Alexandra Styron
@alstyron.bsky.social
Writer, author of Reading My Father, All The Finest Girls, Steal This Country. mother, dog lover. paying attention.
So @60minutes.bsky.social just ran a gushing piece about the University of Austin, the “anti-woke” university founded by among others, Bari Weiss + Niall Ferguson. Paramount, which bought CBS and cancelled Colbert, is about to buy Weiss’s Free Press. Seeing the future. Not loving it.
September 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
So @60minutes.bsky.social just ran a gushing piece about the University of Austin, the “anti-woke” university founded by among others, Bari Weiss + Niall Ferguson. Paramount, which bought CBS and cancelled Colbert, is about to buy Weiss’s Free Press. Seeing the future. Not loving it.
On Wednesday ICE agents descended on Martha’s Vineyard, profiling people, terrorizing our friends and neighbors, and abducting 20 hardworking people. They covered their faces but not their arms. Did someone say something about tattoos and gangs?
May 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
On Wednesday ICE agents descended on Martha’s Vineyard, profiling people, terrorizing our friends and neighbors, and abducting 20 hardworking people. They covered their faces but not their arms. Did someone say something about tattoos and gangs?
@nickkristof.bsky.social I’m a huge fan and really appreciate this piece but I wish we could stop embracing “elites” to describe educated, decent folks like you and me. It was coined as a pejorative. Your message of open-mindedness is well taken. Rejecting labels begins at home.
Opinion | A Book Club for Bewildered Democrats
Democrats will have no shot at containing Trump if they don’t first understand why voters turn to him.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
@nickkristof.bsky.social I’m a huge fan and really appreciate this piece but I wish we could stop embracing “elites” to describe educated, decent folks like you and me. It was coined as a pejorative. Your message of open-mindedness is well taken. Rejecting labels begins at home.
Yesterday morning word spread that ICE had arrived on Martha’s Vineyard. The Brazilian population, a vital part of the island workforce, went into hiding. People said the whole island felt like a ghost town. www.mvtimes.com/2025/01/30/i...
ICE rumors spread Island-wide fear - The Martha's Vineyard Times
The fear is real. Amid rumors and speculation that federal immigration enforcement agents would conduct raids on the Island on Thursday, schools and local businesses reported widespread absenteeism be...
www.mvtimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Yesterday morning word spread that ICE had arrived on Martha’s Vineyard. The Brazilian population, a vital part of the island workforce, went into hiding. People said the whole island felt like a ghost town. www.mvtimes.com/2025/01/30/i...
Political satire is dead.
November 16, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Political satire is dead.
Wow. This story is extra sinister and hugely important to understanding how we got here.
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Inside the Republican false-flag effort to turn off Kamala Harris voters
A multi-pronged dark money effort by advisers to Elon Musk targeted liberals, Jews, Muslims and Black voters with ads that were not quite what they seemed.
wapo.st
November 16, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Wow. This story is extra sinister and hugely important to understanding how we got here.
wapo.st/4fMMdHw
wapo.st/4fMMdHw