Adam Sternbergh
@sternbergh.bsky.social
culture editor, NYTimes Opinion
novelist: THE EDEN TEST (out now); THE BLINDS; NEAR ENEMY; SHOVEL READY
I wear suits now
novelist: THE EDEN TEST (out now); THE BLINDS; NEAR ENEMY; SHOVEL READY
I wear suits now
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If someone I know says Nicholas Cage is a bad actor their opinion on acting dies right there in that spot. Like we cool, Im alet you finish but I actually stopped listening to you the year you said Nicholas fucking Cage is a bad actor 😭 RIP to that topic
Nicholas Cage is such a terrible actor but he has some bangers you can't help but watch over and over again.
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
If someone I know says Nicholas Cage is a bad actor their opinion on acting dies right there in that spot. Like we cool, Im alet you finish but I actually stopped listening to you the year you said Nicholas fucking Cage is a bad actor 😭 RIP to that topic
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This is fantastic (and how to actually encourage healthy families, boost the labor market, and give kids a strong educational foundation, if you like those sorts of things)
Breaking News: Gov. Kathy Hochul, partnering with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will unveil a plan to expand free or affordable child care for New Yorkers across the state.
Hochul and Mamdani to Announce Road Map to Expand Child Care
Governor Kathy Hochul will appear with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lay out a plan to expand free and subsidized child care in New York, which had been a central focus of his campaign.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
This is fantastic (and how to actually encourage healthy families, boost the labor market, and give kids a strong educational foundation, if you like those sorts of things)
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Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
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This is incredibly well done, and totally damning. Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
This is incredibly well done, and totally damning. Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Hmmm
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Hmmm
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A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.
god forbid you encounter the word ballshit on tv
CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
god forbid you encounter the word ballshit on tv
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CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…
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It's never been topped
January 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
It's never been topped
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When the hero kicks the villain off a skyscraper in an 80s action movie
January 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
When the hero kicks the villain off a skyscraper in an 80s action movie
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Wake Up Dead Man grabs the #1 spot on the Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury for the year's best films recommended to Christian audiences. Congrats to @rianjohnson.bsky.social
artsandfaith.com/the-arts-fai...
artsandfaith.com/the-arts-fai...
The Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury -- 2025 - Arts & Faith
This annual Arts & Faith project enters its second decade this year, making it an apt time to summarize its purpose and methodology. The jury attempts to identify ten films released or distributed in ...
artsandfaith.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Wake Up Dead Man grabs the #1 spot on the Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury for the year's best films recommended to Christian audiences. Congrats to @rianjohnson.bsky.social
artsandfaith.com/the-arts-fai...
artsandfaith.com/the-arts-fai...
re the new AVENGERS trailer: it’s hard to hang your movie on the melancholy inevitability of death when your last chapter was all about half the world dying then miraculously coming back to life
January 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
re the new AVENGERS trailer: it’s hard to hang your movie on the melancholy inevitability of death when your last chapter was all about half the world dying then miraculously coming back to life
gotta love a mayor who both fixes a pothole and uses the phrase “veritable gauntlet”
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
gotta love a mayor who both fixes a pothole and uses the phrase “veritable gauntlet”
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Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
great line about the Pirates in this @baseballprospectus.com piece by Patrick Dubuque: "It’s a franchise that holds its own money ransom."
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
Transaction Analysis: Ryan O'Hearn's Shark Tank | Baseball Prospectus
Selachian can be a negative descriptor, too.
www.baseballprospectus.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
great line about the Pirates in this @baseballprospectus.com piece by Patrick Dubuque: "It’s a franchise that holds its own money ransom."
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
rewatched this recently ok fine I confess reader I bought it on physical DVD
Released one month before Ocean's 11 and The Royal Tenenbaums, David Mamet's HEIST often gets overlooked.
But it is a terrific old-school thriller where many seasoned actors are at the height of their seemingly effortless credibility.
My @spectrumculture.bsky.social case for revisiting it.
But it is a terrific old-school thriller where many seasoned actors are at the height of their seemingly effortless credibility.
My @spectrumculture.bsky.social case for revisiting it.
Rediscover: Heist - Spectrum Culture
Heist does not require deep familiarity with Mamet’s work, but it certainly helps: his film is a riff on his repeated themes, so the pleasure is in the variations.
spectrumculture.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
rewatched this recently ok fine I confess reader I bought it on physical DVD
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Returning to your novel manuscript-in-progress after a couple weeks away
January 6, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Returning to your novel manuscript-in-progress after a couple weeks away
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On my annual winter e-break I came to the conclusion that basically every facet of our lives has gotten worse because a majority of people now primarily "live" online and thus only experience the world in the abstract. The loudest voices online/in culture aren't actually living real lives anymore.
There should be a sort of 24 hr soft ban on this site that, when logged in, asks for your location and then indicates the distance and directions to the nearest park or outdoor public place
January 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM
On my annual winter e-break I came to the conclusion that basically every facet of our lives has gotten worse because a majority of people now primarily "live" online and thus only experience the world in the abstract. The loudest voices online/in culture aren't actually living real lives anymore.
time is a flat circling back
Me saying let’s circle back in the new year: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me now that it’s the new year: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me now that it’s the new year: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
time is a flat circling back
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Slappin’ on star bellies like you wanted me calling me all the time like blondie check out my sneetchie behind it’s fine all of the time
The Sneetches of Peaches
January 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Slappin’ on star bellies like you wanted me calling me all the time like blondie check out my sneetchie behind it’s fine all of the time
you have either underestimated or overestimated what amount of Dr Pepper qualifies as comical
Downtown. 242 Fifth Ave - CVS. Caller said someone just stole like 7 full cases of Dr. Pepper and fled. Suspect is currently walking down Fifth with a comical amount of Dr. Pepper.
January 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
you have either underestimated or overestimated what amount of Dr Pepper qualifies as comical
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Bring it back
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Bring it back
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I was teetering before but now I’m ready to say it: I’m full Jags-pilled.
January 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I was teetering before but now I’m ready to say it: I’m full Jags-pilled.
til that in his pre-fame days Kurt Vonnegut Jr was the first Saab dealer in the USA
happy new year
happy new year
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
til that in his pre-fame days Kurt Vonnegut Jr was the first Saab dealer in the USA
happy new year
happy new year
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Can't tell you how much it means to me for WITHOUT CONSENT to be written up in the New Yorker as part of a larger consideration of consent in general. And I will gladly be known as "taking a true-crime approach to intellectual history"!
How Consent Can—and Cannot—Help Us Have Better Sex
The idea is legally vital, but ultimately unsatisfying. Is there another way forward?
www.newyorker.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Can't tell you how much it means to me for WITHOUT CONSENT to be written up in the New Yorker as part of a larger consideration of consent in general. And I will gladly be known as "taking a true-crime approach to intellectual history"!