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jb4nay.bsky.social
Incredible stuff. Real tears in my eyes, man slate.com/culture/2025...
American Canto was the last real opportunity for Nuzzi to talk about what happened: tangibly, what she did to torpedo her career and personal life. It could have been a pulpy tell-all that explains how she fell in love with the worst Kennedy or a political book opening up her reporter’s notebook to share from a vantage point few people ever reach. After these brief weeks around Christmas, already a chaotic time to publish a book, the interest around her will ebb. American Canto could have helped redeem her if only it were interesting. Instead, it is illegible in ways you can’t imagine. Historians will study how bad this book is. English teachers will hold this book aloft at their students to remind them that literally anyone can write a book: Look at this, it’s just not that hard to do. Three hundred pages with no chapter breaks, it swerves back and forth through time, from Nuzzi’s interviews with Donald Trump over the years to her combustible relationship with fellow annoying journalist Ryan Lizza to her alleged affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he was running for president himself. Reading it is like spending time with a delusional fortune cookie: platitudes that feel like they were run through a translation service three times. I don’t begrudge Nuzzi for being shameless enough to churn a book out this fast. This is America, baby! Why wouldn’t a well-known journalist capitalize on her opportunities? Besides, if she pulled this off, her scam would be complete, and she’d deserve her success. Torpedoing your career with the brain-worm guy and then getting a job at Vanity Fair and writing a juicy tell-all about it? Put her on every television in the nation—she’s earned that much. But with little distance and zero self-reflection, Nuzzi has given us the least interesting version of her own story. It’s disappointing only because the reader knows there’s more, and Nuzzi is deciding too late to be cute about her derelictions. “I could tell you the truth,” she writes, with irritating coyness. “I could tell you, probably, nothing that you would like. I could tell you, almost certainly, nothing that would redeem me. I could tell you that the year flew in birds. And I could tell you that the year flew in bullets.” Really, just dogshit writing all around.
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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cwarzel.bsky.social
workshopping a take that this book may actually be era defining. the rub is that it's the era of people who can't really read books because their minds are so addled and outsourced to algo slop/chatbots slate.com/culture/2025...
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
I cannot believe I am going to force myself to read this thing
slate.com/culture/2025...
But with little distance and zero self-reflection, Nuzzi has given us the least interesting version of her own story. It’s disappointing only because the reader knows there’s more, and Nuzzi is deciding too late to be cute about her derelictions. “I could tell you the truth,” she writes, with irritating coyness. “I could tell you, probably, nothing that you would like. I could tell you, almost certainly, nothing that would redeem me. I could tell you that the year flew in birds. And I could tell you that the year flew in bullets.” Really, just dogshit writing all around.
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
scaachi.bsky.social
golly. but i'm just a girl!
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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ryanlcooper.com
"God, everyone sucks so much in this—you really have to pick the brain worm." slate.com/culture/2025...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Much-Hyped Book Was Always Going to Be Self-Serving. It’s So Much Worse Than That.
God, everyone sucks so much in American Canto.
slate.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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lizrenzetti.bsky.social
I'm glad Olivia Nuzzi wrote a book if only so @scaachi.bsky.social could dance on its corpse

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Olivia Nuzzi’s Much-Hyped Book Was Always Going to Be Self-Serving. It’s So Much Worse Than That.
God, everyone sucks so much in American Canto.
slate.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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lizzieohreally.bsky.social
🚨 @scaachi.bsky.social siren slate.com/culture/2025...
Her Book About Her RFK Jr. Affair Was Always Going to Be Self-Serving. It’s So Much Worse Than That.
God, everyone sucks so much in American Canto.
slate.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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amyalexca.bsky.social
“Her security fees also total in the millions, and she says she’s been harassed and stalked by [DJT] supporters ever since 2017. ‘These people are crazy and violent. They’ve come to my house.’” apple.news/AR9qUSGkNRr2...
She’s Been Booted Out of Hollywood and Investigated by the Secret Service. When She Let Me Into Her House, I Could See Why. — Slate
After she held up a dummy of Donald Trump’s severed head, the comedian became a Hollywood pariah. The way she sees it, she was right all along—and not just about the president.
apple.news
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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soupytoasterson.bsky.social
Good lord, @scaachi.bsky.social reading Canada’s banks for filth.

