Mark Yarm
@markyarm.bsky.social
Exec editor, features & special projects, PCMag ↔️ adjunct, Columbia Journalism ↔️ bylines: the New Yorker, NYT Mag, Flaming Hydra, etc. ↔️ author, EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN ↔️ markyarm@gmail.com; Signal: markyarm.99 ↔️ https://markyarm.journoportfolio.com
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The more people use it -> the more feedback we get -> the better we can make it for you.
The more people use it -> the more feedback we get -> the better we can make it for you.
July 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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The more people use it -> the more feedback we get -> the better we can make it for you.
The more people use it -> the more feedback we get -> the better we can make it for you.
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oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends
December 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends
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Welcome aboard MOBY-DICK WEEK at @flaminghydra.com, debuting with @benehrenreich.bsky.social reading aloud.
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/
Whale hunt
Moby-Dick Week begins, with Ben Ehrenreich reading aloud
flaminghydra.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Welcome aboard MOBY-DICK WEEK at @flaminghydra.com, debuting with @benehrenreich.bsky.social reading aloud.
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/
Ugh, why are these wet?
December 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ugh, why are these wet?
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christmas on bluesky
December 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
christmas on bluesky
I'm mildly addicted to this game.
December 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I'm mildly addicted to this game.
Styscraper 🐷🏗️ porcine physics game
Build a tower of junk and rise high above the muck!
vole.wtf
December 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Sorry to repost praise, but this was nice to read today.
December 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Sorry to repost praise, but this was nice to read today.
The end of this song always kills me.
December 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The end of this song always kills me.
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staffer: you talked to the little girls?
trump: sure did, real fuckin creepy just like you asked
staffer: what
trump: sure did, real fuckin creepy just like you asked
staffer: what
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
staffer: you talked to the little girls?
trump: sure did, real fuckin creepy just like you asked
staffer: what
trump: sure did, real fuckin creepy just like you asked
staffer: what
Took a while but Adam Friedland really grew on me.
December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Took a while but Adam Friedland really grew on me.
I somehow forgot to say, "Mr. Yarm is my dad."
Interviewed an 18-year-old rising metal performer today, and he called me "Mr. Yarm." Humbling!
December 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I somehow forgot to say, "Mr. Yarm is my dad."
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I would watch a 6 hour documentary about Chevy Chase. He was almost in Steely Dan. He endured the most vicious burn anyone ever inflicted on anyone (“Medium talent!”), his Comedy Central roast had to be drastically edited to make it suitable for broadcast because it was extremely cruel, etc etc
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I would watch a 6 hour documentary about Chevy Chase. He was almost in Steely Dan. He endured the most vicious burn anyone ever inflicted on anyone (“Medium talent!”), his Comedy Central roast had to be drastically edited to make it suitable for broadcast because it was extremely cruel, etc etc
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I bought my wife an O. Henry book for Christmas and it turns out she just sold her eyes.
December 17, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I bought my wife an O. Henry book for Christmas and it turns out she just sold her eyes.
I think the most unrefined thing about me is that I love Hershey's chocolate bars. All sugar and 5% sawdust? Fine by me!
December 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I think the most unrefined thing about me is that I love Hershey's chocolate bars. All sugar and 5% sawdust? Fine by me!
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hemingway if he slayed
December 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
hemingway if he slayed
Checking out some of the new-to-me folks on this list.
Rob Sheffield's Top 20 Albums of 2025
Rob Sheffield's favorite albums of 2025 came from Wednesday, Lifeguard, Taylor Swift, Geese, Clipse, Addison Rae, Rosalia, Billy Wwods, and many more
www.rollingstone.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Checking out some of the new-to-me folks on this list.
Love this.
six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO
December 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Love this.
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Did you forget to order a Christmas present and now it's fuckin' Christmas Eve? Are you boned six ways to Sunday? Fucked beyond belief?
Good news! You can get them an Onion subscription! They'll get a year of papers in the mail AND an emailed PDF certificate to print out instantly. Christmas saved!
Good news! You can get them an Onion subscription! They'll get a year of papers in the mail AND an emailed PDF certificate to print out instantly. Christmas saved!
Join The Onion
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December 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Did you forget to order a Christmas present and now it's fuckin' Christmas Eve? Are you boned six ways to Sunday? Fucked beyond belief?
Good news! You can get them an Onion subscription! They'll get a year of papers in the mail AND an emailed PDF certificate to print out instantly. Christmas saved!
Good news! You can get them an Onion subscription! They'll get a year of papers in the mail AND an emailed PDF certificate to print out instantly. Christmas saved!
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My goodness!!
December 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My goodness!!
Interviewed an 18-year-old rising metal performer today, and he called me "Mr. Yarm." Humbling!
December 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Interviewed an 18-year-old rising metal performer today, and he called me "Mr. Yarm." Humbling!
Just slammed my work laptop shut till 2026!!
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Just slammed my work laptop shut till 2026!!
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Jamiroquai when Jamiro vewwy sad
December 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Jamiroquai when Jamiro vewwy sad
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes