Diana Hubbell
@dianahubbell.bsky.social
2X James Beard winner
Alum of Atlas Obscura + Gastro Obscura
New York, previously based in Berlin + Bangkok
Illo by Adam Waito. she/her
dianahubbell.com
Alum of Atlas Obscura + Gastro Obscura
New York, previously based in Berlin + Bangkok
Illo by Adam Waito. she/her
dianahubbell.com
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November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So thrilled to see my first piece for @saveur.com out in the world www.saveur.com/travel/berli...
Berlin’s Cemetery Cafés Are Very Much Alive
A journey through Berlin’s cemetery cafés—inviting green spaces where locals gather for cake, coffee, and community between life and death.
www.saveur.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So thrilled to see my first piece for @saveur.com out in the world www.saveur.com/travel/berli...
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"Sugar was scarce."
Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @dianahubbell.bsky.social & @popsci.com!
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www.popsci.com/health/hersh...
Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @dianahubbell.bsky.social & @popsci.com!
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www.popsci.com/health/hersh...
How WWII made Hershey and Mars Halloween candy kings
From sugar shortages to military contracts, World War II helped make M&Ms and Hershey’s bars into symbols of American abundance.
www.popsci.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Sugar was scarce."
Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @dianahubbell.bsky.social & @popsci.com!
Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
www.popsci.com/health/hersh...
Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @dianahubbell.bsky.social & @popsci.com!
Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
www.popsci.com/health/hersh...
Over the past few years, Chika Hanyu has built up a cult following entirely by word of mouth, all while making extraordinary cream puffs, canelés, and cakes out of a ghost kitchen in Sunnyside, Queens. Check out my latest piece for @eater.bsky.social. ny.eater.com/dining-out-i...
Meet NYC’s Most Under-the-Radar Pastry Maven
Chika Hanyu is making next-level cream puffs and cakes out of a ghost kitchen in Sunnyside
ny.eater.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Over the past few years, Chika Hanyu has built up a cult following entirely by word of mouth, all while making extraordinary cream puffs, canelés, and cakes out of a ghost kitchen in Sunnyside, Queens. Check out my latest piece for @eater.bsky.social. ny.eater.com/dining-out-i...
I said goodbye to a lot of things this past summer, among them my favorite bar in New York. I wrote about letting go, a thing I am fundamentally bad at and do not like one little bit. Shoutout to the wonderful folks at @offassignment.bsky.social www.offassignment.com/gttp/diana-h...
Goodbye to Dirty Precious — Off Assignment
“I’ve heard it said that the key to loving New York is learning to live with perpetual loss. The longer you stay in this inconstant city, the more rubble accumulates on the map etched into your psyche...
www.offassignment.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I said goodbye to a lot of things this past summer, among them my favorite bar in New York. I wrote about letting go, a thing I am fundamentally bad at and do not like one little bit. Shoutout to the wonderful folks at @offassignment.bsky.social www.offassignment.com/gttp/diana-h...
I'm constantly amazed how deeply entwined the US food system is with the military industrial complex. Here's why Hershey's became "The Great American Chocolate Bar," featuring a rogue pilot who became known as "The Berlin Candy Bomber" www.popsci.com/health/hersh...
How WWII made Hershey and Mars Halloween candy kings
From sugar shortages to military contracts, World War II helped make M&Ms and Hershey’s bars into symbols of American abundance.
www.popsci.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm constantly amazed how deeply entwined the US food system is with the military industrial complex. Here's why Hershey's became "The Great American Chocolate Bar," featuring a rogue pilot who became known as "The Berlin Candy Bomber" www.popsci.com/health/hersh...
Wrote a love letter to my local blog.resy.com/2025/09/chez...
Chez Ma Tante Is the Ultimate Neighborhood Restaurant — Resy | Right This Way
Greenpointers are proud to call this chic, unassuming bar and restaurant — named after a storied Montreal Hot Dog shack — their own.
blog.resy.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Wrote a love letter to my local blog.resy.com/2025/09/chez...
New York is awash in really fantastic Thai food right now. I wrote about one of the best newcomers blog.resy.com/2025/08/sams...
Samsaen Whisks Diners on a Journey Through Regional Thai Gastronomy — Resy | Right This Way
One of Queens’ top Thai chefs now has a place in Manhattan, named for his childhood Bangkok neighborhood and inspired by its train station.
blog.resy.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New York is awash in really fantastic Thai food right now. I wrote about one of the best newcomers blog.resy.com/2025/08/sams...
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As we listen to RFK's heavy, heavy breathing before Congress, take a moment and read @wired.com's package on what is really going on with science and medicine right now! www.wired.com/beyond-welln...
September 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As we listen to RFK's heavy, heavy breathing before Congress, take a moment and read @wired.com's package on what is really going on with science and medicine right now! www.wired.com/beyond-welln...
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Today, Labor Day stands for little more than summer’s end, sales, and maybe a barbecue. But it was originally meant to honor both the individual worker and what workers accomplish together through activism and organizing, Chad Broughton wrote in 2014. https://theatln.tc/AIcURZrb
September 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today, Labor Day stands for little more than summer’s end, sales, and maybe a barbecue. But it was originally meant to honor both the individual worker and what workers accomplish together through activism and organizing, Chad Broughton wrote in 2014. https://theatln.tc/AIcURZrb
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Money can't buy you class!
Mark Zuckerberg went on a hiring spree to lure top AI research talent to Meta. At least three recent hires have resigned: www.wired.com/story/resear...
Researchers Are Already Leaving Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab
CEO Mark Zuckerberg went on a recruiting blitz to lure top AI researchers to Meta. WIRED has confirmed that three recent hires have now resigned.
www.wired.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Money can't buy you class!
