don’t talk to me before I’ve had my morning listen-thru of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite

cybertruck blocking the crosswalk where I am trying to walk what else is new

Warner Bros. Discovery Is Rebranding Max—Again The decision walks back Warner Bros Discovery's decision to rebrand HBO Max as Max in 2023.

me every two years when I decide I hate everything in my wardrobe www.inc.com/reuters/max-...

Want to Build a Better Business? Do It Like a Dancer Offstage, they're building brands that will last after the curtain's drawn.

kind of forgot that I was On Here. anyway, please read this fun and gratifying story I wrote for @inc.com last month: www.inc.com/rebecca-decz...

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

last night was a wikipedia deep dive on the habsburg lineage…

I’m a Carrie but only bc of the way I run down the street to get to a restaurant

I am ordering all of my opinion-writing employees to only write about the importance of personal liberty, if they don't want to write on the assigned topic, they will lose their jobs

watching Flow (2024) with my cat bc it’s important for her to have role models

just fixed a drawer that had been broken for a year…women in STEM etc…

I truly think the world would be a much better place if everyone spent about 75% of their time making bad art

max richter did not have to go that hard when he recomposed vivaldi’s “four seasons”…and yet…

starting the campaign for a Gustavo Dudamel halftime show

So cool they have a poet’s corner. Respect.

the flare jeans are good

it really is impossible to predict breaking news push notifications today

clicked on an IG ad for some beautiful-looking bonbons and now every single one of my IG ads are for beautiful-looking bonbons

An anonymous person at the CDC just archived all the public CDC datasets as of 1/28 and uploaded it to archive.org

do you have to be a nepo baby groundhog to declare what's going on with the weather

is Ellie the Elephant SAG-AFTRA

stone text inlay: HERE WE ADMIT A WRONG

I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and-

Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...

Here’s How La Chimera (2023) Can Still Win an Academy Award:

Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.

No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.

And no indication how long the pause will last.

With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

got emotional when the pianist played the Carousel waltz in ballet class…how embarrassing…weak-willed…

how did Elena Ferrante so vividly capture the DSA boy prototype in the character of Nino Sarratore

She’s Building the Technology That Could Reshape the Entertainment World. You Just Can’t See It Kirin Sinha has a powerful vision for the future of augmented reality—and it’s almost here.

my latest for @inc.com: a profile of a founder with astonishing drive and creativity, and an audacious vision for a more connected future www.inc.com/rebecca-decz... (gift link)

your 20s are quoting The Bell Jar's fig tree metaphor. your 30s are for quoting Jo March's "I could have been a great many things."

the fact that I can still feel the dentist drilling my teeth in spite of receiving extra novocaine is actually a sign of my inner strength ♥️

Why the decline of arts criticism contributed to the "loneliness epidemic" Plus, chamber music at the club.

having some thoughts lately open.substack.com/pub/thinking...

Robert Eggers adaptation of the ballet Giselle when…….