Nicole Clark
@nicoleclark.bsky.social
writer, editor. ✍️ in ny times, sf chron, vox, and more. prev: culture editor @ polygon, contributing editor @ catapult, writer @ vice. actually just two small rabbits in a trenchcoat
https://www.nicoleaclark.com/
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For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Teen Vogue has been a trailblazer in taking young peoples' political action and interests seriously. their coverage was phenomenal. this is a heartbreaking loss
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Teen Vogue has been a trailblazer in taking young peoples' political action and interests seriously. their coverage was phenomenal. this is a heartbreaking loss
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I’m back in the NYT jamming on the year’s return to old-school difficulty in action games
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/a...
Arcade Franchises From the ’80s Are Back to Punish Players
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I’m back in the NYT jamming on the year’s return to old-school difficulty in action games
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/a...
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there's still going to be a gap in accessing SNAP benefits for families, this is a great time to volunteer to distribute food at a food bank and to check on your neighbors and make sure no one is hungry
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Judges order USDA to restart SNAP funding, but hungry families won't get immediate relief
Two federal judges told the U.S. Department of Agriculture it must begin using contingency funds to provide food assistance, but gave the agency until Monday to decide exactly how to do so.
www.latimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
there's still going to be a gap in accessing SNAP benefits for families, this is a great time to volunteer to distribute food at a food bank and to check on your neighbors and make sure no one is hungry
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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In addition to L.A. food banks, pantries, community fridges, and other food donation programs, we see free Cambodian chicken rice porridge, kids goodie bags, and a program that allows you to buy a meal for someone at a growing chain.
The full story: lataco.com/free-food-la...
By Hadley Tomicki
The full story: lataco.com/free-food-la...
By Hadley Tomicki
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In addition to L.A. food banks, pantries, community fridges, and other food donation programs, we see free Cambodian chicken rice porridge, kids goodie bags, and a program that allows you to buy a meal for someone at a growing chain.
The full story: lataco.com/free-food-la...
By Hadley Tomicki
The full story: lataco.com/free-food-la...
By Hadley Tomicki
skinballs
On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
skinballs
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no one asked but my real advice for getting into media is that no matter your beat you have to love writing, investigating and journalism more than the beat itself. also get a day job, pretty much everyone has one.
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
no one asked but my real advice for getting into media is that no matter your beat you have to love writing, investigating and journalism more than the beat itself. also get a day job, pretty much everyone has one.
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Hi everyone, I'm urgently looking for any work. I'm a writer and narrative designer, I offer game consultations and mock reviews, I localise between German and English, I can write copy. If it needs words, I'll do it! Here's some games I've written on in the past:
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hi everyone, I'm urgently looking for any work. I'm a writer and narrative designer, I offer game consultations and mock reviews, I localise between German and English, I can write copy. If it needs words, I'll do it! Here's some games I've written on in the past:
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i wrote about consume me for @theverge.com ✨
October 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
i wrote about consume me for @theverge.com ✨
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I interviewed Toby Fox again. :) You can read the conversation in both and digital and print (!!!!!) editions of Game Informer. We talked about the “stupid” way to make games and his new journey with Deltarune. Read to see our convo and some awesome fan art.
gameinformer.com/2025/09/30/i...
gameinformer.com/2025/09/30/i...
Inefficient And Laborious – The Ongoing Path To Making Deltarune
We spoke with Toby Fox about his “stupid” way of making games and the big leap from Undertale to Deltarune.
gameinformer.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I interviewed Toby Fox again. :) You can read the conversation in both and digital and print (!!!!!) editions of Game Informer. We talked about the “stupid” way to make games and his new journey with Deltarune. Read to see our convo and some awesome fan art.
gameinformer.com/2025/09/30/i...
gameinformer.com/2025/09/30/i...
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yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.
Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."
September 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.
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September 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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For reasons we cannot fathom but by which we are utterly delighted, our son was voted Homecoming King. Here is the t-shirt he wore to the pep rally. rawpaw.ink/products/inf...
September 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For reasons we cannot fathom but by which we are utterly delighted, our son was voted Homecoming King. Here is the t-shirt he wore to the pep rally. rawpaw.ink/products/inf...
silksong's musical score only gets better with each listen. i love the use of strings to evoke weavers, the use of bells in specific moments. haven't gotten to the end of the game yet but accidentally spoiled some reveals because i keep listening to the score and noticing the leitmotif lol
September 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
silksong's musical score only gets better with each listen. i love the use of strings to evoke weavers, the use of bells in specific moments. haven't gotten to the end of the game yet but accidentally spoiled some reveals because i keep listening to the score and noticing the leitmotif lol
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I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
this story sums up a big part of why i love independent and alt weekly journalism. i feel like i would not have gotten to read this elsewhere, and it's a delight!
here I recap not only a phenomenal show by @alyankovic.bsky.social but also the Bay Area’s own Cotati Accordion Fest!! www.coyotemedia.org/keeping-it-w...
Keeping it Weird, Al Yankovic Dazzles at Sonoma State
Let the bellows hit the floor.
www.coyotemedia.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
this story sums up a big part of why i love independent and alt weekly journalism. i feel like i would not have gotten to read this elsewhere, and it's a delight!
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I went on the record with @tajjaisen.bsky.social to talk book sales and the infamous “track”: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
September 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I went on the record with @tajjaisen.bsky.social to talk book sales and the infamous “track”: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
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Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...
Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie
How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.
www.eater.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...
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happy to share a project I've been working on with @austeng.bsky.social for the past few months -- Sports Movies That Don't Suck, a podcast about sports movies that don't suck! more info to come soon
Coming soon: Sports Movies That Don't Suck, a podcast about sports movies that don't suck, from @austeng.bsky.social and @petevolk.bsky.social.
Here's our season 1 lineup! More info soon.
Here's our season 1 lineup! More info soon.
September 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
happy to share a project I've been working on with @austeng.bsky.social for the past few months -- Sports Movies That Don't Suck, a podcast about sports movies that don't suck! more info to come soon
once again profoundly exhausted by the framing of autism, and disability in general, as something to fight against, prevent, and scare people about. it is extremely objectifying
September 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
once again profoundly exhausted by the framing of autism, and disability in general, as something to fight against, prevent, and scare people about. it is extremely objectifying
Tylenol isn't connected to autism. I wonder if this reporter is aware (and no shade to her, this is one of few stories I've read that actually quotes autistic people!) that there is a higher prevalence of autism and ADHD in hypermobile communities
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
September 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Tylenol isn't connected to autism. I wonder if this reporter is aware (and no shade to her, this is one of few stories I've read that actually quotes autistic people!) that there is a higher prevalence of autism and ADHD in hypermobile communities
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
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the fact that so many people frame autism as “a problem that needs to be solved” is a constant reminder that being “not normal” isn’t acceptable to a large amount of the world. it’s the same reason there’s a trans panic right now too. they think people are defective
September 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the fact that so many people frame autism as “a problem that needs to be solved” is a constant reminder that being “not normal” isn’t acceptable to a large amount of the world. it’s the same reason there’s a trans panic right now too. they think people are defective
celebs are getting sedation for tattoos before most of us are getting sedation for IUDs lol. also this quote is extremely funny and telling. needless to say i don't know anyone who got tattoos because life didn't give them enough challenge
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
September 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
celebs are getting sedation for tattoos before most of us are getting sedation for IUDs lol. also this quote is extremely funny and telling. needless to say i don't know anyone who got tattoos because life didn't give them enough challenge
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...