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Leah Reich
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I write about humans, tech, and culture, and about what I learned working for Slack, Spotify, and Instagram. But you’re probably here for photos of my cat Lumpy.

You should go read my newsletter at www.leahreich.com
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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · Oct 2
My newsletter today is about algorithms, culture, and celebrity beef. It's about how we're all complicit in this current festering cultural moment of ours.

It features one of my spiciest theories ever that I do not want to spoil. So please click and read.

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Algorithmic Beef
Depending on the various internets you inhabit, you may not yet be aware that another virulent Twitter (please don't make me call it X) fight erupted last night between rap superstars Nicki Minaj and ...
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I realize I should find this upsetting but honestly I'm disappointed that this is the level of insult we have to contend with. Like, give me something to work with here besides "you can't spell Jew without ew"
A screenshot of a neo-Nazi named Isabella Moody from the neo-Nazi incubator that says "I want to film a video of me reacting to jewish names because every time I see one on here, I die from laughter. Please tag the j(ew)s down below so I can put together a list😈😈"
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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@darthbluesky.bsky.social darth have you already seen this

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Here’s how they make my favorite snacks at Better Made Snack Foods in Detroit, Michigan. These potato chips are delicious #food #ilearnedontiktok
TikTok video by Charlie
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November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Why is every show on Netflix unnecessarily stretched to eight or more episodes except the one show that would benefit from it, which is Death By Lightning? Also I love reading a review of a show based on true historical events and seeing serious comments like “maybe next time don’t include spoilers”
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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@chrysaora.bsky.social omg hi
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Hello artist friends: Do you know anyone who is skilled in 1930s-ish illustration styles?
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Would love some help getting eyeballs on this one, or better yet, subscribers!
leahreich.com Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 4d
At first I felt a little corny writing my newsletter this week, but if the Mamdani campaign showed us anything, it's that there's actually nothing corny about want to build a better future, online or off

www.leahreich.com/the-big-moon...
A screenshot that reads: I don't have the technological answers. I don't yet know what specific solutions or innovations we need to make this better. We can't come up with the answers until we start asking different—better—questions. Not just of the tech itself, or the industry, or the new entities that might be able to do this work, but of ourselves as individuals and as a society. Can we redirect our anger, muzzle our egos, and channel our energy? Will we step out of these performative spaces and figure out how to reconnect with each other? Is it time for us to stop looking to technology to do the work for us, and instead do the work ourselves, facilitated by these tools? Are we willing to put humans first, and technology second?
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Would love some help getting eyeballs on this one, or better yet, subscribers!
leahreich.com Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 4d
At first I felt a little corny writing my newsletter this week, but if the Mamdani campaign showed us anything, it's that there's actually nothing corny about want to build a better future, online or off

www.leahreich.com/the-big-moon...
A screenshot that reads: I don't have the technological answers. I don't yet know what specific solutions or innovations we need to make this better. We can't come up with the answers until we start asking different—better—questions. Not just of the tech itself, or the industry, or the new entities that might be able to do this work, but of ourselves as individuals and as a society. Can we redirect our anger, muzzle our egos, and channel our energy? Will we step out of these performative spaces and figure out how to reconnect with each other? Is it time for us to stop looking to technology to do the work for us, and instead do the work ourselves, facilitated by these tools? Are we willing to put humans first, and technology second?
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Happy Friday everyone, I hope you're all being at least as much of a genius today as I am
A screenshot of text messages. The sender says: Not all writers are geniuses, but almost all of us are geniuses at making it harder than it needs to be to get things done Our brains are finely tuned precision machines Designed purely to get in our way and then I reply: I was about to say “not all writers are geniuses? Speak for yourself” but then I sat on my toast
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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At first I felt a little corny writing my newsletter this week, but if the Mamdani campaign showed us anything, it's that there's actually nothing corny about want to build a better future, online or off

www.leahreich.com/the-big-moon...
A screenshot that reads: I don't have the technological answers. I don't yet know what specific solutions or innovations we need to make this better. We can't come up with the answers until we start asking different—better—questions. Not just of the tech itself, or the industry, or the new entities that might be able to do this work, but of ourselves as individuals and as a society. Can we redirect our anger, muzzle our egos, and channel our energy? Will we step out of these performative spaces and figure out how to reconnect with each other? Is it time for us to stop looking to technology to do the work for us, and instead do the work ourselves, facilitated by these tools? Are we willing to put humans first, and technology second?
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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At first I felt a little corny writing my newsletter this week, but if the Mamdani campaign showed us anything, it's that there's actually nothing corny about want to build a better future, online or off

www.leahreich.com/the-big-moon...
A screenshot that reads: I don't have the technological answers. I don't yet know what specific solutions or innovations we need to make this better. We can't come up with the answers until we start asking different—better—questions. Not just of the tech itself, or the industry, or the new entities that might be able to do this work, but of ourselves as individuals and as a society. Can we redirect our anger, muzzle our egos, and channel our energy? Will we step out of these performative spaces and figure out how to reconnect with each other? Is it time for us to stop looking to technology to do the work for us, and instead do the work ourselves, facilitated by these tools? Are we willing to put humans first, and technology second?
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Please enjoy this picture of Lumpy looking more mysterious and debonair than any of us ever will in our entire lives
leahreich.com Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 4d
Late to this but
a spectacularly beautiful grey and white cat crossing his giant paws and looking directly at you with green eyes, considering if you're worthy of his attention
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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10% of Meta's 2024 ad revenue came from outright frauds and scams; the platform shows consumers 15 billion ads for fraud and scams every single day. This doesn't even include agitprop and AI slop.

the existential collapse of this monumental pile of shit company simply can't come quickly enough
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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We’re hiring!

Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.

Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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"Why did I ever think I could convince [tech] companies to care about human beings? It's literally called the tech industry."

@leahreich.com talks about being human and connecting and asking a lot of good questions.

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The Big Moonshot
The year before I got hired at Instagram, I interviewed at Facebook. My interview was in the spring of 2019, two and a half years before Facebook became Meta. I didn't particularly want to work for Fa...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Is it weird that I really love a web design dunk? Feels like the internet I used to know
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d
Lot of weird blank spaces on the front pages of the Post. You would never know this paper was owned by someone who made his fortune building a website.
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d
It's going-out-of-business day at WaPo.
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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On top of everything else good happening right now, I just got to break the Dick Cheney news to one of my most beloved friends. What a day!
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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I got a link and the good news is that I actually love living on the UES, so hopefully a lot of apartments will open up soon
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Does anyone have a gift link to this? I need to see if my neighborhood is good or not

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The Most Detailed Map of the New York City Mayoral Election
See how New Yorkers are voting, precinct by precinct
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November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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a large fluffy gray & white cat sleeping on a curved cardboard scratcher bed in a wedge of sunlight
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Random long-shot question but: Does anyone know an editor at Oprah.com? If you do, could you let me know and possibly intro me?
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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the story: nymag.com/intelligence...
Portfolio: The Trap at 26 Federal Plaza
Every day in downtown Manhattan immigrants arriving for routine hearings are targeted by ICE agents and taken from their families.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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ok what's next? let's just say after 10+ years in journalism this is the most excited and responsible i feel to contribute to something because i believe in it so much. beating out everyone else's coverage of ICE/tech/your privacy in this dystopia, @404media.co, its an honor to join your badass team
josephcox.bsky.social Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 12d
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

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ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM