Alexandra Petri
@petridishes.bsky.social
I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
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Alexandra Petri
@petridishes.bsky.social
· Feb 26
“what could possibly happen when I’m on parental leave”
Reposted by Alexandra Petri
“Before women, of course, the workplace was perfect,” @petridishes.bsky.social writes. "There were no women to ruin things, steal your ribs, or tempt you with forbidden snacks.”
Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!!
Before they arrived, of course, everything was perfect.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Before women, of course, the workplace was perfect,” @petridishes.bsky.social writes. "There were no women to ruin things, steal your ribs, or tempt you with forbidden snacks.”
Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there.
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!!
Before they arrived, of course, everything was perfect.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there.
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
a piece exploring this concept
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
a piece exploring this concept
OH! speaking of blasts from the past, it is Thanksgiving season and I can’t let it go by without resharing what is perhaps my magnum opus wapo.st/3LRYFfi
Opinion | The 9 best Thanksgiving songs I definitely didn’t just make up
The best Thanksgiving songs with which everyone is familiar and which we didn’t entirely write and record this week!
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
OH! speaking of blasts from the past, it is Thanksgiving season and I can’t let it go by without resharing what is perhaps my magnum opus wapo.st/3LRYFfi
“but we’d all be petrified all the time if we took the president’s words seriously!” boy i don’t know
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“but we’d all be petrified all the time if we took the president’s words seriously!” boy i don’t know
can’t help thinking of this piece from back at my old stomping grounds wapo.st/4oP9WeO
Opinion | Poor Donald Trump can’t get anyone to believe him
Is he the one human alive whose words mean absolutely nothing?
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
can’t help thinking of this piece from back at my old stomping grounds wapo.st/4oP9WeO
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[completely ignoring the scales involved] this is where I will put the jacuzzi
#PPOD: A vast cavity on the Red Planet looks back at ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) with an icy stare. The crater is located in Utopia Planitia, the largest known impact basin in the Solar System, with a diameter of roughly 3,300 km, or twice the size of Earth’s Sahara Desert from north to south. 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
[completely ignoring the scales involved] this is where I will put the jacuzzi
Reposted by Alexandra Petri
It's happened
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
It's happened
So gruelingly awful. This is how these bans kill.
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
So gruelingly awful. This is how these bans kill.
Reposted by Alexandra Petri
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Reposted by Alexandra Petri
ouroboreos
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
ouroboreos
look as someone who can be incapacitated for weeks by the fear that I put the wrong number of exclamation points into an email this has been a fascinating glimpse into a some brains that work extremely! differently! from! mine!
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
look as someone who can be incapacitated for weeks by the fear that I put the wrong number of exclamation points into an email this has been a fascinating glimpse into a some brains that work extremely! differently! from! mine!
Reposted by Alexandra Petri
how I came to be in the Epstein files
How I Came to Be in the Epstein Files
A conspiracy wrapped in a conspiracy theory wrapped in an enigma
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
how I came to be in the Epstein files
numbers , not good for many things
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
numbers , not good for many things
how I came to be in the Epstein files
How I Came to Be in the Epstein Files
A conspiracy wrapped in a conspiracy theory wrapped in an enigma
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
how I came to be in the Epstein files
headache so bad I’m excited to meet Athena soon
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
headache so bad I’m excited to meet Athena soon
do you love SLEEP and hate HAVING COLDS ALL THE TIME
then BEING PARENT OF PRESCHOOLER may not be for you
then BEING PARENT OF PRESCHOOLER may not be for you
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
do you love SLEEP and hate HAVING COLDS ALL THE TIME
then BEING PARENT OF PRESCHOOLER may not be for you
then BEING PARENT OF PRESCHOOLER may not be for you
Did Women Ruin The Workplace
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Did Women Ruin The Workplace
coffee will fix me
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
coffee will fix me
Reposted by Alexandra Petri
Mike Johnson: It’s True. I Am Tuning Out The News Cycle To Focus On Self-Care
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Mike Johnson: It’s True. I Am Tuning Out The News Cycle To Focus On Self-Care
Reposted by Alexandra Petri
It’s official: Zohran Mamdani has been elected the next mayor of New York City, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
That’s Mayor Mamdani to You
It’s official: Zohran Mamdani has been elected the next mayor of New York City, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
www.thecut.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It’s official: Zohran Mamdani has been elected the next mayor of New York City, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
Reposted by Alexandra Petri
Back for Day 2 of Sandwich Guy’s trial. In government opening statement: “This case is about the fact that you can’t go around throwing stuff at people when you’re mad.”
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Back for Day 2 of Sandwich Guy’s trial. In government opening statement: “This case is about the fact that you can’t go around throwing stuff at people when you’re mad.”
Mike Johnson: It’s True. I Am Tuning Out The News Cycle To Focus On Self-Care
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Mike Johnson: It’s True. I Am Tuning Out The News Cycle To Focus On Self-Care
STOP ASKING MIKE JOHNSON ABOUT THE NEWS! HE IS PROTECTING HIS MENTAL SPACE!
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
STOP ASKING MIKE JOHNSON ABOUT THE NEWS! HE IS PROTECTING HIS MENTAL SPACE!
law and order: sandwich crimes unit www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Law and Order: Sandwich Crimes Unit
Serving justice to sandwich-wielding offenders takes expertise.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
law and order: sandwich crimes unit www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...