Editor/writer/utility player at @nymag's @intelligencer. Formerly of the blogosphere. Space and time-limited gardener.

Joined February 2010
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RT @farnazfassihi: Marjan Satrapi wrote the story of our generation. A memoir and a history of Iran’s turbulent 20th-century politics, one…
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Once again, the Way Back Machine is the only thing protecting an enormous amount of important work from oblivion — unless media orgs commit to preserving archives no matter what, and/or allow/help others to do that. The Internet should not just be ephemeral.
It's likely not going to have everything (and the interactivity that you got used on on 538 is likely not duplicated) - but the Way Back Machine has a lot of the 538 content archived. 183K snapshots starting back in 2008
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I had a by turns illuminating, enraging, and hopeful discussion about the destruction of USAID with whistleblower (and high-school classmate!) Nick Enrich. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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Wow.
I built a dashboard to explore the last 25 years of @nytimes coverage. 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, 26K reporters. It's fascinating to look at the world’s preeminent news organization not as daily stories but as patterns of attention, ebbing and flowing. tedalcorn.github.io/nyt/
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A US blockade, if actually enforced, would mean fewer ships going through Hormuz, not more. I broke it down for @NYMag.
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A must-watch interview cnn.com/2026/04/03/tv/video/…
“With everything we do, we are undercutting the laws of war,” says former NSC official Gary Sick. At 91, he reflects, “I would never have believed that we would find ourselves in the position that we’re in, as the rogue nation in the world.”
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I was interviewed by @realaxelfoley from @NYMag on Trump’s military options in Iran. All are ugly and unlikely to end the war. There is no “escalate-to-deescalate” option. Putting boots on the ground to extract Iran’s HEU is the *worst* option of all. @defpriorities nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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this is so very sad - ive subscribed to the newsletter for such a long time now with so many others, been such an avid reader, to not see it land anymore is... gutting
I have been laid off today from the @washingtonpost, along with most of the International staff and so many other wonderful colleagues. I’m heartbroken for our newsroom and especially for the peerless journalists who served the Post internationally — editors and correspondents who have been my friends and collaborators for almost 12 years. It’s been an honor to work with them. I launched the WorldView column in January 2017 to help readers better understand the world and America’s place in it and I’m grateful for the half a million loyal subscribers who tuned into the column several times a week over the years.
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A number of scoops & new details in here, including Mace having staffers make booze runs for her after midnight earlier in her career. She also made the staff clean her Airbnbs. But that all pales in comparison to what my sources see in public lately. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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Reminder of Trump’s idea of “helping” Iranians: visa bans, asylum shutoffs, deportations back to Iran, and a crushing economic siege since 2018 that has devastated ordinary people. Forgive anyone for doubting the sincerity.
BREAKING: Sec. Marco Rubio freezes all foreign visa processing indefinitely from 75 countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Yemen.
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Missing important context ! US suspension applies only to immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries and will begin January 21, 2026. Will not effect all as said in the post and non-immigrant visas such as tourist or business visas will not be effected. Sources:- reuters.com/world/us/us-su… washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…
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This is complete fake news, and yet it has 1.5 million views. The protests in Iran are drawing a huge stream of fake news on social media. Please stop sharing sensationalist posts like this merely designed for maximum engagement.
🚨Update: Rumors are coming out of Iran that the Ayatollah was killed by rioters and rebellious troops!
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There are no credible reports of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death; he addressed the public on January 9, 2026, amid ongoing protests in Iran where dozens of demonstrators have been killed in government crackdowns. aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/9/… nytimes.com/2026/01/04/wor…
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An evergreen lesson: People outside Iran who very confidently claim they know what is going on inside Iran, or what's going to happen next, usually don't
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How Nigerian communities are being poisoned by factories that recycle lead for U.S. car batteries - major investigation by @petersgoodman @WillFitzgibbon and Samuel Granados nytimes.com/interactive/2025…
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Now this is journalism
No one asked, but we delivered (and had wayyy too much fun finding them): cityandstateny.com/personali…
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How did football buddies from Utah join a coup in the Congo? Greg Donahue reports on the creation of two of the least likely soldiers of fortune. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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The whole premise of internet publishing — that you could reach audiences far and wide — is starting to crumble: nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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