Leah Reich
@leahreich.com
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
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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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.
www.leahreich.com/algorithmic-...
It features one of my spiciest theories ever that I do not want to spoil. So please click and read.
www.leahreich.com/algorithmic-...
Every time I open Bluesky there are so many posts from people fighting about Bluesky and what it should or shouldn't be, plus who should and shouldn't be banned. Guys.
Stop thinking about the problem in terms of the existing solutions. BE SMARTER. Here, read this.
www.leahreich.com/we-are-the-i...
Stop thinking about the problem in terms of the existing solutions. BE SMARTER. Here, read this.
www.leahreich.com/we-are-the-i...
December 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Every time I open Bluesky there are so many posts from people fighting about Bluesky and what it should or shouldn't be, plus who should and shouldn't be banned. Guys.
Stop thinking about the problem in terms of the existing solutions. BE SMARTER. Here, read this.
www.leahreich.com/we-are-the-i...
Stop thinking about the problem in terms of the existing solutions. BE SMARTER. Here, read this.
www.leahreich.com/we-are-the-i...
That @brianphillips.bsky.social guy once called @girinathan.bsky.social "the best tennis writer in America" and his four paragraphs here on the Roland-Garros final prove the point. Reading them made me want to watch the entire 5 hours and 29 minute match all over again!
defector.com/our-favorite...
defector.com/our-favorite...
December 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
That @brianphillips.bsky.social guy once called @girinathan.bsky.social "the best tennis writer in America" and his four paragraphs here on the Roland-Garros final prove the point. Reading them made me want to watch the entire 5 hours and 29 minute match all over again!
defector.com/our-favorite...
defector.com/our-favorite...
Why on earth did I just turn a college football game on
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Why on earth did I just turn a college football game on
I’m in the waiting room at the cardiologist’s office, and an old man is watching a sports game on his phone with no headphones. Sir my blood pressure is already an issue, that’s why I’m here
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I’m in the waiting room at the cardiologist’s office, and an old man is watching a sports game on his phone with no headphones. Sir my blood pressure is already an issue, that’s why I’m here
Yesterday I sent out my last newsletter of 2025. I think everyone deserves a break, so I'm giving myself one for the next two weeks. But please read this one anyway, it's a bit of a look back plus look forward.
www.leahreich.com/tiny-little-...
www.leahreich.com/tiny-little-...
Tiny Little Tectonic Shifts
Well friends, here we are, almost at the end of an extremely long year. I don't know about you, but I'm pooped. My brain is tired, my body is tired, my soul is tired. So what I'm thinking is that we s...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Yesterday I sent out my last newsletter of 2025. I think everyone deserves a break, so I'm giving myself one for the next two weeks. But please read this one anyway, it's a bit of a look back plus look forward.
www.leahreich.com/tiny-little-...
www.leahreich.com/tiny-little-...
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"There are a lot of Wednesdays! They come around much more quickly than you'd imagine! Sometimes it feels like there are more Wednesdays than any other days!"
@leahreich.com's newsletter isn't about bikes (tho she values IRL interaction, as do we), but the quote made me LOL
tinyurl.com/yfskmssu
@leahreich.com's newsletter isn't about bikes (tho she values IRL interaction, as do we), but the quote made me LOL
tinyurl.com/yfskmssu
Tiny Little Tectonic Shifts
Well friends, here we are, almost at the end of an extremely long year. I don't know about you, but I'm pooped. My brain is tired, my body is tired, my soul is tired. So what I'm thinking is that we s...
www.leahreich.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"There are a lot of Wednesdays! They come around much more quickly than you'd imagine! Sometimes it feels like there are more Wednesdays than any other days!"
@leahreich.com's newsletter isn't about bikes (tho she values IRL interaction, as do we), but the quote made me LOL
tinyurl.com/yfskmssu
@leahreich.com's newsletter isn't about bikes (tho she values IRL interaction, as do we), but the quote made me LOL
tinyurl.com/yfskmssu
Reposted by Leah Reich
Recent editorial exchanges remind me to broadcast: I maintain a small freelance editing practice, and will have some space free for new clients in the new year. I help writers both scholarly and otherwise, as well as institutional clients. A short description here: benwurgaft.org/editing/
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Recent editorial exchanges remind me to broadcast: I maintain a small freelance editing practice, and will have some space free for new clients in the new year. I help writers both scholarly and otherwise, as well as institutional clients. A short description here: benwurgaft.org/editing/
@girinathan.bsky.social hello, I need your thoughts on the Alcaraz-JCF split please!!!
