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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · 5d

last episode of our mets podcast for the season! miss you already <3 open.spotify.com/episode/4Yef...

59. Season Finale, RIP and LGM

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · 16d

I went to the Tesla Diner! It bummed me out

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 15

Eleven Madison Park, once named the world’s best restaurant, is no longer vegan—a sign of how Americans can’t quit meat, and of fine-dining hubris, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

Turns Out Meat Is Still the Ultimate Luxury

After four years of vegan cuisine, the fine-dining stalwart Eleven Madison Park is cooking animals again.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jul 19

Transporting human bodies through the air at hundreds of miles an hour has always been somewhat unpleasant, @elcush.bsky.social writes in Time-Travel Thursdays.

Has Air Travel Ever Been Good?

Not really.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jul 15

"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food

Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · Jul 14

new york's only baseball podcast turns 50 :)

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50. The TRUTH About the New York Mets

Hits Different · Episode

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Caroline Mimbs Nyce @mimbs.bsky.social · Jul 11

classic @elcush.bsky.social on Prime Day:

"The holiday was invented by a corporation in honor of itself, to enrich itself. It has existed for six years and is observed by tens of millions of people worldwide. I hope you are spending it with your loved ones."

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Cancel Amazon Prime

The subscription service is Amazon’s greatest—and most terrifying—invention.

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · Jul 8

some example questions to get you going: What's wrong with John Fisher? How did you two get so smart and fun? Why is Pete Alonso so strong? How many people could he carry out of a burning building? And so on and so forth

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jul 8

Why don’t women play professional baseball? Why do players always seem to be chewing on something? How could climate change alter the sport?

Tomorrow on Reddit, @kait.bsky.social and @elcush.bsky.social are answering your questions about the forces shaping the game: bit.ly/3GCqV3b

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · May 21

what a big-hearted, big-brained, brave, searching, humane, lucid story by @bernstein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/m...

My Father Prosecuted History’s Crimes. Then He Died in One.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · May 7

More brands have been offering the choice to opt out of Mother’s Day marketing emails. The trend is kind of brilliant—and also patently absurd, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

The Absurdity—And Genius—of the Mother’s Day Opt-Out Email

This is what happens when brands try to be your friend.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Apr 15

Space tourism is, at best, folly—silly, spectacularly wasteful, pointless by definition. And Katy Perry was the perfect celebrity to do it, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

The Perfect Pop Star for a Dumb Stunt

Katy Perry is exactly the kind of celebrity to go to space.

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · Apr 15

🄷🄾🅁🄼🄱🄻🄴🅂 🄲🄷🄾🅁🄼🄱🄻🄴🅂

Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · Apr 15

Call your senator or donate to a food pantry or throw a brick or something and then as a reward you can read about Hormbles Chormbles www.eater.com/24408067/hor...

WTF Is a Hormbles Chormbles?

A new chocolate bar is trying to disrupt candy by calling it the weirdest thing possible.

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · Apr 15

thinking about this diva www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Apr 14

The internet is filled with dishwasher-loading advice. So why are so many people still arguing about how to do it right? @elcush.bsky.social investigates:

The Absolutely, Positively Correct Way to Load Your Dishwasher

The internet is filled with advice. So why are people still arguing about this?

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · Mar 27

wrote-a about soda www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Americans Will Never Quit Soda

Poppi and its “health-conscious” ilk are just new versions of the same old thing.

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · Mar 24

new york's only anti-math baseball podcast is back for seaosn 2, baby!

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37. [Brandon Nimmo Tongue-Out Emoji] Mets Are Back!

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David Sims @davidlsims.bsky.social · Mar 17

kaitlyn went to baseball camp www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Why Aren’t Women Allowed to Play Baseball?

Women have always loved America’s pastime. It has never loved them back.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Mar 8

Kosher salt is just big salt, @elcush.bsky.social writes. How did it become so popular?

The Great Salt Shake-Up

Why has kosher salt replaced table salt in American pantries?

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John Blair @jblairsci.bsky.social · Mar 6

Excited (again) to see this paper finally in (pre)print!

We did single-cell sequencing on our TSC model organoids and observed strong signatures of reactive astrogliosis (neat)- then we looked at resected patient brain tissue and saw the same thing! (More neat!)

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mTORC1 activation drives astrocyte reactivity in cortical tubers and brain organoid models of TSC

Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder associated with early onset epilepsy, intellectual disability and neuropsychiatric disorders. A hallmark of the disorder is co...

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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Feb 14

Read this one by the great @katherinejwu.com www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

The Erasing of American Science

How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · Jan 6

important please read www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

Americans Need to Party More

We’re not doing it as much as we used to. You can be the change we need.

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · Dec 20

the people who made this happen changed lives and I am unbelievably grateful for them :)

The Atlantic Union @theatlanticunion.com · Dec 19

WE HAVE A DEAL: We are thrilled to announce that we have a tentative, three-year deal with @theatlantic.com, pending ratification by our members. Here are just a few highlights of the deal…

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · Dec 19

i love to ask the big questions like: is panettone .... good? www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

The Luxury Makeover of the Worst Pastry on Earth

How panettone, the once-reviled Italian Christmas treat, became a high-end commodity

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Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · Dec 3

come on king

Ellen @elcush.bsky.social · Nov 28

lol