I'm glad @leahreich.com read this book so I don't have to. My weird theory about tech memoirs by women is that they all want to be The Devil Wears Prada, and they all fail. (I still have not read The Boy Kings of Facebook by Kate Losse, so I don't know that it's an exception, but I suspect it is.)

Leah Reich@leahreich.com · yesterday

I know everyone hates the New York Times, but unfortunately you have to click on this anyway. It's a review I wrote about a book I did not like. FWIW I originally wrote more criticism and less explaining, but it was not to be. Happy to say more here in a thread! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...

I know everyone hates the New York Times, but unfortunately you have to click on this anyway. It's a review I wrote about a book I did not like. FWIW I originally wrote more criticism and less explaining, but it was not to be. Happy to say more here in a thread! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...

Book Review: ‘Don’t Be Evil,’ by Claire Stapleton

In “Don’t Be Evil,” Claire Stapleton, a former Google spin doctor, tries to make sense of her time in the industry.

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Please admire his shape thank you

Please admire his shape thank you

For lunch I had a criminally underrated Top Five Treat of Summer: My first tomato sandwich of the season. Tomatoes, a little mayo (I use Kewpie), salt, white bread. For extra decadence, sliced brioche. Heaven. Do not @ me with your annoying mayo issues.

I love @leahreich.com's newsletter, and this week's edition (instance?) ties in with stuff I have been thinking about how to build a less voracious corner of the internet: www.leahreich.com/feeding-the-...

Hey fellow Gen X friends, here’s something fun for you. Who remembers those cheap black torchiere lamps everyone had? Did you know they’re now a hot item on eBay priced from $150-225 for uncanny valley 90s nostalgia reenactments that look nothing like the 90s?

Etsy suggested I might like this "abstract" metal sculpture which of course I clicked on and which of course I am sharing with all of you. I'm helpfully providing the link because I'm 100% sure one of you is going to buy it. Additional details provided in the alt text. www.etsy.com/listing/4342...

@niedermeyer.online did a lot of people send this to you already www.reddit.com/r/wallstreet...

From the wallstreetbets community on Reddit: Elon has ruined me

Explore this post and more from the wallstreetbets community

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@fucktheory.bsky.social I really wish I had not gone two years without seeing your GM/Wham! article, because it is wonderful

This text I just sent a friend kinda sums up the national mood lately

Ah, the image text description is fantastic.

Leah Reich@leahreich.com · 2w ago

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great Wednesday. Just wanted to make sure everyone knows what a baby heron looks like. Ok bye see you later www.instagram.com/p/DateeyJCE3Y/

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great Wednesday. Just wanted to make sure everyone knows what a baby heron looks like. Ok bye see you later www.instagram.com/p/DateeyJCE3Y/

Does anyone else have the "food that is good in theory" problem? Like you see something at the store, say to yourself "I bet that's great, it's right up my street," buy it, then find you're unable to ever eat it as soon as it's in your house? Just stare at it blankly every time you open the fridge

My feed is 20 seconds behind, and I know this because I heard the bar across the street and 41 floors down screaming before I heard the whistle

Over the past month, New York has welcomed the world. From neighborhood watch parties to the stadium, we’ve celebrated the communities that make our city the global capital of the beautiful game. Today, we close out a historic World Cup, proud of how New Yorkers showed up every step of the way.

Can you imagine how good it must feel to score the goal that wins you the whole World Cup, goddamn

Wait is this the only match Trump has attended in person? THE CURSE IS STILL ALIVE

This boring zero goal championship match is the universe testing all the "do Americans even like sport" guys to find how much *they* even like sport

German broadcast. Nailed it

Instead of a red card it should be a scarlet letter, and the player should have to wear it publicly until the next time he can play again. I want real world stakes people

This boring zero goal championship match is the universe testing all the "do Americans even like sport" guys to find how much *they* even like sport

Gosh, with the amount of time Spain has spent rummaging around in Argentina's box, you'd think they would get one in

Has this man never heard of baseball?

Robert Shrimsley@robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 2w ago

Do Americans actually like sport? They seem to feel there must always be something else going on to keep you engaged. Most fans just want the game to restart. We’re capable of enjoying the break.

Feels like there would be less flopping if the refs made sarcastic jerk-off gestures whenever they tried it.

I'm watching in germany. The German commentators kept quiet for nearly the whole thing until suddenly the shot widened and we just hear with a German accent, "Oh, Miss Piggy"

Can someone tell me what actually happened, I missed most of it. Like I walked out and it was The Muppets Take Up With People Wearing the United Colors of Bennetton

David Stollings@fohsound.nyc · 2w ago

Parts of it were actually quite lovely and charming. Internet cynicism is doing its thing. That said it was overall quite bizarre in the way it shifted from theme to theme. No coherence. And yes basically a wormhole to the late 90s early 2000s.

I took a shower after the first half and emerged to see... whatever that was? on the TV? What year is it and did something happen to me in the shower

The more I think about this, the more I laugh at my own joke. Why did I apologize for it

Leah Reich@leahreich.com · 3w ago

Monty Python and the Goalie Fail (I'm truly sorry for this)

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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲@magnets.eurosky.social · 3w ago

england score within 15 minutes, sit back, lose 2-1 with an 87th minute goal is a very credible scenario