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Nora Biette-Timmons
@biettetimmons.bsky.social
contributing editor (books, politics, etc.) at Jezebel. editing + writing other places. New Yorker in Berlin.
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The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.

The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?

Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
fun fact: if you watch the 2004 Adam Curtis documentary 21 years after it came out, you will probably want to jump out a window
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.

RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
oh you mean the Democrats? The disappointing party? They’re disappointing us again? Huh. Imagine that.
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I have taken every single mode of municipal public transit in Berlin this weekend (u-bahn, s-bahn, bus, tram, and ferry) and I think I should get a celebratory sticker or something.
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
one of the thousands of suit guys (each campus is required to have one) and yet the one with the best timing and excellent poise—the young king of suit guys.
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
the classification of a galley delivery i'm getting today makes it sound like DHL is all in on the censorship game
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
if I had a nickel every time an Andrew Garfield character yells in an American accent on an Ivy League campus about a position he feels he is due, I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but…
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Change in Headline
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
i occasionally still lurk on X, to see how people are reacting ot major news, and damn everyone is a FREAK on that site. even the normal people are having one-sided debates with strawmen they made up
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.

Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Mine and Zohran’s alma mater, @bowdoincollege.bsky.social, had not said a single word about his campaign & there’s an argument for that, but this as their announcement post about his victory is actually pretty upsetting.
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Abigail to Zohran............ that is a great headline
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 5d
Democrats had a good night, winning major races including governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey and a redistricting ballot measure in California, while also confronting the future of the party. n.pr/3JKZzJO
From Abigail to Zohran, here's what you need to know about the 2025 elections
Democrats had a good night, winning major races including governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey and a redistricting ballot measure in California, while also confronting the future of the party.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
truly, the people's mayor
Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York.

Last month, the 34-year-old spoke to @adamcrafton.bsky.social to discuss World Cup ticket prices, the Premier League title race and his love of Arsenal.

🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Good morning to the democratic socialist republic of Manhattan
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Mine and Zohran’s alma mater, @bowdoincollege.bsky.social, had not said a single word about his campaign & there’s an argument for that, but this as their announcement post about his victory is actually pretty upsetting.
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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the bush/cheney era has been (falsely) retconned into a gentler, more upstanding time thanks to trump. but you don’t get trump without bush and you REALLY don’t get trump without cheney
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
dick cheney? i hardly know her
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Tremane Wood is facing execution on November 13. I revisited his case to investigate how a group of judges and prosecutors have secretly coordinated in ways that have undermined Tremane’s final chance to live. www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
DUMB
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.
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
can't help but notice that her public posting cadence has slowed significantly since this
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My barometer for baking my own bread is “would I pay $7 to $9 for this at a farmers market” and today the answer is overwhelming yes
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM