Mark Yarm
@markyarm.bsky.social
Exec editor, features & special projects, PCMag 👾 adjunct, Columbia Journalism 👾 bylines: the New Yorker, NYT Mag, Flaming Hydra, etc. 👾 author, EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN 👾 [email protected]; Signal: markyarm.99 👾 https://markyarm.journoportfolio.com
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As Megadeth Counts Down to Extinction, Dave Mustaine Opens Up
www.nytimes.com
🤟Good morning! For the @nytimes.com, I profiled Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. In print 1/25. [Gift link]🤟
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normal dog, switzerland, 15th century
January 24, 2026 at 12:04 AM
normal dog, switzerland, 15th century
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War Child Records has announced HELP(2); a brand new collaborative album out March 6th including new music from many of our label group artists including Big Thief, Fontaines D.C., King Krule, Pulp and Sampha. @warchilduk.bsky.social
pre-order here warchildrecs.ffm.to/help2
pre-order here warchildrecs.ffm.to/help2
January 24, 2026 at 12:22 AM
War Child Records has announced HELP(2); a brand new collaborative album out March 6th including new music from many of our label group artists including Big Thief, Fontaines D.C., King Krule, Pulp and Sampha. @warchilduk.bsky.social
pre-order here warchildrecs.ffm.to/help2
pre-order here warchildrecs.ffm.to/help2
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Kerry Howley reports from Minneapolis as the city fights back against Trump’s ICE invasion. “The chaos is both real and routine, a stasis that will hold until it doesn’t.” Read the full Cover Story: tinyurl.com/55xjswrn
January 23, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Kerry Howley reports from Minneapolis as the city fights back against Trump’s ICE invasion. “The chaos is both real and routine, a stasis that will hold until it doesn’t.” Read the full Cover Story: tinyurl.com/55xjswrn
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We’re gonna make it after all
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
January 23, 2026 at 11:14 PM
We’re gonna make it after all
I think I'd rather see the Melania documentary than the Charlie XCX mockumentary.
January 23, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I think I'd rather see the Melania documentary than the Charlie XCX mockumentary.
The Bone Temple rocks. See it!
I talked with Tom Ley about our shared love for the delightfully and unnecessarily committed and entirely batshit 28 Days Later sequels. (There are spoilers in here but nothing you wouldn't have learned from reading basically any review of the films.) defector.com/we-live-in-t...
We Live In The Bone Temple Now | Defector
David Roth: I feel like when we have these sorts of conversation blogs on the site, the subject is generally something that everyone kind of likes, but not in a way that they’d fully feel comfortable ...
defector.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The Bone Temple rocks. See it!
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The People vs. ICE
Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.
nymag.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Happy Megadeth final studio album release day to you all! (Check out the story in print this Sunday.)
🤟Good morning! For the @nytimes.com, I profiled Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. In print 1/25. [Gift link]🤟
As Megadeth Counts Down to Extinction, Dave Mustaine Opens Up
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Happy Megadeth final studio album release day to you all! (Check out the story in print this Sunday.)
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Rock critics in 1973
America = Kinda Good or Mostly Bad? We're gonna solve it once and for all for everybody, right here on Bluesky
January 22, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Rock critics in 1973
Hey, here's some fun, wholesome news for once! By @emilyforlini.bsky.social.
How 80 Autistic Students Built an Amazing Replica of the Ginormous ENIAC Computer
It took nearly six months (and 16,000 hot glue gun sticks) for Arizona schoolkids to recreate the massive Army machine, which debuted in 1946.
www.pcmag.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Hey, here's some fun, wholesome news for once! By @emilyforlini.bsky.social.
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Also: I spoke to Nia DaCosta and choreographer Shelley Maxwell about getting Ralph to rock out to Iron Maiden in Bone Temple. Apparently the whole bone temple set was highly flammable lmao. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/m...
How Ralph Fiennes Rocks Out to Iron Maiden in ‘The Bone Temple’
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Also: I spoke to Nia DaCosta and choreographer Shelley Maxwell about getting Ralph to rock out to Iron Maiden in Bone Temple. Apparently the whole bone temple set was highly flammable lmao. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/m...
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one of those records that took my head clean off when I first heard it
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 AM
one of those records that took my head clean off when I first heard it
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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle https://theonion.com/nation-yearns-for-relative-calm-of-president-a-giant-pedophile-news-cycle/
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle https://theonion.com/nation-yearns-for-relative-calm-of-president-a-giant-pedophile-news-cycle/
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Was already loving this interview with Amanda Seyfried in the New Yorker when I came across this. Thx to a real one ❤️❤️
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January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Was already loving this interview with Amanda Seyfried in the New Yorker when I came across this. Thx to a real one ❤️❤️
Sign up for the newsletter here if you haven’t already: jessica.substack.com
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Letter of Recommendation: Read @mayalkapoor.bsky.social on being an auntie!
Anyone Can Be an Auntie. It’s a State of Mind.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Letter of Recommendation: Read @mayalkapoor.bsky.social on being an auntie!
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if u want to subscribe to an independent, worker-owned music and culture pub w/great criticism (and features, interviews, blogs etc) from five ppl you know and love, hearing things launched in october 2024 in the wake of conde nast's pitchfork layoffs :)
www.hearingthings.co
www.hearingthings.co
Hearing Things
Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
www.hearingthings.co
January 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
if u want to subscribe to an independent, worker-owned music and culture pub w/great criticism (and features, interviews, blogs etc) from five ppl you know and love, hearing things launched in october 2024 in the wake of conde nast's pitchfork layoffs :)
www.hearingthings.co
www.hearingthings.co
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
THE RIP was thoroughly mid.
January 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
THE RIP was thoroughly mid.
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January 18, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
January 19, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I'm gonna steal NYC's top secret map of everything under the street.
January 19, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I'm gonna steal NYC's top secret map of everything under the street.