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Text that reads I don’t really know why Will Arnett is doing ads for RBC but it feels like RBC is the Will Arnett of Canadian banks (Scotiabank is Jason Bateman and you all /immediately/ know I’m right)
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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maris.bsky.social
Can’t wait to talk with @theferocity & @scaachi and Christopher Shay about burning it down and building back better at the Brooklyn Book Fest brooklynbookfestival.org/event/breaki...
Breaking and Rebuilding - Brooklyn Book Festival
As our social and political systems continue to falter—or fall apart completely before our eyes—many of us have started to interrogate what progress looks like, both now and in the more distant future...
brooklynbookfestival.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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salon.com
Divorce him already, Usha! On the latest episode of #StandingRoomOnly, @amandamarcotte.bsky.social dives into VP J.D. Vance’s public treatment of his wife and the politics of divorce — with guest Slate senior writer @scaachi.bsky.social. Premiering now: bit.ly/45vXh8b
Divorce him already, Usha
Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha seem very unhappy together in their public appearances. Usha looks miserable and talks about wanting to return to her career and home, while J.D. runs her down, uses her as a prop, and discusses marriage and parenthood like they’re requirements that must be endured. But what disturbs me the most is that his policy positions suggest that he wants Usha to subsume her South Asian identity to his family’s whiteness. Joining me this week to discuss the politics of divorce, the Vice President’s interracial marriage, and what Usha should do next is Scaachi Koul, a Senior Writer for Slate and the author of “Sucker Punch,” available now. Subscribe here on YouTube for more Standing Room Only, airing weekly Thursdays at 5 PM ET on YouTube. 🥳 Standing Room Only started as a newsletter. Join the party and get it in your inbox 2x a week by clicking here: https://www.salon.com/newsletter?utm_... 🤓 Read Amanda Marcotte's writing on Salon.com here: https://www.salon.com/writer/amanda_m... 👍 Follow Amanda on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/amandamarcot... ✌️ Support Salon’s mission—become a member: https://www.salon.com/premium?utm_sou... #standingroomonly #salon #salondotcom #amandamarcotte #jdvance #ushavance #maga #scaachikoul #divorce
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August 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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mollyquell.bsky.social
"Being a hater means appropriately adjudicating the garbage in front of you," @scaachi.bsky.social
When They Go Low, We Go … Low. Here’s How to Be an Ethical Hater.
Haterade is a superpower. Will you use it for good or evil?
slate.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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jlussenhop.bsky.social
When @scaachi.bsky.social tells you the internet isn't fun even for HER anymore, it's time to get off the internet. slate.com/technology/2...
The Internet As We Knew It Is Over. The Only Thing Left Is to Go Outside
We used to have fun online. Not anymore.
slate.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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sgbuggs.bsky.social
lol Scaachi with this fairly polite dragging lololol

also this segment really says it all for me. folks don’t care if Perry’s politics are flimsy or if she’s unethical, they just wanna be entertained. that says a lot about everything we’re dealing with these days.
a screenshot from the article in the quoted post, stating: In Oklahoma City, plenty of her fans weren’t plugged in enough to know about Dr. Luke, or about the song’s production credits, or about Perry’s political and personal associations. The ones who were aware seemed downright pragmatic about it. “If every single dollar you had to spend had to be accountable to some social issue, you would not be able to spend one dollar in America,” 35-year-old Stephen Fitzsimmons said while walking into the concert. “I just want to see her sing ‘Firework.’ ” And Perry gave Fitzsimmons exactly what he wanted. When she emerged from the undercarriage of the stage, connected to futuristic-looking wires like an intergalactic science experiment, singing weakly into a microphone with a butterfly on the end of it, her audience was with her, screaming. Perry transmuted into exactly what she’s known for: not a singer, not a dancer, but a performer.
June 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
scaachi.bsky.social
i hate AI because i care that you, and not anyone else, made something slate.com/culture/2025...
I Found an Entire Book About Me for Sale on Amazon. It Only Got Weirder From There.
