Lizzie O'Leary
@lizzieohreally.bsky.social
I host What Next TBD at Slate. A show about tech, power and the future. Who wants night bacon?
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
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https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
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Pinned
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Stoppard always feels clever in a way that so so many writers mimic, but everyone else copies the surface. the Stoppard magic is that the cleverness is impossibly thin, basically transparent, and there’s this unending well of feeling on the other side
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Stoppard always feels clever in a way that so so many writers mimic, but everyone else copies the surface. the Stoppard magic is that the cleverness is impossibly thin, basically transparent, and there’s this unending well of feeling on the other side
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NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
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This CBS story is just remarkable. It states that Trump insulted their reporter, and also notes the same thing happened to reporters from Bloomberg and NYT.
Both of those organizations are quoted defending their journalists.
But Bari Weiss and CBS don't lift a finger to defend their own reporter.
Both of those organizations are quoted defending their journalists.
But Bari Weiss and CBS don't lift a finger to defend their own reporter.
Not a peep from CBS News boss Bari Weiss after Trump called CBS reporter Nancy Cordes 'stupid' at a Thurs n/c. CBS mentions the incident in this piece about Trump's repeated attacks on female reporters but Bari's MIA when it comes to standing up for Cordes.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
Trump lashes out at female reporters, calling them "ugly," "stupid" and "piggy"
President Trump has lashed out at several female reporters who have asked him questions or written critically of him in recent weeks, calling them "ugly," "stupid," and "piggy."
www.cbsnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This CBS story is just remarkable. It states that Trump insulted their reporter, and also notes the same thing happened to reporters from Bloomberg and NYT.
Both of those organizations are quoted defending their journalists.
But Bari Weiss and CBS don't lift a finger to defend their own reporter.
Both of those organizations are quoted defending their journalists.
But Bari Weiss and CBS don't lift a finger to defend their own reporter.
One of the best parts of my job is giving my totally uncensored thoughts with my friend @jenee.bsky.social slate.com/advice/2025/...
Help! My Husband Is Keeping a Massive Family Secret From His Mother. I Don’t Think I Can Keep Quiet.
Prudie says: “I feel very dramatic about this, personally!”
slate.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
One of the best parts of my job is giving my totally uncensored thoughts with my friend @jenee.bsky.social slate.com/advice/2025/...
It’s so nice to be in touch with every store I’ve ever been to
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It’s so nice to be in touch with every store I’ve ever been to
Watching a woman in the airport wrangle two little kids and a baby while her husband literally scrolls on his laptop with one leg propped up while she flails and honestly what court would convict me
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Watching a woman in the airport wrangle two little kids and a baby while her husband literally scrolls on his laptop with one leg propped up while she flails and honestly what court would convict me
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look if we're gonna talk about pie then i'm just gonna post my reminder that it sounds like Brenda Lee says "later we'll have some fuckin' pie" in Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
look if we're gonna talk about pie then i'm just gonna post my reminder that it sounds like Brenda Lee says "later we'll have some fuckin' pie" in Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
My family has been away for three days and while I miss them and am excited to see them tomorrow, this might be the most luxurious experience I’ve had in years.
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
My family has been away for three days and while I miss them and am excited to see them tomorrow, this might be the most luxurious experience I’ve had in years.
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I am going to jump out a window
“Most of the time, if the video is big enough, you will see something in the top comments telling you, like, ‘Hey, this is just wrong.’ That’s when I would actually look.”
Read more: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I am going to jump out a window
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
"Let that sink in: Two-thirds of people who develop the deadliest cancer in the country would never have been offered the one test proven to save their lives." www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/l...
The hidden reason lung cancer screening is not working
The lung cancer screening system “is not a risk assessment. It is a judgment system designed as one,” writes the director of a cancer prevention institute.
www.statnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Let that sink in: Two-thirds of people who develop the deadliest cancer in the country would never have been offered the one test proven to save their lives." www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/l...
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
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At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
thankful for paper towels best paper towels strong paper towels brawny bounty durable paper towels best way to dry hands disposable towel
A fun holiday mystery is who sent a multi pack of stain removers to me for no apparent reason … ?
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A fun holiday mystery is who sent a multi pack of stain removers to me for no apparent reason … ?
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
Every person I know who is roughly my age is dealing with something like this right now www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Every person I know who is roughly my age is dealing with something like this right now www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Listen to me: if you are thinking of deep frying a turkey, I want you to go on YouTube right now and learn from those mistakes.
Then I want you to buy a level. And a fire extinguisher. And review high school physics. And your insurance policies.
Best of luck.
Then I want you to buy a level. And a fire extinguisher. And review high school physics. And your insurance policies.
Best of luck.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Listen to me: if you are thinking of deep frying a turkey, I want you to go on YouTube right now and learn from those mistakes.
Then I want you to buy a level. And a fire extinguisher. And review high school physics. And your insurance policies.
Best of luck.
Then I want you to buy a level. And a fire extinguisher. And review high school physics. And your insurance policies.
Best of luck.
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Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
I cannot read this without blood-curdling rage
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I cannot read this without blood-curdling rage
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honestly a huge round of applause to FT for finding their angle on this. saw the headline and laughed out loud
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
honestly a huge round of applause to FT for finding their angle on this. saw the headline and laughed out loud
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Thing about this is that Trump hates in-person confrontation, which is why you end up with stuff like this
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November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thing about this is that Trump hates in-person confrontation, which is why you end up with stuff like this
This image is an advance staffer’s nightmare
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This image is an advance staffer’s nightmare