Bill Wasik
@billwasik.bsky.social
Editorial director, NYT Magazine
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Found in the bathroom of the Lyme, NH library.
January 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Found in the bathroom of the Lyme, NH library.
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my guess is a DraftKings commercial with the phrase When Harry Bet Sally, with the diner scene after winning a parlay
January 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
my guess is a DraftKings commercial with the phrase When Harry Bet Sally, with the diner scene after winning a parlay
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No one EVER learns the lesson of Surf Dracula
January 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
No one EVER learns the lesson of Surf Dracula
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Today I Learned: That the Jackson 5 once covered Jackson Browne's "Doctor My Eyes"
youtu.be/JSVQVbBJd34
youtu.be/JSVQVbBJd34
Doctor My Eyes
YouTube video by The Jackson 5 - Topic
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January 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Today I Learned: That the Jackson 5 once covered Jackson Browne's "Doctor My Eyes"
youtu.be/JSVQVbBJd34
youtu.be/JSVQVbBJd34
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a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers
1. Spinoza
1. Spinoza
December 19, 2024 at 12:05 PM
a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers
1. Spinoza
1. Spinoza
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If you're looking for one journalist to read every story of, it should probably be Eli Saslow. You do not luck into this level of intimate reporting over and over again
“I’ve never felt like a foreigner until now.” His friends and family members in a Georgia town voted for Donald Trump in support of mass deportation. Now he is scrambling to stay in the country.
His Family Voted to Support Trump’s Deportation Plan. That Includes Him.
His friends and family members in Rome, Ga., voted to support mass deportation. Now he’s scrambling to stay in the country.
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December 16, 2024 at 12:17 AM
If you're looking for one journalist to read every story of, it should probably be Eli Saslow. You do not luck into this level of intimate reporting over and over again
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Another case of a conventionally attractive star taking a role that should have rightly gone to a Hutt.
unprecedented levels of WHAAA?????? over here: variety.com/2024/film/ne...
Jeremy Allen White Joins ‘Star Wars’ Film ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ as Jabba the Hutt’s Son
"Star Wars" movie "The Mandalorian and Grogu" has added Jeremy Allen White, the Emmy-winning star of "The Bear," as the voice of Jabba the Hutt's son.
variety.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Another case of a conventionally attractive star taking a role that should have rightly gone to a Hutt.
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What a photo. A new NYT pic of Luigi Mangione being brought into a Pennsylvania courthouse tonight.
📸 by Rachel Wisniewski
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
📸 by Rachel Wisniewski
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
December 9, 2024 at 11:20 PM
What a photo. A new NYT pic of Luigi Mangione being brought into a Pennsylvania courthouse tonight.
📸 by Rachel Wisniewski
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
📸 by Rachel Wisniewski
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
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incredible piece, especially in how it handles both the truth and the fiction (🎁) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/m...
What Alice Munro Knew (Gift Article)
The Nobel-winning author’s husband was a pedophile who targeted her daughter and other children. Why did she stay silent?
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December 8, 2024 at 3:35 PM
incredible piece, especially in how it handles both the truth and the fiction (🎁) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/m...
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I wrote an essay for @nytimes.com Ideas about how people decide where to give away money and how the tech industry's obsession with optimization filtered into so many parts of our culture. Here's a gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b...
What if Charity Shouldn’t Be Optimized? (Gift Article)
The recent trend in philanthropy has been to look for the most bang for your buck. Maybe you don’t have to.
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December 7, 2024 at 2:10 PM
I wrote an essay for @nytimes.com Ideas about how people decide where to give away money and how the tech industry's obsession with optimization filtered into so many parts of our culture. Here's a gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b...
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The CEO’s assassin yesterday used a silencer. Murders with silencers have been rare. But the proliferation of silencers here in Fantasyland—that is, the U.S.—is staggering, quintupling since 2016 to 5 million. The gun industry’s silencer sales are approaching $1 billion a year.
December 5, 2024 at 3:38 PM
The CEO’s assassin yesterday used a silencer. Murders with silencers have been rare. But the proliferation of silencers here in Fantasyland—that is, the U.S.—is staggering, quintupling since 2016 to 5 million. The gun industry’s silencer sales are approaching $1 billion a year.
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“I don’t personally know anybody that has hit a level of fame that likes it. I have a friend who became famous overnight and his horror story was realizing, ‘Oh, it’s too late. I fucked my life.’”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/m...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/m...
Kieran Culkin Could Rule Oscar Season. He’d Rather Be at Home. (Gift Article)
The “Succession” actor is an awards front-runner for “A Real Pain,” but his actual priority is being a dad: “That’s the whole point of life.”
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December 4, 2024 at 2:37 PM
“I don’t personally know anybody that has hit a level of fame that likes it. I have a friend who became famous overnight and his horror story was realizing, ‘Oh, it’s too late. I fucked my life.’”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/m...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/m...
David Wallace-Wells’s new piece on Covid revisionism is right on the money. messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
The false premise shaping Trump’s public health picks
messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:45 PM
David Wallace-Wells’s new piece on Covid revisionism is right on the money. messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...