Maggie Sheldon
@maggierae.bsky.social
Writer, reader, director of social at The New Yorker.
Day one of commuting into the office. After a lifetime of dreaming about living and working in New York City, I’m finally in that timeline. ✨
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Day one of commuting into the office. After a lifetime of dreaming about living and working in New York City, I’m finally in that timeline. ✨
Today my 7-year-old took his $5 from his grandma for our road trip, walked into a gas station in Iowa, and bought himself a 5-hour energy. We caught him before he could guzzle it down, but I can’t stop laughing about both the selection and the fact that the cashier didn’t blink an eye.
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Today my 7-year-old took his $5 from his grandma for our road trip, walked into a gas station in Iowa, and bought himself a 5-hour energy. We caught him before he could guzzle it down, but I can’t stop laughing about both the selection and the fact that the cashier didn’t blink an eye.
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While campaigning, Zohran Mamdani frequently noted that New York is the richest city in the richest country in the history of the world, and that its government could do more for the people who live here. Tonight, he was elected mayor.
The Mamdani Era Begins
His opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.
www.newyorker.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
While campaigning, Zohran Mamdani frequently noted that New York is the richest city in the richest country in the history of the world, and that its government could do more for the people who live here. Tonight, he was elected mayor.
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A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
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Outside of the ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, one can find some protesters in inflatable costumes—frogs, a unicorn, a butterfly picking up a cigarette off the asphalt. The chaos Donald Trump keeps pointing to is harder to find.
Portland Prepares for Invasion
The Trump Administration, looking for another TV-ready fight in Oregon, is ready to sic the National Guard on the city’s inflatable-costumed protesters.
www.newyorker.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Outside of the ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, one can find some protesters in inflatable costumes—frogs, a unicorn, a butterfly picking up a cigarette off the asphalt. The chaos Donald Trump keeps pointing to is harder to find.
Sitting in a packed airport waiting for a delayed flight. I plopped down next to a woman with her knees curled up, nose in a book. Realized it was Ferrante’s “The Story of a New Name,” the same very book I’m reading right now. I pulled it out of my purse to show her and we had a moment.
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Sitting in a packed airport waiting for a delayed flight. I plopped down next to a woman with her knees curled up, nose in a book. Realized it was Ferrante’s “The Story of a New Name,” the same very book I’m reading right now. I pulled it out of my purse to show her and we had a moment.
George Saunders and Zadie Smith speaking beautifully about the power of empathy and “the clear water” of literature at #NewYorkerFest. Such a joy to listen to a thoughtful conversation between two of our best writers.
October 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
George Saunders and Zadie Smith speaking beautifully about the power of empathy and “the clear water” of literature at #NewYorkerFest. Such a joy to listen to a thoughtful conversation between two of our best writers.
Ken Jennings delights liberal-arts alum at #NewYorkerFest: What's the difference between a pizza and an English major?
A pizza can feed a family of four.
A pizza can feed a family of four.
October 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Ken Jennings delights liberal-arts alum at #NewYorkerFest: What's the difference between a pizza and an English major?
A pizza can feed a family of four.
A pizza can feed a family of four.
Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak had the crowd rolling at #NewYorkerFest. Seeing them tonight was a good reminder that the best friendships are deeply creative, full of serendipitous discovery through riffing and improvisation.
October 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak had the crowd rolling at #NewYorkerFest. Seeing them tonight was a good reminder that the best friendships are deeply creative, full of serendipitous discovery through riffing and improvisation.
Picked up these two at Powell’s today. It feels like time to finally read “My Brilliant Friend,” and I’m a big Wesley Morris fan.
September 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Picked up these two at Powell’s today. It feels like time to finally read “My Brilliant Friend,” and I’m a big Wesley Morris fan.
Portland is a beautiful, vibrant city full of some of the kindest, most welcoming people you’ll meet anywhere, not to mention some incredible activists and artists. Fuck this guy.
"I'm going to look at it now," Trump said regarding potentially sending troops into Portland.
‘Wipe them out’: Trump weighs sending feds to quell Portland protests
"I'm going to look at it now," Trump said regarding potentially sending troops into Portland.
www.oregonlive.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Portland is a beautiful, vibrant city full of some of the kindest, most welcoming people you’ll meet anywhere, not to mention some incredible activists and artists. Fuck this guy.
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Curious about fact checking at The New Yorker? Helfand and our deputy head of checking, Teresa Mathew, are answering questions at r/IAmA. Ask yours here:
From the IAmA community on Reddit: I’m a fact checker turned writer at The New Yorker. AMA about the magazine’s famed checking department.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Curious about fact checking at The New Yorker? Helfand and our deputy head of checking, Teresa Mathew, are answering questions at r/IAmA. Ask yours here:
Something I’ve remembered this summer, from Wu Tang to LCD Soundsystem: Life is short. Buy the tickets.
August 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Something I’ve remembered this summer, from Wu Tang to LCD Soundsystem: Life is short. Buy the tickets.
Tonight’s overindulgence at Powell’s. I don’t need new books to add to my TBR stack, but then again, I do, I do!
July 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Tonight’s overindulgence at Powell’s. I don’t need new books to add to my TBR stack, but then again, I do, I do!
At my first Portland Pickles game. Impeccable vibes. I love this city.
July 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
At my first Portland Pickles game. Impeccable vibes. I love this city.
We’ve reached the stage of parenthood in which we can watch The Simpsons together as a family, and this is good. Holds up!
July 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
We’ve reached the stage of parenthood in which we can watch The Simpsons together as a family, and this is good. Holds up!
When you're being inundated with all this Fourth of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes.
July 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
When you're being inundated with all this Fourth of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes.
It’s a proud northwest tradition to honor the solstice with a torrential downpour.
June 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It’s a proud northwest tradition to honor the solstice with a torrential downpour.
Sometimes I am in such an acerbic mood that nothing will help but Fiona Apple, on LOUD. Begging this woman for a new album to get us through 2025.
June 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sometimes I am in such an acerbic mood that nothing will help but Fiona Apple, on LOUD. Begging this woman for a new album to get us through 2025.
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See also: fear of my adopted city Portland, Oregon
Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
The Subway Is Not Scary
Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
See also: fear of my adopted city Portland, Oregon
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He’s a disease that must be cut away.
June 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
He’s a disease that must be cut away.
This whole conversation is generous and vulnerable and very uplifting. Recommend.
Being a “crybaby” is Jason Reynold’s favorite thing about himself. On this week’s “Wild Card with Rachel Martin,” he talks about his restless approach to life and the advice he got from LeVar Burton.
Watch the full interview: https://n.pr/45l8ZnV
Watch the full interview: https://n.pr/45l8ZnV
June 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This whole conversation is generous and vulnerable and very uplifting. Recommend.
Loo-hoo-ser-her.
Amid the “No Kings” protests that sprung up across the country, President Trump’s long-awaited military parade in the capital was a low-key affair with sparse crowds. Even most Republican lawmakers sat the event out. nyer.cm/pZj5ISx
June 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Loo-hoo-ser-her.
Sometimes a Sunday clean blows, and sometimes it’s the only thing that will soothe my weary soul. Good jams help.
June 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sometimes a Sunday clean blows, and sometimes it’s the only thing that will soothe my weary soul. Good jams help.
