Ethan Harfenist
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Ethan Harfenist
@harfenist.bsky.social
NY-based editor and sometimes reporter | Pursuing MLIS @ CUNY Queens College

Work in SPLC, LA Times, Newsweek, Bloomberg, CJR, VICE News, Quartz, NowThis, Mongabay, DNAinfo, Phnom Penh Post, BOMB Magazine, The Diplomat, East Side Feed, more

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November 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
What a photo.
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I feel like we’re 6 weeks away from international oligarchs flocking to exclusive dining clubs that exclusively serve ortolan
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bootleg Loony Toons shirts, much like bootleg Simpsons shirts, are so funny in how absolutely tone deaf they are
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thank Gd this will be finally be put to rest (….right?)
November 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Mike Johnson to his Republican (and Dem) cronies every night for the past two months
November 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
(Not my photo, but I def agree.)
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Possibly my favorite photo of MF DOOM
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I’m taking it upon myself to finally TRULY learn the final boss in the non-imperial system: Celsius. What the fuck does this mean
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Good cover.
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A friend of mine sent this to me with the caption “I thought this was Zelenskyy with new drip”
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There were barely any left at my local 7-Eleven lol. Hate that I’m supporting News Corp. but I mean, come on—it’s just too badass.
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“What have I done to deserve this progressive, multicultural Manhattan?”
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Fuck yeah
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Imagine if this were still the case today.
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
One conspiracy theory I sorta believe: The Vatican still has the menorah looted from the Second Temple as shown on the Arc of Titus, but the Holy See can never admit to that because it risks igniting a global catastrophe/an admission of profound guilt
November 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It’s probably because I can’t read it/just like the way Kanji/Japanese looks, but newspapers in Japan have such awesome layouts and seem to go vertical so much more often.

This is a slip that was given out in Yamamoto’s hometown in Bizen, Okayama.
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It’s marathon day by me and lemme tell ya, I admire the runners but I hate these crowds lol
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The sky in New York is positively ethereal today. Happy Hall🎃ween.
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
My brother, a #Wharton alum, and seemingly every other @upenn.edu alum received this email allegedly sent out by hackers.
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
They have to tape these 50x over because they know people will want to correctly rip them down and put them in the trash where they belong.
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One of my favorite things to tell people is that the “Vulcan Salute” 🖖 is just Leonard Nimoy paying homage to an old Jewish Cohen (priest) hand gesture
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
And how fucking cool the blood splatter vinyl I own of it is
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This blew my mind. The Habsburgs may have been rich, but this poor, poor man…
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
October 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM