Lizzie O'Leary
@lizzieohreally.bsky.social
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
Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
Lizzie.oleary@slate.com
Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
Pinned
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
Breaking News: The FDA will remove black box warnings from hormone treatments for menopause. Critics describe evidence for the label change as insufficient.
F.D.A. Will Remove Black Box Warnings From Hormone Treatments for Menopause
The benefits of hormone replacement have been underappreciated, Dr. Marty Makary, the agency’s commissioner, said on Monday. Critics described evidence for the change as insufficient.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Breaking News: The FDA will remove black box warnings from hormone treatments for menopause. Critics describe evidence for the label change as insufficient.
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
This interview, from @stevenlevy.bsky.social, is insane www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
Alex Karp Goes to War
Palantir’s CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him?
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This interview, from @stevenlevy.bsky.social, is insane www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
Never really understood Griffin's appeal, and the Trump severed head thing was a dumb, poor-taste attempt to be provocative. But the reaction to it was (and apparently still is) absolutely unhinged.
She’s Been Booted Out of Hollywood and Investigated by the Secret Service. When She Let Me Into Her House, I Could See Why.
"I was kind of ahead of my time," she says. "Pun intended."
slate.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Never really understood Griffin's appeal, and the Trump severed head thing was a dumb, poor-taste attempt to be provocative. But the reaction to it was (and apparently still is) absolutely unhinged.
"560,000 people exhibiting symptoms of psychosis or mania weekly, with 1.2 million demonstrating heightened emotional attachment and 1.2 million showing signs of suicidal planning or intent" www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The Chatbot Delusions: Is AI Contributing to a Novel Mental Health Crisis?
Some users are losing touch with reality during marathon sessions with ChatGPT and other bots.
www.bloomberg.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"560,000 people exhibiting symptoms of psychosis or mania weekly, with 1.2 million demonstrating heightened emotional attachment and 1.2 million showing signs of suicidal planning or intent" www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
Most of Trump’s deportation campaign is inaccessible because after arrests are made, it is moving quickly, far from public view. For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about @caitlindickerson.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Most of Trump’s deportation campaign is inaccessible because after arrests are made, it is moving quickly, far from public view. For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about @caitlindickerson.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
Should be pretty clear that without House commitment on a vote on ACA extensions, it is purely symbolic as part of the Senate deal
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Should be pretty clear that without House commitment on a vote on ACA extensions, it is purely symbolic as part of the Senate deal
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
scoop: this year, an engineer at The Washington Post quit, citing unethical use of A.I. in an un-launched product.
The Post ended up rolling out a different A.I. aggregator that it now uses.
All that, and lots more, in this story with
@katierobertson.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
The Post ended up rolling out a different A.I. aggregator that it now uses.
All that, and lots more, in this story with
@katierobertson.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
Who Wrote That Headline? Maybe a Robot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
scoop: this year, an engineer at The Washington Post quit, citing unethical use of A.I. in an un-launched product.
The Post ended up rolling out a different A.I. aggregator that it now uses.
All that, and lots more, in this story with
@katierobertson.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
The Post ended up rolling out a different A.I. aggregator that it now uses.
All that, and lots more, in this story with
@katierobertson.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
The new British competitive knitting show hosted by Olympic diver Tom Daley has been denounced by the knitting community of the Shetland islands for its imprecise portrayal of fair isle knitting and negative attitude toward a technique known as steeking
Shetland knitting group ‘shocked and saddened’ by representation in Channel 4 show
A GROUP protecting Shetland’s knitting heritage has criticised a new Channel 4 show for spreading “negative misconceptions about Fair Isle knitting...
www.shetnews.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The new British competitive knitting show hosted by Olympic diver Tom Daley has been denounced by the knitting community of the Shetland islands for its imprecise portrayal of fair isle knitting and negative attitude toward a technique known as steeking
Once again I have been misled by undergraduate sports
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Once again I have been misled by undergraduate sports
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
SSA employees grilled management during a tense meeting about the government shutdown yesterday. “People are coming to me saying they cannot put gas in their car and they cannot afford to come to work anymore," one employee said. Scoop w/ @leahfeiger.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Employees Grill Management During Tense Shutdown Meeting
WIRED obtained notes from a Social Security Administration management meeting, where employees pressed leadership on plans for the agency.
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
SSA employees grilled management during a tense meeting about the government shutdown yesterday. “People are coming to me saying they cannot put gas in their car and they cannot afford to come to work anymore," one employee said. Scoop w/ @leahfeiger.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/social...
I don’t know who invented the tiny plastic toys that go inside goodie bags, but I view them as an attack on me, personally.
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I don’t know who invented the tiny plastic toys that go inside goodie bags, but I view them as an attack on me, personally.
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
Updated: Our tracking guide with the Pentagon’s latest lethal strike on a boat suspected of drug trafficking. Three men were killed in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Hegseth posted last night, raising the toll to at least 70 killed in this bombing campaign. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks
In two months, the Trump administration has killed dozens of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Updated: Our tracking guide with the Pentagon’s latest lethal strike on a boat suspected of drug trafficking. Three men were killed in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Hegseth posted last night, raising the toll to at least 70 killed in this bombing campaign. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I don’t know who this neighbor is, but I wish I’d seen them on Halloween and I want to be their friend. @katiehonan.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I don’t know who this neighbor is, but I wish I’d seen them on Halloween and I want to be their friend. @katiehonan.bsky.social
The timeline in so many of these cases tracks the gpt4o rollout www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
Lawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Suicides and Harmful Delusions
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The timeline in so many of these cases tracks the gpt4o rollout www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
Reposted by Lizzie O'Leary
Here is a list of the 40 airports that will reduce flights during the government shutdown.
These are the airports that will reduce flights during the government shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration is forcing airlines to cut 10% of their flights at 40 of the busiest airports across the nation to reduce pressure on air traffic controllers during the ongoing government shutdown and ensure that flying remains safe.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here is a list of the 40 airports that will reduce flights during the government shutdown.
Hey New Yorkers! Make sure you get your ideas in for the participatory budgeting cycle. rnd.council.nyc.gov/ideamap/map/
Idea Map - Submit and Explore Ideas
Submit and explore ideas for the NYC Council Participatory Budgeting process. Engage with community projects and support local improvements.
rnd.council.nyc.gov
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Hey New Yorkers! Make sure you get your ideas in for the participatory budgeting cycle. rnd.council.nyc.gov/ideamap/map/
If you were on your third day of fever in bed and had finished all of season 3 of Blue Lights, what would you watch next?
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If you were on your third day of fever in bed and had finished all of season 3 of Blue Lights, what would you watch next?