Gabriel Snyder
@gabrielsnyder.com
Editorial Director, Newsweek Nexus Previously: Publisher & EIC of The Fine Print, EIC of The New Republic, Editor of The Atlantic Wire, EIC of Gawker, Reporter at Variety, Reporter at The New York Observer, etc.
here’s the lock screen
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 AM
here’s the lock screen
related: this was literally the last thing I expected to see when I turned on speed skating
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 AM
related: this was literally the last thing I expected to see when I turned on speed skating
read this in @katz.theracket.news ‘s latest and though, oh, huh, I wonder what the 1982 Up With People Halftime Show was like and I was not prepared. at. all. you can watch it here if you dare: youtu.be/pxK3qTsj_eE?...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:31 AM
read this in @katz.theracket.news ‘s latest and though, oh, huh, I wonder what the 1982 Up With People Halftime Show was like and I was not prepared. at. all. you can watch it here if you dare: youtu.be/pxK3qTsj_eE?...
theracket.news/p/the-most-a...
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I’ve been a longtime Olympic primetime stan no matter how out of fashion it goes. But the Peacock replays have been my go-to for Milano-Cortina. They’re pretty compact (usually -1 hour) and most blessedly: virtually ad free. Plus they have a bunch of extras like the arena during ad breaks.
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 AM
I’ve been a longtime Olympic primetime stan no matter how out of fashion it goes. But the Peacock replays have been my go-to for Milano-Cortina. They’re pretty compact (usually -1 hour) and most blessedly: virtually ad free. Plus they have a bunch of extras like the arena during ad breaks.
After the emotional stuff, you get to their main recommendations and they're bad: BIG federal taxes to discourage weed use (a la cigarettes) and prohibiting high potency THC. That's a recipe for creating a black market for weed alongside the legal one. Ask California about what a disaster that was.
February 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
After the emotional stuff, you get to their main recommendations and they're bad: BIG federal taxes to discourage weed use (a la cigarettes) and prohibiting high potency THC. That's a recipe for creating a black market for weed alongside the legal one. Ask California about what a disaster that was.
The NYT Ed board's about face on pot reads a lot like peopel who believe in the lab leak or the Bell Curve or reject vaccines or "wokism": it seems to be mostly animated by some still very hurt feelings about being called "wrong" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Opinion | It’s Time for America to Admit That It Has a Marijuana Problem
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February 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The NYT Ed board's about face on pot reads a lot like peopel who believe in the lab leak or the Bell Curve or reject vaccines or "wokism": it seems to be mostly animated by some still very hurt feelings about being called "wrong" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
I can’t believe I’m looking forward to balmy 37 degree weather
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I can’t believe I’m looking forward to balmy 37 degree weather
A lot of my music lately is songs I found with Shazam while walking around my neighborhood
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
A lot of my music lately is songs I found with Shazam while walking around my neighborhood
1. Kendrick
2. Prince
3. Bad Bunny
4. Dre/Eminem
2. Prince
3. Bad Bunny
4. Dre/Eminem
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
1. Kendrick
2. Prince
3. Bad Bunny
4. Dre/Eminem
2. Prince
3. Bad Bunny
4. Dre/Eminem
What you’re missing on the other show
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
What you’re missing on the other show
That’s the first time I’ve seen an ad for butts
February 9, 2026 at 12:35 AM
That’s the first time I’ve seen an ad for butts
If you’re paying to stream the Super Bowl, me and my HD antenna feel bad for you.
February 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
If you’re paying to stream the Super Bowl, me and my HD antenna feel bad for you.
Probably coulda made a killing on a prediction market if you had known that
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Probably coulda made a killing on a prediction market if you had known that
It’s 2026. I think we should be able to have a reasonable common definition for what “canceling” is. Because changing the name of a dorm at a school I’ve never heard of isn’t it.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Another ludicrous canceling of a name from the past
Shaming the dead is an asinine culture warriors’ pastime. Now it’s the great diarist Samuel Pepys’s turn.
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February 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
It’s 2026. I think we should be able to have a reasonable common definition for what “canceling” is. Because changing the name of a dorm at a school I’ve never heard of isn’t it.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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stepped outside tonight and discovered 22 now counts as balmy
February 6, 2026 at 5:27 AM
stepped outside tonight and discovered 22 now counts as balmy
A modest proposal for Jeff Bezos: donate the Washington Post to ProPublica to operate as a non-profit readers-revenue supported news outlet.
February 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
A modest proposal for Jeff Bezos: donate the Washington Post to ProPublica to operate as a non-profit readers-revenue supported news outlet.
Why Did the BK Dems Unendorse Kathy Hochul?
And more news for your Thursday.
hellgatenyc.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:46 PM
really really really interested in reading the backstory on this one files.constantcontact.com/6558f081801/...
February 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
really really really interested in reading the backstory on this one files.constantcontact.com/6558f081801/...
That looks like the kind of Great Replacement Theory content that got a lot of amplification from Trump, Tucker, Musk, Vance, etc during the 2024 campaign. I'm 90% sure I've seen this very video before. So not new propaganda. Just the same old thing.
February 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
That looks like the kind of Great Replacement Theory content that got a lot of amplification from Trump, Tucker, Musk, Vance, etc during the 2024 campaign. I'm 90% sure I've seen this very video before. So not new propaganda. Just the same old thing.
Have been working my way through the entirety of The Simpsons with my kids and discovered last night that S15E21 from 2004 eerily predicted BOTH anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories AND what an ethnic-nationalist crackdown in the U.S. would look like: simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Bart-Ma...
Bart-Mangled Banner
Bart Mangled Banner is the twenty first episode of Season 15. A photo showing Bart accidentally "mooning" the USA flag angers all of Springfield and makes the Simpson family the most hated family in t...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Have been working my way through the entirety of The Simpsons with my kids and discovered last night that S15E21 from 2004 eerily predicted BOTH anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories AND what an ethnic-nationalist crackdown in the U.S. would look like: simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Bart-Ma...
Hardly the most shocking thing about Trump, but the fact that the President of the United States chooses to communicate through a website layered with the worst ad slop this side of a pirate streaming site is utterly bizarre
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Hardly the most shocking thing about Trump, but the fact that the President of the United States chooses to communicate through a website layered with the worst ad slop this side of a pirate streaming site is utterly bizarre
I generally love all of The New Yorker’s house style quïrks, but this one drives me nuts
January 23, 2026 at 8:46 AM
I generally love all of The New Yorker’s house style quïrks, but this one drives me nuts
Reposted by Gabriel Snyder
India’s playbook for dealing with Trump-era disruption offers lessons for navigating political and economic uncertainty.
Waiting Out the Storm: What India Can Teach the World About Trump | Opinion
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January 22, 2026 at 5:29 AM
India’s playbook for dealing with Trump-era disruption offers lessons for navigating political and economic uncertainty.
I’ve been in Davos this week hearing a lot about Trump overturning the world order. And it’s reminded me a lot of what I heard about the U.S. while visiting last month in India.
www.newsweek.com/waiting-out-...
www.newsweek.com/waiting-out-...
Waiting out the storm: What India can teach the world about Trump
India’s playbook for dealing with Trump-era disruption offers lessons for navigating political and economic uncertainty.
www.newsweek.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I’ve been in Davos this week hearing a lot about Trump overturning the world order. And it’s reminded me a lot of what I heard about the U.S. while visiting last month in India.
www.newsweek.com/waiting-out-...
www.newsweek.com/waiting-out-...