Sheera Frenkel
@sheeraf.bsky.social
NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang.
Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
Just arrived in Paradise (aka Fiji). Going to check out of the world for 5 days.
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Just arrived in Paradise (aka Fiji). Going to check out of the world for 5 days.
Now making seasonal glazes for my mugs.
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Now making seasonal glazes for my mugs.
The videos surfacing online from Sudan are horrifying, and I say this as a journalist who has sadly become an expert on violent videos and images uploaded to the internet over the last decade. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
Executions and Mass Casualties: Videos Show Horror Unfolding in Sudan
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM
The videos surfacing online from Sudan are horrifying, and I say this as a journalist who has sadly become an expert on violent videos and images uploaded to the internet over the last decade. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
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Allan Brooks, the corporate recruiter from Canada I wrote about in August who went into a 3-week-long delusional spiral with ChatGPT, sued OpenAI Thursday, alongside six other plaintiffs. They blame ChatGPT for their mental breakdowns and for four suicides. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
Lawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Suicides and Harmful Delusions
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November 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Allan Brooks, the corporate recruiter from Canada I wrote about in August who went into a 3-week-long delusional spiral with ChatGPT, sued OpenAI Thursday, alongside six other plaintiffs. They blame ChatGPT for their mental breakdowns and for four suicides. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
“The worst test in medicine” is pushing women across the US to have c-section. (As someone who was forced to have a c-section, I appreciate this reporting so much). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/h...
The ‘Worst Test in Medicine’ is Driving America’s High C-Section Rate
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November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“The worst test in medicine” is pushing women across the US to have c-section. (As someone who was forced to have a c-section, I appreciate this reporting so much). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/h...
Disney: Be a beautiful princess and a prince will marry you and live happy ever after.
Kpop Demon Hunters: Start a girl band with your best friends and slay all the boy demons to save the world.
Kpop Demon Hunters: Start a girl band with your best friends and slay all the boy demons to save the world.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Disney: Be a beautiful princess and a prince will marry you and live happy ever after.
Kpop Demon Hunters: Start a girl band with your best friends and slay all the boy demons to save the world.
Kpop Demon Hunters: Start a girl band with your best friends and slay all the boy demons to save the world.
Was talking to my youngest about Kpop demon hunters, and said something about how the male lead really helped save the day by giving the female lead a piece of his soul.
Her response: “Mama, what do you mean, she would have killed him and saved herself either way.”
We have come so far from Disney.
Her response: “Mama, what do you mean, she would have killed him and saved herself either way.”
We have come so far from Disney.
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Was talking to my youngest about Kpop demon hunters, and said something about how the male lead really helped save the day by giving the female lead a piece of his soul.
Her response: “Mama, what do you mean, she would have killed him and saved herself either way.”
We have come so far from Disney.
Her response: “Mama, what do you mean, she would have killed him and saved herself either way.”
We have come so far from Disney.
Today, a member of my family sent me an AI-generated video (from Sora) with the watermark blurred over.
They had no idea it was AI.
Amazing, how that took no time at all.
They had no idea it was AI.
Amazing, how that took no time at all.
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Today, a member of my family sent me an AI-generated video (from Sora) with the watermark blurred over.
They had no idea it was AI.
Amazing, how that took no time at all.
They had no idea it was AI.
Amazing, how that took no time at all.
“Mama, we made your office more fun.”
September 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Mama, we made your office more fun.”
Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...
Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse
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September 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...
Happy New Year to all those marking 5786 rotations!
September 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Happy New Year to all those marking 5786 rotations!
Having a real “you reap what you sow” moment. During peak pandemic years I got my then-toddler involved in regrowing scallions, garlic, and other alliums. She’s now 8, and won’t let me throw away ANYTHING that we can potentially regrow.
Our kitchen has many versions of this:
Our kitchen has many versions of this:
September 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Having a real “you reap what you sow” moment. During peak pandemic years I got my then-toddler involved in regrowing scallions, garlic, and other alliums. She’s now 8, and won’t let me throw away ANYTHING that we can potentially regrow.
