Liz Henry
@lizhenry.bsky.social
I write the newsletter Flop Era. Former senior editor at Scary Mommy. Words previously in WaPo and NYT. Probably buying nonsense.
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Why the Left Can’t Stand The New York Times
<p>Every morning that I’m not hungover, I wake up around 8am, because that is when my two cats start howling for breakfast. I feed them, make coffee, and walk barefoot and unwashed (mug in hand) throu...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Last night I desperately needed a laugh and I turned to the only thing I knew could do it without question: I Love Lucy. And, for a solid hour, Lucy and her merry band of misfits delivered gifts.
September 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Last night I desperately needed a laugh and I turned to the only thing I knew could do it without question: I Love Lucy. And, for a solid hour, Lucy and her merry band of misfits delivered gifts.
No.
AI can be used to automate tasks—and entire jobs. But it could also be designed to collaborate with humans. David Autor and James Manyika on why we should focus on the latter:
https://theatln.tc/Ptr6gnOw
https://theatln.tc/Ptr6gnOw
August 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
No.
Every time I read some AI mouthpiece spouting AI nonsense I think to myself "Did I really buy into this bullshit when they did this for social media??" Because everyone is so clearly full of shit
August 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Every time I read some AI mouthpiece spouting AI nonsense I think to myself "Did I really buy into this bullshit when they did this for social media??" Because everyone is so clearly full of shit
Making $142K and living in a rent-controlled apartment when people are in homeless shelters with salaries close to $100K in NYC, it has to be addressed. Isn't this really a battle between two nepo babies? And one who walked the streets, shaking hands like it wasn't? Am I missing something?
Hakeem Jeffries says of Cuomo's attacks on Mamdani for living in a rent controlled apartment: "It's a legitimate issue that has been raised, and the [Mamdani] campaign is going to have to address it."
August 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Making $142K and living in a rent-controlled apartment when people are in homeless shelters with salaries close to $100K in NYC, it has to be addressed. Isn't this really a battle between two nepo babies? And one who walked the streets, shaking hands like it wasn't? Am I missing something?
Saw WEAPONS last night with the fam, and we had no idea it was filmed in our old Atlanta neighborhood. So that was wild
August 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Saw WEAPONS last night with the fam, and we had no idea it was filmed in our old Atlanta neighborhood. So that was wild
Today I revisited HRC's speech at the UN Conference for Women in Beijing, and it's still a banger. Which fucks me up that it's almost all still relevant and, in many ways, we're even farther away than we were 30 years ago
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American Rhetoric: Hillary Rodham Clinton -- United Nations 4th World
Conference Speech ("Women's Rights are Human Rights")
Complete text and audio and video of Hillary Rodham Clinton - Remarks to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women Plenary Session Speech
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August 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today I revisited HRC's speech at the UN Conference for Women in Beijing, and it's still a banger. Which fucks me up that it's almost all still relevant and, in many ways, we're even farther away than we were 30 years ago
www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/hil...
www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/hil...
Sometimes I come across a piece and put it in the "It aint that deep" file and this is one of them. Do less is the answer but fight it all you want
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"Just Do Less"—And Other Unhelpful Tips for Women
This is bad advice that pretends to be empowering
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July 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Sometimes I come across a piece and put it in the "It aint that deep" file and this is one of them. Do less is the answer but fight it all you want
keralagoodkin.substack.com/p/just-do-le...
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People need to go to prison for these stories.
July 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
People need to go to prison for these stories.
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The manager for the Downey Animal Care Center, urges people who are in a position to adopt to stop by to visit dogs like Canela, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois. A total of 18 animals have been turned in due to the deportations.
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July 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The manager for the Downey Animal Care Center, urges people who are in a position to adopt to stop by to visit dogs like Canela, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois. A total of 18 animals have been turned in due to the deportations.
By @janettev.bsky.social 🐕
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California surgical center staff demanded a warrant when ICE tried to snatch a landscaper. Now DHS is falsely accusing them of assault. Sure—nurses assaulted armed, masked thugs with clipboards🙄. This is retaliation for standing up & exercising free speech.
#OnYourSide
#OnYourSide
July 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
California surgical center staff demanded a warrant when ICE tried to snatch a landscaper. Now DHS is falsely accusing them of assault. Sure—nurses assaulted armed, masked thugs with clipboards🙄. This is retaliation for standing up & exercising free speech.
#OnYourSide
#OnYourSide
people are out here, deeply unwell
It started with nonstick pans. Then it was spoons, coffee cups, and cling wrap. @annielowrey.bsky.social reports on what she learned from her quest to rid plastic from her family’s life. https://theatln.tc/H7ujcsqV
July 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
people are out here, deeply unwell
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Newspapers really were a wild idea.
“I want to know what the president said yesterday.”
“We’ve got you.”
“And what a local grandpa thinks about it.”
“Still got you.”
“Anyone know what the fall fashions are?”
“Still. Got. You.”
“Hey what’s Charlie Brown up to?”
“You’ll never believe this.”
“I want to know what the president said yesterday.”
“We’ve got you.”
“And what a local grandpa thinks about it.”
“Still got you.”
“Anyone know what the fall fashions are?”
“Still. Got. You.”
“Hey what’s Charlie Brown up to?”
“You’ll never believe this.”
July 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Newspapers really were a wild idea.
