Amy Argetsinger
@amyargetsinger.bsky.social
Editor and occasional writer on the features staff of The Washington Post, author of “There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America” (S&S, 2021)
Never change, AI-enhanced Google search. Never change.
February 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Never change, AI-enhanced Google search. Never change.
Last fall, reporters on the Kennedy Center beat were confused when the opera director dropped a bombshell in the Guardian but then wouldn’t repeat it to anyone else. They assumed she had spoken out of turn. But she knew what she was doing. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Inside the Kennedy Center’s scorched-earth Washington National Opera split
How the Washington National Opera’s Francesca Zambello forced a confrontation to leave the Kennedy Center after the Trump takeover threatened its future.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Last fall, reporters on the Kennedy Center beat were confused when the opera director dropped a bombshell in the Guardian but then wouldn’t repeat it to anyone else. They assumed she had spoken out of turn. But she knew what she was doing. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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I regret to inform you that it is snowing again.
February 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I regret to inform you that it is snowing again.
My biggest fear about watching this guy climb this skyscraper is that it might be really boring.
January 25, 2026 at 1:07 AM
My biggest fear about watching this guy climb this skyscraper is that it might be really boring.
Still pretty funny but hits a little different after this week at Davos. youtu.be/3coxrP3wbd4?...
The Marx Brothers - This Country's Going To War
YouTube video by 1234567890tgb
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January 24, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Still pretty funny but hits a little different after this week at Davos. youtu.be/3coxrP3wbd4?...
Epic thread.
That is an ornate literary device, bogging down the text, all to make herself the passive victim who things are happening to, rather than an active participant in the life story that she herself is narrating.
Get a therapist and wait to write this book until you’ve worked through your own shit!
Get a therapist and wait to write this book until you’ve worked through your own shit!
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Epic thread.
Anyone writing a memoir should consult with a therapist. Even more important than an editor.
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Anyone writing a memoir should consult with a therapist. Even more important than an editor.
Buried lede: Olbermann says the dogs he adopted with Nuzzi looked sad whenever they saw her on CNN after she moved out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
In This Scandal, the Journalists Are the Story
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November 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Buried lede: Olbermann says the dogs he adopted with Nuzzi looked sad whenever they saw her on CNN after she moved out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
Not just the usual cancer memoir. An absolute must-read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Not just the usual cancer memoir. An absolute must-read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
You may have other questions. I just want to know how they could afford a three-story house in Georgetown with a courtyard -- bamboo or not.
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
You may have other questions. I just want to know how they could afford a three-story house in Georgetown with a courtyard -- bamboo or not.
Not nearly enough Baby Ruth minis this year.
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Not nearly enough Baby Ruth minis this year.
“Seventeen of his pre-written obituaries are still waiting to be published.”
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Bart Barnes, a Washington Post journalist for five decades, dies at 87
He helped cover the March on Washington, contributed to the paper’s first Watergate story and became a mainstay of the obituaries desk.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
“Seventeen of his pre-written obituaries are still waiting to be published.”
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Bob Woodward's observation about Redford ("the most careful and intense listener I have ever encountered") does not surprise me at all. In my many interactions with celebrities, I found that the best actors were all great listeners. My theory... 🧵
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September 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Bob Woodward's observation about Redford ("the most careful and intense listener I have ever encountered") does not surprise me at all. In my many interactions with celebrities, I found that the best actors were all great listeners. My theory... 🧵
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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"it’s okay for a pundit to vow revenge on supposed political enemies. But not okay for one to point out that, in a polarized environment, hateful words can lead to hateful actions"
@sulliview.bsky.social
As the US right gets brazen, others go craven.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/what-gets-...
@sulliview.bsky.social
As the US right gets brazen, others go craven.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/what-gets-...
What gets you fired — or celebrated — on cable news?
An answer in four parts: Matthew Dowd, Scott Jennings, Jesse Watters, and Brian Kilmeade
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September 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"it’s okay for a pundit to vow revenge on supposed political enemies. But not okay for one to point out that, in a polarized environment, hateful words can lead to hateful actions"
@sulliview.bsky.social
As the US right gets brazen, others go craven.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/what-gets-...
@sulliview.bsky.social
As the US right gets brazen, others go craven.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/what-gets-...
Thank you for being the only person on BlueSky talking about this, @sarambsimon.bsky.social. And you know? I knew it would be you!
oh my god, she won. new miss new york is now miss america. this is messy, folks
24 hours later, still no clarity. lots of speculation on the miss america fan boards, vague doubling down by the miss new york org, prolific posting from the giddy newly crowned runner-up, and no new statement from our original winner but all signs signaling the decision to step aside wasn't hers??
