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
[email protected]
Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
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Interesting. When it arrived, I assumed it was a scam, but also couldn’t figure out how exactly a scam like that would work.
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Interesting. When it arrived, I assumed it was a scam, but also couldn’t figure out how exactly a scam like that would work.
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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
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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 … ?
I’m so sorry. It’s unbelievably hard.
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I’m so sorry. It’s unbelievably hard.
thank you, ordered!
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
thank you, ordered!
That is of course true. But there are particulars to the aging of the baby boomer generation (size, for one) and the decline of certain societal supports (as Cottle demonstrates) that make this particularly acute right now.
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
That is of course true. But there are particulars to the aging of the baby boomer generation (size, for one) and the decline of certain societal supports (as Cottle demonstrates) that make this particularly acute right now.
[laughs darkly in oldest daughter]
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
[laughs darkly in oldest daughter]
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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.
(mostly women)
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
(mostly women)
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...
Or at least film it for us
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Or at least film it for us
And drop the link
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
And drop the link
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.
I literally put the peanut butter away in the microwave
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I literally put the peanut butter away in the microwave
I did a solo trip to Europe and back when mine was 15 months. We did a lot of laps. Also see if you can get a bulkhead seat for floor playing time.
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I did a solo trip to Europe and back when mine was 15 months. We did a lot of laps. Also see if you can get a bulkhead seat for floor playing time.
A pack of brightly colored post it notes that they can stick on things and take off. Same with painters tape. The “indestructible” books they can chew on. Feed during takeoff/landing. You might have to strap them to you and walk around.
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A pack of brightly colored post it notes that they can stick on things and take off. Same with painters tape. The “indestructible” books they can chew on. Feed during takeoff/landing. You might have to strap them to you and walk around.
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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.
Honestly, I love a good cancer joke. They make people very uncomfortable, but I’m allowed to make them now.
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Honestly, I love a good cancer joke. They make people very uncomfortable, but I’m allowed to make them now.
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
I listened to half of it on a long drive then immediately bought a paper copy so I could finish it and examine all the maps.
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I listened to half of it on a long drive then immediately bought a paper copy so I could finish it and examine all the maps.