Our kitchen has many versions of this:
Our kitchen has many versions of this:
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Remarkable judicial order in Trump NYT lawsuit - tl;dr, this is a lot of PR garbage, not a complaint, please re-file something serious. t.co/Ca48rtRLjp
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437.5.0.pdf
t.co
September 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Remarkable judicial order in Trump NYT lawsuit - tl;dr, this is a lot of PR garbage, not a complaint, please re-file something serious. t.co/Ca48rtRLjp
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Read the second half of your first sentence. They’re literally anti-vaxxers.
CDC committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of hepatitis B shots at birth or delaying them. The vaccine is credited by public health experts with nearly eliminating maternal transmission of the disease in the U.S.
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee Likely to Target Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or delaying them until later in childhood.
nyti.ms
September 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Read the second half of your first sentence. They’re literally anti-vaxxers.
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Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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On the Utah shooter's meme bullet casings, and how the extremely-online shooter is now commonplace.
From @sheeraf.bsky.social, Richard Fausset, and me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
From @sheeraf.bsky.social, Richard Fausset, and me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
The Police Found Messages After Kirk’s Killing. What They Mean Is Unclear.
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September 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
On the Utah shooter's meme bullet casings, and how the extremely-online shooter is now commonplace.
From @sheeraf.bsky.social, Richard Fausset, and me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
From @sheeraf.bsky.social, Richard Fausset, and me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
Social media companies haven’t figured out how to stop violence from going viral.
(And I have written this exact story after the shootings in Christchurch, Pittsburg, Texas, and countless other moments where deadly violence was caught on camera).
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/t...
(And I have written this exact story after the shootings in Christchurch, Pittsburg, Texas, and countless other moments where deadly violence was caught on camera).
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/t...
Videos of Charlie Kirk’s Shooting Spread Rapidly on Social Media
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September 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Social media companies haven’t figured out how to stop violence from going viral.
(And I have written this exact story after the shootings in Christchurch, Pittsburg, Texas, and countless other moments where deadly violence was caught on camera).
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/t...
(And I have written this exact story after the shootings in Christchurch, Pittsburg, Texas, and countless other moments where deadly violence was caught on camera).
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/t...
PSA: It’s always ok not to post the violent video, or take yourself off social media if violent videos are a trigger.
September 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
PSA: It’s always ok not to post the violent video, or take yourself off social media if violent videos are a trigger.
I can’t for the Zodiac truthers to come out of the woodwork for this NYT reporting:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date
Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I can’t for the Zodiac truthers to come out of the woodwork for this NYT reporting:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
New story is up, looking at the excitement around new defense tech companies vying for a part in Golden Dome: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/t...
Tech Companies Show Off for Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’
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September 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New story is up, looking at the excitement around new defense tech companies vying for a part in Golden Dome: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/t...
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Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
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"Mariam Dagga, a visual freelance journalist for The Associated Press, chronicled the stream of wounded and dead that every day flowed into southern Gaza’s main hospital, where she was often based. [...] Dagga was killed Monday by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, according to health officials."
Photos by journalist Mariam Dagga
Mariam Dagga, a visual freelance journalist for The Associated Press, chronicled the stream of wounded and dead that every day flowed into southern Gaza’s main hospital, where she was often based.
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Mariam Dagga, a visual freelance journalist for The Associated Press, chronicled the stream of wounded and dead that every day flowed into southern Gaza’s main hospital, where she was often based. [...] Dagga was killed Monday by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, according to health officials."
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At least half a million people in Gaza City and the surrounding territory are officially suffering from famine, a global group of experts announced, nearly two years into an unrelenting war in which Israel has blocked most food and other aid from entering the Gaza Strip. nyti.ms/4fOZPmP
August 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
At least half a million people in Gaza City and the surrounding territory are officially suffering from famine, a global group of experts announced, nearly two years into an unrelenting war in which Israel has blocked most food and other aid from entering the Gaza Strip. nyti.ms/4fOZPmP
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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A Border Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles
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A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles
Video obtained and verified by 404 Media shows a CBP official wearing Meta's AI glasses, which are capable of recording and connecting with AI. “I think it should be seen in the context of an agency t...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A Border Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles
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