🇬🇾 🇹🇹💩 / yayvanita@gmail.com / mastodon.ie/@valisbury (I dunno)
Joined March 2009
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7 Apr 2014
"Never trust a big butt and a smile." #BellBivDeVoepuppies #BDPpuppies
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Jun 14
"Try to get on SVU"
–– Jalen Brunson on what's next
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Jun 14
Spike Lee was paraded through Fort Greene in Brooklyn like he was the pope.
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Jun 12
I'd love to have some emerging writers sharing links & observations on culture, taste, new media, tech, etc. The newsletter has a particular vibe, see the archive here onethingnewsletter.substack.… email onethingnewsletter@gmail.com with a note if you're interested
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This is one of the funniest corrections I've ever seen. It's real: nytimes.com/2026/06/01/nyreg…
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May 31
Amazing kicker in the NYT’s list of the 100 Best Restaurants in NYC @ligayamishan
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May 15
Subscribe to media_gossip, a new weekly newsletter from @getembedded that kicks off with a scoop about me, a take on the Gawker diaspora, and a blind item about a Feed Me wannabe
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May 15
After 11 years, thousands of articles, 11 Taylor Swift album releases, one of the biggest trials in music history and more traumatizing deaths than one pop music editor could fathom, I have decided to leave The New York Times.
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We are excited to announce the launch of the 2026 Rosa Luxemburg Journalism Fellowship. We will award $30,000 to an early to mid-career journalist with a history of progressive writing. Learn more and apply here. danielsingerprize.org/2026-j…
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Mar 11
job market so bad I'm actually pursuing my dreams
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Mar 9
The next 33 1/3 open call for proposals is open! If you’re a 33 1/3 fan, a writer, or simply a passionate music lover, now is your chance to submit your favorite album to the series.
Deadline is May 5th 2026, 11:59 PM EST. Full submission guidelines: bit.ly/41698ZE
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The line tonight for old-timer Panna II, the last restaurant standing at 93 First Ave. in the East Village … a surge in business thanks to a fictional John John and Carolyn B visit in the FX series 'John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.'
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Mar 2
Very happy to say I'm now online editor @parisreview and on the hunt for smart funny pitches (thitt@theparisreview.org)
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Feb 27
her : “you better not be watching Tom Jones duetting with EMF on Unbelievable when I get home!”
me :
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Feb 19
“Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.” ????
Feb 18
Polymarket 🤝 Substack
We are excited to announce our exclusive partnership with Substack.
Starting today Substack authors can natively integrate data from the world's largest prediction market.
Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.
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Feb 9
This flag was illegal when my grandparents were born btw
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Feb 5
🚨send me journalism jobs🚨
We’re compiling job/freelance opportunities for our hundreds of #washingtonpost colleagues who were fired today. If you’ve got something please reply, DM, or email me Brianna.sacks@washpost.com
Also I’m not above asking for a retweet. Thanks and ✊🏻
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For those looking for freelance work in the wake of WaPo layoffs: I'm an editor at large overseeing Ideas & Culture at Bloomberg, including our Books coverage. Find me at skillingswo2@bloomberg.net
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Hi everyone, some news: I was laid off as part of the massive cuts at @washingtonpost. Thinking about my colleagues on the foreign desk living in war zones, and much of our arts team, and our readers. We’ll need your support and, as soon as the numbness passes, I’ll need work!
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Your Ass Too Clean. Your Swag Too Different. Your Wife Too Bad. they’ll kill you
Fox News is reporting that a prominent NYC Democrat is angry that Mayor Zohran Mamdani requested a bidet to be installed in his official residence.
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