For @slate.com & @economichardship.bsky.social, I reported on how chaos and changes surrounding SNAP benefits are taking a toll.
People described endless fear and worry over feeding their kids, where their next meal will come from, and whether SNAP could become even more difficult to access.
When I told him about The New Yorker's very human fact-checking process, he crowed that "a lot of that is going to go away." To which I said, NO, AI means we need MORE fact-checking, because AI has flooded the web with bullshit. It certainly can't be trusted to fact-check itself, or anything. /
In 4th grade in Lincoln, Nebraska we spent one whole day reenacting as if we went to school in a one room schoolhouse: wearing bonnets, handwriting books, spelling bee, lunches wrapped in wax papers and brought in a pail, poetry recitation, and even using an outhouse. We prepped for months for it!
*taps internet microphone*
After months of work, a project i've been coordinating for @literaryhub.bsky.social in conjunction with @maris.bsky.social is now live ...
We've commissioned 13 reviews of books by LGBTQ folks not covered by the NYTBR under Pamela Paul ...
lithub.com/what-was-los...
When I have conversation with my deceased mom in my dreams, I wake up filled with wonder and awe: Was it really her talking to me? What did that weird thing she said mean? Why was she carrying a bird?
To try to take away the rich mystery that grief can bring is naive and sad.
For @time.com, I wrote a short essay about the first time, years ago, that I went to a ballet alone, where I entered the theater with a cheap, single ticket and emerged with a love of solo outings. I also chatted with people about activities they love to do alone, from hikes to movies to meals out:
“At this point, the only real community hardcore MAGA has to offer revolves around hurting others. They’re too broken for anything else.”
"We had a baby and we bought a house in 2024. We’ve always been responsible with money, and these were life decisions we made based on a sense of our income and bills. Spending nearly $1,000 more a month, that’s not something we factored in."
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/o...
Fact checking is becoming both harder and more necessary than ever.
Put another way, we’ve been convinced that cars represent “freedom” in places where we’ve built car dependency. That dependency took away our freedom, and the car industry convinced us that we could ONLY get it back if we paid whatever increasing costs of car ownership they demand.
Some “freedom.”
My dad made a similar comment - that this political infighting feels likes a protestant schism.
For context: the church he grew up in split because hired painters accidentally painted some wood trim and that caused half of the congregation to leave in a huff (true, it's a crime, but schism worthy?)
Hi! I'm a writer reporting on the experiences of people like myself who grew up with a disabled parent or caregiver, and came across your posts about it. Would you be down to share more about your experience? If so, feel free to DM or email me at madysenlueb@gmail.com for more info. Thank you!
Hi! I'm a writer reporting on the experiences of people like myself who grew up with disabled parents, and came across your posts about it. Would you be down to share more about your experience? If so, feel free to DM or email at madysenlueb@gmail.com and I can share more information. Thank you!
Hi! I'm a writer reporting on the experiences of people like myself who grew up with disabled parents, and came across your posts about it. Would you be down to share more about your experience? If so, feel free to send me an email madysenlueb@gmail.com and I can share more information. Thank you!
Hi! I'm a writer reporting on the experiences of people like myself who grew up with disabled parents, and came across your posts about it. Would you be down to share more about your experience? If so, feel free to DM or email at madysenlueb@gmail.com and I can share more information. Thank you!
Hi! I'm a writer reporting on the experiences of people like myself who grew up with disabled parents, and came across your posts about it. Would you be down to share more about your experience? If so, feel free to dm or email at madysenlueb@gmail.com and I can share more information. Thank you!
Hi! I'm a writer reporting on the experiences of people like myself who grew up with disabled parents, and came across your posts about it. Would you be down to share more about your experience? If so, feel free to send me an email madysenlueb@gmail.com and I can share more information. Thank you!
Hi! I'm a writer reporting on the experiences of people like myself who grew up with disabled parents, and came across your posts about it. Would you be down to share more about your experience? If so, feel free to send me an email madysenlueb@gmail.com and I can share more information. Thank you!
Hi! I'm a writer reporting on the experiences of people like myself who grew up with disabled parents, and came across your posts about it. Would you be down to share more about your experience? If so, feel free to send me an email madysenlueb@gmail.com and I can share more information. Thank you!
Hi! I'm a writer reporting on the experiences of people like myself who grew up with disabled parents, and came across your posts about it. Would you be down to share more about your experience? If so, feel free to send me an email madysenlueb@gmail.com and I can share more information. Thank you!
Hi! I'm a writer reporting on the experiences of children like myself who grew up with disabled parents, and came across your posts about it. Would you be down to share more about your experience? If so, feel free to send me an email madysenlueb@gmail.com and I can share more information. Thank you!
Hi! I'm a writer reporting on children of disabled parents (like myself) and came across your posts about it. Would you be down to share more about your experience? If so, feel free to send me an email madysenlueb@gmail.com and I can share more information. Thank you!
Lottie, a 15yo in Pike County, KY, writes for @kentucky.com about the impact of SNAP delays in her community, which is still recovering from flooding. Cars line up hours before the church where she volunteers begins giving out food: "I see this line growing longer and longer month after month..."
Once, in line for ACQ bread at the Greenmarket I overhead a dad excitedly telling his four year old “your grandparents used to wait in lines for bread too!”
It feels a bit weird to post right now in light of what has happened to @teenvogue.com and so much of the incredible team there. What sources shared here is important, & I’m grateful I got to work on this. I reported on how young people are being impacted by delays to SNAP: “It’s about survival.”
I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.
🫢
There is a full-on push in NYC right now to use "Mamdani doesn't make Jews 'feel safe'" as a cudgel to get Cuomo into office, and it is utterly disgusting. You know what makes me feel unsafe? People who casually characterize us as a trembling single-issue monolith scared of the big bad Muslim.
In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
Brilliant reporting by @lindsayleewallace.bsky.social about a really heinous situation for Success Academy teachers. A must read!!