Megan McCarthy

A+ work from the New York Times layout team

Mamdani tells the press that Cuomo is still running because “Andrew Cuomo is someone who doesn’t understand that no means no”

The US NTSB says it will not email news outlets and reporters with updates about the two recent plane crashes, and will instead post updates on its X account (@matthewkeyslive / The Desk) thedesk.net/2025/02/ntsb-m… #a250201p4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mediagazer.com/250201/p4#a250…

One of the proposed new Illinois flag designs, out of thousands submitted

Lil Jon makes a surprise appearance at the #DNC for Georgia's roll call

"the affirmative action of generational wealth" damn.

@BenMullin Who are the “customers” and what does it take to make them “happy”?

NEW: Memo from Washington Post publisher Will Lewis

Blackout right now at JKIA, hours after Kenya’s Transport minister toured it and said they had “stabilized the electricity supply”

@csilverandgold The bar I’m at is playing Charles Bradley and it’s making my night better. Apparently he got his start as a James Brown impersonator: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B…

I have had a very stressful week. 1) tell me something I don’t know. 2) give me a song to listen to, probably capsule reviews on Saturday.

Molly Malone, playing an old Irish folk song on the cello by my cottage for Paddy's Day. Happy St. Patrick's Day from the west of Ireland! ☘️

In which it was as predictable as it is unfathomable. The Death of Alexey Navalny, Putin’s Most Formidable Opponent newyorker.com/news/postscrip…

"There’s no 'crisis in higher education'; there’s just a crisis of New York Times writers with daddy issues and anxiety over what the end of legacy admissions could mean for their children’s college prospects." A Harvard freshman on the national media: thecrimson.com/column/a-schoo…

Excellent morning routine. No notes. 👏 @Techmeme @gaberivera wired.com/story/google-p…

The late great @wpri12 reporter Phil Wilson demonstrates in this old clip that local TV news was *definitely* more fun in 1987

In case you didn’t get to see it, here is the full video of Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs singing “Fast Car” at the Grammys twitter.com/RealBrittain/s…

@searchliaison @dannysullivan Has something changed in Google News settings? I can't find the "sort by date" option that used to be available, and I need it for my work purposes. What am I doing wrong here?

Cook the turkey, not your home.

Janet Yellen ordering In-n-out before heading to the airport to greet Xi Jinping

News: Karlie Kloss has acquired i-D magazine.