September 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Thank you for being the only person on BlueSky talking about this, @sarambsimon.bsky.social. And you know? I knew it would be you!
Can't stop thinking about this:
“I keep seeing these memes where Indians are bragging about taking our tech jobs. So I said, ‘Oh yeah? Well I’m going to work with these guys that are going to arrest you, slam your face on the pavement and send you home.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
“I keep seeing these memes where Indians are bragging about taking our tech jobs. So I said, ‘Oh yeah? Well I’m going to work with these guys that are going to arrest you, slam your face on the pavement and send you home.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
At an ICE career expo, thousands line up to ‘defend the homeland’
An ex-Marine, a former professional MMA fighter, a retired officer: Meet the people angling to join ICE and carry out President Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Can't stop thinking about this:
“I keep seeing these memes where Indians are bragging about taking our tech jobs. So I said, ‘Oh yeah? Well I’m going to work with these guys that are going to arrest you, slam your face on the pavement and send you home.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
“I keep seeing these memes where Indians are bragging about taking our tech jobs. So I said, ‘Oh yeah? Well I’m going to work with these guys that are going to arrest you, slam your face on the pavement and send you home.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
What a time to be in media... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
First report of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s romance is gone from the web
The disappearance of a prescient 2023 item on the Messenger’s news site highlights the broader problem of digital decay.
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August 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
What a time to be in media... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
regret to inform you that no matter how exquisite your taste is now, your children will one day love Stomp Clap Hey music. You hate it as a corny remnant of your own childhood, and you will cringe when they enjoy it unironically. This is the way of the world. I went through this with Yacht Rock.
August 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
regret to inform you that no matter how exquisite your taste is now, your children will one day love Stomp Clap Hey music. You hate it as a corny remnant of your own childhood, and you will cringe when they enjoy it unironically. This is the way of the world. I went through this with Yacht Rock.
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This is so fucked up I cannot even explain the depths to which it is fucked. I know this metaphor for LLMs is not quite right but this is like rewarding an autocorrect for fixing typos, rewarding your GPS; rewarding Siri. There is no there there to receive the “treat.” It has no wants or needs.
just checking in with one of the most influential philosophers alive today
August 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is so fucked up I cannot even explain the depths to which it is fucked. I know this metaphor for LLMs is not quite right but this is like rewarding an autocorrect for fixing typos, rewarding your GPS; rewarding Siri. There is no there there to receive the “treat.” It has no wants or needs.
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This is a pretty interesting deep dive into why newspapers owned by Advance Local punch far above their weight in terms of online traffic. The company kind of floats below the radar despite owning a lot of newspapers because it's privately held.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/how-...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/how-...
How did newspapers in places like Harrisburg, Birmingham, and Syracuse become some of America’s most-read online?
They share an owner that sometimes gets forgotten — but which dominates much larger peers in web traffic. Here's our first monthly ranking of the top 25 local newspaper websites in the United States.
www.niemanlab.org
July 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a pretty interesting deep dive into why newspapers owned by Advance Local punch far above their weight in terms of online traffic. The company kind of floats below the radar despite owning a lot of newspapers because it's privately held.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/how-...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/how-...
I hoped I could stay out of this one but @solomonmissouri.bsky.social had to go draw me in.
"chief people officer"
you mean HR?
you down to the Coldplay concert with HR?
you mean HR?
you down to the Coldplay concert with HR?
a software ceo got caught in 4k on the jumbotron with the company’s chief people officer at a coldplay concert
July 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I hoped I could stay out of this one but @solomonmissouri.bsky.social had to go draw me in.
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Giant privilege question: At my late age I have a choice between driving cross-country and back or getting on a plane to the country I spent 7 years growing up in in the 1970s. I really have no clue what the move should be
July 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Giant privilege question: At my late age I have a choice between driving cross-country and back or getting on a plane to the country I spent 7 years growing up in in the 1970s. I really have no clue what the move should be
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Yes - but parallel you have kids who get into hero's journey, slaying-the-dragon, redemption-arc stuff & are never encouraged to read anything else. It persists to adulthood & you get functionally literate people with a cartoonish idea of humanity, which is just as bad.
July 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Yes - but parallel you have kids who get into hero's journey, slaying-the-dragon, redemption-arc stuff & are never encouraged to read anything else. It persists to adulthood & you get functionally literate people with a cartoonish idea of humanity, which is just as bad.