I shelled out $7.99 to read what a mindless bot had cribbed about my life.
slate.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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arieltroster.com
I had so much fun hosting a discussion with @scaachi.bsky.social at Ottawa Writers Fest on Wednesday. I love WritersFest and all of the bold ideas it brings to our city.
Ariel and Scaachi on stage at Writers Fest
April 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
scaachi.bsky.social
tomorrow!
arieltroster.com Ariel Troster @arieltroster.com · Mar 25
Exciting news! I will be interviewing @scaachi.bsky.social at Ottawa Writers Fest next Wednesday at 7pm. I just dove into her new book and it’s equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking.

Get tickets: writersfestival.org/events/sprin...
Ariel’s hand holding up the book Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul Screen shot of the website event for the reading, 7pm, Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave
April 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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melodyschreiber.com
I love this, and not just for divorced people. How do you move on from fractured relationships?
March 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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almoonir.bsky.social
Great evening tonight with funny and articulate @scaachi.bsky.social at @wordfest.com. Masterfully moderated by @youngblut.bsky.social.
Scaachi Wordfest
April 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
scaachi.bsky.social
Now That You've Left: when should you delete your ex and their family from your social media? slate.com/life/2025/03...
I Got Divorced. At What Point Do I Delete His Family From Social Media?
I love them, but I can’t bear to see them on my feed.
slate.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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lizzieohreally.bsky.social
Tour de force from @scaachi.bsky.social and @maryharris.bsky.social on what Trump is doing to marriages. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Til Trump Do Us Part
Podcast Episode · What Next | Daily News and Analysis · 03/10/2025 · 24m
podcasts.apple.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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slateunion.bsky.social
On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employees—including three editors, two of whom were members of the union—were being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:
The Slate Union logo—the Slate S featuring upward fist and surrounded by pink and white stripes—is seen above a statement: We, the Slate Union, are united in our belief that management’s decision yesterday to lay off three editorial employees—along with three of our coworkers in other departments—was misguided, foolish, and cruel. The cuts are not these employees’ failures; they are the result of the failure of this company to follow its obligations to its workers. When you can’t find a way to make the most out of smart, talented journalists, that’s a failure of management—and Slate staffers are right to believe it’s incumbent upon management to find ways to solve that problem that don’t involve job losses. Otherwise, what are we investing in journalism for? What are we asking Slate Plus members to invest in us for? There are particular aspects of these layoffs that we in the union find particularly outrageous. Eliminating three editors with their hands on politics and business will put an unbearable strain on others in the department, at the precise moment when coverage of these two subjects is crucial to the magazine’s success. One of the laid-off editors had union-negotiated parental leave approaching—as did another union member who was laid off just months ago. Another one of the laid-off employees was about to go on a honeymoon, and yet another was about to meet the qualifications for their pension benefit. The affected worker will be paid out for their parental leave, but the timing of these departures appears to be designed to make other union members think twice before utilizing the leave they have the contractual right to take. Not to mention, that one of the laid-off editors was hired not even a year ago—after a protracted search—calls management’s strategy into question, to put it lightly. Slate has had two consecutive years of profitability. The fact that management views employees as chits to be discarded at any hint of trouble, instead of valuable people whose work makes our shop successful and profitable, is an enormous mistake. We insist that, in the upcoming contract negotiations, Slate commits to policies that treat layoffs not as a hair-trigger response to adversity but as an absolute last resort, one that will not be undertaken without consulting with the union and the employees in question. Simply paying out extra severance to a laid-off employee should no longer be a substitute for warnings about the state of our business and, more importantly, real attempts to save our staffers’ jobs. Anything short of this will demonstrate that Slate values the jobs of its executives more than its rank-and-file workers, and that good journalism by good journalists is no longer the north star of the magazine.
March 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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maryharris.bsky.social
Listen to todays show with your husband (🙏 @scaachi.bsky.social) slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Til Trump Do Us Part
When politics comes home.
slate.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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annetdonahue.bsky.social
i interviewed my incredible friend @scaachi.bsky.social about her new book, SUCKER PUNCH, which you should have already bought and read a copy of thekit.ca/culture/cult...
Scaachi Koul Excavates Her Divorce In Her Newest Book
The Toronto writer who made her name as a hilarious must-follow on Twitter goes deep
thekit.ca
March 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM