An exceptional column from @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social, even by his exceptional column-writing standards. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/o...
Jennifer Senior
@jennifersenior.bsky.social
Staff writer for the Atlantic, former daily book critic and Monday op-ed columnist for the NYT. Author of All Joy and No Fun & On Grief. Wife of Mark, mom of R, step-mom of E and G.
I don’t know this for sure, but I would *think* that being trans in the military requires a lot of courage, which makes this crusade all the more baffling (as well ugly, which goes without saying) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu is so, so good at distilling the moral choices and tests of character exacted by autocracy: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Quintessential Politician of This Era
The late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham made a mid-career turn to MAGA.
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Don’t think this is what he had in mind when he said drain the swamp www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/u...
Trump Says Reflecting Pool Will Likely Need to Be Drained
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I keep thinking about Brunson’s interview with Salters after game 1. He spoke like a man whose team had *lost*. “It wasn’t really our night, wasn’t really my night for most of the night … there a lot of things we could do better.” THAT is why they won. We got the whole explanation right there.
On the table of our local sports bar, perfect for the Knicks fans craving a bottle of Sancerre
Barney Frank wasn’t just the funniest and most intellectually formidable member of Congress in his day; he was also the most exacting of the press, never hesitating to say (including to yours truly), "That is THE dumbest question I've ever heard" if we came unprepared or asked something vague.
Damn, Barney Frank. It's in no small part that thanks to him, some kids of my son's generation (by no means all, alas, but still, some) have no clue what the closet *even is*.
Two thoughts came immediately to mind after reading this: 1. Oh my God, this is appalling, are we irremediably broken? And 2. Jesus is @jodikantor.bsky.social a badass. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
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This is how far gone I am when it comes to The Pitt: I had a dream last night that when I came to work (at some generic magazine office) Dr. Santos was there and told me she hated my sweater so I went home and immediately changed
I love when I get opportunities to remind people that @jennifersenior.bsky.social is responsible for the best-ever bit of SCOTUS reporting nymag.com/news/feature...
Aubrey Gilleran@aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe’ve come a long way from Antonin Scalia being baited by a reporter into saying something critical of Francis and then snapping, “He’s the Vicar of Christ. He’s the chief. I don’t run down the pope.”
I don’t understand why the markets are still yoked to what the President says when the only throughline is incoherence and erraticism.
More proof that Sarah Lyall has the best gig at the NYT and does most with it. This story…! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/t...
No Lines, No ‘Regular’ People: Flying Ultra-Luxury From Paris
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Today seems like a good day to remind people that “In the Shadow of the Moon” is a spectacular and exhilarating documentary: youtu.be/BkvPs6LakHw “I felt like I was literally standing on God’s front porch.”
In the Shadow of the Moon - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Madman Films
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Brilliant op-ed today by @jacobweisberg.bsky.social—an irresistible read and a genuinely original framing of a subject about which I thought nothing more could be said. Crystallizes an enduring cultural phenomenon we should all think about. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o... via @NYTOpinion
Opinion | The Epstein Class Had a Signature Weakness
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In which Barbra Streisand makes a Redford tribute about her.
The Trump admin is really crushing it with their midterm strategy
Of course @bstaples.bsky.social, who at the NYT produced one gem after another about forgotten histories of African Americans, writes a sharp review here, about the cynical deployment of Black Americans to Vietnam and the grotesque internal discrimination they faced. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/b...
How Vietnam Inflamed the Civil Rights Movement
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Watched the pilot of ER last night because I’m such a fan of The Pitt and cannot get over these two.
In which @peterbakernyt.bsky.social slyly uses Trump’s favorite phrase in the (finally) accurate context.
So basically only Silicon Valley and pharmaceutical companies could afford spots during the Super Bowl this year
Still outraged that a bunch of toilets ruined a really good Phil Collins song.
I watch football once a year and each time my husband and son have to re-explain to me what a down is
I’m showing up tonight for Bad Bunny and good commercials.
The normalization of this kind of discourse and imagery and stunt is one of the most insidious poisons to have seeped into modern GOP politics.
Troy Matthews@keeptroyblue.bsky.social · 7mo agoI’m old enough to remember a time when the President of the United States posting incredibly disgusting racist videos would have caused massive outrage. Now it’s just Friday. meidasnews.com/news/trump-p...