Rachel Riederer
@readerer.bsky.social
writer on science, culture, and the environment
professional allegiances: @newyorker & @newsguild.
back in the day @guernicamag
professional allegiances: @newyorker & @newsguild.
back in the day @guernicamag
The boy’s a natural
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The boy’s a natural
Tish James just told Condé Nast: “See you in court”
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Tish James just told Condé Nast: “See you in court”
NY’s hottest club
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
NY’s hottest club
The only difference between these images is a hat and some Extra Value Meals
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The only difference between these images is a hat and some Extra Value Meals
She just keeps getting better
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
She just keeps getting better
Will never get over the happy baby hanging out in Happy Baby
October 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Will never get over the happy baby hanging out in Happy Baby
PS these flouncy yellows
September 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
PS these flouncy yellows
Timeline cleanse, here is my baby looking at a pond
September 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Timeline cleanse, here is my baby looking at a pond
morning garden update
August 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
morning garden update
have achieved summer gardener nirvana (the green bean vines are climbing up the tomato plants)
July 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
have achieved summer gardener nirvana (the green bean vines are climbing up the tomato plants)
Some personal news
June 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Some personal news
All winter/spring I have been starting seedlings indoors to make a beautiful economical garden that would make my dirt-farmer forebears proud but then May comes around and as soon as I enter the big hardware store parking lot I become the cartoon “ah-oogah” wolf
May 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
All winter/spring I have been starting seedlings indoors to make a beautiful economical garden that would make my dirt-farmer forebears proud but then May comes around and as soon as I enter the big hardware store parking lot I become the cartoon “ah-oogah” wolf
Keeping my garden:politics posting in balance. Here are some recent developments.
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Keeping my garden:politics posting in balance. Here are some recent developments.
Yes, exactly, why hoard up 400 years’ worth of up Fuck You Money if not to spend it on the perfect Fuck You
April 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Yes, exactly, why hoard up 400 years’ worth of up Fuck You Money if not to spend it on the perfect Fuck You
A rule I made for 2025 is for every Trump post I do at least one garden post so here are the neighbors’ flowering trees
April 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A rule I made for 2025 is for every Trump post I do at least one garden post so here are the neighbors’ flowering trees
garlic scapes, a strawberry escape artist, first muscari, almost-ready daffodils
April 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
garlic scapes, a strawberry escape artist, first muscari, almost-ready daffodils
dwarf iris giving nuclear-hazard warning, very spring 2025
March 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
dwarf iris giving nuclear-hazard warning, very spring 2025
In other news the garden is officially starting to bloom
March 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In other news the garden is officially starting to bloom
Several pieces of my writing—including the most deeply personal thing I have ever published—were used in Meta’s AI training database without my knowledge or consent. Where do I sign up for the class action lawsuit?
March 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Several pieces of my writing—including the most deeply personal thing I have ever published—were used in Meta’s AI training database without my knowledge or consent. Where do I sign up for the class action lawsuit?