Real question for editors out there: has gen AI killed the em dash? Are we no longer allowed to use the most fun form of punctuation?
August 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Real question for editors out there: has gen AI killed the em dash? Are we no longer allowed to use the most fun form of punctuation?
Check out my latest for @popsci.com www.popsci.com/science/what...
What's really the safest seat in a car? An auto expert weighs in.
One is definitely better than the rest, but there are a lot of other factors to consider.
www.popsci.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Check out my latest for @popsci.com www.popsci.com/science/what...
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Suddenly, Silicon Valley Is Lowering AI Expectations: “AI is still a huge deal, they’re suggesting. But after years of issuing one sort of warning, they’re now voicing another: Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.” nymag.com/intelligence...
August 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Suddenly, Silicon Valley Is Lowering AI Expectations: “AI is still a huge deal, they’re suggesting. But after years of issuing one sort of warning, they’re now voicing another: Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.” nymag.com/intelligence...
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They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say
August 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say
we love to see it
Some incredibly good news:
One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print.
In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast.
In short, it’s working.
So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.
One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print.
In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast.
In short, it’s working.
So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.
Exclusive | The Onion Brought Back Its Print Edition. The Gamble Is Paying Off.
Publications turn to the old-style products to appeal to nostalgic readers and stand out in a crowded digital-media landscape.
www.wsj.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
we love to see it
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This is not a joke: I’ve started opening my drafts with “The woman wondered what she had gotten herself into” and writing about whatever from there, and it’s honestly been nuking my writer’s block
August 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is not a joke: I’ve started opening my drafts with “The woman wondered what she had gotten herself into” and writing about whatever from there, and it’s honestly been nuking my writer’s block
My first "Ask Anything" column for @popsci.com is live! www.popsci.com/science/why-...
Why do we put seatbacks up for landing? An aviation expert explains.
Two inches might not seem like a big deal, but there’s a good reason for it.
www.popsci.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My first "Ask Anything" column for @popsci.com is live! www.popsci.com/science/why-...
Bittersweet but still really something to see the first big editorial package I commissioned and ran out in the world. The Great Escape features on-the-ground reporting and photography from regions across the U.S., plus some beautiful illustrations www.atlasobscura.com/hubs/the-gre...
The Great Escape
The Great Escape is your guide to planning unforgettable family and group adventures across the U.S.
www.atlasobscura.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Bittersweet but still really something to see the first big editorial package I commissioned and ran out in the world. The Great Escape features on-the-ground reporting and photography from regions across the U.S., plus some beautiful illustrations www.atlasobscura.com/hubs/the-gre...
Good, now stop stealing traffic from the food journalists reporting the stories too thx www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Google Ends Recipe Pilot That Left Creators Fearing Web-Traffic Hit
Google has ended tests of a feature that would have let users open a snapshot of cooking-recipe content directly in web search results — a welcome development for creators and food bloggers who were c...
www.bloomberg.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Good, now stop stealing traffic from the food journalists reporting the stories too thx www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Last year, I wrote a Sydney dining guide for Gastro Obscura's Feast. The series covered 9 cities (from Lagos to Penang) and has just won a James Beard media award for Dining & Travel! Congrats to @dianahubbell.bsky.social, Anne Ewbank and Sam O'Brien on the win!
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whe...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whe...
A Gastro Obscura Guide to Sydney
Wattleseed pudding, Vegemite-braised ribs, and more freewheeling fusion in the harbor city.
www.atlasobscura.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Last year, I wrote a Sydney dining guide for Gastro Obscura's Feast. The series covered 9 cities (from Lagos to Penang) and has just won a James Beard media award for Dining & Travel! Congrats to @dianahubbell.bsky.social, Anne Ewbank and Sam O'Brien on the win!
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whe...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whe...
Next up is Mason J. Adams, who takes readers on a remarkable journey from mountain string-music jamborees to old-growth forests to a chef serving up her own rendition of a Black Appalachian fish fry www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...
The Explorer’s Guide to Road Tripping Around Appalachia
Seek out old-growth forests, live bluegrass, and an old-school fish fry.
www.atlasobscura.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Next up is Mason J. Adams, who takes readers on a remarkable journey from mountain string-music jamborees to old-growth forests to a chef serving up her own rendition of a Black Appalachian fish fry www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...
The first piece of the first big editorial package I commissioned is out and it's a real banger. Aaron Joel Santos road tripped 400 miles from Memphis to his hometown of New Orleans for @atlasobscura.com www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...
The Explorer’s Guide to Road Tripping Down Highway 61
Highway 61 is known as “The Blues Highway” as it makes its way from New Orleans to Memphis, following the Mississippi River through lands forged over eons, from the coastal swamps of Louisiana to the ...
www.atlasobscura.com
May 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The first piece of the first big editorial package I commissioned is out and it's a real banger. Aaron Joel Santos road tripped 400 miles from Memphis to his hometown of New Orleans for @atlasobscura.com www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...
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OpenAI has benefitted from generating images in distinctive creative styles, particularly that of the Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli.
In doing so, it's trampled over human creativity—and perhaps even legal precedent, Alex Reisner writes.
In doing so, it's trampled over human creativity—and perhaps even legal precedent, Alex Reisner writes.
ChatGPT Turned Into a Studio Ghibli Machine. How Is That Legal?
Three possible arguments against the tech company
bit.ly
May 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
OpenAI has benefitted from generating images in distinctive creative styles, particularly that of the Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli.
In doing so, it's trampled over human creativity—and perhaps even legal precedent, Alex Reisner writes.
In doing so, it's trampled over human creativity—and perhaps even legal precedent, Alex Reisner writes.