Ellen Gray 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
@elgray1.bsky.social
Off deadline. Ex-Philly Inquirer. Recovering TV critic, still judgy. Knitter, bike lover, Pilates fan. Philadelphia Daily News forever. She/her
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Ellen Gray 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
@elgray1.bsky.social
· Nov 15
With each new move, my social-media reach shrinks exponentially. This probably isn’t a terrible thing.
Someone at Apple News (or Time) was maybe a little too quick to hit “send.” But the hed does catch the vibe of general mayhem.
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Someone at Apple News (or Time) was maybe a little too quick to hit “send.” But the hed does catch the vibe of general mayhem.
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Woodworking is on NPR's top books of 2025 list, and as a longtime user of NPR's book lists to purchase holiday gifts and add stuff to my library list, I am so glad to think some alternate universe version of myself might decide to check out my new book!
apps.npr.org/best-books/?...
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Woodworking is on NPR's top books of 2025 list, and as a longtime user of NPR's book lists to purchase holiday gifts and add stuff to my library list, I am so glad to think some alternate universe version of myself might decide to check out my new book!
apps.npr.org/best-books/?...
apps.npr.org/best-books/?...
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When news media share Homeland Security's version of incidents during immigration enforcement, they need to remind the public that the feds have been caught lying repeatedly about what happened.
"Homeland Security, whose accounts of past incidents have often been proven untrue, said today ..."
"Homeland Security, whose accounts of past incidents have often been proven untrue, said today ..."
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
When news media share Homeland Security's version of incidents during immigration enforcement, they need to remind the public that the feds have been caught lying repeatedly about what happened.
"Homeland Security, whose accounts of past incidents have often been proven untrue, said today ..."
"Homeland Security, whose accounts of past incidents have often been proven untrue, said today ..."
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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Absolute solidarity to all the women out there who have had a man at work lean forward, point a finger at you, and mutter the equivalent of “quiet piggy” while all of your colleagues just stand around and do nothing.
There’s a reason why that was so triggering to so many people.
There’s a reason why that was so triggering to so many people.
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Absolute solidarity to all the women out there who have had a man at work lean forward, point a finger at you, and mutter the equivalent of “quiet piggy” while all of your colleagues just stand around and do nothing.
There’s a reason why that was so triggering to so many people.
There’s a reason why that was so triggering to so many people.
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is it gonna take another asteroid to get rid of these dinosaurs?
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
is it gonna take another asteroid to get rid of these dinosaurs?
I see you, bots with middle-aged single-guy profiles who only follow women, and I block you. Because life is too short to be wondering what f***ery you’re up to.
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I see you, bots with middle-aged single-guy profiles who only follow women, and I block you. Because life is too short to be wondering what f***ery you’re up to.
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truly it is a mystery why women find it hard to get ahead in academia
"I could be a mentor to this very sharp person but as they aren't interested in me romantically I'm going to have to cut off all communication with them."
"Also, only men get the best mentors like me who can help them get into top journals. Clearly that's because men have higher IQ than women."
"Also, only men get the best mentors like me who can help them get into top journals. Clearly that's because men have higher IQ than women."
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
truly it is a mystery why women find it hard to get ahead in academia
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Someone should write a piece about the people who want to move *to* New York because of Mamdani's win. I bet there are quite a few
November 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Someone should write a piece about the people who want to move *to* New York because of Mamdani's win. I bet there are quite a few
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How about a bunch of people who have great free government health insurance don't get to deprive the rest of us of it?
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
How about a bunch of people who have great free government health insurance don't get to deprive the rest of us of it?
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
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GOD TRIPPED FETTERMAN LEMON GLORY CAKES
MELT ICE THEN EAT CHILAQUILES
TRUMP PARDONS JUDAS TRIPLE SHROOM FRITTATA
MELT ICE THEN EAT CHILAQUILES
TRUMP PARDONS JUDAS TRIPLE SHROOM FRITTATA
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
GOD TRIPPED FETTERMAN LEMON GLORY CAKES
MELT ICE THEN EAT CHILAQUILES
TRUMP PARDONS JUDAS TRIPLE SHROOM FRITTATA
MELT ICE THEN EAT CHILAQUILES
TRUMP PARDONS JUDAS TRIPLE SHROOM FRITTATA
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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the nuzzi profile in nyt feels like… a betrayal to political reporters who do deep & serious investigative work *without* hiding their love affairs with the candidates they were trusted to report on…
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
the nuzzi profile in nyt feels like… a betrayal to political reporters who do deep & serious investigative work *without* hiding their love affairs with the candidates they were trusted to report on…
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My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?
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“All that was separating the Peacock broadcast I experienced last night from what you might find on an illegal streaming site was a live chat box full of European teens spamming ‘WESTBROOK GOAT‘ the whole game.” defector.com/am-i-a-bug-t...
Am I A Bug To You? | Defector
Some NBA games are starting at 11:00 p.m. ET. This is a new development coinciding with the league striking a new broadcast deal with NBC, which aired Tuesday night’s Nuggets–Kings game on the Peacock...
defector.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“All that was separating the Peacock broadcast I experienced last night from what you might find on an illegal streaming site was a live chat box full of European teens spamming ‘WESTBROOK GOAT‘ the whole game.” defector.com/am-i-a-bug-t...
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Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
Perversion of Justice: Jeffrey Epstein
In her year-long investigation of Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, Miami Herald reporter Julie Brown tracked down more than 60 women who said they were victims of abuse and revealed the fu...
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
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Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
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Woodworking is one of Amazon's top 20 debut novels of 2025, alongside some truly terrific books! Thank you so much to the folks there for loving my little book!
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Books from New Authors | Best Books of 2025
Explore new entrants into the world of books in 2025. Best debuts of the year is here—starting with The Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
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November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Woodworking is one of Amazon's top 20 debut novels of 2025, alongside some truly terrific books! Thank you so much to the folks there for loving my little book!
www.amazon.com/gp/browse.ht...
www.amazon.com/gp/browse.ht...