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Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · 7d

New issue of Come to Find Out… is live!
✨Set the countdown clock to SIX months! (Book stuff)
✨Celebrating the genius of D’Angelo (RIP)
✨We’re so lucky to have Amy Sherald
✨Locked in on the Louvre heist
✨Saving your friendship from these phones
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On the daring of the Louvre heist, the creativity of Amy Sherald + the genius of D'Angelo

OK, slowly, back away from the phone

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · 14d

New issue of Come to Find Out… is live!

✨Copyedits in; two steps closer to publishing this book
✨The delightful Ayo Edebiri
✨Can we truly get rid of our phones?
✨What even is success these days?
✨Form of… a Museum Nerd!
✨How the algo permanently altered the vibes open.substack.com/pub/cometofi...

An appreciation of museums, Ayo Edebiri, thinking on paper + the proofreading stage

This one goes out to all the (book) lovers

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · 20d

New issue of Come to Find Out… is live!
✨Shouting about Banned Books Week
✨Physical media, come back!
✨Japanese Zen practices we need
✨Dr. Jane Goodall’s “Last Words”
✨Do we all need an analogue fall?
✨”One Battle After Another,” can I have a word?

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On Banned Books Week, Jane Goodall's 'Last Words' + rewiring the day for more Zen

Closely reading the lines, liking what I see

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · 28d

New issue of Come to Find Out… is live!
✨Moving through the process of publishing
✨The beauty in the details
✨’Reading Rainbow’ gets a reboot + perfect new host
✨Ta-Nehisi Coates w/ the unvarnished truth
✨Solange + Saint Heron’s free community library
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On the process of publishing, minding the details + looking for the 'Reading Rainbow'

Should we all be thanking Sal Saperstein?

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Sep 16

New issue of Come to Find Out… is live!
✨Jenny Han’s media empire is winning
✨Blame Canada! Seth Rogen + Evan Goldberg bring home the gold
✨Finally! Some proper movies are coming
✨More happiness with age? Sold!
✨Is the dictionary obsolete?

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Betting on creativity, celebrating others' wins + banking on more happiness with age

Early mornings are for the birds

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Sep 9

New issue of Come to Find Out… is live!

✨Moving forward w/ my fall curriculum
✨We need to discuss “Unknown Number”
✨Dealing w/ U.S. Open withdrawal
✨What’s your sign? Sure about that?
✨The “skilled + unskilled choices” of Elizabeth Gilbert

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On scrolling as a good habit, off-kilter zodiacs + the lure of a complicated memoir

September! You made it. Come sit by us

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Sep 2

New issue of Come to Find Out… is live!

✨What is domestic spy fiction?
✨The U.S. Open thrill ride, but live!🎾
✨Unraveling the mystery of A24
✨Do you have an accent? (Yes!)
✨Focus reset w/ personal fall curriculums
✨Is romantasy here b/c of Harry Potter?

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On hitting refresh this month, taking in U.S. Open tennis + doing some accent work

The Summer I Turned in a Damn Good Book Revision

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Aug 26

New issue of Come to Find Out… is live!

✨Quick book update (vague but good news)
✨Can’t get enough US Open tennis 🎾
✨Has TV finally bested books?
✨The longevity travel trend
✨We Do Not Care club is looking for ya
✨Losing time w/ a ‘Jagged Little Pill’

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On tennis, tossing cares aside, losing time + revisiting that 'Jagged Little Pill'

Footloose + reaching for that fancy-free

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Aug 19

New issue of Come to Find Out… is live!

✨How to pay attention again
✨Journaling + earthing = 🏆
✨Secret to aging well? Other people
✨Rashid Johnson + art as a source for joy
✨So, back to baggy jogging pants now?
✨Tracking our vanishing glaciers

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On connecting with nature, reclaiming boredom + embracing our social butterfly

Mark your calendars; we've got a date!

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Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Aug 12

New issue of Come to Find Out… is live, with a bit of book news!

✨We’ve got a pub date for WOULD I LIE TO YOU?

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On controlling what you can control, stunts, dabbling, 'Da Gild' + book news

11 more NYC libraries will soon open on Sundays

Reposted by Nicole Blades

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 5

Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.

As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.

A $2 million City Council deal will expand seven-day service to more than 30 branches citywide.