December 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
@girinathan.bsky.social hello, I need your thoughts on the Alcaraz-JCF split please!!!
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today i learned that ludwig wittgenstein (yes, that one) was a huge fan of american crime fiction. "If philosophy has anything to do with wisdom there’s certainly not a grain of that in Mind [a philosophy mag], and quite often a grain in the detective stories.” www.mysteryfile.com/NDavis/Wit.h...
WITTGENSTEIN & NORBERT DAVIS
www.mysteryfile.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
today i learned that ludwig wittgenstein (yes, that one) was a huge fan of american crime fiction. "If philosophy has anything to do with wisdom there’s certainly not a grain of that in Mind [a philosophy mag], and quite often a grain in the detective stories.” www.mysteryfile.com/NDavis/Wit.h...
You guys!! You helped boost my mom's book and give it more visibility. She texted to tell me this (yes, my parents still use Bear, my childhood nickname even tho I am 50)
Can we boost her books more? Please help, it would be such a gift.
Pain Killers: a.co/d/1cFQucf
Under Water: a.co/d/3JRA0kB
Can we boost her books more? Please help, it would be such a gift.
Pain Killers: a.co/d/1cFQucf
Under Water: a.co/d/3JRA0kB
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You guys!! You helped boost my mom's book and give it more visibility. She texted to tell me this (yes, my parents still use Bear, my childhood nickname even tho I am 50)
Can we boost her books more? Please help, it would be such a gift.
Pain Killers: a.co/d/1cFQucf
Under Water: a.co/d/3JRA0kB
Can we boost her books more? Please help, it would be such a gift.
Pain Killers: a.co/d/1cFQucf
Under Water: a.co/d/3JRA0kB
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You can also buy this amazing (and very different) novel she wrote that was nominated for and won multiple independent book awards! It comes in paperback and kindle version. Please buy one or both!
a.co/d/bDi4WxC
a.co/d/bDi4WxC
Under Water
Under Water - Kindle edition by Callaghan, Rachel. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Under Water.
a.co
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
You can also buy this amazing (and very different) novel she wrote that was nominated for and won multiple independent book awards! It comes in paperback and kindle version. Please buy one or both!
a.co/d/bDi4WxC
a.co/d/bDi4WxC
Reposted by Leah Reich
Hello friends. I need to ask you a big favor:
If you have an e-reader, please buy this book, written by my mom. It will cost $0.99 and it will boost her visibility. This is the first book she ever wrote (a long time ago), an epistolary novel about an ER (TW: various forms of trauma)
a.co/d/icbEntH
If you have an e-reader, please buy this book, written by my mom. It will cost $0.99 and it will boost her visibility. This is the first book she ever wrote (a long time ago), an epistolary novel about an ER (TW: various forms of trauma)
a.co/d/icbEntH
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Hello friends. I need to ask you a big favor:
If you have an e-reader, please buy this book, written by my mom. It will cost $0.99 and it will boost her visibility. This is the first book she ever wrote (a long time ago), an epistolary novel about an ER (TW: various forms of trauma)
a.co/d/icbEntH
If you have an e-reader, please buy this book, written by my mom. It will cost $0.99 and it will boost her visibility. This is the first book she ever wrote (a long time ago), an epistolary novel about an ER (TW: various forms of trauma)
a.co/d/icbEntH
Fun thing: Yesterday I randomly replied to a @jamellebouie.net post about making videos for non-Bluesky audiences, knowing full well he wouldn't see/respond. But some v nice people did (thx @dorolfe.bsky.social & @aetataureate.bsky.social!) to encourage me. (cont)
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Fun thing: Yesterday I randomly replied to a @jamellebouie.net post about making videos for non-Bluesky audiences, knowing full well he wouldn't see/respond. But some v nice people did (thx @dorolfe.bsky.social & @aetataureate.bsky.social!) to encourage me. (cont)
Thank god Yashar is covering Candace Owens radicalizing a massive "normal mom" audience against Jews, because I don't think anyone else is (that I've seen)
1. Candace Owens’s short video after her meeting with Erika Kirk has been viewed over 22 million times on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.
Her heavily radicalized audience is very concerned that, during the meeting, she was threatened, blackmailed, or bribed into silence.
Her heavily radicalized audience is very concerned that, during the meeting, she was threatened, blackmailed, or bribed into silence.
December 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Thank god Yashar is covering Candace Owens radicalizing a massive "normal mom" audience against Jews, because I don't think anyone else is (that I've seen)
Reposted by Leah Reich
Got 99 cents to spare and want to use it to help make someone's day?
Hello friends. I need to ask you a big favor:
If you have an e-reader, please buy this book, written by my mom. It will cost $0.99 and it will boost her visibility. This is the first book she ever wrote (a long time ago), an epistolary novel about an ER (TW: various forms of trauma)
a.co/d/icbEntH
If you have an e-reader, please buy this book, written by my mom. It will cost $0.99 and it will boost her visibility. This is the first book she ever wrote (a long time ago), an epistolary novel about an ER (TW: various forms of trauma)
a.co/d/icbEntH
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Got 99 cents to spare and want to use it to help make someone's day?
Hello friends. I need to ask you a big favor:
If you have an e-reader, please buy this book, written by my mom. It will cost $0.99 and it will boost her visibility. This is the first book she ever wrote (a long time ago), an epistolary novel about an ER (TW: various forms of trauma)
a.co/d/icbEntH
If you have an e-reader, please buy this book, written by my mom. It will cost $0.99 and it will boost her visibility. This is the first book she ever wrote (a long time ago), an epistolary novel about an ER (TW: various forms of trauma)
a.co/d/icbEntH
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Hello friends. I need to ask you a big favor:
If you have an e-reader, please buy this book, written by my mom. It will cost $0.99 and it will boost her visibility. This is the first book she ever wrote (a long time ago), an epistolary novel about an ER (TW: various forms of trauma)
a.co/d/icbEntH
If you have an e-reader, please buy this book, written by my mom. It will cost $0.99 and it will boost her visibility. This is the first book she ever wrote (a long time ago), an epistolary novel about an ER (TW: various forms of trauma)
a.co/d/icbEntH
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wild stuff cybernews.com/security/wha...
Over 3 billion WhatsApp and Signal users can be tracked in real time by anyone
A publicly released tool can exploit a vulnerability in WhatsApp and Signal’s delivery receipts to secretly track the real-time activity of over three billion users, while also draining battery and da...
cybernews.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
wild stuff cybernews.com/security/wha...
Reposted by Leah Reich
PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Reposted by Leah Reich
This has to be one of the greatest runs any director has ever experienced.
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This has to be one of the greatest runs any director has ever experienced.
Man this Rob Reiner news really sucks. Is there anyone who didn't love his movies? Is there anyone who can't quote scenes from one of his movies by heart? At least one, if not more?
a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the woman is saying have fun storming the castle
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the woman is saying have fun storming the castle
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Man this Rob Reiner news really sucks. Is there anyone who didn't love his movies? Is there anyone who can't quote scenes from one of his movies by heart? At least one, if not more?
In addition to the awful misinformation campaign about the shooter, there are also many conspiracy theories going around, such as: "this was not a Jewish event but a Jewish-supremacy event" and/or "Israel is behind this attack in order to allow Jews to maintain their victimhood"
Encountering a misinformation campaign in real time. The bystander who tackled the gunman at Bondi was identified as Ahmed el Ahmed (link below). But in almost every tweet I saw, there are people claiming the real person is "Edward Crabtree," referencing a website called "The Daily."
Hero bystander who tackled gunman in incredible footage identified
In the aftermath of the devastation at Bondi, a deluge of footage poured onto social media. One video of an act of incredible bravery stood out.
www.smh.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In addition to the awful misinformation campaign about the shooter, there are also many conspiracy theories going around, such as: "this was not a Jewish event but a Jewish-supremacy event" and/or "Israel is behind this attack in order to allow Jews to maintain their victimhood"
Sending all my fellow Jews a little extra light today, and asking all my non-Jews to do two things: One, say something. Text a Jewish friend. The silence these days is loud and scary. Two, push back on the antisemitic conspiracy theories already circulating about the Sydney attack. Please.
December 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sending all my fellow Jews a little extra light today, and asking all my non-Jews to do two things: One, say something. Text a Jewish friend. The silence these days is loud and scary. Two, push back on the antisemitic conspiracy theories already circulating about the Sydney attack. Please.
Rather than offer a year-end list, this photo is Lumpy's summary of 2025
December 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Rather than offer a year-end list, this photo is Lumpy's summary of 2025
Well, I guess we finally know who the drama is
December 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Well, I guess we finally know who the drama is
Is it just me or are people being especially nasty on here the past few days? Like I get everything is shitty and hard, but maybe don't take it out on strangers
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Is it just me or are people being especially nasty on here the past few days? Like I get everything is shitty and hard, but maybe don't take it out on strangers