Eva von Schaper
@vschpr.bsky.social
Writer, reader, #journalist. Ex-@bloomberg #science and #health reporter. Hosted a #podcast about disinformation. Now interested in anything #neurodiversity. Living the Swiftie-mom to #Swiftie pipeline.
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Forty years ago, two liberal professors published a "provocative" book about immigration that sold poorly and got terrible reviews. It also inadvertently handed Trump the legal argument he's using to attack birthright citizenship. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Liberal Scholars Who Influenced Trump’s Attack on Birthright Citizenship
The President’s executive order took inspiration from an esoteric legal argument from 1985, by two Yale professors. They have some regrets.
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Forty years ago, two liberal professors published a "provocative" book about immigration that sold poorly and got terrible reviews. It also inadvertently handed Trump the legal argument he's using to attack birthright citizenship. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
why rappel when you can abseil
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
why rappel when you can abseil
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If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
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what i really want to know is whenaburger
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
what i really want to know is whenaburger
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"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
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Turn. The. Volume. Up.
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Turn. The. Volume. Up.
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CHOTINER: So Harry, you're the butcher at the Busytown Supermarket?
HARRY: That's right.
CHOTINER: You sell pork at your store?
HARRY: Certainly, We sell the best pork ever!
CHOTINER: Seems your customers agree, but I couldn't help but notice, you're also a pig, right?
HARRY: Yes.
HARRY: That's right.
CHOTINER: You sell pork at your store?
HARRY: Certainly, We sell the best pork ever!
CHOTINER: Seems your customers agree, but I couldn't help but notice, you're also a pig, right?
HARRY: Yes.
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
CHOTINER: So Harry, you're the butcher at the Busytown Supermarket?
HARRY: That's right.
CHOTINER: You sell pork at your store?
HARRY: Certainly, We sell the best pork ever!
CHOTINER: Seems your customers agree, but I couldn't help but notice, you're also a pig, right?
HARRY: Yes.
HARRY: That's right.
CHOTINER: You sell pork at your store?
HARRY: Certainly, We sell the best pork ever!
CHOTINER: Seems your customers agree, but I couldn't help but notice, you're also a pig, right?
HARRY: Yes.
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Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught calling someone "bro", but our investigation has unearthed the truth. This person was not, in fact, his biological brother. Why did he lie? Tune in tonight at 10 for this and more breaking news.
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught calling someone "bro", but our investigation has unearthed the truth. This person was not, in fact, his biological brother. Why did he lie? Tune in tonight at 10 for this and more breaking news.
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Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
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The British spelling of diarrhoea is so much grosser than the already stupidly spelled American diarrhea. Get that "o" out of there man.
October 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The British spelling of diarrhoea is so much grosser than the already stupidly spelled American diarrhea. Get that "o" out of there man.
the mycelium gets its due
MacArthur Foundation Announces 2025 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
the mycelium gets its due
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Travis Kelce Gets Cold Feet After Listening To New Taylor Swift Album https://theonion.com/travis-kelce-gets-cold-feet-after-listening-to-new-taylor-swift-album/
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Travis Kelce Gets Cold Feet After Listening To New Taylor Swift Album https://theonion.com/travis-kelce-gets-cold-feet-after-listening-to-new-taylor-swift-album/
1990s Band or Offhand Comment from My Tween About My Outfit? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/199...
1990s Band or Offhand Comment from My Tween About My Outfit?
1. Pearl Jam1
2. Old Lady Curtains2
3. Blind Melon3
4. Alice in Chains4
5. Judge Judy in a Bathrobe5
6. Garbage6
7. Smashing Pumpkins7
8. Toad the ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
1990s Band or Offhand Comment from My Tween About My Outfit? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/199...
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What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.
September 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.
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Emerald Fennell Assures Fans ‘Wuthering Heights’ Will Be Faithful Adaptation Of ‘Twilight’ https://theonion.com/emerald-fennell-assures-fans-wuthering-heights-will-be-faithful-adaptation-of-twilight/
September 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Emerald Fennell Assures Fans ‘Wuthering Heights’ Will Be Faithful Adaptation Of ‘Twilight’ https://theonion.com/emerald-fennell-assures-fans-wuthering-heights-will-be-faithful-adaptation-of-twilight/
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CDC committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of hepatitis B shots at birth or delaying them. The vaccine is credited by public health experts with nearly eliminating maternal transmission of the disease in the U.S.
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee Likely to Target Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or delaying them until later in childhood.
nyti.ms
September 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
CDC committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of hepatitis B shots at birth or delaying them. The vaccine is credited by public health experts with nearly eliminating maternal transmission of the disease in the U.S.
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I’ve been having a few too many conversations like this. Them: Hi Kate, how are things with your work, with the world? Me: the university is under attack, democratic norms being broken in half, so, pretty bad. Them: But everything is going to come back and be okay after the midterms. Me: Uhh, no.
August 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I’ve been having a few too many conversations like this. Them: Hi Kate, how are things with your work, with the world? Me: the university is under attack, democratic norms being broken in half, so, pretty bad. Them: But everything is going to come back and be okay after the midterms. Me: Uhh, no.
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CANARY: imma check out this coal mine brb
August 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
CANARY: imma check out this coal mine brb
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It is an extraordinary loss of intellectual expertise that the American people invested millions in developing
Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public
This is like setting money on fire
Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public
This is like setting money on fire
4,000 NASA workers are leaving through deferred resignation. "The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce" www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.
www.npr.org
July 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It is an extraordinary loss of intellectual expertise that the American people invested millions in developing
Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public
This is like setting money on fire
Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public
This is like setting money on fire
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Inside the story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
nyer.cm
July 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Inside the story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
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I saw Flavor Flav in the mirror
July 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I saw Flavor Flav in the mirror
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I endorse the “personal tent” of @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. Good lord, how about we relish the obvious wins of substantive journalism these days. nymag.com/intelligence...
Are You a $300,000 Writer?
Inside The Atlantic’s extremely expensive hiring spree.
nymag.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for "The President Violated the Constitution" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...
New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution”
“The president remained steadfast in his novel interpretation of constitutional law.”
“Faced with the choice between clinging to the letter of the ...
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June 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for "The President Violated the Constitution" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...
Rachel's great piece
I wrote about Jacinda Ardern’s new memoir and New Zealand’s strange transformation during the pandemic for the New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
Why Did New Zealand Turn on Jacinda Ardern?
A new memoir by the former Prime Minister revisits her time in office but doesn’t explain the confounding transformation the country underwent during COVID.
www.newyorker.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Rachel's great piece