Matt Ortile (or-TEE-lay)
@ortile.bsky.social
🇵🇭 Author of THE GROOM WILL KEEP HIS NAME. Editor, Condé Nast Traveler. Formerly: executive editor of Catapult magazine.
“my house is on Pretty Girl Avenue” saaaaaame
October 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“my house is on Pretty Girl Avenue” saaaaaame
does anyone on here have thoughts about the Bilt credit card / has experience paying rent with Bilt?? I think I am finally ready to make the jump 👀
August 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
does anyone on here have thoughts about the Bilt credit card / has experience paying rent with Bilt?? I think I am finally ready to make the jump 👀
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No cuomo (said while thinking abt “no homo”)
June 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
No cuomo (said while thinking abt “no homo”)
had a busy week but this kind of only-in-New York marathon of events, shows, parties, dinner reservations, et al. never gets old even after 11 years of living here :)
June 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
had a busy week but this kind of only-in-New York marathon of events, shows, parties, dinner reservations, et al. never gets old even after 11 years of living here :)
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It should not be this hard to find an agent, right??????
It Should Not Be This Hard to Find an Agent
Except...... (And an Excerpt)
www.agentsandbooks.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It should not be this hard to find an agent, right??????
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I love this newsletter for writers: @katemckean.bsky.social . One of my fav reads in my email.
May 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I love this newsletter for writers: @katemckean.bsky.social . One of my fav reads in my email.
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may issue of Immigrant Strong, my free monthly newsletter, is out! includes an essay i published this month, my favorite memoir of the year so far, and more writing and interviews with immigrant writers open.substack.com/pub/immigran...
Immigrant Strong: May 2025
My Electric Lit essay, the newsletter turns six, and my favorite memoir of the year
open.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
may issue of Immigrant Strong, my free monthly newsletter, is out! includes an essay i published this month, my favorite memoir of the year so far, and more writing and interviews with immigrant writers open.substack.com/pub/immigran...
need a Costco-sized bag of these to get me through this day
May 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
need a Costco-sized bag of these to get me through this day
good morning blue sky pls tell me your favorite people to follow that make this place feel like golden age tw*tt*r i miss the shitposts
May 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
good morning blue sky pls tell me your favorite people to follow that make this place feel like golden age tw*tt*r i miss the shitposts
wow i stop taking Zyrtec for one day and suddenly I’m clogged up like a middle manager’s email inbox after a week of PTO this sucks
May 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
wow i stop taking Zyrtec for one day and suddenly I’m clogged up like a middle manager’s email inbox after a week of PTO this sucks
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Come on New York
Prove to the world that you are as cool as you incessantly claim you are
Or just admit you're an overpriced version of Jersey City
Prove to the world that you are as cool as you incessantly claim you are
Or just admit you're an overpriced version of Jersey City
We're now 8 points away from sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs.
May 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Come on New York
Prove to the world that you are as cool as you incessantly claim you are
Or just admit you're an overpriced version of Jersey City
Prove to the world that you are as cool as you incessantly claim you are
Or just admit you're an overpriced version of Jersey City
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We're now 8 points away from sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs.
May 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We're now 8 points away from sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs.
also btw while I’m here: heads up that I’m gonna start writing classes again, watch this space ❤️
May 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
also btw while I’m here: heads up that I’m gonna start writing classes again, watch this space ❤️
I’ve been an editor for 11 years and my god I still have to say this once a month!!
writers— please please PLEASE do not resolve your editor’s notes in the Google Doc until they tell you it is your turn to review and address!! I promise you they will tell you when it’s your move
writers— please please PLEASE do not resolve your editor’s notes in the Google Doc until they tell you it is your turn to review and address!! I promise you they will tell you when it’s your move
May 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I’ve been an editor for 11 years and my god I still have to say this once a month!!
writers— please please PLEASE do not resolve your editor’s notes in the Google Doc until they tell you it is your turn to review and address!! I promise you they will tell you when it’s your move
writers— please please PLEASE do not resolve your editor’s notes in the Google Doc until they tell you it is your turn to review and address!! I promise you they will tell you when it’s your move
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“Websites are their people; laying off the majority of a site’s staff is akin to molting skin and bones – and keeping only a name. So while Polygon persists, we still feel like now is an appropriate time to give former staff a chance to eulogize what was.” Read: aftermath.site/polygon-vox-...
A Fond Farewell To Polygon, From The People Who Worked There - Aftermath
"It was a good website. I doubt I'll ever find a place like it for the rest of my career"
aftermath.site
May 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Websites are their people; laying off the majority of a site’s staff is akin to molting skin and bones – and keeping only a name. So while Polygon persists, we still feel like now is an appropriate time to give former staff a chance to eulogize what was.” Read: aftermath.site/polygon-vox-...
need an app that lets me post on here and tweet on the other website simultaneously
May 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
need an app that lets me post on here and tweet on the other website simultaneously
Are you an American living in Ireland? Or perhaps you know an American who has moved to Ireland? I’d love to interview you for a story on Condé Nast Traveler — please reply below!
January 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Are you an American living in Ireland? Or perhaps you know an American who has moved to Ireland? I’d love to interview you for a story on Condé Nast Traveler — please reply below!
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Need everyone to know that for a final performance of Boston Ballet's Nutcracker, they costumed the party scene dolls as Elphaba and Glinda and even included the viral finger-hold moment. (Screenshot because it won't show the preview, but watch the IG video! Link: www.instagram.com/reel/DEP8Rsx... )
January 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Need everyone to know that for a final performance of Boston Ballet's Nutcracker, they costumed the party scene dolls as Elphaba and Glinda and even included the viral finger-hold moment. (Screenshot because it won't show the preview, but watch the IG video! Link: www.instagram.com/reel/DEP8Rsx... )
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Oh shit my book comes out this year!
I wrote an angry yet hopeful book and now you can pre-order it! www.harpercollins.com/products/i-w...
January 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Oh shit my book comes out this year!
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Andy Cohen is still screaming about Eric Adams's indictments, I love this, happy new year everyone!!!
I just put on CNN and Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are so blissfully drunk. Andy is making fun of Eric Adams
January 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Andy Cohen is still screaming about Eric Adams's indictments, I love this, happy new year everyone!!!
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those gay raunchy holiday copypastas are sacred and must be handed down generation to generation
January 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
those gay raunchy holiday copypastas are sacred and must be handed down generation to generation
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Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025?
December 30, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025?
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I want to talk about how I’m excited to teach parallelization in my Statistical Computing course, but I think most of my followers are here because of Onions. So here he is.
November 19, 2024 at 11:33 PM
I want to talk about how I’m excited to teach parallelization in my Statistical Computing course, but I think most of my followers are here because of Onions. So here he is.
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ONIONS
I want to talk about how I’m excited to teach parallelization in my Statistical Computing course, but I think most of my followers are here because of Onions. So here he is.
December 30, 2024 at 2:56 AM
ONIONS