I’m currently in the boarding process of an international flight and I truly cannot believe the AUDACITY of so many passengers on this plane.

People (including 1 family w/ kids) are just sitting wherever they want and then guilt-tripping the people who actually have those seats.

Dog in lap

Dog giving a paw to a human while looking at the camera sadly

Dog leaning against human’s leg

Phoebe has figured out that I’m about to leave on a trip and she’s now following me around and being a needy velcro dog.

Truly can’t believe that a royal visit to the USA is happening at the same time as my first international trip in 7 years.

I love y’all

I HAD NO IDEA until my final visit

Golden baby with her golden babies

A view down a set of stairs (that are behind a locked door that happens to be open) with a large portrait of Trump on display.

An AirBnB review from “Paolo” in NYC in October 2017: “Ellie its [sic] an amazing guest !!! Left my place spotless, all conversation was nice and smooth! I highly recommend her to all Airbnb hosts! Thank you Ellie!”

An AirBnB review from “Paolo” in NYC from August 2018: “Amazing guest as usual!!! What a pleasure to host again!! The best guest ever! Thank you!”

I have a weird little story about Paolo Zampolli, the guy who introduced Trump to Melania:

He owned a building 1 block away from the old BuzzFeed NYC office and would rent some of its apartments on AirBnB. I stayed there a lot (proof attached, he gave me great reviews). This was part of the decor:

A Golden Retriever asleep on a couch cuddling with a plush golden retriever toy.

Big Phoebe and Little Phoebe would like to wish everyone a very good night!

You can literally see the open door, complete with security code lock, in the photo on the right-hand side.

I figured out who my host Paolo was after I saw the portrait and went looking for somebody in Trumpworld with that name. I didn’t stay there again!

FOR THE RECORD: The Trump portrait stairs were behind a locked door in the lobby (leading to Paolo’s private quarters, I assumed). When I was leaving one day on my last stay there, the door was open for a cleaning crew and I saw the picture. It was not in a public area.

A view down a set of stairs (that are behind a locked door that happens to be open) with a large portrait of Trump on display.

An AirBnB review from “Paolo” in NYC in October 2017: “Ellie its [sic] an amazing guest !!! Left my place spotless, all conversation was nice and smooth! I highly recommend her to all Airbnb hosts! Thank you Ellie!”

An AirBnB review from “Paolo” in NYC from August 2018: “Amazing guest as usual!!! What a pleasure to host again!! The best guest ever! Thank you!”

I have a weird little story about Paolo Zampolli, the guy who introduced Trump to Melania:

He owned a building 1 block away from the old BuzzFeed NYC office and would rent some of its apartments on AirBnB. I stayed there a lot (proof attached, he gave me great reviews). This was part of the decor:

I’m heading into Midnight Mass and turning my phone off, but I want to say a very Happy Easter to everyone.

(Especially everyone who’s becoming Catholic tonight — to you, welcome to our family!!!)

Chef José Andrés leans over, giving a fist bump to a child, as he walks away from the Supreme Court.

Nicest moment of the day: Catching Chef José Andrés, restaurateur and founder of World Central Kitchen, giving fist bumps to a group of children sitting on the curb next door to the Supreme Court as he left the day’s rally in support of birthright citizenship. www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...

I have some questions about the “WWII trophy” items listed in this estate sale.

OPSEC > VIRALITY

This is an unbelievably gorgeous post for so many reasons but this part has fully broken me

Kat.

I wrote about Kat.

Everyone is wondering what the correct level of contrition is and this seems about right

I clicked here to read Megan’s statement but I saw this in the replies and it’s so laughable of an idea that I had to set the record straight.

Where the hell did you get the idea that Ben and Brandy are “best friends”? Absolute bullshit. They worked together and co-bylined on some stories. Ask anybody in the NY media scene or anyone on the disinformation beat (I fall into this category). You’ve been given bad information.

This piece from Megan is so powerful. Detailing her story like this is a public service, one she recognizes may negatively impact her life and yet chose to do anyways.

lol, that’s a kind of pathetic reach on their part!

Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is “filled with false and defamatory claims.”

Dark money campaign in IL-09 changed their shady website last night not to dispute reporting but to smear it with the fact that I worked w/ Abughazaleh's boyfriend at NBC 3 years ago. To be clear: Ben is cool. We used to work together. And that had no influence on this 100% true story. Send me tips!

Yes! And she is credited in the story! Many times!

Meet Kat Abu, The TikToker Mocking Fox News “Just For Funsies” The 24-year-old senior video producer watches “conservatives for work but makes fun of them for pleasure.”

One of the last expenses BuzzFeed News approved was this photo shoot with @katmabu.bsky.social for my profile of her. It was my last piece published there after 10 years and I remain very proud of it. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/elli...

well is frakkin enraging @officialgrammarly.bsky.social this is wrong, you absolute clowns who are also thieves, STOP DOING THIS GRAMMARLY

every time I think these LLM thieves have enraged me the absolute most, they go further 🌋🤮

I think they might have better luck spending two thousand dollars holding a press conference where they detail who made the key decisions to collaborate with the Trump administration, how and when they were fired, and explaining what would stop that from happening again.

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.

I wrote about the House hearing today, how Congress is trying to strip anonymity from the Internet, and the devastating effects that has for journalists, whistleblowers, LGBTQ ppl, immigrants, civil rights activists, abortion providers and anyone challenging power for @theintercept.com

Amazon down for thousands of users in US, Downdetector shows E-commerce website Amazon was down ​for thousands of users in the ‌U.S. on Thursday, according to Downdetector.com.

FYI: It’s not just you, Amazon is down nationwide. www.reuters.com/business/ret...