For my Caucus Monday weather story for The New York Times, I did the most Iowa thing I could possibly do — I referenced Field of Dreams. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01...

Yesterday, I followed presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy across Eastern Iowa, and took a hard look at why he's still in this race — and at who's still supporting him. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/u...

Why is the DC pandas traveling first class back to China with 300 lbs of bamboo reminding me of when NASA suggested women take 100 tampons to space for a one-week flight? Do they need all that bamboo?!

As a reminder of what Labor Day is ~actually~ about, I always come back to this piece by @whizy.bsky.social. It’s a few years old but still totally relevant. Sadly, we still have a long way to go in terms of equity and fair wages for all in the working world.

If you were obsessed with #rushtok, but were waiting for the other shoe to drop, do I have a story for you. For months, I've looked into how sororities leave out nonbinary students. www.refinery29.com/en-us/sorori...

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Apocalyptic thought of the day: What if one day this app is the only blue sky we know?

Amazing reporting from the Washington Post's Hannah Natanson, who looked at requests to ban books in more than 100 school districts across the country, and found that the majority of them were filed by .... 11 people.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/

Entered a rooftop bar, sat down, and immediately knew I was in LA because I had the perfect view of the Church of Scientology.

I’m interested in any alternative to El*n’s Tw*tter… but… I just know I’m going to have “Mr. Blue Sky” stuck in my head for hours every time I open this app. Will that be an improvement on my regular thought patterns? Perhaps!