Kristen Steenbeeke
@common-loon.bsky.social
poet laureate of hell
copy editor at the new yorker
copy editor at the new yorker
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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Condé Nast's actions are in direct violation of our contracts and of labor law. Solidarity with our unjustly fired colleagues across the company. This is not over.
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Condé Nast's actions are in direct violation of our contracts and of labor law. Solidarity with our unjustly fired colleagues across the company. This is not over.
Again I have reported the essential news of Texas
Burned Out on the News? Watch These Texas Critters Frolic Instead
Spy on curious meerkats in El Paso, adore the Houston Zoo’s baby giraffe, or watch North Texas bats snooze in tiny hammocks.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Again I have reported the essential news of Texas
My newest TM piece about David Lynch's musical muse, who told me all about what it's like to run a natural-burial cemetery:
Why Chrystabell Moved Home to Texas to Run a Green-Burial Cemetery
The co-owner of a Texas memorial park that uses solely biodegradable materials explains the dos and don’ts of decomposition.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 13, 2024 at 8:33 PM
My newest TM piece about David Lynch's musical muse, who told me all about what it's like to run a natural-burial cemetery:
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November 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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Thanks to @common-loon.bsky.social @texasmonthly.bsky.social for taking the invitation to step off the pavement and see what might be hiding in plain sight. Super fun to see a review that so innovatively riffs on its narrative subject: www.texasmonthly.com/travel/natur...
Christopher Brown’s Abandoned Lots Are Anything but Empty
The Austin author’s sprawling, philosophical new book is an ode to overgrown and abandoned spaces.
www.texasmonthly.com
September 23, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Thanks to @common-loon.bsky.social @texasmonthly.bsky.social for taking the invitation to step off the pavement and see what might be hiding in plain sight. Super fun to see a review that so innovatively riffs on its narrative subject: www.texasmonthly.com/travel/natur...
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This Q&A by @common-loon.bsky.social with her mom about Jensen Ackles, incredibly niche fandom, age, and grief is a really fantastic read www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
A Q&A With Actor Jensen Ackles’s Biggest Fan: My Mom
“He’s a very positive person,” my mom says.
www.texasmonthly.com
April 26, 2024 at 4:39 AM
This Q&A by @common-loon.bsky.social with her mom about Jensen Ackles, incredibly niche fandom, age, and grief is a really fantastic read www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
Straight-up interviewed my mom for @texasmonthly.bsky.social and this is NOT an April Fool's joke: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
A Q&A With Actor Jensen Ackles’s Biggest Fan: My Mom
“He’s a very positive person,” my mom says.
www.texasmonthly.com
April 1, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Straight-up interviewed my mom for @texasmonthly.bsky.social and this is NOT an April Fool's joke: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
quote this message with street graffiti from your phone
March 30, 2024 at 7:03 PM
quote this message with street graffiti from your phone
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fellas, is it jay to be a medium-sized, colorful, frequently noisy member of the crow family Corvidae?
March 15, 2024 at 11:04 PM
fellas, is it jay to be a medium-sized, colorful, frequently noisy member of the crow family Corvidae?
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Proud to have been part of the team that computationally analyzed the New York Times' biased coverage of Israel and Palestine. This is part of a broader effort by Writers Against the War On Gaza, who released today a tour-de-force exposé of NYT: newyorkwarcrimes.com
March 14, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Proud to have been part of the team that computationally analyzed the New York Times' biased coverage of Israel and Palestine. This is part of a broader effort by Writers Against the War On Gaza, who released today a tour-de-force exposé of NYT: newyorkwarcrimes.com
presidents will literally build a pier instead of demanding a ceasefire
March 7, 2024 at 5:35 PM
presidents will literally build a pier instead of demanding a ceasefire
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The brilliant @common-loon.bsky.social and I went to visit the Fossil Rim animal sanctuary, and she wrote about it for Texas Monthly. I was not allowed to see the cats on account of “wanting to just wrassle em around a bit.” Apparently that’s against protocol.
www.texasmonthly.com/travel/afric...
www.texasmonthly.com/travel/afric...
Africa’s Smallest and Deadliest Wildcat Is Making a Comeback in Texas
Thirteen black-footed cats have been born at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, in Glen Rose. The felines weigh barely four pounds, but watch out: they’re killers.
www.texasmonthly.com
February 28, 2024 at 6:10 PM
The brilliant @common-loon.bsky.social and I went to visit the Fossil Rim animal sanctuary, and she wrote about it for Texas Monthly. I was not allowed to see the cats on account of “wanting to just wrassle em around a bit.” Apparently that’s against protocol.
www.texasmonthly.com/travel/afric...
www.texasmonthly.com/travel/afric...
They're tiny! They're small! They're wee! They'd kill you if they could ❤️ Got to meet some black-footed cats for @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/travel/afric...
Africa’s Smallest and Deadliest Wildcat Is Making a Comeback in Texas
Thirteen black-footed cats have been born at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, in Glen Rose. The felines weigh barely four pounds, but watch out: they’re killers.
www.texasmonthly.com
February 28, 2024 at 5:36 PM
They're tiny! They're small! They're wee! They'd kill you if they could ❤️ Got to meet some black-footed cats for @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/travel/afric...
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Journalism is really thriving under the business model of “private capital takes over, the new bosses pay themselves whatever money is on hand, and then they announce oh jeez this place is broke we gotta shut it down“
January 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Journalism is really thriving under the business model of “private capital takes over, the new bosses pay themselves whatever money is on hand, and then they announce oh jeez this place is broke we gotta shut it down“
Imagine emerging from this bathroom to find you’re on the freeway
February 22, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Imagine emerging from this bathroom to find you’re on the freeway
someone said the word “pedant” today and suddenly all I could think about was this guy crossing a street
February 19, 2024 at 8:47 PM
someone said the word “pedant” today and suddenly all I could think about was this guy crossing a street
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once again it’s time to revisit the one moment we could’ve all come to our senses and collectively decided “I’m not ready for the internet”
February 19, 2024 at 12:58 AM
once again it’s time to revisit the one moment we could’ve all come to our senses and collectively decided “I’m not ready for the internet”
I would give a lot of money for the slime watch
February 12, 2024 at 6:52 PM
I would give a lot of money for the slime watch
a group of ten year old boys on the plane just finished NYT Connections before @williefitz.bsky.social and me, two people with master’s degrees in writing
February 9, 2024 at 2:43 PM
a group of ten year old boys on the plane just finished NYT Connections before @williefitz.bsky.social and me, two people with master’s degrees in writing
last night I watched a guy flirt by explaining how to tie a keffiyeh to a woman who told him she’d bought it on amazon
January 24, 2024 at 3:44 PM
last night I watched a guy flirt by explaining how to tie a keffiyeh to a woman who told him she’d bought it on amazon
So many people have been asking so I thought I’d finally share some glimpses of the frogs in my father’s antique stein collection
January 15, 2024 at 9:20 PM
So many people have been asking so I thought I’d finally share some glimpses of the frogs in my father’s antique stein collection
thigh gaps are OUT, being only a set of legs with no torso or head is IN
January 13, 2024 at 11:09 PM
thigh gaps are OUT, being only a set of legs with no torso or head is IN