“I want to know what the president said yesterday.”
“We’ve got you.”
“And what a local grandpa thinks about it.”
“Still got you.”
“Anyone know what the fall fashions are?”
“Still. Got. You.”
“Hey what’s Charlie Brown up to?”
“You’ll never believe this.”
“I want to know what the president said yesterday.”
“We’ve got you.”
“And what a local grandpa thinks about it.”
“Still got you.”
“Anyone know what the fall fashions are?”
“Still. Got. You.”
“Hey what’s Charlie Brown up to?”
“You’ll never believe this.”
As a Pennsylvanian, this mind-melted, blue collar-cosplaying ogre baby needs to get bent and resign immediately
Posted just as ICE and the military began storming a farm and snatching farm workers in California.
Speechless.
Speechless.
July 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
As a Pennsylvanian, this mind-melted, blue collar-cosplaying ogre baby needs to get bent and resign immediately
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Maybe the Democrats’ answer to Republicans stripping healthcare away from Americans and driving up everyone’s costs, should be guaranteeing everyone healthcare and driving down everyone’s costs — while cutting spending by $650B per year?
July 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Maybe the Democrats’ answer to Republicans stripping healthcare away from Americans and driving up everyone’s costs, should be guaranteeing everyone healthcare and driving down everyone’s costs — while cutting spending by $650B per year?
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NEW: Federal agents rolled into MacArthur Park in LA in an unmarked armored vehicle.
My source tells me Mayor Bass showed up with LAPD—and the so-called “agents” got the hell out.
Shady AF!
(Just west of DTLA)
My source tells me Mayor Bass showed up with LAPD—and the so-called “agents” got the hell out.
Shady AF!
(Just west of DTLA)
July 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
NEW: Federal agents rolled into MacArthur Park in LA in an unmarked armored vehicle.
My source tells me Mayor Bass showed up with LAPD—and the so-called “agents” got the hell out.
Shady AF!
(Just west of DTLA)
My source tells me Mayor Bass showed up with LAPD—and the so-called “agents” got the hell out.
Shady AF!
(Just west of DTLA)
If I may add: This was the Old Way of the internet before VCs, and social feeds, all the money showed up. Before Buzzfeed cheapened everything. Be YOU, have something to say, no product lists, no streaming guides, no rankings. The internet is dying because it is boring
July 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If I may add: This was the Old Way of the internet before VCs, and social feeds, all the money showed up. Before Buzzfeed cheapened everything. Be YOU, have something to say, no product lists, no streaming guides, no rankings. The internet is dying because it is boring
I've been extremely depressed about AI. I started a daily convo with my husband where I rage-share a single story about AI. Today, though, I see a northern star. It could be temporary, but I see its glimmer. The point is be so dramatically you in your writing, no way can a robot write it
July 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I've been extremely depressed about AI. I started a daily convo with my husband where I rage-share a single story about AI. Today, though, I see a northern star. It could be temporary, but I see its glimmer. The point is be so dramatically you in your writing, no way can a robot write it
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the basic message of the republican party is “fuck you, you’re on your own.”
Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."
July 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
the basic message of the republican party is “fuck you, you’re on your own.”
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You shut your fucking mouth
July 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You shut your fucking mouth
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The Trump administration is pissed over CNN’s report on ICEBlock, a real-time “early warning” app that alerts users when ICE is in the area.
Now DHS is threatening legal action against CNN and wants to prosecute the app’s creator.
I downloaded it.
Now DHS is threatening legal action against CNN and wants to prosecute the app’s creator.
I downloaded it.
July 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The Trump administration is pissed over CNN’s report on ICEBlock, a real-time “early warning” app that alerts users when ICE is in the area.
Now DHS is threatening legal action against CNN and wants to prosecute the app’s creator.
I downloaded it.
Now DHS is threatening legal action against CNN and wants to prosecute the app’s creator.
I downloaded it.
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This is a great story and photos. Locked down . . . www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hiding from ICE in LA
After raids and protests, many people in Los Angeles are sheltering in place, fearful of deportation.
www.motherjones.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is a great story and photos. Locked down . . . www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I am reading this thing about a writer using AI to find comp titles for the book they wrote. Are people insane? How are you not READING YOUR OWN GENRE so you already know your comp titles?
June 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I am reading this thing about a writer using AI to find comp titles for the book they wrote. Are people insane? How are you not READING YOUR OWN GENRE so you already know your comp titles?
I didn't watch the Trump announcement last night, but I did see a 3 second clip of Trump and his mutants at table 9 walking to the podium. And, y'all, this ragtag presentation for the group project is a fail. Not a literate MF in the bunch.
June 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I didn't watch the Trump announcement last night, but I did see a 3 second clip of Trump and his mutants at table 9 walking to the podium. And, y'all, this ragtag presentation for the group project is a fail. Not a literate MF in the bunch.
Take out the trash, send them back to space
#WolffBites: Venice, Italy, is split. Mayor and big tourism firms eager to rent Venice to Jeff Bezos for his richest-people-only wedding. Activists among average citizens want Venice residents put first. Real battle; outcome unsure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Venice activists plan to disrupt Jeff Bezos's wedding
The Amazon founder and Lauren Sánchez are due to tie the knot next week - as activists say Venice is being turned into an "asset" for the rich and famous.
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June 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Take out the trash, send them back to space