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Lizzie O'Leary
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I host What Next TBD at Slate. A show about tech, power and the future. Who wants night bacon?

https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd

Lizzie.oleary@slate.com
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they’re calling it the strongest sunday scaries in recorded human history
January 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Avoiding my geopolitical anxiety by reading the Harvard Magazine obits, and damn this issue starts off with a banger
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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Another blow for truth from @naomioreskes.bsky.social and colleagues. A great story from @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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This just in: Nicolas Maduro is set to appear at noon tomorrow before Judge Hellerstein in Manhattan fed.
January 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Pictures show the aftermath of the U.S. strikes in Venezuela and the reaction from around the world. n.pr/4pr5LFM
Photos: Aftermath of strikes in Venezuela
Pictures show the aftermath of the U.S. strikes in Venezuela and the reaction from around the world.
n.pr
January 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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[wakes up] “I’m sorry, what”
January 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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A few weeks ago I traveled to Ladakh to see how the India-China frontier had changed since a bloody clash five years ago. Things are much calmer, but both sides are rapidly building up infrastructure & there is no going back to the pre-2020 status quo.
www.economist.com/asia/2025/12...
A fragile thaw at the top of the world
The Economist gained rare access to India’s tense border with China
www.economist.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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We said goodbye to the MetroCard but we must also say goodbye to the existential, slightly depressed "Add Value/Add Time" meme that will no longer make the rounds 🫡 nygroove.nyc/add-value-ad...
'Time' is no longer for sale in New York City
RIP the add ‘value/add time’ meme, buried alongside the MetroCard
nygroove.nyc
January 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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"I was elected as a democratic socialist, and I will govern as a democratic socialist," Mamdani says in a big applause line. "I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical."
January 1, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.

Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Chants of “tax the rich” break out among thousands of New Yorkers huddled up outside the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani as Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks.
January 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Wow: The share of U.S. counties where 95% + of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles — the number doctors say is needed to achieve “herd immunity” — has dropped from 50 percent before the pandemic to 28 percent
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.

WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.

Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.

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U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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To anyone who happened upon a funeral in Washington Square Park in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon and wondered who was being honored, it was for the MetroCard, which is being retired on Wednesday. trib.al/1kiOgYB
December 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Also slate let me review the sex scenes in Dying For Sex (my favorite show of the year) with @rebeccaonion.bsky.social slate.com/culture/2025...
How Sexy Is Michelle Williams’ New Show About Dying? Very.
For a show about a woman who has Stage 4 cancer, FX’s Dying for Sex is fantastically horny.
slate.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A few work things I liked this year.

- we made a memecoin, because why not. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
We Made a Memecoin
Diving into the shady, unregulated world of memecoins.
slate.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The Earth Is Nearing an Environmental Tipping Point

Today’s global coral bleaching events are the worst kind of climate warning. www.wired.com/story/the-ea...
The Earth Is Nearing an Environmental Tipping Point
Today’s global coral bleaching events are the worst kind of climate warning.
www.wired.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
EVERYTHING IN A TEN FOOT RADIUS OF ME THAT DOESNT HAVE A PLACE TO GO IS GETTING THROWN AWAY
December 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Sat on a furby. Fucking terrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Good article, but I think we could add that many of the current government officials & influencers spreading political point-scoring falsehoods during crisis events HAVE BECOME gov officials & influencers BECAUSE of their bullshit-spreading talents. System effects of rotten attention dynamics.
Government Officials Once Stopped False Accusations After Violence. Now, Some Join In.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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From the well-sourced Helene Cooper:

"A Defense Department official said that the Pentagon had worked in tandem with the Nigerian government to carry out the strikes, which the official said were approved by that government."

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Trump Announces Strike Against ISIS in Nigeria
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
pov you’re an oldest sister
December 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
damn, migraine app, thank you
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM