Anna Merlan
@annamerlan.bsky.social
Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to Amerlan@motherjones.com or on Signal, username annamerlan.30
A bunch of people just followed me which is always lightly concerning: are you all here from a German TV rerun about UFOs or something worse
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A bunch of people just followed me which is always lightly concerning: are you all here from a German TV rerun about UFOs or something worse
This is references “class warfare” and “Generalissimo Zohran Mamdani” and only gets more bananas from there. The new editorial page is… really something. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Zohran Mamdani drops the mask
The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is references “class warfare” and “Generalissimo Zohran Mamdani” and only gets more bananas from there. The new editorial page is… really something. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I always love a Tod Seelie photoessay and not just because it’s my legal obligation
TODAY: a gorgeous photo essay from @todseelie.bsky.social about Dia de Los Muertos in New Orleans flaminghydra.com/r/9d595220?m...
Dead can dance / Lyrics live
Tod Seelie’s exquisite photos of New Orleans, and a poem from the olden time by Harry Siegel
flaminghydra.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I always love a Tod Seelie photoessay and not just because it’s my legal obligation
I am so grateful for every week I get to work in this terrible profession and I also feel constant heartburn about what a mess it is. Strong statement from the News Guild on the absurd firings at Conde: www.nyguild.org/post/stateme...
Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands
Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging …
www.nyguild.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I am so grateful for every week I get to work in this terrible profession and I also feel constant heartburn about what a mess it is. Strong statement from the News Guild on the absurd firings at Conde: www.nyguild.org/post/stateme...
I need a Curtis Sliwa Grub Street Diary and I suspect I'm not alone @nymag.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I need a Curtis Sliwa Grub Street Diary and I suspect I'm not alone @nymag.com
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I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
It turns out this was whimsical code for “we are going to run a generator outside your bedroom window all night”
The perfectly Los Angeles experience of having my workday momentarily interrupted by a film production employee knocking on my door to let me know they’re filming something nearby about a woman who sells her underwear to make money
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 AM
It turns out this was whimsical code for “we are going to run a generator outside your bedroom window all night”
Love to roast the first squash of the season before each gourd becomes seasoned with subtle despair
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Love to roast the first squash of the season before each gourd becomes seasoned with subtle despair
"She enthusiastically complimented my bangs and I was later disturbed to discover that she’d been arrested in 2022 for breaking into the apartment building of a New York City councilmember and vandalizing his office building with homophobic messages." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My night with Sliwa superfans
At the Republican watch party, there was one point of political agreement: Andrew Cuomo sucks.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"She enthusiastically complimented my bangs and I was later disturbed to discover that she’d been arrested in 2022 for breaking into the apartment building of a New York City councilmember and vandalizing his office building with homophobic messages." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've contacted several federal agencies for comment on something recently; the first email to the White House gave me an auto-response about emails being slower during "the Democrat shutdown," but now I'm just getting nothing at all. Fascinating data point lol
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I've contacted several federal agencies for comment on something recently; the first email to the White House gave me an auto-response about emails being slower during "the Democrat shutdown," but now I'm just getting nothing at all. Fascinating data point lol
Okay this is interesting but I need info on the sheer black sweater Rama Duwaji wore to vote. The goth contingent demands it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Rama Duwaji, New York City’s Next First Lady, Dresses to Represent
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Okay this is interesting but I need info on the sheer black sweater Rama Duwaji wore to vote. The goth contingent demands it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Says here everyone in New York City will now be assigned an aloof wife
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Says here everyone in New York City will now be assigned an aloof wife
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Since it was certified for the ballot in late August, Prop 50 has already become one of the most expensive ballot measures in California’s history, drawing about $140 million in spending for and against.
The unbelievably expensive battle for California's congressional map
With weeks to go, Gov. Gavin Newsom's redistricting measure has drawn almost unprecedented spending.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Since it was certified for the ballot in late August, Prop 50 has already become one of the most expensive ballot measures in California’s history, drawing about $140 million in spending for and against.
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A 34-year state democratic socialist assemblyman from Queens, Mamdani became the city’s first ever Muslim mayor—and the first immigrant mayor in half a century.
Zohran Mamdani drags the Democratic Party into the future
This was a local race with national implications, whether the party's leaders liked it or not.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A 34-year state democratic socialist assemblyman from Queens, Mamdani became the city’s first ever Muslim mayor—and the first immigrant mayor in half a century.
Tremendous shoutout to @hellgatenyc.com for their great liveblog today and livestream tonight m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKA4...
2025 Mayoral Election — LIVE with Hell Gate
YouTube video by Hell Gate
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November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Tremendous shoutout to @hellgatenyc.com for their great liveblog today and livestream tonight m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKA4...
[apropos of nothing, in a tone of total neutrality] I know that’s fucking right
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
[apropos of nothing, in a tone of total neutrality] I know that’s fucking right
Honestly really surprised he died. Just like, physiologically
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Honestly really surprised he died. Just like, physiologically
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
It's crucially important to remember that you're an adult with free will, and you can make fresh popcorn with red chile powder, nutritional yeast, lemon juice and salt and eat it with chopsticks at your desk to avoid making a mess. No one can ever take that away from you
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's crucially important to remember that you're an adult with free will, and you can make fresh popcorn with red chile powder, nutritional yeast, lemon juice and salt and eat it with chopsticks at your desk to avoid making a mess. No one can ever take that away from you
I mean do we know that Eric Adams DIDN’T go to Mood Ring last night
November 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I mean do we know that Eric Adams DIDN’T go to Mood Ring last night
"Once junk science has infiltrated the scientific record, it is extremely difficult to remove it." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | A Journal Promised to Retract a Flawed Autism Study. It's Still Online.
Junk science leaves an indelible mark
www.medpagetoday.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Once junk science has infiltrated the scientific record, it is extremely difficult to remove it." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @shoton35mm.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @shoton35mm.bsky.social
Imagine living in a very pro-fireworks neighborhood in LA right now because: I do and that’s why I know what’s going on right now
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Imagine living in a very pro-fireworks neighborhood in LA right now because: I do and that’s why I know what’s going on right now
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this is funny, thoughtful, sad, brilliant, as we have come to expect from @annamerlan.bsky.social
p.s. Houdini died on Halloween??
p.s. Houdini died on Halloween??
BOO: @annamerlan.bsky.social walks the "cemetery belt" on the Brooklyn/Queens border. "For years, visitors flocked to Houdini’s grave by the thousands every Halloween to pay their respects" flaminghydra.com/issue-433/#c...
Grave occasion / Wheel time
Anna Merlan walks among the shades, and so does Luke O’Neil; Tod Seelie photographs Bike Kill mayhem
flaminghydra.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
this is funny, thoughtful, sad, brilliant, as we have come to expect from @annamerlan.bsky.social
p.s. Houdini died on Halloween??
p.s. Houdini died on Halloween??
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