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Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Aug 5

Brand new issue of Come to Find Out… is live! This week:
✨Finding small joys in the big ughhh
✨Cool teenager bedrooms of yore
✨Gurl, it’s enough “mankeeping”
✨Comfort TV: Out. Panic TV: Innnn!
✨Bring on the petty grievances w/ Summertime Festivus

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Your new holiday: Summertime Festivus

More micro-dosing joy + iced tea. Less mankeeping, vampires + tossed poop bags

Less culture wars, more Culture Awards

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Jul 29

Brand new issue of Come to Find Out… is live! We’re talking about

* Book edits (Spoiler: Done!)
* Investing in Black artwork
* Is 21st-century slang reshaping the English language?
* Las Culturistas Culture Awards 2025!
* Singing Mk.gee’s praises
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On getting shit done, investing in Black women + Seine swimming (if you're brave)

Saying goodbye to one of our bright stars far too soon

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Jul 23

New issue of Come to Find Out… is up.

My newsletter went a different direction this week with the sad and horrible news of Malcolm-Jamal Warner‘s untimely death. What a treasure he was, indeed.

Rest In Peace 🖤

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No, we're not all right

We're Henry Hilling it once again, friends

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Jul 16

Aww, yeah! Brand new issue of Come to Find Out… is live! We’re talking about:
* Book edits (*just* 6K more to trim)
* Something called “posting ennui”
* The glory of The Met on Fifth Ave
* “Goodfellas” Henry Hill as a verb

Join the chat, friends!

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On keeping it 'Superfine' despite AI, posting ennui, word counts + deadlines

Everything in life is negotiable

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Jul 8

Brand new issue of Come to Find Out… is live! We’re talking about
* Re-entering the writing cave
* Toni Morrison the editor
* The beauty of Tiny Desk Concerts
* Plus, why a two-star hotel will never find me in its midst

Join the chat, friends!

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We're back in the cave, and honestly, it's better in here than out there!

Summertime + the living is...too damn fast!

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Jul 2

It’s the July 1st (how??) + a new issue of Come to Find Out… is live! Talking about
* Why Americans Can’t Sleep
* Top 100 films of 21st Century
* Motherhood’s warning label
* Club-Sandwich Generation
* Michelle Obama slowing it all down
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How we got to July already is a marvel + a triumph considering the daily uggghhh we're enduring

"Don't take people in your life for granted"

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Jun 24

New issue of Come to Find Out… is up now! Celebrate my dad’s 80th birthday with me 🎉🎉🎉 Plus:
✅ Top 100 films of 21st Century
✅ Skinny Era of the early 2000s is back  ✅ Reading culture’s turn for the worst?
✅ Jason Reynolds makes us all cry

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Wise words from my Dad on his 80th birthday (+ unrelated, why is this heat Biblical?)

Chatbots taking over. Ref, do something!

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Jun 17

New issue of Come to Find Out… is up now!

✅ Mr. Roboto, you need to leave!
✅ Showing off a new look ✅ The Daily Show Band’s back together?
✅ Giving Jean Smart her flowers

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On resisting generative AI, rebuilding attention spans + giving ourselves a refresh

Booked, busy + utterly outraged (Or, How I spent the first week of June 2025)

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Jun 10

New issue of Come to Find Out…is up now! We’re talking about:
✅ Tackling Mount Nightstand  ✅ The enduring charm of Ayo Edebiri + Coco Gauff
✅ Getting gas from the Tonys
✅ Are rich people making TV boring?
✅ Doechii using her platform for the people
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Turning to fiction, charming celebrity profiles, tennis + the Tony Awards to keep me afloat in the Sturm und Drang

You'd have to ask Patti about it

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · Jun 3

New issue of Come to Find Out… is up now! We’re talking about:
✅ the hurry up + wait-ness of publishing ✅ the incomparable Audra McDonald
✅ Staying the course even at 79
✅ the depth and delight of the Wild Card w/ Rachel Martin podcast

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On keeping it classy, being comfortable doing nothing + playing the Wild Card

Soylent Green is people! It's peopllllleeee

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Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · May 30

New issue of Come to Find Out… is up on Substack! We’re talking about fighting the slop with imagination and how to help “The Anxious Generation” (Lordt!). Plus a little bit on morning habits. Weigh in! open.substack.com/pub/cometofi...

Looking for the real + the inspired amongst the mountain of slop

CNN 'bout to piss a Biscoff

Nicole Blades @nicoleblades.bsky.social · May 20

New issue of Come to Find Out… is up! On: calm before the end-of-school storm; Mara Brock Akil + Taylor Jenkins Reid + the art of translating human behavior; John Green + pushing through despair, reaching for hope; Jon Stewart on political bombshells + coverups

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All the news that's fit to print...but in a book a full year later