Signed, Sealed, Delivered—and Afloat The city’s Blue Highways distribution program aims to decrease truck emissions and road congestion while delivering your Sephora package. Its solution? Boats.

The city’s Blue Highways distribution program aims to decrease truck emissions and road congestion while delivering your Sephora package. Its solution? Boats. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Ian McKellen Swings from Shakespeare to Gandalf to Virtual Reality On a visit to New York, the actor reflected on mortality and coming out, and unleashed an Elizabethan anti-ICE monologue on “Colbert” that went viral.

On a visit to New York, Ian McKellen reflected on mortality and coming out, and unleashed an Elizabethan anti-ICE monologue on “Colbert” that went viral. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/-JX4Ef

Thanks for including me, Grub Street! The Grub Street Diet is the psychiatrist's couch of journalism.

And visit the online Lillian Virginia Mountweazel Research Collection at lvmrc.org if you haven't already

What Is a Mountweazel? Have you ever heard of a mountweazel? It’s not a rare type of rodent — it’s a special tool used in the publishing industry to catch plagiarists and protect copyrights.

Thank you, Word Smart. Let's collectively replace the dour term "copyright trap" with the sexy sexy "Mountweazel"! @emckean.bsky.social @wtdore.bsky.social @johndacey.bsky.social @francismizio.bsky.social @slacktivistfred.bsky.social @wendalynnichols.bsky.social
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Tartuffe Times Two Matthew Broderick and André De Shields have both undertaken Molière’s con-man character. They feel he has a few things in common with a certain orange President.

Matthew Broderick and André De Shields have both undertaken Molière’s con-man character. They feel he has a few things in common with a certain orange President.
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Keeping Up with Andrea Martin The actress stars in “Meet the Cartozians,” a new play about an Armenian family of reality-TV stars who are suspiciously similar to the Kardashians.

Andrea Martin stars in “Meet the Cartozians,” a new play about an Armenian family of reality-TV stars who are suspiciously similar to the Kardashians. www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/keep...

Fifteen Reasons Why Gavin Newsom Should Be President From Our Humorist Following the California governor’s announcement that he is considering a presidential run in 2028—who could have imagined?—we count the reasons why he might be a good fit.

With Proposition 50 re-drawing California’s congressional map in favor of the Democrats, we count the reasons why Gavin Newsom is a serious presidential contender.

Welcome @henryalford.bsky.social to the 2025 Festival! His latest book, I Dream of Joni, was published in January. Events are FREE and open to the public. Join us in downtown Brattleboro, VT. October 17-19. #HenryAlford #nonfiction #biography #JoniMitchell #brattleboroliteraryfestival2025 #Vermont

15 Reasons Why Pete Buttigieg Should Be President With no clear Democratic front-runner, could the former secretary of transportation be the party’s next presidential nominee? Our resident humorist counts the reasons why.

“Know that anyone who has made dozens of dangerous forays into Kabul could probably handle a working lunch with Lauren Boebert.”

15 Reasons Why Pete Buttigieg Should Be President With no clear Democratic front-runner, could the former secretary of transportation be the party’s next presidential nominee? Our resident humorist counts the reasons why.

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This is the only "news" story I ever "broke" www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...

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Ed Helms knows what’s up.

How Tina Fey Turned a Self-Help Manual for Anxious Mothers into "Mean Girls" Fey initially brought the notion of adapting "Queen Bees & Wannabes" to her boss, "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels.

An excerpt from “Hollywood High” in @airmailweekly ! (And picture a reminder of how great Amanda Seyfried was as Karen.) @avidreaderpress

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Activism for Introverts! Copying the Constitution Every month at the Old Stone House, in Brooklyn, citizens are invited to find consolation in troubled times by writing out the nation’s founding document, by hand.

Activism for Introverts! Copying the Constitution
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Activism for Introverts! Copying the Constitution Every month at the Old Stone House, in Brooklyn, citizens are invited to find consolation in troubled times by writing out the nation’s founding document, by hand.

"It’s a very calming experience. And when you’re calm you make better decisions.” - #MorganO'Hara, an 84-year-old conceptual artist who has written out the #Constitution, in full, on three occasions
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"My father was a great whistler and a great farter, and he could carry a tune from either end."

Congratulations to colleague and former boss Graydon Carter on his wonderfully funny new memoir.

Anderson Cooper 360° on X: "Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter shares details on his "short-fingered vulgarian" comment about President Trump years ago. Carter writes about that and much more in his new memoir "When the Going Was Good". https://t.co/dpwK8b8T9U" / X Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter shares details on his "short-fingered vulgarian" comment about President Trump years ago. Carter writes about that and much more in his new memoir "When the Going Was Good". https://t.co/dpwK8b8T9U

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Alas, this monologue about the possible demise of "Sesame Street" that I published in 2017 is relevant again: "Sesame Street" has lost its deal with HBO, and Trump's cuts to USAID have stripped the show of a lot of grant money. Thinking of you, various pieces of felt!

YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work

Eggs now cost $15 a dozen and your retirement portfolio is down by 30%, but at least no one has to be ashamed about being racist anymore

That we are more patient than we thought.