Ilya Marritz
@ilyamarritz.bsky.social
journalist in London heard/seen: @bostonglobe, @niemanfdn, @propublica, @npr, @wnyc & more reach me on Signal @ilya.95 Pravda vítězí
The SEC took note of the Trump/Witkoff crypto launch during the 2024 campaign: "high-level officials there immediately viewed the firm as selling proximity to a potential president" always read @andreabernstein.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...
It’s Not J.D. Vance, Stephen Miller, or Marco Rubio. Someone Else Is Transforming Trump’s World Right in Front of Us.
Who is Steve Witkoff, really?
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Super interesting @ilyamarritz.bsky.social story on ‘climate quitters’ just now. one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5860...
🔊 Listen Now: In London, a social group aims to help workers imagine life after oil
Morning Edition on NPR One | 4:24
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it's 2026 and radio announcers are still telling listeners how to operate their smart speakers
Send me voice memos from your Fourth of July! Temper tantrums. Parades. Traffic jams and fireworks and languid hangs at the pond. I’m going to make a show with your recordings to commemorate the 250th. You can send them to rumblestripvermont@gmail.com www.rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/6ab...
Let’s make a show about the 4th of July — Rumble Strip
It’s the fourth of July. The 250th. Let’s make a show about it.
rumblestripvermont.com
In October, Bloomberg News reported, “After years of getting shunned by major banks, Donald Trump’s money has found another place to call home, Citigroup Inc.” Today:
story will feel relevant to Americans, whose wages are also rising slower than prices for many consumer goods
Ilya Marritz@ilyamarritz.bsky.social · 2mo agofor @npr.org/ @planetmoney.bsky.social's The Indicator, I went down to the Weeyuh with a mackem and learned to say "howay the lads!", all in an effort to understand why the UK economy is looking distinctly sluggish pls have a listen>> www.npr.org/2026/06/09/n...
for @npr.org/ @planetmoney.bsky.social's The Indicator, I went down to the Weeyuh with a mackem and learned to say "howay the lads!", all in an effort to understand why the UK economy is looking distinctly sluggish pls have a listen>> www.npr.org/2026/06/09/n...
U OK, UK? : The Indicator from Planet Money
In the United Kingdom, young people are out of work, government borrowing costs are high, and the nation is burning through PM’s like yesterday’s leftovers. A lot of countries are feeling the economic...
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I remember when Howell Raines put Mariah Carey on p1 of the NYT (albeit under the fold)
this is superb, start to finish. Always read Peggy Noonan www.wsj.com/opinion/beco...
Opinion | Becoming Who You Are Ain’t for Sissies
A commencement isn’t only about beginnings. It is also a chance to look back at how you got there.
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One Prague street. One hairpin bend. One attack that shook the Third Reich. The geography of Operation Anthropoid is still visible today. Here’s where to look. robjcameron.substack.com/p/anthropoid
why do so many mass transit websites offer as a map ONLY a downloadable pdf? this annoys pretty much everyone, no?
Good food for thought Incidentally, thinking is something these products can't do
Vauhini Vara@vauhinivara.bsky.social · 3mo agoSpeaking of which: Consider referring to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and so on, as ”products” or “apps” rather than “tools”; the latter tends to obscure their relationship to the companies behind them and makes it sound like they exist just to help us. (3/x)
This is an absolute delight: two years ago, @lebodiseko.bsky.social and I were together in a nonfic writing class at Harvard now, she's turned the story she began there into a BOOK it's the story of two passionate young South Africans who fought apartheid, & paid a very steep price: her parents
What a great night talking with @hettieobrien.bsky.social & @annpettifor.bsky.social about what ails capitalism. Thank you Libreria London & the super engaged & smart audience!
Hettie O’Brien@hettieobrien.bsky.social · 3mo agoGreat to see so many people turn out last night to hear me and @annpettifor.bsky.social (who was playing photographer here!) discuss our new books - and thanks to the brilliant @ilyamarritz.bsky.social for chairing
Not an excuse, but context: NJT is sorely underfunded...
Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4mo agoDunno, man...seems abusive to me. "NJ Transit confirmed on Friday that a round-trip rail ticket for FIFA World Cup ticket holders traveling from New York to New Jersey for matches will cost $150, more than 10 times the regular fare." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/n...
excited to hear this, whatever it becomes >>
Micah Loewinger@micahloewinger.bsky.social · 4mo agoI've been reporting a multi-part @onthemedia.bsky.social series about FEMA for like 9 months. I interviewed Cam Hamilton last year after he was fired. I did not see this coming!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...
Wapo Monday: let's chug oil & vinegar! Wapo Wednesday: avoid avoid avoid!
www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/c... Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH director, will lead the CDC on an acting basis, becoming the agency's third leader since last summer
NIH Director Bhattacharya to lead CDC after O’Neill’s exit
He's the third leader of the public health agency since this summer.
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new study of scientists and NIH funding recipients by @bostonglobe.com: —more than half have delayed hiring in their labs and 1/3 have made layoffs —68% said funding cuts and federal policy changes had moderately or significantly reduced the scope of their work
"Witkoff, Eric and Don Jr. are preparing to host the first 'World Liberty Forum' on Feb. 18, with speakers including Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and several top U.S. officials and Republican senators. The venue: Mar-a-Lago." www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto.
Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well.
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It upsets me when I see an actual banana peel on the street. Which happens pretty often! Kicked this one into a tree well
"the World Liberty deal is the only known case of a foreign government official purchasing a major stake in a Trump company after his election" impressive and deeply important reporting here from @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
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of all the things that could go wrong with AI in university settings, this is one possibility I had not imagined >>
Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
