Sarah Weinman
@sarahweinman.com
Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Latest Book: WITHOUT CONSENT. Author, SCOUNDREL, THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN.
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Sarah Weinman
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· Nov 11
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
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“Be the news”
New: CBS News seems to be preparing a new segment called "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil," per sources.
Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
January 13, 2026 at 9:40 PM
“Be the news”
Great thread/replies, also it was easier than breathing to open your print newspaper to the comics section and catch up with Doonesbury/Dilbert/Peanuts/For Better or For Worse etc. God, I even read Mary Worth daily.
why did so many millennials read so many newspaper comics? easily 60 percent of my reading diet in elementary/middle school was collected editions of calvin and hobbes, farside, dilbert, peanuts, doonesbury (!), foxtrot (?!?) and i know im not alone. historically unique phenomenon
rather than talk about Scott Adams I want to talk about something weirder (me). Who else was really into Dilbert when you were 12. Who else was like, boy, I can't wait to work a cubicle job
January 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Great thread/replies, also it was easier than breathing to open your print newspaper to the comics section and catch up with Doonesbury/Dilbert/Peanuts/For Better or For Worse etc. God, I even read Mary Worth daily.
Reposted by Sarah Weinman
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
This is so gross.
I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.
January 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
This is so gross.
Do you think the monkey gets tired of unfurling its paw after a while
January 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Do you think the monkey gets tired of unfurling its paw after a while
Like a bolt from the blue, exactly.
January 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Like a bolt from the blue, exactly.
I would strongly urge people to read Louise Adler's op-ed as well.
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I would strongly urge people to read Louise Adler's op-ed as well.
Whew.
Writers’ Festival Unraveled After It Disinvited Palestinian Australian Author
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Whew.
Thinking about Elgar's Cello Concerto again, especially that it was *not* at all successful upon premiere and took like four decades to really become part of the canon
January 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Thinking about Elgar's Cello Concerto again, especially that it was *not* at all successful upon premiere and took like four decades to really become part of the canon
ABSOLUTELY YES TO THIS
Gov. Hochul demands 125th Street subway extension, nixing downtown 2nd Ave. subway plan
The governor seeks to push the line's terminal over to West Harlem.
gothamist.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
ABSOLUTELY YES TO THIS
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Who could have foreseen
‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss’s Bumpy Revamp at CBS
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Who could have foreseen
OK but you can talk about it with ME
January 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
OK but you can talk about it with ME
How did Sean Penn get this guy so right before knowing he existed
January 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM
How did Sean Penn get this guy so right before knowing he existed
The level of gift on display is stunning
January 13, 2026 at 2:25 AM
The level of gift on display is stunning
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“The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
“The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
Of course. And many others.
January 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Of course. And many others.
Free musical idea: ASSASSINS, but about Zodiac Killer suspects
January 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Free musical idea: ASSASSINS, but about Zodiac Killer suspects
The life and afterlife of Dorothy Stratten has been marked by the men who subjected her to abuse, exploitation, sexual assault, and murder, so it was really good to read a piece (by the incomparable Lili Anolik) that put her at the center of her own story.
Forgotten Star Dorothy Stratten Almost Lived the Hollywood Fairy Tale. It Ended as a Horror Story.
Peter Bogdanovich, Bob Fosse, and Hugh Hefner all loved her, in their own ways—for better and worse. This reexamination of Stratten’s life, rape, and murder casts a new light on the angel who was a ce...
www.vanityfair.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The life and afterlife of Dorothy Stratten has been marked by the men who subjected her to abuse, exploitation, sexual assault, and murder, so it was really good to read a piece (by the incomparable Lili Anolik) that put her at the center of her own story.
Good reason to re-up this story, in case others missed it too.
Don't know how I missed this three weeks ago (my best guess is: Christmas) but @sarahweinman.com on the de-sanctification of Buford Pusser is terrific. Reading it today brings a lot of thoughts about what we have historically applauded in law enforcement. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
He Was a Legendary Sheriff Who Inspired a Movie. Did He Also Murder His Wife?
When Buford Pusser’s wife was killed, his grief turned into the movie ‘Walking Tall.’ But a new report from investigators suggests it was all a lie.
www.rollingstone.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Good reason to re-up this story, in case others missed it too.