Erin Overbey
@erinoverbey.bsky.social
Writer, Archivist, Editor
Archive Editor, The New Yorker
Journalist, whistleblower & media gal in NYC
Archive Editor, The New Yorker
Journalist, whistleblower & media gal in NYC
It’s been two years since the Palestinian writer & poet Refaat was brutally killed by Israeli airstrikes.
‘If i must die, / you must live / to tell my story….
If i must die / let it bring hope / let it be a tale’
Refaat Alareer (1979-2023)💔🕊️
‘If i must die, / you must live / to tell my story….
If i must die / let it bring hope / let it be a tale’
Refaat Alareer (1979-2023)💔🕊️
December 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It’s been two years since the Palestinian writer & poet Refaat was brutally killed by Israeli airstrikes.
‘If i must die, / you must live / to tell my story….
If i must die / let it bring hope / let it be a tale’
Refaat Alareer (1979-2023)💔🕊️
‘If i must die, / you must live / to tell my story….
If i must die / let it bring hope / let it be a tale’
Refaat Alareer (1979-2023)💔🕊️
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Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
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After a banner year of Warner Bros putting unique, filmmaker driven original movies into theaters and getting giant audience turn out for them, the corporation that now owns them would like you to know that actually you didn’t like this and that what you really wanted was to watch at home.
As Netflix confirms plans to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion, the streaming service has said it expects shorter theatrical runs for movies in future "to meet the audience where they are, quicker." https://bit.ly/3XCvY8M
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
After a banner year of Warner Bros putting unique, filmmaker driven original movies into theaters and getting giant audience turn out for them, the corporation that now owns them would like you to know that actually you didn’t like this and that what you really wanted was to watch at home.
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The Netflix deal is obviously a fucking nightmare if only because I don’t want to see Hollywood taken over by big tech
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Netflix deal is obviously a fucking nightmare if only because I don’t want to see Hollywood taken over by big tech
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The Directors Guild of America plans to meet with Netflix to discuss their significant concerns about the streamer’s acquisition of Warner Bros.
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The Directors Guild of America plans to meet with Netflix to discuss their significant concerns about the streamer’s acquisition of Warner Bros.
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Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
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A top exec at Warner Bros says people are 'shook' over the Netflix deal
"No one has any idea what this means"
(via Borys_Kit | TW)
"No one has any idea what this means"
(via Borys_Kit | TW)
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A top exec at Warner Bros says people are 'shook' over the Netflix deal
"No one has any idea what this means"
(via Borys_Kit | TW)
"No one has any idea what this means"
(via Borys_Kit | TW)
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SCOTUS: "The Texas maps were drawn for political—not racism—goals."
NARRATOR: "And Texas used racism to achieve those political goals."
NARRATOR: "And Texas used racism to achieve those political goals."
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
SCOTUS: "The Texas maps were drawn for political—not racism—goals."
NARRATOR: "And Texas used racism to achieve those political goals."
NARRATOR: "And Texas used racism to achieve those political goals."
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BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Texas use Trump-backed gerrymandered maps in 2026
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Texas use Trump-backed gerrymandered maps in 2026
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hahaha the White House deleted the fascist anti-immigrant slop video after Sabrina Carpenter ratioed them
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
hahaha the White House deleted the fascist anti-immigrant slop video after Sabrina Carpenter ratioed them
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I wrote about CNN partnering with a gambling app that lets you wager on famine in Gaza, what this shift portends in our media, the obvious moral hazards of this arrangement, and “news” as politically impotent, disempowering spectator sport
The network will integrate betting odds for life-and-death issues into its coverage. What could possibly go wrong?
By @ahjohnson.bsky.social
By @ahjohnson.bsky.social
CNN partners with Kalshi, a gambling app that lets you wager on starvation in Gaza
The network will integrate betting odds for life-and-death issues into its coverage. What could possibly go wrong?
therealnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I wrote about CNN partnering with a gambling app that lets you wager on famine in Gaza, what this shift portends in our media, the obvious moral hazards of this arrangement, and “news” as politically impotent, disempowering spectator sport
handle billionaires & aristocrats (circa the french revolution….good times)
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
handle billionaires & aristocrats (circa the french revolution….good times)
Kalief Browder, a Black teenager, was arrested for allegedly *stealing a backpack* & sent to Rikers for THREE years. He was tormented there & spent ~2 yrs in solitary confinement. He later killed himself.
But pls tell me more about how our justice system is fair & not racist
But pls tell me more about how our justice system is fair & not racist
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Kalief Browder, a Black teenager, was arrested for allegedly *stealing a backpack* & sent to Rikers for THREE years. He was tormented there & spent ~2 yrs in solitary confinement. He later killed himself.
But pls tell me more about how our justice system is fair & not racist
But pls tell me more about how our justice system is fair & not racist
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The Zone of Interest
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Zone of Interest
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In a sane society, this person’s company would be immediately shut down and he would be forever shunned
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In a sane society, this person’s company would be immediately shut down and he would be forever shunned
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Word
Louis C.K. is not a *cancelled performer.* He’s a sexual predator who blacklisted dozens of talented artists & women if they didn’t submit to his sexual harassment & assaults. He’s notorious in the industry for his despicable behavior & this redemptive framing sucks @newyorker.com
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
December 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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"Cancellation" is just a euphemism for "facing consequences," and the backlash against it makes much more sense when using that lens
Louis C.K. is not a *cancelled performer.* He’s a sexual predator who blacklisted dozens of talented artists & women if they didn’t submit to his sexual harassment & assaults. He’s notorious in the industry for his despicable behavior & this redemptive framing sucks @newyorker.com
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Cancellation" is just a euphemism for "facing consequences," and the backlash against it makes much more sense when using that lens
Louis C.K. is not a *cancelled performer.* He’s a sexual predator who blacklisted dozens of talented artists & women if they didn’t submit to his sexual harassment & assaults. He’s notorious in the industry for his despicable behavior & this redemptive framing sucks @newyorker.com
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Louis C.K. is not a *cancelled performer.* He’s a sexual predator who blacklisted dozens of talented artists & women if they didn’t submit to his sexual harassment & assaults. He’s notorious in the industry for his despicable behavior & this redemptive framing sucks @newyorker.com
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With his new comedy show and debut novel, is it time to let Louis C.K. force women to watch him masturbate again?
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
With his new comedy show and debut novel, is it time to let Louis C.K. force women to watch him masturbate again?
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With all the worthy artists and entertainers struggling to just survive these days, The New Yorker wants us to focus our interest in that old chestnut, Louis C.K.'s redemption arc. Keep it up, mainstream corporate legacy media. You guys are crushing it.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
With all the worthy artists and entertainers struggling to just survive these days, The New Yorker wants us to focus our interest in that old chestnut, Louis C.K.'s redemption arc. Keep it up, mainstream corporate legacy media. You guys are crushing it.