When I was in the inside, @charlottetklein.bsky.social’s coverage of WaPo was always the best-sourced and most accurate. Now that I’m on the outside, I trust this more than anything else.
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must-read from @charlottetklein.bsky.social on the disastrous Will Lewis tenure at @washingtonpost.com nymag.com/intelligence...
“He had two settings: charming Brit and asshole Brit. And he quickly moved into the latter category." @charlottetklein.bsky.social with the essential deep dive on how Will Lewis gutted the Post: nymag.com/intelligence...
Fantastic profile.
Cannot believe that I got to profile an extraordinary filmmaker, who happens to be the mother of NYC’s new mayor, and think about intersections of art and politics, and how familial love might produce a buffer against the corrosive politics and cynicism of our time. My story about Mira Nair:
A terrific profile of Mira Nair by @rtraister.bsky.social that sheds so much light on Zohran's upbringing, including his more-fraught-than-previously-known college admissions process www.vulture.com/article/what...
If you can't stop searching through the Epstein files, this one is for you: nymag.com/intelligence...
“Look, when I worked for her, our poor scheduler was getting calls at two o’clock in the morning to come bring her bottles of tequila,”a former staffer claimed of incidents they recalled going back to 2021.
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“What’s the plan after this?” a former Post reporter wondered. “You cut however many hundreds of people to solve the fact that you’re still losing lots of money. Then what?”
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I wrote about one of my favorite directors and his recent run of poor form: www.vulture.com/article/noah...
A truly remarkable window into an American presidency: nymag.com/intelligence...
“The Groypers are, you know, I mean, they’re a lot like me" — just one of many college conservatives @svzwood.bsky.social interviewed in this eye-opening tour of the post-Charlie Kirk world: nymag.com/intelligence...
Wrote about the Ellisons attempted takeover of Hollywood for the new cover of @nymag.com
This is so good
Great entertainment from start to finish in this portrait of a family with severe daddy issues, by @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social www.vulture.com/article/larr...
Zohran Mamdani is a brilliant political talent with dizzying ambitions to change New York City as its new mayor. Is he ready for the actual job, though?
if you were an okay hang with an ivy league degree in LA in the past decade you could get in a room for a "funny" netflix adult animated show about trauma and healing or whatever. if you were a GREAT hang with an ivy league degree in LA you could get david ellison to buy your substack for $150m
"Chris Pine is there, and Bob Iger is there, and all of these A-list writers who’ve won Oscars. And all anyone wants to do is talk to Bari Weiss." @charlottetklein.bsky.social on Bari Weiss's Hollywood-fueled comeback: nymag.com/intelligence...
Here’s to never knowing who you'll run into on the subway — and to #ReasonstoLoveNewYork, our 21st annual reminder of why (rent hikes, rat kings, and all) we wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. www.curbed.com/article/reas...
I spent sixteen months reporting this story. It follows how surveillance tech is rewriting Gaza in real time — and what it’s doing to the people inside it. Reported in partnership with @justvision.org's Palestine Reporting Lab and published in @nymag.com
Elder millennials have gotten away with seeming young for a long time, but research shows that aging catches up with us at distinct moments — the first comes at 44.
"This is the dystopian consequence of technology, supplied in part by American companies, being placed into the hands of authorities who have virtually unlimited control over a captive population they have openly villainized." By @mohamhawish.bsky.social in @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...
Wrote about the backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash there are no waves we are swimming through circular currents and why we’re not on the Faludi style backlash of the right (& center and left’s) dreams: www.thecut.com/article/why-...
"Readers will recognize in this version of Epstein not the sociopathic blackmail artist he is rumored to have been but a more quotidian figure: the nerd whom other nerds regard as cool." nymag.com/intelligence...
And tomorrow: Ben Terris with an extremely early look at the nascent 2028 primary....
The 25 Young(ish) New Democrats to Watch (only one of whom had to cover up his Nazi tattoo!!): nymag.com/intelligence...
And here's @rtraister.bsky.social on the Olds v the Youngs: nymag.com/intelligence...
The @nymag.com annual Power Issue is devoted to the Democrats, who, yes, do not have much power at all, but that's what makes them so interesting! Everything is up for grabs. First up is Simon van Zuylen-Wood on the Bernie Bros v the Abundance Bros: nymag.com/intelligence...
