to Her. What Do They Reveal About the 'Pride and Prejudice' Author?
This year marks the English novelist's 250th birthday. Her hundreds of surviving letters—both real and fictional—offer valuable insights into her imaginative wit and enduring appeal
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Rachel Aviv on Oliver Sacks, WHEW.
Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?
The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.
www.newyorker.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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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.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#podcasts #booksky #documentary
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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have a piece in the new issue of the @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about Akira Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI, how its director melded American and Japanese storytelling sensibilities, and the long cultural legacy of that melding. www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
Even If You’ve Never Seen 'Seven Samurai,' You’ve Certainly Seen Movies Influenced by It
Director Akira Kurosawa broke all the rules—and budgets—of Japanese filmmaking with his 1954 classic. But the final product influenced a generation of directors
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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we're hiring a senior politics writer at @wired.com -- come work with me!
Senior Writer, Politics
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"Sexism has two pillars: the insistence that female biology is moral destiny, and the insistence that female moral destiny is inferior. Andrews accepts both pillars. Sargeant challenges the second but accepts the first. True flourishing lies in rejection of both."
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
this beautiful book is out today. bravo to @johnlingan.bsky.social.

wise readers will purchase two copies — that way you can form a Louie Bellson-style double bass drum! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Backbe...
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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BACKBEATS is out tomorrow! And you can read an excerpt of the Charlie Watts chapter at @rollingstone.com, including one of my fav interviews, Steve Albini.

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

As always, preorder at johnlingan.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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nostalgia for mass death is really fucked up
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
latest jessica winter is great: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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This entire piece is very, very good and well worth your time to read — but this bit had me rolling

lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Come check this out if you're in the neighborhood!
d.c. friends, come hear @lukeoneil47.bsky.social discuss his new collection with @patrickreis.bsky.social at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social in brookland on nov. 5! rsvp below.

additional inducements: readings by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social and @dwdavison.bsky.social and me 📚
November 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM