izzie ramirez
@izzieramirez.bsky.social
deputy editor @ vox’s future perfect // i write about consumerism occasionally // whatever!!! // reach me: izziermrz@gmail.com
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cold brew x cafe de olla combo so strong not only did i clean my house, i logged onto bluesky
y'all think i can use a burst water pipe as an excuse not to cook and to get ceviche instead yes or yes
February 9, 2026 at 10:17 PM
y'all think i can use a burst water pipe as an excuse not to cook and to get ceviche instead yes or yes
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Read Vox's chief Bad Bunny correspondent @izzieramirez.bsky.social on the references to Puerto Rican culture, history, and politics you might have missed during Benito's set last night. www.vox.com/culture/4784...
Bad Bunny’s knockout halftime show, explained by a Puerto Rican
All of the cultural Easter eggs you might have missed.
www.vox.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Read Vox's chief Bad Bunny correspondent @izzieramirez.bsky.social on the references to Puerto Rican culture, history, and politics you might have missed during Benito's set last night. www.vox.com/culture/4784...
it's me!!! explaining benito bowl!!!
Did you catch these nods to Puerto Rican culture and history during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show? 👀🇵🇷
Vox’s deputy editor and Benito aficionado Izzie Ramirez breaks down some of the most important moments. You can read the full analysis: www.vox.com/culture/4784...
Vox’s deputy editor and Benito aficionado Izzie Ramirez breaks down some of the most important moments. You can read the full analysis: www.vox.com/culture/4784...
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
it's me!!! explaining benito bowl!!!
Here's a gift link to the @vox.com piece I wrote explaining eight of the biggest, cultural, "if you know, you know" moments of Bad Bunny's halftime show www.vox.com/culture/4784...
Bad Bunny’s knockout halftime show, explained by a Puerto Rican
All of the cultural Easter eggs you might have missed.
www.vox.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Here's a gift link to the @vox.com piece I wrote explaining eight of the biggest, cultural, "if you know, you know" moments of Bad Bunny's halftime show www.vox.com/culture/4784...
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Team resources is why worker-owned media collectives are so important. It's not gonna fix everything, especially the problem of readers only having so much cash, but everyone can't go it alone.
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Team resources is why worker-owned media collectives are so important. It's not gonna fix everything, especially the problem of readers only having so much cash, but everyone can't go it alone.
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democracy dies when you are actively trying to kill it!!
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 AM
democracy dies when you are actively trying to kill it!!
my brand at work is so strong that i got a “congrats to izzie” at the 9:30 am stand up
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
my brand at work is so strong that i got a “congrats to izzie” at the 9:30 am stand up
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SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
The full user guide here:
The full user guide here:
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 30, 2026 at 2:50 PM
SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
The full user guide here:
The full user guide here:
everything always works out in my favor!!! ik — a highly delusional thing to believe, but it's true!
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
everything always works out in my favor!!! ik — a highly delusional thing to believe, but it's true!
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Thrumming with untold power, as a bit
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Thrumming with untold power, as a bit
i see, so doomscrolling anxiety lives here now
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
i see, so doomscrolling anxiety lives here now
i'm the world's luckiest girl (saw kokuho in tokyo a month ago and then again tonight in imax in nyc)
January 22, 2026 at 4:10 AM
i'm the world's luckiest girl (saw kokuho in tokyo a month ago and then again tonight in imax in nyc)
clear eyes, miso soup in a to go coffee cup, can’t lose
January 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
clear eyes, miso soup in a to go coffee cup, can’t lose
in any case this is what you missed on glee last weekend! cambodian coconut milk rice cake, nails by my amazing nail tech of 4 yrs, and...me at kelang 🌺
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
in any case this is what you missed on glee last weekend! cambodian coconut milk rice cake, nails by my amazing nail tech of 4 yrs, and...me at kelang 🌺
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Some early takes said the new food guidelines weren't too bad, but you always gotta dig deeper to really understand what MAHA is doing. So much going on here is chaos but most notably the new guidance makes an aggressive turn toward centering animal-based foods
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The new food pyramid is lying to you
It’s also a contradictory mess.
www.vox.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Some early takes said the new food guidelines weren't too bad, but you always gotta dig deeper to really understand what MAHA is doing. So much going on here is chaos but most notably the new guidance makes an aggressive turn toward centering animal-based foods
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
cold brew x cafe de olla combo so strong not only did i clean my house, i logged onto bluesky
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
cold brew x cafe de olla combo so strong not only did i clean my house, i logged onto bluesky
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @vox.com's @izzieramirez.bsky.social, @washingtonpost.com's @michellesingletary.bsky.social and @nytimes.com's Emma Goldberg about their predictions for 2026 and what we learned from 2025.
❓Whether good, bad or neutral, what do you think will happen this year?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @vox.com's @izzieramirez.bsky.social, @washingtonpost.com's @michellesingletary.bsky.social and @nytimes.com's Emma Goldberg about their predictions for 2026 and what we learned from 2025.
❓Whether good, bad or neutral, what do you think will happen this year?
📻 Listen:
What Are Your 2026 Predictions? | KQED
We’ll speak with three journalists about what they expect — and what we’ve learned from 2025. And we’ll hear from you: Whether it’s good, bad or neutral, what do you think will happen this year?
www.kqed.org
January 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @vox.com's @izzieramirez.bsky.social, @washingtonpost.com's @michellesingletary.bsky.social and @nytimes.com's Emma Goldberg about their predictions for 2026 and what we learned from 2025.
❓Whether good, bad or neutral, what do you think will happen this year?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @vox.com's @izzieramirez.bsky.social, @washingtonpost.com's @michellesingletary.bsky.social and @nytimes.com's Emma Goldberg about their predictions for 2026 and what we learned from 2025.
❓Whether good, bad or neutral, what do you think will happen this year?
📻 Listen:
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@klingebeil.bsky.social: “Journalism risks becoming endlessly malleable, shaped to fit yet another set of companies’ platforms, metrics, and algorithms rather than public needs.”
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@klingebeil.bsky.social: “Journalism risks becoming endlessly malleable, shaped to fit yet another set of companies’ platforms, metrics, and algorithms rather than public needs.”
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...
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Today, @izzieramirez.bsky.social and @vox.com's Future Perfect team launched our annual list of extraordinary changemakers keeping global progress alive at a moment when foreign aid and development are under immense pressure.
There's so much to be inspired by here: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
There's so much to be inspired by here: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The 2025 Future Perfect 25
Meet the heroes keeping global progress alive.
www.vox.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Today, @izzieramirez.bsky.social and @vox.com's Future Perfect team launched our annual list of extraordinary changemakers keeping global progress alive at a moment when foreign aid and development are under immense pressure.
There's so much to be inspired by here: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
There's so much to be inspired by here: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
current meme rotation
March 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
current meme rotation
For a long time, I thought ditching beef would mean missing out on some grand connection I'd gain at the table. For @vox.com, I wrote about reconnecting with Indigenous foodways, while also acknowledge the cultural pull of beef — as a Texan. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
I’m the daughter of a cattle rancher. Could I ever ditch beef?
Beef is tied to my cultural identity — because of its complicated, colonial history.
www.vox.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
For a long time, I thought ditching beef would mean missing out on some grand connection I'd gain at the table. For @vox.com, I wrote about reconnecting with Indigenous foodways, while also acknowledge the cultural pull of beef — as a Texan. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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"I feel just at home in my roots making bean and squash tacos for a dinner party in Brooklyn as I do eating brisket with my dad by the side of a racetrack in Austin, cars whipping by."
Sharing this beautiful piece by @izzieramirez.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Sharing this beautiful piece by @izzieramirez.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
I’m the daughter of a cattle rancher. Could I ever ditch beef?
Beef is tied to my cultural identity — because of its complicated, colonial history.
www.vox.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"I feel just at home in my roots making bean and squash tacos for a dinner party in Brooklyn as I do eating brisket with my dad by the side of a racetrack in Austin, cars whipping by."
Sharing this beautiful piece by @izzieramirez.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Sharing this beautiful piece by @izzieramirez.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
me posting on yet another godforsaken platform
February 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
me posting on yet another godforsaken platform